Privacy policy
Privacy Policy
1.INTRODUCTION
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal data is collected and used by our Company when you visit our website or make a purchase through it. We emphasize that this applies to all users, including those who use the services of the Company without having created an account on this website, i.e. visitors. The reasons for collecting the following personal data are to successfully provide our services to you, to comply with our legal obligations and to protect the legitimate interests of our business. If we do not have your consent available, it may result in an inability of the Business to meet our ability to provide the services you require.
2.GENERAL
The use of our website www.breedcircus.com and the services provided through it to each visitor/user is subject to their unconditional agreement with this Privacy Policy on the protection of personal data. For the safety of transactions, the user/visitor must carefully read the following terms before deciding to use our website and/or our services. These terms are not negotiated, therefore if a user/visitor does not agree, he/she should refrain from using the website and/or purchasing products.
We clarify at this point that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time as we are required by the provisions of the Law in order to comply continuously. We will not explicitly inform you of any modification, but it is your obligation to read them before making any use, otherwise their express and unconditional acceptance is taken for granted.
3.LOCATION AND SCOPE OF WORK
Our Company is located in Gastouni, Ilia.
With this Policy, we inform you that our Company has the role of "dropshipper", i.e. it accepts your orders through the online store and transfers them to the selected Suppliers for their execution and shipment. We emphasize that our Company takes care of all the needs related to customer service.
4. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
The Merchant is responsible for the processing of personal data collected in the context of the provision of its services and fully complies with the provisions of the European Regulation for the Protection of Personal Data (EU 2016/679) and the relevant Greek legislation as amended and in force to date. We declare that the Company manages only the necessary personal data required for the use of the website and the execution of purchases. In any case, for the collection of these, your consent is ensured and for the management of these, we take the utmost care, ensuring, in any case, their protection and privacy. We assure you that in order to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal data, the Merchant has taken all the necessary organizational and technical measures and has trained and committed its staff and its authorized collaborators with regard to them.
5. WHAT TYPE OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
The Merchant may collect data concerning you, such as the data requested for your registration on the website or for the execution of the order in the context of the purchase of a product. In particular, the Company collects the following categories of data about you:
Registration Data, i.e. the information you submit to register on our website and create an account. Registration information may include your first name, last name, email address, country, postcode and the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are accessing.
Data for ordering a product, such as indicative identification and contact information, which is necessary to complete the transaction and deliver the product. In any case, the Merchant does not collect sensitive personal data (racial origin, political opinions, religion, health, criminal record, beliefs, etc.) nor your financial data (payment information, credit card numbers, bank details, etc.). If you wish to purchase a product, you will be directed to a Payment Service website where you provide this information directly and exclusively to the respective payment service provider.
Any information you provide to a Payment Service will be subject to the Payment Service's privacy policy and not this Privacy Policy. The Merchant has no control over, and is not responsible for, any use of information by any Payment Service.
Further to the above, we add that the Merchant processes personal data lawfully as it collects and processes them exclusively for specified, explicit and lawful purposes and only to the extent necessary to achieve those purposes. The data held are subject to your registration and are considered accurate upon your declaration. To update them, the Company may seek your assistance. As regards the period of time for which your personal data is kept, the Merchant retains it a) for the realization of the specific purposes (for example, the execution of a purchase), b) for as long as it is bound by the relevant legislation to the extent that we are legally obliged to do so, c) to safeguard our rights and claims, as well as d) for cases of defence of the Merchant before the courts.
6.USE OF PERSONAL DATA
The Merchant collects, processes and uses the Personal Data concerning you when you browse our website, when you fill in the registration form, when you complete the order form or when you contact us via the contact form on the contact page of our website. Personal Data is always processed in accordance with the relevant legislation and this privacy policy, or in accordance with the consent given by you. In some cases, data is used only in pseudonymous or anonymous form.
The Merchant undertakes that it will not make any unauthorized use without your prior consent. Under no circumstances will the Merchant disclose, publish, sell or exchange the personal data and information that you have entrusted to it, except and exceptionally it may disclose your personal data when it is required in writing by a Public Authority, Court, etc., always in compliance with the procedure provided by law.
Once you have registered on our website, we inform you that we use your personal data in our customer database that we maintain for strictly two purposes, namely either to promote our weekly newsletters (with any offers, deals, restock and news of the Company) or to participate in loyalty programs.
7. ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION
When we refer to personal data and the technical aspect thereof, we process them to the extent necessary to prevent and counteract any malicious use or other illegal behaviour on our website, e.g. to maintain data security in the event of attacks against our IT systems, theft, loss, unauthorised use, unauthorised processing, etc. In order to ensure maximum protection of your data, technical security measures are regularly monitored by authorized and properly qualified persons and, if necessary, these are adapted to the relevant modern standards of technology.
8. EXERCISE OF YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
The Company gives the users of our electronic services the opportunity, if they wish, to contact us through the email address that you will find at the end of this Policy in order to exercise the following rights, provided that the relevant legal requirements are met:
1)The right to be informed / transparency
2)The right of access
3)The right to rectification
4)The right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
5)The right to restriction of processing
6)The right to data portability
7)The right to object
8)The right to human intervention
The above shall be submitted to us in writing. The Company must respond to your request within one (1) month of receipt by the Company and within two (2) months if your request is of a high degree of complexity or if we have received a large volume of requests.
In any case, once you have created an account on our website, you have the possibility to edit your personal data and to delete your account completely.
9.LINK TO OTHER COMPANIES' WEBSITES
Our company may contain links to the websites of other companies. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store - you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Website - you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Under no circumstances is our Company responsible for the data protection measures for external websites that you may access through these links. Please keep yourself informed in relation to the protection of your data on these external websites.
Further to the above, and only with your consent, we may use your personal preferences to provide you with targeted advertising or marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you. For more information on how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You may opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
In addition, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
10.COOKIES
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies help identify your device, store preferences and improve your browsing experience.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to the operation of our website and enable the use of basic functions such as adding products to your shopping cart or completing an order.
- Preference cookies: These cookies store your choices, such as language or location, to provide a personalized experience.
- Analytics cookies: We use cookies to analyse visitor behaviour on our website and to improve our services. These cookies collect anonymous data about how you use the site, such as which pages you visit and which links you follow.
- Advertising cookies: We use cookies to show you personalised ads based on your interests and website behaviour.
- Social Network Cookies: These cookies enable interaction with social networks (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) and the ability to share content from the site.
How We Use Cookies.
- Improving the User Experience: We use cookies to improve your navigation, store your preferences and customize the content you see.
- We use our site to help you improve your experience, to help us improve our privacy and to help us improve our content: We use cookies to protect data during your purchases.
- We protect our privacy when using our website: We use cookies to track your behaviour and understand how you interact with our website so that we can improve it.
- Ads Personalization: We serve ads that match your interests based on your activity on the site or other websites you visit.
Cookies consent
When you visit our website, you will see a banner informing you of our use of cookies and asking for your consent to their use. You can accept cookies by clicking "Accept", choose to set them or refuse them through your browser settings.
How to Manage Cookies
You can set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you each time they are sent to your device. Cookie management options vary depending on your browser. If you want to know how to set your cookie preferences, you can visit the instructions for your browser.
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookie settings
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and Site Data
Privacy & Cookies Settings
The data we collect through cookies is stored for different lengths of time, depending on the type of cookie. Necessary cookies are usually stored for as long as you remain active on the site, while analytics or advertising cookies may be stored for longer.
Contact
If you have any questions or wish to learn more about our Cookie Policy, you can contact us at getintouch@breedcircus.com.
11.WEBSITE USAGE
This website is intended for adult users.
12. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Economic Area as our suppliers are located in different countries within and outside Europe. However, we always ensure that legal safeguards are in place to ensure compliance with applicable legislation to protect your personal data.
13. PRINCIPLE OF PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
If you have any questions about personal data legislation or if you believe that your rights have been violated, you can contact the Personal Data Protection Authority, 1 Kifissia Avenue, Athens 11523, tel. +32 2106475600 or at www.dpa.gr.
14. CONTACT US
For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, as well as for the exercise of your rights, please contact us at getintouch@breedcircus.com as well as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the Company, Attorney at Law, Eleni Giannakakou, email: info@greeklawyer.eu, contact phone +32 6971768366.