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This privacy statement was last updated on September 12, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.<\/i><\/p>\n
In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https:\/\/complianz.io<\/a>. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:<\/p>\n If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Complianz B.V.<\/b> Owner contact email:<\/strong>\u00a0support@complianz.io<\/p>\n Among the types of Personal Data that Complianz collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: email address; first name; last name; payment info; billing address; various types of Data; website; Trackers; Usage Data.<\/p>\n Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through Complianz.<\/p>\n The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.<\/p>\n Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.<\/p>\n Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users\u2019 consent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Contacting the User, Handling payments, Registration and authentication provided directly by Complianz, Handling finance and accounting, User database management, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Spam and bots protection, Handling activities related to productivity and Advertising.<\/p>\n For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section \u201cDetailed information on the processing of Personal Data\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:<\/p>\n This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on Complianz, possibly based on User interests. This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below. Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User\u2019s interests and behavior, including those detected outside Complianz. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services. Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.<\/p>\n Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on Complianz.<\/p>\n In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult their\u00a0partner policy<\/a>\u00a0and their\u00a0Business Data page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.<\/p>\n Legal basis for processing: Consent.<\/p>\n Place of processing: Ireland \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This type of service helps the Owner to manage tasks, collaboration and, in general, activities related to productivity. In using this type of service, Data of Users will be processed and may be retained, depending on the purpose of the activity in question. These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy to enable the Owner to import or export Data needed for the relative activity.<\/p>\n Convesio provides hosting services for our website, ensuring its accessibility and optimizing performance. Through their service, technical and usage data is collected for the proper functioning of the site and to monitor web traffic.<\/p>\n Personal data processed: Usage data; IP address; browsing data; device information.<\/p>\n Legal basis: Data processing is based on legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, as necessary for the management and maintenance of the website. Place of processing: Netherlands \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Unless otherwise specified, Complianz processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. Complianz isn’t involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.<\/p>\n PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; payment info.<\/p>\n Legal basis for processing: Contract.<\/p>\n Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Payments Europe, Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; payment info.<\/p>\n Legal basis for processing: Contract.<\/p>\n Place of processing: European Union \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n By registering or authenticating, Users allow Complianz to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.<\/p>\n The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to Complianz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: billing address; email address; first name; last name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to Complianz, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks’ profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving Complianz. Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on Complianz.<\/p>\n Brevo marketing automation is a User database management service provided by SendinBlue SAS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: email address; Trackers; Usage Data.<\/p>\n Legal basis for processing: Consent.<\/p>\n Place of processing: France \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User\u2019s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning Complianz. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to Complianz or after making a purchase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: email address.<\/p>\n By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes Complianz to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form\u2019s header.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personal Data processed: email address; first name; various types of Data; website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Moneybird is an accounting service provided by Moneybird B.V., used to manage accounting and invoicing. It allows the generation, sending, and storage of invoices for services provided to clients, facilitating the administrative and fiscal management of the company.<\/p>\n Personal data processed: Billing data (name, address, payment details); contact information; financial data.<\/p>\n Legal basis: Data processing is necessary for the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and for compliance with legal obligations of a fiscal nature pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Place of processing: Netherlands \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. This type of service allows Users to interact with data collection platforms or other services directly from the pages of Complianz for the purpose of saving and reusing data. If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.<\/p>\n Iubenda is a legal service that helps with privacy compliance management and supports users in creating and managing their privacy and data processing policies. It also provides support to clients of Complianz.io.<\/p>\n Personal data processed: Contact data; legal data; site usage data.<\/p>\n Legal basis: Data processing is based on the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and on legal obligations pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Place of processing: Italy \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. This type of service analyzes the traffic of Complianz, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from unwanted parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as spam or protecting it from malicious bots activities.<\/p>\n Friendly Captcha is a service for bot and spam protection provided by Friendly Captcha GmbH, helping to prevent unauthorized access to your web page by automated programs (bots). It is integrated into online forms on the site, such as contact forms, newsletter sign-ups, or contest entries. The service generates a simple mathematical operation solved by the user’s device and sent to the servers for verification.<\/p>\n Personal data processed: Request headers such as User-Agent, Origin, and Referer; widget version; timestamp; anonymized IP address (one-way hash). The IP address is anonymized to prevent the identification of a specific person.<\/p>\n Legal basis: Data processing is based on legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, with the legitimate interest of protecting the website from bots and unauthorized access, such as spam. Place of processing: Germany \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.<\/p>\n The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery. The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by Complianz depends on the payment system used.<\/p>\n The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:<\/p>\n In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.<\/p>\n Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users\u2019 consent.<\/p>\n Therefore:<\/p>\n The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.<\/p>\n Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.<\/p>\n Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.<\/p>\n In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:<\/p>\n Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.<\/p>\n Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.<\/strong><\/p>\n Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.<\/strong><\/p>\n Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the\u00a0dedicated online form<\/a>\u00a0or the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users\u2019 request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.<\/p>\n The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of Complianz or the related Services. In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, Complianz may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.<\/p>\n For operation and maintenance purposes, Complianz and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with Complianz (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.<\/p>\n More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.<\/p>\n The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within Complianz and\/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.<\/p>\n Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User\u2019s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent.\u00a0For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database.\u00a0For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n This website uses Burst Statistics, a Privacy-Friendly Statistics Tool to analyze visitor behavior. For this functionality we (this website) collect anonymized data, stored locally without sharing it with other parties. For more information, please read the Privacy Statement <\/a>from Burst.<\/p>\n\n
Owner and Data Controller<\/h2>\n
\nKalmarweg 14-5
\n9723JG Groningen
\nNetherlands
\nWebsite: https:\/\/complianz.io
\nEmail: support@complianz.io
\nPhone number: +31502112779<\/p>\nTypes of Data collected<\/h2>\n
\nPersonal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using Complianz.
\nUnless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Complianz is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Complianz to provide its services. In cases where Complianz specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
\nUsers who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
\nAny use of Cookies \u2013 or of other tracking tools \u2014 by Complianz or by the owners of third-party services used by Complianz serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.<\/p>\nMode and place of processing the Data<\/h2>\n
Methods of processing<\/h3>\n
\nThe Data processing is carried out using computers and\/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of Complianz (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.<\/p>\nPlace<\/h3>\n
Retention time<\/h3>\n
The purposes of processing<\/h2>\n
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data<\/h2>\n
Advertising<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Google Ads conversion tracking (Google Ireland Limited)<\/h4>\n
Handling activities related to productivity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Convesio<\/h4>\n
\nPersonal data is deleted once the purpose of the processing has been achieved, unless legal retention obligations apply.<\/p>\n
\nNo data is transferred to third countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHandling payments<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
PayPal (PayPal Inc.)<\/h4>\n
Stripe (Stripe Payments Europe, Limited)<\/h4>\n
Registration and authentication provided directly by Complianz<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Direct registration (Complianz)<\/h4>\n
User database management<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Brevo marketing automation (SendinBlue SAS)<\/h4>\n
Contacting the User<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Mailing list or newsletter (Complianz)<\/h4>\n
Contact form (Complianz)<\/h4>\n
Moneybird (Moneybird B.V.)<\/h4>\n
\nPersonal data is retained for as long as required by current tax regulations.<\/p>\n
\nNo data is transferred to third countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nInteraction with data collection platforms and other third parties<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Iubenda (iubenda s.r.l.)<\/h4>\n
\nPersonal data is retained for the time necessary to provide the service and for compliance with legal obligations.<\/p>\n
\nNo data is transferred to third countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSpam and bots protection<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Friendly Captcha (Friendly Captcha GmbH)<\/h4>\n
\nPersonal data is deleted once the purpose for which it was collected has been achieved, unless legal retention obligations apply.<\/p>\n
\nNo data is transferred to third countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nInformation on opting out of interest-based advertising<\/h2>\n
Further information about the processing of personal data<\/h2>\n
Selling goods and services online<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Further Information for Users<\/h2>\n
Legal basis of processing<\/h3>\n
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Further information about retention time<\/h3>\n
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The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<\/h3>\n
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Details about the right to object to processing<\/h4>\n
How to exercise these rights<\/h4>\n
Additional information about Data collection and processing<\/h2>\n
Legal action<\/h3>\n
\nThe User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.<\/p>\nAdditional information about User’s Personal Data<\/h3>\n
System logs and maintenance<\/h3>\n
Information not contained in this policy<\/h3>\n
Changes to this privacy policy<\/h3>\n
Annex<\/h2>\n
Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress<\/h3>\n
Burst Statistics<\/h3>\n
Really Simple SSL<\/h3>\n