"VAB Trade BV," hereinafter also referred to as "We" or "Us," is a seller and trader of all types of onions. This Privacy Statement applies to all personal data processed by VAB Trade BV from visitors and customers of the following websites: vabtrade

Information we collect?

We process personal data to provide our service or to comply with (international) legislation.

The information we collect is collected and processed in strict accordance with EU GDPR law (and other applicable laws) and is only used for the purposes stated in this privacy statement.

Contact information

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or if you wish to file a complaint with us, you can send an email to: info@vabtrade.nl.

What personal data is processed?

Personal data will only be stored at any time if you purchase a product and/or service from VAB Trade BV or if you have given explicit permission for this.

VAB Trade BV is responsible for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), customer administration, and administration for analysis and marketing purposes.

VAB Trade BV collects and processes personal data for customer administration, agreement execution, payment collection, website operation, personalized marketing, and to comply with legal obligations.

The personal data stored by VAB Trade BV is primarily used to fulfill the agreement regarding the delivery of a product and/or service by VAB Trade BV. Without this data provision, VAB Trade BV cannot fulfill the agreement.

VAB Trade BV handles your personal data with the utmost care and makes every effort to store it securely. Any data breaches are always reported to the Dutch Data Protection Authority and to the data subjects whose personal data may have been compromised. In the event of a data breach, VAB Trade BV always takes appropriate measures to ensure the reliability of the website.

If you believe that your personal data is being used, obtained or stored incorrectly, and it is not possible for you to delete your data despite repeated requests, you can lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority at any time.

VAB Trade BV stores the following personal data about you:

– for the performance of the agreement for the purpose of the service provided: your name, address, postal code, city, telephone number and/or e-mail address;
– for the performance of the agreement for the benefit of the product to be delivered: your name, address, postal code, city, telephone number and/or e-mail address;
– for paying and processing invoices: your name, address, postal code, city, telephone number and e-mail address;
– to request a no-obligation quote: your name, address, postal code, city, telephone number and/or e-mail address;
– for sending newsletters: your name, address, postal code, city, telephone number and/or e-mail address;
– for handling questions and complaints: your name, address, postal code, city, telephone number and/or e-mail address.

Personal data is never stored longer than strictly necessary and can be viewed, changed, and deleted by you at any time. If photos or other images depicting natural persons are used, VAB Trade BV always first requests permission from the person whose photo or image is being used. Viewing, changing, and deleting data (including the right to be forgotten) and withdrawing consent is possible through thetradeor by sending an unambiguous statement tovab

Why?

We process your personal data on the following legal bases, depending on how you interact with our website.

If you purchase VAB Trade BV products from our website, we must process your personal data to fulfill our agreement. For example, we need your payment and contact information to process your order.
Comply with the law: We may process or store information to comply with legal obligations.

Your personal data will be deleted in any case:

– in the case of the performance of the agreement: 5 years after termination of the agreement for the benefit of possible future agreements, unless you have given explicit permission to store the personal data for a longer period or if the data must be stored for a longer period on the basis of a statutory regulation or provision;
– in the case of paying and processing invoices: 7 years after payment of the relevant invoice, in order to comply with the statutory obligation of the Tax Authorities;
– in the case of handling questions and complaints: after the complaint has been resolved satisfactorily;
– in the case of a request for a non-binding quotation: 60 days after sending the non-binding quotation;
– in the case of the newsletter: after cancellation.

To ensure the proper execution of the agreement, VAB Trade BV may use several external parties who may also have access to your data. In any case, they will store the data for as long as necessary to perform their work. Under no circumstances will the personal data be used for purposes other than the work for VAB Trade BV, unless explicit consent has been obtained from the data subject. Data Processing Agreements apply to all external transfers of personal data.

Rights

As someone who uses our services, you have a number of rights under the GDPR that you should be aware of:

The right to erasure,
The right to correction,
The right of insight,
The right of access means you have the right to see what information we process about you. Do you believe the data we hold about you is incorrect? Then you can exercise your right to rectification, which means you have the right to change the data we hold about you. You also have the right to erasure, which means we will delete the data we hold about you. However, we may still retain this data, albeit anonymously. This means the data can no longer be traced back to you, but we will still retain it for statistical purposes, for example. In some cases, we may also be legally unable to erase this data; this is a legal obligation. More information about exceptions to the right to erasure (to be forgotten) can be found on the website https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/ and see section 3.

Securing privacy

For the transfer of data between our websites, our applications and backends, communication is encrypted using SSL encryption (Secure Socket Layer).

Retention periods

We will never retain data longer than legally permitted, although this may vary for different types of data. For more information about retention periods for each data processtradeplease email us atvab.