Privacy Statement
1. Why this privacy statement?
SYGMA DIAMONDS places great importance on protecting your privacy and personal data. We use your personal data only in accordance with the Privacy Law and other relevant applicable legal provisions.
Any reference in this privacy statement to the Privacy Law refers to the law of December 8, 1992, concerning the protection of privacy regarding the processing of personal data. Any reference to the Regulation refers to the Regulation of April 27, 2016, concerning the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.
Through this privacy statement, SYGMA DIAMONDS wishes to inform you about any processing related to these data and your rights. By using our website, you explicitly consent to possible processing operations by v DIAMONDS.
This privacy statement may be updated and modified in the future. It is your responsibility to regularly consult this document. Any substantial changes will always be clearly communicated on SYGMA DIAMONDS’s platform.
2. Who processes personal data?
This website is an initiative of:
SYGMA DIAMONDS
Pelikaanstraat 78
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
VAT Number: BE 0419.510.449
3. What personal data will be processed?
SYGMA DIAMONDS commits to processing only data that are relevant and necessary for the purposes for which they have been collected. The following categories of personal data may be processed by SYGMA DIAMONDS:
•Identification data
•Personal and/or company data
4. For what purposes are my personal data used?
SYGMA DIAMONDS collects personal data to offer you a secure, optimal, and personalized user experience. The collection of personal data intensifies as you make more intensive use of the website and our online services.
Processing the data is essential for the operation of the website and its services. The processing is carried out exclusively for the following specified purposes:
•Allowing you to access your user profile.
•Offering and improving a general and personalized service; specifically for billing purposes, providing information, newsletters, and offers that are useful and/or necessary for you, obtaining and processing user feedback, and providing support.
•Offering and improving the products provided; personalized and specific products based on the information and data provided.
•Detecting and protecting against fraud, errors, and/or criminal behavior.
•Marketing purposes
When you visit the website, certain data are collected for statistical purposes. These data are necessary to optimize the use of our website. These data include: IP address, presumed location of consultation, time and date of consultation, pages viewed. By visiting the website, you accept this data collection for statistical purposes as described above.
The user provides personal data to SYGMA DIAMONDS themselves and can therefore exercise a certain control. If certain data are incomplete or apparently incorrect, SYGMA DIAMONDS reserves the right to temporarily or permanently postpone certain expected actions.
Personal data will only be processed for internal use at SYGMA DIAMONDS. We can assure you that personal data will not be sold, transmitted, or communicated to third parties associated with us. SYGMA DIAMONDS has taken all possible legal and technical precautions to prevent any unauthorized access and use.
5. We also use cookies!
During a visit to our website, “cookies” may be placed on your hard drive to better tailor the website to the needs of returning visitors. Non-functional cookies help us optimize your visit to the platform and remember technical choices.
To better understand how we use cookies to collect and process your personal data, please refer to our cookie statement. If you wish to consult the website, it is recommended to enable cookies. To find out how to disable cookies, please refer to our cookie statement.
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6. What are my rights?
6.1 Guarantee of lawful and secure processing of personal data
SYGMA DIAMONDS always processes your personal data fairly and lawfully. This implies the following guarantees:
•Personal data will only be processed in accordance with the defined and legitimate purposes of this privacy statement.
•Personal data are processed only to the extent that they are adequate, relevant, and not excessive.
•Personal data will be kept only as long as necessary to achieve the described and legitimate purposes in this privacy statement.
Necessary technical and security measures are taken to minimize the risks of unauthorized access or processing of personal data. In case of a breach of its IT systems, SYGMA DIAMONDS will immediately take all possible measures to minimize the damages.
6.2 Right of access/correction/deletion of your personal data
Upon proof of your identity as a user, you have the right to obtain from SYGMA DIAMONDS confirmation as to whether or not your personal data are being processed. If SYGMA DIAMONDS processes your data, you also have the right to access the collected personal data. If you wish to exercise your right of access, SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with your request within one (1) month after receiving the request. The request will be sent by registered mail.
Inaccurate or incomplete personal data can be corrected at any time. It is up to the user to correct inaccuracies and omissions in the first place. You can exercise your right of rectification by providing an additional statement to SYGMA DIAMONDS. SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with your request within one (1) month after receiving the additional statement.
You also have the right to have your personal data deleted by us without unreasonable delay. You can invoke this right to be forgotten only in the following cases:
•When the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were initially collected;
•When the personal data were collected based on consent and there is no other legal basis for processing;
•When the personal data are subject to objection and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing;
•When the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
•If the personal data must be deleted in compliance with a legal obligation.
SYGMA DIAMONDS will assess the presence of any of the above cases.
6.3 Right to restrict/object to the processing of your personal data
The user has the right to obtain a restriction of the processing of their personal data:
•During the period necessary for SYGMA DIAMONDS to verify the accuracy of the personal data, in case of dispute;
•If the data processing is unlawful and the user requests a restriction of processing instead of the deletion of personal data;
•When SYGMA DIAMONDS no longer needs the user’s personal data for processing purposes and the user needs the personal data for legal claims;
•During the period necessary for SYGMA DIAMONDS to assess the presence of grounds for deleting personal data.
The user also has the right to object at any time to the processing of their personal data. SYGMA DIAMONDS will then cease processing your personal data unless it can provide compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the user’s right to object.
If the user wishes to exercise these rights, SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with the request within one (1) month after receiving it. The request must be made by registered mail.
6.4 Right to data portability
The user has the right to receive the personal data provided to SYGMA DIAMONDS in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. In addition, the user has the right to transfer these personal data to another controller if the processing is based solely on the user’s consent.
If the user wishes to exercise this right, SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with the request within one (1) month after receiving it. The request must be made by registered mail.
6.5 Right to withdraw my consent / Right to lodge a complaint
The user has the right to withdraw their consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Additionally, the user has the right to lodge a complaint concerning the processing of their personal data by SYGMA DIAMONDS with the Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy.
If the user wishes to exercise this right, SYGMA DIAMONDS will do so within one (1) month after receiving the request. The request must be made by registered mail to:
SYGMA DIAMONDS
Pelikaanstraat 78
2018 Antwerp
Belgium