Privacy & Cookie Statement

MPS Textiles B.V. respects the privacy of all visitors to its website portal.mpstextiles.com, as well as of its (potential) customers and other relations. MPS Textiles B.V. prioritises the security and confidentiality of your personal data and handles it with care. In this privacy statement we explain how our organisation processes your personal data.

What personal data do we process?

Personal data is any information that can (directly or indirectly) identify a natural person. Processing personal data covers everything from receiving and storing it through to amending, forwarding and deleting it. This may include:

• basic information such as your first and last name, date of birth, title, gender, the company you work for or your job title;
• contact details such as postal address, (mobile) phone number or email address;
• financial information, such as your bank account number;
• technical data, such as your IP address, the device you use to visit our website and the pages you view;
• personal data you provide when applying for a job with us, such as education and career details;
• any other personal data we receive from or about you, or are able to obtain ourselves, that we use for the purposes described below.

Why do we process your personal data?

We process your personal data in order to provide the best possible service and to comply with legal obligations. Your data is only used for the purpose for which it was collected, unless you explicitly consent to its use for other purposes. Specific purposes include:

• delivering the services we offer;
• getting in touch with you;
• complying with laws and regulations;
• analysing and improving our services and website;
• invoicing and billing our services;
• recruitment and application procedures.

On what grounds do we process personal data?

Privacy legislation allows us to process your personal data only when there is a legal basis to do so. The processing activities above are carried out on one of the following grounds under the GDPR:

• performance of our agreement with you;
• compliance with a legal obligation;
• your consent;
• a legitimate interest.

How long do we keep your personal data?

We do not retain your personal data longer than is necessary for the purpose for which we collected and recorded it. Where a statutory retention period or a retention period under professional or conduct rules applies, we observe those periods.

Security

We ensure that your personal data is properly secured. We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorised alteration of your personal data.

Website contact form

You can use the contact form on our website to ask questions or make requests. For this we use your name, email address and phone number, on the basis of your consent. We keep this information until we are sure your question has been answered.

Sharing with other companies or institutions

MPS Textiles B.V. only shares your personal data with third parties when this is necessary for the provision of our services, for example:

• to meet legal obligations;
• to deliver our services;
• external suppliers we engage for processing, such as our IT providers.

Third parties to whom we provide your personal data are themselves responsible for the processing of that data and for compliance with the GDPR. When a third party processes your personal data as a processor on behalf of MPS Textiles B.V., we conclude a processor agreement that meets the requirements of the GDPR.

When our website links to another website, this statement no longer applies. This privacy statement only applies to the website of MPS Textiles B.V.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website portal.mpstextiles.com. Cookies are small text files stored on your PC, tablet or smartphone. Cookies are used, for example, to remember settings or preferences, but we can also use them to see when you visit us again. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser.

Functional cookies. We use functional cookies, which are required for the website to work.

Analytical cookies. We use analytical cookies to better understand the use and performance of the website. These cookies track, for example, which pages are visited and which buttons are clicked. An example of analytical cookies we use are those of Google Analytics.

Tracking cookies. Finally, we use tracking cookies. These are marketing cookies that follow your browsing behaviour. They also allow us to show you advertisements aligned with your recent searches and visited websites.

Your rights as a data subject

Under the GDPR you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data:

• right of access;
• right to rectification;
• right to restriction of processing;
• right to object;
• right to erasure (the ‘right to be forgotten’);
• right to data portability.

If you wish to exercise such a right, please contact us via the contact form on our website or by email at ecom@mpstextiles.nl. If you have a complaint about the way we handle privacy, you can also contact the Dutch Data Protection Authority at autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.

Changes

Because we may amend this statement from time to time, we recommend that you review this page regularly so that you are aware of any changes. If we make significant changes to our privacy statement, we will publish a clear notice on our website.

Contact

If you would like more information or have questions or complaints about our processing of your personal data, please contact us in writing at ecom@mpstextiles.com.