Privacy Statement Sky People
Last updated: 26-5-2026
Sky People respects the privacy of visitors to our website, customers, suppliers, collaboration partners, applicants, and other individuals with whom we interact. In this privacy statement, we explain what personal data we process, why we do it, how long we retain data, and what rights you have.
Who is responsible for your personal data?
The data controller is:
Sky People
Papland 9-1a
4206 CK Gorinchem
Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 73 3100
Email info@sky-people.nl
KvK: 73649457
For questions about this privacy statement or the processing of your personal data, please contact us via info@sky-people.nl.
2. What personal data do we process?
Sky People can process the following personal data:
For contact requests, quote requests, and consultation meetings:
Name, company name, function, email address, phone number, project information, project location details, and the content of your message.
With clients, principals, and suppliers:
Name, company name, business contact details, invoice details, payment details, contract details, correspondence, and data required for project execution, planning, administration, and relationship management.
For rope access specialists, freelancers, temporary workers, or applicants:
Name, address, contact details, date of birth, resume, work experience, certificates, educational background, security and access documentation, identity verification as legally permitted or required, availability, time tracking, and data required for planning, contracting, administration, and execution of work.
For website visitors:
IP address, browser data, device data, pages visited, click behavior, date and time of visit, and data collected via cookies or similar techniques.
3. What do we use personal data for?
We use personal data for the following purposes:
- Answering questions and contact requests;
- preparing and following up on quotations;
- planning consultation meetings;
- Executing assignments and projects;
- engaging and scheduling rope access specialists;
- bookkeeping and invoicing;
- fulfillment of contractual obligations;
- compliance with legal obligations, such as tax retention requirements;
- improving our website and services;
- securing our systems, communication, and business processes;
- processing applications or collaboration requests;
- maintaining business relationships.
4. On what grounds do we process personal data?
We only process personal data when there is a valid legal basis for doing so. Depending on the situation, we process data based on:
Execution of an agreement
For example, when we execute an order, prepare a quote, deploy a specialist, or fulfill agreements with a client, supplier, or contractor.
Legal obligation
For example, for tax administration, invoice data, or other data that we are legally obliged to keep.
Legitimate interest
For example, for relationship management, security, internal administration, improvement of our services, and follow-up of business contacts. We weigh our interest against your privacy interest.
Permission
For example, when you give consent for certain cookies, newsletters, or other processing operations that require consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
5. With whom do we share personal data?
Sky People only shares personal data when necessary for our service provision, business operations, or legal obligations. We may share data with:
- IT and hosting companies;
- Accounting and administration service providers;
- payment and billing partners;
- clients, principals, or project partners when necessary for project execution;
- hired specialists, subcontractors, or suppliers;
- safety, certification, or authorizing bodies when required for on-site work;
- government agencies when we are legally obligated to do so.
We enter into data processing agreements with parties that process personal data on our behalf, where necessary. We do not sell personal data to third parties.
6. Transfer outside the European Economic Area
We prefer to process personal data within the European Economic Area. When personal data is transferred to parties outside the European Economic Area, we ensure appropriate safeguards, such as an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses, or other measures permitted under the GDPR. The European Commission also designates these safeguards as instruments for the international transfer of personal data.
7. How long do we keep personal data?
We do not retain personal data for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
In principle, we observe the following retention periods:
- Contact and quote requests: a maximum of 2 years after the last contact, unless a business relationship is established;
- Customer and project data: as long as necessary for the execution of the assignment and thereafter according to legal or administrative retention periods;
- Billing and administration data: 7 years, in accordance with fiscal retention obligations;
- application data: maximum 4 weeks after completion of the procedure, or maximum 1 year with consent;
- Data of hired specialists or contractors: as long as necessary for collaboration, administration, contractual obligations, and legal retention requirements;
- Cookie and website data: depending on the type of cookie and the retention period set.
8. Cookies and similar technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files that are placed on your device when you visit a website.
We can use:
Functional Cookies
These are necessary for the website to function properly.
Analytical Cookies
These help us understand how visitors use the website, so that we can improve the website.
Marketing and tracking cookies
These are only placed when consent is required and you have given that consent. For example, this allows visitor behavior, campaigns, or ad performance to be measured.
When the website uses external tools such as Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, or similar services, this must be concretely stated in the cookie policy. Therefore, check which scripts and cookies are actually active on the website before this text is finalized.
9. Personal data security
Sky People takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and unauthorized modification.
These measures may include:
- secure connections;
- access control to systems;
- password and authorization policy;
- secure storage of administrative and project data;
- agreements with service providers and processors;
- Internal procedures for the careful handling of personal data.
10. Automated Decision-Making
Sky People does not make decisions based solely on automated processing that have legal effects on individuals or significantly affect them in a similar manner.
11. Your privacy rights
Under the GDPR, you have several rights. You can ask us to:
- access to your personal data;
- correction of incorrect or incomplete data;
- removal of your personal data;
- processing limitation;
- transfer of your data;
- Objection to processing based on legitimate interest;
- withdrawal of previously given consent.
You can send a request to info@sky-people.nl. We may ask you to identify yourself to ensure that the request is being made by the correct person.
File a complaint
Are you not satisfied with how we handle your personal data? Please contact us first via info@sky-people.nl. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
13. Changes to this privacy statement
We may change this privacy statement when our services, website, business operations, or legislation change. The most recent version is always available on our website.
Practical checks before publication
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- Legal name: Is Sky People registered as “Sky People B.V.” or otherwise? Please enter the exact statutory name.
- Cookies: check which cookies, analytics, and marketing tools are actually active.
- Applicants/contractors: Let alone if Sky People directly recruits, hires, or contracts specialists; remove or shorten this section if that is not the case.
- Retention Periods: Align the terms with internal administration and contractual obligations.
- Processors Check if there are data processing agreements with hosting, accounting, CRM, email, scheduling, and analytics providers.