Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your data

Prickly Bits is operated by Mean CEO.

• Legal entity: Mean CEO
• Trade name: Mean CEO
• Registration number: 96682426
• VAT number: NL005225131B76
• Public contact page: contact form

2. Personal data we collect

The website contact form may ask for name, work email, optional phone number, information you choose to include about the technology, venture, decision or risk, and consent confirmation.

The website may also process technical data such as IP address, browser data, device data, server logs, security logs, referral data and hidden campaign fields where present.

3. How we collect data

We collect personal data when you submit the contact form, communicate after a request or interact with the website.

4. Why we use personal data

We use personal data to respond to studio-fit requests, understand whether a request fits the Prickly Bits scope, communicate about the request, protect the website and form from misuse, maintain business records, understand search visibility and meet legal, tax and administrative duties.

5. Legal grounds

Depending on the situation, we process personal data because it is needed before entering into an agreement, needed to perform an agreement, required by law, based on legitimate interest or based on consent.

6. Tools and service providers

The website may involve service providers for the contact form, WordPress hosting, security, email communication, search visibility and administration. Service providers may process personal data only where needed for those purposes.

7. Sharing personal data

We share personal data only where needed for the request, communication, administration, legal duty or agreed service path. We do not sell personal data.

8. Retention

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the request, communication, administration, legal or tax duties, complaint handling or dispute handling.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. No online communication method is completely risk-free, so do not send unnecessary sensitive information.

10. Your privacy rights

Under the GDPR, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability or objection to certain processing. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent.

Use the contact form if you have a privacy request.

11. Complaints

If you have a privacy question or complaint, contact Prickly Bits first through the contact form. You may also contact the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, if you believe your personal data has not been handled correctly.

12. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, services, tools, service providers or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page.