Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2025

Albert Sikkema (“I”, “me”) operates the website albertsikkema.com. This privacy policy explains how I collect, use, and protect your personal data.

Who I am

Albert Sikkema Eenmanszaak KvK: 99658550

Get in touch

What data I collect

Contact form

When you contact me via email, I collect:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • The content of your message

Analytics

This website uses Umami, a privacy-focused analytics tool. Umami collects anonymous usage data without using cookies and without collecting personal information. This data cannot be used to identify you personally.

Why I collect this data

  • Contact form: To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you about potential projects
  • Analytics: To understand how visitors use my website and improve its content
  • Contact form: Legitimate interest (responding to your inquiry) and consent (you initiate contact)
  • Analytics: Legitimate interest (website improvement), processed anonymously

How long I keep your data

  • Contact correspondence: Up to 2 years after our last contact, or longer if required for ongoing business relationships or legal obligations
  • Analytics: Aggregated and anonymous, retained indefinitely

Your rights

Under the GDPR (AVG), you have the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal data
  • Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”)
  • Restriction: Request limited processing of your data
  • Data portability: Receive your data in a portable format
  • Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interest

To exercise these rights, get in touch.

Data sharing

I do not sell your personal data. I may share data with:

  • Email provider: To send and receive emails
  • Hosting provider: GitHub Pages hosts this website

Cookies

This website does not use cookies.

Security

I take reasonable measures to protect your personal data. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure.

Changes to this policy

I may update this privacy policy. Significant changes will be noted with an updated date at the top.

Questions or complaints

For questions, get in touch.

If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) at autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.