Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2026
Barbara van Bergen respects your privacy and handles personal data with care. This privacy policy explains what information may be collected through this website and how it is used.
Who is responsible for your data?
Barbara van Bergen is responsible for the processing of personal data through barbaravanbergen.nl.
For questions about privacy or your personal data, you can contact:
Barbara van Bergen
Email: info@barbaravanbergen.nl
What personal data do I collect?
When you contact me through this website or by email, I may process information such as:
- your name;
- email address;
- telephone number, if provided;
- organisation, if provided;
- the content of your message;
- any other information you choose to provide.
Why do I use your personal data?
Your personal data is used to respond to your message or enquiry, communicate with you about speaking engagements, partnerships, accessibility and inclusion projects or other collaborations, and where necessary to prepare or perform an agreement.
Your data will not be used for unrelated marketing purposes without your permission.
Contact form
When you use the contact form on this website, the information you enter is used to process and respond to your enquiry.
The website uses spam protection to help prevent automated and unwanted submissions.
How long is your data kept?
Personal data is not kept longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless there is a legal obligation to retain it for longer.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority confirms that the AVG/GDPR does not prescribe one universal retention period; data should in principle be kept no longer than necessary.
Sharing personal data
Personal data is not sold to third parties.
Data may be processed by service providers that are necessary to operate the website, email or other services. Where required, appropriate agreements and safeguards are used to protect personal data.
Embedded content and external websites
This website contains embedded content and links to external services, including YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Embedded content from these services may behave as if you visited the external website directly. These providers may process information about your visit and may use cookies or similar technologies. Their own privacy and cookie policies apply.
Cookies
This website may use functional cookies that are necessary for the website to work properly.
If additional cookies or tracking technologies requiring consent are used, they will only be activated in accordance with applicable privacy and cookie rules.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, restrict or object to its processing, and in certain circumstances request transfer of your data.
If you want to exercise one of these rights or have a question about your personal data, contact info@barbaravanbergen.nl
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).
Changes to this privacy policy
This privacy policy may be updated when the website or the way personal data is processed changes.