Privacy Policy

During the processing of personal data The Struggling Scientists works conform to the requirements of the applicable data protection legislation, like the General Data Protection Regulation. This means we:

• • clearly specify our purposes before we process personal data, by using this privacy statement;
  • limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data needed for legitimate purposes;
  • first, ask for explicit permission to process your personal data in cases where your permission is required;
  • take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and we demand the same from parties who process personal data on our behalf;
  • respect your right to access, correct, or delete your personal data held by us.

The Struggling Scientists is the party responsible for all data processing. In this privacy statement, we will explain what kind of personal data we collect and for which purposes within our website and webshop thestrugglingscientists.com. We recommend that you read it carefully.

If you have any questions regarding the processing of personal data, you can find the contact details of The Struggling Scientists at the end of this privacy statement.

Registration
Certain features of our service require you to register beforehand. You will have to provide some information about yourself and choose a username and password for the account that we will set up for you.

For this purpose, we use your name and address details, invoice address, email address, payment details, and nickname. You also have the option to leave your phone number for delivery. We do this on the basis of your consent. We store this information until you close your account. We will retain this data so that you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit our website and in order to contact you in connection with the execution of the agreement, invoicing, and payment, and to provide an overview of the products and services you have purchased from us. 

Handling your order
We will use your personal data when handling your order. We may share your data with the delivery service to have your order delivered. We may also obtain information on your payment from your bank or credit card company.

For this purpose, we use your name and address details, phone number, invoice address, email address and payment details. We need this data because of our agreement with you. We store this information for two years after your order has been completed. Certain types of personal data will be retained for a longer period with regard to the legal tax retention.

Providing to Third Parties
We collaborate with other organizations, that may receive your personal data.

To handle your orders, we work together with:

• • Our payment provider Stripe Inc.
  • Our postal service provider PostNL
  • Our printer Printful Inc.

Of these parties, Printful Inc. and Stripe Inc are established outside the EU. 

Sending newsletters
We have a newsletter to inform those interested on news, tips and information about our products and services. Your e-mail address is automatically added to the list of subscribers.

For this purpose, we use your email address and nickname. We do this on the basis of your consent. We store this information for three months after you cancel your subscription.

You may cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time. Each newsletter contains a link to unsubscribe from our newsletter.

Providing to Third Parties
We collaborate with other organizations, that may receive your personal data.

To handle your newsletter, we work together with:

• • Digitale dienst Twitter Inc.

Of these parties, Twitter Inc. is established outside the EU. 

Contact form
You can use our contact form to ask questions or make any requests.

For this purpose, we use your email address and name or nickname. We need this data because of our agreement with you. We store this information until we are sure that you are satisfied with our response.

Promotion
Other than the advertisements on the website, we can inform you about new products or services:

• • by e-mail
  • via social media

You can object at all times to this promotional communication. Every e-mail contains a cancellation link. On social media, you can block us or use the cancellation option. You can also inform us through your account.

Location data
If necessary, we may collect your location data (GPS). If that is the case, you will be asked to grant consent beforehand.

This location data and other data can also be stored and processed by the provider of the navigation/mapping software, such as Google Maps, but the data could also be used by, for example, Google or Apple itself. We have no control over their actions. We recommend that you read the applicable privacy statement of the provider in question.

Advertisements
Our webshop shows advertisements. We do not publish these ourselves, but we collaborate with the advertising company Google Adsense. This company keep track of what you like using cookies, and use that information to only show or make nice or interesting advertisement or offers in the future.

• Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

Providing data to third parties
Except for the parties necessary to deliver the above-mentioned services, we do not under any circumstance provide your personal data to other companies or organizations, unless we are required to do so by law (for example, when the police demand access to personal data in case of a suspected crime).

Our website features social media buttons. These buttons are used by the providers of these services to collect your personal data. 

Statistics
We keep statistics on the use of our website and webshop.

Cookies
Our website and webshop make use of cookies. Cookies are small files in which we can store information, so that you do not have to fill in that information again. We can also use them to see whether you are visiting us again.

The first time you visit our webshop, we will show you a notification explaining our cookies and ask for your permission for the use of these cookies.

You can disable the use of cookies through your browser setting, but some parts of our website may not work properly as a result of that.

We made arrangements with other parties who place cookies through our website. Nevertheless, we cannot fully control what they are doing with their cookies, so please read their privacy statements as well.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track visitors to our website and to get reports about how visitors use the website. We accepted the data processing agreement from Google. We do allow Google to use information obtained by Analytics for other Google services, and we anonymize the IP addresses.

Security
We take security measures to reduce misuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. We take responsibility for the security of your personal data. We renew our security measures to ensure the safe storage of personal data and keep track of what might go wrong.

Changes to this privacy statement
We reserve the right to modify this statement. We recommend that you consult this statement on a regular basis, so that you remain informed of any changes.

Inspection and modification of your data
You can always contact us if you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or wish to review, modify or delete your personal data.

You have the following rights:

• • Right of access: you have the right to see what kind of personal data we processed about you;
  • Right of rectification: you have the right to rectify any personal data we have processed about you, if this information is (partially) wrong;
  • Right to complain: you have the right to file a complaint against the processing of your personal data by us, or against direct marketing;
  • Right to be forgotten: you can file a request with us to remove any personal data we have processed of you;
  • Right to data portability: if technically possible, you have the right to ask us to transfer your processed personal data to a third party;
  • Right to restriction of processing: you can file a request with us to (temporarily) restrict the processing of your personal data.

If you exercise any of the rights mentioned above, we might ask you to identify yourself with a valid ID, to confirm it is your personal data. If so, it is important that you hide your social security number and photo.

We will usually respond to your request within one month. This term can be extended if the request is proven to be complex or tied to a specific right. You will be notified about a possible extension of this term.

Complaints
If you want to file a complaint about our use of personal data, please send an e-mail with the details of your complaint to thestrugglingscientists@hotmail.com. We will look into and respond to any complaints we receive.

If you think that we are not helping you in the right way, you have the right to file a complaint with the authority. For The Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

Contact details
The Struggling Scientists
thestrugglingscientists@hotmail.com