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Privacy Policy

Dutch Startup Association considers the protection of your privacy and safety as crucial.

Data processing

When you visit this website, reserve a table, subscribe for the newsletter, ask us a question or survey on this website, we ask you to submit, among other things, your name, email or phone number.
Dutch Startup Association will use these data for the following purposes:

  • to provide our services;
  • to process your booking and to inform you on its progress;
  • to provide you with information on Dutch Startup Association products and activities;
  • to provide information to third parties if this is necessary for them to be propose, reserve or book their services for Dutch Startup Association;
  • to provide information to third parties if this is necessary for them to be able to perform their work for Dutch Startup Association or by virtue of any legal obligations;
  • to answer any questions you may have.
  • Finally, we record information (among other things the IP address used) for composing user statistics and for securing the website.

All data, including but not limited to, your personal and reservation data will be processed by data controller Dutch Startup Association, Singel 542, 1017 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, all data may be exchanged within the Dutch Startup Association departments and/or subsidiaries. For the purpose of analyzing the preferences for marketing and/or analytical purposes, your data can be stored on third parties servers. Those third parties store and process your data under instructions of Dutch Startup Association. This analysis will only be used by Dutch Startup Association. Unless provided otherwise herein, your data will not be made available to third parties without an order at a partner.

Your rights

You have the right to inspect the data recorded by Dutch Startup Association concerning you at any time. If (part of) these data are incorrect, you may request Dutch Startup Association to adjust, supplement, remove or screen those data. Please send your request to: [email protected] or by regular mail: Dutch Startup Association, Singel 542, 1017 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. If you do not wish to receive any marketing information on Dutch Startup Association, its organization or its products, please send an email to: [email protected].

Securing personal data

Dutch Startup Association ensures an appropriate degree and method of securing personal data. Therefore, Dutch Startup Association aims at having data transmitted safely between your computer and our server. Dutch Startup Association has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss or any form of illegal processing.

‍Dutch Startup Association and other websites

This website and application may contain links to other websites. Dutch Startup Association cannot be held responsible or liable for any processing of your data by these parties. For further information we advise you to read our privacy policy or that of (if applicable) on the website of third parties concerned.

‍General Data Protection Regulation

At Dutch Startup Association we take privacy seriously and will only use personal information to administer your account and to provide the products and services you have requested from us.

Who is collecting the data?

Dutch Startup Association collects data from you, through our interactions with you on the website and application we might use third party software such as Google or MailChimp that also have (limited) access to your data. All data is protected with highest available level security, encryption and two-step verification (if available).
Reserving or booking one or more of our services requires personal data to external service providers (e.g. cafe or restaurant). If you choose not to provide data necessary to do so, we are not able to plan, reserve or book for you.
We handle your data with respect and make sure we only ask the required data and will never ask for information that is not needed in order to plan, reserve or book a table. If you signed up for our newsletter, we will keep you informed on our mission towards helping improve the hospitality experience.
What data is being collected if I use the service?

  • First and last name
  • Phone number
  • Email address

What data do you collect when I sign up for the newsletter?

  • Email address
  • First and last name are optional
  • Preferences

What data do you collect when visiting the website?

  • Google Analytics usage profile (anonymized data)

What is the legal basis for processing the data?

Your data is used to plan personal events and manage your account. Additionally, we keep you informed on our mission and will use it to deliver the best customer service.
When having registered, planned or booked Dutch Startup Association we may send you transactional emails, for example to remind you of a reservation or ask you for a text or photo-based review.

Will the data be shared with any third parties?

With your consent we will share a briefing with locations (such as restaurants) in order to streamline to process with third parties.

How safe is my personal data?

Dutch Startup Association is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities.

How will the information be used?‍

When signed up for our newsletter we use your data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in all email we send.

How long will the data be stored for?

When signed up for our newsletter we use your data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in all email we send. Deleted subscribers will be terminally deleted after 2 weeks.

What rights does the data subject have?

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
Your rights:

  • You have the right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
  • The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
  • Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

Securing personal data

Dutch Startup Association ensures an appropriate degree and method of securing personal data. Therefore, Dutch Startup Association aims at having data transmitted safely between your computer and our server. Dutch Startup Association has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss or any form of illegal processing.

Dutch Startup Association and other websites

This website and application may contain links to other websites. Dutch Startup Association cannot be held responsible or liable for any processing of your data by these parties. For further information we advise you to read our privacy policy or that of (if applicable) on the website of third parties concerned.

Adjustments

This privacy statement may be changed as a result of any adjustments and/or changes to the website. It is therefore advisable to consult this cookie policy statement on a regular basis.

Contact

If you have any questions on the Dutch Startup Association privacy policy, please contact Dutch Startup Association at [email protected] or by regular mail:

Dutch Startup Association

Singel 542

1017 AA Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Contact person: Sabine de Witte