Privacy policy (EU)
This privacy policy was last updated on 15 May 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Our privacy policy for citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States, can be found here.
In this privacy policy, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://www.alexvermeule.com. We recommend you carefully read this policy. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
- We clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy policy;
- We aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
- We first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
- We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
- We respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.
If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
1. Purpose, data and retention period
We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following:
1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
For this purpose we use the following data:
- A first and last name
- An email address
- A telephone number
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Retention period
- We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12
1.2 Payments
For this purpose we use the following data:
- A first and last name
- Account name or alias
- An email address
- IP Address
- Geolocation data
- Financial information such as bank account number or credit card number
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Retention period
- Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 84.
1.3 Registering an account
For this purpose we use the following data:
- A first and last name
- Account name or alias
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- IP Address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.4 Newsletters and other free resources
Alex Vermeule Training & Coaching (AVT&C) offers a regular Newsletter and other free resources so you can stay in the know about Agile and Scrum. When signing up for the Newsletter or requesting free resources, data entered into the input mask will be stored, in order to provide the Newsletter or digital downloads. The legal basis for this processing is GDPR art. 6(1)(a). Your email address, time of subscription and the IP address used for subscribing will be retained as long as you subscribe to our Newsletter and nurture emails. You can unsubscribe from this at any time by contacting us at [email protected] or by opting out via the link provided in each email.
You will be informed by AVT&C about relevant changes concerning the Service, such as the implementation of additional functions, by email, if you subscribe to AV T&C’s newsletter.
Optionally, your first name, last name, company name and the country you are located in will be processed to provide you with personalized emails.
For this purpose we use the following data:
- A first and last name
- An email address
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Upon the provision of consent.
Retention period
We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12
1.5 Webinars
Alex Vermeule Training & Coaching (AVT&C) offers from time to time webinars, to which you can sign up from our website. In these cases the data put in the sign-up form during the sign-up process will be used by AVT&C for the purposes of the webinar and communication regarding the webinar and other relevant topics. If the webinar is organized together with a partner, then the data might be shared with them. The data is processed on the legal basis of consent, Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR. You have the right to withdraw your consent to process your data at any time by contacting [email protected].
For this purpose we use the following data:
- A first and last name
- An email address
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Retention period
- We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12
1.6 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has
For this purpose we use the following data:
- A first and last name
- An email address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
- A telephone number
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Retention period
- We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12
1.7 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application or advertisement
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Retention period
- We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 24
2. Sharing with other parties
We only share or disclose this data to these processors for the following purposes:
Name: Exact Software Nederland B.V.
Country: The Netherlands
Purpose: Accounting
Name: MailerLite Limited
Country: Ireland
Purpose: Email marketing
Name: HubSpot Inc
Country: United States
Purpose: CRM and Marketing
3. Cookies
To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. For more information about these technologies and partners, please refer to our Cookie declaration.
4. Disclosure practices
We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.
If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.
We have concluded a data Processing Agreement with Google.
Google may not use the data for any other Google services.
We have also integrated Google Consent Mode v2 on our website to help manage and respect your privacy preferences regarding cookies and tracking technologies. This allows us to adjust the behavior of our tags based on your consent status, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.
5. Security
We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.
The security measures we use consist of:
- Login Security
- DKIM, SPF, DMARC and other specific DNS settings
- (START)TLS / SSL / DANE Encryption
6. Third-party websites
This privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy policy of these websites prior to making use of these websites.
7. Amendments to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy policy. It is recommended that you consult this privacy policy regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.
8. Accessing and modifying your data
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.
In order to exercise your rights described here, you can contact us at any time using the contact details listed under ‘Contact details’.
9. Submitting a complaint
If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Data Protection Authority.
10. Contact details
Alex Vermeule Training & Coaching (a trade name of Companda B.V.)
Nieuwe Gracht 3
2011 NB Haarlem
Netherlands
Website: https://www.alexvermeule.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: +31 23 5511011
11. Annex
Cookiebot CMP
Our website uses Cookiebot from Usercentrics to collect records of consent. For more information, see the Usercentrics Privacy policy.
WPML
Our website uses WPML from OnTheGoSystems Limited to translate our website in multiple languages. WPML uses cookies to identify the visitor’s current language, the last visited language and the language of users who have logged in.
Online Succes
Our website uses Online Succes from Companda B.V. to support our sales. Based on an IP address, this service provides us with details of the company visiting our site. This technology is activated only after you provide explicit consent for the usage of analytics cookies. Please note that while the service does not use cookies for the described purpose, it does utilize IP addresses to determine the visiting company’s details. Importantly, this technology does not link an IP address to an individual, ensuring your personal privacy is maintained.
Solid Security
Our website uses Solid Security by Liquid Web to secure our site. This software analyzes the IP addresses of visitors and bots by making an API request to SolidWP.com servers to then protect the website against unwanted visits. No user information is sent to SolidWP. For more information, please read SolidWP’s privacy policy.
Akismet
Our website uses Akismet from Automattic (the creators of WordPress). This software helps us to keep spam comments under control on our blog posts. When a visitor leaves a comment, the software collects and analyses the IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address and the comment itself, of course). For more information, please read Automattic’s privacy policy.
