Privacy statement

What data we use about you, what for, and what say you have in it. It is short and in plain language.

Updated 2 October 2026

Who we are

Dommel Consulting of Eindhoven is responsible for the data described here. You can reach us at info@dommelconsulting.nl or +31 6 4491 9629. Our VAT number is NL005373812B62.

This website

• The website sets no cookies and loads no scripts or fonts from other parties, such as Google. The font is served from our own server.
• To see how many people visit the site and which pages they read, we use Vercel Web Analytics. It works without cookies and keeps no data that identifies you personally. We only see totals.
• The website is hosted by Vercel. Like any web server, it processes your IP address to deliver the page and to prevent abuse.

If you call or email us

We use your name, your contact details and what you tell us to reply and to arrange a meeting. We may do so because you contacted us yourself: we have a legitimate interest in it, and it is needed to prepare an assignment if you want one.

If you give us an assignment

What you send us, such as exports and documents, is used for your assignment only, never for another client, and never published. We do not need a login to your systems. If you have an NDA, we sign it.

Business contacts we approach ourselves

We look for small warehouses, wholesalers and webshops in the Eindhoven region that might benefit from our services. For this we collect business contact details from public sources: the company's own website, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps and published lists of business-park members.

What we store: company name, address, website, general phone number and email address. Where the company publishes them on its own website, we also store the name, job title and business phone number of a contact person, such as the owner or a manager. We also keep short excerpts of the company's website text, the emails we send you (with the text as sent), and notes about our contact with you (for example, when we called and what was agreed).

Why: to contact your company by phone or email about our services. Our legal basis is legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). As a small business, we have a legitimate interest in approaching other businesses. We only use details that the company itself has published for business contact.

Who processes it for us: our database is hosted by MongoDB Atlas (servers in Frankfurt), our website and admin tools by Vercel, and our email by Zoho Mail (EU data centre). To analyse public website texts and to prepare draft emails, we use DeepSeek, an AI service. DeepSeek may also write one opening sentence for an email to you from the public website text of your company; we read that sentence, edit it if needed and approve it before it is sent. The text we send can include names and business phone numbers that appear on your company's website. We store replies to our emails in our admin, and we also have DeepSeek process their content to sort and answer them; we remove phone numbers and email addresses first. DeepSeek processes this data outside the European Union, in China. We do not sell or share your details with anyone else.

How long: we delete a contact record 24 months after our last contact, or 12 months after collecting it if we never got in touch. If you ask us not to contact you again, we keep only your company name and the phone number or email address concerned, so we can honour that request.

Your rights: you can object to this use at any time, and we will stop straight away. Just say so on the phone, reply STOP to our email, or write to info@dommelconsulting.nl. You can also ask to see, correct or delete your details. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority).

How long we keep data

• What you send us for an assignment: up to 90 days after we deliver.
• Emails and contact details: for as long as we are in touch, and no longer than two years after the last contact.
• Details of businesses we approach ourselves: see Business contacts we approach ourselves.
• Quotes, invoices and the rest of our accounts: seven years, because Dutch law requires it.

Who we share data with

We do not sell your data and never give it to other clients. It is stored with the services we work with, such as email, phone and file storage, and with Vercel for this website. They process it only on our behalf. For businesses we approach ourselves we also use DeepSeek, an AI service that processes data in China; see Business contacts we approach ourselves.

Your rights

You can always ask us what data we hold about you, and have it corrected or deleted. You can also object to its use, or ask for a copy you can take elsewhere. Email info@dommelconsulting.nl; we reply within a month.

If you are not happy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.