Privacy Statement Brainport development N.V.

Personal data

• Gender
• First and last name
• E-mail address
• Information about your activities on our website
• Internet browser and device type

Processing 
Your personal details are stored in a database. We use this to identify you as a relation of Brainport Development N.V. and to send you the newsletter or invitations for general events. This information will not be used for other purposes and will not be passed on to third parties. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter or invitations, you can unsubscribe at each newsletter or invitation.  

Provision of personal data 
Providing your personal data to Brainport Development N.V. is done voluntarily on the basis of consent, agreement, justified interest or legal obligation as described in Article 6 of the General Data Protection Ordinance (AVG).  If you do not agree to this, we cannot enter into contractual obligations with you, contact you or send you information. Your data will be registered in a database and used for the normal business purposes of Brainport Development N.V. Should you no longer wish to receive contact or information, you always have the right to change or revoke this permission. 

Special and/or sensitive personal data that we process 
Our website and/or service does not intend to collect information about website visitors under the age of 16. Unless they have permission from parents or guardian. However, we cannot verify whether a visitor is over 16 years of age. We therefore recommend that parents be involved in their children's online activities in order to prevent the collection of information about children without parental consent. If you believe that we have collected personal information about a minor without that consent, please contact us at communicatie@brainportdevelopment.nl and we will remove that information. 

Why we need data
Brainport Development N.V. processes your personal data for the following purposes:

• Sending the monthly newsletter.
• Invitation to events concerning the organisation or arising from the project portfolio of Brainport Development N.V. 
• Analyzing your behaviour on the website in order to improve the website and to tailor the range of products and services to your preferences.

How long we keep data
Brainport Development N.V. will not retain your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data are collected or are required by the Archives Act. Our retention period(s) are:

• For personal data - the statutory period or earlier if you so request. The statutory period varies from one to a maximum of three years.
• For personal data received via a contact form or social channels, the retention period is a maximum of 30 days.

Sharing with others
Brainport Development N.V. only provides data to third parties within the European Union if this is necessary for the execution of the agreement with you within the framework of an assignment and/or the execution of a (subsidy) project, in order to comply with a legal obligation or if you give permission.

Below are the parties where it is necessary for Brainport Development N.V. to be able to exchange personal data with them, if this is necessary. A processing agreement has been concluded with all these parties in which your privacy is paramount. 

• Service providers etc:
  We use technical service providers who can manage the technical infrastructure we need to process our online activities, their content and data. We also use technical service providers to communicate with you, such as sending a newsletter or inviting you to an event.
• General data:
  General data is stored and kept up to date in order to optimise the website and thus our services. By general information we mean the most frequently requested pages of the website or your preferences of our services. This concerns numerical data and not the identity of you as a person.

Photos
During (public) events of Brainport Development N.V. or Brainport Eindhoven photos can be taken that will be published on our website and/or social channels at a later date. People who are recognizable by Brainport Development N.V. on the photo and whose personal details are known, will be approached for permission prior to publication. All other photos will be published with due observance of the purpose for which they were taken. If you do not agree, please contact us at communicatie@brainportdevelopment.nl.  

Your right to complain to the Personal Data Authority
If you are not satisfied with the way in which Brainport Development N.V. handles your questions or complaint, you can submit a complaint to the Personal Data Authority. 

Mapping out website visits

• Cookies 
  Brainport Development N.V. only uses technical and functional cookies. In addition, we also use analytical cookies that do not infringe on your privacy. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone during your first visit to this website. The cookies we use are necessary for the technical operation of the website and your ease of use. They ensure that the website works properly and remember, for example, your preferences. It also enables us to optimise our website. You can unsubscribe from cookies by setting your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. In addition, you can also delete any information that has previously been stored via your browser's settings.
• Third party content
  This website does not store any third party content such as widgets, plug-ins or embedded content.
• Newsletter
  If you subscribe to the newsletter of Brainport Development N.V. or Brainport Development N.V. related projects and programmes, we will only use your e-mail address to send this newsletter. When you unsubscribe from the newsletter, your e-mail address will be removed from our mailing list.
• Sign up for events
  If you register for an event related to Brainport Development N.V. or Brainport Eindhoven, we will only use your data for that project or event. This will put you on the mailing list for events and mailings that will take place in the future. You can change or unsubscribe from these invitations and mailings at any time.

Gegevens inzien, aanpassen of verwijderen  
You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data. You can send a request for access, correction or deletion to communicatie@brainportdevelopment.nl. To ensure that the request for access has been made by you, we ask you to enclose a copy of your proof of identity with the request. We hereby ask you to blacken your passport photo and citizen service number (BSN) in this copy. This is to protect your privacy. Brainport Development N.V. will respond to your request as soon as possible, but within four weeks.

You can also contact us via:
Website: www.brainporteindhoven.com 
Phone number: 040 751 2424 
Company address: Achtseweg Zuid 159H, 5651 GW Eindhoven 
Postal address: Postbus 2181, 5600 CD Eindhoven 

Security
Brainport Development N.V. takes the protection of your data seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent abuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorized modification. If you have the impression that your data is not properly secured or that there are indications of misuse, please contact communicatie@brainportdevelopment.nl.