Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2023

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of milenaeickhoff.com, on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that I collect when you use my website (https://milenaeickhoff.com) from now on referred to as the “Service”. By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

I may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. I, therefore, recommend that you periodically review this page.

Definitions

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation Act.

Data Controller

Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.

Data Processor

Data Processor means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.

Data Subject

Data Subject is any living individual who is using my Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Who I am

My name is Milena Eickhoff. My website address is www.milenaeickhoff.com. More information can be found under point 11.

1. Principles for processing personal data

My principles for processing personal data are:
Fairness and lawfulness. When I process personal data, the individual rights of the Data Subjects must be protected. All personal data must be collected and processed in a legal and fair manner. Restricted to a specific purpose. The personal data of the Data Subject must be processed only for specific purposes. Transparency. The Data Subject must be informed of how his/her data is being collected, processed and used.

2. How the data is collected

On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to me. This can be for example data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by my IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

3. What personal data I collect and process

Milenaeickhoff.com collects several different types of personal data for various purposes. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
IP address

3.1 Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3.2 Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

3.3 Cookies

If you leave a comment on my site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit my login page, my website milenaeickhoff.com will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, milenaeickhoff.com will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

4. How I use the personal data

Milenaeickhoff.com uses the collected personal data for various purposes:

To provide you with services
To notify you about changes to my services and/or products
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information so that I can improve my services
To detect, prevent and address technical issues

5. Legal basis for collecting and processing personal data

The legal basis for collecting and using the personal data described in this Data Protection Policy depends on the personal data I collect and the specific context in which I collect the information:

I need to perform a contract with you
You have given milenaeickhoff.com permission to do so
Processing your personal data is in my legitimate interests
I need to comply with the law

6. Retention of personal data

Milenaeickhoff.com will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Data Protection Policy. Milenaeickhoff.com will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with my legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce my policies. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so milenaeickhoff.com can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on my website (if any), milenaeickhoff.com also stores the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

7. Data protection rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what personal data I hold about you and if you want it to be removed from my systems, please contact me. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information I have on you
The right of rectification
The right to object
The right of restriction
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, you can write to me at contact@milenaeickhoff.com. I will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

8. How I share your information

I will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:

Analytics

I require such third parties to use the personal information I transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose. I may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with me, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or my company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.

9. Security

The security of your information is important to me and I will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under my control. However, given the inherent risks, I cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, I cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to me and you do so at your own risk.

10. Third-party links & use of your information

My Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by me. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on the Service. I strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11. Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Milena Eickhoff
full address on request
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Telephone: on request
Email: contact@milenaeickhoff.com
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).