Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Vodnarexghap. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and process it in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws in the Netherlands and the European Union.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express interest in obtaining information about us or our services, when you participate in activities on our website, or otherwise when you contact us.

2.1 Personal Information Provided by You

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website, the choices you make, and the services you use. The personal information we collect may include:

• Name and contact information (email address, phone number)
• Postal address for service delivery
• Communication preferences
• Information provided through contact forms or email correspondence
• Workshop registration details and preferences

2.2 Information Automatically Collected

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and information about how you interact with the site.

Technologies used for automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (data files placed on your device)
• Log files (tracking actions on the site and collecting data including IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps)
• Web beacons, tags, and pixels (electronic files used to record information about how you browse the site)

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive for various purposes, including:

• To facilitate account creation and the registration process for our workshops
• To send you workshop confirmations, schedules, and related information
• To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• To send administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies
• To protect our services and your safety
• To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies
• To respond to legal requests and prevent harm
• To improve our website, services, and user experience
• For other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, and evaluating and improving our services

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We only process your personal data when we have a legal basis to do so. The legal bases we rely on include:

• Consent: You have given us explicit consent to process your personal data for specific purposes
• Contract Performance: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as providing workshop services
• Legal Obligations: Processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations we are subject to
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided your rights do not override those interests

5. Sharing Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

5.1 Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts.

5.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes.

5.3 Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and applicable legal requirements.

In general, we retain contact form submissions and correspondence for up to three years. Workshop registration data is retained for the duration of your participation plus an additional period for administrative and legal purposes.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Under GDPR and Dutch data protection law, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions
• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below. We will respond to your request within one month.

8. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk.

9. International Data Transfers

Our servers and service providers may be located in countries outside of the European Economic Area. If we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, you may contact us at:

Vodnarexghap
Vismarkt 18
9711 KT Groningen
Netherlands
Phone: +31 50 318 4421
Email: message@vodnarexghap.world

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) if you believe that your data protection rights have been violated.