Privacy policy
About us
Dyescape is located in the Netherlands and is a registered company under Chamber of Commerce number 67529682. As part of Dyescape's operation to provide you with our services and/or products, some of your personal data may be processed. This policy will give you some insight into what data we process from you, why, for how long, under which conditions, how we secure this data and what your rights are on this data. If you have any questions about your privacy, please contact us per e-mail at [email protected].
Personal data we process
Dyescape processes your personal data because you make use of our services and/or because you explicitly shared this information with us. Below you will find a list of what personal data we process about you.
- Your username;
- Your e-mail address;
- Your IP-address history;
- Payment information, which our payment processors collect when you make a purchase
Why we process your personal data
Dyescape processes your personal data for the following reasons:
- To prevent fraud, keeping our systems secure and keep our services safe;
- To be able to contact you when necessary for us to carry out our services;
- To inform you about potential changes to our services and/or products;
- To deliver our services and/or products to you;
- To make you a registered member of our site, in order for you to contribute content to this site
In addition to notifying you of activity on our site which may be relevant to you, from time to time we may wish to communicate with all members any important information such as newsletters or announcements by email. You can opt-in to or opt-out of such emails in your profile settings.
We may collect non-personally identifiable information about you in the course of your interaction with our site. This information may include technical information about the browser or type of device you're using. This information will be used purely for the purposes of analytics and tracking the number of visitors to our site.
Our payment processors use your payment information as necessary to complete any transactions or as otherwise obligated by law.
When we receive your personal information
Every time we collect personal data about you, we will notify you about this and we will ask for your consent when we do so, with the exception of IP addresses in the form of access logging (*). We collect some or all of the above information in the following cases:
- You register as a member on this website;
- You fill out our contact form;
- You browse this website. Furthermore, see "Cookie policy";
- You access any of our services and/or products;
- You fill out fields on your profile
Children under 13
Dyescape does not knowingly collect the personal information of any child under the age of 13. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of 13 that is using our services and have a concern regarding your child's information on our services, please contact us at [email protected].
Automated decisions
Dyescape makes some automated decisions that can have significant consequences for individuals based on automated processing of your personal data. It concerns the data that are processed by computer programs or systems without the interference of a human (for example; an employee of Dyescape). Automated decisions that Dyescape currently performs on your personal data:
- When signing up on our forums, your e-mail and IP-address is used to check the database of StopForumSpam. It is an automated decision that significantly helps us keep the forums free of spam and malicious activity. Your account registration may be limited or rejected based on the results of this check.
How long we keep personal data
Dyescape keeps your personal data no longer than strictly necessary to actualise the purpose it was processed for. Your username & e-mail address is used to make you a registered member on our website. Without these two, your account cannot be used. Therefore, this data will not be removed until you request us to deactivate your account. You can do so by contacting us per e-mail at [email protected]. Your IP addresses will be kept for 1 year to ensure the security of our systems and safety of our community services as best as we can. After an IP address has not been used for a year to access our services and/or products, it is erased from our systems.
Sharing of personal data with third parties
Dyescape does not share any of your personal data to any third parties unless absolutely necessary for the execution of our agreement with you (such as payment processors and payment gateway companies) or to comply with legal obligations.
Cookies or similar techniques we use
Dyescape uses functional, analytical & tracking cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is saved in the browser of your operating system at the first time visiting of our website. These cookies make sure that our website works like it should and that your preferences will be remembered. These cookies are also used to make the website function and to be able to optimise our website. Besides all that we use cookies that track your browsing in order that we can show customized content and advertisements to your liking. We requested permission concerning these cookies at the first visit to our website. If you want to disable cookies you can configure your internet browser to not save cookies. You can also delete all previously saved information from your browser.
For additional info, see our cookie policy.
Data security
Dyescape takes the privacy and the protection of your data incredibly seriously and takes fitting measurements to prevent abuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorized changes. If you are under the impression that your data is not secure or there are indications of abuse, please contact us at [email protected].
Your rights
You have a right to access the personal data we hold about you or obtain a copy of it. To do so please contact us per e-mail at [email protected]. If you believe that the information we hold for you is incomplete or inaccurate, you may contact us to ask us to complete or correct that information. You also have the right to request the erasure of your personal data. Please also e-mail us at [email protected] if you would like us to remove your personal data.
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