Privacy Policy

At telescoop.nl, we value your privacy and the protection of your personal data. In this statement, we explain what data we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your data. By using our website, you agree to this privacy policy.

1. Data Collection

Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data entered in the comment form, as well as the IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection. An anonymized hash of your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you use it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible in the context of your comment.

Media: If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can download and extract this data.

Cookies: We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Examples include cookies that remember your login status and screen preferences.

Login Cookies: These are stored for two days, or two weeks if you select “Remember me”.
Screen Preference Cookies: These are stored for one year.

Embedded Content: Articles on our site may include embedded content such as videos and images. Embedded content behaves as if you visited the external website, meaning these external sites may collect data about you and place cookies.

Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

2. Data Sharing

Password Recovery: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

External Services: We do not share personal data with external parties except when necessary for spam detection or other security purposes.

3. Data Retention Periods

Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.

User Profiles: For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their data at any time, except for their username.

4. Your Data Rights

Under current laws and regulations, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of Access: You can request a copy of your data.
Right to Rectification: You can have incorrect or incomplete data corrected.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You can ask us to temporarily stop processing certain data.
Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used format to transfer it to another party.
Right to Object: You can object to the use of your data.
Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent for data processing at any time.

5. Data Transfer

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service that may process data outside the European Union. This is always done in compliance with GDPR.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unlawful processing, including:

Confidentiality agreements with employees.
Username and password policy implementation.
Pseudonymization and encryption of data where necessary.
Data backups to enable recovery in case of incidents.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us through our contact page.

8. Dispute Resolution

If you are not satisfied with how we handle your data, you can file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority via www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.

Additionally, you can use the European ODR platform for dispute resolution via https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.