PRIVACY STATEMENT AVOCARE ARBEIDSRECHT

The Avocare Arbeidsrecht partnership, consisting of a partnership between a legal entity and a natural person (with trade name and hereinafter referred to as: “Avocare Arbeidsrecht”), having its registered office in (2011 GM) Haarlem, at Gedempte Oude Gracht 65, registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 60497106, respects your privacy and processes personal data in the capacity of data controller in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as: the “GDPR”).

Avocare Arbeidsrecht believes it is important to give you clarity on how your personal data is handled. Therefore, this statement informs you about how your personal data is collected, for what purposes, and how it is handled. By using Avocare Arbeidsrecht’s website and services, you agree to this privacy statement.

This statement applies to all persons from whom Avocare Arbeidsrecht processes personal data, including (potential) clients, visitors to the website, recipients of newsletters and/or commercial e-mails and all others who contact Avocare Arbeidsrecht.

Avocare Arbeidsrecht reserves the right to unilaterally amend or supplement the privacy policy. You are advised to consult this privacy statement regularly so you can take note of any changes.  

Personal data

Personal data refers to any information about an identified or identifiable natural person. Avocare Arbeidsrecht may process, inter alia, the following personal data:

• Basic information such as your first and last name, middle name, title;
• Contact details such as your e-mail address, postal address and telephone number;
• Any other personal data relating to you that you provide to Avocare Arbeidsrecht or that Avocare Arbeidsrecht may obtain in connection with the purposes and on the basis of the principles set out below.

Avocare arbeidsrecht collects this personal data either because you have provided it to Avocare arbeidsrecht or because it generated it itself during your visit to the website. Avocare Arbeidsrecht may also obtain your personal data from other sources, such as another lawyer, counterparties, the Trade Register, the Land Registry, social media platforms or by using public sources.

Purposes and principles for processing personal data

Avocare Arbeidsrecht may use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide legal services;
• To comply with legal and statutory obligations;
• To maintain contact with you;
• To improve and secure the website.

Avocare Arbeidsrecht processes your personal data on the basis of one or more of the following legal principles:

• The execution of an agreement;
• Compliance with a legal obligation;
• Legitimate interest;
• Your consent.

Retention period

Avocare Arbeidsrecht will not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary to achieve the purposes set out in these regulations or to comply with laws and regulations.

Sharing with others

For the purposes described in these regulations, Avocare Arbeidsrecht may also share data with third parties in certain cases, including but not limited to:

• Third parties relevant to the legal services provided by Avocare Arbeidsrecht, such as counterparties, lawyers, courts, regulatory bodies and government agencies;
• Third parties, such as regulators and other agencies, to comply with legal obligations;
• External suppliers in connection with the processing of your personal data for the purposes described in these regulations, such as ICT suppliers, communication service providers or other suppliers to whom Avocare Arbeidsrecht outsources certain support services.
• Personal data may further be provided to third parties in the event of a reorganisation or merger of the company or the sale of all or part of the company.

Transfers of your personal data to the above third parties will be made only for the purposes specified in these regulations and only on the basis of the principles specified in these regulations.

Third parties to whom Avocare Arbeidsrecht provides your personal data themselves are responsible for compliance with privacy legislation. Avocare Arbeidsrecht is neither responsible nor liable for the processing of your personal data by these third parties.

To the extent that a third party processes your personal data in the capacity of a processor of Avocare Arbeidsrecht, Avocare Arbeidsrecht will enter into a processor’s agreement with such third party that meets the requirements described in the GDPR.

Security

Avocare Arbeidsrecht has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against loss, destruction, damage, modification or disclosure. If you have any questions about the security of your personal data, or if there are any indications of misuse, you are requested to contact dejong@avocare.nl or  cancian@avocare.nl 

Your rights

As a data subject, you have a number of rights:

• The right of access. This means you can make a request to access the personal data Avocare Arbeidsrecht has collected from you. In doing so, you must bear in mind that there may be circumstances in which Avocare Arbeidsrecht is authorised not to comply with your request to provide copies of personal data, for example due to a professional privilege;
• The right to rectification or correction of your data if it is incorrect or incomplete;
• The right to have your personal data deleted. In doing so, you must note that there may be circumstances in which Avocare Arbeidsrecht is required to retain your data in order to comply with its legal and regulatory obligations;
• The right to object to or request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Again, there may be circumstances where Avocare Arbeidsrecht is legally authorised to not comply with your request;
• The right to data portability. This includes the right to receive your data in a structured, common and readable form. In doing so, you have the right to transfer this data to another controller;
• The right to object to profiling;
• The right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority;
• The right to withdraw the consent given. Again, there may be circumstances in which Avocare Arbeidsrecht is authorised to continue processing your data, particularly if the processing is a requirement to comply with legal obligations.  

Cookies

Various cookies may be placed on your computer by the Avocare Arbeidsrecht website: functional (necessary) cookies, analytical cookies, as well as cookies related to social media options and tracking cookies for offering relevant content.

Cookies are small (text) files that a web-page server places on your computer, tablet or other electronic device (hereinafter referred to as “computer”) when you visit a web-page. Having a cookie placed on your computer allows the web-page server to recognise your computer.

A cookie cannot start programmes or spread viruses. Cookies have a certain period of validity from the moment they are placed on a computer. After the validity period expires, the cookie is deleted by your browser. For some cookies, the period of validity is the duration of the browser session, but there are also cookies that remain valid for a longer period of time so they can be read back during your next visit to our website. To the extent that Avocare Arbeidsrecht collects personal data from you with the help of cookies, it processes it in accordance with this privacy statement.

You can set your browser not to store cookies, allow or deny each cookie, or to delete all cookies when you close your browser.

Cookies are placed on every computer you use to visit websites. If you want to stop receiving cookies altogether, you must adjust the settings on all the computers you use.

Please note that if you reject and/or delete cookies, strictly necessary cookies will also be affected. This may limit your ability to use the Avocare Arbeidsrecht website or parts of it.

Contact:

If you would like further information or have any questions or complaints about the processing of your personal data, please contact Avocare Arbeidsrecht in writing at: dejong@avocare.nl or cancian@avocare.nl