Privacy policy

Hunt Dealmakers considers the protection of your privacy and the security of your personal data to be of great importance. We will process your personal data solely in our capacity as data controller and in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: “GDPR”). We would like to inform you about our privacy policy.

HCF reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Therefore, please check this webpage from time to time to see if any changes have occurred.

THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE COVERED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY:

  • For whom does this privacy policy apply?
  • Categories of personal data and how these are collected;
  • Purpose of using personal data;
  • Legal basis for processing personal data;
  • Is your personal data shared?
  • Retention period of personal data;
  • Protection of your personal data;
  • Your rights as a data subject;
  • Cookie policy;
  • Contact details.

1. FOR WHOM DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY?

This privacy policy applies to the following persons:

  • (potential) clients;
  • visitors to our website;
  • recipients of emails from HCF; and
  • all other persons whose personal data HCF processes.

2. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA AND HOW THEY ARE COLLECTED

HCF processes personal data. These are data relating to identified or identifiable natural persons and include information that can be directly or indirectly traced back to an individual. This may include data you provide to us yourself, for example when you enter into an agreement with us, by visiting our website and filling in contact forms, or when applying for a job with us. It may also occur that HCF receives your personal data from a third party, such as data obtained from public platforms like the Chamber of Commerce trade register, the Land Registry, or other public sources. This includes, among other things, the following data:

  • data required for handling your case by an HCF employee;
  • your first and last name, title, date of birth, and contact details such as your email address, postal address, and telephone number;
  • your bank account number, VAT number, and other information you provide to us in the context of an agreement concluded with HCF, or an internally assigned number such as a client number;
  • data obtained from your visit to our website;
  • data entered on (online) contact forms, such as your name and email address and other information you have provided that may constitute personal data;
  • data obtained by the use of cookies regarding your browsing behavior on our website;
  • the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device you use;
  • email address for sending newsletters and mailings;
  • data we have obtained through public platforms, such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Land Registry;
  • the included name and address details (NAW), Chamber of Commerce number, email address, and telephone number;
  • data you provide to us in the context of a job application: your first and last name, date of birth, middle initials, title, gender, nationality, education, marital status, and contact details such as your email address, postal address, and telephone number, and all other personal data mentioned in your application;
  • all other personal data relating to you that you provide to us or that we may obtain in connection with (legal) proceedings or on the basis of the legal grounds mentioned below.

3. PURPOSE OF USING PERSONAL DATA

HCF uses your personal data for the following purposes:

  • For the execution of the assignment you have given to HCF, invoicing the provided services, and all other use necessary to provide our services;
  • To comply with legal obligations, such as tax obligations and compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Act;
  • To maintain contact with you, for example to invite you to certain events and for marketing communications directed to you;
  • To analyze and improve the use of the website;
  • For conducting research or performing analyses.

4. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

HCF processes personal data based on one of the following legal grounds:

  • on the basis of an engagement agreement for the provision of services;
  • compliance with legal obligations as described above;
  • in connection with a legitimate interest in processing personal data. Processing based on this ground will meet the requirements of proportionality and subsidiarity, and various security and organizational measures have been taken to protect your data;
  • you have given consent for the processing of your personal data. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This does not affect the use of your data prior to the withdrawal of your consent.

5. IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA SHARED?

Persons affiliated with HCF may receive your personal data. Personal data may also be shared with third parties that are relevant to our services, such as counterparties, lawyers, advisers, regulatory authorities, and government bodies. Additionally, HCF uses various ICT support companies that work on behalf of and under the instruction of HCF. Such companies have (or will have) data processing agreements with HCF.

HCF does not provide your personal data to other third parties as a rule. However, HCF may, only insofar as necessary for its services, transfer your personal data to parties in third countries, outside the European Economic Area (EEA), for example when negotiating with parties based outside the EEA and/or concluding an (international) agreement. When HCF transfers your personal data to parties in a country outside the EEA, HCF will verify whether an adequate level of protection is ensured in that third country and ensure that such transfer complies with applicable laws and regulations before informing you thereof. Only if we are legally obliged to do so, your personal data will be provided to supervisory authorities, other parties or persons, or authorities.

6. RETENTION PERIOD OF PERSONAL DATA

HCF does not retain your personal data longer than strictly necessary for achieving the purposes described in this privacy policy.

7. PROTECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

HCF has taken the necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. These protections safeguard against loss, destruction, damage, and prevent unauthorized or unlawful processing or disclosure of data. For example, data connections and physical spaces are secured.

Additionally, the persons working at HCF have signed confidentiality declarations under penalty of a fine. If you have questions about the security of your personal data, or if there are indications of misuse, you are requested to contact us using the contact details mentioned under section 10.

8. YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • the right of access; this means that you may request to inspect the personal data we have collected about you;
  • the right to rectification of your data if it is incorrect;
  • the right to erasure of your data. It may be that we cannot comply with this for legal reasons;
  • the right to object to (future) processing of your data or to request restriction thereof, provided no legal grounds prevent this;
  • the right to withdraw certain consent you have given for processing;
  • the right to data portability. You may receive the data you have provided to HCF in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You may then transfer this data to another controller;
  • the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

You may address your requests, questions, or complaints to the contact details listed in section 10.

9. COOKIE POLICY

The HCF website uses the service “Google Analytics,” offered by Google Inc. This service analyzes website usage by its visitors—for example, based on the number of visits per page, how long visitors stay on a page, the countries from which visits originate, and the pages that are clicked through to. We use this service to improve our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to perform this analysis. HCF has (or will have) a data processing agreement with Google. Google does not use the data for its own purposes.

10. CONTACT DETAILS

HCF welcomes your questions or complaints about this privacy policy. You can contact us by mail, email, or telephone.

By mail:
Hunt Dealmakers
Sophialaan 43
1075 BM Amsterdam
The Netherlands

By email:
mail@huntdealmakers.nl

By telephone:
T: +31 (0)85 – 02 11 535

You may also file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority in The Hague.