We are TEPE BUILDING MATERIALS B.V. We respect your privacy and personal sphere, but sometimes we need your personal data. In this statement, you’ll read which data we use and how we store, protect, and process this data. This privacy policy applies to our website www.tepetools.com (the “Website”) and the services we offer (the “Services”). We treat your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (the “Relevant Legislation”).

Under 16 Years Old

If you are under 16 years old, you need permission from your parents or legal guardian to use our Website and Services.

Personal Data

To offer our Website and Services, we process personal data. The term “personal data” refers to information with which you can be identified as a person. This definition is in accordance with the Relevant Legislation.

Your Consent

We may store your data at different moments, such as when you visit our Website, create an account on our Website, use our Services, or when you contact us. We are allowed to process your data because we ask for your consent via this privacy policy. Moreover, we need your data to execute the agreement between you and us. If you choose not to share your data, then we cannot process it.

We will not process your data without your consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.

What Data Do We Collect and What Do We Do With It?

To use our Website and Services, we need the following data from you:

• Your name
• Your address
• Your place of residence
• Your phone number
• Your email address
• Your IP address

We also collect some non-personal information from you when you use our Website, such as:

• The name of the browser you use
• The operating system you use
• The service provider through which you have internet access
• The type of device you connect to the Website with

Social Media

If you use social media features on our website, it’s possible that the social media provider sends us information (according to their policy). This could include your name, profile picture, gender, friend lists, and other information you have made available. If you don’t want this, change the privacy settings on your social media account.

If you like an article, that article appears on your social media account when you’re logged in. When you end up on a web page that uses social media plugins, your browser sends certain information to your social media account provider. We do not control this data exchange.

Market Research

We might ask you to participate in market research. We use your data for market research. We use these statistical data anonymously for TEPE BUILDING MATERIALS B.V. You can close the questionnaire at any time. Your answers are not given to third parties and are never published. Moreover, the answers are not linked to your email address.

Contests

If you participate in a promotion or contest, we ask for the following data: email address, place of residence, and telephone number, gender, first and last name. This way, we can carry out the promotion and announce the prize winner(s). It also measures the response to our advertising campaigns.

We will only use your data for the above purposes, or for a purpose closely related to it. Thus, your data will never be used by us in an unexpected way.

Security

We do everything to protect your personal data from loss, destruction, use, modification, or distribution by unauthorized persons. This way, those who have nothing to do with your data cannot access it. We do this through the following measures:

• Security of network connections with Secure Socket Layer (SSL), or a similar technology
• Confidentiality declaration

Retention Period

We will not store your personal data for longer than we need it for the purposes we previously described.

Transfer

We will only process your data within the European Union. Outside the European Union, we only process your data if that country offers an adequate level of protection for your data.

Without your consent, we will never pass your data to other countries or other parties than those mentioned above.

Links

Our Website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy protection of these websites. Therefore, we advise you to always read the privacy policy of the concerned website.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file sent to your browser by the server of a website. The browser then stores the file on your device. Your device gets a unique number, with which our site later recognizes the device.

We may use cookies to improve your experience on our Website. Cookies also ensure, among other things, that the website is fast, you can visit our Website securely, and we can detect errors on our Website.

You can always delete or disable cookies yourself through the browser settings. No more cookies will be stored when you visit our Website. But beware: without cookies, our Website may work less well. For more information, you can read our cookie statement: www.tepetools.com/cookiepolicy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may modify this privacy policy. If we change the privacy policy significantly, we will post a notification on our Website along with the new privacy policy. We will notify users registered with their email address of changes. If you are not registered as a user, we advise you to regularly check the Website and this statement.

Your Rights

The data we collect from you is personal. You, therefore, have the following rights:

• You may ask us for access to your data;
• You may ask us to correct, limit, or delete your data;
• You may ask us for a copy of your data. We can also pass this copy on to another party at your request, so you don’t have to do this yourself;
• You can object to the processing of your data;
• You can file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority if you think we are processing your data unlawfully;
• You may withdraw your consent to process your data at any time. From the moment you withdraw the consent, we may no longer process your data.

For other questions or comments about our privacy policy, you can contact us using the details below.

Contact

TEPE BUILDING MATERIALS B.V.
Tijnmuiden 5A
1046 AK
Amsterdam
Chamber of Commerce: sales@tepetools.com