Privacy statement

Introduction

Data & Business Legal cannot carry out its business without processing privacy-sensitive information about you, also referred to as personal data. In some cases Data & Business Legal works together with other organisations or companies in doing so.

Data & Business Legal considers it very important that personal data is handled with care. Personal data is therefore processed and secured carefully, and Data & Business Legal complies with the requirements of the applicable privacy legislation. This means, for example, that Data & Business Legal:

• ·states the purposes for which it processes personal data, by means of this privacy statement;
• ·limits the collection of personal data to only the personal data needed for the purposes for which it is processed;
• ·first asks for your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases where your consent is required;
• ·does not pass your data on to third parties, unless this is necessary to provide the requested service or when it is legally obliged to do so;
• ·takes appropriate security measures to protect your personal data, and also requires this of parties that process personal data on behalf of Data & Business Legal; and
• ·respects your right to have your personal data made available for inspection, corrected or deleted at your request.

Use of personal data

When using the services and website of Data & Business Legal, you leave behind certain data. This may be personal data as listed below. Data & Business Legal does not always process all of the data below; this depends on the services you use. Data & Business Legal processes the following personal data about you:

• ·name and address details;
• ·company details;
• ·telephone number and email address;
• ·job title and any professional title;
• ·date of birth and gender;
• ·IBAN;
• ·interests;
• ·information you enter yourself in an open field, such as a blog post or a message in a contact form; and
• ·technical measurement data from equipment, such as IP address, MAC address, identifiers in cookies and your browsing behaviour on our website.

Purposes

Data & Business Legal processes the above data for one or more of the following purposes (depending in part on which services or functionalities you use):

• ·to enter into and perform agreements with you regarding the provision of legal services and the management of the resulting relationships;
• ·to communicate with you by sending electronic newsletters and/or post;
• ·to send you personalised newsletters based on your interests;
• ·to invite you to our events, seminars, drinks and the like; and
• ·to ask for your feedback on our services (for example by sending surveys or customer satisfaction studies).

Disclosure to third parties

Data & Business Legal passes on the data you provide to third parties where this is necessary for the work to be carried out (such as a court, bailiff, debt-collection agency and the like).

Otherwise, Data & Business Legal will not provide the data you supply to other parties, unless this is legally required or permitted. For example, it is possible that the police or the tax authorities may request data from Data & Business Legal in the context of a fraud investigation. In that case Data & Business Legal is legally obliged to hand over this data.

Cookies

Data & Business Legal uses cookies when providing its services. Cookies are small, simple text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a web page. These cookies can help optimise your website visit. On our website, Data & Business Legal uses two types of cookies:

Functional cookies: cookies that are necessary for our website to function properly.

Analytical cookies: the website uses Google Analytics and analytical cookies to process the following data:

• ·the number of pages you visit;
• ·the search terms you enter;
• ·how long you spend on our website; and
• ·how often you return.

This information is very important to Data & Business Legal. On the basis of this data it can optimise the website and make it more user-friendly. This data cannot be traced back to a natural person.

Cookie settings

You can always delete cookies from your computer, tablet or mobile phone yourself via your browser. Among other things, you can set the following options:

• ·delete cookies manually via your internet browser;
• ·have cookies deleted automatically when you leave the website;
• ·set your browser so that you receive a message when a cookie is placed; and
• ·prevent cookies from being placed.

The settings of your browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome) explain how to adjust this. After changing the settings you must restart your browser.

Security and retention

Data & Business Legal takes appropriate security measures to limit misuse of and unauthorised access to your personal data. It ensures that only the necessary persons have access to the data, that access to the data is shielded and that the security measures are checked regularly.

Data & Business Legal does not retain the data longer than necessary, that is to say for as long as needed to provide the service you requested. Exceptions are the data that Data & Business Legal is required to keep longer because the law prescribes this. For the retention of files, the guidelines of the Netherlands Bar Association are decisive and Data & Business Legal applies a retention period of, in principle, five years, calculated from the date of the closing message to the client or from the date on which a court ruling to which the work related became final.

Third-party websites

This statement does not apply to third-party websites connected to the Data & Business Legal website by means of links. Data & Business Legal cannot guarantee that these websites handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. Before use, always read the privacy statement of the relevant website for more information about how they handle your data.

Access to and changing your data

You can inspect your personal data and make a request for it to be changed or deleted. You can do so by sending an email to info@databusiness.legal. In a (current) matter you can also contact your responsible lawyer. Data & Business Legal can only comply with your request if this is in accordance with applicable legislation.

To prevent misuse, Data & Business Legal asks you, when making a written request for access, to identify yourself adequately by enclosing a copy of a valid identity document. On the copy, mask your citizen service number (BSN) and passport photo; you can use the KopieID app for this, for example.

Dutch Data Protection Authority

Data & Business Legal is happy to help you if you have complaints about the processing of your personal data. If you are nonetheless unable to resolve the matter together, you have the right under privacy legislation to lodge a complaint with the privacy supervisory authority, the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Changes

Data & Business Legal may amend this privacy policy from time to time. Changes are published on the website. It is therefore advisable to consult this privacy statement regularly, so that you are aware of any changes.

Questions

If you have questions about the privacy policy applied, you can contact us via info@databusiness.legal. The contact details can also be found on the website.