Privacy and Cookie Policy Diergigant
Diergigant takes the utmost care in ensuring the privacy of the visitors to this website. You are warmly welcome to visit the website as often as you like, free of charge, and to familiarize yourself with the content. This privacy policy describes what information is collected by Diergigant through this website and for what purpose.

"We also explain why we collect this data, with whom we share this data, and by whom and how it is processed. We are transparent in our approach and hope that you understand this. Ultimately, our goal is to improve your user experience and provide you with the best possible service. Diergigant handles your data carefully and ensures that every processing of your data complies with the requirements according to, in accordance with the privacy law AVG/GDPR."

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded in your browser. These cookies help us to make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide a better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses first-party cookies and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. First-party cookies are usually necessary for the website to function properly, and they do not collect any personally identifiable information from you. The third-party cookies used on our websites are mainly used to understand how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keep our services secure, deliver advertisements that are relevant to you, and overall to provide you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use?
What types of cookies do we not use necessary/essential: Some cookies are essential to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store personal information. Statistics: these cookies store information such as the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. This data helps us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs to be improved. Functional (non-essential): these are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content such as videos or sharing content on the website on social media platforms. Preferences: these cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences such as language preferences, so you have a better and more efficient experience on future visits to the website. Different browsers have different methods for blocking and deleting cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block/delete cookies. For more information on managing and deleting cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

Personal data we process
Diergigant takes your privacy seriously. We process personal data about you because you use our website, our services, and also because you provide this data to us yourself. We do our best to process the data you have provided to us carefully. This privacy statement gives you a clear overview of the personal data we process, how we handle it, and also indicates as clearly as possible why we collect it.

Overview of the personal data we process

• Anonymous location data, Anonymous data about your activities on our website IP address, internet browser, and device type.
• Special and/or sensitive personal data that we process
• Our website and/or service does not intend to collect data about website visitors who are younger than 16 years old, unless they have permission from their parents or guardians. However, we cannot verify whether a visitor is older than 16. We therefore encourage parents to be involved in their children's online activities to prevent data about children from being collected without parental consent.

'If you are convinced that we have collected personal data about a minor without that consent, please contact us at klantenservice@diergigant.nl. We will remove this information.'

Why we need data
Diergigant processes your personal data for the following purposes: Diergigant analyzes your behavior on the website to improve our website and tailor it to your preferences. If you believe that we have collected personal data about a minor without that consent, please contact us at klantenservice@diergigant.nl. We will remove this information.

How long we retain data
Diergigant will not retain your personal data longer than strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data is collected.

Sharing with others
Diergigant does not sell your data to third parties and will only provide it if necessary for the execution of our agreement with you or to comply with a legal obligation.

Mapping website visits
Diergigant uses technical, functional, and analytical cookies that do not infringe on your privacy. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone during your first visit to this website. The cookies we use are necessary for the technical operation of the website and your ease of use. They ensure that the website functions properly and remember, for example, your preferences. We can also use them to optimize our website. You can unsubscribe from cookies by setting your internet browser to not store cookies anymore. Additionally, you can also delete all information that has been previously stored via your browser settings. 

Google Analytics
A cookie is placed by the American company Google via our website as part of the "Analytics" service. We use this service to investigate how you, as a visitor, use our website, and Google provides us with insightful reports about this. Google may provide this information to third parties if legally required to do so, or to the extent that third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Diergigant has no influence over this. We have allowed Google, through the terms, to use the obtained information for other Google services. Diergigant has entered into a processing agreement with Google. The information collected by Google is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is masked in this process.

View, modify or delete data
You have the right to view, correct, or delete your personal data. You can do this yourself by sending a specified request to klantenservice@diergigant.nl. To verify your identity, we ask you to include a copy of your identification. In this copy, please black out the Citizen Service Number (BSN), MRZ (machine readable zone, the strip with numbers at the bottom of the passport), passport number, and your passport photo. This is to protect your privacy. Diergigant will respond to your request as soon as possible, but in any case within four weeks. If you want to transfer your data to another party, Diergigant can easily facilitate this for you. Please follow the steps described above. You can also reach us at: klantenservice@diergigant.nl.

Security
Diergigant takes the protection of your data seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure, and unlawful alteration. If you feel that your data is not adequately secured or there are indications of misuse, please contact us at klantenservice@diergigant.nl. If you have complaints about how we handle your personal data, you can report this to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Changes to Privacy and Cookie Policy (privacy policy)
Diergigant reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Statement. It is advisable to regularly consult this privacy and cookie policy so that you are aware of these changes at Diergigant.