This website is operated by the Union of Iranian Patriots in Thailand, formed in solidarity with the people of Iran and in support of the Lion and Sun cause under the national transitional leadership of Prince Reza Pahlavi. Throughout this policy, the Union of Iranian Patriots in Thailand may be referred to as “the Union,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”

• Language Note: At this time, our website and all official communications are provided exclusively in English.
• Age Requirement: This platform is designed for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from individuals under 16 years of age.
• Our Commitment: We will never sell your personal data, and we will never share it with third parties for their own purposes.

The Union of Iranian Patriots in Thailand is responsible for your personal information collected through this website.

For any privacy-related inquiries, requests, or concerns, please contact us through the contact form provided on the website. Privacy-related inquiries are currently handled by designated members of the Union responsible for website administration.

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, and certain limited technical information automatically when you use our website.

• Personal Information: Name, email address, and country of residence.
• Communications: Messages, feedback, and inquiries sent through the site.
• Technical Data: IP addresses are retained for up to 72 hours for security purposes and are then automatically deleted.
• Usage Data: Anonymized statistics collected only with your explicit consent, using analytics tools (e.g., via Google Analytics).

We process personal information only for purposes directly related to operating this website, communicating with supporters, responding to inquiries, organizing lawful activities, and maintaining the security of our services. We process personal information only with your consent or where reasonably necessary to operate the website, communicate with supporters, organize lawful activities, and maintain the security of our services.

Purposes include:

• Supporting Activities: Coordinating supporters and activists in Thailand.
• Communication: Responding to inquiries and providing updates about the Union’s activities.
• Security: Preventing fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access to our services.

We do not share your personal data with any person or organization for their own purposes. Your information remains under our direct control. We only use carefully selected service providers (such as Cloudflare or Google Analytics) who work for us under our instructions, bound by appropriate data protection terms. These providers will not be permitted to use your data for their own purposes.

Providing personal information to the Union is entirely voluntary. Individuals should carefully consider their personal security circumstances before submitting information through the website, particularly if they reside in jurisdictions where political activity, advocacy, or association with democratic movements may expose them to additional risks. While the Union takes reasonable measures to protect information submitted through the website, no online communication can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users remain responsible for assessing their own security needs before sharing personal information.

If you submit images, video, or audio to the Union — whether through the contact form, social media, or any other channel — you grant the Union a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, edit, reproduce, publish, and distribute that content in connection with the Union’s advocacy, journalism, and content creation activities, without further permission required for each individual use. You retain ownership of your content; this is a license to use it, not a transfer of ownership.

By default, we will not publicly attribute submitted content to you unless you explicitly request credit at the time of submission. If you would like to be credited, please say so clearly when you submit your content, along with the name or identifier you would like used.

Given the risks faced by many of our supporters, particularly those inside Iran, submitted content is reviewed before publication, and we will take reasonable care to avoid publishing identifying details (such as faces, voices, locations, or other identifying information) without the uploader’s clear consent, unless the uploader has indicated they wish to be identified. You remain responsible for considering your own safety before submitting any content, and we encourage you to blur, obscure, or otherwise anonymize any material yourself if your safety could be at risk.

If you are accessing this site from Iran, please be aware of the security risks:

• Use a trusted VPN at all times.
• Use encrypted email services for sensitive communication.
• Understand that the regime may monitor internet traffic; exercise extreme caution regarding what you share.

We take reasonable steps to protect the information you share with us, but we cannot control network-level surveillance inside Iran. Your safety matters to us more than anything else, and we encourage you to act with caution when deciding what to share.

We retain data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

• Contact Form Submissions: Retained for 1 year from the date of submission.
• Newsletter Subscriptions: Retained until you unsubscribe. We process unsubscribe requests within 36 hours.
• IP Addresses: Where collected for security purposes, targeted for automatic removal after 72 hours.

We aim to respect data protection rights consistent with international good practice, including:

• Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data (the “right to be forgotten”).
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your permission for data processing at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the website’s contact form. We aim to respond to all such requests within 30 days.

We use minimal cookies for essential functionality:

• Language Preference: Although the site is currently available only in English, a cookie may store this preference for 1 year to facilitate future multilingual support.
• Browser Local Storage: Used to remember theme preferences (light/dark mode). Stored only in your browser, not sent to our servers.
• Analytics Cookies: Only set with your explicit consent, used solely for anonymized, non-identifying usage statistics.

We do not use cookies for advertising or cross-site tracking. You can control or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.

We implement reasonable, industry-standard security measures to protect your data, including HTTPS encryption for all data transmissions and access controls limiting who can view personal data. While we strive for strong security, no internet transmission is completely secure, and no organization can guarantee absolute protection. You share information with us at your own risk, and we encourage you to take the precautions described in Section 6 and 8 if you are communicating with us from a high-risk environment.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make significant changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above and, where appropriate, post a notice on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

For any questions or to exercise your data rights, please use the contact form provided on mihaninthai.org.