Privacy Policy | Jewelry Cleaning

Welcome to www.jewelry-cleaning.com. We value the privacy of our visitors and handle personal data with care.

In this privacy policy we explain which data may be collected when you visit our website, what this data is used for, how cookies and advertising technologies work, and what rights you have regarding your personal data.

By using our website you agree to the provisions of this privacy policy, to the extent permitted by law.

1. Who are we?

This website is operated under the name Jewelry Cleaning.

Website: https://www.jewelry-cleaning.com
Email: info@merchie.be
Data controller: Juwelier Merchie

If you have questions about this privacy policy or about the processing of personal data, you can contact us at the email address above.

2. Which personal data do we collect?

Jewelry Cleaning may collect different types of data when you visit our website or contact us.

This may include:

IP address.
Type of device and internet browser.
Operating system.
Pages visited and links clicked.
Date and time of the website visit.
Referring websites (referrer URL).
Data you provide voluntarily when you contact us.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data and we do not ask visitors to provide such information.

3. What do we use this data for?

The data collected may be used for the following purposes:

Ensuring our website functions correctly.
Improving the content, user-friendliness and performance of our website.
Analysing visitor statistics.
Answering questions and messages.
Securing our website and preventing abuse.
Displaying and measuring advertisements through advertising partners such as Google AdSense.

We process personal data only insofar as a valid legal basis exists.

4. Google AdSense and third-party advertising

Our website may use Google AdSense, an advertising service of Google LLC, to display advertisements.

Google and other advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and similar technologies to show advertisements to visitors.

These technologies may be used for, among other things:

Displaying personalised advertisements based on interests and previous activity.
Displaying non-personalised advertisements.
Limiting the number of times an advertisement is shown.
Measuring advertising performance.
Detecting and preventing fraud and abuse.

Depending on your consent and the available advertising settings, Google and other advertising partners may collect information about your visit to this and other websites.

Google may process this data in accordance with its own privacy policy.

You can find more information about how Google uses data on partner websites and apps here:
https://business.safety.google/privacy/

You can consult Google's privacy policy at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Cookies and similar technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small text files that a website can store on your device. They can be used, for example, to remember preferences, keep track of visitor statistics and enable advertising.

We may use the following types of cookies:

Functional cookies

These cookies are necessary for certain parts of the website to function correctly.

Analytical cookies

These cookies may be used to gain insight into visitor behaviour and the performance of our website, so that we can improve our content and services.

Advertising cookies

These cookies may be used by Google and other advertising partners to display advertisements, measure advertising performance and, where permitted, personalise advertisements.

For cookies for which prior consent is legally required, we first ask for consent through our cookie settings.

You can adjust your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on our website.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your internet browser settings.

6. Legal basis for data processing

We process personal data on the basis of one or more of the following legal grounds:

Consent: for example, for placing certain cookies and using advertising technologies for which consent is required.
Legitimate interest: for example, for securing and improving our website, insofar as this interest outweighs your privacy rights.
Legal obligation: where we are legally required to process or retain certain data.

Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time.

7. Sharing personal data with third parties

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties.

In certain cases, data may be shared with external service providers who help us manage, maintain, analyse and secure our website.

This may include:

Google AdSense and other advertising partners.
Hosting providers.
Website and security services.
Analytics services, if these are used on our website.

These parties may process data in accordance with their own privacy policies and the applicable legal provisions.

8. International data transfers

Some external service providers, including Google, may process personal data on servers outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

When personal data is transferred outside the EEA, the applicable legal requirements for international data transfers must be complied with.

This may happen, for example, on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission or appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

9. How long do we keep personal data?

We do not keep personal data longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a legal obligation requires a longer retention period.

The retention period may vary depending on the type of data, the reason for processing and the external services used.

Cookies are kept for the validity period set for the relevant cookie or until you delete them yourself.

10. Security of personal data

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration.

Although we make every effort to secure the website and the related data as well as possible, no method of data transmission over the internet or electronic storage can guarantee complete security.

11. Your privacy rights under the GDPR

Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to your personal data, you have the following rights under certain conditions:

Right of access: you can request which personal data we process about you.
Right to rectification: you can request that incorrect data be corrected.
Right to erasure: in certain cases you can request that your personal data be deleted.
Right to restriction: you can request that the processing of your data be temporarily restricted.
Right to object: you can object to certain forms of data processing.
Right to data portability: in certain cases you can request to receive your data in a structured and commonly used format.
Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us at the email address stated at the top of this privacy policy.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

In Belgium this is the Data Protection Authority (GBA):
https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/

12. Links to external websites

Our website may contain links to external websites and third-party services.

When you click an external link, you leave our website. We have no control over the privacy practices, content or security of these external websites.

We advise you to consult the privacy policy of each external website you visit separately.

13. Children's privacy

Our website is not specifically aimed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children without the required legal consent.

If you suspect that a child has provided personal data to us without valid consent, you can contact us so that we can take appropriate measures.

14. Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time, for example when our website, the services used or applicable legislation changes.

The most recent version will always be available on this page. The date at the top indicates when the privacy policy was last updated.

We recommend that visitors consult this page regularly.

15. Contact

Do you have questions, comments or requests regarding this privacy policy or the processing of personal data?

Then please contact us at:

Website: https://www.jewelry-cleaning.com
Email: info@merchie.be

We aim to deal with questions and requests as quickly as possible.

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