Privacy statement

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Privacy statement website Platform Agency

Welcome to www.platform.agency (hereinafter: “website”) of platform agency (hereinafter: “platform agency”, “platform”, “we” or “us”). this privacy statement is intended to notify you how your personal information, data and/or other information (hereinafter: personal information) are collected when you use the services of the website, and how personal information is used and saved by platform.

HOW DOES THE WEBSITE WORK?

THE WEBSITE PROVIDES ANONYMOUS ONLINE USERS (hereinafter: VISITORS) THE POSSIBILITY TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT PLATFORM. VISITORS ALSO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO APPLY THROUGH THE WEBSITE AS A MODEL REPRESENTED BY PLATFORM. BY SUCH A “REQUEST FOR APPLICATION” AS A MODEL (hereinafter: “Registration”) THE VISITOR LEAVES CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE PAPARAZZI WEBSITE BY FILLING IN THE APPLICATION FORM AND CLICKING “SUBMIT”. BY SUBMITTING A MODEL REGISTRATION IN THIS WAY, THE VISITOR ACCEPTS THE PLATFORM’S PRIVACY STATEMENT AND PERMITS THE PLATFORM TO COLLECT, USE, DISCLOSE, MANAGE AND MAKE THE VISITOR’S PERSONAL INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT. PLATFORM RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CUSTOMIZE THE WAYS AND PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED, USED AND RETAINED AT ANY TIME.

WE WILL UPDATE THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT AS ANY CHANGES TO OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION AND PROCESSING PROCEDURES. SUCH CHANGES SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ONCE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES PLATFORM AGENCY COLLECT AND HOW DO WE USE IT?

TO VISIT THE WEBSITE, THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO PLATFORM IS NOT NECESSARY. PLATFORM MODELS THEREFORE DOES NOT COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM VISITORS THROUGH COOKIES OTHER ONLINE TRACKING METHODS, AND RECEIVES PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM VISITORS ONLY WHEN IT IS PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY AND WILLING BY THE VISITOR HIMSELF, FOR EXAMPLE BY SUBMITTING A APPLICATION TO APPLY AS A POTENTIAL MODEL AT PLATFORM.

TO APPLY AS A POTENTIAL MODEL WITH PLATFORM AGENCY, VISITORS MUST PROVIDE US WITH CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING EXPLICITLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO (1) VISITOR’S NAME, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, TELEPHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS, (2) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VISITOR’S PHYSICAL DATA AND APPEARANCE, AND (3) PHOTOS AND/OR VIDEOS OF THE VISITOR. ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PAPARAZZI BY THE VISITOR THROUGH THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM, IT IS THEREFORE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY PAPARAZZI FOR A SPECIFIED AND LEGITIMATE PURPOSE (THE REGISTRATION OF A NEW MODEL), AND IS ALSO DEEMED RELEVANT AND NECESSARY FOR THE REGISTRATION. IF YOU PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US, WE WILL USE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES, SUCH AS ASSESSING YOUR POTENCY AS A MODEL, AND TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT THE APPLICATION.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PLATFORM, IF WE DECIDE TO REPRESENT YOU AS A MODEL, POSSIBLY MAKE PARTS OF THE CONTENT OF YOUR APPLICATION PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE. THEREFORE, DO NOT SUBMIT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OF WHICH YOU ARE NOT THE RIGHT-HOLDER, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO PUBLISH IT, OR WHICH YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE MADE PUBLIC. 

PLATFORM ALSO RETAINS THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES PROVIDED TO PLATFORM AGENCY THROUGH SUBSCRIPTION ON THE WEBSITE IF WE BELIEVE THAT SUCH RELEASE OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED BY LAW OR BY COURT ORDER, TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS OR PROPERTY, IN THE EVENT THAT WE REASONABLY BELIEVE THAT A PERSON’S PHYSICAL SAFETY IS THREATENED.

PLATFORM AGENCY ASSURES YOU THAT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE RECEIVE THROUGH APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, WILL BE KEEPED IN A WAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENTLY APPLICABLE STANDARDS WITHIN THE FIELD OF WORK. YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SECURED IN DIFFERENT WAYS: THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS STORED ON A SECURE SERVER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY A PASSWORD ONLY TO PLATFORM EMPLOYEES AND EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED PERSONS BY PLATFORM. DATA TRANSMISSIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THROUGH A WIRELESS NETWORK, AS WELL AS THE STORAGE OF DATA ON A SECURE SERVER, HOWEVER, IT IS NEVER GUARANTEED 100% SECURE. ALTHOUGH WE STRIVE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AT THE TIME YOU PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT:

(A) THERE ARE SECURITY AND PRIVACY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION VIA THE INTERNET TO PLATFORM, WHICH ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF PLATFORM;

(B) THE SECURITY, INTEGRITY AND PRIVACY OF ALL INFORMATION AND DATA EXCHANGED THROUGH THE WEBSITE THEREFORE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED; AND

(C) SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DATA MAY BE VIEWED OR MANAGED DURING TRANSMISSION TO AGENCY PLATFORM, WHETHER OR NOT CLANDESTINE, BY A THIRD PARTY. ALTHOUGH WE WILL USE REASONABLY PROTECTION OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT SUCH INFORMATION, BY ACCIDENT OR THROUGH UNLAWFUL THIRD-PARTY ACTS, WILL NOT BE LOST, DISCLOSED OR ACCESSED.

WHAT INFORMATION DOES PLATFORM AGENCY SHARE?

PLATFORM WILL NOT SELL OR RENT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, EXCEPT AS STATED IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT. WE MAY ALSO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH PARTIES THAT ASSIST US IN OUR WORK OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO US FOR THIS PURPOSE (“SERVICE PROVIDERS”). HOWEVER, OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL ACCESS THE PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLY AS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES IN THE SERVICE OF PAPARAZZI MODELS, AND ARE CONSIDERED CONFIDENTIAL WITH THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED. 

PLATFORM ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO CONSULT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, TO KEEP AND/OR SHARE TO COMPLY WITH A (COURT) WARRANT (SUCH AS A SEARCH WARRANT OR SUBPOENA) , OR WHEN WE BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH THAT THE LAW OTHERWISE REQUIRES US TO DO SO. THIS INCLUDE (JUDITIC) ORDERS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH JURISDICTION, AS ALL OTHER FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS, IF WE BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH THAT PROVISION OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED BY LAW WITHIN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, IMPORTANT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO BELONG TO THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND COMPLIES WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEGAL STANDARDS.

PLATFORM ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO CONSULT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, KEEP AND/OR SHARE WHEN WE BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO: 1) DETECT FRAUD AND/OR OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, PREVENT AND ADDRESS; 2) TO PROTECT OURSELVES, YOU AND/OR OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS; AND 3) TO PROTECT OURSELVES, YOU AND/OR OTHERS FROM THREATENED PERSONAL INJURY OR THREATS OF DEATH. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM YOU, CAN BE CONSULTED, PROCESSED, RETAINED OR SHARED FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD WHEN THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS OR WILL BECOME SUBJECT TO A COURT, A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY OR INQUIRY REGARDING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, CODE OR CONDUCT, OR OTHERWISE TO PREVENT DAMAGES.

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION UNDER THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

PLATFORM WILL ONLY COLLECT, STORE AND/OR PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

THIS INCLUDES:

• YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED US TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND/OR PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION;

• THE COLLECTION, RETENTION AND/OR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS NECESSARY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OPERATIONS TO WHICH PLATFORM IS REQUIRED BY A CONTRACT OF WHICH YOU ARE ONE OF THE PARTY;

• THE COLLECTION, RETENTION AND/OR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH A LEGAL OBLIGATION APPLICABLE TO PLATFORM;

• THE COLLECTION, STORAGE AND/OR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS; OR

• THE COLLECTION, STORAGE AND/OR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND/OR OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS.

ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED, RETAINED AND/OR PROCESSED IS ACCURATE TO THE EXTENT ACCURATELY PROVIDED TO PLATFORM AGENCY BY THE VISITOR, AND WILL BE UPDATED ONCE NOTICED OF ANY CHANGES.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE GDPR

USERS LIVING IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE EU, HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS REGARDING THEIR PERSONAL DATA UNDER THE GDPR.

THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO:

• REQUEST A COPY OF THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION;

• REQUEST THAT INCORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION BE CORRECTED;

• REQUEST THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED AND DESTROYED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES;

• REQUEST THE PLATFORM TO RESTRICT THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION;

• WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME YOUR CONSENT, WHICH THE PLATFORM REQUIRES TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION; AND

• INDICATE THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM US.

TO RELEASE ONE OR MORE OF THESE RIGHTS, SEND AN E-MAIL TO INFO@PLATFORM.AGENCY

PLATFORM RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RETAIN CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION IF REQUIRED BY LAW OR DEEMED NECESSARY FOR OUR LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PURPOSES.

DOES THE PLATFORM WEBSITE CONTAIN LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES?

THE PLATFORM AGENCY WEBSITE MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA OR OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES THAT MAY BE INTERESTING TO YOU. BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER NON-AFFILIATE SITES, SOCIAL MEDIA OR ONLINE SOURCES TO WHICH WE PROVIDE LINKS, ARE TO COLLECT AND USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, ANY DATA PROVIDED BY SUCH NON-AFFILIATE SITES, SOCIAL MEDIA OR ONLINE SOURCES THE PRIVACY STATEMENT, THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THESE WEBSITES APPLY, AND NOT PLATFORM’S PRIVACY STATEMENT.

PLATFORM AGENCY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY POLICY OR THE CONTENT OF THE PRIVACY STATEMENT OF NON-AFFILIATE SITES, SOCIAL MEDIA OR ONLINE SOURCES, EVEN IF THESE WEBSITES HAVE ANY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP OR “PARTNERSHIP” WITH PLATFORM AGENCY OR HAVE ANY CLAIMS. PLATFORM DOES NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH NON-AFFILIATE SITES OR THEIR ADMINISTRATORS IN WAYS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT. HOWEVER, THE LINKED NON-AFFILIATE WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA OR ONLINE SOURCES MAY COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM YOU IF YOU VISIT THESE SITES. TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF YOUR PRIVACY, ALWAYS READ THE PRIVACY POLICIES OF THE SITES YOU VISIT.

NEWSLETTERS

PLATFORM MAY OFFER NEWSLETTERS TO SHARE NEWS RELATING TO OUR ACTIVITIES OR THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR MODELS WITH INTERESTED USERS. PLATFORM USES CONTACT INFORMATION FROM VISITORS WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER TO SEND THESE SUBSCRIBERS THE NEWSLETTER BY E-MAIL. USERS CAN CANCEL THEIR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO EMAIL NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BY FOLLOWING THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH NEWSLETTER OR EMAIL, OR BY CONTACTING PLATFORM AT INFO@PLATFORM.AGENCY.

WHAT IS OUR POLICY WITH RESPECT TO CHILDREN?

VISITORS MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO INDEPENDENTLY SIGN UP WITH US VIA THE WEBSITE. IF VISITORS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE, THEY MAY NOT SIGN UP THROUGH OUR WEBSITE UNLESS THEIR PARENT / LEGAL GUARDIAN HAS EXPRESSLY GRANTED AUTHORIZATION; VISITORS SHOULD IN NO EVENT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION IF UNDER THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE. PLATFORM AGENCY DOES NOT COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM PERSONS UNDER THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE AND NO PART OF THE WEBSITE IS INTENDED TO ATTRACT PERSONS UNDER THIRTEEN (13). PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT PLATFORM AGENCY IF YOU ARE UNDER THIRTEEN (13).

WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE WAY PLATFORM AGENCY COLLECTS, RETAINS AND/OR PROCESSES PERSONAL INFORMATION?

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT OUR PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING OR PROCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US AT INFO@PLATFORM.AGENCY

YOU CAN CONTACT PLATFORM AGENCY TO QUESTION IF WE KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU. IF WE HAVE COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A READABLE COPY OF SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION FREE OF CHARGE. FACTUAL INACCURACIES IN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AS WELL AS OUT OF DATED INFORMATION, MAY BE CORRECTED BY E-MAILING US A REQUEST TO CREDIBLE PROVE THAT THE INFORMATION IS INCORRECT.

YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST ANY THIRD-PARTY PLATFORM WITH WHICH WE HAVE SHARED THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECTED FROM YOU, AND WHAT FOR, BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO INFO@PLATFORM.AGENCY

AT ANY TIME YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM US. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE FUTURE E-MAILS FROM PLATFORM, OR WANT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR DATABASE, SEND AN EMAIL TO INFO@PLATFORM.AGENCY

IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES IN THE WAY STATED IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, YOU CAN ALSO NOTIFY PLATFORM ABOUT THIS AT INFO@PLATFORM.AGECNY

PLATFORM WILL COMPLY WITH SUCH REQUESTS TO THE EXTENT WE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW OR HAVE OTHER GIVEN REASON NOT TO ACCEPT SUCH REQUEST. PLATFORM MAY REVISE THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT AT ANY TIME AS NEW FEATURES ARE ADDED TO THE WEBSITE, OR CHANGE LEGISLATION AND/OR STANDARDS REGARDING INTERNET OR WEBSITE USE. WE WILL NOTIFY OUR VISITORS OF THESE CHANGES, BUT WE RECOMMEND YOU READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT EVERY TIME YOU VISIT THE WEBSITE. CHANGES WILL NOT APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED BEFORE THE CHANGE(S) TO THE PRIVACY STATEMENT, EXCEPT WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. PLATFORM RESPECTS YOUR PRIVACY AND TAKES REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.