Freethinkers International is a project of Stichting id Fix. We know that for many of our members, being open about what they think can be dangerous. That is why we collect as little as possible, keep it no longer than needed, and never sell or share it for marketing.

Who we are

Stichting id Fix (Freethinkers International)
Vrouwjuttenland 10, 2611 LC Delft, the Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce (KvK): 24396983
RSIN: 816885771 (ANBI registered)
Contact for privacy questions: info@idfix.net

Stichting id Fix is the controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/AVG).

What we collect and why

What	Why	Legal basis
Account details: user name, email address, password (encrypted)	To give you an account and let you log in	Agreement (your membership)
Profile: display name, photo, country or region, what you write about yourself	So other members can find and recognise you. You decide what you fill in. An alias is fine	Agreement
Interests: channels, tags, groups and regions you choose	To show you relevant content and connections in Orbit and Channels, and in your newsletter	Agreement
Friends, groups, messages and posts	So you can network and talk with other members	Agreement
Newsletter preferences: language, style, day, time, frequency	To send the newsletter the way you want it	Consent (you can turn it off at any time)
Newsletter statistics: whether a mail arrived, was opened or clicked	To see if the newsletter is useful and to stop mailing addresses that no longer work	Legitimate interest
Feedback you send us, with an optional screenshot	To improve the site	Consent
Technical data: IP address, browser, time zone, last activity	Security, preventing abuse, and the safety warning for members in risky countries	Legitimate interest
Donations	Handled by Donorbox or GoFundMe. We receive your name, email, amount and frequency, not your card or bank details	Agreement, and our legal duty to keep financial records

Special category data

Your membership and the channels or groups you join can reveal your religious or philosophical beliefs, your sexual orientation or your political views. Under the GDPR this is sensitive data. We process it only because you choose to share it with us and with other members by joining. We use it only to run the community and never for profiling, advertising or anything outside the platform.

Who else receives data

We use a small number of service providers. They process data only on our instructions.

• mijn.host (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) hosts the website and the database. Your profile data stays in the EU.
• Google Workspace sends our email (newsletter and notifications) from news@freethinkersinternational.net.
• GTranslate / Google Translate translates content when you choose a language we do not translate ourselves. Only the text of the page or mail is sent, not your profile.
• Donorbox and GoFundMe process donations.

Some of these providers are based in the United States. They transfer data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

We never sell data and never pass it to authorities unless a Dutch court orders us to.

How long we keep data

• Account and profile: for as long as you are a member. If you delete your account, we remove your profile. Messages you sent to others stay with the recipient unless you delete them.
• Email addresses that no longer work: we stop mailing immediately. If you have also not logged in for 6 months, we anonymise your account once a year, after a manual check.
• Newsletter statistics: kept with your account. Deleted or anonymised together with it.
• Feedback: at most 2 years.
• Donation records: 7 years, as Dutch tax law requires.
• Server logs: kept by our hosting provider for a limited period for security.

Your safety

• You can use an alias. Anyone in a country where your views are dangerous should do so.
• The emergency button in Orbit removes everything Freethinkers International stored on your device (local data, cache, cookies) and leaves a neutral page.
• Our mails never mention which channels or groups you follow in the subject line.

Cookies

We only use functional cookies, to keep you logged in and remember your settings. We do not use tracking or advertising cookies, so we do not need to ask for cookie consent.

Your rights

You may ask us to view, correct, delete or export your data, to object to processing, or to restrict it. Most of this you can do yourself through your profile and settings. For everything else, mail info@idfix.net. We answer within one month. We may ask you to confirm the request from the email address of your account.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter with one click at the bottom of every mail.

If you think we handle your data incorrectly, please tell us first. You also have the right to complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl).

Changes

If we change this statement in a way that matters to you, we will tell you in the newsletter.

Last updated: 8 November 2026