Privacy Statement

Through this webshop, privacy-sensitive data, also known as personal data, is processed. W.I.C. BV ensures careful processing and security of this data.

We comply with the requirements imposed by privacy legislation. This means:

  • We clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this through this privacy statement.
  • We limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data necessary for legitimate purposes.
  • We first ask for your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases where your consent is required.
  • We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and require the same from parties that process personal data on our behalf.
  • We respect your right to access, correct, or delete your personal data upon your request.

W.I.C. BV is responsible for data processing. Below we explain what personal data we collect, use, and for what purpose. Please read this carefully:

Use of Personal Data:

When visiting our webshop, we obtain certain data from you. This may be personal data. We only store and use the personal data that you provide in the context of the service you requested or where it is clear that it is being provided to us. We use the following data for the purposes mentioned in this privacy statement:

  • Name and address details
  • Phone number
  • Billing address
  • Email address
  • Payment details
  • Gender
  • Date of birth
  • IP address

As a Data Subject, You Have the Following Rights:

According to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information about your personal data that we process, as described therein; according to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to demand immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us; according to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless further processing

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • to comply with a legal obligation;
  • for reasons of public interest, or – to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims is required; according to Art. 18 GDPR, the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data, insofar as
  • you contest the accuracy of the data;
  • the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;
  • we no longer need the data, but you need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, or – you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR; according to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, current, and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller; The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. Generally, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our headquarters.

Account Access

With our customer account, you can access a management environment where you can set up, enter, and modify data yourself.

  • Purposes
  • Order Processing
  • To properly process your order, we use your name and address details.
  • Payment Processing. To properly process the payment of your order, we use your payment details.

Communication

To facilitate communication regarding your order and/or other questions, we use your personal data/contact details.

Legal Obligation Compliance

To comply with our legal obligations, we store your order history including payment details within the statutory period.

Marketing (with Consent)

To provide you with personalized offers, we use your personal data/contact details. This data is only used when you have given consent for this purpose.

Fraud Prevention

For fraud prevention purposes, where there is a legitimate interest, we use your IP address, address details, and payment information.
If necessary for proper processing of your order, we may also provide your personal data to third parties. You can read more about this in this privacy statement.

Advertising

With your consent, we may inform you about promotions, offers, and campaigns from W.I.C. BV through third-party websites and email marketing.

Contact and Newsletter

We offer the possibility to ask questions through various channels in our webshop. You choose which information you provide. The data you send us is kept as long as necessary for the complete answer and handling of your question. We offer a newsletter through which we want to inform interested parties about our products and/or services. We also send (commercial) newsletters to existing customers regarding similar products or services. Each newsletter contains a link to unsubscribe.

Publication

We do not publish your customer data.

Disclosure to Third Parties

We may pass your data to our partners. These partners are involved in the execution of the agreement and may under no circumstances use data for purposes other than those we specify. The secure processing of your data is guaranteed through a processor agreement between W.I.C. BV HANDELSONDERNEMING BV and the partner. Social media buttons are included in our webshop. These buttons only provide a link and do not transfer personal data to third parties. When logging in via a social media account, the social media party provides the email address associated with the user account.

Cookies

When you first visit our webshop, a message is displayed explaining why we use cookies (the cookie banner). Subsequent use of our webshop is interpreted as consent for the use of cookies. You are free to disable cookies through your internet browser. Please note that it is possible our website may not function optimally as a result.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track how visitors use our website. We have concluded a processor agreement with Google to make arrangements about the handling of our data. Furthermore, we have not allowed Google to use the obtained information for other Google services. Finally, we anonymize IP addresses.

Security

We take security measures to limit misuse of and unauthorized access to personal data.

Retention Periods

The personal data described above is kept for as long as necessary to process your order(s), including warranty, unless there is a legal obligation requiring longer retention (such as fiscal retention obligation).

Changes to this Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy statement. It is recommended to consult this privacy statement regularly so that you are aware of these changes.

Data Protection Authority

We are happy to help if you have complaints about the processing of your personal data. Under privacy legislation, you also have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority against these processing activities of personal data. You can contact the Data Protection Authority for this purpose.

Last edited 19-05-2025