Privacy Policy Pitane BV

About our privacy policy

pitane.blue is part of the Eindhoven Pitane BV. Our company cares deeply about your privacy. We therefore only process data that we need for (improving) our services and we handle the information we have collected about you and your use of our services with care. We never make your data available to third parties for commercial purposes. This privacy policy applies to the use of the website and the services provided by Pitane BV. The effective date for the validity of these conditions is 02/05/2019, with the publication of a new version the validity of all previous versions expires.

This privacy policy describes which data about you is collected by us, what this data is used for and with whom and under what conditions this data may be shared with third parties. We also explain to you how we store your data and how we protect your data against misuse and what rights you have with regard to the personal data you provide to us. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, you can contact our contact person for privacy matters, you will find the contact details at the end of our privacy policy

Purpose of data processing

When you visit our website, we only use your data for the purpose of our services. This means that the purpose of the processing is always directly related to the order you provide. We do not use your data for (targeted) marketing. If you share information with us and we use this information to contact you at a later time – other than at your request – we will ask you for explicit permission for this. 

Your data will not be shared with third parties, other than to comply with accounting and other administrative obligations. These third parties are all kept confidential by virtue of the agreement between them and us or an oath or legal obligation. Data that is automatically collected by our website is processed with the aim of further improving our services. This data (for example your IP address, web browser and operating system) is not personal data.

Cookies and Google Analytics

We make use of cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages from this website and is stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.

A cookie from the American company Google is placed via our website as part of the "Analytics" service. We use this service to track and get reports on how visitors use the website. Google can provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.
The information that Google collects is made anonymous as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not given. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Cookies from third parties

In the event that third-party software solutions use cookies, this is stated in this privacy statement

Like or share

Buttons are included on our website to promote ("like") web pages or to share them on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter. These buttons work by means of pieces of code that come from these social networks themselves. Cookies are placed through this code. We have no influence on that. Read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your data that they process via these cookies.

The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred to and through these social networks and stored on servers in the United States. These social networks adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

GDPR and our journalistic rights

The GDPR obliges Member States to establish exceptions or derogations from the GDPR for the processing of personal data for journalistic purposes. The processing of personal data for journalistic purposes only includes the following chapters and articles of the GDPR not applicable:

• Article 7, third paragraph (withdrawal of consent)
• Article 10 (processing personal data regarding criminal convictions/facts)
• Chapter III (rights of data subjects)
• Article 30 (register of processing activities)
• Article 33 to 43 (including obligation to report data breach, data protection assessment (PIA))
• Chapter V (transfers to other countries)
• Chapter VI (supervisory authority)
• Chapter VII (cooperation between supervisors)

These exceptions do not only apply to processing for journalistic purposes, but also to academic, artistic or literary forms of expression. The rights that individuals have under the GDPR are therefore largely inapplicable. If personal data is mentioned in a journalistic article, such as a first and last name, then that person has:

• no right to be forgotten: so you cannot be asked to delete the name
• no right of withdrawal: in case of permission for publication, that permission cannot be withdrawn
• no right to rectification
• no right of access to the processing of personal data by the medium concerned
• no right to object to the processing 
• no right to data portability to receive from the medium the personal data they have

The provisions on the supervisory authority are also excluded. This means that the Dutch Data Protection Authority is not authorized to supervise, nor can it impose fines for any violations.

Special personal data

The processing of special personal data may only be processed if this is necessary for the journalistic purpose. A necessity test therefore applies to this data. Special data is data about a person's race, religion, health, political preference, sexual life, trade union membership and criminal history. 

The other provisions of the GDPR do apply to journalism. These include the provisions relating to:

• security (Article 32)
• processors (Article 28)
• archiving (storage limitation article 5 paragraph 1 sub e)
• data protection by default settings (Article 25)

Changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. However, you will always find the most recent version on this page. If the new privacy policy has consequences for the way in which we process already collected data relating to you, we will inform you by e-mail.

Contact information

Pitane BV
Marinus van Meelweg 12
5657 AND Eindhoven
The Netherlands
TEL: + 31852015170
E press@pitane.blue