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This Privacy Policy (including our Cookie Policy) applies to your use of our website(s) or products. We hold the right to change it, and you'll be given notice when that happens.


This Privacy Policy applies to your use of our website(s) or products (described under Definitions). We offer our users choices about the data we collect, use and share as described in this Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy.

For California residents, additional disclosures required by California law may be found in our California Privacy Disclosure.

Datastone can modify this Privacy Policy, and if we make material changes to it, we will provide notice through our website, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before agreeing to them. If you object to any changes, you may stop using our website(s) or products.

You acknowledge that your continued use of our website(s) or products after we publish or send a notice about our changes to this Privacy Policy means that the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated Privacy Policy, as of its effective date.

This Privacy Policy covers how Datastone or a Datastone-affiliated company handles personal data whether you interact with us on our website, through Datastone apps, or in person (including by phone). Datastone’s Privacy Policy does not apply to how third parties define personal data or how they use it. We encourage you to read their privacy policies and know your privacy rights before interacting with them.

In addition to this Privacy Policy, we provide data and privacy information embedded in our products and certain features that ask to use your personal information (such as login).
You will be given an opportunity to review this product-specific information before enabling these features.
You also can view this information at any time, either in our apps (under Privacy) and online at datastone.nl/privacy-policy.

The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy

• "we", "us", "our"
  refers to Datastone, based in The Netherlands, located at Livingstonestraat 62, Geldrop.

• "website(s)", "services", "products"
  is referring to Datastone.nl, Datastone-branded apps and other Datastone-related websites, apps, communications and services, including off-site services, such as ad services and plugins, but excluding services that state that they are offered under a different privacy policy.

• "you", "user"
  refers to any person that visits, uses or operates our website(s) or products or apps, online as well as offline.

• "personal data"
  refers to any data that relates to an identified or identifiable individual or that is linked or linkable to them by Datastone as “personal data”. This means that data that directly identifies you — such as your name — is personal data, and also data that does not directly identify you, but that can reasonably be used to identify you — such as the serial number of your device — is personal data.

  • "account"
    refers to an unique account created for you to access our website(s), services, or products or parts here of.

Data you provide to us

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We strive to only collect personal data that is needed. The personal data Datastone collects depends on how you interact with Datastone. That being said, we currently do not collect any personal data other than the information to follow.
You are not required to provide the personal data that we have requested. However, if you choose not to do so, in many cases we will not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to requests you may have.


When you continue to use our website(s) and products we may collect information, depending on how you interact with us, including:

• Account Information - When you create an account with Datastone you provide your name, email address, a password, and devices registered

• Device Information - Data from which your device could be identified, or about your device, such as browser type

• Payment Information - Data about your billing address, billing history and method of payment, such as bank details, credit, debit, or other payment card information

• Transaction Information - Data about purchases of Datastone products and services or transactions facilitated by Datastone, including purchases on Datastone platforms

• Usage Data - Data about your activity on and use of our offerings, such as app launches within our services, including browsing history; search history; product interaction; crash data, performance and other diagnostic data; and other usage data

• Other Information You Provide to Us - Details such as the content of your communications with Datastone, including interactions with customer support and contacts through social media channels
  
  

Data We Receive from Other Sources

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Related companies and other services may provide data to us. We log your use of our website(s) or products, and we collect (as declared in our Cookie Policy) and receive data through cookies. We also get data when you visit sites that include our ads, cookies or some of our plugins.

• Third Parties - We may also validate the information you provide — for example, when creating an account, with a third party for security, and for fraud-prevention purposes.

• Service Use - We log usage data when you visit or otherwise use our products, including our website(s), and apps, such as when you view or click on content (e.g., learning video) or ads (on or off our sites and apps), perform a search, install or update one of our mobile apps. We use log-ins, cookies, device information and internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to identify you and log your use.

• Your Device and Location - When you visit or leave our website(s) or products (including some plugins and our cookies or similar technology on the sites of others), we receive the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to and the time of your visit. We also get information about your network and device (e.g., IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, cookie IDs and/or ISP, or your mobile carrier). If you use our website(s) or products from a mobile device, that device will send us data about your location based on your phone settings. We will ask you to opt-in before we use GPS or other tools to identify your precise location.

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We use personal data to power, support, personalize and develop our products, to process your transactions, to communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also use personal data for other purposes with your consent.

Use of Data

How we use your personal data will depend on which services or products you use, how you use those and the choices you make in your settings. We use the data that we have about you to provide and personalize our website(s) or products, including with the help of automated systems and inferences we make, so that our website(s) or products (including ads) can be more relevant and useful to you and others. Datastone uses your personal data only when we have a valid legal basis to do so. We use your personal data to provide and improve our website(s) or products. By using our website(s) or products, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may also process your personal data where we believe it is in our or others’ legitimate interests, taking into consideration your interests, rights, and expectations.

• Power our Services - Datastone collects personal data necessary to power our services, which may include personal data collected to personalize or improve our offerings, for internal purposes such as auditing or data analysis, or for troubleshooting.

• Process Your Transactions - To process transactions, Datastone must collect data such as your name, purchase, and payment information.

• Communicate with You - To respond to communications, reach out to you about your account, market our products and services, provide other relevant information, or request information or feedback. From time to time, we may use your personal data to send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to your interaction with Datastone, you may not opt out of receiving these important notices.

• Security and Fraud Prevention - To protect individuals, employees, and Datastone and for loss prevention and to prevent fraud, including to protect individuals, employees, and Datastone for the benefit of all our users, and prescreening or scanning uploaded content for potentially illegal content, including child sexual exploitation material.

• Comply with Law - To comply with applicable law — for example, to satisfy tax or reporting obligations, or to comply with a lawful governmental request.

Datastone retains personal data only for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including as described in this Privacy Policy or as required by law. We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. When assessing retention periods, we first carefully examine whether it is necessary to retain the personal data collected and, if retention is required, work to retain the personal data for the shortest possible period permissible under law.

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We do not share any personal data to third parties other than when required by law.

Sharing of Data

We do not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

• Law - We may disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate. We may also disclose information about you where there is a lawful basis for doing so, if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or to protect our operations or users, or in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale.

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We keep your personal data secure.


At Datastone, we use administrative and technical safeguards to protect any collected personal data, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the processing, and the threats posed. We are constantly working to improve on these safeguards to help keep your personal data secure.

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We do not collect any personal data from children under 13 years of age.


Children under age 13

Datastone understands the importance of safeguarding the personal data of children, which we consider to be an individual under the age of 13 or the equivalent age as specified by law in your jurisdiction.
We do not collect any personal data from children under 13 years of age.
If we learn that a child's personal data was collected without appropriate authorization, it will be deleted as soon as possible.

Cookies

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We use cookies to facilitate the use of our website(s) and services to improve performance and user experience.
Read our cookie statement for more information.


Datastone’s websites, online services, interactive applications, email messages, and advertisements may use “cookies” and other technologies.

• Strictly Necessary Cookies - These cookies are set as required to provide a specific feature or service that you have accessed or requested. For example, they allow us to display our websites in the proper format and language, to authenticate and verify your transactions, and to preserve the contents of your Bag when shopping online at datastone.nl.
  

If you prefer that Datastone not uses any cookies, you may disable their use in your browser's privacy settings. Certain features of Datastone website(s) and products may not be available if all cookies are disabled.


Other Technologies

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We use...


In addition to cookies, Datastone uses other technologies that help us achieve similar objectives.

In some email messages Datastone sends to you, we provide a “click-through URL” that links you to content on the Datastone website. When you click one of these URLs, they pass through a separate server before arriving at the destination page on our website. We track this click-through to help us determine interest in particular topics and measure whether we are communicating with you effectively. If you prefer not to be tracked in this way, you should not click graphics or text links in email messages.

Pixel tags enable us to send email messages in a format that you can read, and they tell us whether mail has been opened. We may use this data to reduce or eliminate messages sent to customers.

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At Datastone there's no need for transfer of data between countries at the time. So we don't.


International

Datastone connects to the world. To make that possible, your personal data may be transferred to or accessed by entities around the world. Datastone complies with laws on the transfer of personal data between countries to help ensure your data is protected, wherever it may be.
That being said, we currently do not transfer any personal data.

If you have questions about Datastone’s Privacy Policy or privacy practices, would like to contact our Data Protection Officer, or would like to submit a complaint, you can contact us at www.datastone.nl/contact.

Datastone takes your privacy questions seriously. We review your inquiry to determine how best to respond to your question or concern, including those inquiries received in response to an access or download request. In most cases, all substantive contacts receive a response within seven days. In other cases, we may require additional information or let you know that we need more time to respond.

Where your complaint indicates an improvement could be made in our handling of privacy issues, we will take steps to make such an update at the next reasonable opportunity.