Privacy policy

Effective Date: 29 May 2023

Introduction

VOUW BV is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website and use our services, including subscribing to our newsletters or other communications.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

VOUW BV
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 111
1021 KP Amsterdam
The Netherlands


Email: admin@vouw.com
Phone: +31 (0) 6 44 34 31 59

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and store the following types of personal data about you:

  • Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.

  • Usage Data: Information on how you use our website, such as your IP address, browser type, and browsing behavior.

  • Communications: Information you provide when you communicate with us, including through email or our website.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for specific purposes.

  • Contract: The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

  • Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services, provided that these interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

  • To Communicate with You: We use your contact information to send you newsletters, updates, and other communications about our work, events, and services, based on your consent.

  • To Improve Our Services: We use usage data to analyze how our website is used and to improve its functionality and user experience.

  • To Realize New Inventions: We may use the data collected to inform and inspire our design and technology projects, aligning with our mission to innovate and create new solutions.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell or trade your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as email distribution and website analytics.

  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to comply with legal, regulatory, or internal policy requirements.

8. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.

  • Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.

  • Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.

  • Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

  • Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller.

  • Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.

  • Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

9. Automated Decision-Making

We do not use automated decision-making, including profiling, that produces legal effects or significantly affects you.

10. International Transfers

If we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure that the transfer is based on adequate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website. Your continued use of our website and services after any changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please contact us at:

VOUW BV
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 111
1021 KP Amsterdam
The Netherlands


Email: admin@vouw.com
Phone: +31 (0) 6 44 34 31 59

13. Complaints

If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the European Union (EU) member state where you reside, work, or where the alleged infringement occurred.