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Simac Techniek NV and its operating companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as: Simac/we) offer many different services. Due to the nature of these services, we hold certain personal data about you. We consider the protection of personal data to be essential for our services. Therefore, in this privacy policy we provide you with information on how we process personal data of our clients and website visitors. This privacy policy covers all personal data Simac collects during your interactions with Simac: such as when you visit our website, use services offered by Simac, purchase Simac products and services, subscribe to newsletters, contact customer service and so on.

What we use your data for

Simac only uses your personal data to enable efficient and effective business operations. We ask you to share your personal data with us for the following purposes, but not limited to:

  • to answer your questions or complaints
  • to optimise our products, services, website and customer service
  • to establish and perform a contract with you
  • to activate, register or extend the functionality of certain products or services
  • to facilitate access to information
  • to comply with legal obligations
  • to conduct a customer satisfaction survey
  • to contact you for promotional purposes

What data do we process from you

During your interaction with Simac, we request or receive certain personal data. We collect only the data necessary to provide our services. This data includes, but is not limited to:

  • your name, e-mail address, telephone number, position, (business) address and/or (business) account number
  • your preferences for future communications from Simac
  • information about the products and/or services you have purchased or expressed interest in
  • depending on your preferences on social media sites: data about your online activities and social media profiles
  • personal data collected via cookies (see 'Use of cookies' below)

Unless they have parental or guardian consent, we do not intend to collect data from individuals under the age of 16. However, we are not always able to check whether someone is over 16. We therefore advise parents to be involved in their children's (online) activities, in order to avoid collecting data on children without parental consent. If you are convinced that we have collected personal data about a minor without such consent, please contact us and we will delete this information.

We do not retain your data for longer than permitted by law and necessary for the purposes for which we process your personal data. The specific retention period depends on the nature of the personal data and the purpose for which it is processed. We take the protection of your data seriously and take appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorised modification.

Sharing your data with others

The Simac operating companies regularly cooperate in order to serve you even better. In order to be able to serve you as well as possible, we combine your personal data at our disposal because you are a customer of ours.

In addition, we may share your personal data with business partners and other third parties. If your approval to do so is required by law or if we deem it appropriate, we will seek your approval before sharing your personal data. We will only share your personal data for the following purposes, but not limited to:

  • To provide or perform our services
    We engage business partners and other third parties to help us deliver our products and services to you. We inform you about this cooperation in advance. Insofar as these third parties have access to your data, we have taken contractual and organisational measures to ensure that your data is protected and may only be used for specific purposes.
  • To improve our services, website or advertisements
    We use third-party software to measure how well a new product page resonates with you. Phone calls may be recorded for quality purposes.
  • For obtaining feedback
    We use survey agencies to hear how satisfied you are with our services.
  • For carrying out a legal obligation
    A police order may require us to share your data with the police.

We do not sell your data to third parties. From our business partners we require maximum efforts in protecting your personal data. In the agreements with our business partners, we specify the purposes for which they may use your data and require appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct or delete (where legally permitted and practically possible) the personal data you have shared. In addition, you have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing or object to the processing of your personal data by Simac. You also have the right to data portability.

You can submit a request to this effect via the contact options described below. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself when doing so. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, but within 4 weeks. We would also like to point out that you have the option of submitting a complaint to the supervisory authority: the Personal Data Authority.
If you do not wish to receive commercial messages from us, please let us know by ticking the relevant box on the form or by using the unsubscribe link in the e-mail you receive. We will then have your data blocked from commercial messages.

Use of cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone the first time you visit our website. We use cookies that are necessary for the technical functioning of the website and for your ease of use. We also use cookies that allow us to optimise our website. Where possible, we use the information we obtain through cookies to then offer you - with your consent - information that suits your interests. This involves the following cookies:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to map and analyse the use of our website. This includes visitor numbers and popular pages. We use this information to improve the quality and/or effectiveness of our website. The information generated by this cookie is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and is a member of the US Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield programme. This means there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of personal data.

Google

Allows us to detect whether the user tends to leave the page via cursor movements. On our website, we can trigger certain pop-ups to keep the user on the website or convert them to customers.

Hotjar

Hotjar maps clicks, scroll and mouse movements. This service sets a cookie that remembers which pages have already been shown, so you are not double counted. It also records some data such as your browser type, device type and the source of your visit. Hotjar does not share this data with third parties. We use the information collected to improve our website. You can disable Hotjar here.

HubSpot

We use HubSpot to record visitors' preferences. HubSpot collects information about your computer and your visits to our website, such as your IP address, location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and pages viewed. We also store our forms in HubSpot. Visit Hubspot's privacy page for more information.

Olark

Olark allows us to help visitors via livechat. Of course, only if you indicate yourself that you want to chat with us. This service places various cookies to ensure that the livechat works on your computer, to keep track of which page you view and to recognise returning visitors so that we have insight into previous conversations and can thus answer questions more quickly. More information on this can be found here. Chat records are automatically anonymised after 90 days.

Linkedin

Linkedin stores the user's consent status for the simac.com. To optimise the user experience, it also records which server cluster the visitor serves. Used in conjunction with data synchronisation with a third-party analytics service. The social networking service LinkedIn tracks the use of embedded services and ensures the security of website and visitors during browsing and cross-site requests.

Vimeo

Vimeo collects data on user visits to the website, such as which pages have been read, and distinguishes between humans and bots allowing valid reports to be made on website usage.

Youtube

Youtube cookies detect whether the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner, necessary to comply with AVG requirements, and store user preferences for the video player for the purpose of playing embedded Youtube videos.

Cookiebot

Stores the user's cookie consent status for the simac.com.

NR data

Retains user statuses (online, offline or inactive) on different pages.

Doubleclick

Doubleclick checks whether the user's browser supports cookies. Further, Doubleclick records you and reports the website user's actions after viewing or clicking on the advertiser's ads for the purpose of measuring ad effectiveness and presenting targeted ads to the user. To present more relevant ads, data is collected on visitors from multiple websites, which also allows the website to limit the number of times the same ad is displayed.
If you do not want a cookie to be placed, you can block it. You can set this in the privacy settings of your internet browser. More information on enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found using your browser's help function.

Third-party websites

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including social media providers. This privacy policy does not apply to them. We cannot guarantee that these websites will handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We encourage you to consult the privacy statements of these third parties for more information on how they handle your personal data.

Changes

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy. You will always find the most recent version on this page. We therefore advise you to check our privacy policy regularly.

Contact

Do you have any questions about our privacy policy? Please contact us at functionaris.gegevensbescherming@simac.nl or go to our contact page.

This is an Englisch translation. The original Dutch version is always legally binding.