VDL Groep
Hoevenweg 1 5652 AW Eindhoven
© VDL Groep 2026
Hoevenweg 1 5652 AW Eindhoven
General
VDL Groep welcomes you to this website and appreciates your interest in our company and our products and services. VDL Groep places great importance on your privacy. That is why we consider it important to inform you about how we handle your personal data. This privacy policy applies to all personal data left by visitors to the website of VDL Groep B.V. or its subsidiaries. For the sake of transparency, we have described in this privacy policy what we do with this data.
The personal data processed by VDL via the website often includes your contact details, such as your name and email address, a search query you enter or a question you ask in the form. In addition, through the ‘Vacancies, Working at VDL, Internships & training and Contact’ functions, you can search for vacancies, and these search queries may also be stored and linked to, for example, your IP address, as may the information that a website visitor uploads or enters on the website. Naturally, we also process uploaded CVs and covering letters.
In addition, information about you as a visitor to this website may be stored automatically, such as your IP address and your click behaviour. We often obtain this information directly during your visit through so-called cookies. More information about this can be found in the cookie statement.
We would like to point out that even if you visit the website as a business customer, we consider this data to be (indirect) personal data and therefore safeguard your privacy.
Data that you provide to VDL Groep via the website are processed by us for general business purposes, such as providing information about certain products and services. We may then use the personal data stored to contact you.
Your data may also be used to send digital newsletters, provided that you have given your express consent to this. We consider this form of contact to be VDL’s legitimate interest.
Additionally, the website is also intended as an application channel, and vacancies are also displayed via the website. These processing activities are also considered to be VDL’s legitimate interest, as well as necessary for the performance of (or preparation for) an employment contract.
The processing activities include, in any event, the transmission of personal data within VDL Groep. This website serves as a central point, and personal data is forwarded to the relevant entity that you, as a business customer or applicant, wish to contact. Naturally, this personal data is only transferred where there is a necessary reason to do so, and solely to recipients for whom the personal data is relevant. Your data may be shared with foreign VDL entities.
If VDL believes that you are using the website unlawfully, this may be grounds for forwarding your personal data to a (legal) third-party recipient.
On our website, you will find buttons in various places that provide access to social media channels. If you use these social media buttons, the privacy statement of the relevant social media platform applies, and they will further store your personal data. VDL has no influence over, and accepts no responsibility for, the use of social media buttons on the VDL website.
VDL Groep does not retain your data for longer than strictly necessary. For the purposes described above, a retention period of 6 months is reasonable. In addition, VDL may retain anonymised data for statistical and research purposes. For personal data that we receive in connection with a job application or the lead-up to one, VDL will not retain this information for longer than 4 weeks after the conclusion of the relevant procedure. If VDL has requested and obtained your consent, VDL may retain these application details for a maximum of two years.
Because we process your personal data, you have the right to:
If you wish to make use of one or more of these options, please contact: AVG@vdl.nl. For all requests and in relation to your rights, VDL will balance the relevant interests and will comply with your request as far as possible. If, for any reason, you wish to withdraw your consent, we are obliged to comply with this.
All personal data you leave on this website is provided voluntarily. However, it goes without saying that we cannot contact you, provide information or carry out a recruitment process if we do not have the correct personal data.
If you have any questions or comments about our processing of your personal data, please contact us via AVG@vdl.nl. We will do our utmost to assist you. If you wish to respond to this privacy policy, or if you believe that VDL Groep is not acting in accordance with this privacy policy, please contact VDL Groep via AVG@vdl.nl. If we are unable to resolve the matter, you can always report it to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
This privacy policy was last updated on 25 May 2018 and applies to VDL Groep B.V. (PO Box 8811, 5605 LV Eindhoven, the Netherlands). If VDL chooses to amend this privacy policy, we will announce this on this page.
To optimise the service, so-called ‘cookies’ are placed on your computer via the website to a limited extent. These are small information files that are stored on your computer. The cookies are used, among other things, to track visitors’ interaction with the website. The Google Analytics programme, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., is used for this purpose.
You can regulate the placement of cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers can be configured to reject cookies or notify you when you receive a cookie. For instructions on adjusting your browser settings, please refer to your browser provider. Regulating cookies through your browser does not affect unrestricted use of the website, but may affect the use of other websites.
Cookies or similar technologies that we use
VDL Groep uses functional and analytical cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your computer, tablet or smartphone’s browser when you first visit this website. This enables your device to be recognised during the visit and subsequent visits.
Analytical cookies
Cookie name: ga / gat / gid / ga_D50L55P2D5
Purpose: with these Google Analytics cookies, we measure how the website is used and where visitors came from to reach the website. This information is used to optimise the website.
We have not allowed Google to use the information obtained for other purposes, such as other Google services. However, the information is accessible to Google and will be provided by them to third parties if Google is legally required to do so. We have no influence over this.
Retention period: ga: 26 months / gat and gid: 1 day / ga_D50L55P2D5: 10 minutes
During your first visit to our website, we informed you about these cookies and asked for your consent to place them. You can opt out of cookies by setting your internet browser not to store cookies. You can also delete any information previously stored through your browser settings.