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Privacy statement

This is how we handle your data when you visit our website, fill in a form, give a gift or take part in our activities.

Last updated: 12 September 2026

Wavemakers handles your personal data with care. In this privacy statement you can read which data we collect when you visit our website, fill in a form, give a gift or take part in our services and activities, why we do so and which rights you have.

1. Who is responsible

Wavemakers, a church (kerkgenootschap) located at G.A. Brederolaan 49, 3141 CC Maassluis, the Netherlands, Chamber of Commerce number 50324527, is responsible for processing your personal data as described in this statement. You can email questions about privacy to info@wavemakers.nl.

2. Which data we process and why

Contact form and email

If you fill in the contact form or email us, we process your name, email address and the content of your message. We only use that data to answer your question. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in responding to questions, and your consent by sending the form.

Applying for membership

If you apply for membership, we process your name, email address and what you tell us about yourself. We use that data to contact you and plan an introductory conversation. If you become a member, we include you in our membership records (name, address, contact details, date of birth and family composition). Because Wavemakers is a church, we are allowed to process data of members and regular visitors that reveals their religious beliefs (article 9(2)(d) of the GDPR). We do not share that data outside the church without your consent.

Registering for activities

For activities such as Alpha or baptism classes we process your name and contact details to confirm your registration and inform you about the activity. Legal basis: performance of the agreement you make with us by registering.

Gifts

If you give a gift by bank transfer or the payment link, we receive your name, account number and the amount through our bank. We use that data for our financial records and, if you ask for it, for a gift agreement or annual statement. Legal basis: legal obligation (bookkeeping) and carrying out your gift. We keep financial data for seven years, as required by the Dutch tax authority.

Livestream, photos and video

Our Sunday services are recorded and broadcast via YouTube. Photos and videos may also be taken during services and activities for our website and social media. As a visitor you may appear in them. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in making our services accessible to people who cannot be present and in showing who we are. Would you rather not be recognisable? Let us know at the information point or via info@wavemakers.nl. We remove images in which you are recognisable on request. We only publish images of children and young people if their parents or carers have no objection.

Visiting the website

When you visit the website, our hosting provider processes technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages visited in server logs. We only use that data to keep the website secure and available. We do not use analytics software that tracks you across multiple websites. Read more about cookies in our cookie statement.

3. Embedded content from others

The website contains elements from other parties. As soon as you open a page with such an element, that party may collect data about you, such as your IP address, and set its own cookies. The privacy policy of that party applies:

4. Who we share data with

We never sell your data. We only share it with parties that help us run the website and our administration, and only as far as necessary:

  • our hosting provider, which stores the website and the form submissions on servers in the European Union;
  • our bank and accountant, for processing gifts;
  • the parties behind embedded content, as described above.

We conclude a data processing agreement with parties that process data on our behalf. We only pass on your data further if the law requires us to.

5. How long we keep data

  • Messages via the contact form: up to one year after they have been dealt with.
  • Registrations for activities: up to one year after the activity.
  • Membership records: as long as you are a member, and up to two years afterwards, unless you ask for deletion sooner.
  • Financial data (gifts): seven years, in line with the statutory retention period.
  • Recordings of services: as long as they are on our YouTube channel; on request we remove images in which you are recognisable.
  • Server logs: up to 30 days.

6. Security

We take appropriate measures to protect your data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. The website uses a secure connection (https). Only people who need it for their role can access the form submissions and the membership records.

7. Your rights

You have the right to:

  • see which data we hold about you;
  • have incorrect data corrected;
  • have your data deleted, unless we are legally required to keep it;
  • object to a processing activity or ask for it to be restricted;
  • receive your data in a common file format (data portability);
  • withdraw consent you have given at any time.

Send your request to info@wavemakers.nl. We respond within a month. To make sure the request comes from you, we may ask you to identify yourself. Not happy with how we handle your data? Let us know so we can resolve it. You can also lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

8. Children

For children under 16 we only process data with the consent of a parent or carer, for example when registering for the children’s and youth work.

9. Changes

We may amend this privacy statement, for example if we offer new services or if the law changes. The current version is always on this page, with the date of the last change at the top. See also our terms and conditions.

10. Contact

Wavemakers
G.A. Brederolaan 49, 3141 CC Maassluis
info@wavemakers.nl