Cookies are small pieces of data which are stored by a website through your browser, to enable an improved experience whilst using or browsing a particular website/app or to remember your preferences or navigation history/activity (such as pages you have visited within a particular site or typical activity) at a particular site. You can delete cookies using your browsers own Clear History function. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies. Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. It is important to note however that if you block cookies from Our site or apps there are a number of functions that may not work, and you will need to reset your preferences each time you log in.

Our websites, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help it function properly and offer you a fun, customised experience.

If you haven’t already read our Privacy Policy, we just want to reiterate, that we are required to obtain your consent for certain cookies.

We hope that this cookie policy will help you better understand what types of cookies we use and why we use them.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small files which are stored by your browser on your computer, tablet or smart phone. Each cookie is designed to hold different types of data specific to a particular user (yourself) and the website (us). This allows us to deliver a better experience tailored to each of our users, whether it’s directly from our website or through one of our social media pages.

What Cookies do we use?

The cookies active in our website can be categories as follows.

Essential cookies are required for the successful operation of the website and collect very little data about you. We are therefore not required to obtain your consent to processes these cookies. If you choose to prevent these cookies, you may not be able to use the site or its functionality, nor can we be certain that our site security controls will function properly during your visit.

• Strictly necessary
• Functionality

Non-essential cookies collect more tailored targeted data and are used either for statistics and analytics, and targeted advertising and marketing. Since these cookies do not contribute to the operations of the website, we are required to obtain your consent.

• Performance
• Targeting

Strictly necessary

These cookies let you move around the site and use essential features. These cookies do not collect data that can be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.

These are used to:

• Make sure you connect to the right service on our website when we make any changes to the way the site works.
• To route you to the specific areas you have requested when navigating through the site.
• Remember information you have entered on order forms.
• Remember the goods and services you ordered when you get to the checkout page.

Functionality

These cookies are used to provide our services and remember your settings to improve your visit.

These are used to:

• Remember if we’ve already asked you if you have read and understood our cookies.
• Remember your settings (if any).
• Remember items in your shopping cart whilst you browse.

Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties. Where this is the case, we don’t permit the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

Performance

These cookies collect information about how you use our site. These cookies do not collect data that could identify you and are only used to help us improve our site and how it works. They also help us understand our users’ interests and measure our effectiveness.

These are used for:

Analytics – provide us with statistical data on how our site is used.
Affiliates – lets our partners know how if our users visited their site or vice versa.
Error and content management – helps us monitor errors and content usage to solve any issues and help optimise our content.
Maintaining and testing designs – lets our web developers maintain the current site and possibly test for new designs.

Targeting

These cookies are linked to services by third parties and are placed through our site for our advertising service providers. They work by uniquely identifying your browser and device. These cookies are not necessary for the function of the site and can choose to not allow them.

These are used to:

• Link to our social media pages.
• Provide advertisers (directly or indirectly) with information on your visit.
• Provide data for audience research and segments.

If you want to a full, detailed list of cookies please read Annex 1 below.

Consent & Withdrawal

We are very sorry to bother you with a cookie banner when you access our website, but we need to inform you of the existence of our cookie policy and obtain your consent (if required).

If you choose to accept and consent to certain cookies, your browser will remember this for the next time. All cookies will expire periodically (depending on the cookie and type of data collected).

You may choose to withdraw consent at any time. You will need to do this by changing some of your browser settings.

To understand how to better do this, please visit www.cookiepedia.co.uk/how-to-manage-cookies or www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/ .

More information about Cookies

If you would like to know more about cookies and how they work, we recommend you have a look at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

A number of cookies are set by various services and libraries (e.g. Google) to store any user-preferences and to track users from site to site. As some cookies are set by a third-party system it is impossible for us to specify under exactly which conditions they are set, but they appear to be set as follows.

Why do we collect this information?

We will use your information to respond to your enquiries and to process your service requests, if any. We will contact you via email and/or telephone to get back in touch with you if you so require. We use Google Analytics for collecting visitor statistics in an aggregated form for understanding the usage of our website and to improve the performance of our website. We do not use Google Analytics for remarketing or to offer you other services.

Our website access logs are only collected for tracking visits to our site for statistical and performance optimisation purposes and to assist should any visitor, including you, not be able to access websites.

What do we do with your information?

Your personal information is stored in our online processing system and company information systems which are based within the European Union. We do not share your information within our group/sister companies that are based outside of the European Union unless this is needed for the performance of a contract. We would inform you of such sharing information and provide you an opportunity to agree or disagree with such a transfer.

We do not use the information you provide to make any automated decisions that might affect you.

How long do we keep your information for?

We will retain personal data related to enquiries received for up to one year after the communication’s scope if exhausted to safeguard our legitimate interests for tracking enquiries.

Personal data not needed as per above will then be removed.

Purpose of CCTV Use

Project Green employs Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems across selected green open spaces (i.e. parks, gardens, valleys and other green infrastructure) under its management in Malta. The primary purposes of CCTV monitoring are:

• To enhance the safety and security of the public, staff, and property;
• To deter and detect vandalism, anti-social behaviour, and crime;
• To assist in the effective management and maintenance of public spaces;
• To support law enforcement agencies as necessary.

Legal Basis for Processing

The processing of personal data via CCTV is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(e) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), whereby processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Project Green.

Where necessary, processing may also be based on:

• Article 6(1)(c) – compliance with a legal obligation;
• Article 6(1)(f) – legitimate interests pursued by Project Green or a third party, provided such interests are not overridden by the rights and freedoms of data subjects.

CCTV Coverage and Signage

CCTV cameras are installed in clearly marked areas, with visible signage indicating:

• The presence of surveillance;
• The purpose of the monitoring;
• Contact details of Project Green for further information.

Cameras are positioned to minimize intrusion into areas not intended to be monitored, such as private property.

Data Retention

Recorded footage is retained for a maximum of 30 days, unless a longer retention period is required:

• For the investigation of a specific incident;
• For legal proceedings or regulatory requirements.

Upon expiration of the retention period, footage is securely deleted or overwritten.

Access and Disclosure

Access to CCTV footage is strictly controlled and limited to authorized personnel. Disclosure of footage to third parties (such as law enforcement authorities) is carried out in accordance with applicable laws and only when necessary for:

• Investigating an incident;
• Legal or insurance purposes;
• Compliance with lawful requests.

All disclosures are logged and assessed for proportionality and necessity.

Data Subject Rights

Individuals have the right, under GDPR, to:

• Request access to footage in which they are identifiable (subject to certain restrictions);
• Object to processing in specific circumstances;
• Request the erasure or restriction of personal data, where applicable.

Requests can be submitted in writing to the Data Protection Officer using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy. Identification may be required to process such requests.

Security and Safeguards

Project Green ensures that all CCTV systems are securely maintained and operated in compliance with data protection principles, including:

• Use of encrypted systems;
• Restricted access to footage;
• Regular audits and system checks;
• Staff training on data protection and CCTV use.

Your rights over your information

By law, you can ask us what information we hold about you, and you can ask us to correct it if it is inaccurate.

You can also ask us to give you a copy of the information or transmit it to another entity and to stop using your information for a period of time if you believe we are not doing so lawfully.

To submit a request by email, post or telephone, please use the contact information provided above.

Your right to seek redress

If you are a European resident and you have a concern about our use of your information, you can contact your local data protection regulator. A list of European data protection regulators can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm