Dear Visitor,
Through this privacy statement, we want to explain to you how we will ensure the protection of your personal data with which we come into contact. We process and secure the personal data collected by us carefully. We follow the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG). Through this statement we want to inform you about our privacy and cookie policy.
If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact Taxafy B.V. by sending an e-mail to info@taxafy.nl.
1. Who are we?
Taxafy B.V. is an independent tax consultancy firm. We advise our national and international clients on tax matters in the broadest sense.
This Privacy Policy applies to the use of our Services and to the use of our Website.
2.Purposes of data processing
2.1 Performance of agreements.
We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (“AVG”), which replaced the various privacy laws in European member states as of May 25, 2018. We also comply with other relevant data protection laws, such as the Telecommunications Act for the use of cookies.
We process your personal data in order to respond to your requests for information about our services. We process for this purpose:
– Identification data: first name, last name, date of birth; IP address
– Contact data: address details, phone number, email address;
– Financial data: bank account number; credit card information;
– Etc.
2.2 Click behavior and visitor data
When you visit our website, we collect visitor data relating to the use of our site. This includes IP addresses, time of use and data sent by your browser. We do this in order to track and analyze the use of our website, with the aim of optimizing the user experience. Where possible, this data is pseudonymized or anonymized. This data is not made available to third parties who might use it for their own purposes.
2.3 Cookies & IP tracking
We want to be able to offer you relevant and personalized information in a user-friendly way. To this end, we use different types of cookies on our websites. For example, we place cookies that are necessary for the functioning of the site. Think of the ability to respond, the operation of spam filters, video playback and caching to make the website faster. We also use analytical cookies that do not invade your privacy.
In general, cookies are stored for the duration of the (browser) session. In addition, your IP address may be stored in our web server log files when you use our Services. This is necessary to properly administer and secure our Services. We do not use your IP address to track or record your online behavior. Typically, we are unable to link your IP address to your name, address or other identifying information, except when you provide us with such information and continue to use the same IP address.
You can opt out of cookies by setting your Internet browser to no longer store cookies. In addition, you can also delete any information previously stored through your browser settings.
3.Use of cookies and IP addresses
3.1 Use of cookies
We use cookies, small files that are sent via our website and stored by your browser on your hard drive in order to provide you with an optimal user experience on our website. The first time you visit our website you will therefore receive a message from us to this effect.
On your next visit, we then assume that you do not object to the continued use of these cookies. Because we also use the services of other companies that also leave cookies with you, we strongly recommend that you read their privacy and cookie statements.
3.2 Enabling and disabling cookies
In your browser (see browser manual) you can indicate that you only wish to accept cookies to which you agree.
3.3 Storage periods and deletion of cookies
If a cookie has an expiration period, your data will no longer be recorded after the expiration date. In addition, it is also possible to delete cookies prematurely (see browser manual).
4.How long and how do we keep your personal data?
4.1 How long we keep personal data
We keep personal data for as long as we need it for the following stated purposes:
– Personal data in our administration in realtion to the tax authorities:
We keep this data for 7 years, unless we are legally obliged to keep the data longer;
– Personal data of our personnel:
We keep the personal data in the personnel file for 2 more years after leaving employment, unless we are legally obliged to keep the data longer;
– Personal data of our clients:
We retain this data for up to 2 years after the cooperation with our client has ended, unless we are required by law to retain the data longer; and
– Other data:
We keep other personal data only as long as it is necessary for the purposes, we will delete your personal data as soon as it is no longer needed for the purposes for which we collect it.
4.2 How your personal data is protected
Your personal data is protected against unauthorized and unlawful access, modification and destruction. To this end, we have taken appropriate measures.
5.Third party websites
All third party websites that we link to are not covered by our privacy statement. In addition, we believe it is important to point out that we cannot guarantee in any way that these third parties will handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. You should therefore read the privacy statement of such websites before using them.
6.Complaints – Personal Data Authority
If you have a complaint about the way we process your personal data, we are happy to discuss this with you. Please note that you also have the right to submit your complaint about our processing to the Personal Data Authority. To this end, you can contact the Personal Data Authority.
7.Changes to this privacy statement
Like many other organizations, we are a dynamic company and we reserve the right to modify our privacy statement where necessary. Should any changes occur, we will publish them on our website; therefore we advise you to consult our privacy statement regularly.
8.Inspection, correction and right of opposition
Every Taxafy client has the right to inspect the personal data we hold about him/her. If these data contain inaccuracies, you can request us in writing to change or remove them. If you would like to know whether we hold personal data about you, please contact us using the details below.
Under the AVG you also have the following rights:
– obtain clarity about what we do with what personal data;
– access what personal data we hold about you;
– correct any errors in your personal data;
– delete your (out of date) personal data;
– withdraw your previously given consent;
– limit (object to) certain uses of your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please clearly identify yourself. We want to make sure that we do not modify or delete another person’s data.
If you do not wish to be contacted further with information about our company, please notify us at: info@taxafy.nl.
Taxafy B.V.