Privacy Statement

This website is operated by The Investment Consultant. 

The Investment Consultant process personal data in the business processes. The protection of your personal data is of great important to us. In this document we provide you with more information on how we implement this.

What is personal data?

Personal data, in short, is data that can identify a natural person. Examples are name, address and BSN (Social Security Number). However, other data on its own or in connection with other data can also be considered personal data.

Why does The Investment Consultant process your personal data?

The Investment Consultant collects and processes data about its clients and visitors of this website for the purpose of conducting its business, to promote and make available products and services that may be of interest to you and to develop web statistics. In addition, The Investment Consultant collects and processes personal data of job applicants and employees.

Which personal data does The Investment Consultant process and why?

The Investment Consultant only processes personal data if there is a basis for this processing in an agreement entered into with the person or if it is necessary under laws and regulations. We may also process personal data if you have given your explicit consent.

Personal data of clients

With respect to our clients, we process the following personal data:

  • Name, address, telephone number and email address;

  • Data recorded on a passport or similar ID document;

  • Profession and, if applicable, the position a person holds in a company;

  • Number of bank and securities account;

Special personal data, including:

  • Criminal data;

  • Biometric data, to the extent evidenced by ID proof.

Data obtained from third parties:

  • Data on companies and their representatives through, for example, the Chamber of Commerce;

  • Data from public sources such as BKR, bankruptcy registers, newspapers, internet, and social media.

Personal data of website visitors

  • Name and e-mail address;

  • Cookies (for more information see cookies statement). In general, one can visit our website without providing any personal data to us. We will never offer you unsolicited information and/or services. In addition, we will not retain this personal data for longer than the purpose for which you provided it. The data we record are the following:

Personal data of applicants and employees

Among other things, we process the following data:

  • Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and other contact details;

  • Nationality, date, and place of birth;

  • Gender;

  • Marital status;

  • Curriculum vitae, work experience, educational details, (copy) certificates and diplomas, references;

  • Bank account number;

  • Policy or customer number health insurer;

  • Passport photo;

  • (Copy) ID card or passport;

  • BSN (SSN Social Security Number).

We only process special personal data that can be deduced from your proof of identity which we are required by law to make a copy of if you start working for us.

The personal data we receive from candidates, applicants and employees are processed for the following purposes: to enter into and maintain an employee/employer relationship with you and to keep personnel, financial, time, absence and/or salary records, or to enter into and maintain a relationship aimed at acquiring/performing assignments and to keep financial records for this purpose, to give you access to and allow you to use our office, IT infrastructure and to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Cookies on the website

We use cookies to store certain non-identifiable automatic information about users of our website. Cookies are text files that are automatically presented to your browser by the website. We only use cookies with technical functionality. These ensure that the website works properly.

You can read more about cookies in our Cookie Statement, which can be found on the website.

How long does The Investment Consultant keep your personal data?

We will not retain your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary to fulfil purposes for which your data is collected.

Can The Investment Consultant share your personal data with third parties?

We only provide your data if this is necessary for the performance of our agreement with you, to comply with a legal obligation or because you have given your consent. We do not provide your data to third parties for commercial purposes.

We conclude a processing agreement with companies that process your data on our behalf to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality of your data. We remain responsible for these processing operations.

Should the provision of services to you or the performance of our agreement with you require us to transfer personal data to parties outside the EEA, we will only do so where an adequate level of protection of the personal data is ensured or where a specific derogation applies.

How does The Investment Consultant secure your personal data?

We take the protection of your personal data extremely seriously and take appropriate measures to prevent the misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure, and unauthorized modification of your personal data.

Can you view, amend, or delete captured personal data?

You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to withdraw your possible consent to data processing or object to the processing of your personal data by The Investment Consultant, and you have the right to data portability.

You can send a request to inspect, correct, delete, data transfer of your personal data or request the revocation of your consent or objection to the processing of your personal data to info@theinvestmentconsultant.com. We may request a copy of proof of identity so that we can satisfy ourselves that the request is made by you or on your behalf. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, but in any case, within one month.

How can you complain about The Investment Consultant’s handling of personal data?

If you have a question or complaint about Providence Capital’s handling of your personal data, you can address this question or complaint to the management of The Investment Consultant.

You can make this known via the e-mail address info@theinvestmentconsultant.com or by regular mail:

The Investment Consultant
Keizersgracht 745G
1017 DZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

You also have the option to submit a complaint to the national supervisory authority, the Authority Personal Data.

Filing a complaint can be done via the following link: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/contact-with-the-authority-personal-data/tip-ons