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Privacy Policy VegaVriend

About our privacy policy

Vega Friend cares a lot about your privacy. We therefore only process data that we need for (improving) our services and carefully handle the information we have collected about you and your use of our services. 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 provided by Vega Vriend. The starting date for the validity of these conditions is 13/03/2023, with the publication of a new version the validity of all previous versions expires. This privacy policy describes what information about you is collected by us, what this information is used for and with whom and under what conditions this information may be brandd 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 with regard to the personal data you provide to us.

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

About the 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 for whom the data is available.

Web store software

WooCommerce
Our webshop is developed with software from WooCommerce. Personal data that you make available to us for the purpose of our services will be brandd 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 to take appropriate security measures on the basis of the agreement we have concluded with them. These security measures consist of the application 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 brand collected data within its own group in order to further improve the service.

WooCommerce hosting
Our webshop has been developed with software from WooCommerce, we have chosen AndersIXL for our web hosting. Personal data that you make available to us for the benefit of our services will be brandd with this party. AndersIXL has access to your data to provide us with (technical) support, they will never use your data for any other purpose. AndersIXL is based on the agreement we have with
have closed obliged them 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 data loss.

Webhosting

IXL
We purchase web hosting and e-mail services from IXL. IXL processes personal data on our behalf and does not use your data for its own purposes. However, this party can collect metadata about the use of the services. This is not personal data. IXL has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent loss and unauthorized use of your personal data. IXL is based on the
obligation of confidentiality.

Email and mailing lists

MailChimp
We send our e-mail newsletters with MailChimp. MailChimp will never use your name and e-mail address for its own purposes. At the bottom of every e-mail that has been automatically sent 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 e-mails are opened and read. MailChimp reserves the right to use your data to further improve the service and, within that context, to brand information with third parties.

IXL
We use the services of IXL for our regular business e-mail traffic. This party has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent misuse, loss and corruption of your and our data as much as possible. IXL does not have access to our mailbox and we treat all our e-mail traffic confidentially.

Payment processors

Mollie
We use the Mollie platform to handle (part of) the payments in our webshop. Mollie processes your name, address and residence details and your payment details such as your bank account or credit card number. Mollie has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. Mollie reserves the right to use your data to further improve services and in this context to brand (anonymised) data with third parties. All the guarantees mentioned above with regard to the protection of your personal data also apply to the parts of Mollie’s services for which they engage third parties. Mollie does not store your data longer than permitted by law.

Reviews

WebwinkelKeur
We collect reviews via the WebwinkelKeur platform. If you leave a review via WebwinkelKeur, you are obliged to provide a name and e-mail address. WebwinkelKeur brands 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 provide an explanation of your review. In
in the event that we invite you to leave a review, we will brand your name and e-mail address with WebwinkelKeur. They only use this information for the purpose of inviting you to leave a review. WebwinkelKeur has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. WebwinkelKeur reserves the right to engage third parties for the provision of services, for which we have given permission to WebwinkelKeur. All the guarantees mentioned above with regard to the protection of your personal data also apply to the parts of the service for which WebwinkelKeur engages third parties.

Shipping and logistics

We-Fulfil and PostNL
If you place an order with us, it is our job to have your package delivered to you. We use the services of our logistics partner We-Fulfil and they use PostNL to carry out the deliveries. It is therefore necessary that we brand your name, address and residence details with We-Fulfil and PostNL. We-Fulfil and PostNL only use this information for the purpose of executing the agreement. In the event that PostNL engages subcontractors, PostNL will also make your data available to these parties.

Invoicing and accounting

Asperion
We use the services of Asperion for our records of our administration and accounting. We brand your name, address and residence details and details regarding your order. This data is used for the administration of sales invoices. Your personal data is sent and stored protected. Asperion is bound to secrecy and will treat your data confidentially. Asperion does not use your personal data for purposes other than those described above.

DeVries & Nell
We use the services of De Vries & Nell for our records of our administration and accounting. We brand your name, address and residence details and details regarding your order. This data is used for the administration of sales invoices. We use the services of Asperion for our records of our administration and accounting. We brand your name, address and residence details and details regarding your order. This data is used for the administration of sales invoices. Your personal data is sent and stored protected. De Vries & Nell is bound to secrecy and will treat your data confidentially. De Vries & Nell does not use your personal data for purposes other than those described above.

Purpose of data processing

General purpose of the processing
We only use your data for the benefit of our services. This means that 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 brand data with us and we use this data to contact you at a later time – other than at your request – we will ask you for explicit permission. Your data will not be brandd with third parties, other than to meet accounting and other administrative obligations. These third parties are all bound to secrecy on the basis of the agreement between them and us or an oath or legal obligation.

Automatically collected data
Data that is automatically collected by our website is processed with the aim of further improving our services. This data (for example your IP address, web browser and operating system) is not personal data.

Cooperation with tax and criminal investigations
In some cases, Vega Friend can be held to brand your data in connection with government tax or criminal investigations on the basis of a legal obligation. In such a case we are forced to brand your data, but we will oppose this within the possibilities that the law offers us.

Retention periods
We keep your data as long as you are a client of ours. This means that we keep your customer profile until you indicate that you no longer wish to use our services. If you indicate this to us, we will also regard this as a request to forget. This also means that we do not store your data for longer than two years from the last moment of contact or transaction, unless there is a legal justification for doing so. Based on applicable administrative obligations, we must keep invoices with 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 that we receive in response to
completed your order.

Your rights

Under the applicable Dutch and European legislation, you as a data subject have certain rights with regard to the personal data processed by or on behalf of us. We explain below which rights these are and how you can invoke these rights. In principle, to prevent misuse, we only send copies and copies of your data to your already known e-mail address. In the event that you wish to receive the data at a different e-mail address or, for example, by post, we will ask you to identify yourself. We keep records of completed requests, in the event of a forget request we administer anonymised data. You will receive all copies and copies of data in the
machine-readable data format that we use within our systems. You have the right at all times to submit a complaint to the Dutch Data Protection Authority if you suspect that we are using your personal data in the wrong way.

Right of inspection
You always have the right to view the data that we (have) process and that relate to your person or that can be traced to that. You can make a request to that effect to our contact person for privacy matters. You will receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you a copy of all data with an overview of the processors who have this data at the e-mail address known to us, stating the category under which we have stored this data.

Rectification right
You always have the right to have the data that we (or have it processed) that relate to your person or that can be traced to that change. You can make a request to that effect to our contact person for privacy matters. You will 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 information has been changed.

Right to limit processing
You always have the right to limit the data that we (have) process that relate to or can be traced to your person. You can make a request to that effect to our contact person for privacy matters. You will 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 information until you remove the restriction will no longer be processed.

Right to transferability
You always have the right to have the data that we process or have processed that relate to your person or that can be traced back to it, be carried out by another party. 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 copies or copies of all data to the e-mail address known to us about you that we have processed or have been processed by other processors or third parties on our behalf. In all likelihood, we will no longer be able to continue the service in such a case, because the secure linking of data files can then no longer be guaranteed.

Right of objection and other rights
In some cases you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by or on behalf of Vega Vriend. If you object, we will immediately cease 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 suspend the processing. You also have the right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making or profiling. We do not process your data in such a way that this right applies. If you believe that this is the case, please contact our contact person for privacy matters.

Cookies

Google Analytics
Cookies from the American company Google are placed via our website as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to keep track of and receive reports on how visitors use the website. This processor may be obliged to provide access to this data on the basis of applicable laws and regulations. We collect information about your surfing behavior and brand this data with Google. Google can do this
interpret information in conjunction with other datasets and thus track your movements on the internet. Google uses this information to offer targeted advertisements (Adwords) and other Google services and products, among other things.

Cookies from third parties
In the event that third party software solutions use cookies, this is stated in this privacy statement.

Changes to the privacy policy

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 has consequences for the way in which we process already collected data with regard to you, we will inform you of this by e-mail.

Contact information

VegaFriend
Eikenlaan 11
3951XL March
The Netherlands

Phone: 06 -42549215
Email adress: [email protected]
Contact person for privacy matters: Rick Scholtes