1. Identity of the collector of the data
1.1 This document is the Corporate Privacy Statement of the Dutch limited liability company TANITA Europe B.V., with corporate seat at Amsterdam and registered office at Hoogoorddreef 56 E, 1101 BE Amsterdam, the Netherlands and is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under no. 34283024 (“Tanita”).
1.2 With regard to the users of the My Tanita Healthcare app: Tanita is the data controller (de verantwoordelijke) of Personal Data within the meaning of article 1 (d) of the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act (de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens) and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679).
1.3 With regard to the clients of the My Tanita Healthcare app users: Tanita is the data processor (de bewerker) of Personal Data of the clients of the user of the My Tanita Healthcare app within the meaning of article 1 (e) of the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act (de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens) and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679).
1.4 Tanita processes personal information provided and collected by the users (“Users”) of its app (“My Tanita Healthcare app” or the “App”) on behalf of the User for the purposes set out below, and in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement.
1.5 The App is an application for mobile devices which allows Users to collect, store and process their clients’/patients’ personal data, enabling the user to collect and store sensitive health data of its clients and/or patients. The relationship between Tanita and its users in respect to third party personal data is covered by the Data Controller Agreement.
1.6 All correspondence with regard to this Privacy Statement should be directed to either info@tanita.eu or: TANITA Europe B.V. Hoogoorddreef 56 E 1101 BE Amsterdam The Netherlands
2. Principles for processing Personal Data
2.1 Tanita takes your privacy and the protection of your Personal Data very seriously. In this Privacy Statement we will outline the purpose of our collection of your Personal Data, and the conditions under which we collect and use your Personal Data. The collection of your Personal Data is, if reasonably possible, subject to confidentiality. We will do our outmost to ensure that such collection will be done in accordance with all relevant mandatory data protection legislation.
2.2 When collecting your data, we take all reasonably possible technical and organisational precautions to ensure that your data does not become accessible to unauthorized third parties. We note that it is impossible to guarantee complete data security in the case of e-mail correspondence. We would therefore recommend that you send us any confidential information by registered post.
3. Personal Data
3.1 For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, “Personal Data” means any information relating to, or possibly relating to, an identified or identifiable natural person, such as a name, age, postal address, email address, telephone number etc.
4. Collecting and using Personal Data
4.1 We collect different types of your Personal Data depending on the purpose of the collection. You can always request an outline of for which purpose(s) we are collecting and using your Personal Data.
4.2 We may collect your name and email address for the purpose of: (a) contacting you after you have filled in a contact form; (b) informing you of changes to our products or any applicable terms and conditions; (c) maintaining our technical administration; (d) sending you our newsletter, if requested; (e) sending you our information on our products and events, if consented to; (f) analysis and research.
4.3 For the purpose of registering your user account on our website and connecting that account to one of our products, we may collect your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, age, nationality and occupation.
4.4 If Tanita introduces a new process or application that will result in the processing of Personal Data for purposes that go beyond the purposes as described above, Tanita will inform you of such new process or application for which your Personal Data will be used.
5. Passing on Personal Data
5.1 If you have provided us with Personal Data, this is only passed on or otherwise transferred to third parties if it is essential for performance of our services, or if you have given your explicit prior consent.
5.2 For (physical or digital) storage purposes, your Personal Data may be transferred to selected third parties of Tanita, either within the European Union or outside of the European Union. Tanita ensures that these third parties comply, or have assured to comply, with all applicable privacy legislation. With regard to third parties domiciled in the United States, Tanita ensures that these third parties comply, or have assured to comply, with all the Privacy Shield Principles of the Privacy Shield and have taken the necessary actions to register within the Privacy Shield framework.
6. Protection of your Personal Data and reporting obligation of data leaks
6.1 In the event your Personal Data is collected and stored, we ensure that we make use of adequate security measurements to assure appropriate protection of your Personal Data.
6.2 In the event of a quantitative and qualitative loss, permanent or temporary damage, breach or unlawful use of Personal Data (a “Data Leak”), we are obligated to file a report with the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Should we or the Dutch Data Protection Authority consider that such a Data Leak may negatively affect your privacy, we are obligated to inform you as well. Such notification cannot, in any way, be considered as an acceptance of liability for possible damages arising from the data leak.
7. Period of collection of your Personal Data
7.1 Tanita only collects your Personal Data for the necessary or legally allowed period, to be determined by the purpose of the data collection.
7.2 The Personal Data as described under 4.3. of this Privacy Statement will no longer be stored and immediately deleted after deletion of deregistration of your user account.
8. Newsletter
8.1 You may withdraw your previously granted consent to receive our newsletter by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter or by clicking this link.
8.2 This shall entail no additional costs other than any transmission costs charged by your provider.
9. Your rights
9.1 At any point and free of charge, you have the right to obtain information from us with regard to the collection of your Personal Data, the origin and recipient of that data as well as the purpose of the data collection.
9.2 You also have the right to correct, lock, limit, delete or object to the collection of your Personal Data. You may correct and/or complete your data at any time. Stored Personal Data will be deleted if you withdraw your previously granted consent to this Privacy Statement, if the data is no longer necessary to complete the purpose for which the data was originally stored or if the storage is in any way impermissible for other legal reasons.
9.3 In some cases, you may have the right to data portability which means that we must present you your Personal Data in a structured, functional and eligible format. Upon your request, we will inform you on your right to data portability.
9.4 You may withdraw your consent or address any questions or modifications to us in written or electronic form at any time by sending a mail to info@tanita.eu or the address mentioned in 1.3 of this Privacy Statement.
9.5 This shall entail no additional costs other than any transmission costs charged by your provider.
9.6 At any point you have the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority with regard to our collection of your Personal Data.
10. Right of modification of this Privacy Statement
10.1 Tanita reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement in accordance with the applicable legal data protection provisions at any time. Should such amendment have an impact on the scope of use of your Personal Data, the implementation of any modifications shall be subject to your prior consent.
10.2 If you have questions about this privacy policy or concerns about how we collect, use or protect your personal information, please contact us at info@tanita.eu.