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Privacy Policy

17 September 2026

1. Who is responsible for your data?


Shavi Studio is responsible for the processing of personal data collected through, among other things, the website, webshop, orders, questionnaires and contact with Shavi Studio.
 
Shavi Studio
Website: shavi.studio
Email: info@shavi.studio
Chamber of Commerce number: 42147623
Registered address: Zeilmakersstraat 6, 3025 NV Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Shavi Studio
Website: shavi.studio
E-mail: info@shavi.studio
Chamber of Commerce number: 42147623
Registered address: Zeilmakersstraat 6, 3025NV, Rotterdam, Netherlands 

2. What personal data is processed?


Depending on how you use Shavi Studio, the following personal data may be processed:
• name and contact details, such as email address and, where applicable, telephone number;
• billing and delivery address;
• order, payment and transaction data;
• account data when a customer account is created;
• communications with Shavi Studio, for example regarding questions, complaints, changes, withdrawals or returns;
• recipient data when an order is placed for someone else;
• answers provided in the Pre-Loved, Book Hunt and Love Holland questionnaires;
• for Love Holland: the personal message, recipient's name, requested sign-off and additional instructions;
• for Book Hunt: information about the book being searched for and the recorded agreement concerning the start of the service during the statutory cooling-off period;
• information submitted through the online withdrawal function;
• technical data necessary for the operation and security of the website and webshop.

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3. Why is personal data processed?


Personal data is only processed when there is a valid basis for doing so.

Depending on the processing, this may be necessary for the performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, a legitimate interest of Shavi Studio or a third party, or based on consent when required.

Personal data may be used, among other things, to:

  • process orders and payments;
  • compile a Pre-Loved book match;
  • conduct a Book Hunt;
  • create a Love Holland card or letter in accordance with the instructions provided;
  • ship orders and provide delivery information;
  • link questionnaires to the correct order;
  • manage a customer account;
  • handle changes, withdrawals, returns, complaints and questions;
  • comply with administrative, tax and other legal obligations;
  • prevent or investigate fraud, misuse and security issues;
  • communicate where necessary in connection with an order or service.

Shavi Studio does not send general marketing emails without a valid legal basis. Where consent is required for marketing, it is requested separately and can be withdrawn.

4. Shavi Studio questionnaires


Questionnaires are used through the website for Pre-Loved, Book Hunt and Love Holland in order to fulfil the relevant order or service.

Pre-Loved

For Pre-Loved, information may be requested about matters such as age category, language, favourite books, genres, reading preferences, dislikes and other information that helps to find a suitable book match.

This information is used for the relevant order. It is not automatically used to create a permanent personal taste profile for future orders.

Book Hunt

For Book Hunt, information may be requested about the book being searched for, such as title, author, language, format, ISBN, edition and other clues relevant to the search.

It may also be recorded that the customer expressly requested Book Hunt to start during the statutory cooling-off period and agreed to the stated consequences for payment and the right of withdrawal.

Love Holland

For Love Holland, personal data necessary to create the selected card or letter is processed. This may include the recipient's name, the personal message, requested sign-off and additional instructions.

Personal messages are used solely to fulfil and check the relevant order and are not used for marketing or profiling.

5. Personal and sensitive information


Free-text fields may, by their nature, contain information about the customer, recipient or other individuals.

Shavi Studio does not actively request special categories of personal data, such as information about health, religion, political opinions or sex life.

Please provide such information only where it genuinely needs to form part of the personal message or is necessary for the requested service.

6. Use of AI


Shavi Studio may use AI-assisted tools in carrying out its work.

As a general principle, only information necessary for the relevant purpose is processed. Directly identifying personal data, such as names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers, is not unnecessarily shared with such tools.

Personal Love Holland messages are not shared with AI services for the purpose of fulfilling the order.

Shavi Studio remains responsible for the processing of personal data and for the final performance of the service.

7. Ordering for someone else


Where an order is placed for or sent to someone else, personal data relating to that recipient may be processed, such as their name and delivery address.

For Love Holland, this may also include the recipient's name and the personal message intended for that person.

This data is used only to the extent necessary to fulfil and deliver the order and to deal with any issues relating to the order or delivery.

When providing another person's data, please provide only the information necessary for this purpose and ensure that it is accurate.

8. Customer account


Where the webshop offers this option, a customer account may be created, for example to view order history and address details.

A customer account is not required to place an order where the webshop is configured to allow checkout without one.

Deletion of an account may be requested. Data subject to a statutory retention obligation or another valid basis for continued processing may be retained even after the account is deleted.

9. Service providers and sharing personal data


Shavi Studio does not sell personal data.

Personal data is shared only where necessary to provide the service, comply with a legal obligation or where another valid legal basis exists.

Shavi Studio uses, among others

Odoo - for the website, webshop, questionnaires, hosting and business administration. Personal data in the Odoo environment may therefore be processed by Odoo as a service provider/processor.

Mollie - for processing online payments. The necessary payment data is processed for this purpose. Shavi Studio does not itself receive or retain all complete bank or payment card details processed by the payment provider.

PostNL - for delivering physical orders. Only the data necessary for the relevant shipment is shared, such as the recipient's name and delivery address and, where necessary, additional delivery information.

·Where necessary, personal data may also be shared with professional service providers in areas such as accounting, IT or legal support.

·Where a service provider processes personal data on behalf of Shavi Studio, appropriate data protection arrangements are made where required.

10. Photographs of orders


Shavi Studio may photograph its own products and packaged orders for purposes such as the website and social media.

Personal data relating to customers or recipients, such as names, address labels and personal messages, is not shown in an identifiable manner.

Where a photograph, review or other content provided by a customer is republished, separate consent will be requested where necessary.

11. How long is personal data retained?


Personal data is not retained longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a statutory retention obligation or another justified need requires a longer period.

As a general rule:

  • Pre-Loved questionnaire: up to 3 months after the relevant order has been fully completed;
  • Book Hunt questionnaire: up to 3 months after the relevant service has been fully completed;
  • personal Love Holland message: generally up to 30 days after the order has been fully completed;
  • basic tax and administrative records: generally 7 years where a statutory tax retention obligation applies;
  • account data: for as long as the account remains active and afterwards to the extent further retention is necessary or legally required;
  • customer service, complaints, returns and withdrawal data: for as long as necessary to deal with the matter and afterwards to the extent necessary for administration, evidence or legal obligations.

Where possible, personal data is deleted or anonymised when it is no longer required.

12. Security


Shavi Studio takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration and unwanted disclosure.

Access to personal data is limited as far as possible to what is necessary to carry out the relevant work.

13. Your privacy rights


Depending on the circumstances, you have various rights under the GDPR in relation to your personal data. You may, among other things, request:

  • access to your personal data;
  • correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
  • deletion where you have a legal right to erasure;
  • restriction of processing;
  • objection to certain processing activities;
  • transfer of personal data you provided where the right to data portability applies;
  • withdrawal of previously given consent.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

A request can be sent to info@shavi.studio. Where reasonably necessary to verify the identity of the person making the request, additional information may be requested.

Requests will be answered within the statutory time limit.

If you have a complaint about the processing of your personal data, you can contact Shavi Studio. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

14. Cookies


Shavi Studio's website uses cookies and similar technologies that may be necessary for the website and webshop to function properly and securely.

Where cookies or similar technologies require prior consent, they are placed only after consent has been given.

Consent can be changed or withdrawn through the cookie settings on the website.

If analytics, advertising or other non-essential tracking technologies are used or added, Shavi Studio will assess what information, settings and consent are required under the applicable rules.

15. Changes and contact


This Privacy Policy may be amended when Shavi Studio's services, website, service providers or applicable rules change.

The most recent version is published on shavi.studio together with the date of the latest amendment. Where reasonably necessary, individuals will be informed of significant changes.

For questions about this Privacy Policy, the processing of personal data or the exercise of privacy rights, contact:

Shavi Studio
info@shavi.studio