Privacy Statement

( this statement was drawn up on April 2025)

We respect the privacy of the users of our website and ensure that any personal information we receive from you is processed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for the protection of personal data.  

Purpose of processing personal data

We treat your personal data confidentially and carefully. We collect your personal data when you visit our website, when you use the (application) portal for financing and correspondence about it, when you send us email messages, for various communication purposes and when meeting our legal obligations.

Types of personal data  

We process or store the following categories of personal data for the purposes stated in this privacy statement:
• Name, address and place of residence;
• Email address;
• Telephone number(s);
• Language preference;
• Gender of contact person.

Our website www.romo-foundation.com only uses necessary and functional cookies to make the website work optimally. We do not use analytical and/or tracking cookies.  

Basis for processing personal data

We process the personal data mentioned above on the basis of the grounds below.  

  • Your consent (you can withdraw your consent at any time):
  • Execution of an agreement with you;
  • Legal obligation;
  • Legitimate interest.

Retention period of personal data.

We will retain your information for as long as we are legally able or required to retain the information and for as long as it is necessary for the relevant activity. We will retain information that you send us in order to apply for financing for at least as long as is necessary to fully process your application, request, feedback or follow-up application.

Sharing personal data with third parties

We will treat your personal data confidentially and will not disclose or provide it to third parties unless you have given permission for this, it is necessary in the context of the execution of an agreement that we have with you, or we are required to do so by law. When it is necessary to be able to provide our services, we may pass on your (personal) data to third parties such as our ICT service providers and project advisors, with whom we will make agreements about your privacy in the form of a processing agreement.  

Security of personal data

We take appropriate security measures, taking into account the state of the art, to minimize the risk of loss, misuse of and unauthorized access to your personal data. In this way, we ensure that access to your personal data is protected and that our security measures are regularly checked. The personal data are stored within the Netherlands.  

We take the following security measures:
• logical access control, using strong passwords;
• physical and organizational measures for access security;
• security of network connections via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology;
• purpose-based access restrictions: access to your personal data is restricted to only those persons who need access.  

Links to third parties

This privacy statement does not apply to websites or social media networks of third parties that are connected to our website by means of links. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We therefore recommend that you read the privacy statement of these websites before using these websites.

Rights of data subjects

You have the right and can always send us a request to view, change, transfer or, if possible, delete your personal data. You also have the right to object to processing or to request a restriction of processing. You can submit this request via the contact details at the bottom of this privacy statement.

Adjustment of privacy statement

We may expand or change this privacy statement at any time. We will notify you of this by placing an updated version of the privacy statement on our website. We recommend that you consult this privacy statement regularly so that you are aware of these changes.

Questions and Contact

If you have any further questions and/or comments after reading this privacy statement, please contact us using the contact details below.

Founding Romo Foundation  

Count Engelbertlaan 75

4837 DS Breda

info@romo-foundation.com