1. Introduction
Joh. Mourik & Co. Holding B.V. (‘Mourik’) collects personal information concerning the visitors to its website, the users of its apps, its clients and client representatives, its suppliers, and its business partners (who we refer to as ‘you’ in the rest of this Privacy Statement). In this Privacy Statement, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ also refer to Mourik.
This Privacy Statement describes how we handle and protect the information you provide, or information we collect via your device (we use ‘device’ to mean your computer, tablet, mobile phone, etc.). Please read this Privacy Statement carefully so that you understand what information we collect through our website and the steps we take to protect your information.
Mourik may change this Privacy Statement from time to time. When we do, we will also revise the date at the bottom of this privacy statement. If the changes are material – if we change the way we use your personal information for example – we will provide a more prominent notice on our website.
As the organization responsible for determining the purposes and means of the processing of your personal information (officially called ‘personal data’), in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Mourik is the ‘Data Controller’.
2. What does Mourik do?
Mourik is an innovative family business that provides a wide range of services involving various technical disciplines in the area of infrastructure, industrial services, catalyst handling, industrial and commercial construction, environmental technology, and project development. Mourik is a globally operating company with offices in various countries. We provide high quality services, and in line with our emphasis on quality, securing and protecting your privacy with regard to the use of our services and means of communication is one of our core values.
3. Categories of personal information Mourik collects/processes
Mourik processes personal (and general) information of its clients and client representatives, suppliers, and business partners, as well as that of visitors to its website.
a. Processing the information of visitors to Mourik websites
When you visit a Mourik website, we collect and process your personal information and information regarding the device you use to visit our website.
Mourik uses various technologies to collect information, such as cookies, log files, and similar. Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your device when you visit a Mourik website. With the help of these cookies, the page you visit can be tailored to the device (and software) you are using, and your browser can keep track of which pages you have visited, so enhancing your experience on our website.
When you visit a Mourik website, we may collect and process the following information:
Certain pages on the Mourik website include a contact form you can use to provide us with additional information. Mourik then processes the information you provide.
Google Analytics
Mourik uses Google Analytics to improve the quality and effectiveness of our websites. Google Analytics places a cookie on your device which allows it to record how you use the site. Mourik has agreed with Google that the cookie it places on your device will only collect information to be used by Mourik and not for the use of Google or any other third party.
Tracking cookies
Mourik uses tracking cookies placed by a third party. You will be asked for your permission before a tracking cookie is placed. The information that we collect through tracking cookies is used solely for the purpose of making specific offers.
Mourik does not make use of public sources to enrich the personal information we collect.
b. Processing the information of clients and their representatives, suppliers, and business partners
Mourik collects and processes the information of clients and their representatives, suppliers, and business partners who collaborate with Mourik.
Mourik may collect and process the following information relating to these parties:
For the purpose of verification and for the sake of our business processes, we may use other sources (like the official trade register for example) to collect and process data about a client, supplier, or business partner to, for example, identify and combat fraud, money laundering and unauthorized financing.
4. Purposes for which we process personal information of clients
Mourik collects and processes the personal information of our clients for the following purposes:
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No. |
Purpose |
Grounds for processing |
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1. |
For the purpose of making offers for and/or providing information about the services and other activities of Mourik (the 'data controller') and/or its group companies. |
Legitimate interest of Mourik |
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2. |
For the purpose of assessing the suitable and availability of job seekers and candidates. |
Legitimate interest of Mourik |
5. Passing on personal information to third parties
Mourik will only share personal information with third parties for a limited number of purposes and only in accordance with this privacy policy. Personal information will only be shared:
(1) to enable third-party service providers to assist or support Mourik in the provision of its services to its clients;
(2) to enable Mourik to comply with its legal and regulatory obligations, or comply with legitimate requests and legal requests directed at Mourik, regardless of whether Mourik is legally required to comply with such requests;
(3) to safeguard the rights of Mourik with regard to contracting parties, business partners, or third parties;
(4) to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens or third parties;
(5) to enable suppliers, administrative service providers, financial service providers, technology service providers, and carefully selected third parties to support Mourik in verifying, validating, and improving general and personal information;
(6) if you have given your consent for sharing the information for the purposes specified at the time.
Mourik may provide the collected information to the following parties:
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Recipient |
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You (when you request access to the personal information you have provided) |
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Mourik branch offices and/or subsidiaries |
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Financial service providers like accounting firms |
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Email serivice providers |
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Providers of administrative software |
Although Mourik requires that its service providers and business partners comply with Mourik’s starting points and principles when processing personal (and general) information in the performance of their work (and in some cases sets this as a contractual obligation with such parties), we are not responsible for the actions of these parties nor the way in which they process data (including personal data).
In the event that Mourik is acquired by or merges with a third party, Mourik is entitled to provide this third party with your personal information as part of the transferred assets under the merger, acquisition, sale, or change to the board of management. In the unlikely event of an insolvency, moratorium on payment, reorganization or other circumstance that results in the Mourik board of management no longer having control over the company pursuant to a regulation or decision of the court, Mourik will have no control over the way in which your personal information is processed from then on.
6. Protecting your information
The security of your personal information is important to us. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect your personal data provided to us. Although we strive to fully protect your data, it is possible that third parties – beyond the influence of Mourik – may gain unauthorized access to your information or intercept this data. We cannot guarantee the security of the personal information you send us and, as such, you should be aware that any transmission of such data is at your own risk. Mourik will inform you of any data breach when required to do so by law or when Mourik deems it necessary to inform you of such.
To embed the protection and security of personal information, Mourik uses the privacy by design principle in its strategic and organizational objectives.
7. Transmission of personal information to third parties
Mourik does not send your personal information to countries outside the European Union unless this is required for the purposes for which it was collected, in which case we will ensure that your information is being processed in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
8. Data retention period
Your personal information will only be retained for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law.
Mourik uses the following guidelines to determine how long the information should be kept:
1. Maximum retention period – we keep information only for as long as prescribed by law. For example, client and transaction information is stored for a maximum of two years, unless we are required to keep this information for a longer or shorter period.
2. Minimum retention period – we keep information for at least as long as prescribed by law. For example, in compliance with tax law, financial information is kept for at least 7 years.
9. Your rights and choices
Technical data and cookies
You can adjust the settings in your browser to change the way personal, general and technical data is being collected or used via the Mourik website. If you block all cookies from the Mourik website, you may not be able to access parts of our website or use some of its features. To understand more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
Other information
You have the absolute right to request access to your personal information held by Mourik. You also have other rights that apply in certain circumstances, i.e.:
To exercise one of these rights, you can contact Mourik’s Privacy Officer via privacyofficer@mourik.com.
If your request is denied and you feel that this is unjustified, or if you feel that Mourik has failed to properly address your request, you can submit a complaint to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (the supervisory body for privacy law matters in the Netherlands).
10. Mourik’s contact details
If you have any questions, comments or complaints regarding the collection and/or processing of your personal information, please contact Mourik’s Privacy Officer via privacyofficer@mourik.com.
Groot-Ammers, 15 November 2018