Privacy Statement - TNW Spaces

This Privacy Statement applies to personal data collected, used, shared and stored by TQ Amsterdam B.V., having its registered office at Singel 542, 1017 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 64472140, hereinafter “TNW” or “we”.

This Privacy Statement also explains your rights under applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), and how you can exercise those rights.

Services

This Privacy Statement is applicable to users of TNW's services consisting of:

  • the provision of services under agreements concluded with our customers;
  • the use of TNW's website;
  • subscription to and receipt of TNW's newsletter and other marketing communication.

What is personal data?

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, your name, telephone number, address, and email address.

What personal data do we collect?

We collect personal data that you provide to us when using our services. For example when you enter into an agreement with TNW or if you sign up to receive information about TNW. This type of information may include your name, email address, user name, telephone number and other content you submit regarding our services and any other information you provide voluntarily to us.

For which purposes do we use your personal data?

We will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to meet our contractual obligations and provide you with the required service or information.
  • To provide you with services that you request from us;
  • To send you an invoice for our services;
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party). We take due care to balance our interest against your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.
  • To communicate regularly with you to inform you about service updates, content, special offers, and advertisements that may be of interest to you;
  • Contact you if this is required to perform our services;
  • To inform you about changes in our services;
  • To resolve consumer issues and issues with our services; and
  • To prevent illegal activities, suspected fraud and potential threats to our network.

Will we share your personal data with other parties?

We may disclose your personal data to third parties if needed to provide the services, which third parties will process your personal data in conformance with this Privacy Statement.

We may also disclose your personal data:

  • To our affiliates or subsidiaries which may involve the processing of personal data by one entity on behalf of another.
  • We may also disclose your information to comply with applicable laws, court orders or other valid legal processes, and to enforce or apply our terms and agreements, or any of our other rights.
  • We have contracts in place with suppliers who process data to provide the services and they can only use your personal data under our instruction.
  • When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety, or the safety of others.
  • If we sell a business or part of a business to another company then the transfer of ownership could include the transfer of your personal data directly related to that business to the purchasing company. We would require the buyer to treat your personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws and regulations.

Special information for parents

We understand the importance of protecting children's privacy and do not intend for our website to be used by anyone under the age of 16. If you are under 16 years old and you wish to use our website in any way which requires you to submit your personal data, please get your parent or legal guardian to do so on your behalf. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe we may have collected personal data about a child, please contact us as described in this Privacy Statement.

Marketing communications

Where you give us permission to receive marketing communications from us, we will use your personal information for outreach and marketing, such as to send you information about our future events. If you do not wish to receive these communications any longer, you can use the unsubscribe link in every newsletter or contact us.

No use of cookies

Our website does not use cookies or other tracking technologies. Your visit to our website is not tracked, and no data about your browsing behavior is stored.

How do we protect the personal data?

We encrypt many of our services using SSL. Furthermore, we review our information collection, storage and processing practices, from time to time to guard our systems against unauthorized access. We restrict access to personal information to our employees and third parties we work with on a need-to-know basis, who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

We will not retain your personal data longer than necessary for the purposes mentioned above. If you use our services we will retain your data for a period of two (2) years, unless there is a legal obligation to retain your data for a longer period of time. After your personal data is no longer necessary, it will be deleted.

Your Privacy rights

You are entitled to know whether we hold personal data about you and, if we do, to have a copy of that information. Furthermore, you have the right to data restriction and you can request us to correct, update or delete your personal data in our records and/or inform us about any misuse of your personal data. To the extent required under the GDPR, you have the right to data portability. You can exercise these rights be sending an email to privacy@thenextweb.com.

Changes of the Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be changed from time to time. Please check our Privacy Statement frequently to stay informed about how we use your personal data.

The new Privacy Statement will be effective immediately upon posting. By continuing to access our websites or to make use of services, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Statement.

This Privacy Statement was last updated on 17 February 2026.

How can you contact us?

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement or your privacy, you can contact us at: privacy@thenextweb.com

TQ Amsterdam B.V.
Singel 542
1017 AZ Amsterdam

If you have any complaints about our Privacy Statement or the way TNW Spaces processes your personal data, you can submit a complaint with the competent Data Protection Authority. In the Netherlands this is the Dutch Data Protection Authority. More information can be found on their website: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/.