Privacy Statement
On this page we inform you which personal data we collect when you use our website, why we collect this data and what we do with it. We consider it important that your data is handled with care and we ensure that the personal information you provide to us is treated confidentially. In short, our privacy statement comes down to the fact that we will:
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only use your personal data for purposes agreed with your consent
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not share it with others
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protect it carefully
If you have any questions that are not answered in this privacy statement, if you have suggestions or comments about its content, or if you have complaints about the way in which we handle your personal data, we would be happy to get in touch with you. You can send an e-mail to m.ketelaars@londenholland.nl.
This privacy statement applies to the websites of Londen & Van Holland Registeraccountants en Belastingadviseurs and Londen & Van Holland Bedrijfsjuristen (hereinafter referred to as Londen & Van Holland). Londen & Van Holland is not responsible for the privacy policy of other sites and sources that are mentioned on our websites.
Purposes
We do not collect or use your personal data for purposes other than those described in this privacy statement, unless we have obtained your consent for this in advance.
1. Use of our services
When you use our services, we ask you to provide personal data. This data is necessary in order to be able to deliver the service and is retained by Londen & Van Holland in accordance with the statutory retention period.
2. Communication
When you send us an e-mail or other messages, these are stored in our archives and retained in accordance with statutory retention periods. Sometimes we ask you for personal data that is relevant to the situation at hand. This enables us to process your questions and respond to your requests.
3. Forms
The website contains forms that you can use to request information or to contact us about various subjects.
The data you provide to us via these forms is retained for as long as necessary or reasonable for the complete response to and/or handling of your request. Your request may also be included in our e-mail archives and stored there in accordance with statutory retention periods.
Special categories of personal data
Londen & Van Holland only collects special categories of personal data when you provide these voluntarily or when this is required or permitted under laws and regulations. Special categories of personal data include, among other things, data concerning a person’s race, political opinions, religion, beliefs, sexual life or health. We ask you to carefully consider whether you want to provide special categories of personal data to Londen & Van Holland and never to provide such data to Londen & Van Holland unless you consent to the processing of those special categories of personal data by Londen & Van Holland. If you have any questions about providing special categories of personal data to Londen & Van Holland, please contact us first using the contact details at the bottom of this page.
Children
Londen & Van Holland understands the importance of protecting the privacy of children, especially in an online environment. Our sites are not intended for or directed at children under the age of 16. It is our policy never knowingly to collect or store information about persons under the age of 16, except where this forms part of a specific engagement within the context of our services.
Sharing personal data with third parties
Londen & Van Holland does not share personal data with third parties, except where this is necessary in order to comply with your request, for our professional and legitimate purposes, or where this is required or permitted by law, professional standards or quality rules. For example, in some cases Londen & Van Holland may share personal data about you with external companies or service providers that work on our behalf in order to fulfil your requests.
Londen & Van Holland must disclose personal data if required to do so by law, a court order or a decision by a public authority. Personal data may also be required for privacy or security audits or in order to conduct an investigation following a complaint or a security threat. Londen & Van Holland does not sell personal data to third parties. Nor will Londen & Van Holland pass on personal data that you provide to us to third parties for direct marketing purposes.
Security
Londen & Van Holland has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data you provide against unlawful use.
Your data is transmitted over the internet via secure connections and processed and stored in certified data centres and on servers of Londen & Van Holland. The personal data is shielded from search engines.
Our employees are legally obliged to respect the confidentiality of your data. We also impose this obligation contractually on third parties engaged by us in the performance of our services and activities.
Website visits
When you visit our website, the technical characteristics of your visit are recorded in so-called log files. These include the page requested, IP address, time, browser type and similar data. We do not check which IP address is used at which time, and we therefore do not trace this data back to you personally. These log files are retained solely for analytical purposes for a maximum period of 12 months.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer.
This website uses functional cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. In addition, we use cookies, for example, to analyse the use of the website and to improve user-friendliness. You can disable cookies by configuring your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. You can also delete all information previously stored via your browser settings.
Access to and rectification of personal data
You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to withdraw any consent you have given for the processing of your personal data or to object to the processing of your personal data by Londen & Van Holland, and you have the right to data portability. This means that you can submit a request to us to send the personal data we hold about you in a computer file to you or to another third party designated by you.
You can send a request for access, correction, deletion or transfer of your personal data, or a request to withdraw your consent or an objection to the processing of your personal data, to the contact details at the bottom of this page. We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any case within four weeks. Londen & Van Holland would also like to point out that you have the right to lodge a complaint with the national supervisory authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority). You can do so via the following link:
https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/contact-met-de-autoriteit-persoonsgegevens/tip-ons.
Changes
This privacy statement is tailored to the use of and possibilities on this site. Any adjustments and/or changes to this site may lead to changes in this privacy statement. When we make changes to this privacy statement, we will revise the “last modified” date stated at the bottom of this page. It is therefore advisable to consult this privacy statement regularly.
Londen & Van Holland and personal data
Londen & Van Holland takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We have used the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) as an opportunity to redesign our programme for data protection and data security. The new European legislation has been incorporated into our internal procedures, into the training of employees and into the design of processes, systems and relevant (internal) documentation.
Contact details
The controller for this website is:
Londen & Van Holland
Registeraccountants en Belastingadviseurs
Pedro de Medinalaan 39
1086 XP Amsterdam
P.O. Box 37737
1030 BG Amsterdam
Questions about the privacy policy of this website may be addressed to Mr M. Ketelaars at the above postal address or by e-mail via m.ketelaars@londenholland.nl.
This privacy statement was last modified in March 2018.