Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 31st, 2024

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their personal data is being used by Almost Level 5. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personal data in accordance with the Services, Mobile Application and/or Website as defined in Almost Level 5’s Terms and Conditions.

General Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your personal data?

The Dutch company, Almost Level 5 B.V.(“Almost Level 5“, “Planet VG”, “we”, “us”, “our”), is the controller of the personal data you submit to us and responsible for your personal data under the Dutch law Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming of 28 May 2018 on the protection of persons with regard to the processing of personal data, as amended, which implements the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU: 2016/679). You can find more information here on how Almost Level 5 protects your privacy, including information on how to exercise your rights regarding your data.

2. Where is your personal data stored?

The data that we collect are stored within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) but may also be transferred to and processed in a country outside of the EEA. Any such transfer of your personal data will be carried out in compliance with applicable laws. We store your data for as long as you have an active account with Almost Level 5. We will delete all your personal data if you request to delete your account.

3. What types of personal data do we collect?

We collect personal data that you submit to us. Below you can see the 3 areas that we collect your personal data:

  • 1. Account creation:
    • 1.1 When appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, profile picture, birthday, veganniversary date, or other details such as your purchase preferences to help you with your Planet VG experience.
  • 2. Planet VG usage data:
    • 2.1 When you receive a stamp or voucher, we collect all information in regard to the stamp and voucher reward transactions, such as time and date, partner ID, etc.;
    • 2.2 When you use Planet VG we automatically receive your location (in cases you have authorized us to do so);
    • 2.3 When you provide feedback for a business, we collect all your ratings and comments.
  • 3. App usage data
    • 3.1 Almost Level 5 may also collect the Application usage details such as Application opening date and time and user interactions with the Application such as clicks, swipes, etc.

4. How do we use your personal data?

We may use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • to provide you with the Planet VG Services;
  • to improve Planet VG in order to better serve you;
  • to personalize users’ experience and to offer you the most relevant rewards, memberships and promotions;
  • to allow partners to send you newsletters, marketing messages and to notify partners (that you have added to your memberships) when you are present at their physical location;
  • to communicate with you for Services-related or research purposes including via emails, notifications, text messages, or other messages, which you agree to receive;
  • to communicate with you for marketing and promotional purposes via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us;
  • to enable and promote the Services and other services or products, either within or outside the Services, including features and content of the Services and products and services made available through the Services;
  • to allow us to better serve you in responding to your customer service requests;
  • to send you gift-cards, if needed/required;
  • to enforce this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions, and any other terms that you have agreed to, including to protect the rights, property, or safety of Almost Level 5, its users, or any other person;
  • to provide you with features, information, advertising, or other content which is influenced by your location and your location in relation to other Planet VG users; and
  • as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

We will keep your data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes above or for as long as we are required by law. After this your personal data will be deleted.

5. What are your rights?

You have the right to request information about the personal data we hold on to, at any time (free of charge, at reasonable intervals). If your data is incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant, you can ask to have the information corrected or removed. We cannot remove your data when there is a legal storage requirement, such as bookkeeping rules or when there are other legitimate grounds to keep the data. You can withdraw your consent to us using the data for marketing purposes at any time. You can contact us by sending an email to privacy@almostlevel5.com.

6. Who has access to your personal data?

Your personal data may be shared with partners that you have included in your memberships. The below mentioned information may be disclosed to any third party:

  • aggregated and anonymized statistical information that can’t be used to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context;

As described above, Almost Level 5 might disclose some personal data to partners or other third parties that are disclosed below. Almost Level 5 is not responsible for the content or privacy practices/policies of partners or other third parties. Before disclosing your personal information to partners or any other third parties, we advise you to examine their terms and conditions of use.

7. Third party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to outside parties. This does not include partners, website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our Website, Application, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

We do share some of your data (e.g. phone model/brand/O.S. version, device id, user id, etc.) with some third parties that are required for running and maintaining our apps. These partners are:

8. Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is saved to, and, during subsequent visits, retrieved from your computer or mobile device. Almost Level 5 uses cookies to enhance and simplify your visit. We do not use cookies to store personal information, or to disclose information to third parties.

There are two types of cookies: first-party and third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are cookies that are set by Almost Level 5 when you use our Websites. Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by parties or organizations other than Almost Level 5. Some Almost Level 5 or Planet VG web pages may also contain content from or link to other sites which may set their own cookies.

You can easily erase cookies from your computer or mobile device using your browser. You can choose to disable cookies, or to receive a notification each time a new cookie is sent to your computer or mobile device. Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of all our features.

First-party cookies

NameProviderPurposeDuration
auth_session_id_legacyAlmost Level 5AuthenticationSession
auth_session_idAlmost Level 5AuthenticationSession
kc_restartAlmost Level 5AuthenticationSession
keycloak_identity_legacyAlmost Level 5AuthenticationSession
keycloak_identityAlmost Level 5AuthenticationSession
keycloak_session_legacyAlmost Level 5Authentication2 weeks
keycloak_sessionAlmost Level 5Authentication2 weeks

Third-party cookies

We use third-party cookies for processing the payments using Stripe.

NameProviderPurposeDuration
__stripe_midStripe Payments Europe, LimitedPaymentsDay
__stripe_sidStripe Payments Europe, LimitedPaymentsDay
stripe.customerportal.csrfStripe Payments Europe, LimitedPaymentsSession

9. Links

The sites almostlevel5.com, planet.vg and the Planet VG apps may include links to other websites which do not fall under our supervision. We cannot accept any responsibility for the protection of privacy or the content of these websites, but we offer these links to make it easier for our visitors to find more information about specific subjects.

10. Security

We have taken technical and organizational measures to protect your data from loss, manipulation, and unauthorized access. We continually adapt our security measures in line with technological progress and developments. Your password protects your user account, so you should use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after having used the Services. Your data is always encrypted during transfer and storage. While we take data protection precautions, no security measures are completely secure, and we do not guarantee the security of user information.

11. Almost Level 5 and Children under the age of 13

Children under the age of 13 or under the applicable age limit (the “Age Limit”) are not allowed to use Planet VG Services and we request them to not submit any personal information to Almost Level 5. Almost Level 5 does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the Age Limit. If you are under the Age Limit, do not use the Services and do not provide any personal information to us. If you are a parent of a child under the Age Limit and become aware that your child has provided personal information to Almost Level 5, please contact us at privacy@almostlevel5.com and you may request exercise of your applicable access, rectification, cancellation, and/or objection rights.

12. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Services or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Services after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Services under the new version of the Privacy Policy, you may terminate your use of the Services by sending an email to privacy@almostlevel5.com.

13. Deleting your Account?

In case you would like to delete your Planet VG account you can take one of the following actions:

  • Delete your account using the following webpage:


  • Delete your account using the Planet VG App:

    • Press the Menu button.
    • Go to the Settings page.
    • Go to the Privacy page.
    • Press the Delete Account button.

When we delete your account all your collected stamps, vouchers, your memberships and other activities that you have performed will be deleted as well.

You can only delete your Planet VG account if there is no Planet VG Business Account connected to it. In such case, first terminate the Planet VG Business Account before deleting your Planet VG Account.

14. Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the contact details below:

Almost Level 5 B.V.
Jan Pieterz. Coenstraat 7
2595WP The Hague
The Netherlands
info@almostlevel5.com