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Startups for society is part of Midpoint Brabant.

This privacy policy was last amended on 12 February 2018.

1. OUR VIEW ON PRIVACY

1.1 This website (www.www.midpointbrabant.nl) belongs to Midpoint Brabant (referred to below as 'we' and 'us'). We are committed to protecting your data and respecting your privacy. This privacy policy tells you more about how we collect, use and handle personal data.

1.2 In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, we manage the personal data we collect.

1.3 We use cookies on our website, to collect and store information during visit sessions. Read more about this in our cookie policy.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE USE

2.1 We collect personal information that you enter on our website. This may be for example when you register for something, request information, send messages to other users, when you enter competitions (or any other type of marketing action), sign up for our newsletter or when you participate in surveys, workshops or promotions.

2.2 We also collect personal information about you in an indirect way. For example, by recording which pages of our website you visit or with what kind of equipment you visited our site.

2.3 We explain the different categories of personal information in more detail below.

(a) Contact details: such as your name, email address, phone number and address details associated with your website visit.

(b) Comments and opinions: such as comments you post or when you respond to surveys or competitions.

(d) Payment and transaction information: we store the products and services you request/order online with the payment method you have chosen.

(e) Login profile information: service via third parties (e.g. by using Facebook) with the corresponding login details and profile information, such as your profile picture, username and any other information you have entered.

(f) Your personal preferences: any preferences you may set while using our website (services), such as notifications, email notifications and choice of how the website is displayed.

(g) Information about how you use our online service and how you are connected via the internet.

(h) We collect information about how you use our website, through which website you arrived at our site, how long the website visit lasts, which website you visit immediately after leaving our site and what navigation choices you make on our site during your visit.

(i) We also collect information about the computer or other device you use to visit our website, such as the type of device you use (including any unique device numbers), the operating system, the browser and applications you may have used to visit our website, your internet service provider or mobile network and your IP address. This allows us to make more targeted choices about technical improvements to our website in the future.

(j) The information we collect on your electronic devices is associated with your devices, not you as an individual.

(k) Information about your location: apart from the information you specifically enter, we do not collect information about your location. The IP address may possibly contain information about your location, but this will never be more specific than the city or country where you use your equipment.

(l) Information submitted by other organisations: other organisations may submit information about you, where this is legally permissible, such as, for example, contact details, demographic data or information relating to internet navigation.

(m) Information from fraud or crime prevention organisations: if fraudulent or other criminal behaviour is linked to your visit, we may have information that we passed on to fraud or crime prevention organisations.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

3.1 We use your personal data for the purposes below:

(a) Contact details: we will use your contact details to communicate directly with you about your information request, about our service or in response to questions or comments submitted by you or other users. We may also use your contact details to send you information on products, services or services applicable to you (such as communications in accordance with your own submitted preferences).

(b) Comments and opinions: we use your comments and opinions to tailor products and services to what may be of interest to you, to offer our services to you and to give you the option of sending messages to other users.

(c) Messages to us and other users: we use messages that you send us to help you with your request, question or comment and to serve you better in the future.

(d) Your preferences: we use your preference settings to satisfy your personal preferences, which means, for example, that you will receive notifications on which medium and when you want them and will have the settings of the website adapted to your preferences if necessary.

(e) Information about how you are connected and how you use our service: we use this information to make the website work on the devices you like. We also use this information to be able to show you products or services according to your preferences.

(f) Information about your location: we use this information to show on a map in which regions certain purchases have been made. We may also adapt website content depending on the city, region or country where you live. We will never be able to track your individual location without first asking your permission.

(g) Information provided by other users: we use the information about you that other users provide via messages in order to respond to questions or comments. In addition, we use your information if other users have indicated to contact you accordingly or if it has been indicated that we should contact you via a particular medium.

(h) Information on fraud or other criminal activity related to your visit: we use this visitor information to prevent and analyse fraud and other criminal activity so that we can take preventive measures for future website hacks/attacks.

(i) Any personal information: we use personal information we collect to study and improve the use of our website and to help us further develop our products and services for our visitors.

3.2 Much of the information we collect is processed on an anonymous basis, so it does not concern us directly about you as an individual. We may use this information to test our IT systems, for research, analysing data, improving our website, developing new products and services and additionally to display information about the amount of requests for a particular service/workshop in a particular region.

4. INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES

4.1 We share some personal data with the following third parties:

(a) Our users: when you use Unboxed, parts of your personal data will be shared with other users of Unboxed, giving you the opportunity to contact or interact.

(b) Companies in the same group of companies as us: our cluster programmes, if any, or our owners. These companies use your personal data in the same way as we do and are subject to this same privacy policy.

(c) Service providers and consultants: third parties that provide us with a certain service, such as, for example, companies we cooperate with. These companies will only use your data for the activity for which the cooperation is intended. Your data will not be shared with other parties and a processing agreement will be in place to ensure privacy.

(d) Legal or governmental authorities: third parties authorised to request your data on legal grounds.

4.2 We will never disclose information from or about individuals to third parties, other than as indicated above. We may possibly provide organisations with statistics and analytical information, but we will always ensure that this is not personal information and will always be on an anonymous basis.

5. MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

5.1 Email Marketing - we will only contact you by email if you have specifically indicated this. If you do not wish to be contacted by email (anymore), we kindly ask you to notify us via: info@midpointbrabant.nl - or by using the ' unsubscribe' link in the footer of the email you received.

5.2 Email notifications regarding your request or a change of services: we may contact you regarding your request/order or if there are any changes regarding our services.

5.3 Advertising on our site and other websites: our advertising/cluster partners and ourselves may display interesting announcements, promotions or advertisements on our or partner websites. To do this, we collect information about how you use our or other websites. This information may also include the IP address you are connected to. Our advertising partners and ourselves only use this information to show you ads on websites or apps that are relevant to you. The methods we use to collect this information focus purely on the device you are using and not on you as an individual. Cookies and similar techniques are used for this type of advertising. You can read more about our use of cookies in our cookie policy.

6. STORAGE AND FORWARDING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

6.1 Cookies and local storage: we store your (possibly personal) information on the device you use via cookies and similar methods. Please see our cookie policy for more information.

6.2 Personal information abroad: the personal information we collect may be stored abroad. (For example, by Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn or Google). In some areas, data protection and security may differ from the country you are in. We make every effort to ensure that your personal information is treated confidentially, in accordance with our EU privacy policy.

The Consumers' Association also has a clear explanation and roadmap on how to easily make changes and delete cookies yourself. See also: https://www.consumentenbond.nl/internet-privacy/cookies-verwijderen

7. ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA

7.1 If you would like access to your personal data, please contact us for more information at info@midpointbrabant.nl. Please tell us in as much detail as possible exactly what you are looking for, so that we can help you in the best possible way.

8. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

8.1 Our site may, from time to time, contain links to other websites of partner networks, advertising partners, collaboration partners, or news publications. If you click on any of these links, you will no longer be on our website and should consult the relevant website's policy for more information on privacy and cookies.

9. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

9.1 This privacy policy will be updated from time to time. Please keep an eye on this page for the latest changes. Changes to this privacy policy take effect from the time they appear on this page.

10. GOOD TO KNOW

10.1 If we want to send you a particular message - in terms of marketing, legal, product or other information - we will choose the most practical way to contact you. Normally this will be by email or via a message on the website. You can still unsubscribe from our notifications.