Privacy Policy – Holland Bijen
1. Identity of the controller
Holland Bijen
Chamber of Commerce (KvK): 99796422
VAT ID: NL005410930B68
IBAN: NL42 TRIO 0321 2240 94
Website: www.hollandbijen.nl
Email: info@hollandbijen.nl
Telephone: +31 6 28739018
Holland Bijen is the controller for the processing of personal data described in this privacy policy.
2. Scope
This privacy policy applies to all services, products and activities of Holland Bijen, including workshops, beekeeping activities, adoption programmes, orders, donations and the use of our website.
3. Personal data we process
We process personal data that you provide to us yourself, or that is collected automatically when you use our website, including:
- First and last name
- Address details
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Company details (where applicable)
- Order and payment details
- Invoice details
- IP address
- Browser and device data
- Website use (cookies and statistics)
- Location data of beehives, where registered for legal or animal-health purposes
4. Purposes and legal bases for processing
Performance of a contract
- Processing orders and payments
- Performance of adoption agreements
- Organising workshops and activities
- Delivery of products
Legal obligation
- Accounting and tax obligations
- Statutory retention periods
Consent
- Sending newsletters
- Marketing communication (where applicable)
Legitimate interest
- Improving and securing our website
- Fraud prevention
- Internal business operations
5. Newsletter and marketing
If you have signed up for our newsletter, we use your email address to send you information, updates and offers. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in the email.
6. Minors
Our services and website are not intended for persons under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors without the consent of a parent or legal guardian.
7. Retention periods
We do not keep personal data longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or for as long as the law requires.
Administrative records are kept in line with the statutory tax retention period of seven (7) years.
8. Sharing personal data with third parties
We do not sell personal data. We share data with third parties only where this is necessary for our services, such as:
- Payment providers
- Shipping and delivery partners
- Accounting and administration software
- IT and hosting service providers
- Newsletter and marketing platforms
Where required, data processing agreements have been concluded with these parties.
9. International data processing
If service providers process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure appropriate safeguards in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), such as standard contractual clauses or other recognised protection mechanisms.
10. Cookies
We use functional cookies, which are always active, and analytical cookies, which are only placed after you have given consent via the cookie banner.
On your first visit to our website you can set your cookie preferences via the cookie banner. You can change that choice at any time using the “Cookie preferences” link at the bottom of every page.
- Functional — remembers your language choice and your cookie preference. Always active, no consent required.
- Analytical (Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics) — measures how the website is used. Statistics cookies are only placed after consent; see section 11.
- Payment page (Donorbox) — only on the donation page, when you use the donation form; see section 12.
11. Statistics and analytics
We use Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics to understand how our website is used, with Google Consent Mode. Google Tag Manager loads on every visit, but statistics cookies are only placed once you have given consent.
Without consent, no statistics cookies are placed and Google receives only limited data, without cookies and without an identifier that links your visits together — such as that a page was viewed and which browser type you use. As with every connection to an external service, your IP address is sent as well. Google uses this data to estimate website use approximately.
We do not ask for consent for advertising purposes; use of this data for advertising is switched off at all times.
12. Security check and donations
We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our forms against spam and misuse. This may involve processing technical data such as IP address, browser data, device data and user interactions. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in keeping our website safe and reliable.
We use Donorbox to process donations. The Donorbox form is loaded on the donation page; it places its own cookies and processes technical and payment data in accordance with the Donorbox privacy policy.
13. Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorised alteration.
Our website uses SSL encryption.
14. Your rights
- To obtain access to your personal data
- To have incorrect data corrected
- To have data erased (insofar as the law allows)
- To object to processing
- To request restriction of processing
- To request data portability
- To withdraw your consent
Requests can be submitted via info@hollandbijen.nl. We respond within the statutory period.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) via
www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
.
15. Data breaches
In the event of a data breach we act in accordance with the data breach notification obligation. Where legally required, we report it to the Dutch Data Protection Authority and inform the people affected.
16. External links
Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policy or the content of those external websites.
17. Changes
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy. The most recent version is always available at
www.hollandbijen.nl
.
Last updated: September 2026.