Privacy and Cookie Policy Diergigant
Diergigant takes the utmost care in guaranteeing the privacy of visitors to this website. You are very welcome to visit the website as often as you like, without obligation, and to take note of the content. This privacy policy describes what information is collected by Diergigant via 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 working methods 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 with care and ensures that every processing of your data meets requirements in accordance with the GDPR privacy law.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files 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 and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function properly, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable information. 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, provide advertising that is relevant to you, and overall provide you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Which types/types of cookies do we use?
What types of cookies do we use? Non-essential/necessary: ​​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 improvement. Functional (not necessary): 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 that you have a better and more efficient experience on future visits to the website. Different browsers have different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block/delete cookies. For more information on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

Personal data that 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 in a careful manner. This privacy statement gives you a clear overview of the personal data we process, how we handle it and also explains 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 of age, unless they have permission from their parents or guardian. However, we cannot check whether a visitor is older than 16. We therefore recommend that parents 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 information about a minor without this consent, please contact us at customerservice@diergigant.nl. We will delete this information.

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

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

Share with others
Diergigant does not sell your data to third parties and will only provide it if this is 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 your privacy. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone when you first visit 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 works properly and, for example, remember your preference settings. We can also optimize our website with this. You can unsubscribe from cookies by setting your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. In addition, you can also delete all information previously stored via the settings of your browser. 

Google Analytics
A cookie from the American company Google is placed 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 creates insightful reports about this for us. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Diergigant has no influence on this. We have allowed Google via the terms and conditions to use the information obtained for other Google services. Diergigant has entered into a processing agreement with Google. The information that Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is masked.

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 customerservice@diergigant.nl. In order to verify your identity, we ask you to send a copy of your proof of identity. In this copy, 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 quickly as possible, but in any case within four weeks. If you want to pass on your data to another party, Diergigant can easily do this for you. Then follow the steps described above. You can also reach us via: 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 unauthorized modification. If you have the impression that your data is not properly secured or there are indications of misuse, please contact us klantenservice@diergigant.nl. If you have any complaints about the way 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 recommended that you consult this privacy and cookie policy regularly so that you are aware of these changes. Diergigant.