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VDL Groep welcomes you to this website and appreciates your interest in our organisation, products, and services. As VDL Groep values your privacy highly, we believe it is important to inform you about how we handle your personal data. This privacy statement applies to all personal data visitors leave on the VDL Groep B.V. website or its subsidiaries. For the sake of transparency, this privacy statement explains what we do with this information.
The personal data processed by VDL via the website are often contact details such as your name and email address. It can also include a search query you enter or a question you submit through the contact form.
Additionally, you can search for jobs using features like Vacancies, Working at VDL, Internships & Training, and Contact. These vacancies may be stored and linked to your IP address or other data you upload or input on the website. We also process uploaded CVs and cover letters.
Information about you as a visitor to this website, such as your IP address and click behaviour, may also be stored automatically. We often obtain this information through cookies. You can find more details in the cookie statement.
We wish to inform you that we also consider this data as indirect personal data when you visit the website as a business customer. We therefore ensure your privacy accordingly.
Information you provide to VDL Groep via the website will be processed for general business purposes. This includes providing information about products and services. We may contact you using the details you have given us.
Your details may also be used to send digital newsletters, provided you have given explicit consent. We consider this form of contact to be a legitimate interest of VDL.
The website also functions as a career portal and displays job vacancies. We see these processes as a legitimate interest of VDL. They are also necessary for preparing and executing an employment contract.
The processing mainly involves forwarding personal data within VDL Groep. This website acts as a central point. Personal data is sent to the entity you wish to contact as a business customer or applicant. These details are only shared when necessary and only with relevant recipients. Sometimes, your information may be shared with foreign VDL entities.
If VDL suspects that you are using the website unlawfully, this may be a reason to share your personal data with a third party for legal purposes.
On various parts of our website, there are buttons that link to social media channels. When you use these buttons, the privacy policy of the respective platform applies. Personal data may also be stored there. VDL Groep has no control over and accepts no responsibility for the use of social media buttons on our website.
VDL Groep does not retain your data longer than strictly necessary. For the purposes described in this statement, a retention period of six months is considered reasonable.
Anonymous data may be kept longer for statistical and research purposes.
Personal data received during a recruitment process will be stored for no longer than four weeks after the procedure is completed. VDL Groep may ask for your permission to keep this data for up to two years.
Because we process your personal data, you can:
Would you like to exercise one of these rights? Please contact us at AVG@vdl.nl.
When reviewing your request, VDL carefully considers the interests involved and complies where possible. Withdrawal of consent is always honoured.
Providing personal data via this website is voluntary. However, without accurate details, we cannot contact you, provide information, or process applications.
If you have questions or comments about the processing of personal data, please contact us at AVG@vdl.nl. We are happy to assist you.
If you want to respond to this privacy statement or believe that VDL Groep is not acting in accordance with it, you can also contact us at AVG@vdl.nl.
If we cannot resolve the issue together, you can always file a report with the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
This privacy statement was last updated on 25 May 2018 and applies to VDL Groep B.V. (Postbus 8811, 5605 LV Eindhoven).
If VDL updates this privacy statement, it will be announced on this page.
To optimise our services, this website places limited so-called “cookies” on your computer. These are small data files stored on your device. Cookies help record visitors’ interactions with the website.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., for this purpose.
You can manage the placement of cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers can be configured to refuse cookies or to notify you when a cookie is set. Please refer to your browser's manual for instructions.
Managing cookies via your browser does not affect your use of this website but may impact how you experience other websites.
Cookies and similar techniques we use
VDL Groep uses functional and analytical cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored in your browser during your first visit. This helps recognise your device on future visits.
Analytical Cookies
Cookie name: ga / gat / gid / ga_D50L55P2D5 Purpose: These Google Analytics cookies measure how the website is used and through which channels visitors arrive. This information helps us optimise the website. Google is not allowed to use this information for other services. However, the information may be shared if legally required. VDL has no influence over this. Retention period: ga: 26 months / gat and gid: 1 day / ga_D50L55P2D5: 10 minutes