Privacy statement

Introduction 
To safeguard your right to privacy, Visit Gooi & Vecht, part of Gooi and Vecht Region, (hereinafter: the Region) handles your personal data with care and keeps it confidential. Your data is processed carefully and used only for essential and clearly defined purposes. This privacy statement applies to all personal data that the Region processes via visitgooivecht.nl.

What personal data does the Region process? 
The Region processes personal data because you make use of our services and/or because you have provided data to us, with the aim of providing the best service to our visitors. 

An overview of the data that we may collect through this service/website is given below.

Personal data that you actively provide, for example by filling in a contact form:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Email address

Other:

  • IP address (anonymized) 

Why does the Region need my personal data? 
The Region processes personal data for the following purposes:

  • To adapt our services based on your anonymized internet search behavior, in such a way that they are better suited to your preferences. 
  • To enable us to answer any questions you may ask us via email or telephone or via a contact form.

How does the Region use and protect personal data? 
The Region does not process more personal data than is necessary to perform the work relating to the service. The Region’s work processes are designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Duty of confidentiality
All persons employed by the Region who have access to personal data are contractually bound to confidentiality.

Retention periods
We comply with the retention period(s) imposed by law and set down in regulations. Personal data is not retained longer than strictly necessary. Personal data is destroyed/permanently deleted at the end of this period.

Security
The Region takes all necessary technical and organizational security measures to prevent the misuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. Examples of these measures include encryption of personal data and imposing access controls on computer systems.

Sensitive personal data
We do not process any sensitive personal data for visitgooivecht.nl.

How long is your data retained? 
We do not retain your personal data any longer than is necessary to achieve the objective(s) for which your data has been collected, or for longer than is reasonably necessary for the correct execution of our services.

To whom do we share your data? 
The Region uses personal data for its own operational management. It may sometimes be necessary to share such personal data with organizations that perform work for us, or with which we co-operate because this ensues from a task that has been assigned to the Region, or if you give your explicit consent to do so. We conclude processing agreements with companies that process your data on our behalf. This ensures the safe and confidential handling of your data. The Region will always remain responsible for the processing of personal data carried out on its behalf.

Google Analytics 
We use Google Analytics to help us collect information on visits to and the use of this website/service. The Region has concluded a processing agreement with Google. The data collected by Google is anonymized and encrypted. This data is not shared with other Google services. 

Mailchimp 
We use Mailchimp to send out newsletters. Mailchimp collects your data once you have voluntarily subscribed to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time. For more information about Mailchimp's Privacy Policy please click here

Inspecting, correcting, deleting, or restricting access to personal data

You have the right to inspect your personal data, to have it corrected, deleted, or transferred, to object to the processing thereof, or to have the processing restricted. The GDPR sets down the conditions under which these rights apply.

Requests for inspection, correction, deletion, transfer, objection to processing, or restriction of processing may be submitted to the Executive Board at avgverzoeken@regiogv.nl.

Another option is to send a letter to Gooi and Vecht Region, Post box 251, 1400 AG Bussum, stating 'Request concerning personal data. To protect everyone's privacy and to confirm that the request comes from you, we will ask you to provide proof of identity.

We will respond to your request as quickly as possible, but in any case within one month. This period may be extended once, by two months, in special cases. We will inform you if this is the case.