Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement

This Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement is drafted by Atlas Technologies B.V., a private company with limited liability organized and existing under the laws of the Netherlands, having its corporate seat at Eindhoven and its official address at (5708 JZ) Helmond, at the Automotive Campus 70, registered with the Dutch trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under number 67264298 under the trade name Lightyear (“Lightyear”, or “we” or “us”).

This Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement are applicable to the processing of all personal data of users who visit the website of Lightyear www.lightyear.one (“Website”) according to the norms of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (“General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”).

Privacy Policy

At Lightyear, protecting your privacy is in our best interest. This privacy statement is meant to give you insight regarding the personal data we collect from you when you browse on the Website and how we process it.

What kinds of personal data does Lightyear process?

Lightyear collects and processes various types of personal data in order to offer you high quality services. The kinds of data vary by different interactions, but never exceeds the data you have explicitly provided.

Data provided by you:

Contact details: When you sign up for Lightyear’s digital newsletter, by filling in a contact form, or when you place a reservation, you must enter your first name, last name, phone number, email address and address. We only process this data in order to provide you with the asked information or for processing your reservation.

IP-address and your use of the Website: Upon each visit to the Website your (fixed our temporary) IP address is detected. We process these data for technical and functional management in order to ensure our Website is easy to use.

Information included in résumés: in case you are interested in applying for a job at Lightyear, you are able to submit your résumé to us. Moreover, additional information can be sent, such as reference letters. In other words, by applying for a job your personal data such as name, address, age or date of birth, gender, e-mail address, telephone number and resumé will be utilized for the registration, consideration and processing of your application. If Lightyear does not hire you, your information will be deleted within 4 (four) weeks after your application unless otherwise agreed between you and Lightyear in writing.

Banking details: in case you make a reservation on the Website we will ask for your contact details, as mentioned above. The actual processing of all payments with regard to reservations, is done by Mollie Payments. Their privacy policy is available at https://www.mollie.com/en/privacy.

Cookies-related information: cookies will collect information when you visit our Website related to your use of the Website, depending on which categories of cookies you have given consent to. For more information, read the cookie statement below.

The goal of processing

In most of the situations we use your personal data to inform you about Lightyear. More specifically, We process your data for the following purposes:

To contact you to answer your questions and/or requests;
To process your reservation;
To keep track of our administration;
To develop and improve our communication methods and the functionality of our website;
To provide information to you and to manage your registration to our newsletter or other communications;
To authenticate your identity in case you contact us by electronic means or otherwise;

Legal obligations

We will not process your data for any other purpose which is not mentioned above unless we are obligated to do so by law.

Transfer of data to affiliated companies

Part of the processing of your personal data may include sending your data to one or more companies affiliated with Lightyear, to the extent this is necessary or relevant for handling your request or application. If required under applicable laws, We do not process this data without your consent.

How long do we retain your personal data?

Without prejudice to your rights, mentioned in the paragraph below, Lightyear stores your personal data only as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes mentioned in the previous paragraph. For purposes based on your consent, data processing ends when you decide to withdraw such consent. In case Lightyear anonymizes data, Lightyear may retain this data for statistical and analytical purposes.

Use by third parties

Lightyear will not provide your personal data to third parties, unless:

You have given your explicit consent to do so;
It is necessary in connection with an agreement established between you and Lightyear;
It is necessary in order to take certain pre-contractual measures in connection with a request you have made, where such measures are required to conclude an agreement. This includes an application for a job at Lightyear;
Lightyear is compelled to cooperate in a valid legal process, such as the serving or receiving of a subpoena, complying with a request of the courts or initiating legal proceedings;
Lightyear believes you have done something that is in conflict with the terms of use of the Website;

We always conclude a data processing agreement if your data is transferred to third parties.

Security

Lightyear has implemented the necessary security measures to protect against the loss, unlawful use and alteration of the data you provide. These safety measures are constantly being improved in line with technological developments.

What kind of rights are you entitled to?

According to the GDPR, you have certain rights concerning your personal data collected and processed by Us. These rights enable you to retain control over the information concerning you, preventing unlawfulness or inaccuracy, and ensure transparency and trust between you and Us.

If you wish to receive more information about the exercise of your rights, please contact our legal department (contact details are provided below).

Right to access: you are entitled to ask Us information regarding the processing of your personal data, such as which kind of data was stored, how it was collected and the purposes for processing.
Right to rectification: you are entitled to ask Us for the rectification/completion of inaccurate/incomplete personal data concerning you.
Right to erasure: you are entitled to ask Us of the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
- data are no longer needed for the purposes they were collected and processed for;
- you withdraw your consent previously provided for processing operations;
- data have been unlawfully processed;
- data have to be erased in the light of a legal obligation We are subject to.
Right to restriction of processing: you are entitled to ask Us for the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you where one of the following grounds applies:
- the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling Us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
- personal data have been unlawfully processed and you request the restriction of their use instead of erasure;
- personal data are no longer needed to be processed by Us and you require them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
Right to data portability: if the personal data processing had either consent or contractual performance as a legal basis, you are entitled to receive the personal data concerning you, in electronic format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller.
Right to object: you are entitled to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. We reserve the right to keep processing data under compelling legitimate interests. You are entitled to object to processing for direct advertising at any time, which will cease upon request.

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Cookie statement

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the website or browse from one page to another.

What kind of cookies does Lightyear use?

When you visit the Website, We will use cookies to ensure an optimum experience. The information collected by the cookies can give you a more personalized browser experience. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the Website. Your cookie settings made on this Website will be remembered whenever you visit the Website.

We collect the following cookies:

Type of cookie	Purpose of cookie
Preference cookies	Preference cookies enable us to remember your preferences with regard to our Website, like your preferred language or the region that you are in;
Statistic cookies	Statistic cookies help us in understanding how our visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously;
Marketing coockies	with your consent, Lightyear or a third party uses tracking cookies to track your visit to the Website and possibly other websites in order to build a profile of you. These cookies may be used to show ads tailored to your preferences.

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By clicking the plus icons below you will find a specific overview of the cookies used on the Website.

Preference

Cookie name	Purpose	Expiry
lang	Remembers the user's selected language version of a website	Session
_cfduid	The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information.	30 days

Statistics

Cookie name	Purpose	Expiry
_hssc	Identifies if the cookie data needs to be updated in the visitor's browser.	Session
_hssrc	Used to recognize the visitor's browser upon reentry on the website.	1 year
_hstc	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	2 years
_ga	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	1 day
_gat	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate	1 day
_gid	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	1 day
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors. This is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice.	1 day
_hjFirstSeen	This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website.	1 year
_hjid	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	Persistent
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	Determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical placeholder.	1 day
_hjIncludedInSessionSample	Registers data on visitors' website behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization.	1 day
collect	"Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels."	Session
hjViewportId	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	Session
hubspotutk	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	1 day

Marketing

Cookie name	Purpose	Expiry
_ptq.gif	Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	Session
_fbp	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	3 months
_gaexp	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to determine if the visitor is involved in their marketing experiments.	75 days
_gcl_au	Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across website using their services.	3 months
GPS	This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location.	Session
ads/ga-audiences	Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely toconvert to customers based on the visitor 's online behaviour across websites.	session
bcookie	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	2 years
bscookie	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	2 years
d/px	Collects data on visitors'preferences and behaviour on the website. This information is used to make content and adverstisement more relevant to the specific visitor.	Session
embed/v3/counters.gif	Collections information on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content. This is used on CRM campaign platform used by website owner for promoting events or products.	Session
fr	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	3 months
IDE	Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.	1 year
lang	Set by LinkedIn when a webpage contains an embedded "Follow us" panel.	Session
li_sugr	Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant.	3 months
lidc	Used by the social networkng service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	1 day
lissc	Used by the social networkng service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	1 year
pagead/1p-user-list/#	Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.	Session
test_cookie	Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.	1 day
tr	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	Session
UserMatchHistory	Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.	30 days
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.	180 days
YSC	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from You Tube the user has seen.	Session
yt-remote-cast-installed	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session
yt-remote-connected-devices	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Persistent
yt-remote-device-id	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Persistent
yt-remote-fast-check-period	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session
yt-remote-session-app	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session
yt-remote-session-name	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session

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Complaints

Please feel free to contact us in case of complaints about our processing of your personal data. In case of a complaint, We ask you to contact Us via the contact details as set out below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under the European privacy legislation, you also have the right to file a complaint directly with the Dutch Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (In Dutch: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) about the way We process your personal data.

Change

Lightyear reserves the right to change this privacy policy and/or cookie statement. However, We do not limit your rights under this privacy policy and/or cookie statement without your explicit consent. You can find the most current version of this privacy policy and/or cookie statement at any time on the Website.

Contact

If you wish to respond to this privacy policy and/or cookie statement or believe Lightyear is not acting in accordance with this privacy policy and/or cookie statement, We ask that you contact Us via regular mail by using the following contact details:

Atlas Technologies B.V.
Automotive Campus 70
5708 JZ Helmond
The Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce number: 67264298

Version

This privacy policy and/or cookie statement was last amended on December 18, 2020.