The Owner of this Website informs you about its Privacy Policy regarding the processing and protection of personal data of users and clients that may be collected through browsing or contracting services via this Website.

In this regard, the Owner guarantees compliance with the current regulations on personal data protection, reflected in the Belgian Data Protection Act of 30 July 2018, which implements the EU Regulation, as well as with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR).

Use of this Website implies acceptance of this Privacy Policy, as well as the conditions included in the Legal Notice.

Identity of the Data Controller

Owner: Carlos García Saldaña (hereinafter, the Owner)

NIF: 47294113H

Notification Address: Nadine Crappéstraat 19

Email: madebyhelm@gmail.com

Website URL: https://madebyhelm.com/ (hereinafter, this Website).

Principles Applied in the Processing of Data

In the processing of your personal data, the Owner will apply the following principles, in accordance with the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: The Owner will always request your consent for the processing of your personal data, which may be for one or more specific purposes, about which you will be informed in advance with full transparency.
• Data minimization: The Owner will only request the data strictly necessary for the purpose(s) for which it is collected.
• Storage limitation: Data will be kept only for as long as strictly necessary for the purpose(s) of the processing. The Owner will inform you of the corresponding retention period according to the purpose. For subscriptions, the Owner will periodically review lists and delete records that have been inactive for a considerable time.
• Integrity and confidentiality: Your data will be processed in such a way that its security, confidentiality, and integrity are guaranteed. The Owner takes the necessary precautions to prevent unauthorized access or misuse of users’ data by third parties.

Collection of Personal Data

It is not necessary to provide any personal data to browse this Website. The cases in which you do provide your personal data are as follows:

• When making an online purchase.
• When contacting through contact forms or sending an email.
• When posting a comment on an article or page.
• When subscribing to a newsletter or mailing list managed by the Owner through an email service provider.
• When browsing this Website after having accepted the use of tracking cookies.
• When registering on this Website.

Your Rights

The Owner informs you that regarding your personal data, you have the right to:

• Request access to the stored data.
• Request rectification or erasure.
• Request restriction of processing.
• Object to the processing.
• Request data portability.

The exercise of these rights is personal and must be exercised directly by the data subject by contacting the Owner. This means that any user, client, subscriber, or collaborator who has provided their data at any time can contact the Owner and request information about the data stored and how it was obtained, request correction of such data, request data portability, object to processing, limit its use, or request the deletion of such data from the Owner’s files.

To exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, portability, and objection, you must send an email to madebyhelm@gmail.com along with valid proof of identity, such as a copy of your ID card or equivalent.

You also have the right to effective judicial protection and to file a complaint with the supervisory authority, which in your case is the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens / Autorité de protection des données), if you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.

Purpose of Personal Data Processing

When you connect to the Website to send an email to the Owner, subscribe to the newsletter, or make a purchase, you provide personal information for which the Owner is responsible. This information may include personal data such as your IP address, full name, physical address, email address, phone number, and other information. By providing this information, you consent to your data being collected, used, managed, and stored by the Owner solely as described in the Legal Notice and this Privacy Policy.

The personal data and the purposes of processing by the Owner are:

• To ensure compliance with the conditions set out in the Legal Notice and applicable law. This may include developing tools and algorithms to help this Website guarantee the confidentiality of the personal data it collects.
• To support and improve the services offered by this Website.
• To analyze browsing behavior. The Owner collects other non-identifying data obtained through the use of cookies downloaded to your device when you browse the Website, the characteristics and purpose of which are detailed in the Cookie Policy.
• To manage registration and accounts on this Website.
• To perform segmentation and other processing that allows personalized access and use of the services of this Website and its Owner.
• To conduct satisfaction surveys regarding this Website and the services offered by the Owner.
• To send you information about our services so that you can learn about them, try them, expand your experience, or share your opinion.
• To send you notifications by email according to your preferences set in your User account.
• To process payments, issue invoices, and generally manage the use of the different functionalities offered by the Owner, attend to your requests, and provide the services offered on this Website.
• To manage social media. The Owner has a presence on social media. If you follow the Owner on social media platforms, the processing of personal data will be governed by this section as well as by the terms of use, privacy policies, and access regulations of the respective social media platform, which you have previously accepted.

The Owner will process your personal data to properly manage its presence on social media, inform you about its activities, products, or services, and for any other purposes allowed by the social media platform policies. Under no circumstances will the Owner use social media follower profiles to send individual advertising.

Content from Other Websites

Pages on this Website may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking code, and monitor your interaction using that code.

Cookies Policy

For this Website to function properly, it needs to use cookies, which are pieces of information stored in your web browser.

You can find all the information regarding the collection, purpose, and processing of cookies on the Cookies Policy page.

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for processing your data is your consent.

To contact the Owner, subscribe to a newsletter, or leave comments on this Website, you must accept this Privacy Policy.

Categories of Personal Data

The categories of personal data processed by the Owner include: identification data, personal data, interests and hobbies, banking information, IP address, and commercial data.

Data Retention

The personal data you provide to the Owner will be retained until you request its deletion.

Recipients of personal data

To provide you with the best possible service, we only work with trusted providers. Below is a non-exhaustive list: Google Ireland Limited, Dropbox International Unlimited Company, Banco Santander S.A., Webempresa Europa S.L., and Hubspot Inc. We also work with a number of local collaborators who help us provide personalized service. In all cases, we require that your data be handled in accordance with this privacy policy.

Web Browsing

When you browse this website, non-identifying data may be collected, which can include your IP address, geolocation, a record of how services and sites are used, browsing habits, and other data that cannot be used to personally identify you.

Additionally, this website uses third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics and Google DoubleClick.

The Owner uses the information obtained to generate statistical data, analyze trends, manage the site, study browsing patterns, and gather demographic information.

Exactitud y veracidad de los datos personales

You agree that the data provided to the Owner is correct, complete, accurate, and up to date, and you commit to keeping it properly updated.

As a User of the website, you are solely responsible for the truthfulness and accuracy of the data you submit, releasing the Owner from any liability in this regard.

Accuracy and Truthfulness of Personal Data

Como Usuario del sitio Web declaras haber sido informado de las condiciones sobre protección de datos de carácter personal, aceptas y consientes el tratamiento de los mismos por parte del Titular en la forma y para las finalidades indicadas en esta Política de Privacidad.

Revocability

To exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, portability, and opposition, you must send an email to madebyhelm@gmail.com along with valid proof of identity, such as a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent.

The exercise of your rights does not include any data that the Owner is obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

The Owner reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy to adapt it to legislative or jurisprudential changes, as well as to industry practices.

These policies will remain in effect until they are replaced by others that are duly published.

Last Updated: 23/05/2025