Privacy
A&M Containers respects your privacy and therefore ensures that all personal information you provide to A&M Containers is always treated confidentially and with due care.
This privacy statement explains which personal data A&M Containers stores about you and for what purpose.
By leaving your personal data on the A&M Containers website, you agree that A&M Containers uses your data in accordance with this privacy statement.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the A&M Containers website, A&M Containers collects the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service if you use this service. You can view the Gravatar privacy policy here. After your comment has been approved by A&M Containers, your Gravatar profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you are a registered user of the A&M Containers website and upload images to the site, you should avoid uploading images that contain EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to the A&M Containers website can download these images and extract any location data from them.
Contact forms
Cookies
When you leave a comment on the A&M Containers website, your name and email address are stored in a cookie. A&M Containers does this for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter these details when leaving another comment. These cookies are valid for 365 days.
If you have a A&M Containers account and log in via the A&M Containers website, A&M Containers will store a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is automatically deleted when you close your browser.
Once you log in, A&M Containers will store several cookies related to your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies are valid for 2 days and are then automatically deleted. Cookies for screen display preferences are automatically deleted after 1 year. If you select the “Remember password” option, your login cookies will be stored for 2 weeks and then automatically deleted. When you log out of your A&M Containers account, login cookies are deleted immediately.
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored by your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only includes the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie is automatically deleted after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Content on the A&M Containers website may include embedded content. This may include videos, images, or textual posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor has visited that other website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.
Analytics
The A&M Containers website is connected to a Google Analytics account. Within this Google Analytics account, anonymized data is collected regarding visited pages, duration of visits, entry points, and exits.
Sharing data with third parties
Your data is used exclusively by A&M Containers. Under no circumstances will A&M Containers provide your data to third parties without your explicit consent. If an external company takes over A&M Containers, your data will be transferred to the new owner of A&M Containers.
How long A&M Containers retains your data
When you leave a comment on the A&M Containers website, that comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows A&M Containers to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them for moderation each time.
For users registered on the A&M Containers website (if applicable), personal information is stored in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or request deletion of their personal information at any time. A username cannot be changed. A&M Containers website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your rights regarding personal data
If you have an account on the A&M Containers website or have left comments, you can request that A&M Containers provide you with an export file of your personal data. This file contains all data that A&M Containers has collected about you. You can also request that A&M Containers delete your personal data. This does not include data that A&M Containers is required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your personal data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How A&M Containers secures your data
The A&M Containers website runs on a secure server in the Netherlands and is hosted by a certified Dutch hosting provider.
Personal data via telephone
Telephone conversations with A&M Containers may be recorded to prevent potential misunderstandings related to a possible purchase process. These recordings may also be used for quality and training purposes. Calls are stored for a maximum of 12 months. If a dispute arises between A&M Containers and its customer, this retention period may be extended.
Changes to this privacy statement
A&M Containers reserves the right to amend this privacy statement at any time. We therefore recommend that you regularly consult this page so that you are always aware of the most current version.
This privacy statement was last updated in September 2024.
