Privacy statement

GASSAN is the trade name of the company GASSAN Diamonds B.V. and its subsidiaries Amsterdam Diamond Center B.V. (also trading under the name GASSAN Dam Square), GASSAN PC 84 B.V., GASSAN PC B.V., GASSAN Schiphol B.V. and GASSAN Watches B.V. In this privacy statement you will find information about the way in which GASSAN handles personal information that is collected via the website gassan.com, via other websites affiliated to GASSAN (GASSANschiphol.nl), and via the retail stores of GASSAN.

1.Contact details

GASSAN is the data controller in relation to the processing of the data that is described in this privacy statement. The contact details for GASSAN are:

GASSAN Diamonds B.V.
Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 173
1011 LN Amsterdam

Amsterdam Diamond Center B.V.
Rokin 1
1012 KK Amsterdam

GASSAN PC 84 B.V.
Pieter Cornelisz. Hooftstraat 84 H
1071 CB Amsterdam

GASSAN PC B.V.
Pieter Cornelisz. Hooftstraat 102 H
1071 CC Amsterdam

GASSAN Schiphol B.V.
Vertrekpassage 1
1118 AP Schiphol

GASSAN Watches B.V.
Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 173
1011 LN Amsterdam

If you have any questions or complaints in connection with this privacy statement, you can contact us by e-mail at info@GASSANdiamonds.nl or by letter at Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 173, 1011LN Amsterdam, quoting the reference ‘GASSAN Privacy statement’.

2.What type of personal information do we process and why?

GASSAN collects and processes personal information for the following reasons.

2.1.Purchases and aftersales

If you make, or have made, a purchase on the GASSAN website or in one of the GASSAN stores, then GASSAN will collect and process information about your name, contact details, purchase details, and payment details in order to complete the purchase transaction (and for aftersales, repairs, and guarantee work) and to fulfil the contracts relating to such that you conclude with GASSAN.

During the purchasing process, you might also voluntarily provide GASSAN with information about your dimensions (finger or wrist size) or particular interests (in brands or events). GASSAN will then process this information based on your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time by sending an e-mail to GASSAN. Any withdrawal of your consent, however, will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information that took place before you withdrew your consent.

GASSAN will only retain information about you for a maximum of two years after the relevant transaction has been completed, except if it has to keep the information in order to comply with a statutory obligation to retain data.

2.2.Events

If you have registered an interest in any of GASSAN’s events, then GASSAN will keep information about which events you are interested in, which events you are invited to, and which events you go to. GASSAN will process your name and contact details for this purpose.

This information will be processed based on your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time by sending an e-mail to GASSAN. Any withdrawal of your consent, however, will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information that took place before you withdrew your consent.

GASSAN will retain your information a maximum of one year after you last had contact with GASSAN.

2.3.Website contact form

If you fill out the contact form, GASSAN will process information about your name, e-mail address, the subject, and the contents of the message in order to reply to your message and to take any further action if necessary. GASSAN will keep your information for a maximum of one year after you last had contact with GASSAN.

GASSAN will process the personal information that it receives via the contact form based on your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time by sending an e-mail to GASSAN. Any withdrawal of your consent, however, will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information that took place before you withdrew your consent.

2.4.Newsletters

If you sign up for the GASSAN newsletter, then GASSAN will only use the information provided by you (name and e-mail address) to send you this relevant newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via a link in the newsletter. If you unsubscribe from the newsletter, you will then be removed from the mailing list of GASSAN.

GASSAN uses services provided by Mailchimp in connection with the newsletter. MailChimp stores the collected information on servers in the United States. Mailchimp is affiliated to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, and adheres to the Principles ensuring out of such. This means there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data. For more information, please read the privacy statement of Mailchimp (https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/).

GASSAN will process the personal information that it receives in connection with the newsletter based on your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing via a link in the newsletter. Any withdrawal of your consent, however, will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information that took place before you withdrew your consent.

2.5.Wi-Fi

If you use the Wi-Fi facilities offered by GASSAN in its shops, then GASSAN will process the following information:

  • Name.
  • Email address.
  • Facebook account link (if you have used your profile to access the Wi-Fi network of GASSAN).

GASSAN will then process this information based on your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time by sending an e-mail to GASSAN. Any withdrawal of your consent, however, will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information that took place before you withdrew your consent.

GASSAN will retain your information no longer than six months after GASSAN collected this data.

2.6.Cookies

Via its websites, GASSAN collects and processes various types of personal data with the help of cookies. For more information, please read the cookie policy of GASSAN at gassan.com.

3.What does GASSAN use your personal details for?

GASSAN uses your personal details for the following purposes:

  • to carry out the delivery of products and services to customers, including the performance of aftersales (customer service, repairs, maintenance, and feedback) and so it can contact customers;
  • to answer enquiries and provide information, amongst other things about offers and events (based on your interests or otherwise), and for market research, marketing and sales activities (about news, new collections, events and special promotions of GASSAN);
  • the offering of Wi-Fi in shops (including the measures necessary to protect the security and integrity of the Wi-Fi network and to combat fraud).

4.Sharing of personal details

GASSAN will not share your personal details with or disclose such in some other way to third parties, except in the way described below.

In connection with this processing, your personal details will be shared with the following parties:

  • Hosting provider;
  • Payment services provider;
  • Delivery companies;
  • Chat function provider.

Under certain circumstances, we might have to disclose your personal details in order to comply with a legal obligation or an order from a regulatory authority or other government agency, in order to protect or defend our rights, or to investigate, prevent, or combat illegal activities, suspected cases of fraud, and violations of the applicable terms and conditions.

We also reserve the right, if we sell or transfer (a part of) our business activities, to transfer the personal details that we have collected about you to the acquiring party.

5.Transfer of personal details

For data processing which this privacy statement relates to, your personal details will not be transferred to third parties in countries outside the EU/EEA (‘third-party countries’) or to international organisations.

6.Privacy rights

GASSAN respects the privacy rights that you have in relation to your personal details:

  • you have the right to ask GASSAN, at reasonable intervals, to inform you whether or not personal data relating to you have been processed, and if so, to allow you to have access to this personal data;
  • the right to have your personal data corrected or updated if it is incorrect or incomplete;
  • the right to have your personal data erased or the processing of your personal data restricted;
  • the right to submit an objection to the processing of your personal data due to your specific personal circumstances;
  • the right to submit an objection to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes;
  • the right to data portability if automated procedures are used for the processing of your personal data based on your consent or in connection with the performance of an agreement.

If you would like to exercise any of your rights, you can contact us by e-mail at info@GASSANdiamonds.nl or by letter at Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 173, 1011 LN Amsterdam, quoting the reference ‘Exercising of privacy rights’. For verification purposes, you may be asked to provide additional information so we can confirm your identity. GASSAN will try to respond to your request within the applicable statutory period for such.

You also have the right to submit a complaint to the regulatory authority if you think the processing of your personal data is in contravention of the privacy and data protection laws. The regulatory authority in the Netherlands is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority). For more information, please go to the website http://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.

7.Automated decision-making

No automated decision-making or profiling is carried out in connection with the data processing described in this privacy statement.

8.Changes in relation to this privacy statement

GASSAN reserves the right to change this privacy statement from time to time, for example in the event of any changes to the laws and regulations in relation to the processing of personal data. Any changes will be published on the website. We therefore recommend that you check this private statement regularly to make sure you are aware of any changes. At the bottom of this privacy statement you can see when this privacy statement was last changed.

This privacy statement was last revised on 09-05-2018.