Privacy Policy

We make every effort to ensure the privacy of your personal data when you use our website, so your data is processed and protected with the utmost care and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data we ask from you is used to provide you with the best possible service. This notice explains what data we collect, how the data is used and what your rights are.

This privacy notice was last updated on 1 Dec 2020.

Use of personal data

When you use this website, we collect certain data. This may include personal data. We only collect and process personal data which you have supplied to us in order for us to provide the service you have requested.

Visiting the website

When you visit our website, cookies are placed on your computer. These cookies enable us to track your behaviour on our website; however, your data is processed anonymously. The information collected in this way enables us to show advertisements based on your interests, to make our website more user friendly and to analyse important search terms. If you would like to know more about cookies, or to change your settings, please see our cookie policy.

Security 

Our website is secured with an SSL Certificate. This certificate ensures that your data is sent securely and that the connection is private. The website runs on the Drupal CMS. When you enter your personal data in a form on our website, it is saved in the CMS database. The data can be seen by our organisation and the developers of the website.

Contact

When you send us an email, your personal data is saved for as long as necessary to process and answer the content of the mail. The form will only request the details we need to be able to be of service to you, for example your name, email address, telephone number and the content of your message.

Newsletter

If you would like to stay up to date with our latest news, you can subscribe to our newsletter. In this case your email address will be saved in our newsletter system: Campaign Monitor. Once you have subscribed, we will keep your consent to this for an indefinite period. Campaign Monitor is an Australian company which means that the data is not stored in the European Union. However, Campaign Monitor has taken various steps to ensure compliance with the GDPR and offer sufficient protection to safeguard your privacy. Read here how they deal with your privacy: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2018/03/gdpr-what-it-is-how-it-affects-you-whatwe-are-doing-to-help/. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter, you can unsubscribe quickly and easily by clicking on the link at the bottom of the email or by notifying us personally.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to enable us to ensure your continued ease of use of our website. You can read more about what cookies are and what we use them for below.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small, temporary file that is sent with the pages of this website and stored on the hard disk of your computer or mobile device by your browser. The next time you visit our website, the information stored can be sent back to our server. This means you don’t have to keep entering the same information and it helps us to make our website increasingly user friendly. These cookies are completely safe and have been in use for many years on websites all over the world.

Persistent cookies

We use persistent cookies to save your preferences so that you don’t have to keep sending them to us, for example your consent to this cookie policy. You can delete persistent cookies via the browser.

Session cookies

We use session cookies to store relevant data from your current visit to our website so that we can optimally tailor our services to the surfing behaviour of our visitors. These session cookies are deleted automatically as soon as you close your browser.

Google Analytics

The website uses Google Analytics to analyse how visitors use the website; we use this information to optimise the performance of the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if it is legally obliged to do so. We have no influence on this. The information gathered by Google is anonymised as far as possible, and your IP address is not shared. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and it is a participant in the Privacy Shield programme of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Changes to the privacy notice

We maintain the right to make changes to this privacy notice. Please consult this privacy notice regularly if you wish to see the latest changes.

Access to and rectification of your personal data

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or if you want to see your personal data held by us and/or rectify or erase it, please feel free to contact us at any time via the contact details shown below. If you want to submit a complaint, please contact the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Contact details