Privacy statement

Ward Jonkman, filmmaker and photographer based in Groningen, the Netherlands, is responsible for the processing described here. For any question about your privacy, email ward@wardjonkman.com.

When you send an email or a WhatsApp message, I receive the details you share yourself, such as your name, email address, phone number, company and the content of your message. I use these only to reply, to prepare a proposal and, if we work together, to carry out the project and send invoices.

The legal basis is taking steps at your request before entering into an agreement, the performance of that agreement and my legal obligations. Messages about enquiries that do not lead to a project are deleted within two years. Data needed for invoicing is kept for seven years, as Dutch tax law requires.

To understand how the website is used, it keeps visitor statistics through Cloudflare Web Analytics and the website platform Framekit, such as the number of visits, the pages viewed and the type of device. These statistics are aggregated, no cookies are placed for them and they are not used to identify you.

This website does not place tracking or advertising cookies, which is why you will not see a cookie banner.

The full films are played through YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode, and only after you press play. From that moment YouTube (Google) may store information on your device in line with its own privacy policy.

To run this website and my business I work with a small number of service providers:

• Framekit, which builds and hosts the website (on Google Cloud)
• Cloudflare, for website security and visitor statistics
• Google Workspace, for email
• Moneybird, for proposals and invoices
• WhatsApp (Meta), when you send me a message there
• YouTube (Google), for the full films

The website also loads fonts from Google Fonts, which means your IP address is shared with Google when a page opens. Some of these providers are based outside the European Economic Area. They work under the safeguards the GDPR requires, such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

This website links to Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and WhatsApp. Once you click through, the privacy policy of that platform applies.

You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to receive your data in a portable format. Send your request to ward@wardjonkman.com and you will receive an answer within one month.

If you feel your data is not being handled properly, you can also file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

Your data is handled with care. The website runs entirely over a secure connection (HTTPS) and email is protected with SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

This statement may be updated when the website or the way I work changes. The date at the top always shows the latest version.