Privacy Policy

Last modified: March 1st, 2020

MAT Research respects the privacy of its website visitors, in particular their rights regarding the automatic processing of personal data. Therefore, we have formulated and implemented a policy on complete transparency with our customers regarding the processing of personal data, its purpose(s), and the possibility to exercise your legal rights in the best possible way.

If you require any additional information about the protection of personal data, please visit the website of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens): https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/ .

Until you accept the use of cookies and other tracking devices, we will not place any non-anonymized analytical cookies and/or tracking cookies on your computer, mobile phone, or tablet.

With the continued visit of this website, you accept these terms of use, and you accept the use of cookies and other tracking systems unless we have provided another method of accepting cookies on our website.

The currently available version of this privacy policy is the only version that applies while visiting our website until a new version replaces the current version.

Article 1 - Definitions

  1. Website (hereinafter: “Website”) matresearch.com.
  2. Party responsible for processing personal data (hereinafter: “the controller”): MAT Research a trademark of GFS Management B.V., registered at J.H. Oortweg 21, 2333 CH, Leiden, The Netherlands, Chamber of Commerce number: 65492560. 

Article 2 - Access to the Website

Access to and use of the website are strictly personal. You will refrain from using the data and information of this website for your own commercial, political or advertising purposes, as well as for any commercial offers, in particular unsolicited electronic offers.

Article 3 - Website Content

All brands, images, texts, comments, illustrations (animated) images, video images, sounds, and all the technical applications that can be used to operate this website and, more generally, all the components used on this website are protected by the laws on intellectual property. Any reproduction, repetition, use, or modification, by any means whatsoever, of all or just part of it, including technical applications, without the prior written permission of the controller, is strictly prohibited. The fact that the controller may not take immediate action against any infringement can not be considered tacit consent, nor of a waiver of any right to prosecute the infringing party.

Article 4 - Management of the website

For the purpose of proper management of the site, the controller may at any time:

  1. suspend, interrupt, reduce or decline the access to the website for a particular category of visitors
  2. delete all information that may disrupt the functioning of the website or conflict with national or international laws, or is contrary to internet etiquette
  3. make the website temporarily unavailable in order to perform updates

Article 5 - Responsibilities

  1. The controller is not liable for any failure, disturbances, difficulties, or interruptions in the functioning of the website, causing the (temporary) inaccessibility of the website or of any of its functionalities. You, yourself, are responsible for the way you seek connection to our website. You need to take all appropriate steps to protect your equipment and data against hazards such as virus attacks on the Internet. Furthermore, you are responsible for which websites you visit and what information you seek.
  2. The controller is not liable for any legal proceedings taken against you: (i) because of the use of the website or services accessible via the Internet; (ii) for violating the terms of this privacy policy
  3. The controller is not liable for any damages that incur to you or third parties or your equipment due to your connection to or use of the website. You will refrain from any subsequent (legal) action against the controller.
  4. If the controller is involved in a dispute because of your (ab)use of this website, he is entitled to (re)claim all subsequent damages from you

Article 6 - Collection of Data

  1. Your personal data will be collected by MAT Research.
  2. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’).
  3. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
  4. The personal data collected on the website are used mainly by the collector to maintain a (commercial) relationship with you and, if applicable, to process your orders. They are recorded in an (electronic) register.

Article 7 - Your rights regarding information

  1. Pursuant to Article 13 paragraph 2 sub b GDPR each data subject has the right to information on and access to, and rectification, erasure and restriction of processing of his personal data, as well as the right to object to the processing and the right to data portability.
  2. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at info@matresearch.com.
  3. Each request must be accompanied by a copy of a valid ID, on which you put your signature and state the address where we can contact you.
  4. Within one month of the submitted request, you will receive an answer from us.
  5. Depending on the complexity and the number of requests, this period may be extended to two months.

Article 8 - Legal Obligations

  1. In case of infringement of any law or regulation, of which a visitor is suspected and for which the authorities require the personal data collected by the collector, they will be provided to them after an explicit and reasoned request of those authorities, after which these personal data do not fall anymore under the protection of the provisions of this Privacy policy.
  2. If any information is necessary in order to obtain access to certain features of the website, the controller will indicate the mandatory nature of this information when requesting these data.

Article 9 - Collected data and commercial offers

  1. You may receive commercial offers from the collector. If you do not wish to receive them (anymore), please send us an email to the following address: info@matresearch.com.
  2. Your personal data will not be used by our partners for commercial purposes.  
  3. If you encounter any personal data from other data subjects while visiting our website, you are to refrain from collection, any unauthorized use or any other act that constitutes an infringement of the privacy of the data subject(s) in question. The collector is not responsible in these circumstances.

Article 10 - Data Retention

Unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, personal data is kept in accordance with our internal retention policy and kept only for as long as necessary to fulfill legitimate processing purposes or as may be necessary to comply with any other legal obligation.

Article 10 - Data Retention

  1. A cookie is a small text file placed on the hard drive of your electronic device upon visiting our website. A cookie contains data so you can be recognized as a visitor when you are visiting our website. It enables us to adjust to your needs, and it facilitates you to log in to our website. When you visit our website, we inform you about the use of cookies. By continuing to use our website, you accept its use unless we ask permission by other means. Your consent is valid for a period of thirteen months.
  2. We use the following types of cookies on our website: (i) Functional cookies: like session and login cookies to collect session and login information; (ii) Anonymised Analytic cookies: to obtain information regarding the visits to our website, like numbers of visitors, popular pages and topics. In this way, we can adjust our communication and information to the needs of our visitors. We can not see who visits our sites or from which personal device the visit has taken place.
  3. Specifically, we use the following cookies on our website: No other cookies (i) When you visit our website, cookies from the controller and/or third parties may be installed on your equipment; (ii) For more information about using, managing and deleting cookies for each electronic device, we invite you to consult the following link:  https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/onderwerpen/internet-telefoon-tv-en-post / cookies # faq

Article 12 - imagery and products offered

You cannot derive any rights from the imagery that accompanies any offered product on our website.

Article 13 - Applicable Law

These conditions are governed by Dutch law. The court in the district where the collector has its place of business has the sole jurisdiction if any dispute regarding these conditions may arise, save when a legal exception applies.

Article 14 - Contact

For questions, product information, or information about the website itself, please contact us via the Contact Form.