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About our privacy policy

De Chocolademeisjes VOF cares deeply about your privacy. We therefore only process data we need for (the improvement of) our services and treat the information we have collected about you and your use of our services with care. We never make your data available to third parties for commercial purposes.

This privacy policy applies to the use of the website and the services of The Chocolate Girls VOF accessed thereon. The effective date for the validity of these terms is 27/02/2023, with the publication of a new version the validity of all previous versions expires. This privacy policy describes what data about you is collected by us, what this data is used for and with whom and under what conditions, if any, this data can be shared with third parties. We also explain to you how we store your data and how we protect your data against misuse, and what rights you have in relation to the personal data you provide to us.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact our privacy contact, you will find the contact details at the end of our privacy policy.

About data processing

Below you can read how we process your data, where we store it (or have it stored), which security techniques we use and to whom the data can be viewed.

Webshop software

WooCommerce

Our online shop is developed with software from WooCommerce. Personal data that you make available to us for the purpose of our service is shared with this party. WooCommerce has access to your data to provide us with (technical) support, they will never use your data for any other purpose. WooCommerce is obliged by the agreement we have with them to take appropriate security measures. These security measures include the use of SSL encryption and a strong password policy. WooCommerce uses cookies to collect technical information regarding your use of the software, no personal data is collected and/or stored. WooCommerce reserves the right to share collected data within its own group to further improve its services.

WooCommerce hosting

Our online shop is developed with WooCommerce software, we have chosen MijnDomein for our web hosting. Personal data you make available to us for the purpose of our services will be shared with this party. MijnDomein has access to your data to provide us with (technical) support, they will never use your data for any other purpose. Based on the agreement we have with them, MijnDomein is obliged to take appropriate security measures. These security measures consist of the application of SSL encryption and a strong password policy. Regular backups are made to prevent loss of data.

Web hosting

MyDomain

We purchase web hosting and email services from MijnDomein. MijnDomein processes personal data on our behalf and does not use your data for its own purposes. However, this party may collect metadata about the use of the services. This is not personal data. MijnDomein has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent the loss and unauthorised use of your personal data. MijnDomein is bound to secrecy under the contract.

E-mail and mailing lists

MailChimp

We send our e-mail newsletters using MailChimp. MailChimp will never use your name and email address for its own purposes. At the bottom of every e-mail sent automatically via our website, you will see the 'unsubscribe' link. You will then no longer receive our newsletter. Your personal data is stored securely by MailChimp. MailChimp uses cookies and other internet technologies that provide insight into whether emails are opened and read. MailChimp reserves the right to use your data to further improve its services and to share information with third parties as part of this.

My Domain

We use the services of My Domain for our regular business e-mail traffic. This party has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent abuse, loss and corruption of your and our data as much as possible. Mijn Domein has no access to our mailbox and we treat all our e-mail traffic as confidential.

Payment processors

Mollie

To handle (part of) the payments in our web shop, we use the platform of Mollie. Mollie processes your name, address and place of residence and your payment details such as your bank account or credit card number. Mollie has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data. Mollie reserves the right to use your data to further improve the service and, as part of this, share (anonymised) data with third parties. All the above safeguards regarding the protection of your personal data also apply to those parts of Mollie's services for which it engages third parties. Mollie will not retain your data longer than permitted under the statutory time limits.

Reviews

WebwinkelKeur

We collect reviews through WebwinkelKeur's platform. If you leave a review via WebwinkelKeur, you are required to provide a name and e-mail address. WebwinkelKeur shares this information with us so that we can link the review to your order. WebwinkelKeur also publishes your name on its own website. In some cases, WebwinkelKeur may contact you to comment on your review. In case we invite you to leave a review, we share your name and e-mail address with WebwinkelKeur. They only use this data for the purpose of inviting you to leave a review. WebwinkelKeur has appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to protect your personal data.

protect. WebwinkelKeur reserves the right to use third parties for the provision of services, for which we have given WebwinkelKeur permission. All of the above guarantees regarding the protection of your personal data also apply to those parts of the service for which WebwinkelKeur engages third parties.

Shipping and logistics

Tour de Ville

When you place an order with us, our job is to get your package delivered to you. We use the services of Tour de Ville to carry out the deliveries. This requires us to share your name, address and place of residence data with Tour de Ville. Tour de Ville uses this data only for the purpose of executing the contract. In the event that Tour de Ville engages subcontractors, Tour de Ville will also make your data available to these parties.

Purpose of data processing

General purpose of processing

We use your data exclusively for the purpose of our services. That is, the purpose of the processing is always directly related to the assignment you provide. We do not use your data for (targeted) marketing. If you share data with us and we use this data to contact you - other than at your request - at a later time, we will ask you explicit permission to do so. Your data will not be shared with third parties other than to meet accounting and other administrative obligations. These third parties are all bound to confidentiality by virtue of the agreement between them and us or an oath or legal obligation.

Automatically collected data

Data automatically collected by our website are processed with the aim of further improving our services. These data (e.g. your IP address, web browser and operating system) are not personal data.

Cooperation in tax and criminal investigations

Where appropriate, The Chocolate Girls VOF may be required by law to share your data in connection with government tax or criminal investigations. In such a case, we are forced to share your data, but we will resist within the possibilities offered by law.

Retention periods

We keep your data for as long as you are our client. This means that we will keep your client profile until you indicate that you no longer wish to use our services. If you indicate this to us, we will also take this as a forgetting request. This also means that we will not retain your data for more than two years from the last contact moment or transaction, unless there is a legal justification for doing so. Pursuant to applicable administrative obligations, we must keep invoices containing your (personal) data, so we will keep this data for as long as the applicable term runs. However, employees no longer have access to your client profile and documents we have produced in response to your instructions.


Your rights

Under applicable Dutch and European legislation, as a data subject you have certain rights with

regarding personal data processed by or on behalf of us. We explain below what these rights are and how you can invoke them. In principle, to prevent misuse, we only send copies and transcripts of your data to your e-mail address already known to us. In case you wish to receive the data at another e-mail address or by post, for example, we will ask you to identify yourself. We keep records of completed requests; in the case of forgetting requests, we administer anonymised data. You will receive all copies and transcripts of data in the machine-readable data format we use within our systems. You have the right at any time to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Authority if you suspect that we are using your personal data incorrectly.<br>

Right of inspection

You always have the right to inspect the data we process (or have processed) that relate to your person or can be traced back to that person. You can make a request to this effect to our contact person for privacy matters. You will then receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you, at the e-mail address known to us, a copy of all data with a list of the processors holding this data, indicating the category under which we have stored this data.

Right of rectification

You always have the right to have the data we process (or have processed) that relates to your person or can be traced back to you amended. You can make a request to this effect to our contact person for privacy matters. You will then receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you a confirmation at the e-mail address known to us that the data has been adjusted.

Right to restriction of processing

You always have the right to limit the data we process (or have processed) that relates to your person or can be traced to it. You can make a request to this effect to our privacy contact. You will then receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you confirmation at the e-mail address known to us that the data will no longer be processed until you lift the restriction.

Right of transferability

You always have the right to have the data we process (or have processed) that relates to your person or can be traced back to you by another party. You can make a request to this effect to our privacy contact. You will then receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you, at the e-mail address known to us, copies or transcripts of all data about you that we have processed or have processed on our behalf by other processors or third parties. In all likelihood, we will no longer be able to continue providing services in such a case, as the secure interconnection of data files can no longer be guaranteed.

Right to object and other rights

You have the right to object, where appropriate, to the processing of your personal data by or on behalf of The Chocolate Girls VOF. If you object, we will immediately stop the data processing pending the handling of your objection. If your objection is well-founded, we will make copies and/or copies of data that we process (or have processed) available to you and then permanently stop the processing. You also have the right not to be subjected to automated individual decision-making or profiling. We do not process your data in such a way that this right applies. If you believe it does, please contact our privacy contact.

Cookies

Google Analytics

Through our website, cookies are placed by the US company Google, as part of the "Analytics" service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. This processor may be obliged under applicable laws and regulations to grant access to this data. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

Third-party cookies

In case third-party software solutions use cookies, this is mentioned in this privacy statement.

Privacy policy changes

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. However, you will always find the most recent version on this page. If the new privacy policy affects the way we process data already collected about you, we will notify you by e-mail.

Contact details

The Chocolate Girls VOF
Section-C,
Daalakkersweg 8-20(4),
5641JA Netherlands
post@dechocolademeisjes.nl


Contact person for privacy matters

Marianne van Lankvelt

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