VDL Groep Privacy Policy
General
VDL Groep welcomes you to this website and appreciates your interest in our company and our products and services.
VDL Groep attaches great importance to your privacy. That is why we believe it is important to inform you about how we handle your personal data. This privacy policy applies to all personal data left behind by visitors to the website of VDL Groep B.V. or its subsidiaries. For the sake of transparency, we have described what we do with this data in this privacy policy.
Types of personal data
The personal data processed by VDL via the website often includes your contact details, such as your name and email address, a search query you enter, or a question you ask in the form. In addition, you can use the ‘Vacancies, Working at VDL, Internships & Training, and Contact’ functions to search for vacancies, and these search queries can also be stored and linked to, for example, your IP address, as well as the information that a website visitor uploads or enters on the website. Of course, we also process uploaded resumes and cover letters.
In addition, information about you as a visitor to this website, such as your IP address and your clicking behavior, may be stored automatically. We often extract this information directly from your visit using so-called cookies. More information about this can be found in the cookie statement.
We would like to point out that even if you visit the website as a business customer, we consider this data to be (indirect) personal data and therefore guarantee your privacy.
Purpose of processing personal data
Data that you provide to VDL Groep via the website will be processed by us for general business purposes, such as providing information about certain products and services. We can then use the stored personal data to contact you.
Your data may also be used to send you digital newsletters, provided you have given your express consent for this. We consider this form of contact to be VDL's legitimate interest.
In addition, the website is also intended as a channel for job applications and vacancies are also posted on the website. These processing activities are also considered to be VDL's legitimate interest, as well as necessary for the performance of (the preparation of) an employment contract.
Recipients
The processing activities include, in any case, the transfer of personal data within VDL Groep. This website serves as a central point, and personal data is forwarded to the relevant entity that you wish to approach as a business customer or job applicant. Naturally, this personal data will only be passed on if there is a necessary reason for doing so and only to recipients for whom the personal data is relevant. Your data may be shared with foreign VDL entities.
If VDL believes that you are using the website unlawfully, this is a reason to forward your personal data to a (legal) third-party recipient.
Our website contains buttons in various places that provide access to social media channels. If you use these social media buttons, the privacy statement of the relevant social media applies and they will store your personal data. VDL has no influence on, and accepts no responsibility for, the use of social media buttons on the VDL website.
Retention period
VDL Group does not retain your data for longer than is strictly necessary. For the purposes described above, a retention period of six months is reasonable. In addition, VDL may retain anonymized data for statistical and research purposes. Personal data that we receive in the context of a job application or the run-up to a job application will not be retained by VDL for longer than 4 weeks after the relevant procedure has been completed. If VDL has requested and obtained your consent, VDL may retain this application data for a maximum of one year.
Your rights
Because 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 incorrect;
- 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 exercise any of these options, please contact: AVG@vdl.nl. VDL will weigh up all requests and your rights and will comply with your request as far as possible. If, for any reason, you wish to withdraw your consent, we are obliged to comply with your request.
All personal data you leave on this website is provided voluntarily. However, it goes without saying that we are unable to contact you, provide information, or conduct an application procedure if we do not have the correct personal data.
Changes and notifications about your privacy
If you have any questions or comments about our processing of your personal data, please contact us at AVG@vdl.nl. We will do our utmost to help you. If you wish to respond to this privacy policy or if you believe that VDL Groep is not acting in accordance with this privacy policy, please contact VDL Groep at AVG@vdl.nl. If we are unable to resolve the issue, you always have the option of reporting it to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
This privacy policy was last updated on May 25, 2018, and applies to VDL Groep B.V., (P.O. Box 8811, 5605 LV Eindhoven, the Netherlands). If VDL decides to change this privacy policy, we will announce this on this page.
Cookies
In order to optimize our services, we use cookies on your computer to a limited extent. These are small information files that are stored on your computer. Cookies are used, among other things, to track visitors' interactions with the website. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc.
You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers can be set to refuse cookies or to notify you when you receive a cookie. For instructions on how to adjust your browser settings, please refer to your browser provider. Regulating cookies via your browser does not affect the unrestricted use of the website, but may affect the use of other websites.