Privacy statement
This is the privacy statement for Gasunie Transport Services B.V. (GTS), Concourslaan 17, 9727 KC, Groningen, registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 02084889.
This is the privacy statement for Gasunie Transport Services B.V. (GTS), with its registered office at Concourslaan 17, 9727 KC Groningen, Netherlands. GTS is listed in the Dutch business register under number 02084889.
We are strongly committed to protecting your personal data. You can read in this privacy statement how we handle your personal data. GTS respects your privacy and complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Dutch legislation implementing the GDPR. This privacy statement applies to visitors to our website and visitors to our offices and sites.
Why does GTS use your personal data?
Personal data means all information that says something about you directly or that can be traced back to you as an individual. GTS only processes the personal data we need to perform our work and only if we have a lawful basis for doing so. GTS processes personal data on the following lawful bases:
- Where GTS has a ‘legitimate interest’ (sound reason) in processing your data. For example, we record CCTV footage as part of security measures on our premises and we use IT solutions for the security of our digital environment;
- Where you have given GTS permission (‘consent’) to process your personal data, like when you consent to the placement of cookies or subscribe to a newsletter when visiting our website, for example. If you have given us consent to process certain personal data, you may withdraw your consent at any time and we will stop processing your data for that specific purpose.
GTS always adheres to the principle that personal data is to be processed in a manner that is lawful, fair and transparent to you.
Which personal data does GTS process?
We collect the following information on visitors to our websites:
If you use our contact form: Depending on the fields that appear on the contact form, you provide us with the following personal data: your name, company name, landline/mobile phone number (optional), and email address. We need this data to handle your query, complaint or comment and to be able to contact you.
If you subscribe to our newsletter:
If you subscribe to our newsletter, you only provide your email address, which we need to send you the newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter you can unsubscribe.
If you submit a responsible disclosure:
If you become aware of a vulnerability or weak spot in an IT system or on this website and wish to report this, you can do this by submitting what’s called a ‘responsible disclosure’ to GTS. For this we ask you for your name and email address.
Cookies:
Personal data can also be collected by cookies, small text files that are sent to and stored on your computer. GTS uses cookies on this website. See our cookie statement for detailed information on the use of cookies on the GTS website. If you do not want to accept cookies from GTS, you can disable them through your browser. The Help section of your browser will explain how to do this. You can still visit our website even if you disable cookies.
We collect the following information on visitors to our offices and sites:
If you are signed in as a visitor: If you plan to visit one of our offices or sites, your GTS contact will first register you in our visitor registration system. We register the following information: your last name and prefixes, your gender, the date and time you will be visiting, the name of your company or organisation, and your email address.
CCTV
We have CCTV installed in and around our sites and offices. We process CCTV footage to ensure a safe and secure environment for our visitors and staff and to protect property. The recorded images are only used internally and are not shared with third parties, except in the event of an incident or if we are required to do so to comply with a legal obligation.
For how long does GTS keep your data?
GTS keeps personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which this information was collected. In some cases, we are legally required to retain records for a minimum period, such as the fiscal retention periods. We keep visitor data for no longer than six months.
If you have any questions about how long we keep particular data, you can send us an email at privacy@gasunie.nl.
How does GTS secure your data?
GTS takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against theft, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration and/or destruction. These are some examples of the measures we take:
- We store personal data on computer systems in controlled environments with restricted access.
- We use encryption and other security technologies to protect data during transmission.
- We arrange regular security audits and risk assessments.
- Our staff are instructed on data protection and security protocols.
Third-party processing and sharing your personal data with external parties
Processing of personal data by data processors:
GTS sometimes engages a third party to provide or perform a service. If this party has access to your personal data, the third party is considered to be a data processor. GTS has implemented the necessary contractual and organisational measures to ensure that the data processor only processes your personal data for the agreed purposes, as clearly set out in the data processing agreement we have concluded with them.
Sharing your personal data with third parties other than data processors:
GTS only shares your personal data with third parties to comply with legal obligations or after you have given consent for this.
Contact
If you have any questions relating to the use of personal data, please send an email to our data protection officer privacy@gasunie.nl .
Last updated: 14 November 2023
Processing personal data outside the EEA
GTS aims to only use data processors located in the European Economic Area (EEA). If GTS decides to transfer personal data for processing by a party located outside the EEA, GTS will take the necessary data protection and security measures.
What rights do you have as a data subject?
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- Right to be informed: you can ask GTS about which personal data it processes and its reasons for doing so.
- Right of access: you can ask GTS to provide you access to your personal data.
- Right to rectification: if the personal data GTS holds about you is incorrect and/or incomplete, you can ask GTS to correct and/or supplement this.
- Right to be forgotten: you can ask GTS to delete your personal data, in which case GTS will assess whether there are grounds for fulfilling your request.
- Right to restriction of processing: you can ask GTS to restrict the processing of your personal data, which you may do, for example, if the data is inaccurate or the processing is unlawful.
- Right to object: you can object to the processing of your personal data due to your specific situation, in which case GTS will comply with your request unless there are compelling reasons to continue processing your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, you can send an email to privacy@gasunie.nl. GTS will let you know as soon as possible, but in any case within one month, how we have handled your request and, if applicable, provide you with the requested information. Depending on the complexity of your request or the number of requests GTS receives, GTS can extend this period by two months, in which case GTS will inform you of the longer response period.
If you believe that GTS has not sufficiently addressed your request, you can file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
Changes to this privacy statement
regularly on GTS’s website to see the latest version. If GTS amends its privacy statement, we will revise the date at the bottom of the privacy statement.
Contact
For complaints, queries or comments about the use of personal data, you can send us an email at privacy@gasunie.nl.
Last updated: 02-24-2025