This privacy policy pertains to handling of personal data of Acorn B.V., a company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having its offices at Jaarbeursplein 6 (3521 AL) Utrecht and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 98756834, hereinafter referred to as Acorn and we. Any disclosing party of such personal data shall hereinafter be referred to as you.
You share all kinds of personal data with us, for example, when you visit and use our website www.acorn.earth (Website) or our digital platform which supports smallholder farmers in its transition to agroforestry (Platform). We process this data with care and would like to inform you about this clearly and straightforwardly.
You share personal data with us when you visit and use our website www.acorn.earth (Website) and platform (Platform). We process this data with care and want to inform you clearly about how we do so.
Acorn B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Acorn", "we", "us" and "our" refer to Acorn B.V., incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having its offices at Jaarbeursplein 6, 3521 AL Utrecht, registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 98756834.
Personal data is data that directly or indirectly identifies you. If you are a customer (or customer representative) of Acorn or you make contact with us, we collect and process your personal data. For example, we may process your data if you leave your name and e-mail address on our Website or Platform.
We process the personal data of the following persons:
Customers & potential customers: we process the personal data of customers and their representatives, but also of persons who show an interest in us, our products, and services.
Business partners: we process personal data from people who are associated with a company or organization with which we have, want to get, or have had a relationship.
Job applicants: we process the personal data of job applicants who have applied for a position at Acorn.
Website visitors: any person who visits our website and leaves personal data.
Processing means anything that we can do with data, such as collection, recording, storage, alteration, organization, use, disclosure, transfer, or deletion.
We process your data for various purposes. For example, we process personal data to meet our legal obligations or we process your data because you apply for a position at Acorn. The following are other cases in which we process your data:
Providing access to and operating the Platform
Improving and personalizing the website and Platform experience
Sending newsletters and marketing updates (where you have subscribed) - you may withdraw consent at any time by unsubscribing
Complying with legal obligations
Processing job applications
Protecting our legitimate business interests, including fraud prevention and security
We only share your data with others if there is a legitimate reason or a legal obligation for us to do so. For example, we might share your data with parties outside of Acorn, such as third parties who assist us in the provision of services, such as service providers and processors, including hosting providers, group companies of Acorn and competent authorities.
Some of our service providers are located outside the European Economic Area. Where we transfer personal data to countries that do not offer an equivalent level of data protection, we shall ensure appropriate safeguards are in place. You may request further information about the safeguards applicable to any specific transfer by contacting us at the address below.
When we use your data, you have certain rights. You have the right to:
be informed – about how and why we process your data
have access – to the data that we have about you
rectification – of incorrectly recorded data
erasure – of data where we no longer have a legal basis to process it
object – to the processing of your data
restriction – to request that we restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances
automated decision making – you have the right not to have decisions made about you that have a legal or similar impact, solely based on automated means
data portability – to obtain your data in a machine-readable format (only applicable where the EU General Data Protection Regulation applies).
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please e-mail us at: info@acorn.earth with your request. We will respond within one month of such request.
We may ask you to explain your request in more detail. In certain cases, we may not be able to comply with your request, for example if it violates the rights of others, is against the law or is not permitted by the police, the Public Prosecution Service or another government agency, or because we have weighed up the relevant interests and determined that the interests of Acorn or others outweigh the processing of the data. In this case, we will inform you of this. If we modify or delete your data at your request, we will inform you of this and, where possible, also inform the recipients of your data.
If you believe we have not handled your personal data in accordance with applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority:
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 2594 AV Den Haag www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
If you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, please contact us at: info@acorn.earth.
