Privacy and cookie statement

This privacy and cookie statement was last updated on 27 May 2026.

Personal data is processed through www.knijff.com, the website of Knijff Trademark Attorneys.

We respect the privacy of our clients and website visitors and consider the careful handling of personal data to be very important. Personal data is therefore processed and secured with due care.

When processing personal data, we comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy legislation. This means, among other things, that:

• we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this in this privacy and cookie statement;

• we limit the collection of personal data to the data that is necessary for legitimate purposes;

• we ask for your explicit consent where consent is required;

• we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and require the same from parties that process personal data on our behalf;

• we respect your rights, such as the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and objection.

In this privacy and cookie statement, you can read how we handle your personal data and which cookies and similar technologies we use.

By using www.knijff.com or by contacting us, you may provide personal data to us. We only retain and use personal data that is provided directly by you, or where it is clear at the time of provision that the data is provided to us for processing.

We may process the following personal data:

• company name;

• first and last name;

• telephone number;

• email address;

• files uploaded through the contact form;

• trademark details and other data relevant to our services;

• payment and invoice details;

• questions or comments submitted through the contact form;

• IP address and information about the use of our website.

Use of personal data

Purpose of the data processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• to enable you to use our services;

• to maintain and expand the relationship with existing and potential clients;

• to keep our administration;

• to contact you and/or make an offer by email, telephone or through the contact form on our website;

• to create an OTMIS, Eugeno and/or MijnBewaking user account for you;

• to register you for our digital newsletter with your consent, whereby each newsletter contains an unsubscribe option;

• to perform statistical analyses and improve our website and communications;

• to comply with legal obligations.

We do not retain your personal data longer than necessary to achieve the purposes set out in this privacy and cookie statement, unless we are legally required to retain data for a longer period.

• Data that you send to us through the contact form is retained for as long as necessary to fully handle your question, request or feedback.

• Data that we receive in order to provide our services is retained during the client relationship and, in principle, for two years thereafter, unless a longer retention period is necessary or legally required.

• Login details for an account are retained until the account is deleted, unless a longer retention period is necessary.

• Payment and invoice details are retained for seven years in connection with statutory tax retention obligations.

• Newsletter data is retained until you unsubscribe. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing before you withdrew your consent.

Retention period

Confidentiality and sharing data with third parties

All personal data collected through our website or otherwise is treated confidentially. We do not disclose personal data to third parties unless you have given consent, disclosure is necessary for the performance of an agreement, or we are permitted or required to do so by law.

Where necessary for the provision of our services, we may share personal data with the following parties:

• IT service providers and hosting providers;

• official trademark authorities, such as national and international trademark registers or Community design registers;

• providers of cookie, analytics and marketing tools;

• payment service providers;

• printers;

• marketing, SEO and SEA partners.

If third parties process personal data outside the European Economic Area, we ensure that this takes place in accordance with applicable privacy legislation, for example by using appropriate contractual safeguards.

We use cookies and similar technologies on our website. Cookies are small information files that may be stored on, or read from, your device, such as a computer, tablet or smartphone, when you visit a website. For readability, we use the term cookies below to refer to cookies and similar technologies such as pixels, tags, scripts and local storage.

We use cookies to:

• ensure that the website functions properly and securely;

• remember your cookie preferences;

• analyse the use of the website and improve the website;

• measure and improve our communications and marketing activities.

Technical or functional cookies
Technical or functional cookies are necessary for the website to work properly. These cookies are used, for example, for security, remembering cookie preferences or correctly loading parts of the website. Consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies.

Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how our website is used. We use, among other things, Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics and Hotjar to collect statistics and usage information. For analytics cookies that are not strictly necessary, we ask for your consent via the cookie banner.

Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of our communications and advertising campaigns and to provide relevant information. These cookies are only placed when you give consent.

Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Hotjar
Scripts or tags may be loaded on our website via, among others, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Hotjar. These tools may use cookies or similar technologies for analytics, marketing, forms, campaign and conversion measurement or usage analysis. Non-essential cookies and tracking are only used when you consent to this via the cookie banner.

Giving, refusing and withdrawing consent
When you visit our website, a cookie banner appears. Through this banner, you can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies or manage your preferences per category. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time using the option to manage cookie preferences on our website. Withdrawing consent does not have retroactive effect.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Where required, we ask for your consent via the cookie banner. We aim to configure the data collected through Google Analytics in a privacy-friendly manner as much as possible.

Disabling cookies through your browser
In addition to the settings via our cookie banner, you can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. More information can be found through your browser help function. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Cookies

Cookies used overview

Overview of cookies used
Below is an overview of cookies and similar technologies that may be used on our website. The exact cookies may depend on your consent, browser settings and the pages you visit.

Cookie name Type Purpose Retention period Processor / supplier
crumb / Crumb First-party Security of forms and protection against misuse, such as cross-site request forgery. Session Squarespace
Test First-party Tests whether the browser supports cookies and helps prevent errors. Session Squarespace
ss_performancecookiesAllowed First-party Remembers whether a visitor has accepted analytics/performance cookies. Usually 30 days Squarespace
ss_marketingcookiesAllowed First-party Remembers whether a visitor has accepted marketing cookies. Usually 30 days Squarespace
ss_cid First-party Recognises unique visitors for Squarespace Analytics. 2 years Squarespace
ss_cpvisit First-party Tracks website visits for Squarespace Analytics. 2 years Squarespace
ss_cvisit First-party Tracks the current session for Squarespace Analytics. 30 minutes Squarespace
ss_cvr First-party Tracks visits and analytics data within Squarespace. 2 years Squarespace
ss_cvt First-party Tracks session and visit data within Squarespace Analytics. 30 minutes Squarespace
_ga First-party Distinguishes unique visitors for Google Analytics 4. Standard 2 years Google Analytics / Google
_ga_<container-id> First-party Maintains session state for Google Analytics 4. Standard 2 years Google Analytics / Google
_gcl_au First-party Measures advertising conversions via Google Ads / Conversion Linker. 3 months Google
__hstc First-party Main HubSpot tracking cookie; stores first visit, last visit and session number. 6 months HubSpot
hubspotutk First-party Recognises visitors and links form submissions to contacts. 6 months HubSpot
__hssc First-party Keeps track of HubSpot sessions. 30 minutes HubSpot
__hssrc First-party Determines whether the visitor has started a new browser session. Session HubSpot
messagesUtk First-party Recognises visitors who use HubSpot chatflows and stores chat history, if chat is active. 6 months HubSpot
_hjSessionUser_3697617 First-party Recognises returning users on the same website for Hotjar analytics. Usually 1 year Hotjar
_hjSession_3697617 First-party Stores data about the active Hotjar session. 30 minutes Hotjar
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_3697617 First-party Determines whether a session is included in Hotjar sampling. 30 minutes Hotjar
GeoRedirect cookie or local storage Third-party or external script provider Possible location or redirect functionality. This still needs technical verification. Unknown g10498469755.co / GeoRedirect provider

Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to limit misuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. For example, we ensure that only necessary persons have access to personal data and that access to personal data is restricted. We use secure connections through SSL technology, so that data sent over the internet between your device and our systems remains confidential.

Third-party websites

This statement does not apply to third-party websites that are connected to our website by means of links. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend that you consult the privacy and cookie statements of these websites before using them.

Changes to this coockie and privacy statement

We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy and cookie statement. We recommend that you consult this statement regularly so that you are aware of any changes.

Your rights regarding your personal data

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• you may submit a request to access the personal data we process about you;

• you may ask us to send your personal data to you or to a third party;

• you may submit a request for rectification or erasure of your personal data if the data is incorrect or no longer relevant;

• you may object to the processing of your personal data;

• you may request restriction of the processing of your personal data;

• you may withdraw consent given, insofar as the processing is based on consent.

You can submit these requests via info@knijff.com. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself adequately before we process your request.

Dutch data protection authority

Of course, we are happy to help if you have questions or complaints about the processing of your personal data. Under privacy legislation, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority. More information can be found at www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.

If after reading our privacy and cookie statement you have any questions and/or comments, please contact us via the contact details below.

Knijff Trademark Attorneys
Postbus 5054
1380 GB WEESP
The Netherlands

Visitor address
Leeuwenveldseweg 12
1382 LX WEESP
The Netherlands

T: +31 294 490 900
info@knijff.com

KVK: 32048561
IBAN: NL58ABNA0564530786
BTW: NL007033199B01

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