Van Maren Fonds is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Van Maren Fonds site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Van Maren Fonds site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Van Maren Fonds collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Van Maren Fonds also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Van Maren Fonds. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Van Maren Fonds for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Van Maren Fonds Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Van Maren Fonds public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Van Maren Fonds does not read any of your private online communications.

Van Maren Fonds encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Van Maren Fonds so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Van Maren Fonds is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Van Maren Fonds and Van Maren Fonds family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Van Maren Fonds collects and uses your personal information to operate the Van Maren Fonds Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Van Maren Fonds also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Van Maren Fonds and its affiliates. Van Maren Fonds may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Van Maren Fonds does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Van Maren Fonds may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Van Maren Fonds may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Van Maren Fonds, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Van Maren Fonds does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Van Maren Fonds keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Van Maren Fonds, in order to determine what Van Maren Fonds services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Van Maren Fonds to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Van Maren Fonds Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Van Maren Fonds or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Van Maren Fonds; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Van Maren Fonds, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Van Maren Fonds Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Van Maren Fonds pages, or register with Van Maren Fonds site or services, a cookie helps Van Maren Fonds to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Van Maren Fonds Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Van Maren Fonds features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Van Maren Fonds services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Van Maren Fonds secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Van Maren Fonds secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Van Maren Fonds will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Van Maren Fonds encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Van Maren Fonds is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Van Maren Fonds welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Van Maren Fonds has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Van Maren Fonds at orde@vrijmetselarij.nl. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.