Privacy statement
Weconnect.business offers e-courses on starting and managing a business and provides online support to aspiring and growing entrepreneurs. We respect your privacy. Your personal data is handled and secured with care. As the data controller, we naturally comply with laws and regulations regarding the protection of personal data, as set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related legislation. This means, among other things, that we treat your personal data confidentially and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data.
1. Personal Data We Process
Weconnect.business processes your personal data because you use our services and/or because you provide this data to us. Below is an overview of the personal data we process:
First and last name
Email address
Payment information
Services used
Progress in the e-course
Internet browser and device type
IP address
Data about your activities on our website
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. Additionally, you have the right to withdraw any consent for data processing or object to the processing of your personal data. See Section 8 for how to do this.
2. Purposes for Processing Personal Data
Weconnect.business processes personal data to fulfill your order in accordance with our agreement. We store data related to email communication. Based on the insights we gain from your use and visits to our website, we analyze and improve our services. Personal data is also processed to keep you informed about our services and activities, for example, if you have subscribed to our newsletter. We never provide your data to third parties for commercial use. Weconnect.business also processes personal data if we are legally required to do so, such as data needed for our tax returns.
3. How Long We Retain Personal Data
Weconnect.business does not retain your personal data longer than necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data was collected or to comply with legal retention periods. Information related to e-courses is stored as long as the participant wishes. After deletion, data remains available in encrypted form for a short period via system backups and is not retained for longer than 90 days.
4. Sharing Personal Data with Third Parties
Weconnect.business shares your personal data with various third parties if necessary to execute the agreement and to comply with any legal obligations. With companies that process your data on our behalf, we enter into a processor agreement to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your data. Weconnect.business remains responsible for these processing activities.
5. Other Websites
The Weconnect.business website and e-courses contain links to other websites. Weconnect.business cannot be held responsible for how those parties handle your data unless it is a Weconnect.business website. Please read the privacy statement of the website you visit.
6. Social Media Plug-ins
The Weconnect.business website uses plug-ins from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. When you click these buttons, a direct connection is established between your computer and the server of the plug-in provider (e.g., Facebook, Instagram). In this process, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn may collect personal and non-personal data. For more information on how these services use personal data, please refer to their privacy policies.
7. Cookies
We want to provide you with relevant and personalized information in a user-friendly way. For this purpose, we use various types of cookies on our websites. A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your browser during your first visit to our website.
Weconnect.business uses functional, analytical, and tracking cookies. Necessary cookies ensure the website functions properly and are always enabled. You can enable other cookies as you wish. Functional cookies remember your preferences, such as your preferred language. We also place analytical cookies that do not infringe on your privacy. These cookies provide quantitative measures of website visitors. With these cookies, we can count visits and traffic sources to improve our site’s performance. Advertising cookies are used by advertising companies to serve ads relevant to your interests.
During your first visit to our website, we informed you about these cookies and asked for your consent to place them. You can always change your preferences by clicking the ‘cookie preferences’ button in the footer.
You can opt out of cookies by setting your browser to no longer store cookies. You can also delete all previously stored information via your browser settings.
8. Accessing, Modifying, or Deleting Data
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. Additionally, you have the right to withdraw any consent for data processing, object to the processing of your personal data by Weconnect.business, and request data portability. This means you can submit a request for us to send the personal data we hold about you in a computer file to you or another organization you specify.
You can send a request to access, correct, delete, or transfer your personal data, or to withdraw your consent or object to the processing of your personal data, to privacy@weconnect.business.
To ensure that the request is made by you, we ask you to send a copy of your ID with the request. In this copy, black out your photo, MRZ (machine-readable zone), passport number, and Citizen Service Number (BSN) to protect your privacy. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, but within four weeks.
Weconnect.business also wants to inform you that you have the option to file a complaint with the national supervisory authority, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens). You can do so via this link: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
9. How We Secure Personal Data
Weconnect.business takes the protection of your data seriously and implements appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure, and unauthorized modification. If you believe your data is not properly secured or there are signs of misuse, please contact us at privacy@weconnect.business.