This Privacy Policy is only available in English. This as to ensure consistency and avoid possible errors due to different versions.
Who we are
Nederlanders in den Vreemde translates as The Dutch in Foreign Parts. It consists of a collective of Dutch people or of Dutch heritage who have an interest in the well being of Dutch and their families abroad.
Our website address is: https://www.nederlanders-in-den-vreemde.org. The server is based in the USA, the registered address is in China, while the administrators and content providers are in Australia, United Kingdom and in other countries.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Newsletter Subscription
When visitors subscribe to our newsletter we collect your email address in order to send newsletters to you. We also collect your name and some other details which relate to your (Dutch) nationality. This information is only used for targeted newsletters and we do not share this with any third party. We may share your information with third parties if we discuss this directly with you, you request us to do so, and you give us permission to do so. At any time you can visit the Newsletter Profile page and see what information you have supplied, update, remove or unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can find a link to your Newsletter Profile page in the subscription confirmation email or in a newsletter. The newsletter is a service to keep you informed and does not provide any form of legal agreement between us and the recipient, no rights are derived from signing up or receiving our newsletters. The information in a newsletter may be targeted to you but could still not be applicable to you. Warning newsletters may or may not be accurately targeted to you. You will need to verify if the information is indeed correct and applicable to you. When signing up for a newsletter the website/system may use cookies and register your IP address.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. We advise against leaving personal identifiable information in public comments. Where you do decide to leave a comment with personal identifiable or otherwise sensitive information this is at your own risk.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
When you contact us through the contact form we will use the details you submitted to reply. Messages are saved securely. However, we advise you not to send us sensitive or confidential information unnecessarily. While we will protect your information within our abilities, we are not professional website or system programmers and we consider that passing on your information online is never as secure as in person. Where you do decide to send us personal identifiable or otherwise sensitive information this is at your own risk.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
Your data may be passing through third parties like Google Analytics, or other online/software solutions in order for our systems to work.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Your contact information will be saved unless you request us to delete this.
How we protect your data
We use the latest spam and security updates for any aspects of this website. We do not share your details with other parties unless it is part of a third party system required for this website to work. Or in case this has been discussed with you and you have given us permission to discuss or share your data with a third party.
What data breach procedures we have in place
Where we diagnose or are informed of a data breach we will close down the website and databases until the host company has investigated, if needed made fixes, and we are given the all clear to resume.
Privacy Law
Although we are not located in any specific country and are a world wide collective of participants we take guidance from the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and any best practise as advised to us.