Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement Mr M.J. Meijer notarissen N.V.

This statement provides information on how our office handles personal data processed in the context of our activities and services.

Our contact details
Office name : Mr M.J. Meijer notarissen N.V.
Address : Keizersgracht 695
Postal code and town/city : 1017 DW Amsterdam
Contact person : C. Hagendijk
Email address : info@meijernotarissen.nl

Our services
Our office requests your personal data for the following purposes only:

  • to perform advisory engagements or other services;
  • to fulfil statutory tasks and obligations, and/or
  • for the purposes for which you have specifically granted permission.

Your personal data will not be processed for any other purposes without your permission.

Personal data are requested for the purpose of drawing up a notarial deed or for performing another engagement.

Rules applicable to the use of personal data in notarial deeds
If our office draws up a notarial deed using your personal data, the civil-law notary must comply with the legal regulations governing the processing of personal data:

  1. The civil-law notary must include certain mandatory data, personal or otherwise, in the deed. Your personal data are therefore processed on a legal basis.
  2. The civil-law notary must retain the signed deed containing your personal data in perpetuity.
  3. As soon as the civil-law notary signs the deed, it becomes an official document. This means that no further changes may be made to it, even if the personal data are incorrect. If changes need to be made, the civil-law notary must draw up a new deed in which the change is incorporated.
  4. The civil-law notary must perform a mandatory check of certain data, personal or otherwise, in the Persons Database (Basisregistraties Personen, BRP), the 2 May 2018 Mr M.J. Meijer c.s. notarissen Commercial Register (Handelsregister) and The Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster).
  5. The civil-law notary must perform a mandatory check of your identity and will therefore request you to present a valid identity document. The civil-law notary is one of the few authorised to photocopy identity documents including all the data contained therein.
  6. Your personal data are subject to the civil-law notary’s obligation of professional secrecy. Unauthorised parties have no access to your data.

Advisory and other services
For our other services, such as drafting non-notarial deeds or documents, your personal data is necessary to draft these documents and your personal data will be used as such. By asking us to draft such documents, you give us permission to use your personal data.

Source of personal data processed
If our office processes personal data relating to you, which we have not received from you, this will always take place in the context of the engagement assigned to us. The source of those data will be one of the following:

  • the Persons Database (Basisregistraties Personen, BRP, formerly known as gemeentelijke basisadministratie) in the event you are a party in a deed or document or in the event that you are a board member of a legal entity which is a party in a (non notarial) deed.
  • Public registries, including The Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
  • Intermediary, advisers (for example: accountant, tax adviser, lawyer or your real estate agent or other adviser in connection with a purchase agreement, to which you are one of the parties)
  • Donor
  • Party in an agreement

Forwarding your personal data
Our office will forward your personal data to other parties (third parties) only if this is required by law or if this is actually necessary for the execution of the activities.

Our office provides personal data to the following recipients:

  • Parties in deeds
  • Tax Authority
  • Public registries, including The Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency and Chamber of Commerce
  • Engaged intermediaries and other advisors, even in case these persons are consulted by the other party.

Our office does not forward personal data to non-EU countries nor to international organisations.

Retention of your personal data
Our office will not retain your personal data any longer than necessary for the purpose for which they were collected, for the execution of statutory tasks and compliance with statutory obligations or for the fulfilment of agreements (for instance, due to time limits). The retention periods stipulated in statutory provisions, for instance those of the Dutch Civil-Law Notaries Act (Wet op het notarisambt) and the Dutch archives law (Archiefwet) apply. Notarial deeds are retained in perpetuity.

Your rights relating to personal data processed by our office
If your personal data are processed by our office, pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, you may exercise the rights stated below. To that end, you must submit a written request to the contact address stated in this privacy statement. Before granting your request, we will confirm your identity on the basis of a valid identity document first.

Right of inspection by the data subject
You can always enquire which personal data our office processes, for which purpose they are used and how long the data will be retained. In the event that there is any legal basis that precludes us from complying with your request, we will assess this and inform you accordingly.

Right to rectification
If you believe that certain data have been incorrectly processed, you have the right to request rectification of the data. This is not possible, however, if the data are used in a notarial deed, in which case a new deed must be drawn up as an addendum to the incorrect deed.

Right to erasure (right to be ‘forgotten’)
If you wish to have your personal data erased, you may submit a request to that effect. If the data are included in a notarial deed, the civil-law notary is not permitted to erase the data.

Right to restriction of processing
If you wish to restrict the processing of personal data by our office, you may submit a request to that effect.

Right to data portability
If your personal data are not processed for the purpose of a notarial deed and you wish to transfer the personal data to another service provider, you may submit a request to that effect. However, please note that such a transfer may not always be possible due to incompatibility with the statutory notarial duties.

Right to object
If we use your data for direct marketing purposes, you may lodge an objection against such processing.

Possible restrictions in exercising your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Our office will make every effort to fulfil your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. However, in some cases these rights may conflict with other statutory provisions for instance those of the Dutch Civil-Law Notaries Act. Should the civillaw notary for this reason be unable to fulfil a request relating to the rights described above, you will be notified accordingly in writing.

Changes
This Privacy Statement may be changed over time. You are advised to regularly review the Privacy Statement for possible changes.

Complaints concerning the processing of your personal data by our office
If you have any complaints concerning the processing of personal data by our office, please let us know by contacting: info@meijernotarissen.nl. You also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).