Introduction
Control Finance B.V., trading under the name of Control and hereinafter referred to as Control, is convinced that protecting the privacy of its customers and visitors to its websites is of essential importance to its business activities. The personal details of customers and visitors are therefore treated and protected with the greatest possible care. For this reason Control complies with the Dutch Data Protection Act [Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens] in all cases. The party responsible for data processing is Control Finance B.V., Groenewoudsedijk 61, NL-3528 BG Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Processing of personal data
As part of the service we provide (when you take out a subscription, order a publication, use our (interactive) services or are otherwise in contact with Control), Control records data. Control uses this data in the course of the contract concerned, in its other services and in order to keep customers informed of new products and services from Control, from its group companies or from carefully selected third parties. In this process, Control tries to take account of your preferences. If you are not interested in receiving information on new products and services, please write to us at Control Finance B.V., Attn. Control.nl Registration, PO Box 2536, 3500 GM Utrecht or e-mail us at informatie@control.nl. We will then arrange for your data to be blocked for this purpose.

Click behaviour
On the websites operated by Control Finance B.V., general visitor data is collected without identifying the visitors, such as on the most frequently requested pages. The purpose of this is to optimise the way the website is organised. This data can also be used to place more targeted information on the website. This enables Control to continue to optimise the service it provides.

Use of Cookies

Definition of cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information (files) that a website leaves behind on your computer. The website instructs the web browser you use to look at websites (e.g. Internet Explorer) to store these cookies on your computer. There are two kinds of cookies. Session cookies are removed from your computer as soon as your browser closes. Permanent cookies remain on your computer, even after your browser closes.

Why does Control use cookies?
Control uses cookies to make it easy to navigate to the website, to make it possible to log in, to analyse the use of the website and therefore to optimise the website. Session cookies are used for this purpose. Control uses cookies to collect information about its customers for the purpose of targeting communication, including the provision of service information on our products and targeted marketing activities concerning the products of Control, its group companies and any of our carefully selected third parties. Cookies are used for this purpose. Control websites that contain advertisements also use cookies. They contain details of the advertisement which have already been shown to you. These cookies are not placed by Control itself but by the company providing the advertisements.

When does Control use cookies?
All websites use cookies containing certain technical and site-specific information. When you are logged on to Control, your user name may be stored in a cookie. At Control, your user name is your e-mail address. Control websites that contain advertisements also place cookies containing information on all advertisements displayed.

How can you refuse cookies?
You have the right to refuse cookies at any time. To do so, set your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) to refuse all cookies or only specific cookies (consult your browser’s instructions). If you refuse cookies, you may not be able to access certain services.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service supplied by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies (small text files placed on your computer) to help the website analyse how users are using the site. The information on your use of the website (including your IP address) generated by the cookie is transferred to servers in the United States by Google and stored on them. Google uses this information to update details of your website use, generate reports on website activity for website operators and provide other services relating to website activity and Internet use. Google may supply this information to third parties where Google is legally obliged to do so, or where these third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not combine your IP address with any other information held by Google. You can refuse to use cookies by choosing the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we would point out that you may not be able to use all the facilities on this website if you do so. By using this website you are giving Google permission to process the information in the manner and for the purposes as described above.

Control and other websites
On Control websites you will find a number of hyperlinks to other websites. However, Control cannot accept responsibility for the way these parties handle your data. Read the privacy statement, if any, on the website you are visiting.

Changes
Control reserves the right to make changes to this privacy statement. You should therefore check this privacy statement regularly to see most up-to-date version of Control’s privacy policy.