Privacy Statement in Dutch (Netherlands)
Your privacy is important to us. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant legislation on the protection of Personal Data (collectively referred to as Privacy Legislation). In this Privacy Statement you can read which Personal Data we process and how we store, protect and use your Personal Data. Furthermore, you can read for which purposes and on which legal grounds we process your Personal Data and how you can exercise your privacy rights
This Privacy Statement applies to all your use of the exclusive online dating platform, Inner Circle (available as a mobile app and also accessible via www.theinnercircle.co and m.theinnercircle.co), and all the services that we offer via this App and this Website, among which our member events. Hereinafter, altogether, our Services.
At the bottom of this statement, you can find information on the cookies we use on the Website.
Personal Data
In this Privacy Statement, your Personal Data refers to all information by which a person can be identified, directly or indirectly. This definition is in accordance with the Privacy Legislation.
Are you younger than eighteen years old?
If you are younger than eighteen years old, you cannot make use of our App and Website.
Mandatory information
When you engage our Services, it may be legally or contractually required that you provide us with certain Personal Data, as indicated with a (*) in the following clauses. For example, we need your name, username and at least one picture to provide you with an active account. Where you do not provide us with such information, this will usually imply that we will not be able to provide you with specific Services or perform part of our agreement with you
Which Personal Data do we process?
Before you can use our dating platform, we will ask you to register and create your personal Inner Circle account (Account). In this respect, you are invited to provide us:
You can create your Account through your phone number, Google, Apple or Facebook. These platforms will share with us some (personal) data you have shared with said platforms - such as your Account name, pictures, gender, wall posts and friend information. You may choose to exclude some of the personal data from being shared with us.
After creating your Account, you will be put on our waiting list for approval. Only after you are approved as a member of Inner Circle, your Account will be visible to other members. While still on our waiting list, we save the Personal Data you have provided us with. If you want to be removed from our waiting list and want us to erase your Personal Data - please send us an email via [email protected].
After your Account has been approved, you can complete your Account with the following information (all optional):
If you make use of our paid Services, we use an external payment service provider to process certain payment details. Payment details are not stored by us.
If you download the App on an Apple device, you can only purchase a subscription through the Appstore, paid to Apple. We use an Apple token as an identifier and do not receive or process your Appstore information.
Furthermore, we will process your IP address, login information, (chat) messages, customer service history, time zone settings and browser language.
To maintain and/or improve the quality of the Website/App, we also track, record, and analyze your use of the Website/App. In this context, we process your:
The Usage Data are linked to your profile data.
Your Account (including picture) might be displayed on the shielded homepage of Inner Circle. Your Account may also be tagged in pictures that appear in shielded areas on the Website, App, Facebook, Instagram or any other media. Shielded means that the displayed content will only be visible for other members of Inner Circle. From time to time, we send promotional emails to members featuring selected accounts. We assess and monitor email delivery performance using third-party services. Your email address is anonymized before the email delivery performance is shared with the third-party service provider and us.
We take photographs during events which we organize which may include pictures of you and we may use these photographs for (external) promotional purposes.
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Email address is used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you (i.e. giving you access to the Website and App through your Account and providing our services). Next to that, we have a legitimate interest to inform you about your membership status, account activity and other service updates from Inner Circle. |
Login details are used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you (i.e. giving you access to the Website and App through your Account). |
Personal data on your account is used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you. With regard to the prevention, detection and combat of illegal activities, we process personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest to ensure the users of the Website/App can engage with each other in a safe and pleasant way. This includes personal data included in/derived from notifications from other users regarding possible illegal or unauthorized activities performed with your account. With regard to the act of anonymisation, we do this on the basis of a legitimate interest to perform research and the development of our services in order to optimise the user experience, without using personal data to do so. |
Pictures you upload are used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you. |
Photographs taken at events are used to: | |
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We only process the personal data for these purposes after you have given us your consent to do so, In this respect, we will of course consider your privacy. For example, we try to use such photographs for marketing purposes in other countries than where the event took place. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Once we have received your withdrawal, we will stop processing the personal data you have provided on the basis of this consent. Please be aware that this may take some time, due to the cost and effort involved in phasing out the materials containing your personal data. Of course, we will do our best to remove the personal data within due time. |
Your geolocation and/or residence is used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you. |
Date of birth is used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because we have a legitimate interest to do so (i.e. making sure you are old enough to create an Account and show your age on your Account, so other members can take this into account). |
Payment Details are used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you (i.e. process your payments). |
Your (chat) messages are used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because this is necessary to perform our agreement with you (i.e. provide you the option to chat via your Account). |
Your customer service history is used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because we have a legitimate interest to do so (i.e. provide you with the best service possible.) |
Browser language and IP address are used to: | |
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We may process these personal data, because we have a legitimate interest to do so (i.e. provide you with the best service possible). |
Information regarding your use of the Website/App: | |
We use this information to
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We may process these personal data, because we have a legitimate interest to do so (i.e. provide you with the best service possible). |
Information regarding e-mail delivery: | |
We use this information to:
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We may process these personal data, because we have a legitimate interest to do so (i.e. provide you with the best service possible). |
Non-Personal Data
We may also process non-Personal Data whenever you interact with our Website or App. This data may include your browser type and version, the type of your computer and technical information about your means to connect to our Websites (such as your operating system and platform, and the utilized internet service providers).
We use IDFA token, a unique anonymise user ID by Apple, for payment and attribution purposes, and to deliver customized advertising. A token is a random device identifier assigned to a users device. The token is used for tracking and identifying a user (without revealing personal information), by accessing aggregated data.
Push notifications from Inner Circle
If you have given us permission via our App, we will send you push notifications via our App to inform you about your membership status and to notify you of new messages and other activity regarding Your Account. We may also send you push notifications with suggestions of people you might like and events that are organized in or nearby your place of residence. Push notifications can be controlled under settings in the app.
How to delete your account?
How long do we retain your Personal Data?
We retain your Personal Data no longer than strictly necessary or as long as allowed by law, whichever is shorter. Of course, you can always contact us with a request to delete you from our records.
Invite friend
If you use the ‘Invite friend'-feature to invite someone to Inner Circle, we will send an email message to the email address you submitted to us. We won't share this email address with anyone else. We will tell the recipient that you have asked us to send this message. By choosing to use the ‘Invite friend’-feature you confirm that your friend is happy to receive the email. You also hereby agree to indemnify and hold Inner Circle harmless from all claims arising out of your messages to any person through Inner Circle. You must and will not use our ‘Invite friend’-feature to send spam.
How do we protect your Personal Data?
We work hard to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized or unlawful access, alteration, disclosure, use or destruction. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure the Personal Data. For example, we encrypt our services using SSL, the data are only accessible through a secret password and digital signatures, and our employees only have access to your data on a need-to-know basis. Although we will take all reasonable measures, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk.
Who do we share your Personal Data with?
We do not sell your Personal Data to third parties. However, we may need to share Personal Data with third-party service providers to assist us in operating the Website and App and/or to conduct some processing of your information on our behalf as described below.
Your personal data outside the EU
Where personal data is transferred to a third party outside the EU, we will take reasonable measures to protect this personal data as if it was processed in the EU.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
We are constantly looking for new ways to improve our Website and App. We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. When we change this Privacy Statement in a significant way, we will post a notification on our Website and App along with the updated Privacy Statement.
Your rights
As laid down in the Privacy Legislation, you have the right to:
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the manner in which we handle your personal data, please contact us through the contact data below.
Please note that you can also view, edit or delete your Personal Data by logging in to your Account.
What are cookies?
Cookies are little (text) files which are stored on your device. Your web browser stores these cookies when you visit our Website: theinnercircle.co Inner Circle. These cookies will be retrieved when you visit or use our Website again. This allows us to recognise you as a previous visitor/user.
Why do we use cookies?
By using cookies, we can see how our Website is used and how we can optimize our Website and services. Cookies are also helpful to make the Website quick and safe. In addition, cookies by us or by third parties can be used to show you relevant advertisements based on your interests. See the table below for the specific purposes of each cookie we use.
Which cookies do we use?
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For more information, please consult the:
Yes, you may delete the cookies yourself via your internet browser.
Your rights
As for our use of cookies (that process personal data), you have the same rights as for all other processing of personal data. You can read about your rights in our Privacy Policy above.
Amendments to this Cookie Statement
This Cookie Statement may be amended from time to time. The most recent version of this Cookie Statement applies. We advise you to read this Cookie Statement regularly to see if there are any changes.
Contact details
Prins Hendrikkade 164-C
1011 TB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.theinnercircle.co
Chamber of Commerce number (Kamer van Koophandel): 60993448