Privacy Statement

This Privacy Policy and our Conditions outline the manner in which we manage personal information.

1. Your information and definitions

I am aware that by filling in my account details, Blue Connectivity B.V. will store and process my personal data, in accordance with the privacy statement

Account: A registration on the Website, which enables Visitor to establish contact with other Profiles;
GDPR: The General Data Protection Regulation, including the laws, implementing this regulation;
Member database: the database, in which the data of all members is stored. A member has a personal account and logs in with a unique combination of account name and password;
Blue Connectivity B.V.: The person responsible for the website secrethookups.co.uk is Blue Connectivity B.V., registered in 2514 HP Den Haag and registered with the Chamber of Commerce under CC: 85658634;
Personal data: information concerning an identified or identifiable natural person, as referred to in the GDPR;
Privacy Statement: This notification to the Visitor regarding the processing of personal data concerning him, including the basis for processing of Personal Data of him, the purpose for which this information is processed, what happens to it and with whom it is shared;
Profile: A description of himself, including his personal details and profile picture, as well as the chat history by a visitor on the Website;
Registration: The act whereby a Visitor actively and consciously creates an Account;
Visitor: A natural person who registers on the Website;
Website: The Websites of Blue Connectivity B.V., which are connected to Message Center, as well as all underlying pages;
The Website stores and processes all information you provide via the website. This information includes your account, your messages, images and other generated content, your location data, your payment details and automatically generated information. Below the basis on which and manner in which this is done will be further elaborated.

2. Your account

If you want to use the Member database, you will have to register as a member. When you create an account, you will be asked to enter certain information about yourself (username and gender).
You will be asked to enter a valid e-mail address and password. In your account you can add information to your account, such as your age, date of birth, place of residence and preferences. The Website asks you for this information in order to best tailor its service to you and to put you in touch with profiles that match your preferences. To the extent you provide such personal information to the Website, you expressly authorize us to process this specific personal data.
The information you share can be received by the following categories of recipients:

  • Data controller: Blue Connectivity B.V., the private company with limited liability, registered in the Trade Register under file number CC: 85658634 and having its principal place of business, Louis Couperusplein 2, 2514 HP Den Haag The Netherlands, plus its Data Protection Officer.
  • The developers and administrators of this platform
  • The entities are where people are employed who act as controller, some of them coming from countries that may not provide an adequate level of protection for your personal data compared to the data in your country. We have, however, entered into binding agreements, and we apply code of conduct, which we impose on these parties, so that we can comply with comparable levels of data protection.
  • Moderators and other employees who check for inappropriate content

3. Your e-mail address

Your e-mail address is used to confirm and activate your account, as well as to contact you.

Your e-mail address will be used to confirm and activate your account, as well as to contact you. You can enter any username yourself, as long as it has not yet been created by another user.
We may also use your e-mail address to send you various notifications, relevant suggestions and / or promotional e-mails about the Website. The option to unsubscribe will be offered here.

4. Use by third parties

If you provide personal information to this Website, this personal information will not be shared with third parties, except and to the extent that this is clear from this Privacy Statement.

We may provide your data to third parties insofar as you have explicitly given permission for this, as well as when this is required for the use of the Website and also includes data collected by the website (automatically), such as your IP or MAC address, the type of browser and the software and hardware you use. We refer to the component “Automatically generated information”.

This data is shared with Google Analytics and 24metrics, two external service providers that ensure that our product functions properly.

Finally, we may provide your personal information to third parties if we are required to do so on the basis of laws and / or regulations, we are obliged to do so as a result of a lawsuit and / or if we consider this necessary to protect our rights.

5. Your payment details

If you want to make full use of the Member database, you will need to make purchases. For these purchases we need your payment details, such as Credit Card. This information will only be used to make the payment. If you pay by bank transfer, you will be redirected to your bank's website. After payment you will be redirected to the Website.

6. Automatically generated information

In order for the Website to work optimally (for example, to display pages correctly and to secure the Website), we collect certain information. This information is automatically generated during your use of the Website. This information consists of:

  • the type of device you use;
  • the IP address of your device;
  • the operating system you use;
  • the browser software you use;
  • the pages you visit;
  • The internet service provider you use;

7. Your rights as a user of this website

You have the right to withdraw the consent at any time, if applicable. On the Website you will find an area where you can limit the number of messages you can receive, stop receiving messages or Delete your Account. Once closed, we will delete your data within 12 months. In the event that you wish your data to be erased immediately, we will process your request. You also have the right to inspect and rectify the data or limit a particular processing, as well as the right to object to a specific processing. Finally, you have the right to transfer your personal data to another platform.
Accessing, rectifying and transferring your profile can in principle be effectuated by accessing your own profile, but if that is not possible then you can contact the helpdesk.
On the Website you can ask questions or make announcements regarding the use of the Website. An employee will then contact you to answer your question and / or process your message. To this end, we ask you to provide the following information:

  • email address;
  • subject of your message;
  • a description of your question / message;
  • attachments (optional)

If you have a complaint about the way we handle your request, you can submit a complaint to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en).

8. Basis of data processing

By entering personal data on our website, you make them public and you agree to the terms and conditions, and you give explicit permission to Blue Connectivity B.V. to process these personal data. In particular, your race, religion, sexual life, political opinion, health, trade union membership and criminal behavior are considered to be sensitive information, for which you expressly consent.
These personal data are either offered voluntarily by you to optimize your experience on the Website, or necessary for us to offer you our services in accordance with our terms and conditions.
The categories of personal data, the purposes and the bases are explained in more detail below.

9. Categories of personal data

I am aware that by filling in my sexual preference, Blue Connectivity B.V. will store and process my personal data.

There are three categories of personal data, each with their own basis and purposes for processing, namely necessary personal data, optional personal data and special personal data:

Necessary personal data
This information is necessary for Blue Connectivity B.V. to be able to provide its services. The basis for Blue Connectivity B.V. to process it is both the Terms and Conditions and the Justified interest.
It concerns the following data:

  • E-mail address
  • IP address
  • Account name
  • Password
  • Payment details
  • Necessary cookies

We will use this information about you for the following purposes:
  • Make your use of the Website possible, such as creating an Account, communicating with other users and sending messages
  • Process payments
  • Sending messages
  • Send you information about the own services of our websites and to respond to your questions, feedback and notifications


Optional personal data
These data are not strictly necessary for Blue Connectivity B.V. to be able to offer its services, but the possibility to share this information is with a view to the quality of the service. The basis for Blue Connectivity B.V. to process this is both the General Terms and Conditions and the Justified interest.
It concerns the following data:
  • Your account information
  • Your pictures
  • Your messages
  • Your preferences
  • Cookies that are not strictly necessary, if any

We will use this information about you for the following purposes:
  • To optimize the delivery of services offered by this website. Based on the preferences you have specified, we make suggestions based on preset filters. This way you can find contacts faster and easier.
  • Preparing user profiles.
  • To customize the Website to your preferences and / or to display personalized offers.
  • To draw up anonymous statistical data and to use this data for research purposes.
  • To secure, adapt and improve the Website.
  • to provide information about you to third parties if you consent to this has given or on the basis of legislation and / or regulations.

Sensitive data
These data are not strictly necessary for Blue Connectivity B.V. to be able to offer its services, and relate in particular to your race, religion, sexual life, political opinion, health, membership of a trade union and criminal law. For this you give permission to Blue Connectivity B.V. to process this.
The basis for Blue Connectivity B.V. to process these is your explicit consent, the General Terms and Conditions and/or legitimate interest.
It concerns the following data:
  • Your sexual orientation
  • Your photos, if they contain sensitive data
  • Your messages, if they contain special personal information
  • Your hobbies, if these contain special personal data

We will use this information about you for the following purposes:
  • To optimize the delivery of services offered by this website. Based on the preferences you have specified, we make suggestions based on preset filters. This way you can find contacts faster and easier.
  • Setting up user profiles.
  • To customize the website to your preferences and / or to display personalized offers.

In addition, we have taken the following measures to protect your legitimate interests:
  • Offer you an opt-out if you do not want to share your data anymore
  • Protect your data by means of encryption
  • Your password will be stored unreadable (hashed)

10. Security

To prevent unauthorized access, we have taken appropriate security measures to protect and secure the information you have provided. A responsible and data protection officer has also been appointed, who can be approached at compliance@midsummer-online.com.

11. Cookie Statement

What are Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of secrethookups.co.uk information that are sent to your browser when you visit the website and are then stored on the hard disk or in the memory of the peripheral equipment. The browser can return this information on a subsequent visit to the website. The cookies placed via this website can not damage your peripherals or the files stored on them.


Cookies from secrethookups.co.uk
secrethookups.co.uk uses cookies that it self-reads. No third parties are involved in the placement and reading of these so-called first party cookies. secrethookups.co.uk places functional cookies in the first place. These cookies are necessary to be able to deliver the requested service. For secrethookups.co.uk example, functional cookies ensure that, after you have accepted the use of cookies, you no longer see the screen indicating that the website uses cookies. These functional cookies are not covered by cookie law and secrethookups.co.uk is therefore not obliged to inform you about this. However, she does this because she wants to be transparent about the use of all cookies. In addition to functional cookies, secrethookups.co.uk places cookies to remember your search results during a session. These session cookies facilitate your use of the website. The cookies are deleted again when you end your browser session.

  • Cookies from third parties
  • Google Analytics


Analytical Cookies
To collect web statistics about the use and visit of the website, secrethookups.co.uk uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics places a permanent cookie on your Peripheral Equipment, on the basis of which your use of the website is registered. This data is then analyzed by Google and the results are provided to secrethookups.co.uk. In this way secrethookups.co.uk obtains insight into the way in which the website is used and, on the basis of that information, can make adjustments to the website or its services if necessary. Google may provide this information to third parties if it is legally bound to do so and / or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google cannot use the information for other Google services. We have completely anonymized the cookies of Google Analytics and therefore we may place these without permission.


Delete cookies
The consent you have given to secrethookups.co.uk for the placement and reading of cookies, you can withdraw at any time by setting your browser so that it does not accept cookies and / or by removing all cookies already placed in your browser. Here you can read how you can delete the different types of cookies within the various internet browsers.You have to take into account that the removal of cookies may result in certain parts of the website not working or working properly.


Privacy declaration
It is possible that the information gathered by means of a cookie or otherwise read out contains personal data. If this is the case, the Privacy Statement of secrethookups.co.uk applies to the processing of this personal data, which can be consulted here.


Amendments
This Cookie Statement can be changed at any time. Changes to this Cookie Statement will be made known via the website.


Ask
If you have any questions about this Cookie Statement you can send an e-mail.


Cookie policy for Blue Connectivity B.V. last update on 20/4/2022