Privacy policy.

Effective Date: 2nd April 2025

PassosBuys Ventures B.V. ("we," "our," or "us"), registered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you interact with us through our website or our services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

  • Personal Information: When you contact us or engage our services, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and physical addresses.

  • Technical Information: Our website utilizes cookies and Google Analytics to collect analytics data, helping us understand website usage and improve your experience.

  • Sensitive Information: In certain cases, when establishing a business relationship, we may collect financial data necessary to facilitate our collaboration.

2. How We Collect Information

We collect your data primarily through direct input when you communicate or engage directly with us. Cookies and Google Analytics automatically collect technical information when you visit our website.

3. Purpose of Data Collection

We use your personal data to:

  • Provide and manage our services and partnerships effectively.

  • Communicate with you for marketing or informational purposes.

  • Improve our website and services through analytics.

  • Comply with applicable legal obligations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your personal data based on:

  • Your explicit consent.

  • The necessity to fulfill contractual obligations.

  • Compliance with legal obligations.

  • Legitimate business interests, provided these do not override your fundamental rights.

5. Data Sharing

We do not directly share your personal data with third parties. However, data may be indirectly accessible by third-party service providers such as Squarespace (hosting) and Google Analytics (website analytics), strictly for providing these services.

6. Data Storage and Security

Your data is securely stored on third-party servers provided by Squarespace. Squarespace employs robust security measures to protect your data. For more information on Squarespace’s privacy and security practices, please visit their official website.

7. User Rights and Choices (GDPR)

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access, correct, or delete your personal data.

  • Restrict or object to processing of your data.

  • Request portability of your data.

  • Withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) or your local supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been infringed.

To exercise these rights, please email your request to info@passosbuys.com.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements. Specific retention periods depend on the nature of our interactions and applicable legal requirements.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and Google Analytics exclusively for analytical purposes to better understand user interactions with our website and enhance user experience. You can manage cookie settings through your browser preferences.

The legal basis for the use of technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 No. 1 lit. f GDPR.

If you have given your consent to the use of technically not necessary cookies, the legal basis for the use of these cookies is Art. 6 No. 1 lit. a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

10. Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, we use Google Analytics to analyze and optimize the use of the website. We use the obtained statistics to improve our offering and design it so that it is more interesting for you as the user.

Google Analytics employs so-called “cookies“, text files that are stored on your computer in order to facilitate an analysis of your use of the site. The information about your use of this website produced by the cookie is normally transmitted to and stored on a server of Google in the USA. The recipient of the collected data is Google. In the case of activation of IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is first abbreviated within the Member States of the European Union or in other member countries to the Convention on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to and stored on a server of Google in the USA in exceptional situations. At the instruction of the Operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website and compile reports about website activity.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 No. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by preventing the storage of cookies with a corresponding setting in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of the data produced by the cookie that relates to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) with regard to Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing a browser-Add-on available. . Alternatively to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can prevent the collection of your data by clicking on the following link: Opt-Out Cookie. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again. To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data across multiple devices, you must opt out on all devices.

In exceptional situations in which personal data are transmitted to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Information on the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, telefax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms and Conditions for Use: https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en, overview of data privacy: https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=de, as well as the data privacy statement: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

11. International Data Transfers

We store data through Squarespace, whose servers may be located outside the EU/EEA. We ensure appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or other recognized legal instruments to maintain GDPR compliance.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be clearly communicated by updating the effective date at the top of this document. Please review this policy regularly to stay informed about our privacy practices.

13. Contact Information

For any privacy-related inquiries or to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

PassosBuys Ventures B.V.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Email: info@passosbuys.com