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‍Last updated on April 29, 2024

We believe it's crucial to handle your personal data with care. In processing personal data, we adhere to relevant laws and regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It's important for us to clearly and comprehensively explain what we do with your data and what control you have over it. Therefore, in this privacy statement, we extensively outline the data we collect from you and how we handle it. We encourage you to read this privacy statement carefully. We may revise this privacy statement at any time. We recommend that you regularly review this privacy statement to stay informed of any changes.

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CONTACT DETAILS

Stichting The School for Moral Ambition
Barentszplein 7
1013NJ Amsterdam
Chamber of Commerce number in The Netherlands: 92257461

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data or about this privacy statement, you can contact us at info@moralambition.org. We're here to assist you!

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CONCERNED PARTIES

We process your personal data when you visit our website, create an account, contact us, or if you are a supplier or business relation. We typically receive this data directly from you or your employer. If you log in with your LinkedIn or Google account, we receive your first name, last name, email, and photo from LinkedIn or Google.

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ACCOUNT

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Personal Data

When you create an account or circle with us, we may process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Photo
• Login details
• Correspondence, including emails
• Other personal data you provide to us

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Purposes‍

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Creating and informing you about your account and circle (legitimate interest)
• Informing you about changes (legitimate interest)

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Retention Period‍

We retain your data as long as you have an account with us and for five years thereafter in our archives.

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Legitimate Interest

When you create an account with us, we require your personal data. We also want to inform you about any changes.
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NEWSLETTER

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Personal Data

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Purpose and Legal Basis
• We process your personal data to send our newsletter (consent).

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Retention Period

We retain your data for as long as you wish to receive the newsletter.

We use software to send our newsletter. Unsubscribing from a newsletter means you will no longer receive it. However, your data is not automatically deleted by the software. If you want your data completely removed, please contact us.

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Consent
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You can always unsubscribe from the newsletter via the link in the email.

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WEBINARS AND OTHER FREE SERVICES
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Personal Data‍

When you sign up for a webinar or other free service we offer, we may process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Purpose and Legal Basis
• We process your personal data to provide you access to the requested free service (legitimate interest).

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Legitimate Interest

If you order a free service from us, we'll send you emails about the ordered service and related services. We need your personal data to deliver the ordered service and to inform you further about it.

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Retention Period

We will only use your data to provide access to the requested service. We store all data in our archive. We retain our archive for at least five years.
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QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS

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‍Personal Data

When you contact us by phone, email, via the contact form on our website, or in any other way, we may process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Phone number
• Email address
• Correspondence, including emails
• Other personal data you provide to us

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Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Contacting you or taking action in accordance with the form you filled out (legitimate interest)
• Handling your question or request (legitimate interest)

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Retention Period

We will only use your data to handle your question or request. We store all data in our archive. We retain our archive for at least five years.

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Legitimate Interest

If you contact us with a question or request, we need your personal data to respond and handle your question or request.

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STORIES

Personal Data

When you share your story with us, we may process the following data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Photo
• Your story
• Other personal data you actively provide

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Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data to share your story on our website and social media (consent).
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Retention Period

We retain your data until you withdraw your consent. Please note that when your story is shared on social media, it may not always be possible to completely remove it due to sharing and liking by others.
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Consent

If we process your personal data based on your consent, you can always withdraw it by emailing us.
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FUNDERS
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Personal Data

If you become a funder and financially support us, we may process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Address details
• Financial data
• Correspondence, including emails
• Other personal data you provide to us
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Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Administration (legal obligation)
• Personal contact (legitimate interest)
• Informing about developments at The School for Moral Ambition (legitimate interest)
• Mention on our website as a funder (consent)

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Retention Period

We retain financial data for at least 7 years in accordance with the fiscal retention period. We retain all other data for the duration of the agreement and at least 5 years thereafter.

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Legitimate Interest

We are grateful to all our funders for their contribution and would like to have personal contact with them. We also want to inform our funders about developments at The School for Moral Ambition.

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Consent

If we process your personal data based on your consent, you can always withdraw it by emailing us.

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FELLOWSHIPS

Personal Data

If you apply for a fellowship with us, we may process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address, phone number, address details
• CV with information about your employment history and education/training
• Your answers to the assessment questions
• Correspondence, including emails
• Other personal data you provide to us

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Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Conducting the application procedure (legitimate interest)
• Retaining data after rejection for a subsequent application (consent)
• Retaining data in your personnel file if you are hired for the fellowship (contract)

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Retention Period

We retain application data until four weeks after the completion of the application procedure. Only with your explicit consent do we retain your data (each time) for up to one year. If you are hired for a fellowship, your application data will be stored in your personnel file.

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Legitimate Interest

If you apply for a fellowship with us, we need your data to assess which applicant we want to offer the fellowship to.

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Consent

If we process your personal data based on your consent, you can always withdraw it by emailing us.

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Consequences of Not Providing Data

We use the information requested to assess whether the fellowship is suitable for you. Failure or incomplete provision of the requested information means that we will not process your application.

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RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
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Personal Data

In the context of relationship management, we may process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Company name
• Chamber of Commerce (KvK) number
• Address details
• Correspondence, including emails
• Other personal data you provide to us

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Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Retaining contact details (legitimate interest)
• Making personal contact (legitimate interest)
• Building and maintaining a business network (legitimate interest)

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Retention Period

When we store your contact details, we do not retain your data longer than necessary for the benefit of our company or until you request us to delete it.

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Legitimate Interest

As a business owner, we have a lot of contact with others, including suppliers, collaborators, and other business relationships. Good relationship management is important to us. Therefore, we retain the contact details of these individuals so that we can make personal contact with them.

We only use your personal data ourselves. We will never share your personal data with others.
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WEBSITE VISITORS: COOKIES

Personal Data

A cookie is a small file that can be stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit our website. With a cookie, personal data can be processed. When you visit our website, we may process the following personal data through cookies:

• IP address
• Location data
• Other data for which you have given consent via the cookie banner on our website.

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Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Improving access to and operation of our website
• Providing a good user experience of our website
• Offering a personalized experience of our website
• Analyzing information for marketing purposes

Where we can achieve these purposes without using personal data or by using only functional cookies, the legal basis for processing any personal data lies in the legitimate interest we have in a well-functioning website. This includes functionalities such as the ability to comment, the operation of spam filters, the use of caching to make the website faster, and cookies for tracking session and login information.

Where we can only achieve these purposes by using personal data differently, we process your personal data only with your consent. More information about this can be found in our cookie statement and via the tool we use for this purpose on our website.
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Analytical Cookies

Data provided by you via our cookies may be stored for statistical analysis. This allows us to see how our visitors use the website and improve our website and services based on that. We would like to gain more insight and therefore ask for your permission for a more extensive use of Google Analytics.

The information obtained, including the IP address, is transferred and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Read Google's privacy policy for more information.

We have not given Google permission to use analytical information obtained through us for other services.
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Social Media and Other Plugins

Using services from other parties sometimes involves placing cookies and sharing data with these parties without us having a choice. We will enable the most privacy-friendly option possible. We have placed 'social media buttons' from LinkedIn and Instagram, among others, on our website. We also embed videos from YouTube and Vimeo on our website. Once you click to play, they may collect data from you via a third-party cookie. This is the most privacy-friendly setting possible that we have set. We have no further control over this. We refer you to the privacy policy of these parties. Some of these parties store data in the United States.
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Marketing Cookies

With your consent, we place marketing cookies from, among others, Google Ads, LinkedIn, and Meta for advertising purposes (including retargeting).
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IP Address and Web Servers

Your IP address may be stored in the log files of our web server when you visit our website. This is necessary to manage and secure the website correctly. We do not use your IP address to track or record your online behavior. In principle, we are unable to link your IP address to your name, address, or other identifying information unless you provide us with such information and continue to use the same IP address.
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Retention Period

Depending on the type of cookies and the reason for placing cookies, cookies are stored either for the duration of the (browser) session or for a longer period. You can actively delete cookies yourself at any time (automatically or not). In that case, no new data will be shared with us or other parties until new cookies are placed (with consent). We have no control over how other parties handle the cookies they place and the data collected via these cookies.
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Consent

Via the cookie banner on our website, you can give consent for the placement of non-functional cookies. You can also set your browser to no longer store non-functional cookies or delete all information previously stored through your browser's settings, whether automatically or not.
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Consequences of Not Accepting Cookies

You are not obligated to accept cookies. If you set your browser not to store cookies or if you delete information previously stored, whether automatically or not, you may have a less optimal user experience on our website and may not be able to use all functionalities.
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Website Visitors Under 16 Years of Age

We do not intend to process personal data of website visitors under the age of 16 without the consent of parents or guardians. However, we cannot control this. If you suspect that we are processing personal data of a person under the age of 16 without consent, please contact us so that we can delete the information if we are not lawfully processing it.
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Automated Decision-Making

We do not engage in automated individual decision-making and profiling that may have adverse effects on you as an individual.

However, your data is shared via cookies on our website in connection with advertisements placed through Google, Meta, and LinkedIn. We have set the settings as privacy-friendly as possible, but we have no further control over how they handle the data they collect about you through the cookies.
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Your Rights

You may always ask us to access your data (right to access), correct your data if it is incorrect or incomplete (right to rectification), and delete your data (right to erasure). You also have the right to object to data processing, the right to restrict data processing, and the right to data portability.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, you can email your request to us using the email address provided earlier. We may need to verify your identity to fulfill your request. We will respond promptly.

If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to resolve it with you. Please contact us to do so. If you are not satisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you can contact the Data Protection Authority.
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Sharing with Others

We use multiple processors. We have entered into a data processing agreement with our processors. If we share data with a party other than a processor, we agree to confidentiality or enter into an agreement regarding data sharing. Currently, we may share your data with the following parties:

• Accountant – confidentiality agreement
• Accounting software – processor
• Email marketing program – processor
• Online working environment, including email – processor
• Website hosting – processor

Your personal data is only used by us. We will never share your personal data with others.
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Transfer of Personal Data

We process your data within the European Economic Area (EEA). This means that we also store your data within the EEA.
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Security

We have taken extensive measures to secure your data both organizationally and technically. We have secured our systems and various communication methods to ensure that your data does not fall into the hands of others. Your data is safe with us. We also ensure that your data is only used by people who have received permission from us.

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