Privacy Statement
Intro
Alfred van Elk industrial design is a design studio, located in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, registered with the Chamber of Commerce in The Hague under number 27302184. Alfred van Elk industrial design is as the controller ultimately responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data.
We take your privacy seriously and shall handle your personal data with the utmost security and care.
In this privacy statement you can read what information we collect and how we handle this information.
How this site uses cookies
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The use of functional and required cookies allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
This website uses analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data. These cookies are only used when you acknowledge our cookie banner.
How this site collects personal data
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:
- Information about your browser, network and device
- Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
- Web pages you view while on this website
- Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.
How this site collects data via the response form
When you submit information via the response form, we collect the data requested in order to respond to your submission. We share this information with Squarespace, so that they can provide website and e-mail services to us.
How this site manages visitor data
This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
- Information about your browser, network, and device
- Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
- Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, and searches. We share this information with Squarespace to learn about site traffic and activity.
Website links
Links to other websites are included on this website. This privacy statement is no longer applicable when you connect to another website via one of these links. We are not responsible for the processing of personal data on other websites.
How third-party services manage visitor data via this site
This site makes use of Google Analytics. As part of Google Analytics services, functional and analytical cookies are placed to gain insight into the website use of visitors.
Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. The information that Google collects is anonymised as much as possible. Google states that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of personal data.
How we obtain additional personal data
Alfred van Elk industrial design may obtain additional data because you have provided this data to us, or because we have obtained your data from third parties. These third parties are: businesses, social media, company websites and business directories.
How we use your personal data
Below you will find an overview of the purposes for the processing of your personal data and its use.
Purpose
Services and invoicing
Information
Name, company address, e-mail address, phone number, financial data, data necessary to provide the service, data generated by the service
Legal basis
Necessary for the performance of a contract
Storage period
As long as necessary for this purpose
Purpose
Financial administration
Information
Company name, billing address, bank details
Legal basis
Legal obligation
Storage period
As long as necessary for this purpose
Purpose
Prospect and client management
Information
Name, company address, e-mail address, location, phone number
Legal basis
Legitimate interests
Importance
Commercial interests
Storage period
As long as necessary for this purpose
How your personal data is protected
Alfred van Elk industrial design takes the protection of your data very seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorised modification. When we engage other parties for the provision of services whereby personal data can be transferred, the confidentiality of your data is protected by mutual agreement with these parties.
Your rights
Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have a number of rights with regard to your data and the processing thereof. For more information, please visit their website and download the publication in question.
Latest revision of this privacy statement
This privacy statement may be changed. We therefore advise you to regularly read this for any such changes. The last revision was done on March 01, 2024.
Questions, remarks, and complaints
If you have any questions regarding this privacy statement, or have a complaint about the way your data is processed, you can send an e-mail to info@alfredvanelk.com. Furthermore, you always have the right to contact the competent national data protection authority. In The Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.