Privacy Policy Chandeliers.com

About our privacy policy

Chandeliers.com cares deeply about your privacy. We therefore only process data we need for (improving) 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 Kroonluchters.com website and the services accessed on it. The effective date for the validity of these terms and conditions is 29/06/2023, 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, if any, this information may be shared with third parties. We also explain to you how we store your data and how we protect your data from misuse and what rights you have with respect 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 information at the end of our privacy policy.

About data processing

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

Software and web hosting

Our online store is developed with WooCommerce software. Personal information that you make available to us for the purpose of our services will be 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 required by the agreement we have with them to implement 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.

Our online store was developed with software from WooCommerce, we chose Cloud86 for our web hosting. Personal information that you make available to us for the purpose of our services will be shared with this party. Cloud86 has access to your data to provide us with (technical) support, they will never use your data for any other purpose. Cloud86 is required 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. Regular backups are made to prevent loss of data.

We purchase web hosting and e-mail services from Cloud86. Cloud86 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. These are not personal data. Cloud86 has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent the loss and unauthorized use of your personal data. Cloud86 has a duty of confidentiality under the agreement.

E-mail and mailing lists

Our website uses Mailpoet, a third-party service that handles e-mail traffic originating from our website and the sending of any newsletters. All confirmation emails you receive from our website and web forms are sent through Mailpoet’s servers. Mailpoet will never use your name and email address for its own purposes. You will see the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email sent automatically through our website. If you click on this you will no longer receive email from our website. This can seriously reduce the functionality of our website! Your personal data is stored securely by Mailpoet. Mailpoet uses cookies and other Internet technologies that provide insight into whether emails are opened and read. Mailpoet reserves the right to use your information to further improve the service and, as part of this, share information with third parties.

We use Office365 services for our regular business email traffic. This party has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent abuse, loss and corruption of your and our data as much as possible. Office365 does not have access to our mailbox and we treat all our e- mail traffic confidentially.

General purpose of processing

We use your information solely for the purpose of providing our services. That is, the purpose of the processing is always directly related to the task you provide. We do not use your data for involuntary (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 ask for your explicit consent. Your information 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.

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

In appropriate cases, Chandeliers.com 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 oppose it within the possibilities provided by law.

Retention periods

We will keep your information for as long as you are a client of ours. This means that we will retain your customer 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 point of contact or transaction, unless there is a legal justification for doing so. Pursuant to applicable administrative obligations, we must retain invoices containing your (personal) data, so we will retain 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 as a result of your assignment.

Your rights

Pursuant to applicable Dutch and European legislation, as a data subject you have certain rights with respect to personal data processed by us or on our behalf. We explain below what these rights are and how to invoke them. In principle, to prevent misuse, we send copies and transcripts of your data only to your e-mail address already known to us. In case you wish to receive the data at a different e-mail address or by mail, for example, we will ask you to identify yourself. We keep records of completed requests, in the case of a forgetting request we administer anonymized data. You will receive all transcripts and copies of data in the machine-readable data format we use within our systems. You have the right to file a complaint with the Personal Data Authority at any time if you suspect that we are using your personal data in an inappropriate manner.

Inspection rights

You always have the right to inspect the data we process (or have processed) that relates to your person or can be traced back to that person. You can make a request to that 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 a copy of all data with a list of the processors holding this data at the e-mail address known to us, indicating the category under which we have stored this data.

Right of Rectification

You always have the right to have the data that we process (or have processed) that relates to your person or can be traced back to you amended. You can make a request to that 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 a confirmation at the e-mail address known to us that the data has been updated.

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 is traceable to it. You can make a request to that 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 a confirmation at the e-mail address known to us that the data will no longer be processed until you lift the restriction.

Right to 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 that 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 copies or transcripts of all data about you that we have processed or have processed on our behalf by other processors or third parties at the e-mail address known to us. In all likelihood, we will no longer be able to continue providing services in such a case, as the secure linking of data files can no longer be guaranteed.

Right to object and other rights

You have the right, where appropriate, to object to the processing of your personal data by or on behalf of Chandeliers.com. If you object, we will immediately cease data processing pending resolution 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 cease processing permanently. 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

Cookies from the American company Google are placed through our website, as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and get reports on how visitors use the website. This processor may be required by applicable laws and regulations to provide access to this data. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

Privacy policy changes

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. On this page, however, you will always find the most recent version. If the new privacy policy affects how we process data already collected about you, we will notify you by email.