The Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (“the Coalition”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is an international coalition of scientific experts providing independent, science‑based information to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in international plastics governance and treaty processes.
The Coalition is hosted by the Cawthron Institute, a New Zealand–based research organization. Our website is accessible globally.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling personal data responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including but not limited to:
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information.
We may collect the following personal information:
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data.
Our newsletter subscription service is provided via MailerLite, a third‑party email service provider.
When you subscribe:
MailerLite processes data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and provides appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.
We use personal information only for legitimate purposes, including:
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties.
We do not disclose personal data to third parties except:
All service providers are required to process data securely and lawfully.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. You may request deletion of your data at any time.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
Requests can be made by contacting us at:
secretariat@scientistscoalition.org
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no internet‑based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
As an international organization, personal data may be processed or stored outside your country of residence. Where this occurs, appropriate legal safeguards are applied.
All information provided on this website is for general informational and educational purposes only. It reflects the scientific knowledge, evidence, and understanding available to the Coalition at the time of publication.
All information provided on this website is for general informational and educational purposes only. It reflects the scientific knowledge, evidence, and understanding available to the Coalition at the time of publication.
To the fullest extent permitted by law:
Use of the information is entirely at your own risk.
Nothing on this website constitutes:
Users should seek appropriate independent advice before making decisions based on the information provided.
This website may contain links to external websites. We:
Unless otherwise stated:
This Privacy Policy and Legal Disclaimer are governed by the laws of New Zealand, without prejudice to mandatory consumer or data protection rights applicable in other jurisdictions.
For privacy‑related questions or legal notices, please contact:
secretariat@scientistscoalition.org
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://dev.snyda.net/scientistscoalition.
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
