This statement sets out which personal data Search Clicks B.V. processes when you visit our website or contact us, on what legal basis, how long we keep it and what rights you have. It follows Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Search Clicks B.V., Edelgasstraat 101, 2718 TE Zoetermeer, Nederland, registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 94825726, is the controller for the processing described in this statement.
Privacy questions can be sent to hello@searchclicks.com or +31 85 060 9801.
We are not required to appoint a data protection officer and have not done so: we process no special categories of personal data and do not monitor individuals systematically or on a large scale. hello@searchclicks.com is the fixed point of contact for every privacy question.
| Processing | Data | Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact form and enquiries | Name, email address, telephone number, company name and the content of your message | Answering your question and preparing a possible collaboration | Article 6(1)(b): steps prior to entering into a contract. If your message is not about an assignment, Article 6(1)(f): our legitimate interest in being able to answer business enquiries |
| Booking a call | Name, email address, chosen time | Scheduling an introductory call | Article 6(1)(b) |
| Client administration | Contact and invoicing details, correspondence | Carrying out the assignment and meeting our statutory retention duty | Article 6(1)(b) and (c): legal obligation |
| Statistics (Google Analytics) | IP address (truncated), device and browser data, pages viewed, referral source | Understanding how the site is used and where it falls short | Article 6(1)(a): your consent |
| Advertising measurement and remarketing | Cookie identifiers, click and visit behaviour | Measuring whether an advertisement leads to an enquiry, and showing relevant advertisements later | Article 6(1)(a): your consent |
| Server logs | IP address, timestamp, page requested, error messages | Keeping the site running and protecting it against abuse and attacks | Article 6(1)(f): legitimate interest in a working, secure website |
Where we rely on a legitimate interest, we have weighed that interest against your privacy. The data is limited, the context is professional, and you can object to the processing.
No. Filling in the form is voluntary. We do need at least a name and an email address in order to reply; without those we cannot handle your question. If you become a client, the details that belong on an invoice are required by law. Consent for statistics and advertising is entirely free: if you refuse, the site works exactly the same.
On your first visit we ask whether we may place cookies that are not strictly necessary. Until you click Accept, statistics and advertising measurement stay off — nothing is measured and no identifiers are stored. Refusing takes one click and is given the same prominence as accepting. Your choice lasts six months and can be changed at any time through Cookie settings at the bottom of every page.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Retention | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pll_language | This website | Remembers which language you read the site in | 1 year | Not required (necessary) |
| sc_consent | This website | Remembers your cookie choice so we stop asking | 6 months | Not required (necessary) |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors so visit figures can be compiled | 2 years | Only after consent |
| Advertising cookies from Google Ads, Meta and LinkedIn | Google, Meta, LinkedIn | Measuring whether an advertisement leads to an enquiry, and showing relevant advertisements later | Up to 2 years | Only after consent |
The scheduling widget (Calendly) is loaded only at the moment you click the button to book a call yourself. If you do not, no connection to Calendly is made.
We do not sell your data and do not make it available to third parties for their own purposes. We do engage suppliers who process data on our instructions and with whom we have concluded a data processing agreement: our hosting provider (website, email and backups), Google (statistics and advertising), Calendly (scheduling) and Meta and LinkedIn (advertising). Beyond that we disclose data only where a legal provision obliges us to.
Enquiries arrive in our own lead administration, which we manage ourselves. There is no external CRM that your data ends up in.
Google, Calendly, Meta and LinkedIn are established in the United States. Where they process data outside the EEA, this takes place under the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, or under the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses supplemented with additional measures. If you would like a copy of the safeguards that apply to a transfer, request it at hello@searchclicks.com.
| Data | Period | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Enquiries that do not lead to an assignment | 2 years after the last contact | So an ongoing conversation can be resumed; after that the interest lapses |
| Client and invoicing data | 7 years after the end of the financial year | Statutory retention duty, Article 52 of the Dutch State Taxes Act |
| Server logs | Up to 12 months | Investigating faults and abuse |
| Statistics | 14 months | The standard period we have set in Google Analytics |
| Your cookie choice | 6 months | After that we ask again |
We take no decisions with legal or similarly significant effects based on automated processing. No profiling takes place in which a judgement is formed about you as a person. Advertising cookies group visitors into broad audiences; no individual decision is based on them.
You have the right of access to the data we process about you, and the right to have it rectified or erased. You may also ask for the processing to be restricted, object to processing based on a legitimate interest, and receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or have it transferred to another party.
Consent you have given may be withdrawn at any time, and doing so is as easy as giving it: click Cookie settings at the bottom of the page and choose Refuse. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand.
Send a request to hello@searchclicks.com. We respond within one month. To avoid disclosing data to the wrong person, we may ask you to send your request from the email address known to us.
If you disagree with how we handle your data, we would rather hear it from you first. You also always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens), Postbus 93374, 2509 AJ The Hague, via autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl. If you live in another EU member state, you may approach the supervisory authority of that country.
The website is reachable only over an encrypted connection, receives security updates automatically and is backed up daily. Access to the data is limited to the people who need it for their work and is protected with strong, unique passwords and two-factor authentication. If you suspect a data breach or a weak spot, report it to the address above; we treat such reports as a priority.
If the way we process data changes, we update this statement accordingly. Significant changes are announced on the website. The date of the last revision is shown below.
Last updated: 19 August 2026
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