Privacy Statement

1 Why this Privacy Statement?

SYGMA DIAMONDS attaches considerable importance to the protection of your privacy and personal data. We use your personal data only in accordance with the Privacy Act and other relevant applicable legal regulations.

Any reference in this Privacy Statement to the Privacy Act is a reference to the Act of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy in relation to the processing of personal data. Any reference to the Regulation is a reference to the Regulation of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

By means of this Privacy Statement, SYGMA DIAMONDS wishes to draw your attention to any processing operations relating to this data and to your rights. By using our platform/website/application, you explicitly give your consent to possible processing operations by SYGMA DIAMONDS.

It is possible that this Privacy Statement will be subject to updates and changes in the future. It is up to you to consult this document on a regular basis. Any substantial modification will always be clearly communicated on the platform of SYGMA DIAMONDS.

2 Who processes the personal data?

This website is an initiative of:

SYGMA DIAMONDS
Pelikaanstraat 78
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
VAT number: BE 0419.510.449

3 Which personal data will be processed?

SYGMA DIAMONDS undertakes to process only those data which are relevant and necessary for the purposes for which they were 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 in order to provide you with a secure, optimal and personalized user experience. The collection of personal data becomes more extensive the more intensely you use the platform/website/application and our online services.

Data processing is essential for the operation of the website and its services. The processing is done exclusively for the following specified purposes:

– Providing you with access to your user profile.
– Offering and improving a general and personalized service; including billing purposes, offering information, newsletters and offers that are useful and/or necessary for you, obtaining and processing user reviews and providing support.
– Offering and improving the products provided; personalized and specific products based on information and data provided.
– The detection of and protection against fraud, errors and/or criminal conduct.
– Marketing purposes

When you visit the website of SYGMA DIAMONDS, some data are collected for statistical purposes. Such data are necessary to optimize the use of our website. These data are: IP address, probable place of consultation, hour and day of consultation, which pages were visited.

By accessing the SYGMA DIAMONDS website, you declare that you agree with this collection of data for statistical purposes as described above.

The User provides SYGMA DIAMONDS with the personal data himself and can thus exercise a certain control. Should certain data be incomplete or apparently incorrect, SYGMA DIAMONDS reserves the right to postpone certain expected actions temporarily or permanently.
Personal data will only be processed for internal use within SYGMA DIAMONDS.

We can therefore reassure 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 unauthorized access and use.

5 We also use cookies!

During a visit to our website, ‘cookies’ can be placed on your hard disk in order to better adapt the website to the needs of the returning visitor. Non-functional cookies help us to optimize your visit to the platform and to remember technical choices.

For a further understanding of how we use cookies to collect and process your personal data, please refer to our Cookie Statement.

If you wish to consult the website of SYGMA DIAMONDS, it is recommended that you have cookies enabled. How to disable cookies, on the other hand, can be found in our Cookie Statement.

For more information on the use of cookies by external party Google, we refer you to this link.

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 will only be processed insofar as this is sufficient, relevant and not excessive.
– Personal data is only kept as long as necessary for the realization of the described and legitimate purposes in this Privacy Statement.

The necessary technical and security measures have been taken to minimize the risks of unlawful access to or processing of personal data. In the event of an intrusion into its computer systems, SYGMA DIAMONDS will immediately take all possible measures to minimize the damage.

6.2 Right to access/correct/delete 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 personal data collected.

Should you wish to exercise your right of access, SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with your request within one (1) month after receipt of the request. The request will be sent by registered mail.

Inaccurate or incomplete personal data may be corrected at any time. It is up to the User to correct inaccuracies and omissions in the first place. You may exercise your right of rectification by providing SYGMA DIAMONDS with an additional statement. SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with this within one (1) month after receipt of the additional declaration.

You also have the right to have your personal data deleted by us without unreasonable delay. You can only invoke this right to be forgotten in the following cases:

– When the personal data is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was originally collected;
– When the personal data were collected on the basis of obtained consent and no other legal basis exists for the processing;
– When objections are made to the processing and no overriding compelling legitimate grounds exist for the processing;
– When the personal data were processed unlawfully;
– When the personal data must be erased in accordance with a legal obligation.

SYGMA DIAMONDS shall assess the presence of any of the aforementioned cases.

6.3 Right to restrict/object to the processing of your personal data

User has the right to obtain a restriction on the processing of your personal data:

– During the period necessary for SYGMA DIAMONDS to verify the accuracy of the personal data, in case of dispute;
– When the data processing is unlawful and User requests the restriction of the processing instead of the erasure of the personal data;
– When SYGMA DIAMONDS no longer needs the personal data of the User for the processing purposes and User needs the personal data regarding a legal claim;
– During the period necessary for SYGMA DIAMONDS to assess the presence of the grounds for erasure of personal data.

User also has the right to object at any time to the processing of his personal data. SYGMA DIAMONDS shall hereafter cease processing your personal data, unless SYGMA DIAMONDS can provide compelling legitimate grounds for processing your personal data which outweigh the User’s right to object.

If the User wishes to exercise these rights, SYGMA DIAMONDS will comply with this request within one (1) month after receipt of the request. The request is made by registered mail.

6.4 Right to data transferability

The User has the right to obtain the personal data provided to SYGMA DIAMONDS in a structured, common and machine-readable form. In addition, the User has the right to transfer this personal data to another controller if the processing of the personal data rests solely on the User’s obtained consent.

If the User wishes to exercise this right, SYGMA DIAMONDS shall comply with it within one (1) month of receiving the request. The request will be made by registered mail.

Right to withdraw my consent / Right to lodge a complaint

User has the right to withdraw his/her consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent before its withdrawal. In addition, the User shall have the right to lodge a complaint concerning the processing of his personal data by SYGMA DIAMONDS with the Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy.
Should the User wish to exercise this right, SYGMA DIAMONDS shall do so within one (1) month after receipt of the request. The request is made by registered letter to

SYGMA DIAMONDS, Pelikaanstraat 78, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium