{"id":11424,"date":"2026-07-22T12:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-spark.nl\/?page_id=11424"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:56:57","slug":"privacy-policy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-spark.nl\/en\/privacy-policy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11424\" class=\"elementor elementor-11424\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682007f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"682007f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3298270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3298270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n\/* @import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Inter:wght@600;700;800&family=Poppins:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap'); *\/\n\n.isp-legal{--navy:#211E4E;--navy-2:#2E2A63;--ink:#20212B;--muted:#6B6C7A;--body:#3C3D54;--orange:#E9742A;--line:#E7E9F0;--card:#F7F8FB;\n  max-width:1140px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 28px;color:var(--body);line-height:1.6;\n  font-family:\"Poppins\",system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif}\n.isp-legal h1,.isp-legal h2{font-family:\"Inter\",system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif}\n.isp-legal *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.isp-legal a{color:var(--orange);font-weight:600;text-decoration:none}\n.isp-legal a:hover{text-decoration:underline}\n\n.isp-legal .isp-eyebrow{font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:var(--muted);margin:0}\n.isp-legal .isp-eyebrow::before{content:\"\";display:inline-block;width:6px;height:6px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--orange);margin-right:9px;vertical-align:middle;transform:translateY(-1px)}\n.isp-legal .isp-hero{padding:88px 0 40px}\n.isp-legal .isp-hero h1{margin:12px 0 0;font-size:clamp(30px,4.6vw,46px);line-height:1.06;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--navy);font-weight:700}\n.isp-legal .isp-updated{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--line);color:var(--muted);font-size:12.5px;font-weight:600;padding:6px 12px;border-radius:999px;margin-top:16px}\n.isp-legal .isp-updated::before{content:\"\";width:7px;height:7px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--orange)}\n\n.isp-legal .isp-sec{display:grid;grid-template-columns:230px 1fr;gap:44px;padding:34px 0;border-top:1px solid var(--line)}\n@media(max-width:820px){.isp-legal .isp-sec{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:12px;padding:28px 0}}\n.isp-legal .isp-sec h2{margin:0;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:var(--navy);letter-spacing:-.01em;line-height:1.3}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent{max-width:680px}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent p{margin:0 0 14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent p b{color:var(--navy);font-weight:600}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent ul{list-style:none;margin:0 0 14px;padding:0}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent li{position:relative;padding-left:20px;margin:8px 0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6}\n.isp-legal .isp-seccontent li::before{content:\"\";position:absolute;left:2px;top:9px;width:6px;height:6px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--orange)}\n\n.isp-legal .isp-rights{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;border-top:1px solid var(--line);margin:4px 0 16px}\n@media(max-width:520px){.isp-legal .isp-rights{grid-template-columns:1fr}}\n.isp-legal .isp-right{padding:12px 16px 12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:var(--body)}\n@media(min-width:521px){.isp-legal .isp-right:nth-child(odd){border-right:1px solid var(--line);padding-right:24px}\n  .isp-legal .isp-right:nth-child(even){padding-left:24px}}\n\n.isp-legal .isp-closing{margin:36px 0 0;padding:26px 0 0;border-top:1px solid var(--line);font-size:14.5px;color:var(--navy);font-weight:400;line-height:1.6}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"isp-legal\">\n\n  <section class=\"isp-hero\">\n    <p class=\"isp-eyebrow\">Privacy and compliance<\/p>\n    <h1>Privacy Policy<\/h1>\n    <div><span class=\"isp-updated\">Last updated: July 2026<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Who we are<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>i-spark B.V., registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under KvK number 73401587, is a data and AI consultancy based in Groningen, the Netherlands. We run the website i-spark.nl.<\/p>\n      <p>We are the data controller for the personal data described here. That means we decide what we collect and why.<\/p>\n      <p>For anything about this policy or your personal data, <a href=\"\/en\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>What we collect<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>When you fill in a form on our site, such as the form to download our guide, we collect:<\/p>\n      <ul><li>Your name<\/li><li>Your professional email address<\/li><\/ul>\n      <p>Our forms may also record basic technical details automatically, such as the date and time you submitted and the page you submitted from.<\/p>\n      <p>We do not ask for sensitive personal data through our forms, and we'd rather you didn't send any.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Why we use it, and our legal basis<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p><b>Send you what you asked for.<\/b> If you request a guide or resource, we use your email to deliver it and confirm your request. Legal basis: taking steps at your request.<\/p>\n      <p><b>Send you our newsletter, if you opted in.<\/b> If you ticked the box to receive Let's debrief, our newsletter, we use your email to send it. Legal basis: your consent. You can withdraw it anytime.<\/p>\n      <p><b>Reply to you.<\/b> If you contact us, we use your details to answer. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in responding to you.<\/p>\n      <p><b>Keep records of consent.<\/b> We keep a record of who signed up and what they agreed to, so we can show consent was given. Legal basis: our legitimate interest and our legal obligations.<\/p>\n      <p>We do not use your data to make automated decisions about you, and we do not profile you.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Who we share it with<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>We do not sell your data to anyone.<\/p>\n      <p>We use a few trusted services to run the site and handle sign-ups. They only process your data on our instructions:<\/p>\n      <ul><li>Our website host, Kinsta, which stores the site and its data.<\/li><li>Slack, which we use to get a notification when someone signs up. Your name and email are sent to our private Slack channel.<\/li><\/ul>\n      <p>For the full list of the (sub)processors we work with and the safeguards in place, see our <a href=\"\/en\/verwerkers\/\">Sub-processors<\/a> page.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Sending data outside the EEA<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>Some of our services are based outside the European Economic Area. Slack, for example, is a US company, so your name and email may be transferred to the United States. Where that happens, we rely on the safeguards the GDPR allows, such as standard contractual clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>How long we keep it<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>We keep your data only as long as we need it.<\/p>\n      <ul><li>If you signed up for the newsletter, we keep your details until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them.<\/li><li>If you downloaded a guide but did not opt in to anything else, we keep the record for 12 months and then delete it.<\/li><\/ul>\n      <p>You can ask us to delete your data sooner at any time.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Your rights<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>Under the GDPR, you have the right to:<\/p>\n      <div class=\"isp-rights\">\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">See the data we hold about you<\/div>\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">Correct it if it's wrong<\/div>\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">Ask us to delete it<\/div>\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">Ask us to limit how we use it<\/div>\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">Object to us using it<\/div>\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">Get a copy in a portable format<\/div>\n        <div class=\"isp-right\">Withdraw your consent at any time, which won't affect anything we did before you withdrew it<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <p>To use any of these, <a href=\"\/en\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Cookies<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>Our site uses essential cookies to work properly, and Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. We ask for your consent before setting any non-essential cookies. You can change your choice anytime.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"isp-sec\">\n    <h2>Changes to this policy<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"isp-seccontent\">\n      <p>We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll change the date at the top. Please check back now and then.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"isp-closing\">Questions about this policy or your data? <a href=\"\/en\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a>.<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy and compliance Privacy Policy Last updated: July 2026 Who we are i-spark B.V., registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under KvK number 73401587, is a data and AI consultancy based in Groningen, the Netherlands. We run the website i-spark.nl. 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