Privacy and cookie statement

Verpact (previously Stichting Afvalfonds Verpakkingen) is strongly committed to the protection of your personal data and transparency in this regard. This Privacy statement describes how Verpact, as ‘controller’, collects, shares, uses and/or otherwise processes data which is related to you or which identifies you (hereafter: "personal data"), all in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Identity and contact data
Verpact, based at Overgoo 13, 2266 JZ Leidschendam.

Personal data and purposes for processing
Verpact processes personal data as required for notification and declaration of the Packaging Waste Management Fee. For this reason, on behalf of your company, via the Verpact website you must sign up for a Packtool account which you can use for notification and declaration of the Waste Management Fee.

In the context of registration, declarations and payments of the Packaging Waste Management Fee, as well as communication about such, Verpact can process the following personal data: first name and surname, gender, (business and/or mobile) phone number and e-mail address.

Via the Verpact website, you can also ask questions to Verpact employees (by e-mail or phone). In this context, Verpact processes your name, e-mail address and/or telephone number and any mail correspondence concerning the question and any communication in that connection.

You can also use your e-mail address to subscribe to our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via a link in the corresponding e-mail.

During your visit to Verpact's website, we also store the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, and type of operating system, Internet browser and pages visited. This technical information is used to manage the website and to be able to provide you with website functionalities and, for example, resolve technical faults or improve accessibility of certain parts of the website.

Retention periods

Verpact will not store your personal data for any longer than for the purpose for which personal data was collected, or not longer than what is authorised by law. Verpact shall retain the data for the period necessary to implement obligations arising from the Packaging Waste Management Fee Agreement (ABBO).If you have unsubscribed for our newsletters via opt-out, we will delete your personal data as quickly as reasonably possible. The aforesaid technical data such as the IP address and the browser data of your computer will not be retained for longer than 1 month.

Who has access to your data?
Verpact will only share your personal data with third parties, provided this is necessary for carrying out its service (e.g., hosting of the website), or in so far as Verpact is obliged to do so by law. A processor agreement is concluded with companies processing personal data for Verpact (‘processors’) in order to ensure careful use and the appropriate level of security and confidentiality of the data. Verpact remains responsible for these processing operations. Your personal data will never be passed on to parties or countries outside the European Economic Area.

Security of personal data
Your personal data is treated as confidential and Verpact has in place appropriate technical and organisational security measures for optimum protection of your data against misuse, loss or unlawful processing. To this end, Verpact uses a variety of security technologies, including secure servers, firewalls and encryption, as well as physical security of rooms in which data is stored. 

Your rights You have the right to inspect your personal data, add to it or request data transfer thereof. Via the Packtool account, you can also do this yourself in part via the personal settings. You also have the right to retract your permission for certain data processing or to oppose the processing of your personal data.

If you wish to exercise your legal rights or if you have any other questions/comments about the processing and/or protection of your personal data by Verpact, please send a specific request to info@Verpact.nl or Verpact, Postbus 1266, 2260 BG  Leidschendam. We will reply as soon as possible to your request and at any rate within four weeks.

Verpact would also like to point out that you have the option to lodge a complaint to the national regulator, the Personal Data Authority.

Applicable law
This Privacy statement, as well as all disputes arising from or associated with this Privacy statement, are subject exclusively to the law of the Netherlands.

Changes
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy statement in order to guarantee conformity with the applicable legislation and regulations. It is advisable to refer to this Privacy statement at regular intervals so that you are up to date with any changes.

Leidschendam, April 2022
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Conditions of use
The website and its contents are the property of and administered by Verpact, based at Overgoo 13, 2266JZ Leidschendam.

Applicability
These conditions (Conditions of use) apply to your visit and your use of this website as well as to the information, recommendations and/or services (Information) made available to you via or on this website.By visiting and using this website you agree with the applicability of these conditions of use. Verpact would like to point out that these conditions of use may be changed from time to time. Verpact advises you to check on a regular basis if the conditions of use have been changed. These conditions of use were last updated on 19 April 2022.

Information and liability
The Information is solely intended for general information purposes and is not intended as advice. Verpact ensures in all reasonableness that the Information on this website and the contents are correct and up to date but does not guarantee that the website and/or the information are free of errors, defects, malware and viruses or that the website and/or information are up to date, complete and accurate. Verpact is also not liable for damage as a result of use of electronic means of communication with this website, including – but not limited to – damage as a result of non-delivery or delay in the delivery of electronic messages, interception or manipulation of electronic messages by third parties, or by software or equipment used for electronic communication and transfer of viruses.

Links to other websites
This website contains links to external Internet pages. Verpact is not responsible for use or the contents of Internet pages to which links are included on this page or of Internet pages to which a link is included to this website. Our privacy and cookie statement does not apply to personal data which is collected and processed from you or via these external websites.

Privacy and cookie statement
Verpact collects and processes the personal data from the visitors of this website in accordance with the privacy and cookie statement.

Intellectual property rights
Unless otherwise stated, all rights, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights, to the website and the information shall remain with Verpact. Visitors can consult the website and the information and make copies thereof for their own use, for example by printing or saving such. Any other use of the website or of the information, for example storing or reproducing (part) of the website in another Internet page or adding links, hyperlinks or deeplinks between the website and any other Internet page, is not permitted without the express written permission of Verpact.

Unsolicited ideas
If you put on this website unsolicited ideas and/or materials, including but not limited to texts, images, audio, software or information (Materials) or send such to Verpact by e-mail or otherwise, Verpact will be entitled to use, copy and/or utilise commercially these materials, all in the broadest sense, without owing any fee. Verpact shall not be obliged to keep the materials concerned confidential. You indemnify Verpact against all damage suffered and costs incurred by Verpact regarding third party claims connected with the use and/or exploitation of the materials which violate (intellectual) property rights of third parties or otherwise are unlawful vis-à-vis a third party.

Partial nullity
If these conditions of use are, or become, partially null and void, the parties remain bound by the remaining section. The Parties will replace the invalid part with provisions that are valid and the legal consequences of which, having regard to the contents and scope of these Conditions of use, are in accordance as far as possible with that of the invalid part.

Applicable law and competent court
These conditions of use are subject exclusively to Dutch law. All disputes arising in connection with these Conditions of use, disputes regarding the existence and validity thereof included hereunder, will be dealt with by the competent court in The Hague.

Disclaimer 

Information on this website is solely intended as general information. No rights can be derived from the information contained on this website. Verpact takes every care to ensure this website is correct, complete and up to date. Nevertheless, it is possible that the information contains inconsistencies.

Verpact cannot be held liable for the contents of the information on this website or for the consequences of its use. The obligations with respect to the Packaging Waste Management Fee are set out in the Waste Management Fee Agreement (ABBO).

If you have any questions or comments in response to this website, please contact Verpact.