Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 16-10-2024
Argan Technologies B.V. ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.argan.ai (the "Website"). It also informs you about your privacy rights and how the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") protects you.
By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Data Controller
Argan Technologies B.V. is the data controller responsible for your personal data. Our contact details are:
Company Name: Argan Technologies B.V.
Registered Address: John M. Keynesplein 4, 1066 EP Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce Number: 94696209
Email: info@argan.ai
2. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
Identity Data: First name, last name, username or similar identifier.
Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, postal address.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types, operating system, and platform.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our Website.
Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us.
3. How We Collect Your Personal Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:
Direct Interactions: You may provide Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
Automated Technologies: As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.
Third Parties or Public Sources: We may receive personal data about you from analytics providers or search information providers.
4. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing
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We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Performance of a Contract: To provide you with the services you have requested.
Legitimate Interests: To improve our Website, marketing, and customer relationships.
Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Compliance with Legal Obligations: To comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
5. How We Use Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data for the following purposes:
To manage and operate our Website.
To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
To notify you about changes to our services.
To ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner.
To administer and protect our business and the Website.
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about services that may interest you.
6. Disclosure of Your Personal Data
We may share your personal data with:
Service Providers: Third-party vendors who provide IT and system administration services.
Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
Regulatory Authorities: Tax authorities, regulators, and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.
7. International Transfers
We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). If in the future we need to transfer data outside the EEA, we will ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards are implemented.
8. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorization. We also limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.
9. Data Retention
How Long We Keep Your Personal Data
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The criteria we use to determine the appropriate retention period include:
Legal Obligations: We are required by law to keep certain information for specific periods (e.g., tax and accounting records are kept for 7 years as per Dutch law).
Legitimate Interests: We may retain your data as long as necessary to fulfill our legitimate business interests, such as responding to inquiries, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements.
Consent-Based Processing: If we process personal data based on your consent, we will retain the data until you withdraw your consent.
After the retention period expires, personal data will be securely deleted or anonymized so that it can no longer be associated with you.
10. Your Legal Rights
Under the GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including:
Access: Request access to your personal data.
Rectification: Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data.
Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
Restriction: Request restriction of processing your personal data.
Data Portability: Request transfer of your personal data to you or a third party.
Objection: Object to processing of your personal data.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@argan.ai.
11. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our Use of Cookies
Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our Website.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Website.
Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website.
Targeting Cookies: These record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
Improve the functionality and performance of our Website.
Analyze how you use our Website to improve user experience.
Store your preferences and settings.
Consent to Use Cookies
When you visit our Website for the first time, we will request your consent to use cookies, except for strictly necessary cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through our Cookie Consent Tool or by adjusting your browser settings.
Managing and Deleting Cookies
You can manage or delete cookies at any time:
Browser Settings: You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
Opt-Out Links: For some third-party cookies, you can use opt-out mechanisms provided by the third parties.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Website and your ability to access certain features.
Third-Party Cookies
We may use third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, that set cookies on our behalf to perform services such as website analytics. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.
For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit Google's Privacy Policy.
12. Third-Party Links
Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.
13. Children's Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we make will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
Email: info@argan.ai
Postal Address: Argan Technologies B.V.
John M. Keynesplein 4
1066 EP Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Supervisory Authority
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the supervisory authority, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the authority, so please contact us in the first instance.
By using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
