PRIVACY STATEMENT PBJ 
 
1. About this privacy statement 

1.1 This privacy policy applies to the processing of personal data by the private limited company Países Bajos Jobs (“PBJ”)             which has its registered office in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 

1.2 This privacy policy applies when you visit or use the websites, apps and other services of PBJ, including events, that refer          or link to this privacy policy. This privacy policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices          provided on certain areas of any service or during our interactions with you. 

1.3 Irrespective of any branding used on the websites, PBJ is the primary controller of your personal information provided to P        PBJ or collected for any service. 

 

  1. Collection of information

2.1 PBJ collects information about you in three ways: directly from your input, through the service’s technologies, and from              third party sources. 

2.2 The types of personal information that PBJ collects directly from you depends on how you interact with PBJ and the                  service and includes: 
      - Contact details, such as your name, email address, social media handle, postal address and phone number. 
      - Account login credentials, such as usernames and passwords, password hints and similar security information. 
      - Other account registration and profile information, such as educational and professional background and photo. 
      - Payment information, such as a bank account number. 
      - Comments, feedback, and other information you provide to us, including search query data and questions or                               information you send to customer support; and/or 
      - Interests and communication preferences, including preferred language. 

2.3 All data requested by PBJ under paragraph 2.2 is mandatory and failure to provide this data may make it impossible for            PBJ to provide its services. In cases where PBJ specifically states that some data is not mandatory, you are free not to                communicate this data without any consequences on the availability of functioning of the service. 

2.4 A digital service may automatically collect information about how you and your device interact with the service, including: 
- Computer, device, and connection information, such as IP address, browser type and version, operating system and other         software installed on your device, mobile platform and unique device identifier and other technical identifiers, error reports     and performance data. 
 
- Usage data, such as the features you used, the settings you selected, URL click stream data, including date and time                 stamp, and referring and exit pages, and pages you visited or searched for on the service; and/or  
 
- For location-aware services, the region, city, or town where your device is located in order to provide you with more                   relevant content for where you are in the world. PBJ collects this data through their servers and the use of cookies and             other technologies. You can control cookies through your browser’s settings and other tools. However, if you block certain         cookies, you may not be able to register, login, or access certain parts or make full use of any service. 

2.5 PBJ also may obtain personal information about you from their group companies and from other third parties, including: 
      - Social networks when you grant permission to access your data on one or more networks. 
      - PBJ’s service providers that helps them determine a location based on your IP address to customize any service           to your location. 
      - Partners with which PBJ cooperates to offer their services. 
      - Publicly-available sources and data suppliers from which PBJ obtains data to validate or supplement the information                 they hold; and/or 
      - Google Analytics, Google+ like button and social widgets and Facebook like button and social widgets. 

 

  1. Processing of information

3.1 Depending on how you interact with PBJ and any service and your preferences, PBJ uses your personal information to: 
     - Provide, activate, and manage your access to and use of any service. 
     - Process and fulfil a service, request, order, download, subscription, or other transaction (including to process payments); 
     - Search for vacancies, trainings, courses, activities and/or seminars that matches your needs, interest and/or profile. 
     - Provide technical, product and other support and to help keep the service working, safe and secure. 
     - Enhance and improve services and to develop new services and benefits. 
     - Offer you customized content and other personalization to make the service more relevant to your interests and                          geography. 
     - Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments, and concerns. 
     - Notify you about changes, updates or other announcements related to. 

 

PBJ’s services. 

- Deliver targeted advertisements, promotional messages, notices, and other information related to your interests and PBJ’s         events and services. 

- Invite you to participate in user testing and surveys as well as competitions and promotions. 

- Identify usage trends and develop data analysis, including for purposes of research, audit, reporting and other business             operations, including determining the effectiveness of PBJ’s promotional campaigns and evaluating its business                         performance, or in other ways pursuant to a customer agreement; and/or 
- Comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce its agreements. 

 

 

 

  1. Sharing of information

4.1 Depending on the service provided, PBJ shares information with: 
     - Affiliates, trading names and divisions within the PBJ group of companies worldwide, customer service and other shared          services functions; and/or 
     - Our service providers, suppliers, agents, and representatives, including but not limited to, editors, payment processors,            customer support, email service providers, IT service providers and mailing houses; to process the information for us                based on our instructions and in compliance with this privacy policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and                      security measures. 

4.2 PBJ shares your personal information with their group companies and with other third parties, including entities for which          they are acting as an (recruitment) agent or entities which are used by PBJ for the performance of the service. PBJ will              only do this for the performance of the service. This may include sending these parties your personal information if they            wish to send you information about their products, vacancies and services or have an open vacancy that may be of                    interest to you, as determined by your profile. 

4.3 A digital service may let you post and share personal information, comments, materials and other content. Any such                  contributions that you disclose publicly may be collected and used by others, may be indexable by search engines, and          might not be able to be removed. Please be careful when disclosing personal information in these public areas. 

4.4 PBJ also discloses your personal information if they have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to: 
      - meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or other legal obligation. 
      - detect, investigate, and help prevent security, fraud or technical issues; and 
      - protect the rights, property, or safety of PBJ, its users, employees, and others. 

4.5 PBJ could disclose your personal information as part of a corporate transaction, such as a transfer of assets to or an                  acquisition by or merger with another company. 

 

5 Communications Preferences 

5.1 You can customize and manage your communications preferences and other settings when you register with a service, by        updating your account features and preferences, by using the “opt-out”, unsubscribe mechanism, or other means                      provided within the communications that you receive. You can also alter the details PBJ holds by emailing to PBJ. We                reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the service whenever necessary. 

6 Accessing and updating information 

6.1 The service may allow registered users to directly access and review their account information and make corrections or            updates upon login at any time. Keeping such information up to date is solely the responsibility of the user. Registered              users may also close their account directly through the service or by contacting the customer support. 

 

7 Data Retention 

7.1 PBJ retains your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the service you have requested, and for other              essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving              disputes, maintaining security, detecting, and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing its agreements. 

8 Children’s Privacy 

8.1 We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 or target the service to children under 13. 

 

9 Data Security 

9.1 PBJ uses a variety of administrative, physical and technical security measures to help safeguard your personal                            information. 

 

10 Locations of Processing 

10.1 Your personal information may be stored and processed in your region or another country where PBJ group companies            and our service providers maintain servers and facilities,  
        including The Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal,              Romania, Spain, United Kingdom. 

10.2 PBJ takes steps, including through its contracts, to ensure that the information continues to be protected wherever it is            located in a manner consistent with the standards of protection required under applicable law. 

10.3 Where personal information is transferred from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland to a country that has          not received an adequacy decision by the European Commission, PBJ relies on appropriate safeguards, such as the                  European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks, to transfer            the data. 

 

11 Grounds for Processing 

11.1 When PBJ collects from you any personal information within the scope of European data protection laws, PBJ does so: 

  1. with your consent. Where necessary to perform a contract with you or at your request prior to entering into a contract; 
  2. where necessary for our compliance with a legal obligation. Where necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest; and/or
  3. as necessary to fulfill PBJ’s legitimate interests as described in paragraph 11.2, except where their interests are overridden by your privacy rights. Where PBJ relies on your consent to process personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, and where PBJ relies on legitimate interests, you have the right to object.

 

11.2 PBJ’s legitimate interests are: to deliver its services to its customers; to detect or prevent fraud; to protect the security of           its systems, customers and users; to further develop their services; to conduct direct marketing; to operate its business             (by processing payments, perform sales and customer relations management, other relation management, as well as               incidental processing in our back office for these purposes); to enable our customers to comply with legal obligations; to           provide customer service or support; or fulfil other legitimate interests as described above. 

 

12 Your rights 

12.1 You have the right to request free of charge: 

       - access to and correction or deletion of your personal information. 

       - that PBJ ceases or limits their processing of your personal information. 

       - a copy of your personal information, and 

       - to object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing. 

       - to revoke at any time a giving consent for the processing of your personal data and that PBJ ceases their processing of              your personal information for which the consent was giving. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please                    contact PBJ at the address set out below. PBJ will respond to your request consistent with applicable laws. To protect                your privacy and security, we may require you to verify your identity. 

 

13 Changes 

13.1 PBJ will update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on the PBJ websites with an updated              revision date. If we make any material changes, we will provide notice through the service or by other means. 

 

14 Contact us 

14.1 If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this privacy policy or our processing of your information,                 please contact: 

Data Protection Officer 
Países Bajos Jobs. 
Groen van Prinstererstraat 9 
6353 TC Nijmegen 
The Netherlands 
E-mail: info@paisesbajosjobs.nl 

 

15 Complaints 
15.1 PBJ hopes that they can resolve any query or concern you raise about its use of your information, but you may also lodge          a complaint with the data protection authority in the applicable jurisdiction. 

 

Last update: 02-01-2023