PRIVACY POLICY

INTRODUCTION

At Valle Advisory, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This policy applies to all data collected through our website, www.valleadvisory.nl.

IP addresses and cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type, for system administration and to collect aggregate information for internal reporting.

Our website also uses cookies to improve your experience. These cookies help us distinguish you from other users and allow us to analyze how visitors interact with our site. This helps us improve our website by ensuring users can easily find what they're looking for. The cookies we use are "analytical" and help us:

• Recognise and count the number of visitors and see how they move around the site. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

• Identify and authenticate a user across different pages or sessions, so you don't need to re-enter information.

• Retrieve previously stored data to facilitate reuse of this information by you.

Legitimate Interest

Our business operations are based on a legitimate interest as defined by Article 6(1F) of the GDPR. We process personal data to fulfill our business purposes, which include providing business consulting and executive coaching services to our clients. We do this with careful consideration to ensure that our interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Informing the Data Subject

In line with the GDPR, we are transparent about how we use your data. You have the right to object to the processing of your data, request its erasure, and rectify any incorrect or outdated information at any time. We will delete any data that is no longer necessary for our legitimate business purposes. We will never collect or process special categories of data, such as information about your race, ethnicity, political opinions, or health.

Are you under the age of sixteen?

If you are younger than sixteen years old, you cannot use our website and services without the permission of your parents or legal guardian.

Your permission

We can store your data at various moments, for example, when you visit our website or contact us. We will not process your data without your consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.

What data do we collect and how do we use your data?

We collect and process personal data to provide our business consulting and executive coaching services. The type of information we collect depends on your relationship with us.

For individuals and clients, we may collect:

• Your name

• Email address

• Phone number

• Company name

• Details related to the coaching or consulting engagement

• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

For website visitors, we may collect non-personal data such as:

• Your browser type

• Operating system

• Internet service provider

All email communication and relevant notes are securely stored within our systems.

Security

We work hard to protect your data from unauthorized or unlawful access, alteration, disclosure, use, or destruction. We take the following measures to protect your data:

• Encryption of digital files that contain personal data

• Secure network connections with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology or a similar technology

• Access to the data is limited to the persons who need the data to perform their job

How long do we store your data? We shall store your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes listed above.

With whom do we share your personal data?

Third parties

We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with any third parties. We may, however, share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our business and providing our services (e.g., email service providers, website hosting). These parties are contractually bound to keep your information confidential and secure.

Transfer

We will only process your data within the European Union. We will only process your data outside of the European Union if the country has an effective protection level for your data.

Links

You may find links on our website to other websites. We do not control the content on these websites and are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We advise you to read the privacy policies of those websites.

Modifications to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. When we change this privacy policy in a significant way, we will post a notification on our website along with the updated policy. We advise you to visit the website and this policy regularly.

Your rights

The data we collect is personal. Therefore, you have the following rights:

• You may file a complaint against the processing of your data.

• You may file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) if you are under the impression that we process your data unlawfully.

• You may request access to the personal data we process about you.

• You may request us to correct, update, shield, or delete your personal information in our records.

• You may request a copy of the personal data we have processed about you. We can—upon your request—send this copy to another party, so you don’t have to send the data yourself.

• You may always withdraw your consent to process your data. We cannot process your data from the moment you withdraw your consent.

Should you have further questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us via the information below.

Contact information In case you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, you can contact us via our contact form on at https://www.valleadvisory.nl/connect