Privacy Policy
Effective date: 20 December 2018
BRM Lasers B.V. (“us”, “we” or “our”) operates the http://brmlasers.com website (“hereinafter referred to as the Service”).
This page contains information about our policy regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data when you use our Service, and the choices you have regarding that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, available at http://brmlasers.com
Definitions
- Service By ‘Service’ we mean the http://brmlasers.com website operated by BRM Lasers B.V.
- Usage data By ‘usage data’ we mean automatically collected data generated by the use of the Service or the Service’s infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a visit to a page).
- Usage data By ‘usage data’ we mean automatically collected data generated by the use of the Service or the Service’s infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a visit to a page).
- Cookies Cookies are small files of information that are stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
- Data Controller By ‘Data Controller’, we mean the natural or legal person who (alone, jointly or in common with others) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which personal data are or will be processed. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, we are the Data Controller of your personal data.
- Data Processors (or Service Providers) By ‘Data Processors’ (or ‘Service Providers’), we mean any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more efficiently.
- Data Subject (or User) The Data Subject is any living individual who uses our Service and whose Personal Data is processed.
Data collection and use
We collect various types of data for a range of purposes in order to provide our Service to you and to improve it.
Types of data collected
Personal data
When you use our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact you or to identify you (“Personal Data”). This personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and surname
- Telephone number
- Address, county, postcode, town
- Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your personal data to contact you via newsletters, marketing or promotional material, and other information that may be of interest to you. You can choose to receive only certain communications, or none at all, by clicking on the unsubscribe link or by following the instructions we send you in an email.
Usage data
We may also collect data on how users access and use the Service (“Usage Data”) This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visited on our Service, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking and cookie data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service, and we store certain information.
Cookies are files containing a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique ID. Cookies are sent from a website to your browser and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags and scripts, are also used to collect and track data and to improve and analyse our Service.
You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our Service.
Examples of cookies we use:
- Session cookies. We use session cookies to manage our Service.
- Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to keep track of your preferences and various settings.
- Security cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.
Use of data
BRM Lasers B.V. uses the data collected for a variety of purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you of changes to our Service
- To enable you to use the interactive features of our Service, if you wish
- To provide support to our customers
- To collect analytical or valuable data that we can use to improve our Service
- To monitor the use of our Service
- To detect, prevent and resolve technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about our products, services and events that are similar to those you have previously purchased or enquired about, unless you have indicated that you do not wish to receive such information.
Legal basis for the processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), the legal basis on which BRM Lasers B.V. collects and uses the personal data described in this Privacy Policy depends on the personal data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.
BRM Lasers B.V. may use your personal data because:
- We need to enter into a contract with you
- you have given us your consent
- The processing is carried out in our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your rights
- In accordance with the law
Data retention
BRM Lasers B.V. will only retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (e.g. if we are required to retain your data in accordance with applicable legislation), to resolve disputes and to enforce our legal agreements and policies.
BRM Lasers B.V. also retains your usage data for internal analytical purposes. Usage data is typically retained for a shorter period, unless it is used to enhance security or improve the functioning of our Service, or if we are legally required to retain this data for a longer period.
Transfer of data
Your data, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and stored on — computers located outside the jurisdiction of your province, country or other governmental authority, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Please note that if you are located outside the Netherlands and provide us with information, we will transfer this information, including personal data, to the Netherlands and process it there.
Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such data, indicates that you consent to that transfer.
BRM Lasers B.V. will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is processed securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and that your Personal Data is never transferred to an organisation or a country where appropriate safeguards are not in place, including safeguards regarding the security of your data and other personal data.
Disclosure of data
Business transaction
If BRM Lasers B.V. is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will notify you before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Disclosure for law enforcement purposes
In certain circumstances, BRM Lasers B.V. may be required to disclose your personal data if this is required by law or at the request of public authorities (e.g. a court or government body).
Legal requirements
BRM Lasers B.V. may disclose your personal data if it believes in good faith that such action is necessary:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights and property of BRM Lasers B.V.
- To prevent or investigate any potential misconduct in connection with the Service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Data security
The security of your data is important to us, but please bear in mind that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially reasonable measures to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
“Do Not Track” signals
We do not support “Do Not Track” (“DNT”). “Do Not Track” is a preference you can set in your web browser to tell websites that you do not wish to be tracked.
You can enable or disable “Do Not Track” by going to the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
Your data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. BRM Lasers B.V. endeavours to take reasonable steps to enable you to correct, amend, delete or restrict the use of your Personal Data.
If you would like to know what personal data we hold about you, or if you wish to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or delete the information we hold about you. Where possible, you can access your Personal Data and update it, or request its deletion, directly via your account settings. If you are unable to carry out these actions yourself, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
- The right to rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- The right to restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability. You have the right to receive a copy of the information we hold about you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
- The right to withdraw your consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where BRM Lasers B.V. processes your personal data on the basis of your consent.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before we can process such requests.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority regarding our collection and use of your personal data. For further information, please contact your local Data Protection Authority within the European Economic Area (EEA).
Service providers
We may engage external companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform services in connection with our Service, or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
These third parties only have access to your personal data in order to carry out these tasks on our behalf, and they are not permitted to disclose it to others or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use external service providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
- Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the advertisements in its own advertising network.You can opt out of having your activity on the Service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on ensures that the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) cannot share information with Google Analytics regarding your online activities.For more information about Google’s privacy practices, please refer to Google’s Privacy and Terms webpage: http://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Behavioural remarketing
BRM Lasers B.V. uses remarketing services to display advertisements to you on external websites after you have visited our Service. We and our third-party suppliers use cookies to select, optimise and display advertisements based on your previous visits to our Service.
- Google Ads (AdWords) The Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise Google Display Network adverts by visiting the Google Ads Settings page http://www.google.com/settings/adsGoogle also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for your web browser. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on allows visitors to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.
- For further information about Google’s privacy practices, please refer to the Google Privacy and Terms webpage: http://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
- Facebook: For more information about Twitter’s privacy practices and policies, please refer to their Privacy Policy page: You can find more information about Facebook’s interest-based advertising on this page: http://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950Alsf you wish to opt out of Facebook’s interest-based advertising, please follow these instructions from Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
- Facebook adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s self-regulatory principles for online behavioural advertising. You can also opt out of Facebook and other participating companies via the Digital Advertising Alliance in the United States http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada https://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe https://youronlinechoices.eu/, or via the settings on your mobile device.
- For more information about Facebook’s privacy practices, please refer to the Facebook Privacy Policy: http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Links to other websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. We strongly recommend that you check the privacy policy of every website you visit.
We have no control over, and accept no liability for, the content, privacy policies or privacy practices of any third-party websites or services.
Children’s privacy
Our service is not intended for persons under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We never knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you discover that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we discover that we have collected personal data from children without verifying parental consent, we will take the necessary steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by publishing the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will notify you via email and/or a clear notice on our Service when the changes come into effect, and we will update the “effective date” shown at the top of this Privacy Policy.
We recommend that you check this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy take effect as soon as they are published on this page.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: info@brmlasers.com
- By phone: +31544-350320
- By post: Ambachtsstraat 43, 7102DW Winterswijk, The Netherlands
