This is a courtesy translation. The Dutch text is the legally binding version.
Silk Note attaches great importance to the protection of personal data and handles it confidentially and with care.
This Privacy Statement describes how Silk Note processes personal data in accordance with the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Silk Note (SN Consultancy) is the data controller within the meaning of Article 4(7) GDPR.
Which personal data are processed?
Silk Note may process the following personal data:
As part of the service, Silk Note may also process special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 GDPR, including data concerning sex life or sexual orientation. See the separate section "Special categories of personal data" below.
Personal data are processed exclusively for the following purposes:
Silk Note processes personal data on the basis of:
Given the nature of the service, data you provide via a booking or contact form may contain information about your private life, sex life, or sexual preferences. Such information may qualify as special category data under the GDPR.
Silk Note processes such data only to the extent necessary to assess your request, contact you, and carry out any booking. Where the processing concerns special category data, Silk Note asks for your explicit consent (Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR). This data is handled with additional care, retained no longer than necessary, and never shared with third parties beyond what is strictly required for carrying out the booking.
We ask that you only provide information in free-text fields that is necessary for your request.
Silk Note may, where necessary, require identification of the Customer.
This data is used solely for verification purposes and is not retained longer than necessary.
Silk Note shares personal data only where necessary:
Silk Note does not sell personal data to third parties.
When you complete a booking form, contact form, or application form, the web server temporarily processes the data in order to check your message and send it to Silk Note by email.
Silk Note does not maintain a separate permanent database of form submissions on the website. Once the submission has been technically processed, it is not intentionally retained on the web server.
The content of the form is, however, sent to Silk Note by email. The received email, any replies, and further correspondence remain stored in Silk Note's email environment for the applicable retention period.
Technical service providers, such as the hosting provider, email delivery service, and email provider, may process data to the extent necessary to deliver the website and email service.
Silk Note takes measures to prevent full form content from being included in technical log files, error reports, or analytics systems.
Personal data are not retained longer than necessary for the purpose for which they were collected. Silk Note applies the following indicative periods:
Silk Note distinguishes between what must be retained for 7 years under statutory fiscal obligations (invoices and fiscal records) and other correspondence, which is retained for a significantly shorter period.
Silk Note may process personal data in the context of an internal blacklist for:
This takes place on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), with due regard for proportionality and data minimisation.
Silk Note takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against:
The Customer has the right to:
Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
You may also lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).
Requests can be submitted via: info@silknote.nl
This website does not use cookies for analytics, advertising, or tracking purposes.
Silk Note uses a self-hosted installation of Umami to collect limited statistical information about website usage. The analysis takes place through Silk Note's own technical infrastructure and is not used for advertising, commercial profiling, or tracking visitors across other websites.
The statistics may include information about pages visited, the time of the visit, the referring website, the type of device used, the browser, the operating system, and country on a general level. Silk Note does not send names, email addresses, phone numbers, form content, booking details, or other directly identifying data to Umami.
Analytics data is not linked to booking enquiries, contact messages, or applications. Silk Note retains this data for a maximum of twelve months and deletes or aggregates it thereafter.
The processing is based on Silk Note's legitimate interest in assessing the functioning, safety, and usability of the website in a privacy-friendly manner. Silk Note has limited the analysis to data necessary for this purpose.
Customers can submit complaints to Silk Note.
Silk Note reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement. The most recent version is available on the Website.
For questions about privacy:
This is a courtesy translation. The Dutch text is the legally binding version.
