PRIVACY STATEMENT

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This Privacy Statement applies to personal data collected, used and stored by New State Ventures Group B.V. having its registered office at Singel 542 (1017 AZ) Amsterdam, the Netherlands and registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 76957055 and its affiliated companies, hereinafter “New State Ventures”.

New State Ventures takes your privacy very seriously. We do everything we can to convey the information on our Website with the greatest possible accuracy. This Privacy Statement explains the types of personal data we collect from and about you and how we use, disclose and protect that data as well as your ability to control certain uses of it.

What is personal data?

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, your name, telephone number, address and email address.

What personal data do we collect?

We collect personal data about you from a variety of sources, such as:

Information we collect directly from you

This is the personal data you provide us when using our website www.newstateventures.co (“Website”)  and our services (“Services”). This type of information may include your name, email address, user name, telephone number, age, date of birth, gender, user generated content, post and other content you submit to our Website and any other information you provide voluntarily to us.

Information we collect from your use of our Platform

We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information when you visit our Website and use our online services. This type of information may include your type of browser or device, details of the web pages you have viewed, links you clicked on, your IP address, or sites clicked on before coming to our Website. For more information on cookies and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Statement.  

Information we collect from other sources

We may collect information from other sources if you have given permission for that information to be shared. For example information from public databases and marketing companies. This type of information may include your name, postal address, telephone number, email address, household information, consumer and market research data, purchase behaviour and preferences and information about your lifestyle such as your hobbies and interests. The aforementioned processing of personal data may also be based on legitimate interests of New State Ventures. 

For which purposes do we use your personal data?

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances: 

• Where we need to perform the contract and provide you with the required Service or information;
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

The following purposes are examples of how we may use the personal data we collect:

• Provide you with Services that you request from us;
• Communicate regularly with you to inform you about service updates, content, special offers and advertisements that may be of interest to you;
• Contact you if this is required to perform our Services;
• To inform you about changes in our Services and our Website;
• Send you an invoice for our services and products;
• Resolve consumer and/or product and services issues;
• Anticipate and resolve problems with any goods or services supplied to you;
• Improve your customer experience on our websites;
• Do research and analysis to maintain, protect, develop and improve our networks and services;
• Deliver customized content or advertising such as personalized offers for products and services that may be of interest to you;
• Participate in our online communities, including our social media channel/pages and blogs;
• Store your preferences for future interactions and communications from us;
• Create external marketing & analytics reports;
• Carry out other legitimate business purposes;
• Prevent illegal activities, suspected fraud and potential threats to our network;
• Analyse the characteristics of our customers at an aggregated level and customer utilization of our products and services in order to understand customer and market needs, to improve our existing products and services, to design new products and services and for business development.

Will we share your personal data with other parties?

We may disclose your personal data to third parties if needed to provide the Services available on the Website, which third parties will process your personal data in conformance with this Privacy Statement.

We may also disclose your personal data:

• To our affiliates or subsidiaries;
• If we are legally entitled or required to do so (for example, if required to do so by legal proceedings or for the purposes of detection and prevention of fraud and other crime or as part of a security audit);
• When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others;
• If we sell a business or part of a business to another company than the transfer of ownership could include the transfer of your personal data directly related to that business to the purchasing company. We would require from the buyer to treat your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Statement;
• To any other third party with your prior permission to do so.

Your personal data may be transferred, stored and processed in the Netherlands or any other country in which New State Ventures (or its affiliates, subcontractors or agents) maintain facilities. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

Special information for parents

We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy and do not intend for our Website to be used by anyone under the age of 16. If you are under 16 years old and you wish to use our Website in any way which requires you to submit your personal data, please get your parent or legal guardian to do so on your behalf.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe we may have collected personal data about a child, please contact us as described in this Privacy Statement.

Newsletter

You can sign up to receive our newsletter via the Website. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter any longer, you can use the unsubscribe link in every newsletter.

How do we protect the personal data?

The collection, use and disclosure of personal data collected through the Website is safeguarded by technological and organisational security measures with the objective to protect the personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. These measures are continually improved in line with technological developments. 

In particular: (i) we encrypt many of our services using SSL (ii) we review our information collection, storage and processing practices, from time to time to guard our systems against unauthorized access, and (iii) we restrict access to personal information to our employees and all other parties we work with, who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations

We will not retain your personal data for a period longer than necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected for, unless we have to keep it for legitimate business, tax or legal purposes.

Your privacy rights

You are entitled to know whether we hold personal data about you and, if we do, to have a copy of that information. Furthermore your have the right to data portability and you can request us to correct, update or delete your personal data in our records and/or inform us about any misuse of your personal data.

Links to other websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This Privacy Statement applies solely to personal data collected, used and restored in connection with the use of our Website.

Changes of the Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be changed from time to time. If we make any substantial changes to this Privacy Statement and the way we use your personal data, we will provide appropriate notice to you. Please check our Privacy Statement frequently to stay informed about how we use your personal data.

The new Privacy Statement will be effective immediately upon posting. By continuing to access our websites or to make use of our products and services, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Statement.

This Privacy Statement was last updated on 01 September 2021.

How can you contact us?

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement or your privacy, you can contact us at: privacy@newstateventures.co 

New State Ventures Group B.V., Singel 542 (1017 AZ) Amsterdam.

If you have any complaints about our Privacy Statement or the way New State Ventures processes your personal data, you can submit a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority. More information can be found on the website: www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.