Information on the Collection of Personal Data

Below, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data that can be personally attributed to you.

Controller in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The controller is Sanders US Tax Services B.V., Postbus 18, 5720 AA Asten, Netherlands, info@sandersustax.com. You can reach our Data Protection Officer at info@sandersustax.com or at our postal address with the addition „Data Protection Officer.“

When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, name, and possibly your phone number) will be stored by us to answer your questions. We delete the data collected in this context once storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if legal retention requirements exist.

If we engage service providers for certain functions of our service or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes. We will also specify the defined criteria for the storage duration.

The data we process will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless explicitly stated in this data protection declaration, data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose, and there are no legal retention obligations opposing deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means the data is locked and not processed for other purposes, e.g., data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.

Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding personal data concerning you:

• Right to information about the personal data processed by us about you.
• Right to rectification, deletion, or restriction of processing, to the extent permitted by law.
• Right to object to processing within the scope of legal requirements.
• Right to data portability.

You have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data, such as the Dutch Data Protection Authority responsible for us.

Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

If you use our website purely for informational purposes, meaning you do not register or otherwise provide information to us, we only collect the personal data your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data necessary for technical purposes to display our website and ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR): IP address, date and time of request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request, access status, data amount transferred, browser, operating system and its interface, language, and version of browser software.

This data is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraudulent actions) and then deleted. Data required to be retained as evidence are excluded from deletion until the respective incident is resolved.

In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive, assigned to the browser you use, and through which the party that sets the cookie (in this case, us) receives certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall. This website uses transient and persistent cookies. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include session cookies, which store a session ID allowing different requests from your browser to be assigned to the shared session. This enables your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you close the browser. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies in your browser’s security settings at any time. You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse third-party cookies or all cookies. However, please note that you may not be able to use all features of this website.

Additional Functions and Offerings on Our Website

Beyond the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you may use if you are interested. Typically, you will need to provide additional personal data for these, which we use to provide the respective service and for which the previously mentioned data processing principles apply. In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These providers have been carefully selected, commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly checked. We may also share your personal data with third parties when events, contract conclusions, or similar services are offered by us in cooperation with partners. You will receive further information about this when you provide your personal data.

Objection or Withdrawal of Consent to the Processing of Your Data

If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw it at any time. Such a withdrawal affects the permissibility of processing your personal data after you have expressed it to us. Where we base the processing of your personal data on a balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This applies if processing is not necessary to fulfill a contract with you, which we will clarify in the following description of functions. When exercising such an objection, please explain why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of a justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either stop or adjust the data processing or demonstrate our compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the processing. You can, of course, object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time.

Newsletter

With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter to keep updated on current developments in law, taxes, and business and receive other interesting and important information from and about Sanders US Tax Services. The only required information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Any other data requested is voluntary and used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your email address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from it. You can express this revocation by clicking the link provided in the newsletter email, emailing info@sandersustax.com, or by contacting us through the contact details provided on our website.

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses „cookies,“ which are text files stored on your computer that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. However, your IP address is shortened by Google within EU member states or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the website’s operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide further services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that you may not be able to use all features of this website fully in that case. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie regarding your website use (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This website uses Google Analytics with the extension „_anonymizeIp()“ so that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, which excludes personal identifiability. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, it will be immediately excluded and deleted.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website and regularly improve it. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. For exceptional cases where personal data is transferred to the USA, Google is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active. The legal basis for using Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Information from the third-party provider: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Tel: +1 650 253 0000, Email: support-de@google.com.