Privacy statement De HorlogeSmit
This is the privacy statement of De HorlogeSmit, registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 93814089 and located at Spinner 80 in (1625VG) Hoorn. This document explains how De HorlogeSmit handles the processing of your personal data. De HorlogeSmit exercises the utmost care when processing your personal data.
Obtaining personal data:
If you use the services of De HorlogeSmit, you provide a number of personal data to De HorlogeSmit yourself, or personal data is obtained from you in the context of the agreement. Personal data is understood to mean all data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Categories of personal data
De HorlogeSmit processes the following categories of personal data:
● Personal, contact and name and address details, including date of birth, location details, telephone number, email address;
● Company details, including VAT number and Chamber of Commerce number;
● Different delivery address;
● Vehicle data, including license plate data;
● Financial data, including transaction data;
● Account information, including your password and username;
● Other personal data provided by you;
● Data provided by third parties.
Purpose of the processing
The personal data processed by De HorlogeSmit are intended to:
● to contact you to inform you about the services you have purchased and their performance;
● to be able to perform its services;
● to improve its services;
● to be able to make payments;
● to comply with legal obligations;
● to be able to carry out marketing and communication expressions, including improving the website by analyzing visitor behavior on the website;
● to be able to send newsletters;
● to be able to make personalized offers;
● to exchange data with third parties for the purpose of providing services, to the extent necessary.
Basis for processing
Processing personal data is only possible on the basis of the following grounds: (i) legal obligation, (ii) performance of agreement, (iii) obtained (explicit) consent of the data subjects, and (iv) legitimate interest. Personal data are processed when providing the services of De HorlogeSmit. De HorlogeSmit only processes data that De HorlogeSmit deems necessary for (improving) the service provision and handles the (personal) data that it has collected about you and your use of the services with care. The basis for processing this data is the agreement that you have entered into with De HorlogeSmit. Personal data of you can also be processed by visiting the website www.dehorlogesmit.nl or other web pages if you have given permission for this.
Necessity of processing
The processing of your personal data is necessary to be able to perform the service. The services that De HorlogeSmit offers cannot be fully performed without the processing of your personal data. If your explicit consent is required for specific purposes with regard to the personal data, you must give separate consent for this.
Automated decision-making
If there is any automated decision-making, this decision-making is carried out by computer systems and/or computer programs without the intervention of human action. The data subject is responsible for the data that he or she provides and that is used at the time of the automated decision-making. If the data proves to be incorrect or incomplete, the damage resulting from this will be at the expense and risk of the data subject. This also includes the failure to perform the agreement, the failure to perform it on time or the incorrect performance.
Retention period
The personal data processed by De HorlogeSmit are stored in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. If a longer storage period is necessary based on laws or regulations, the personal data will be stored for a longer period in accordance with these requirements. All (obtained) personal data will not be stored for longer than strictly necessary.
Processing by third parties
De HorlogeSmit only shares personal data with third parties if this is strictly necessary for the execution of an agreement and to comply with relevant laws and regulations. No personal data is sold. De HorlogeSmit may be legally obliged to share personal data with third parties. If personal data is shared with third parties, processing agreements are concluded for this. The third parties with whom personal data is shared are:
● The Payment Provider, for the purpose of executing an agreement. The categories of personal data that are processed are financial data.
● The Bookkeeper, for the purpose of executing an agreement. The categories of personal data that are processed are contact and name and address details and financial data.
● Software suppliers, for the purpose of executing the agreement. The categories of personal data that are processed are the contact and name and address details.
● Website administrator, for the purpose of executing the agreement. The categories of personal data that are processed are the contact and name and address details.
● Third parties engaged for the purpose of executing the agreement. The categories of personal data that are processed are the contact and name and address details.
Security of Personal Data
De HorlogeSmit takes the protection of your personal data seriously and, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, as well as the nature, scope, context and processing purposes and the varying likelihood and severity of the risks to the rights and freedoms of individuals, takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
Under 16 years old?
If you are a minor, i.e. younger than 16 years old, you may only give permission for the processing of your personal data with the permission of one of your parents or legal guardian. It is then important that your parent(s) or guardian reads this statement. They can also exercise the rights that you have with regard to the personal data that you leave with us, such as the right to object to the (further) processing of your personal data or the right to inspect and correct your data.
Rights of data subjects
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
● Right of access; As a data subject, you have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is being processed and, where that is the case, to obtain access to the processing thereof.
● Right to rectification; You have the right to obtain rectification and supplementation of incorrect data.
● Right to erasure; A data subject must obtain the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay.
● Right to restriction of processing; As a data subject, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. To do so, please contact De HorlogeSmit.
● Right to data portability; A data subject has the right to obtain the personal data concerning him or her that he or she has provided to De HorlogeSmit in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in order to possibly transfer this personal data to a third party. A data subject may also instruct De HorlogeSmit to transfer this data directly to a third party.
● Right to object; The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her, including profiling based on those provisions. De HorlogeSmit will cease processing the personal data unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, freedoms and rights of the data subject relating to the exercise, institution or substantiation of legal claims.
Complaint
If you have a complaint about the way in which De HorlogeSmit handles your personal data, or wish to exercise one of the above-mentioned rights, you can contact us via the website or by e-mail via info@dehorlogesmit.nl. To ensure that you wish to exercise a right, De HorlogeSmit requests that you send a copy of your ID. You can black out your passport photo and MRZ (strip with numbers at the bottom) to protect your privacy. De HorlogeSmit will respond to your request as soon as possible, but no later than within 4 weeks. You can also file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority. This is the competent enforcement authority. You can contact us for this via this link: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/contact-met-de-autoriteit-persoonsgegevens/tip-ons.
Changes to Privacy Statement
De HorlogeSmit may change the privacy statement at any time. The most recent version is published on the website. Therefore, always keep an eye on the website for the most recent version. If the new privacy statement has consequences for the way in which De HorlogeSmit processes already collected data with regard to you, De HorlogeSmit will inform you of this by e-mail.
This version was last updated on January 26, 2025.
