Westland Bloemen Export B.V. registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 27229387, location number 16978978, Middel Broekweg 29, 2675 KB in Honselersdijk, the Netherlands (hereinafter “WBE”) processes personal data of its customers, prospects and other contacts. WBE does so for the purpose of offering visitors/customers the best possible assistance and to achieve our objectives. In this privacy statement we explain why and how we process your personal data.
Confidential data or personal data is processed via this website. Careful handling of personal data is very important to WBE. Therefore, we process and secure personal data with great care.
Our processing complies with the requirements of the GDPR legislation (effective as of 25 May 2018). Among other things, this means that:
In this privacy statement, we explain what personal data we collect and use, and for what purposes. Please read this statement with care.
This privacy statement was last updated on 4/2/2022
In connection with the GDPR legislation we can report that WBE does not have a Data Protection Officer, but that we are happy to assist you with any questions. Please contact us via info@wbe.nl or call: +31 (0)174 629 888.
We process the following personal data via this website:
WBE processes personal data for the following purposes:
1. Administration and service provision
In our administration we keep track of potential customers and suppliers of WBE, including the relevant contact persons. From the contact persons, we keep various personal data in order to provide our services in the best possible way. For instance, we keep contact details to be able to reach you and be of service.
You can reach WBE through different channels: phone, mail, e-mail and Facebook. To make that possible, we also process personal data.
2. Marketing & Recruitment
For WBE campaigns, we also process personal data. For instance, IP-address, cookie ID, social ID and/or surfing behaviour. We do this in order to show the most relevant advertisement at the right places.
For WBE (and its related campaigns), we can also make use of 'custom target groups' via social media platforms. We can do this through Facebook and possibly Instagram targeting. On these platforms, (personalized) advertisements may be shown. We do not provide personal data to third parties for this purpose, unless you have given us your unambiguous permission to do so.
If you do not wish to be shown advertisements via these platforms, you can indicate this to us via the above contact details. You can also unsubscribe from these platforms. You can find out how to do this on the following pages by clicking on the corresponding link:
Please note: It is possible that you continue to see WBE adverts after unsubscribing if you are part of the general target group of our adverts.
3. Improvement of WBE services
In order to improve our services, we also collect personal data. For instance, click behaviour on the website in order to analyse which articles are most read and open rates in order to see whether (possibly in the future) our newsletters are considered relevant.
Under the GDPR everyone has particular rights. We do all we can to honour these rights in the best possible way. Do you have suggestions or comments? Please, let us know! To exercise your rights you can contact us via info@wbe.nl or call: +31 (0)174 629 888.
Additionally, you can do the following:
WBE will not retain your data any longer than is necessary for the purposes mentioned in this privacy statement. When you send us an e-mail or ask us a question via a contact form, we retain your data for a period of 6 months after responding, to be able to answer any follow-on questions. Company data will be retained as long as the commercial relationship continues to exist. Related personal data – in connection with the company you work for or represent – are also part of this data.
As outlined above, we process your personal data because we have a legal obligation to do so, for the realization of an agreement (order, service and/or product delivery, or an event), and in most cases for realization of a legitimate interest of WBE: The realization of our objectives. If you would like to know more about our considerations in connection with the legitimate interest, please contact us!
For the performance of some of our services, we may engage service providers. These are not 'third party recipients' but processors. For instance, we work together with a media partner, our accountant, a cloud environment, etc. and we use Google Analytics. These parties process personal data in accordance with the instructions of WBE.
Sometimes we are obliged by law to provide personal data to third parties, such as the tax authorities. Furthermore, we will only provide data to third parties if we have received your explicit permission to do so.
The WBE website may contain links to websites of other organizations. WBE is not responsible for the way in which these parties process personal data. Information on this can be found in the privacy statement of the relevant owner/organization.
We use cookies on the WBE website. We do this to improve our services, to optimize the functioning of the websites, for the efficient implementation of campaigns and for the purposes as described in our privacy statement.
Cookies are small text files which are placed on a pc, tablet or mobile phone by an internet page. The following websites place cookies or similar techniques (hereinafter: "cookies"):
On these websites you can – if applicable – give permission for the use of the cookies.
The following is a list of cookies placed by the WBE website, along with their functionality:
Cookie Storage Period Purpose
1 minute Used to measure the speed of the request.
_gid 24 hours Used to distinguish between users.
_ga 2 years Analytical cookie that measures website traffic and is used to distinguish between users (anonymously).
WBE uses Analytics cookies to evaluate the use of the WBE website. For this purpose a permanent cookie is placed on your computer or mobile system. This gives WBE insight into how and how often the WBE website is used, and this information enables us to implement changes to the WBE website, when necessary. Thus, we ensure optimum operation of the WBE website.
WBE processes statistics on website visits anonymously. This is done by a web analysis system. Data that can be stored in the web analysis system via cookies includes:
Cookie: Facebook; Act, c_user, csm, fr, lu, s, presence, p, xs
Purpose: Cookies which show which media used by Facebook is effective and through these cookies, on websites you visit, after having been on the websites of the third parties, you can see advertisements of the WBE which match your preferences (interest based targeting).
Storage period: Max 1 year
The easiest way to remove cookies is via your browser(s). Below is a list of the most popular browsers and matching links to how to remove the cookies in that browser: