What is personal data?

Personal data can include your name, address, telephone number, email address, area of interest within our company, job, company details, etc. We will receive this information when you fill in a form, start a chat, send a letter or email or call our employees. When you visit one of our websites, you might also sometimes provide personal data. For example in the form of an IP address or a cookie.

Whose personal data do we process?

We can process the personal data of all people with whom we have contact or who visit our website. These are mainly customers of or potential customers of Hitma. We also process personal data of suppliers, business partners and applicants.

 *If you, as an organisation or company, pass on the personal details of your employees to us, then you are required under the Dutch General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to inform your employees about this. You can give this Privacy Statement to your employees so that they know how Hitma deals with their personal data.

What do we use your personal data for?

Hitma uses your personal data for efficient and effective business operations. Mainly in the context of carrying out the following activities:

• We use your personal data so that we can provide you with appropriate information after you have indicated that you wish to receive this. For example quotations or brochures.
• Our financial department uses your personal data so that we can process your payments as well as possible.
• We use personal data for internal analyses.
• In order to carry out marketing activities, we process personal data of our (potential) business relations. For example your email address and your visit to our webpages. Based on these data, we can tailor our activities to your needs.
• We use personal data to contact you by phone if this is necessary to provide our services.
• We use personal data to inform you about changes to our services or products.
• We use personal data to deliver goods and services to you if necessary.
• We use personal data to be able to comply with statutory obligations.

Processing your personal data

The rules on protecting your personal data are laid down in the General Personal Data Protection Regulation. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) ensures that this law is complied with.

For the purposes for which Hitma processes your personal data, your personal data may be passed on to our parent company Indutrade Benelux B.V. and possibly some sister companies.

How long do we retain your personal data?

Hitma does not retain your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data is collected.

View, adjust, or delete data

You have the right to view, correct or delete your personal data. You can send a request for access, correction or deletion to info@hitma.nl. In order to ensure that the request for access has been made by you, we ask you to send a copy of your ID with the request. In this copy we ask you to blacken your passport photo, MRZ (machine readable zone, the strip with numbers at the bottom of the passport), passport number and citizen service number (BSN). This is to protect your privacy. Hitma will respond to your request as soon as possible.

What do we do in the event of fraud and abuse?

In the event of fraud or abuse, Hitma can pass on your personal data to the police and judicial authorities or to employees of Hitma who are responsible for safety and the enforcement of corporate rules.

Secure

Your personal details are in good hands at Hitma. We take the protection of your data seriously and take appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorised modification. If despite this you feel that your data are not properly secured or if you have indications of abuse, please contact us via info@hitma.nl.

Hitma reserves the right to regularly amend this privacy statement in order to explain matters even better.
Last update: 1 January 2018