General

VDL Groep welcomes you to this website and appreciates your interest in our company, products and services. VDL Groep places great importance on your privacy. We therefore consider it important to explain how we handle your personal data. This privacy policy applies to all personal data left by visitors to the websites of VDL Groep B.V. or its subsidiaries. For transparency, this privacy policy explains how we use this data.

Types of personal data

The personal data processed by VDL through the website often includes your contact details, such as your name and email address. It may also include a search query you enter or a question you submit through the form. In addition, you can search for vacancies using the ‘Vacancies, Working at VDL, Internships & education and Contact’ functions. These search queries may also be stored and linked to your IP address, for example. The same applies to information that a website visitor uploads or enters on the website. We also process uploaded CVs and covering letters.

We may also automatically store information about you as a visitor to this website, such as your IP address and click behaviour. We often collect this information directly during your visit using cookies. You can find more information in the cookie statement.

We would like to point out that this data is considered (indirect) personal data, even if you visit the website as a business customer. We therefore safeguard your privacy.

Purpose of processing personal data

We process data you provide to VDL Groep through the website for general business purposes. These include providing information about specific products and services. We may then use the stored personal data to contact you.
Your data may also be used to send digital newsletters, provided you have given your explicit consent. We consider this form of contact to be VDL’s legitimate interest.

In addition, the website serves as an application channel and displays vacancies. These processing activities also constitute VDL’s legitimate interest and are necessary for entering into or preparing an employment contract.

Receiving parties

The processing activities include, in any event, sending personal data within VDL Groep. This website serves as a central point, and personal data is forwarded to the relevant entity that you, as a business customer or applicant, wish to contact. Personal data is only shared where this is necessary and solely with recipients for whom the data is relevant. Your data may be shared with VDL entities abroad.

If VDL believes that you are using the website unlawfully, it may share your personal data with a legal third party.

Our website contains buttons in various places that provide access to social media channels. If you use these social media buttons, the privacy statement of the relevant social media platform applies. The platform may then store your personal data. VDL has no control over, and accepts no responsibility for, the use of social media buttons on the VDL website.

Retention period

VDL Groep does not retain your data for longer than strictly necessary. For the purposes described above, a retention period of six months is reasonable. VDL may also retain anonymised data for statistical and research purposes. For personal data received as part of, or in preparation for, a job application, VDL will retain this information for no longer than four weeks after the relevant procedure closes. If VDL has requested and received your consent, it may retain these application details for a maximum of one year.

Your rights

Because we process your personal data, you have the right to:

• Submit a request to access your personal data;
• Submit a request to correct or delete certain data if the personal data is irrelevant or inaccurate;
• Submit a request to restrict the processing of personal data or object to it;
• Submit a request for data portability;
• Withdraw your consent.

If you wish to use one of these options, please contact: AVG@vdl.nl. VDL will balance the interests involved for all requests and your rights. We will honour your request as far as possible. If you wish to withdraw your consent for any reason, we are required to comply.

You provide all personal data on this website voluntarily. However, we cannot contact you, provide information or conduct an application process without the correct personal data.

Changes and notifications about your privacy

If you have any questions or comments about how we process your personal data, please contact us at AVG@vdl.nl. We will do our utmost to help you. If you wish to respond to this privacy policy, or believe that VDL Groep is not complying with it, please contact VDL Groep at AVG@vdl.nl. If we cannot resolve the matter together, you can always report it to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

This privacy policy was last updated on 25 May 2018. It applies to VDL Groep B.V. (PO Box 8811, 5605 LV Eindhoven, the Netherlands). If VDL decides to amend this privacy policy, we will publish the changes on this page.

Cookies

To optimise our services, the website places limited so-called ‘cookies’ on your computer. These are small information files stored on your computer. Cookies are used, among other things, to track visitors’ interaction with the website. This uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc.  

You can manage cookie placement through your browser settings. Most browsers can be configured to reject cookies or notify you when you receive one. For instructions on adjusting your browser settings, please refer to your browser provider. Managing cookies through your browser does not affect unrestricted use of the website, but it may affect your use of other websites.