Privacy Statement

Metropole respects the privacy of website visitors and ensures that the personal information you provide to us is treated confidentially. Personal data is processed in a manner that is in accordance with the requirements set by the Personal Data Protection Act.

Capturing and processing data

By using our website, you leave certain data with us. This may be personal data. Personal data can be provided both actively and passively. Actively provided data are the data you enter yourself on the website or send to us by e-mail, for example. In addition, data is automatically stored on the website, sometimes without your awareness. In that case, the data are passively provided data. In this privacy statement, you will find exactly which passively and actively provided data are processed and for which purposes.

Forms and e-mail

If you fill in a (contact) form or send us an e-mail, the data you send us will be kept for as long as is necessary according to the nature of the form or the content of your e-mail for it to be fully answered and processed.

Google Analytics

On our website, we use Google Analytics to track how users use the website. The information thus obtained, including the address of your computer (IP address), is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to track how our website is used, to provide us with reports on the website and to provide its advertisers with information on the effectiveness of their campaigns. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or insofar as these third parties process the information on Google's behalf. We have no influence on this.

Click behaviour and visit data

General visit data is kept on the website. In this context, in particular the IP address (anonymised) of your computer, the time of request and data sent by a visitor's browser may be recorded and used for statistical analyses of visiting and clicking behaviour on the website. We try to anonymise this data as much as possible. This data is not provided to third parties.

Use of cookies

We use cookies when providing electronic services. A cookie is a simple small file sent with pages from this website and stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Among other things, this allows us to combine different requests for pages of the website and to analyse user behaviour. You can refuse the use of these cookies, although this may limit the functionality and ease of use of the website.

Third party websites

This statement does not apply to third party websites linked to this website through links. We cannot guarantee that these third parties will handle your personal data reliably or securely. We recommend that you read the privacy statement of these websites before using them.

Changes to privacy statement

We reserve the right to make changes to this statement. It is recommended that you consult this statement regularly so that you are aware of these changes.