VDL Groep Privacy Policy
General
VDL Groep welcomes you to this website and appreciates your interest in our company, products and services. VDL Groep places great importance on your privacy. We therefore want to explain how we handle your personal data. This privacy policy applies to all personal data left by visitors to the websites of VDL Groep B.V. or its subsidiaries. For transparency, this privacy policy explains how we use this data.
Types of personal data
The personal data processed by VDL through the website often includes your contact details, such as your name and email address. It may also include a search query you enter or a question you submit through the form. In addition, you can search for vacancies using the ‘Vacancies, Working at VDL, Internships & education and Contact’ functions. These search queries may also be stored and linked to your IP address, for example. This applies to information that a website visitor uploads or enters on the website as well. We also process uploaded CVs and cover letters.
Information may also be stored automatically when you visit this website, such as your IP address and click behaviour. We often collect this information directly during your visit using cookies. More information is available in the cookie statement.
We would like to point out that we also consider this data personal data, even if you visit the website as a business customer. We therefore safeguard your privacy.
Purpose of processing personal data
VDL Groep processes the information you provide through the website for general business purposes. These include providing information about specific products and services. We may use the stored personal data to contact you.
Your data may also be used to send digital newsletters, provided you have given your explicit consent. We consider this form of contact to be VDL’s legitimate interest.
In addition, the website serves as an application channel and displays vacancies. These processing activities are also considered VDL’s legitimate interest and are necessary to enter into, or prepare, an employment contract.
Receiving parties
Processing activities include, in any event, sending personal data within VDL Groep. This website serves as a central point, and personal data is forwarded to the relevant entity that you, as a business customer or applicant, wish to contact. Personal data is only shared when there is a necessary reason to do so and solely with recipients for whom the personal data is relevant. Your data may be shared with VDL entities abroad.
If VDL believes that you are using the website unlawfully, it may share your personal data with a legal third party.
Our website contains buttons that provide access to social media channels. These buttons are available in various places. If you use them, the privacy statement of the relevant social media platform applies. The platform will then further store your personal data. VDL has no influence over, and accepts no responsibility for, the use of social media buttons on the VDL website.
Retention period
VDL Groep does not retain your data for longer than strictly necessary. For the purposes described above, a retention period of six months is reasonable. VDL may also retain anonymised data for statistical and research purposes. For personal data received as part of an application or its preparation, VDL will retain this information for no longer than four weeks after the relevant procedure closes. If VDL has requested and received your consent, it may retain these application details for up to one year.
Your rights
As we process your personal data, you have the right to:
- Submit a request to access your personal data;
- Submit a request to correct or delete certain data if the personal data is irrelevant or inaccurate;
- Submit a request to restrict or object to the processing of personal data;
- Submit a request for data portability;
- Withdraw your consent.
If you wish to use any of these options, please contact: AVG@vdl.nl. For all requests and your rights, VDL will balance the relevant interests. We will fulfil your request as far as possible. If you wish to withdraw your consent for any reason, we are required to comply.
You provide all personal data on this website voluntarily. However, we cannot contact you, provide information or process your application without the correct personal data.
Changes and notifications about your privacy
If you have questions or comments about how we process your personal data, please contact us at AVG@vdl.nl. We will do our utmost to assist you. If you wish to respond to this privacy policy, or believe that VDL Groep is not complying with it, please contact VDL Groep at AVG@vdl.nl. If we cannot resolve the matter, you can always report it to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
This privacy policy was last updated on 25 May 2018. It applies to VDL Groep B.V. (PO Box 8811, 5605 LV Eindhoven, the Netherlands). If VDL chooses to amend this privacy policy, we will publish the changes on this page.
Cookies
To optimise our services, limited use is made of so-called ‘cookies’ on your computer through the website. These are small information files stored on your computer. Cookies are used, among other things, to monitor visitors’ interaction with the website. Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., is used for this purpose.
You can manage cookie placement through your browser settings. Most browsers can be set to reject cookies or notify you when you receive one. For instructions on changing your browser settings, please contact your browser provider. Managing cookies through your browser does not affect unrestricted use of the website. However, it may affect your use of other websites.
