Privacy
Privacy statement
Zonnebloemen.com is a static site that collects as little as possible. This statement explains what is measured, by whom, and the rights you have under the GDPR.
Last updated: 28 May 2026. This statement applies to the website zonnebloemen.com, including its Dutch and English pages. We respect your privacy and aim to keep data collection to the minimum needed to understand how the site is used.
A static site
Zonnebloemen.com is a static website: there are no user accounts, no login, and no contact form that stores what you type. We do not ask for your name, address or any personal detail to read the reference. If you choose to email us — see the contact page — we receive only what you put in that message and use it solely to reply.
Web statistics: Google Analytics
To see which pages are read and roughly how visitors find the site, we use Google Analytics (Google Analytics 4, measurement ID G-GW7H76E85E), provided by Google Ireland Limited. This is the only third-party measurement tool on the site.
Google Analytics places cookies and processes data about your visit. We have configured it conservatively. In particular:
- IP addresses are truncated (anonymised). In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are not logged or stored; they are only used in transit and shortened, so your full IP is not retained.
- What is collected: pages you view, approximate region (derived from the truncated IP, not your exact location), the type of device and browser, the referring site or search, and how long you stay. This is aggregated to show visitor numbers and popular pages.
- No advertising features. We do not enable Google's advertising or cross-site profiling features, and we run no marketing or remarketing cookies.
For the specific cookies set and how to refuse or remove them, see the cookie statement.
What we do not do
- We do not sell, rent or trade your data to anyone.
- We do not build advertising profiles or track you across other websites.
- We do not use the data for any purpose beyond understanding and improving the reference.
Legal basis and retention
The processing for web statistics rests on our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used, kept proportionate by the privacy-protective settings above. Aggregated statistics are retained only as long as useful for that purpose; Google's own retention controls are set to a limited period. Google may process data outside the EU under its standard contractual clauses; see Google's own privacy policy for details.
Your rights under the GDPR
Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have the right to access the data held about you, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, and to data portability. Because we store no directly identifying personal data ourselves, in practice the most effective steps are to refuse or delete cookies (see the cookie statement) and to opt out of Google Analytics. To exercise a right or ask a question, email [email protected]. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority — in the Netherlands, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
Changes to this statement
We may update this statement if the site or the tools we use change. The date at the top always shows when it was last revised.