Privacy Policy

Lovethenetherlands.com processes a number of your personal data because you use our services and/or because you provide this information to us yourself (think of a competition). Below you will find an overview of the personal data we process:

  • First and last name
  • E-mail address
  • IP address
  • Location data
  • Internet browser
  • Device type

Special and/or sensitive personal data that we process

Our website and/or service does not intend to collect data about website visitors under the age of 16. Unless they have parental or guardian consent. However, we cannot check whether a visitor is older than 16. We therefore advise parents to be involved in the online activities of their children, in order to prevent data about children from being collected without parental consent. If you are convinced that we have collected personal information about a minor without this permission, please contact us at info@lovethenetherlands.com and we will delete this information.

For what purpose and on what basis do we process personal data

Lovethenetherlands.com processes your personal data for the following purposes:

  • sending our newsletter
  • to be able to e-mail you if necessary (for a giveaway)
  • information about your activities on our website
  • to analyze your behavior on the website in order to improve the website

How long we keep personal data

Lovethenetherlands.com does not store your personal data longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data is collected:

  • Tracking cookies (Google Analytics and affiliate programs): a maximum of 38 months
  • Technical cookies: 1 year Invoice data: 7 years (mandatory)
  • Address data regarding giveaways: will be removed after the end of the giveaway

Sharing personal data with third parties

Lovethenetherlands.com does not sell your information to third parties and will only provide it if this is necessary for the execution of our agreement with you (such as a competition) or to comply with a legal obligation. We conclude a processing agreement with companies that process your data on our behalf to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality of your data. Think of Google Analytics and our hosting party. Lovethenetherlands.com remains responsible for these processing operations.

Back up the website

Every night, our hosting supplier automatically backs up the website, our database and the e-mail. The backup goes to another Dutch data center via an AES-256 encrypted connection. Every Sunday, all backups from the past week are automatically checked for accuracy. In this way, the hosting supplier can guarantee that the backups made actually work. The files in the backup are encrypted and cannot be accessed without corresponding passwords. The backup’s AES-256 encryption is Federal Information Processing Standard(FIPS) certified. The backups are only accessible to server administrators and are protected from the outside world. The backups are kept for 30 to 60 days.

Cookies, or similar techniques, that we use

Lovethenetherlands.com uses functional, analytical and tracking cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored in the browser of your computer, tablet or smartphone when you first visit this website. Lovethenetherlands.com uses cookies with a purely technical functionality. These ensure that the website works properly and that, for example, your preferred settings are remembered. These cookies are also used to make the website work properly and to optimize it. In addition, we place cookies that track your surfing behavior so that we can offer customized content and advertisements.

On your first visit to our website, we have already informed you about these cookies and we have asked for your permission to place them. You can opt out of cookies by setting your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. In addition, you can also delete all information previously saved via the settings of your browser.

Cookies are also placed on this website by third parties. These are, for example, advertisers and/or the social media companies. Below an overview:

Google Analytics

Because we would like to know how our visitors use the website, so that we can optimize the use of the website, we use Google Analytics.

Cookies from Google are therefore placed via this website. Google analyzes the information obtained with this for us. The information is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is emphatically not used. We cannot therefore trace you personally.

Google will only share the information obtained with third parties if they are legally obliged to do so or insofar as third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We do not give Google permission to use the information obtained for other Google services.

Google is an American company. The information collected is stored on US servers. Google conforms to the Safe Harbor principles.

Affiliate partners

At lovethenetherlands.com we work with affiliate cookies from our affiliate partners. Affiliate cookies have little or no consequences for the privacy of the internet user and therefore fall under the exception in the Telecommunications Act. This means that a publisher, advertiser or affiliate network does not have to request permission in advance to be able to place affiliate cookies. However, visitors must be informed about the use of cookies. Affiliate partners we work with are: Linkpizza, Awin, Tradetracker, Get Your Guide, Tiqets, Tradedoubler, Performance Horizon, Bol.com and Daisycon.

Social media buttons
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to share messages on this website on Social Media. This can be done by means of a number of buttons. The various social media channels use a code with which they place cookies via the site. These social media channels collect information that they can obtain through the cookies. Most social media channels will adhere to the Safe Harbor principles. We use the buttons of the following social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest en Instagram.

Disable and delete cookies
Do you want to disable or delete cookies? You can do this via your browser settings. If necessary, use the help function of your browser to find out how you can do this. More information about cookies can be found on the website of ConsuWijzer.

View, modify or delete data

You have the right to view, correct or delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the data processing or to object to the processing of your personal data by lovethenetherlands.com 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 another organization mentioned by you. You can send a request for access, correction, deletion, data transfer of your personal data or request for withdrawal of your consent or objection to the processing of your personal data to info@lovethenetherlands.com. To ensure that the request for inspection has been made by you, we ask you to enclose a copy of your proof of identity with the request. Make your passport photo, MRZ (machine readable zone, the strip with numbers at the bottom of the passport), passport number and citizen service number (BSN) black in this copy. This is to protect your privacy. We will respond to your request as quickly as possible, but certainly within four weeks. Lovethenetherlands.com would also like to point out that you have the option of submitting a complaint to the national supervisory authority: the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

How we secure personal data

Lovethenetherlands.com takes the protection of your data seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorized modification. If you feel that your data is not properly secured or there are indications of abuse, please contact info@lovethenetherlands.com. Lovethenetherlands.com has taken the following measures to protect your personal data:

– TLS (formerly SSL) We send your data via a secure internet connection. You can see this in the address bar ‘https’ and the padlock in the address bar.

Lovethenetherlands.com is part of AllinMedia. Contact: Melissa Peltenburg.