Privacy Statement, Cookie Statement and Disclaimer

Controller

Brouwer Legal may be regarded as the controller. Our details can be found below:

Brouwer Legal B.V.
Jan Tinbergenstraat 172
7559 SP Hengelo
The Netherlands

T +31 (0)53 203 20 44
F +31 (0)53 203 20 45

E info@brouwerlegal.com

The contact person for the processing of personal data is the Privacy Coordinator, who can be reached by e-mail at honerbom@brouwerlegal.com.

Cookies

We use functional cookies, analytical cookies and tracking cookies.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. We use these cookies to ensure optimal user experience. Functional cookies are present immediately on opening the website and will remain present also if you, as the user, do not give consent for cookies to be placed.

Analytical cookies

We use analytical cookies to continually optimise our website. These statistics show us how often our website and its pages are visited and what information visitors are looking for, and give us insight into the number of visitors to the website and their geographical data, the duration of their visit to our website, the pages viewed, the operating system and device used to access the website, and the manner in which the visitor arrived at our website. By analysing the anonymised click paths, we are better able to tailor the website to the interests of our visitors. This allows us to continuously improve our services. The data we collect through these cookies are anonymous and cannot be traced back to individuals. These analytical cookies are placed only after you have given your consent via our cookie banner

Tracking cookies

With your consent (after you have given your consent via our cookie banner), we place tracking cookies on your device after you visit our website. These tracking cookies enable us to compile a user profile of visitors to our website. This includes collecting information about your preferences. This profile serves to tailor advertisements to you, as a specific user, so that they are as relevant to you as possible.

Cookies and personal data

Because we use cookies on our website, we may process personal data about you as a visitor to the website. We process this personal data, including IP addresses, in line with this Privacy Statement.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand and improve the use of our website. This involves the collection of data that could potentially be considered personal data. We value the privacy of our visitors and have therefore taken measures to comply with the GDPR.

Processing company

Google Ireland Limited

Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, DO4E5W5,

Ireland

What data do we collect?

IP address (anonymised)

Usage data (such as pages visited, duration of visit, and interactions)

Purpose of the data processing

The data collected is used for the following purposes:

• to improve our website and services
• to analyse user behaviour
• to optimise our marketing efforts

Legal basis

Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. We seek consent through our cookie banner.

How do we protect your data?

• We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google.
• The last octet of your EP address is masked, so the IP address is not fully visible.
• The ‘share data’ function with Google is disabled.
• We do not use other Google services in combination with Google Analytics cookies.

Retention of personal data

The data collected with Google Analytics is kept for 24 months.

Transfer of personal data

Information on data transfer via Google Analytics can be found at https://business.safety.google/adsdatatransfers/.

Social media

We refer on our website to our company profile and the profiles of our employees on social media portals Meta (formerly Facebook), X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and LinkedIn. By presenting our firm on social media, we aim to actively communicate with you and offer you the opportunity to find out more about our services. If you contact us via social media, we process the data you provide for that purpose. We process your personal data based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you and to continuously optimise our company profile online.

The social media portals are not managed by us, but by the portals themselves under their own responsibility. We have no influence on the data collected by the service providers or on the data processing, and we do not know the full extent of the data collection, the purposes of the data processing, or the retention periods. For data processing by the operators of the social media portals, please refer to their privacy policies:

• Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.): https://www.facebook.com/policy or https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data 
• Instagram & Threads (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.): https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy 
• X (Twitter International Company, Ireland): https://twitter.com/de/privacy 
• LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Ireland): https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Cookie preferences

If you do not want us to place cookies during your visit to our website, you may opt to reject all nonfunctional cookies. During your first visit to our website, a cookie bar will appear at the top of the screen inquiring about your preferences. You can change your previously stated preferences at any time via the cookie bar on our website. If at an earlier stage you have given consent for a certain type of cookies to be placed, you yourself can therefore always withdraw that consent.

You may also block cookies via your browser. If you opt to block all cookies, our website may not work as well. You may also opt to selectively disable unwanted cookies via your browser settings. This affects not only cookies placed on our website, but also cookies placed on other websites.

Personal data

Depending on the type of relationship between you and Brouwer Legal, different types of personal data may be processed. Different data are processed for clients, for instance, than for visitors to our website. The following personal data may be processed by Brouwer Legal:

• surname, birth name, first name and initials, position, and the name by which you are generally known;
• date of birth and age;
• place of birth;
• gender;
• contact details: address, mobile and landline number, e-mail address; and
• IP address.

Purposes of data processing

Your personal data will be processed exclusively for the following purposes:
 

• the performance of agreements with the company for which you work;
• negotiations/handling of offers and enquiries with the company for which you work;
• execution of projects and work (including invoicing);
• invitations to events/meetings organised by Brouwer Legal;
• PR/marketing/acquisition by Brouwer Legal;
• contact in response to a contact request (including via our website or at an event); and
• improvement of Brouwer Legal’s business operations.

Your personal data will not be processed for any purpose other than those listed above. 

Sharing of personal data with third parties

We share personal data with third parties engaged by us with a view to the provision of their services, such as other law firms, civil-law notaries, accountants and tax specialists. We also share personal data with other relevant parties, as far as the provision of our services so requires, such as counterparties, judicial authorities and government agencies.

We share personal data with external service providers, such as website hosting providers, cloud service providers and providers of software and other systems that we use. The personal data shared with these service providers does not go beyond what is strictly necessary with a view to the provision of services.

Third parties with which we share personal data are themselves responsible for processing such personal data. We are neither responsible nor liable for the processing of your personal data by third parties. Where a third party acts as a processor of personal data for us, we will enter into a data processing agreement with that third party.

Your personal data will be shared only with employees at Brouwer Legal who need to know your personal data in order to perform the agreement with you or the company for which you work, or as far as sharing is necessary in order to contact you. All Brouwer Legal employees are bound by a duty of confidentiality.

Term of the data processing

Your personal data will not be processed for longer than necessary or prescribed by law. The data processing in any event takes place throughout the client/supplier/collaboration relationship with you or with the company for which you work.

If the relationship with you or the company for which you work ends, Brouwer Legal will retain your personal data for seven (7) years after the termination of the relationship. This retention is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, as well as in light of individual agreements with you or your company.

If your personal data are not processed in the context of an (existing) client/supplier/collaboration relationship, Brouwer Legal will retain your personal data for three (3) years after the provision of the personal data.

After the aforesaid period(s), we will destroy your personal data, unless you again consent to the processing of your personal data.

Your rights

You have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data:

• the right to access your personal data processed by us. In doing so, you will also receive a list of third parties to which your personal data have been provided;
• right to rectification, if, for instance, we have not processed the correct data;
   
• right to erasure of personal data (‘right to be forgotten’). This does not apply if and as far as we are required by law to retain your personal data;
• right to personal data portability;
• right to withdraw consent to process your personal data; and
• right to present questions or comments/concerns to us and, if that process is unsatisfactory, to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer. Their contact details can be found under ‘Controller’ in this Privacy Statement.

Due care, technical security and access to data

We handle your personal data with due care and ensure proper (technical) security of those personal data. In all cases, we comply with legal requirements relating to the protection of personal data, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Among other things, we prevent the processing of unnecessary personal data, access to personal data is limited to a group of employees who need to be able to process your personal data (e.g. to perform an agreement with you or to be able to contact you), we use only ICT systems that adequately protect your personal data, and we have a policy and protocol in place to prevent personal data leaks.

All employees who have access to personal data handle those data with care and are bound by a duty of confidentiality.

Questions and complaints

If you have any questions or wish to file a complaint about the use of your personal data, please contact Brouwer Legal at ***@brouwerlegal.com. Brouwer Legal will then contact you, answer your question or handle your complaint. If you feel that Brouwer Legal is not helping you correctly, you may contact the Dutch Data Protection Authority to file a complaint. You may do so via the following link: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/contact-met-de-autoriteit-persoonsgegevens/tip-ons

Disclaimer

General information is provided on mostly legal subjects on the Website and in the electronic newsletters or blogs. This is not intended to provide legal advice on specific situations. Brouwer Legal compiles the information on the Website and in the electronic newsletters or blogs with due care, but cannot warrant that that information is correct or complete.

Brouwer Legal does not accept any liability for the accuracy and completeness of the information displayed on the Website or in the electronic newsletters and blogs. References to sites not maintained by Brouwer Legal are included purely for the visitor’s information. Although Brouwer Legal is extremely selective regarding the sites referred to, it cannot warrant their content and functioning, nor the quality of any products or services offered on those sites. The user of the Website and the recipient of the electronic newsletters or blogs may not reproduce, distribute or disseminate the content of the Website or the electronic newsletters or blogs and may not make it available to third parties for a fee, without Brouwer Legal’s express written consent.

Changes

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Statement. You are advised to consult this Privacy Statement on a regular basis.