PRIVACY POLICY

We, House of Glit, located in the Netherlands, are responsible for the processing of personal data as shown in this privacy statement.

House of Glit considers careful processing of personal data of utmost importance. Personal data are processed and secured with care. In processing, we comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). This Privacy Statement outlines how we collect and use your data, in accordance with the GDPR.

In this Privacy Statement, we explain what personal data we collect and use, and for what purpose we do so. We recommend that you read this Privacy Statement carefully. This Privacy Statement applies to our website, www.houseofglit.com, and related websites and Services.

This Privacy Statement was last modified on: Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Use of Personal Data

When you use websites and related Services offered by House of Glit, you may share personal data with us. We collect and use personal data that you, or your company, share directly with us. We will not use the personal data for purposes other than those described in this statement, unless you have given prior consent.

Types of Data Collected

When you use our Services, we may collect the following data:

  • First and last name

  • Address details

  • Telephone number

  • Email address

  • IP address

  • Other personal data that you actively provide, for example by creating a profile on this website, in correspondence, and by telephone

  • Data about your activities on our website

  • Data about your browsing behavior across different websites (for example, because this company is part of an advertising network)

  • Internet browser and device type

  • Bank account number

Bases for Processing

We generally process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Processing your payment

  • Sending our newsletter and/or advertising brochure

  • To be able to call or email you if necessary to perform our services

  • To inform you about changes to our services and products

  • House of Glit analyzes your behavior on the website to improve the website and tailor the range of products and services to your preferences.

  • House of Glit also processes personal data if we are legally obliged to do so, such as data needed for our tax return.

We collect your personal data based on legitimate interests or your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Retention of Personal Data

We retain your personal data as long as necessary to realize the purposes of this Privacy Statement. In general, we retain personal data of our website visitors for 12 months.

Your Rights

You have the right to access the information that we process. If you wish, you can contact us directly. We will make sure to provide you with a copy of the data we process about you. We may need to verify your identity to comply with your request. If you believe that the information we process about you is incorrect, you can contact us to update your information. You also have the right to object to the data processing. If you want us to delete your information, you can inform us at any time. You can contact us at any time regarding these requests. We will always respond in a timely manner, in accordance with the GDPR. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can submit your complaint to the relevant supervisory authority.

Sharing with Others

We will not share your information with others without your consent, unless necessary in the context of the execution of the agreement you, or your organization, has entered into with us, or unless it is a legal obligation.

Transfer of Personal Data

To realize the purposes described in this Privacy Statement, we may transfer your data outside the EEA. When this is the case, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that personal data is properly secured. For transfers to the United States, we ensure that such a US party complies with the Privacy Shield. For other transfers, we may transfer your data to a country recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection for Personal Data.

Analytics

Data you provide may be kept for making statistical analyses, including through Google Analytics. These statistics are used to optimize the Services. This way, we can see how our visitors use the website and improve the website based on that. Where possible, we will pseudonymize this data.

Note: To claim this, you must anonymize your Google Analytics. Use this guide

Cookies

We want to provide you with relevant and personal information in a user-friendly way. For this, we use different types of cookies on our websites. For example, we place cookies that are necessary for the functioning of the site. This includes the ability to respond, the operation of spam filters, video playback, and caching to make the website faster. We also use analytical cookies that do not infringe on your privacy.

In general, cookies are stored for the duration of the (browser) session. Moreover, your IP address may be stored in the log files of our web server if you use our Services. This is necessary to properly manage and secure our Services. We do not use your IP address to track or register your online behavior. Usually, we are not able to link your IP address to your name, address, or other identifying information, except when you provide such information to us and continue to use the same IP address.

You can opt out of cookies by setting your internet browser to no longer store cookies. Additionally, you can also delete all information previously stored through your browser's settings.

Security

We ensure that your personal data is protected against loss or against any form of unlawful processing. We have taken the following technical and organizational measures:

  • Logical access control, using passwords and possibly a second factor;

  • Encryption of data;

  • Pseudonymization of data;

  • The use of Virtual Private Servers (VPN) accessible with the SSH key;

  • Transmissions only over SSL; have you activated SSL (https://) for your Squarespace site?

  • Purpose-bound access restrictions;

  • Control of recognized authorizations.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Services include activities related to providing software with which our customers can build their own professional websites. Our customers determine what kind of data they collect on or through their website. We only process such data on behalf of our customers. If you have questions about information our customers collect on or through their website, you should contact the organization that set up the website. Our customers determine which other services or plugins they use. This Privacy Statement does not apply to such other services or plugins, nor to third-party websites visited through links. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data safely and reliably. We advise you to read the privacy statements of these parties.

M.A. Elbert respects the privacy of the visitors to the Website, particularly the rights of visitors with respect to the automated processing of personal data. For full transparency with our customers, we have therefore formulated and implemented a policy regarding these processing operations themselves, their purpose, and the possibilities for data subjects to exercise their rights as best as possible.

For all additional information on the protection of personal data, you can visit the website of the Dutch Data Protection Authority: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en.

Until you accept the use of cookies and other tracking systems on the website, we will not place any non-anonymized analytical cookies and/or tracking cookies on your computer, mobile phone, or tablet. By continuing to visit the website, you accept the following user conditions.

The current version of the privacy statement available on the website is the only version that applies while visiting the Website, until a new version replaces the current version.

Article 1 - Legal provisions

Website (also referred to as “the website”): houseofglit.com

Responsible for the processing of personal data (Hereafter also referred to as: “The administrator”): M.A. Elbert, residing at Boompjes 52N, 3011XB Rotterdam.

Article 2 - Access to the website

Access to the website and its use is strictly personal. You will not use this website as well as the data and information provided on it for commercial, political or advertising purposes, nor for any commercial offers and especially not for unsolicited electronic offers.

Article 3 - The website's content

All brands, images, texts, comments, illustrations, (animated) pictures, video images, sounds, and all technical applications that can be used to operate this website and more generally all components used on this site, are protected by the laws on intellectual property. Any reproduction, repetition, use or adaptation, in any manner whatsoever, of the whole or only a part of it, including the technical applications, without the prior written consent of the responsible person, is strictly prohibited. If the administrator does not immediately take action against any infringement, this cannot be construed as tacit consent or the waiver of legal action.

Article 4 - Management of the website

For good management of the website, the administrator can at any time:

suspend, interrupt, or limit access to a certain category of visitors to the whole or a part of the website

remove all information that may disrupt the functioning of the website or is in violation of national or international laws or is contrary to internet etiquette

make the website temporarily unavailable in order to perform updates

Article 5 - Responsibilities

The administrator is under no circumstances responsible for failures, malfunctions, difficulties, or interruptions in the operation of the website, causing the website or any of its functionalities to be inaccessible. The way you connect to the website is your own responsibility. You must take all appropriate measures to protect your equipment and your data from, among other things, virus attacks on the Internet. You are also responsible for the websites and the data you consult on the Internet.

The administrator is not liable for legal proceedings brought against you because of the use of the website or services accessible via the Internet or for violating the terms of this privacy policy.

The administrator is not responsible for any damage that you, or third parties or your equipment, may suffer as a result of your connection to or use of the website. You will refrain from any action against the administrator as a result.

If the administrator becomes involved in a dispute as a result of your use of this website, he is entitled to recover any damages he suffers and will suffer further from you.

Article 6 - Collection of data

Your data is collected by M.A. Elbert. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

The personal data collected on the website are mainly used by the administrator for maintaining relationships with you and if applicable for processing your orders.

Article 7 - Your rights regarding your data

Under Article 13 paragraph 2 sub b GDPR, everyone has the right to access and rectify or erase their personal data or restrict the processing concerning them, as well as the right to object to the processing and the right to data portability. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at houseofglit@outlook.com.

Any request to exercise these rights must be accompanied by a copy of a valid ID, on which you have signed and stating the address at which you can be contacted. Within 1 month of the submitted request, you will receive an answer to your request. Depending on the complexity of the requests and the number of requests, this period may, if necessary, be extended by 2 months.

Article 8 - Processing of personal data

In case of violation of any law or regulation, of which the visitor is suspected and for which the authorities need personal data collected by the administrator, these will be provided to them after an explicit and reasoned request of those authorities, after which these personal data do not fall under the protection of the provisions of this privacy statement.

If certain information is necessary to access certain features of the website, the responsible will indicate the mandatory nature of this information at the time of data collection.

Article 9 - Commercial offers

You may receive commercial offers from the administrator. If you do not wish to receive them (anymore), please send an email to the following address: houseofglit@outlook.com.

If you encounter any personal data during the visit of the website, you are to refrain from collection or any other unauthorized use as well as any act that could infringe on the privacy of that person(s). The administrator is in no way responsible in such situations.

Article 10 - Data retention

The data collected by the website’s administrator are used and stored for the duration determined by law.

Article 11 - Cookies

A cookie is a small text file placed on the hard drive of your computer upon visiting our website. A cookie contains data so that you can be recognized as a visitor each time you visit our website. It then enables our website to be tailored to your needs and facilitates logging in.

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

Functional cookies: like session and login cookies to track session and login information.

Anonymized Analytic cookies: to obtain insight into the visit to our website based on information about visitor numbers, popular pages, and topics. In this way, we can adjust communication and information provision to the needs of visitors to our website. We cannot see who visits our websites or from which personal computer the visit has taken place.

More specifically, we use the following cookies

No other cookies

When you visit our website, cookies from the responsible and/or third parties may be installed on your equipment.

For more information about using, managing, and deleting cookies for each control type, we invite you to consult the following link: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/topics/internet-telephone-tv-and-post/cookies#faq

Article 12 - Visual material and products offered

No rights can be derived from the visual material associated with the products offered on the website.

Article 13 - Applicable law

These conditions are governed by Dutch law. The court in the district of the administrator’s place of residence has exclusive jurisdiction in case of any disputes regarding these conditions, except when a legal exception applies.

Article 14 - Contact

For questions, product information or information about the website itself, please contact: Mery Elbert, houseofglit@outlook.com.

This privacy statement applies until further notice.