Privacy Statement
Our Sustainability Commitment to Your Privacy
At DuurzameJobs.nl, we cherish your privacy just as we cherish our planet. We’re committed to handling your personal data in a thoughtful, transparent manner that reflects our sustainable values.
We proudly operate in harmony with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), meaning we:
- Transparently explain what personal data we gather, like sunlight illuminating a solar panel
- Collect only essential information needed for our purpose, minimizing our digital footprint
- Keep data collection to a necessary minimum, practicing data conservation
- Take meaningful steps to ensure your information remains accurate and well-maintained
- Honor storage timeframes and deletion cycles, preventing digital waste
- Implement thoughtful security measures to protect your valuable personal data
- Respect and uphold your rights regarding your personal information
This privacy statement outlines how we nurture the personal data of visitors to www.DuurzameJobs.nl.
While sharing your personal data with us isn’t a legal requirement, we carefully minimize our collection to only what’s truly necessary. Just as sustainable systems need certain resources to thrive, we may not be able to process your requests or provide our services without some basic information from you.
About Us – Your Partners in Sustainable Careers
DuurzameJobs.nl operates as a private limited company (Besloten Vennootschap) rooted in Rotterdam under Verum Artes Professional Staffing B.V., registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 80496717.
You’ll find our sustainability hub at:
Rotterdam Building
Aert van Nesstraat 45, 3012 CA Rotterdam
We welcome your questions about this privacy statement or how we care for your data:
By email: info@duurzamejobs.nl
Or send us a letter to our address above – we still appreciate mindful paper communication!
What Information We Gather and Why – Our Eco-Conscious Approach
Newsletter – Growing Our Sustainable Community
Join our newsletter to receive comprehensive insights about the flourishing sustainability sector in the Netherlands. With your permission, we’ll use your name and email to share valuable sustainability content that matters. We respect your digital space and will only send our newsletter with your explicit consent.
Each newsletter includes an unsubscribe link for your convenience. After unsubscribing, we thoughtfully archive your information to ensure you don’t receive unwanted communications. We partner with HubSpot for newsletter delivery – you can learn about their data practices [here].
Recommendations – Sharing Green Success Stories
We love showcasing testimonials from people who’ve found their purpose through DuurzameJobs.nl. With your permission, we may feature your recommendation (including your name and picture) on our website to inspire others on their sustainability journey. Your success story will remain visible until either you request its removal or we refresh our testimonials.
Creating a User-Friendly, Sustainable Digital Experience
When you visit our website, we or trusted partners set cookies to enhance your experience. These cookies help us understand how our digital environment serves you, allowing us to continuously improve our sustainability platform. We process this information based on legitimate interest, your consent, or contract requirements. Our detailed “Cookies Policy” explains which cookies we use, their purpose, and lifespan. We collect general visitor data like device type and browsing patterns, with some cookies processing personal data such as your IP address.
Contact – Cultivating Meaningful Connections
When you reach out to us, we thoughtfully process the information you provide so we can respond to your message with care. Once we’ve addressed your query, request, or concern, your personal data is removed – leaving no unnecessary digital footprint behind.
Social Media – Extending Our DuurzameJobs’ Community
Our website features social media buttons from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Reddit. Clicking these buttons may place cookies on your device. Please note that our privacy policy doesn’t extend to these third-party platforms. We encourage you to review their privacy statements:
How We Gather Your Information – A Mindful Approach
We collect your data thoughtfully and primarily directly from you – when you create an account, apply for a position, or complete a form on our website. We may collect general visitor data during your website visits. Occasionally, we might gather publicly available information if we have a legitimate interest, such as connecting with you on LinkedIn for sustainable career opportunities.
Storage Duration – Respecting Natural Lifecycles
You can delete your account anytime, just as nature recycles its resources. After deletion, your stored data is anonymized. We create daily backups that are retained for six months, following a natural cycle of renewal.
Your personal data will be deleted or anonymized when no longer needed for the purposes outlined in this statement, unless legal or contractual obligations require longer retention, always considering applicable limitation periods – much like how we plan for sustainable resource management.
Sharing with Third Parties – Responsible Partnerships
While we do sell data to third parties, we’re selective and responsible about sharing. We may transfer data to third parties when necessary for fulfilling our contract, to our data processors, when legally obligated, when we have a legitimate interest, or with your explicit consent – always with the same care we apply to environmental stewardship.
We may share your personal data with these carefully chosen partners, including our processors:
- Web hosting services
- IT suppliers and service providers
- HubSpot
- Google Analytics
- Cookie providers
- Accountants
- Mail servers
- Phone service providers
- Potential employers (for job applications)
DuurzameJobs.nl has established clear data processing agreements with all processors, like a sustainability covenant. These agreements ensure your data is used only for intended purposes and will be properly deleted once the agreement ends. Your personal data may be transferred or stored outside the EU only when adequate protection levels exist, such as through European Commission-approved model contracts with additional safeguards. Whenever possible, we partner with processors located within the European Economic Area, reducing our global digital footprint.
For Candidates Creating Accounts or Applying for Green Positions
For candidates establishing accounts or applying for sustainable positions, we may collect:
- Name and address
- Date and place of birth
- Gender and age
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Password
- Occupation and role
- Current employment
- Personal description
- Cover letter
- Relocation preferences
- Desired salary
- CV and related details
- Educational background
- Profile picture
- Availability
To register as a candidate in our sustainable job community, you’ll need to provide your name and email address. You choose what additional information to include in your profile. We securely store your email and password for convenient future logins.
You can also access your DuurzameJobs.nl account via LinkedIn, which will share your name, email, and profile picture with us. You can disconnect this link anytime, maintaining your digital autonomy. Please note that LinkedIn may set cookies on your device during this login process – we recommend reviewing LinkedIn’s privacy policy.
When applying for a sustainability position on DuurzameJobs.nl, we typically request your name, email, phone number, cover letter, and resume. In some cases, you’ll be directed to the employer’s website to complete your application, in which case we won’t store this additional information.
We process your data to enable account creation and verification, job applications, assistance with inquiries, and general communication related to our sustainable career services. Registered users can opt to receive targeted DuurzameJobs alerts by email.
Please note that when you apply for a position, we forward your details to the relevant sustainable employer. Requests to modify or delete your application should be directed to the employer.
We also receive occasional messages through our social media channels. We’ll process your data to address these messages and remove it once resolved, practicing digital minimalism.
For Employers Creating Accounts – Building Sustainable Partnerships
For employers creating accounts in our DuurzameJobs community, we may collect:
- Name and address
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Profile picture
- Job position
- Password
- Company details
- Billing information
- Our correspondence
To create an employer account in our sustainable ecosystem, you’ll need to provide your name, company name, email address, and telephone number. Additional profile information is optional. For paid Job or CV packages, we’ll use your email to communicate about your request and your billing address to process orders.
We process employer data primarily for contract execution – we need certain information to establish and fulfill our sustainable agreement with you.
We also use your information to nurture our business relationship, keeping you informed about service changes, sending invoices, responding to inquiries, and sharing relevant offers about sustainable recruiting.
We’ll thoughtfully notify you by email when your vacancy is about to expire. Additionally, we process data to meet legal obligations such as retaining administrative records.
Website Visitors – Our Broader Community
From website visitors exploring sustainable careers, we may collect:
- Email address
- Name
- General visitor data during website browsing
- Information shared when contacting us
- Your recommendations (with or without pictures)
Security Protocols – Protecting What Matters
DuurzameJobs.nl has implemented various technical and organizational security measures to prevent unauthorized access to your personal data, just as we work to protect our natural environment. While we can’t guarantee complete online security due to the inherent nature of the internet, we regularly evaluate and update our security protocols, adapting like a thriving ecosystem.
We’ve taken these thoughtful measures to protect your data:
- Physical security measures, creating safe boundaries
- Access protection with username and password systems
- Anti-virus software and regular updates, like preventative care
- Regular backups, ensuring resilience
- Secure connections (Transport Layer Security)
- Local data storage, reducing unnecessary transmission
Your Rights – Empowering Your Digital Sustainability
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have important rights that we nurture and respect:
- The right to data portability. This empowers you with greater control over your personal data, letting you receive it in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format for transmission elsewhere when possible. You can download your data directly from your account.
- The right to access your personal data. This allows you to receive a copy of the information we hold about you and verify we’re processing it lawfully.
- The right to correction and erasure. You can request us to correct inaccurate personal data or have it removed, just as you can modify or delete information directly in your account.
- The right to restrict processing. In certain situations, you have the right to limit how we use your personal data.
- The right to object to processing. You can request that we stop using your personal data. If you object to its use for commercial purposes, we will always honor your preference.
- The right to withdraw consent anytime. When you’ve given permission to process your data, you can withdraw this consent whenever you wish, though this doesn’t apply retroactively.
To exercise these important rights, please connect with us via email at info@duurzamejobs.nl or in writing. For registered candidates or employers, you can easily manage or delete your data using the “User Privacy” feature. You can also download your data or make adjustments directly within your account – putting you in control of your digital footprint.
File a Concern – Open Communication
If you have any concerns or questions about this privacy statement or how we process your data, please reach out to us via email at info@duurzamejobs.nl. We’re here to help and always open to improving our practices. You can also file a complaint regarding our data processing with the Dutch Data Protection Authority [click here].
Changes to this Privacy Statement – Growing and Evolving
This privacy statement was last updated on April 16, 2025. Just as sustainability practices evolve, we reserve the right to update or modify our privacy statement when necessary. Any changes will reflect our ongoing commitment to responsible data practices.
