Privacy statement TEC

Catharina Heart Center’s Training and Education Center (TEC), part of Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, is responsible for the processing of personal data collected through this website.

Personal data we collect

We process personal data from you as a website visitor in order to provide our website to you and for statistical purposes, this includes estimated geolocation (based on IP-address), browser- and device information, acquisition sources and session statistics.

If you contact us directly via email (for example, to request information or register for a course), we will process the personal data contained in your message, your name and email address.

We do not collect special categories of personal data through this website, and we do not use automated decision‑making.

Purpose and legal basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your enquiry, provide information about our courses or answer your question (legal basis: legitimate interest / pre‑contractual steps).
  • To provide, secure and maintain our website (legal basis: legitimate interest).


We do not use website‑submitted data for marketing unless you explicitly ask us to include you in a mailing list or newsletter.

How long we keep your data

Contact form and email enquiries are retained for up to 12 months after our last interaction, unless a longer period is necessary to handle your request.

Sharing your data

We only share personal data with trusted service providers (such as website hosting or email provider) under data‑processing agreements. Data is not shared with third parties for commercial purposes.

Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

  • request access to your personal data,
  • request correction or deletion,
  • request restriction of the processing of your personal data,
  • object to processing of your personal data on the basis of legitimate interest,
  • withdraw consent (if consent was the basis of processing).


You also have the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

Contact

For questions about this notice or the way we process your data, you can contact us at:
tec@catharinaziekenhuis.nl

For privacy‑related questions, you can contact the Data Protection Officer of Catharina Hospital:
fg@catharinaziekenhuis.nl