Golden Ass cares a lot about your privacy. Therefore, we only process the information we need for (improving) our services and handle the information we have collected about you and your use of our services with care. We never make your information available to third parties for commercial purposes.
This privacy policy applies to the use of the website and the services provided by Golden Ass. The starting date for the validity of these conditions is 16/09/2019, with the publication of a new version the validity of all previous versions will expire. This privacy policy describes which information about you is collected by us, what this information is used for and with whom and under which conditions this information may 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 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 matters, 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), what security techniques we use and to whom the data is accessible.
Webshop software
Our shop is developed with WooCommerce software, we host our shop on a server under our own management. We have appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent abuse, loss and corruption of data as much as possible. These security measures include the use of SSL encryption and a strong password policy. Regular backups are made to prevent loss of data.
Webhosting
We purchase web hosting and e-mail services from Webhosting Select. Webhosting Select 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. Webhosting Select has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent the loss and unauthorized use of your personal data. On the basis of the agreement Webhosting Select is obliged to maintain confidentiality.
E-mail and mailing lists
We send our e-mail newsletters with MailChimp. MailChimp will never use your name and email address for its own purposes. At the bottom of every email sent automatically through our website you will see the 'unsubscribe' link. You will then no longer receive our newsletter. Your personal data are 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 for the further improvement of services and as part of this process to share information with third parties.
We use the services of Webhosting Select 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. Webhosting Select does not have access to our inbox and we treat all our e-mail traffic confidentially.
Payment services
To handle (part of) the payments in our webshop, we use the platform of Mollie. Mollie processes your name, address and residence details and your payment information, 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 in order to improve the
to further improve the services provided and to share (anonymised) data with third parties in this context. All of the above guarantees 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 retain your data longer than permitted by law.
PostNL
When you place an order with us, it is our job to deliver your package to you. We make use of the services of PostNL for carrying out the deliveries. It is therefore necessary that we share your name, address and residence data with PostNL. PostNL will only use this data for the performance of the agreement. If PostNL engages subcontractors, PostNL will also make your data available to these parties.
General purpose of processing
We use your data exclusively for the purpose of providing our services. This means that the purpose of the processing is always directly related to the order you provide. We do not use your data for (targeted) marketing. If you share information with us and we use this information to contact you at a later time, other than at your request, we will ask you for your explicit permission. Your details will not be shared with third parties other than to meet accounting and other administrative obligations. These third parties are all bound to secrecy by agreement between them and us or by 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. These data (e.g. your IP address, web browser and operating system) are not personal data.
Cooperation with tax and criminal investigations
When the occasion arises Golden Ass may be obliged by law to share your details in connection with governmental tax or criminal law investigations. In such a case we are forced to share your details, but we will oppose this within the possibilities offered by law.
Storage terms
We will retain your data for as long as you are a client of ours. This means that we will keep your customer profile until you indicate that you no longer wish to make use of our services. If you indicate this to us, we will also consider this to be a request for forgetting. Pursuant to applicable administrative obligations, we are required to retain invoices containing your (personal) data; we will therefore retain this data for as long as the applicable term lasts. However, employees no longer have access to your client profile and documents that we have produced as a result of your instructions.
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 us or on our behalf. Please find below an explanation of your rights and how you can exercise them. In order to prevent misuse, we will only send copies of your data to your e-mail address already known to us. If you wish to receive the data at another e-mail address or, for example, by post, we will ask you to identify yourself. We keep a record of completed requests; in the case of a forgetful request, we keep an anonymous record. You will receive all copies and data in the machine-readable format that we use in our systems. You have the right at all times to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Authority if you suspect that we are using your personal data in an incorrect manner.
Right of inspection
You always have the right to inspect the data we process, or have processed, which relate to or can be traced back to you. 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 at the e-mail address we have on record together with a list of the processors holding this data and the category under which we have stored it.
Right of rectification
You always have the right to have the data we process, which relate to you or can be traced back to you, amended or deleted. You can send a request to this 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 we have on record that the data has been modified.
Right to restrict processing
You always have the right to restrict the data that we process, or have processed, which relate to or can be traced back to you. You can make a request to this 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 you provided that the data will no longer be processed until you lift the restriction.
Right of portability
You always have the right to have the data we process, which relate to your person or can be traced back to you, carried out by another party. You can make a request to this 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 copies or copies of all the data about you that we have processed or that has been processed on our behalf by other processors or third parties at the e-mail address provided to us. In all likelihood, we will not be able to continue to provide 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 to the processing of your personal data by or on behalf of Golden Ass . If you object we will immediately cease processing your data pending the resolution of your objection. If your objection is well-founded, we will make copies and/or copies of the data we are processing (or have processed) available to you and then permanently stop processing it. 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
Through our website, cookies from the US company Google are placed 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 these data. We collect information about your surfing behaviour and share this data with Google. Google may interpret this information in conjunction with other datasets in order to track your movements on the Internet. Google uses this information to, among other things, offer targeted advertisements (Adwords) and other Google services and products.
Third-party cookies
In the event that third-party software solutions use cookies, this will be 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 affects the way we already process data relating to you, we will inform you by e-mail.
Contact details
Golden Ass
Nimrodel 16
5663 TE Geldrop
Phone number: 085 - 06 06 3 (only available Mon-Fri from 09.00 to 17.00)
E-mail address: info@goldenass.com