Privacy Statement

1. Introduction

The municipality of Den Haag (including her components such as services and city partners) respects the privacy of the visitors of the platform www.nieuwdenhaag.nl (hereinafter: the ‘Platform’). The careful handling of your personal information is central in the use of interactive services and a visit to the Platform. The municipality of Den Haag meets all legal requirements in this field, and in particular the requirements determined by the Personal Data Protection Act with regard to processing personal information.

The municipality of Den Haag only uses information provided to her in the context of the Platform, for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement. By using the Platform you agree with the processing of the personal information as described in this Privacy Statement Privacy Statement.

2. What personal information is processed by the municipality of Den Haag?

The municipality of Den Haag processes information of all visitors of the Platform, obtained by cookies (see article 5). If you sign up on the Platform to be able to use one of the services the municipality of Den Haag offers, the following information might be processed in addition: e-mail address and areas of interest. This information is processed by the municipality of Den Haag together with your IP address.

3. For what purpose does the municipality of Den Haag process information?

The municipality of Den Haag processes your personal information for the implementation of the services offered and facilitated by the municipality, such as the garbage calendar and in order to maintain a relationship with you. Your personal information is also used to (be able to) perform requests such as sending a newsletter. In addition, the information may be combined and analyzed for statistical research, personalizing web pages and sending e-mail newsletters.

4. to whom does the municipality of Den Haag provide information?

The municipality of Den Haag will not provide your information to third parties without your prior consent, unless she is required to do so based on a legal provision.

5. What are cookies and how does the municipality of Den Haag use these?

In order to optimize the accessibility of the website, cookies are used on the Platform. A cookie is a very small text file that can be temporarily placed on your hard disk by a webpage-server. With the help of a cookie, our website can recognize you when you revisit our website so that the site can be customized for you. So a cookie helps you save time. A cookie can not spread viruses.

You can refuse cookies by changing your browser settings. However, we’d like to point out that this will slow down the use of some features of the Platform or even render them inoperable. The help-feature of your browser will provide you with more information on cookies.

6. What is the scope of the responsibility of the municipality of Den Haag?

The Platform may contain links to websites of third parties. The municipality of Den Haag is not responsible for the compliance with the privacy legislation by these third parties.

7. How does the municipality of Den Haag protect personal information?

In order to optimally protect your personal information from unauthorized access or any unlawful use, the municipality of Den Haag uses proper security procedures.

The municipality of Den Haag stores your personal information during the period that is required within reason for the correct implementation of the services offered and facilitated by her.

8. What are your rights?

You have the right to ask the municipality of Den Haag which of your personal information  she is processing. At this request, but in any case within four weeks, the municipality will respond to this request in writing. Then you can ask the municipality to complete, correct or remove this information, under provision of the changes you require. To this request, the municipality will respond within four weeks as well.

9. Is this Privacy Statement subject to change?

This privacy Statement may be changed by the municipality of Den Haag at all times with out prior warning. Changes enter into effect as soon as they have been published on the Platform. We recommend that you consult the Privacy Statement on a regular basis, so that you are aware of these changes.

10. Where to go for questions and requests?

If you have any questions or requests about the privacy policy of the municipality of Den Haag in respect of the Platform you can express this using the following email address webredactie@denhaag.nl.

11. Applicable Law

To this Privacy Statement, Dutch Law applies. Any disputes shall be brought before the competent court in Den Haag.