P r i v a c y P o l i c y
Last Updated March 2026.
This Privacy Notice for the The Birds Outside (The Birds Outside are Singing, “we,” “us,” or “our”), describes how and why we might access, store, use and/or share (“process”) your personal information when you use our services, including when you :
Visit our website at https://www.thebirdsoutside.nl or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
engaging with our services and/or purchasing of our garments
engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at, thebirdsoutsdiearesinging@gmail.com.
Summary of Key Points
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered “special” or “sensitive" in certain jurisdictions such as racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve and administer our services/products, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention and to comply with the law. We may also process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.
What information do we collect?
In Short : We collect personal information you disclose to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products, when you participate in activities on the services or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
names
email addresses
mailing addresses
billing addresses
debit/credit card numbers
We do not process sensitive information. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Squarespace. You may find their privacy link here : https://squarespace.com/privacy.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
How do we process your information?
In Short : We process your information to provide, improve and administer our products and services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our services, including:
To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our services.
To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual's vital interest such as preventing harm.
What legal basis do we rely on to process your information?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience.
Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?
In short : We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our services, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences and assist with basic site functions.
We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our services for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements, to tailor advertisements to your interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending on your communication preferences). The third parties and service providers use their technology to provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests which may appear either on our services or on other websites.
Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out by this cookie notice : https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy.
How long do we keep your information?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purpose set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, account, or other legal requirements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delta or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
What are your privacy rights?
In short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state or residence.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Switzerland), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure, (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information, (iv) if applicable, to date portability and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information by contacting us via email at thebirdsoutsidearesinging@gmail.com. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Cookies and similar technologies : Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services. For further information, please visit https://squarespace.com/cookie-policy.
Controls for do-not-track features?
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
Do United States Residents have specific privacy rights?
In short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law.
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
Right to access your personal data
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
Right to request the deletion or your personal data
Right to non-discrimination in exercising your rights
Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising
Depending on the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:
Right to access the categories of personal data being processed (as permitted by applicable law, including privacy law in Minnesota)
Right to obtain a list of categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data, (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California, Delaware, and Maryland)
Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota and Oregon)
Right to obtain a list of third parties to which we have sold personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Connecticut)
Right to review, understand, question, and depending on where you live, correct how personal data has been profiled (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Connecticut and Minnesota)
Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California)
Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data collected through the operation of voice or facial recognition feature (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Florida)
Do we make updates to this privacy notice?
Yes, we will update this as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. The updated version will be indicated by an undated “revised” date located at the top of this privacy notice.
How can you contact us about this notice?
If you have any questions or comments about this notice you may email us at, thebirdsoutsidearesinging@gmail.com.