YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO DAVIDS & MEIJER. BY MEANS OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, DAVIDS & MEIJER WISHES TO INFORM YOU OF ITS PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (“PERSONAL DATA”).

WHO IS YOUR DATA CONTROLLER?

Davids & Meijer is a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having its registered seat in Amsterdam and its office in (1098 NX) Amsterdam at Mariotteplein 53H, registered with the commercial register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 34278390.

Why and how your Personal Data is processed, is ultimately determined by Davids & Meijer. Therefore, we consider Davids & Meijer to be the sole data controller with respect to your Personal Data. 

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, or if you wish to exercise any rights under this Privacy Statement, you can contact the owners of Davids & Meijer by e-mail at info@meijerknijnenberg.com or by phone at (+31) – (0)6 – 40486192 / (+31) – (0)6 11727668.

TO WHOM DOES THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT APPLY?

This Privacy Statement applies to everyone for whom Davids & Meijers processes Personal Data, for example:

  • visitors of our website;
  • Davids & Meijer’s clients (and their employees);
  • Davids & Meijer’s candidates and prospects;
  • recipients of Davids & Meijer newsletters and other mailings;
  • Davids & Meijer’s suppliers (and their employees).
WHEN DOES DAVIDS & MEIJER COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Davids & Meijer may collect your Personal Data:

  • when you register online with Davids & Meijer;
  • when you visit the website of Davids & Meijer;
  • when you subscribe to an online newsletter of Davids & Meijer;
  • when you contact Davids & Meijer with regard to, for example, information requests, questions, comments or complaints;
  • from job board partners;
  • from referral partners, business directories and social media platforms such as LinkedIn.
WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL DATA DOES DAVIDS & MEIJER COLLECT?

Davids & Meijer may collect the following Personal Data:

  1. Your (first, middle, last) names, (business/private) address, phone number, date of birth, e- mail address, gender;
  2. Your curriculum vitae and any other information relating to your professional or educational background, including but not limited to application history, interview history, placement history, industry, job category, assessments, hourly rate, type of contract (permanent/temporary);
  3. Your contact with Davids & Meijer – such as a note of a call between you and Davids & Meijer, a chat record when you engage in a chat session with Davids & Meijer, an email or letter you send to Davids & Meijer or other records of any contact you have with Davids & Meijer.
ON WHAT LEGAL GROUNDS DOES DAVIDS & MEIJER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

To process your Personal Data as described above, Davids & Meijer relies on the following legal bases:

  1. Performance of a contract (see Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b) GDPR): the use of your Personal Data is necessary to perform the contract that you have with us. For example, if you register with Davids & Meijer to be approached for vacancies, Davids & Meijer will process all Personal Data provided by such registration.
  2. Legitimate interests (see Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR): the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, namely for security reasons (e.g. system integrity and fraud detection), administrative and legal purposes given that your interests in not having the data processed do not prevail. Davids & Meijer also wants to provide you with the best suitable content of the website, emails and newsletters, to improve and promote its products and services and the content on our website.
  3. Consent (see Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR): Davids & Meijer may rely on your consent to use your Personal Data for certain direct marketing purposes.
WHY DOES DAVIDS & MEIJER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Davids & Meijer processes your Personal Data for different purposes. Please find below the specific processing purposes, linked to the specific Personal Data that is collected in that respect (indicated by a letter corresponding with the section “What Kind of Personal Data Does Davids & Meijer Collect?”) and the specific legal ground(s) therefore (indicated by a number corresponding with the section “On What Legal Grounds Does Davids & Meijer Process Your Personal Data?”).

  • Providing services to you in the field of career improvement and career guidance, such as but not limited to, services regarding recruitment, training, coaching, and services related thereto: A-C and 1, 2.
  • Conducting market research, conducting retention and customer satisfaction surveys, conducting marketing activities (including through email newsletters, social media and onsite/offsite and online/offline advertisement), conducting sales activities (including analyzing your Personal Data and your use of Davids & Meijer services for making (personalized) offers and quotes: A-C and 3.
  • Conducting legal processes, including (i) conducting legal proceedings, and (ii) collecting evidence for civil legal proceedings relating to you: A-C and 2.
  • Complying with statutory obligations, including (i) provision of data to authorized authorities in the context of criminal investigations, (ii) complying with (applicable) data retention obligations, (iii) the provision to third parties of information concerning customers in connection with an infringement of these third parties’ rights; or (iv) complying with any request by you to exercise your rights under this Privacy Statement: A-C and 2.

Davids & Meijer uses aggregated information to analyze employment trends in various industries, for example the aggregate salary for certain job (categories). Such aggregated information cannot be used to identify an individual and, as such, does not qualify as personal data.

WITH WHOM CAN DAVIDS & MEIJER SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Davids & Meijer only shares your Personal Data to the extent (i) such is necessary for the provision of its services to you; or (ii) such is necessary to (legally) protect its legitimate interests in compliance with applicable law; or (iii) required by law.

Davids & Meijer may also share your Personal Data with companies and/or organizations that engaged Davids & Meijer or one of its Brands to fulfil vacancies on their behalf. Davids & Meijer will only share your Personal Data with companies and/or organizations of which Davids & Meijer knows, or has received confirmation that, or may reasonably expect that such company and/or organization will only process your Personal Data in accordance with applicable law. Upon receipt of your Personal Data, that company and/or organization becomes (joint) data controller of your Personal Data, as such organization determines the purpose and means of its processing.

Furthermore, Davids & Meijer may share your Personal Data with other third parties, whom will process it on behalf of Davids & Meijer for the purposes stated above. Such third parties include, but are not limited to, IT service providers, survey service providers, data hosting providers and custodians. Davids & Meijer will not share your Personal Data with these third parties unless they have provided written assurances that the Personal Data shared will be protected in accordance with the provisions of this notice. Third parties will only be permitted to process your Personal Data for specified purposes and under our instructions.

In order for Davids & Meijer to provide its services, it may be necessary to transfer your Personal Data to a recipient in a country outside the European Economic Area. Where Personal Data is transferred out of the European Economic Area, and where this is to an organization, Brand, vendor or other third party in a country that is not subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission, Personal Data shall -in all cases- be adequately protected under appropriate safeguards such as European Commission approved standard contractual clauses, an appropriate Privacy Shield certification or a third party’s Processor Binding Corporate Rules. Davids & Meijer is happy to provide you with more detailed information upon request.

WHAT IS THE DAVIDS & MEIJER RETENTION POLICY?

Our business is recruiting. If you found your job through Davids & Meijer at one point in your career, you may want to do so again at a later stage; even if you are not actively seeking a new job. Functioning as a career coach, Davids & Meijer considers it unpractical to delete your Personal Data from the database of a Brand after a given amount of time without you having asked us to do so. The next vacancy Davids & Meijer sends you may very well be your dream job! However, as removing your Personal Data from our database may not always be on the top of your mind, Davids & Meijer will periodically send you a reminder about your Personal Data and the option of it being removed. In any case, Davids & Meijer will remove your Personal Data from its database once you have reached the age of sixty-eight (68).

The Personal Data that is not included in our database, will be retained for as long as necessary to perform the purposes of processing as stated in this Privacy Statement. Each department within Davids & Meijer is familiar with the retention policies and shall periodically review the Personal Data to ensure that the applicable retention periods are complied with.

WHICH TECHNICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE?

In accordance with applicable data protection legislation, in particular the GDPR, Davids & Meijer observes adequate procedures to prevent loss or any form of unlawful processing of your Personal Data. Davids & Meijer uses appropriate business systems and procedures to protect and safeguard the Personal Data. Davids & Meijer also uses security procedures and technical and physical restrictions for accessing and using the Personal Data on our servers. Only authorized personnel are permitted to access Personal Data in the course of their work.

Davids & Meijer has implemented (at least) the following security measures across its organization:

  • IP restrictions;
  • Firewall and malware detection;
  • VirusScan’s on all devices;
  • Secured VPN connections;
  • SSL certificates for all websites;
  • Regular upgrades of software and server (speed);
  • Strong password check;
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

In accordance with applicable data protection legislation, especially Art. 15 through 21 GDPR, you have several rights regarding your Personal Data and the processing thereof. You have the right to (ask us to) correct, supplement, delete or block your Personal Data for convenience, if it is incomplete, incorrect or is being processed in contravention of this Privacy Statement or any statutory provision. You also have the right to request Davids & Meijer to inform you of any Personal Data it holds relating to you. Furthermore, you have the right to receive your Personal Data, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit that Personal Data to another controller.

If you have any requests regarding your rights, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact Davids & Meijer using the contact details provided at the top of this Privacy Statement. Please note that under certain circumstances, Davids & Meijer’s statutory obligations or legitimate interests may take precedence over your rights as described in this section. For instance, in line with the GDPR and applicable member state data privacy laws, there can be statutory, contractual or other legal retention obligations of Davids & Meijer for certain Personal Data which release us from our obligation to delete your Personal Data under certain circumstances. If this is the case, and if, as a result thereof, Davids & Meijer cannot (fully) comply with your request, Davids & Meijer will inform you thereof. Please also note that certain requests may affect our provision of services to you, your access thereto or may result in Davids & Meijer not being to provide you with services at all.

CONSENT AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT

You are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time by giving us written notice. Upon receipt of such a notice, Davids & Meijer will -without undue delay- stop processing your Personal Data to the extent possible by law. If you would like to unsubscribe from group emails, please send an email to info@meijerknijnenberg.com. If you would like to delete your personal data, please send an email with the request to info@meijerknijnenberg.com.

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

The supervisory authority for Davids & Meijer is:

Dutch Data Protection Authority: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens Postbus 93374

2509 AJ DEN HAAG

Telephone number: (+31) – (0)70 – 888 85 00

Fax: (+31) – (0)70 – 888 85 01

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY STATEMENT

Davids & Meijer reserves the right to amend the privacy statement and will post any revisions on its website. Davids & Meijer advises you to check this webpage regularly to see if any changes have been implemented.

This Privacy Statement was most recently changed on the 38th of March 2025