Privacy statement
This privacy statement covers the knowledge base “Kennisbank Klikopmorgen” and the Brightlands AI Powerhouse knowledge base platform it runs on. We process as little personal data as we can. You can read every case without telling us anything about yourself, and we do not set tracking cookies.
1. Who is responsible?
Brightlands AI Powerhouse · Smedestraat 2, Heerlen
E-mail: info@brightlandsaipowerhouse.com
Brightlands AI Powerhouse is the controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the processing described below.
2. What we process, why, and on what legal basis
a. Anonymous visitor statistics
To see which cases are read and how visitors find the knowledge base, we count page views with Umami, an analytics tool we run ourselves on our own server in Germany. Nothing is sent to Google or any other party.
- We record: the page visited, the website you came from (domain name only), the type of browser, operating system and device, your browser’s language, the country and region you visit from, how long a case page was on screen, and whether you clicked the contact, demo or share buttons.
- Your IP address is shortened before it reaches our analytics tool (its last part is set to zero) and is never stored. The shortened address is used only to determine the country and region and to calculate an anonymous code that changes every day. As a result we cannot recognise you on a later day and cannot link your visit to you.
- We set no cookies and read nothing from your device. We build no profiles and do not follow you across other websites.
- If your browser sends a ‘Do Not Track’ or ‘Global Privacy Control’ signal, your visit is not counted.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in improving the knowledge base and reporting to the programmes that fund it. Because the measurement has no or hardly any impact on your privacy, it requires no consent (Art. 11.7a(3)(b) of the Dutch Telecommunications Act). Retention: 24 months, after which the data is deleted automatically.
Objecting: rather not be counted? One click is enough — your choice is stored only in your own browser.
Your visits to this site are currently counted anonymously.
b. Submitting a case
The submission form asks for your e-mail address, the name of the company where the case took place and of the implementation partner, the description of the case and, optionally, an image, video or demo link. Your e-mail address and the company names are for the editorial team only and are never published. The case itself is published anonymised once approved.
Purpose: reviewing your submission, being able to ask you questions, and publishing the case. Legal basis: your consent to publication, given with the checkbox on the form (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), and our legitimate interest in contacting you about your submission (Art. 6(1)(f)). Recipients: the platform’s editorial team and the organisation behind the knowledge base you submit to, which is notified by e-mail. Retention: for as long as the case is published. If a submission is rejected or a case is taken offline, your e-mail address is erased automatically 12 months later. You may withdraw your consent at any time; we will then take the case offline.
The fields marked with an asterisk are needed to review your submission. Without them we cannot process it.
c. Contact by e-mail
If you e-mail us or a contact person on a case, we use your address and what you write only to answer you (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f)). We keep the correspondence no longer than needed for that.
d. The editorial back office (editors only)
For editors with an account we process their name, e-mail address, an encrypted form of their password and, at sign-in, their IP address and browser type. This is needed to secure the account and investigate misuse (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f)). A sign-in session expires after 30 days. IP addresses in the security log are erased automatically after 12 months.
e. Technical server logs
Like any web server, ours records which pages are requested, together with the IP address, time and browser type. This is needed for security and to fix faults (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f)). These logs are kept for no more than 30 days.
3. Cookies and storage on your device
Visitors to the knowledge base get no cookies, which is why you see no cookie banner. This is everything we ever store on a device:
| Name | What and why | How long |
|---|---|---|
kb_session | Cookie that keeps an editor signed in to the back office. Only after signing in; functional. | 30 days or until signing out |
umami.disabled | Remembers in your browser (localStorage) that you do not want to be counted. Only if you choose so yourself. | Until you undo it or clear your browser data |
4. Content from other websites
Some cases offer a live demo hosted on another party’s website. Such a demo loads only when you click it. From that moment that party receives your IP address and may set cookies; its own privacy policy applies. The same goes for links to other websites. Videos and images on the cases come from our own server.
5. Who processes data on our behalf?
The server is hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany, with whom we have a data processing agreement. E-mail notifications go through our e-mail provider. We do not sell data and do not pass it on to anyone other than those named above unless the law requires us to. Data is not transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area. Everything is protected with encrypted connections (HTTPS), shielded systems and role-based access. There is no automated decision-making or profiling.
6. Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify and erase your data, to restrict its processing, to data portability, and to object to processing based on legitimate interest. You may withdraw consent at any time; this does not affect what we lawfully did before. Send your request to info@brightlandsaipowerhouse.com. We respond within one month.
The visitor statistics are set up so that we cannot tell which data belongs to you, so we cannot fulfil an access request for that data (Art. 11 GDPR). You can stop the measurement with the button above.
If you disagree with how we handle your data, you may lodge a complaint with the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the Dutch Data Protection Authority) or with the supervisory authority in the country where you live. We would appreciate hearing from you first.
7. Changes
We update this statement when our processing changes. Last changed on 7 October 2026.