Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft
Privacy Statement

1. General
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft exercises the utmost due care when dealing with the personal data of visitors to its website. Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft uses the collected data to enter into and execute agreements for the provision of our legal services, to manage the business associates emerging from the provision of such services, to maintain contacts and to comply with the legal obligations to which Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft is bound.

2. Data processing
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft processes data such as your name, the name of your organisation, and your position, address, telephone number and email address. The data is processed in a manner which complies with the requirements stipulated in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft exercises due care when dealing with the personal data that you provide to us. Personal information is always dealt with confidentially, also data which is provided to us through our website.

3. Use of data
We use the data that you supply to us to be able to accommodate your request or carry out your instructions. Such data is required in order to establish your identity, to be able to communicate with you, to deal with your request or instructions carefully and, for example, to prevent your data from being misused by any other person.

4. Grounds
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft processes your data based on the following legal grounds (GDPR):

  • consent – you give your consent for processing the data which you have provided to us. You may always revoke such consent by notifying us accordingly.
  • when executing an agreement to which you are party. For example, this applies to the legal services we provide;
  • we are required to comply with a legal obligation imposed on us;
  • to safeguard our legitimate interests, such as improving our website.

5. Provision of data to other parties
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft will not supply your personal data to any other party without your explicit consent. When processing your data we employ other parties to provide services for us, for example, to manage our electronic files. A so-called data processing agreement has been concluded with such parties ensuring the safety of your personal and other data. Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft may have a duty to supply your data to a third party pursuant to a legal obligation, for example, in connection with an investigation into a criminal offence. What we will not do in any case is provide your data to another party for marketing purposes.

6. Other websites (links)
Various links to other organisations and institutions may be found on the website of Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/ Immigration lawyers Delft. We are not responsible for the content, nor for the protection of privacy on these websites, and neither are we in any way responsible for the services which are provided on those websites.

7. Use of cookies
We use cookies on our website. A cookie is a small, simple file which is transmitted along with our website pages and which your browser stores on the hard drive of your computer.
Cookies from the American company Google are placed through our website as part of its “Analytics” service. We use this service to record and report on the way visitors use our website. Google may supply such information to other parties if it has a legal duty to do so or in so far as it is processed on behalf of Google. We do not exercise any influence over this. The information which Google collects, is anonymised as far as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not provided. The information is passed on to Google, which stores it on servers in the United States.

8. Security
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft ensures that your data is protected from being inspected by unauthorised parties. We do this through the security measures adopted for our systems, which render it impossible for an unauthorised party to inspect, manage or use such data. All personal information is dealt with confidentially and is stored on secure servers.

9. Retention periods
Your personal data is not retained for longer than is strictly necessary. The underlying principle is that Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft has a duty to comply with its legal duties in this respect. For this reason your file will be retained for no less than 10 years (in an electronic archive) after it is closed. In some cases a longer retention period may be required. Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft may proceed to destroy your file once the period expires.

10. Your rights
What are your rights under the GDPR?

  • You are entitled to information as to why we process your data and for what purpose.
  • You are entitled to inspect the data which is processed and to receive a copy of it with due regard of another party.
  • You are entitled to add to or correct your data. You are entitled to request that your data will be deleted, unless we have a duty to retain it pursuant to our legal obligations or if someone else has a substantial interest in the retention of such data.
  • You are entitled to object to your data being processed where applicable.

You may address any requests to:
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft
PO Box 3108
2601 DC Delft

11. Amendment of the privacy statement
Vuurens & Lagerweij Advocaten/Immigration lawyers Delft reserves the right to amend this statement. This statement is available for inspection onlin