privacy policy
Modification Date: April 29, 2020
Effective Date: April 29, 2020
Hi. Bennie here. Just like you, I care about the use of our personal information online, so it is only fair I provide you with insight into the privacy practices employed here at BennieMellies.com. Please read the entire policy to make sure you understand my practices fully.
A. What Personal Data Do I Collect From You?
Personal data is information that can be used to identify you such as your name, IP address, and email address. We process personal data from you in a number of ways including:
(1.) Opt-In To Emails: Your name and address.
(2.) Waiting List: Your name and address.
(3.) Transaction: You name, email address, billing information and payment source.
(4.) Submitting Questions: Your name, email address, and question.
B. What Is The Purpose of Processing Your Personal Data?
We collect the information above for the following purposes.
(1.) Opt-In To Emails: To provide you with information on the course in question and the topic in general.
(2.) Waiting List: To let you know when a course or service opens or is closing.
(3.) Transaction: To process a purchase you make with us.
C. What Legal Basis Do I Have For Collecting and Processing Your Information?
My legal basis for each of the ways I process your data is as follows.
(1.) Opt-In To Emails: We will ask for your consent first.
(2.) Waiting List: We will ask for your consent first.
(3.) Transaction: We will collect your information as part of a legal contractual transaction.
D. Who Has Access To The Data I Collect?
I process and access you data as described above through the help of third parties that have the digital infrastructure that I do not and without whom I would be unable to provide my products and services including:
- Financial transaction processors (processing your payments)
- Customer service communication platform
- Contest and survey platform
- Email communication manager
- Marketing funnel providers
- Website management services
- Website design and programming services
These third parties have made contractual promises to not use your personal data in any manner I do not authorize.
E. Cookies and Similar Technologies
I use cookies to track you. This tracking is done to provide you with ease of use such as expediting the login to your account, as well as provide me with information on how people move about the site, what is of interest to them and what is not, and incidental items such as what percentage of users access the site from a personal computer versus a mobile phone. You may block most cookies by adjusting your browser settings as well as responding to the cookie consent notice that appears when you first visit this site.
F. How Long Do I Keep Your Data?
I keep your personal data for different periods of time depending on the reason it was gathered in the first place.
(1.) Opt-In To Emails: 36 months
(2.) Waiting List: 24 months
(3.) Transaction: Four years for tax audit purposes.
G. Your Right To Ask For Corrections, Erasure, And Other Actions
I want you to have control over your data. You have the right to see all the data I have for you, ask for the corrections to the data, ask us to erase the data, object to how I use your data, ask that the data be exported, and ask that we stop automatically processing the data in particular manners. Although I have certain rights to limit your control of data, I believe it is YOUR data so we will liberally comply with your requests whenever possible. I am not a data mining company trying to monetize your personal information. To exercise any of these rights, please contact me.
H. Your Right To Withdraw Consent
I want to emphasize that wherever we’ve asked for your consent to collect or process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent. You can contact me here.
I. Do I Transfer Your Data Outside Europe?
No. I am located in Europe. Your data is collected and held here.
J. Privacy Concerns, Contacting Us, Complaints
You can contact me with any questions or requests you have about these policies or your personal data by contacting me here. If, after contacting me, you feel a privacy issue has not be resolved, you have the right to file a complaint with a Supervisory Authority
Data Controller
Representatives: Bennie Mellies
BennieMellies.com
Eelkemastraat 331
9723 ZW Groningen
You can contact me by sending a message via our Contact Page or by sending correspondence to: Bennie Mellies, Eelkemastraat 331, 9723 ZW Groningen, the Netherlands
K. Privacy Policy Modifications and Updates
I may update and modify this Privacy Policy at any time. In doing so, I will post a notice on the site 30 days before the change goes into effect and forward an email message to you should I have an email address for you. However, you may exercise any rights noted in the new policy before the 30 day period runs and I agree to abide by my obligations as noted in the new policy.
L. Legal Disclosures of Personal Information
I may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us, (2) protect and defend our rights or property or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the site.
M. DMCA Disclosures
I comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. As part of the compliance process, I may be required to disclose whatever information I have for you to a copyright holder who has submitted a complaint to me as a matter of law.
N. Security Measures
I have security measures in place such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we or our vendors obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration. If I suffer a data breach, I will provide you with the appropriate breach notification given jurisdiction and FBI requirements.
O. Third Party Websites
I link to other sites, but please keep in mind that I do not control the privacy policies of those sites. Make sure to review the policies of any such sites before providing your personal information.
P. Sale of Business
Should I sell this site or my business, your personal information will be an asset transferred to the new owner.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me