The Automobile Store (“we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal data when you visit www.theautomobilestore.nl or contact us through our website.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:
The Automobile Store
Leeghwaterstraat 9
2811 DT Reeuwijk
The Netherlands
Email: wessel@theautomobilestore.nl
2. Personal Data We Collect
When you use the contact form on our website, we may collect the following personal data:
Name
Email address
Telephone number
We only collect the information you choose to provide through the contact form.
When you visit our website, certain technical information may also be processed automatically, such as information relating to your device, browser and website usage. This may occur through Framer Analytics, as described below.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use the personal data submitted through our contact form solely to:
Respond to your enquiry;
Communicate with you regarding your request;
Provide information about our services or vehicles where relevant; and
Take steps at your request before entering into a potential business relationship or agreement.
We do not sell, rent or otherwise trade your personal data with third parties.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Depending on the circumstances, the legal basis for processing your information may be:
Article 6(1)(b) GDPR — where processing is necessary to respond to your request or take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract; or
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR — where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as managing enquiries and operating our business, provided that these interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
5. Contact Form and Email
Information submitted through the contact form is sent to wessel@theautomobilestore.nl so that we can respond to your enquiry.
We retain contact information only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with your enquiry and any resulting business relationship, or for as long as we are legally required to retain it.
6. Website Hosting
Our website is hosted and operated using Framer, provided by Framer B.V.
Framer may process certain technical and personal data on our behalf in connection with providing website hosting and related services. Framer acts as a data processor where applicable and processes data in accordance with its own privacy and data-processing terms.
7. Analytics
We use Framer Analytics to understand how visitors use our website and to monitor website performance.
Framer states that its analytics service is designed with privacy in mind and does not use cookies or persistent identifiers for analytics purposes.
The analytics data may include information such as general usage and technical information about visits to the website. We use this information only to understand and improve the performance and usability of our website.
8. Cookies
Our website does not use advertising or marketing cookies.
Framer Analytics does not require cookies or persistent identifiers according to Framer’s current documentation. However, certain technical cookies or similar technologies may be used where necessary for the operation and security of the website.
9. Sharing Personal Data
We do not sell or commercially share your personal data.
Personal data may be processed by service providers that are necessary for operating our website and handling enquiries, such as our website hosting provider and email service provider. These providers may only process personal data as necessary to provide their services to us.
We may also disclose personal data where required to do so by law or by a competent governmental or regulatory authority.
10. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we take appropriate measures to ensure that the transfer complies with applicable data protection law, including the use of an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards where required.
11. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have certain rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:
Request access to the personal data we hold about you;
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
Request deletion of your personal data where legally applicable;
Request restriction of processing;
Object to certain processing activities;
Request data portability where applicable; and
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration.
However, no method of transmission or storage over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, legal requirements or data-processing practices.
The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the latest update shown at the top.
14. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your personal data, please contact:
The Automobile Store
Leeghwaterstraat 9
2811 DT Reeuwijk
The Netherlands