Privacy statement

1. Who is responsible?

Leon Legal, sole proprietorship of Leon Schuitemaker, Streuvelslaan 2, 9721 WH Groningen, the Netherlands. Chamber of Commerce (KvK) 50585282, branch number 000020966148.

Privacy questions: leon@leonlegal.nl or +31 50 234 0005.

2. What data is processed?

Contact details you provide: name, email address, phone number, organisation and role.

The content of your message and of any documents you send for a question or assignment. These may include data about other people.

Billing details: name, address, VAT number and payment details of clients.

Technical data when you visit the website, such as your IP address and browser type. The hosting provider uses these to keep the site secure and available.

3. For what purpose and on what legal basis?

To answer your question and stay in touch: your consent and Leon Legal's legitimate interest in responding to messages.

To carry out and invoice an assignment: performance of the contract.

To meet legal obligations, such as tax record-keeping: a legal obligation.

To secure the website: Leon Legal's legitimate interest.

4. How long is your data kept?

Contact messages without a follow-up assignment: twelve months after the last contact.

Case files: five years after the assignment ends, in view of possible liability and later questions.

Accounts and invoices: seven years, as required by Dutch tax law.

5. Who is data shared with?

Leon Legal never sells your data and only shares it when necessary. Leon Legal works with a small number of service providers (processors) bound by agreements on security and confidentiality: hosting provider, email provider, accounting software and form service.

Data is only shared with other parties, such as a counterparty or a public body, when your assignment requires it and you are aware of it, or when the law requires it.

Leon Legal aims to have data processed within the European Economic Area. If it is processed outside it, this only happens with appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

6. Security and confidentiality

Leon Legal takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, such as encrypted connections, two-factor authentication and secure storage. What you share in confidence is also covered by the duty of confidentiality.

7. Cookies

This website places functional cookies needed for it to work, for example to remember your cookie choice. These do not require consent.

The website only places functional cookies, for example to remember your cookie choice. The map in the footer is an embedded Google Maps map. Google may process your IP address and place cookies; see Google's privacy policy.

You can change your choice at any time via ‘Cookie settings’ at the bottom of every page, or delete cookies in your browser.

8. Your rights

You have the right to access, correct, delete and port your data, and the right to object or have processing restricted. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Send your request to leon@leonlegal.nl. You will receive a response within one month. To prevent misuse, you may be asked to identify yourself.

Not happy with how your data is handled? Please say so via leon@leonlegal.nl. You can also file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl).

9. Changes

Leon Legal may update this statement when its practice or the law changes. The latest version is always on this page.