Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement
1. General
Welcome to our website. By using this website and by submitting stories, images, or other information, you agree to these terms and conditions and privacy statement.
Our goal is to collect and share personal stories and images to inspire our community and connect us with one another.
2. Data we collect
Through our website we may collect the following data:
- Stories that you voluntarily submit.
- Images or photos that you voluntarily upload.
- Your email address (only when you explicitly give consent for this).
We only ask for the data that is necessary for the purpose of the website.
3. Purposes of data processing
We use the data we collect exclusively for the following purposes:
Stories and images
Stories and images may be used to:
- publish on our website;
- show as part of our activities;
- share via our social media channels, including Instagram.
By submitting a story or image, you give permission for this use.
Email address
When you give consent for this, we use your email address exclusively to:
- send information about events;
- keep you informed of activities related to the purpose of the website.
We do not use your email address for commercial purposes and do not sell or provide it to third parties.
4. Storage of data
All data is stored on a local server that we manage.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data as well as possible against loss, misuse, or unauthorised access.
5. Publication of stories and images
By submitting a story or image, you declare that:
- you are the creator yourself or have permission to share the material;
- you give us permission to publish the material on our website;
- you give us permission to share the material via Instagram or other social media, if applicable.
When publishing, we use:
- only your first name; or
- an anonymous mention.
We do not publish full names without your explicit consent.
6. Withdrawing consent
You may withdraw your consent at any time.
When you ask us to remove a story, image, or email address, we will process this within a reasonable period, unless we are legally required to retain certain data for longer.
7. Retention period
We do not retain data for longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
When you ask for your data to be deleted, we will delete it unless a legal obligation determines otherwise.
8. Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) you have, among others, the right to:
- access your personal data;
- correct inaccurate data;
- have your data deleted;
- restrict the processing;
- withdraw previously given consent.
Requests can be submitted via the contact address on our website.
9. Liability
We take great care with the content of this website. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee that all information is complete, up to date, or error-free.
We are not liable for damage resulting from the use of the website, unless there is intent or gross negligence.
10. Changes
We reserve the right to amend these terms and privacy statement.
The most recent version is always available on our website.
11. Contact
If you have questions about these terms or about your personal data, you can contact us via the contact form or the email address listed on our website.
12. Accessibility
We want this service to be usable by everyone. We build and review Eindhoven Mapped against EN 301 549 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2, Level AA, which are the accessibility requirements that apply to this service under the European Accessibility Act.
The site is currently partially conformant with those requirements. Our accessibility statement explains what that means in practice, lists the parts of the site that are not yet accessible and why, sets out how to report a barrier or ask for content in another format, and tells you where to escalate if our answer does not resolve the problem.