Privacy notice

Last updated: 13 November 2026.

Who is responsible

Plant Quality Solutions (PQS), based in Son, the Netherlands, is responsible for personal data processed through this website. Contact person: Petra van der Goes. Contact info@plantqualitysolutions.com or +31 (0)6 249 30 113. Correspondence locality: 5692 VK Son, the Netherlands.

Data and purposes

When you contact us, we use your name, organisation, email address and message to answer your question, arrange a meeting or discuss a potential assignment. Our legal basis is taking steps at your request before a contract, or our legitimate interest in responding to other correspondence. Only provide information needed for your enquiry and do not include sensitive personal data.

The contact form opens your own email application containing the details you entered. We only receive your enquiry after you send that email. The website does not store the form contents in its own database or send them to Google Analytics.

TransIP hosting and email

TransIP supplies hosting and email services. Technical information, including IP address, time, requested page and browser information, is processed to deliver and secure the website and diagnose faults. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in a secure, functioning website. TransIP may also process access, security and email logs. The applicable contracts and settings must reflect how we use these services.

Google Analytics and consent

The website is configured for Google Analytics 4. The Google tag can only load on plantqualitysolutions.com and www.plantqualitysolutions.com, and only after you consent to statistics. The local preview is not measured. This change triggers a fresh consent request. Without consent this implementation sends neither statistics nor consent signals to Google.

With permission, page views and general interactions can be measured. Google receives technical information such as IP address and browser information to process measurements. We do not send names, email addresses, form contents, search terms or arbitrary URL parameters. Advertising personalisation and Google Signals are not enabled. The legal basis is your consent. See Google’s privacy policy.

Cookies and browser storage

We remember your manually selected language and privacy choices in your browser. This functional storage is not used for tracking. Articles you create through the editor also remain locally in the browser. The full inventory and retention periods are described in Cookies and storage.

Consent is voluntary. You can use the entire site if you decline statistics. Withdraw consent at any time using “Turn off statistics” at the bottom of every page, or change your choices using “Cookie settings”. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing.

Recipients

Data may be processed by TransIP for hosting and email, suppliers necessary to answer your enquiry, and Google if Analytics is activated and you consent. We do not sell personal data. Where a supplier acts as our processor, processing, security and any subprocessors must be covered by appropriate agreements.

Transfers outside the EEA

Google services may involve processing outside the European Economic Area. Before activation, the current recipient, contracts and applicable transfer mechanism must be assessed, such as a relevant adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses with supplementary safeguards. Google Analytics does not load without activation and consent.

Retention

We retain correspondence for as long as needed to handle your enquiry and associated follow-up arrangements. Data still needed for an assignment, legal claim or statutory record-keeping is retained for that purpose and applicable period. We review whether continued retention is necessary and remove data when no purpose or obligation remains.

Technical logs are limited to what is needed for security and fault investigation; the actual period must be recorded in the TransIP settings and processing agreements. Your browser consent choice is valid for up to 180 days. Once activated and permitted, Analytics cookies in this implementation last no more than 180 days. Retention within the Analytics property must be set separately before activation.

Your rights

You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing or, where applicable, data portability. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests and withdraw consent for future processing. Email info@plantqualitysolutions.com. We normally respond within one month and explain within that month if an extension is necessary. We only request additional identification when necessary and do not routinely request a copy of your identity document.

You can complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Security and changes

Appropriate safeguards include HTTPS, limited account access and up-to-date hosting settings. These controls must be configured and checked in the live environment. Links to LinkedIn, Sensaplant and Cropcheck open separate websites governed by their own privacy policies; these services are not embedded in the background. If processing changes, we update this notice and request fresh consent where required.