Privacy Policy
Last updated: 30 October 2026
1. Purpose of This Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how personal data may be processed in connection with visits to the website of the Fondation culturelle Ahmed et Rabah Asselah and during direct exchanges and communications with the Foundation.
The Foundation attaches particular importance to respect for privacy, the protection of personal data and the responsible preservation of its cultural archives.
This policy is governed by the framework of Algerian legislation, particularly Law No. 18-07 of 10 June 2018 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 25-11 of 24 July 2025.
2. Data Controller
The entity responsible for processing personal data in connection with the Foundation's editorial activities and direct communications is:
Fondation culturelle Ahmed et Rabah Asselah
A non-profit cultural association based in Algiers.
Address: 29 A, boulevard Zighout-Youcef, Alger-Centre 16000, Algeria.
Contact email address: [TO BE COMPLETED]
Telephone: [TO BE COMPLETED]
Data protection contact: [TO BE COMPLETED — relevant person or role, according to the Foundation's organisation and applicable obligations]
3. How the Website Operates
The website is an institutional website dedicated to presenting the Foundation's activities, events and archives.
As the website currently operates, it has no active contact form, facility for creating visitor accounts, newsletter, comments area, online ordering system or online payment facilities.
Visitors are therefore not invited to provide their personal contact details directly through a form on the Foundation's website.
Visiting the website may nevertheless involve the processing of certain technical data that are necessary for its operation, content delivery and security.
Furthermore, the editorial content and the cultural archives presented on the website may contain information concerning identifiable individuals.
4. Personal Data Concerned
Visiting the Website
During a visit to the website, certain technical data may be processed by the hosting and security services, including in particular:
- IP addresses;
- dates and times of connections;
- technical information about the browser and device used;
- information needed to detect errors, misuse or attempted unauthorised access.
These data are processed as part of the operation and protection of the website's infrastructure.
Direct Enquiries
When you contact the Foundation by telephone, email or another direct means of communication, the information you provide may be used to consider the nature of your request, respond to it and, where necessary, maintain an appropriate record of any follow-up.
These exchanges take place without using a website form.
Information Contained in the Archives
The website may present documents relating to the Foundation's cultural activities, including posters, photographs, programmes, texts and reports on cultural events.
These documents may include the names of artists, authors, speakers and other individuals, as well as information relating to their participation in cultural events.
Some of these details may constitute personal data.
The Foundation seeks to ensure that their publication serves a cultural, documentary or historical purpose and respects the rights of the individuals concerned and any necessary authorisations.
5. Purposes and Legal Grounds for Processing
The information concerned may be processed for the following purposes:
- to provide access to the website and ensure its technical operation;
- to protect the website against misuse and security incidents;
- to respond to enquiries addressed directly to the Foundation;
- to follow up on communications and institutional activities;
- to document and present cultural events, works of art and archival material, while respecting the rights that apply to them;
- to comply with the legal obligations to which the Foundation is subject.
Processing is carried out on grounds permitted by applicable legislation, according to the nature and purpose of the processing.
Where consent is required, particularly for certain publications concerning identifiable individuals, it must be obtained in accordance with the conditions laid down by the applicable regulations.
6. Service Providers and Recipients
Personal data are accessible to authorised persons within the Foundation and to relevant technical service providers, insofar as necessary for their respective duties.
The website currently uses, or plans to use, Cloudflare's services for its hosting, delivery of website content and security.
Email correspondence is handled by the email service provider used by the Foundation.
Email service provider: [TO BE COMPLETED — provider to be confirmed]
These service providers may process certain technical information or data necessary to provide their services, in accordance with applicable terms and legal obligations.
The Foundation does not plan to sell the personal data of its website visitors or to use that information for targeted advertising campaigns.
7. Cookies and External Services
The website does not currently plan to use targeted advertising, marketing tracking mechanisms or advertising audience measurement tools.
The hosting and protection services may, however, use cookies or other technical mechanisms that are necessary for the proper operation of the website and the security of its infrastructure.
The website also provides links to external platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and, where applicable, Google Maps.
When you choose to access any of these external services, your use of them is subject to their respective privacy policies and terms and conditions of use.
Any future integration of an audience measurement tool, external media player, form or other service involving additional processing of personal data will require the terms of this Privacy Policy to be reviewed.
8. Data Retention
Information provided directly to the Foundation is retained for a period appropriate to the purpose for which it is processed and to applicable legal obligations.
Retention periods for email correspondence and enquiry follow-up: [TO BE COMPLETED after validation of retention practices]
Technical information relating to website browsing is processed and may, where appropriate, be retained according to the services and settings actually used by the hosting provider.
Documents published in the cultural archives may be retained for an extended period because of their documentary or historical value, subject to compliance with legislation and the rights of the individuals concerned.
Requests for correction, removal or restriction relating to such content are assessed in light of the circumstances and applicable provisions.
9. Processing of Data Outside Algeria
The use of technical service providers such as Cloudflare, together with the email service provider used by the Foundation, may involve the processing or hosting of certain personal data outside the territory of Algeria.
Such operations are subject to the conditions and safeguards established by Algerian legislation applicable to transfers of personal data.
Service providers' locations, settings and safeguards: [TO BE COMPLETED after technical and legal verification]
10. Your Rights
In accordance with applicable legislation, individuals have, in particular, rights to be informed, to access their personal data, to have those data rectified and to object to certain forms of processing.
Depending on the circumstances and the conditions laid down by law, they may also request the deletion, blocking or restriction of the processing of certain information.
To exercise your rights or obtain information about the processing of personal data, you may contact the Foundation:
Email address: [TO BE COMPLETED]
Postal address: Fondation culturelle Ahmed et Rabah Asselah, 29 A, boulevard Zighout-Youcef, Alger-Centre 16000, Algeria.
You may also contact the National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (ANPDP), in accordance with the procedures applicable to such requests.
Complaints portal: https://plaintes.anpdp.dz/
11. Requests Relating to Cultural Archives
Anyone who believes that personal information, an identification, a photograph or another document concerning them has been published inaccurately or without the required legal basis may contact the Foundation.
A request may concern, in particular:
- correction of a name or inaccurate information;
- correction of an attribution or identification;
- review of the conditions under which a photograph or document was published;
- a request for removal or restriction of distribution, in cases provided for by law.
The Foundation examines such requests with due regard for individuals' rights, intellectual property rights and the legal requirements applicable to the preservation and dissemination of cultural and historical documents.
12. Information Security
Data protection relies on the technical safeguards provided by the service providers used and on the organisational measures implemented by the Foundation.
Access to administrative services and non-public information must be restricted to authorised persons.
The Foundation endeavours to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or loss of personal data, within the limits of the resources available and applicable obligations.
13. Updates to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated to take account of changes to the website, the services it provides, the Foundation's practices or the requirements of applicable law.
The date of the latest update is shown at the top of this page.