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GSRD Foundation
Joan Muyskenweg 39
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secretariat@gsrd.com
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We process your personal data for the following purposes:
The processing of your personal data is based on the following grounds:
When we process personal data based on your consent, you can always revoke your consent.
The processing of your personal data can be necessary to enter into an agreement with you. In these cases we can only continue our relationship with you when you provide us with the requested personal data.
We may process your personal data when we are legally obliged to do so by law, regulation, court order or any government authority.
We may process your personal data for providing information on our organization and activities or composing user statistics of your visit to our website.
We employ a third party to process personal data on our behalf, namely our IT provider. This party may process your personal data only to the extent that is necessary to perform its activities on our behalf and subject to our instructions. We have procedures in place to ensure that this company values your privacy.
In all other cases, no personal data provided to us shall be transferred to third parties without your consent, unless this is necessary in the preparation or performance of an agreement with you or if we are legally obliged to do so.
Our website may contain links to other websites. We cannot be held responsible or liable for any processing of your data by these parties. For further information, we advise you to read the privacy policy on the website concerned.
We do not retain your personal data for any longer than is necessary for the purposes stated in this Privacy Statement.
When we process your personal data based on a legal obligation, we will store your personal data for the period that is determined by the law.
Depending on the type of cookie, we will store your personal data for maximum two years.
Partners and applicants
When we process your personal data based on the preparation or the performance of an agreement with you, we will store your personal data for up to 10 (ten) years after our agreement has ended, or after resolving a dispute. When we do not enter into an agreement with you we will store your personal data for up to 5 (five) years.
Our website publishes articles, reports or other information, which can contain social media buttons to refer to Facebook or Twitter. These buttons can be used to share the articles on social media. We are not responsible for the privacy policy of Facebook and Twitter, since we do not have any influence on the way these social media buttons function.
By using a social media button these parties will place a ‘social media cookie’ so they can recognize you when you use the button. The privacy policies of these social media providers change regularly. You can access the privacy policies of Facebook and Twitter on their websites.
You have the following rights in relation to the processing of your personal data by us.
Right to access
You have the right to access the personal data that we process. When requested we will provide you with an overview of how we process your personal data. We reserve the right to charge you a reasonable fee for administrative costs in case you request more than one overview.
Right of rectification
Upon your request, we will correct or supplement your inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data. We are only obliged to comply with your request in one of the following cases:
After we have received your request, we will notify you about whether we can fulfil your request or not. In case we cannot fulfil your request we will let you know on which grounds.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to temporarily cease the processing of your personal data in one of the following cases:
Right to object
You have the right to object against the processing of your personal data in one of the following cases:
We reserve the right to deny your request when we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, or when the processing is necessary for the establishment, execution or defence of legal claims.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit the personal data to another controller. Upon request, we can transmit the personal data for you, if this is technically feasible. The right to data portability can only be exercised when the two following grounds have been met:
You can send us a request to exercise one of your rights mentioned above. We reserve the right to take steps to authenticate your identity before we fulfill your request. We will answer your request free of charge, however reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for carrying out your request in case your request is excessive or is manifestly unfounded.
You can send your request to secretariat@gsrd.com. Be as clear and precise as possible in your email. In any case, state which right you want to exercise and on what grounds. In general, we will answer your request within one month after we receive your request. In case we need more time, we will inform you within one month after receipt of your request that we need a maximum of another two months. Within this period of time, we will notify you about whether we can fulfil your request or not. In case we cannot fulfil your request we will let you know on what ground(s).
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