Privacy-statement

We use our www.meekestrade.com website to collect and process various personal data belonging to you and other visitors. The entity responsible for doing so is the company known as Chiel Meekes Handelsonderneming B.V. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Handelsonderneming Chiel Meekes’). The following privacy statement explains both which (personal) information we receive from you and the purpose(s) for which we use it. We respect the privacy of our websites’ visitors and ensure that your data is treated confidentially, in accordance with the legislation and regulations applicable in the field of privacy.

Purposes of data processing

Your personal data will be processed by us for the conclusion and execution of agreements relating to the sale or purchase of products from Handelsonderneming Chiel Meekes, including the performance of activities aimed at expanding our customer base.

General visitor data

We retain general visitor data regarding the use of our website. In this context, we register the IP address of your computer, any user name, the time of request and data that the visitor’s browser sends. We endeavour to render this data as anonymous as possible before processing. This data will not be provided to third parties without your consent.

Contact or registration form, email and chat

If you complete a contact or registration form on the website, or send us a chat message or email, the data you send us will be retained as long as is necessary, according to the nature of the form or the content of your chat message or email, for us to be able to answer and process it fully. This data will not be provided to third parties without your consent.

Cookies

Our websites use cookies. A cookie is a small file that is sent along with the pages of this website and is stored on the hard disk of your computer by your browser. While you may refuse the placing of cookies or delete cookies placed via your browser, of course, this may affect the functioning of the website. We use functional cookies, which are necessary for our website to operate. For example, we use cookies to remember whether you have granted consent to place cookies and to remember which items you have placed in the shopping basket.

Analytical cookies

We also use analytical cookies, subject to your consent, to optimise the operation of our website. For instance, we can use these cookies to keep track of how you found our website and which parts of our website you visit.

Tracking cookies

In addition, with your consent, so-called tracking cookies are placed through our website. Tracking cookies make it possible to build up an anonymised profile of your surfing behaviour, so that advertisements can be tailored to your interests.

For further information about the cookies that are placed through our website, please consult our cookie overview.

Newsletter

We provide a newsletter to inform interested parties about our products, news and offers. Our newsletters are sent using email (via Mailchimp) and/or WhatsApp. Your email address and/or telephone number are only added to the list of subscribers with your explicit consent. Every newsletter sent by email contains a link that enables you to unsubscribe. The registration message for the newsletter via WhatsApp also explains how you can unsubscribe. The newsletter subscriber database is not passed on to third parties.

Recipients

The personal data that you provide to us may be passed on to third parties (e.g. the party that hosts our websites) in the course of providing our services. We conclude a processing agreement with such third parties, on the basis of which they are obliged to comply with the conditions contained in this Privacy Statement.

Retention periods

We keep your personal data as long as this is necessary for the purposes mentioned in this Privacy Statement. With your consent, we may retain data for a longer period.

Security of personal data

We apply strict security procedures, among other things, to prevent unauthorised persons from gaining access to personal data. Access to log files with visit data and other files with personal data is restricted by means of passwords and encryption.

Third party sites

This statement does not apply to third party websites that are linked to this website by means of hyperlinks. We cannot guarantee that these websites handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We therefore recommend that you read these websites’ privacy statements before using them.

Inspecting and modifying personal data

You have the right to inspect which of your personal data we process. You can send us these requests, preferably by email. If your data is incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant, we will correct or remove your personal data on request (unless we are obliged to retain it). Under certain circumstances, you also have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data, the right to object to the processing of your personal data and the right to data portability. Such requests should be submitted to us, preferably by email.

Please contact us personally for further information, either by email to support@meekestrade.com or by post: Rondweg Zuid 85, 7102 JD, Winterswijk, The Netherlands.

As this privacy statement may be amended from time to time, we advise you to check it regularly. The latest update of this privacy and cookie statement was implemented on 6 April 2016.