For visitors of oxbridge-nl.com this privacy policy explains how The Oxford & Cambridge Society of the Netherlands uses the personal data we collect from you when you use this website and join as a member.

Who are we? Our website address is: http://oxbridge-nl.com .

What data do we collect?

By default we do not collect any personal data about our visitors. 

• Your visit to this page, including the country from which you accessed the website, and information about visited pages and followed links will be registered (no traceable IP is visible to us).
• If you choose to subscribe to our mailing list, you will submit your e-mail address to us.
• If you become a member, we will receive your full name, record of attendance at university, e-mail address, country, and payment information. You can also choose to provide us with your gender, full postal address, telephone number, date of birth, degree subject, and current occupation and employer.
• If you register for an event, we will receive your full name, record of attendance at university, e-mail address, country, and payment information. We will also receive the full name of any guest you register.
• Furthermore, the Society and its members may have taken photographs of you during events that you have attended.

How do we collect your data?

We collect and process your data when you:

• Subscribe to our mailing list via this website or as a request via email.
• Join as a full or student member.

How will we use your data?

We collect your data in order to:

• Process your membership fees
• Confirm with the relevant university whether you attended, when you join as a member.
• Provide information and other updates via e-mail.
• Invite you to events.
• Confirm whether you are a member when you subscribe to events.
• Check your right to attend events on arrival.
• Perform financial accounting, including annual audits.

How do we store your data?

Your data are stored in Stripe, TicketTailor (when you sign up for events) and in the society’s Google Drive (secured by 2FA and accessible only to current committee members).

Information including membership records and event payments is provided to the auditor to enable a successful audit. Event registration lists are made accessible to event hosts, when a member of the committee is not present.

What marketing activity do we do?

We send e-mails with updates on society events and other news from the society, society members, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

You may always choose to opt out of these emails by contacting us. You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.

What are your data protection rights?

The Oxford & Cambridge Society of the Netherlands would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data from us. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as below.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For more information, visit https://allaboutcookies.org/.

How do we use cookies?

We may use cookies to help improve your experience on this website.

What types of cookies do we use?

We currently only have the default cookies provided by WordPress, since this is a static website. WordPress’s cookie policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/cookies/

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Oxford & Cambridge Society of the Netherlands website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy. 

Changes to our privacy policy

The Oxford & Cambridge Society of the Netherlands keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 2nd September 2026.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

By e-mail at: secretary.ocnl@gmail.com

By post at: Offenbachstraat 32, 1817JC Alkmaar, The Netherlands