Privacy Statement
Introduction
Geomares Publishing is committed to
protecting the privacy of its customers and visitors
to its websites, and views the protection of personal
data as being of fundamental importance to the
operation of its business. Personal information about
customers and website visitors is held securely and
is treated with the utmost care. Geomares Publishing
complies with the requirements of the Personal Data
Protection Act and other privacy legislation.
The party responsible for data
processing is Geomares Publishing, Nieuwedijk 43,
8531 HK Lemmer, The Netherlands. In accordance with
the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act,
the supervisory authority - the Dutch Data Protection
Authority in the Hague - is notified of all
processing of personal data.
Processing personal data
Data is captured by Geomares
Publishing in the course of providing our services.
Your personal details are stored when you take out a
subscription to a publication or a newsletter, when
you attend a conference or training course, order a
publication, use our (interactive) services or, if
you have an internet customer account, register an
interest in one of our services, or contact Geomares
Publishing for some other reason. The personal
information we hold includes information such as
contact details, information about payments, invoices,
ordered products, job details and/or where you have
registered an interest in a product or service.
Geomares Publishing uses
this information to fulfil and process agreements
with you, to provide other services, for its internal
business processes, and to inform customers of (new)
products and services provided by Geomares Publishing,
by other companies in the group or by carefully
selected third parties. If you do not wish to receive
this information, you can unsubscribe at any time.
Your e-mail address
If you have specified your e-mail address (e.g.
to subscribe to a newsletter), this may be used to
inform you as a customer of other relevant products
and services provided by Geomares Publishing that may
be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive
this information, you can unsubscribe at any time.
You may also have given your
consent for relevant information about products,
offers and campaigns from and by Geomares Publishing
or other companies to be sent to your e-mail address
from time to time. These companies are carefully
selected by Geomares Publishing.
Unsubscribing
Geomares Publishing takes your preferences
into account as much as possible in the provision of
services and information. If you no longer want to
receive information about (new) products and services
(by post, e-mail, etc.), you can unsubscribe by
sending an e-mail to privacy@geomares.nl or in writing to Geomares
Publishing, PO Box 112, 8530 AC Lemmer, The
Netherlands.
Viewing and
correcting your personal information
You are entitled to view the personal
information Geomares Publishing holds on you at any
time. If any information is incorrect, you can ask
for it to be changed. To view or correct your
personal details, please contact us at Geomares
Publishing, PO Box 112, 8530 AC Lemmer, The
Netherlands with details of your request. Please
contact us at the above address for any queries you
may have about how Geomares Publishing handles your
personal information.
Browsing history and
IP address
General information on visits to Geomares
Publishing websites is captured and stored without
visitors being identified. The purpose of this is to
improve the quality of the website and users'
browsing experience. This information can also be
used to put targeted information on the site. This
allows Geomares Publishing to tailor its services to
you. Geomares Publishing also uses your computer's IP
address for this purpose. The IP address is a number
that is automatically assigned to your computer when
you browse the internet. This information can also be
used to see how the website is being used and for
analysis and reporting purposes. In principle, IP
addresses are not linked to information that would
identify you, unless you have given your explicit
permission for this.
Use of cookies by
Geomares Publishing
A cookie is a small amount of data (a small
file) sent to your computer by a website. The website
tells the web browser you are using (e.g. Internet
Explorer) to store these cookies on your computer.
There are two types of cookies. Session cookies are
deleted from your computer when you close your web
browser. Persistent cookies remain stored on your
computer even after your web browser is closed.
Geomares Publishing uses cookies to make navigating
the website easier, to analyse the use of the website
and so improve the quality of the website. Session
cookies are also used in this process. Geomares
Publishing uses cookies to collect information about
its customers for the purposes of targeted
communication, including the provision of service
information about our products and targeted marketing
of products and services provided by Geomares
Publishing, its group companies and, in some cases,
third parties carefully selected by us. Your user
name may also be stored in a cookie if you are logged
on to a Geomares Publishing website. On Geomares
Publishing websites, your e-mail address is the user
name. Geomares Publishing websites that contain
advertisements also use cookies. These keep track of
what advertisements you have already seen. These
cookies are produced by the company responsible for
the advertisement, not by Geomares Publishing.
Refusing cookies
You can refuse cookies by adjusting your
browser settings (e.g. Internet Explorer or Mozilla
Firefox) to disable all or certain cookies (see your
web browser manual or help function). If you disable
cookies, some services may not be available to you.
Geomares Publishing and other websites
Geomares Publishing websites contain some
links to other websites. Geomares Publishing cannot
accept any liability for the handling of your
information by these parties. For further information,
please read the privacy statement (if available) of
the website you are visiting.
Amendments
Geomares Publishing reserves the right to
make amendments to this privacy statement. Please
check this privacy statement regularly for the latest
version of Geomares Publishing's privacy policy.
