Basiron Kaas, part of Maaz Cheese B.V., is responsible for the processing of personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect and process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Subject
• Your message

COMMENTS

When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service if you use it. You can find the Gravatar privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

MEDIA

If you are a registered user and upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images containing EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to the website can download images from the website and extract any location data included in them.

CONTACT FORMS

COOKIES

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files placed on your PC, tablet, or mobile device by a website.

When you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in a cookie. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in these details again when leaving another comment. These cookies remain valid for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will place a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies remain valid for two days, and screen option cookies remain valid for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Once you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored by your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you have edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited that other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

ANALYTICS

With Whom We Share Your Data

How Long We Retain Your Data

When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them for moderation.

For users who register on our website (if applicable), we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username, which cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

DATA RETENTION PERIOD

We do not retain your personal data longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data was collected.

Sharing Personal Data with Third Parties

We only provide personal data to third parties when necessary for the performance of our agreement with you or to comply with a legal obligation.

Your Rights Regarding Your Data

You have the following rights regarding your personal data and its processing:

• Right of access – You may request access to your personal data and receive an overview of the information we hold about you.
• Right to rectification – You may request that your personal data be corrected or updated.
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) – You may request the deletion of your personal data, except where we are legally required to retain certain information for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• Right to restriction of processing – You may request that we process certain personal data while restricting the processing of other data.
• Right to data portability – You may request that your personal data be transferred to another service provider.
• Right to object – You may object to the processing of your personal data by us.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights listed above, please contact us.

For requests relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, or transfer of personal data, we will respond as soon as possible and in any event within four weeks.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How We Protect Your Data

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and implement appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure, and unauthorized modification.

If you believe that your data is not properly secured or there are indications of misuse, please contact us via email at: info@maazcheese.nl.

Do You Have Questions or Complaints?

As outlined above, we strive to handle your personal data with the utmost care. If you have any questions about how we process your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will do our best to answer your questions as thoroughly as possible.

If you believe that we have not handled your personal data with sufficient care, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens). You can do so via the following link:

https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/contact-met-de-autoriteit-persoonsgegevens/tip-ons

Miscellaneous

This Privacy Policy may be amended by Basiron Kaas, part of Maaz Cheese, at any time. We therefore recommend reviewing this Privacy Policy regularly.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data processing activities, or your use of this website, please contact us via email at: info@maazcheese.nl.