Privacy Policy

This is the privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") for the website myaquaro.com which is runand provided by AQUARO (AQUARO d.o.o.), email: info@myaquaro.com.We will only use the personal data gathered over the website as set out in this PrivacyPolicy. Below you will find information on how we use your personal data, for whichpurposes your personal data is used, with whom it is shared and what control andinformation rights you may have.By using the website, you specifically consent to the collection, use and disclosure ofyour information (including personal data) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Wereceive and/or you may be asked to provide your information (including personal data)any time you are in contact with us or use the website. As described in detail below, weshare your information (including personal data) together with third party partners (asdefined below) and use it in ways consistent with this Privacy Policy. We may also useyour information (including personal data) together with other information to provideand improve products, services and content.

Summary of our processing activities

The following summary provides you with a quick overview of the processing activitiesthat are undertaken on our website. You will find more detailed information under theindicated sections below.When you visit our website for informational reasons without registering, only limitedpersonal data will be processed to provide you with the website itself.

  • in case you register or subscribe to our newsletter, further personal data will beprocessed in the scope of such services.
  • furthermore, your personal data will be used to provide you with interesting advertisingfor our products and for statistical analysis that helps us to improve our website.Additionally, we improve your website experience with third party content.
  • Your personal data may be disclosed to third parties that might be located outsideyour country of residence; potentially, different data protection standards may apply.• We have implemented appropriate safeguards to secure your personal data and retainyour personal data only as long as necessary.
  • Under the legislation applicable to you, you may be entitled to exercise certain rightswith regard to the processing of your personal data.

Definitions

Personal data: means any information relating to a natural person who can be identified,directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, anidentification number, location data, or an online identifier.

Processing: means any operation which is performed on personal data, such ascollection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or any kind ofdisclosure or other use.

Informational use of the website

When you visit our website for informational reasons, i.e. without subscribing andwithout providing us with personal data in any other form, we may automatically collectadditional information about you which will contain personal data only in limited casesand which is automatically recognised by our server, such as:

  • the website from which you have been directed to our offer
  • the date and time of your requests• your device type, screen resolution and browser version
  • your internet service provider• information on your operating system, including language settings
  • information on the offers you have visited on our website

We use such information only to assist us in providing an effective service (e.g. to adaptour website to the needs of your device or to allow you to log in to our website), and tocollect broad demographic information for anonymized, aggregated use.The personal data automatically collected is necessary for us to provide the website(Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. b GDPR) and for our legitimate interest to guarantee thewebsite’s stability and security (Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPR).Personal data that is collected automatically is anonymized immediately and anypersonally identifiable information is properly erased.

Newsletter

With your email address you can subscribe to our newsletter that provides you with thelatest news about our products if you consent to receiving such newsletters and mayalso contain topic-specific advertisements. The legal basis for this processing is Article 6sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your email address will be retained as long as you subscribe toour newsletter.

You can unsubscribe from this service by opting out via the link provided in eachnewsletter.

Cookies

We use cookies to provide you with a better user experience and keep statistics andmonitor the operation of the website. Our analytics cookies contain anonymization ofyour IP address so that your personal information is not disclosed to a third party.

There are different ways to control and manage cookies. Keep in mind that removing orblocking cookies may adversely affect your user experience and accessibility to certainpages of our online store.Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether to acceptcookies through the browser control, which is usually found in the browser's Tools orSettings menu.

For more information on how to change your browser settings or how toblock, manage, or filter cookies, visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Analytics

For statistical analyses we use web analytics services to collect information about theuse of this site.

General tracking information

The tools collect information such as:

  • Device and browser information (operating system information, mobile deviceidentifier, mobile operating system, etc.)
  • IP address
  • Page accessed; URL click stream (the chronological order of our internet sites youvisited)
  • Geographic location
  • Time of visit
  • Referring site, application, or service

We use the information we get from the providers only to determine the most usefulinformation you are looking for, and to improve and optimize this website. We do notcombine the information collected through the use of the tools with personal data.

Depending on the provider the information generated about your use of the websitemay be transferred to and processed in third countries, e.g. the United States. Forfurther information about the potential risks of a cross border data transfer please referto section Cross Border Data Transfers of this Privacy Policy.

The tools collect only theIP address assigned to you on the date you visit this website, rather than your name orany other identifying information. The provider will use this information in order toevaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provideother services relating to website and internet use to us.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPR and represents ourlegitimate interest to analyse our website’s traffic to improve the user’s experience andto optimize the website in general.

Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd.,Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Onour behalf Google will use the information generated by a cookie for the purpose ofevaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providingother services relating to website activity and internet activity in connection with theuse of the website.

We have activated the IP-anonymization within the Google Analytics service, and yourIP address will be truncated within the area of member states of the European Union orother parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptionalcases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA andtruncated there. The IP-address your browser conveys within the scope of GoogleAnalytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on yourbrowser; however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the fullfunctionality of this website. In addition to that you may prevent the collection of theinformation generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IPaddress) and the processing of this data by Google if you download and install thebrowser plug-in available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Opt-Out of Analytics

You are always free to opt out from the future collection of your personal data by usand Google Analytics in accordance with this Privacy Policy for analytics purposes by following instructions available on this link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.Information sharing Your personal data will only be disclosed to a third party to theextent necessary to fulfil our contractual relationship.

Legal basis for the transfer of your personal data is Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. b and fGDPR and represents our legitimate interest to implement our general terms andconditions of business or any other agreements concluded with you.

We may disclose anonymous aggregate statistics about users of the website in order todescribe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable thirdparties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personal data.

We may disclose your personal data to our contractors who assist us in providing theservices we offer through the website. Such a transfer will be based on data processingagreements.

Therefore, our contractors will only use your personal data to the extentnecessary to perform their functions and will be contractually bound to process yourpersonal data only on our behalf and in compliance with our requests.

In the event that we undergo re-organization or are sold to a third party, any personaldata we hold about you may be transferred to that re-organized entity or third party incompliance with applicable law.

We may disclose your personal data if legally entitled or required to do so (for exampleif required by law or by a court order).

Cross border data transfers

Within the scope of our information sharing activities set out above, your personal data may be transferred to other countries (including countries outside the EEA) which may have different data protection standards from your country of residence. Please notethat data processed in a foreign country may be subject to foreign laws and accessibleto foreign governments, courts, law enforcement, and regulatory agencies. However, wewill endeavour to take reasonable measures to maintain an adequate level of dataprotection when sharing your personal data with such countries.In the case of a transfer outside of the EEA, this transfer is safeguarded by EU ModelClauses.

You can find further information about the aforementioned safeguards bycontacting us via info@myaquaro.com.

Security

We have reasonable state of the art security measures in place to protect against theloss, misuse and alteration of personal data under our control. For example, our securityand privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and onlyauthorised personnel have access to personal data. Whilst we cannot ensure orguarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of information will never occur, we use allreasonable efforts to prevent it.

You should bear in mind that submission of information over the internet is neverentirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information you submit via ourwebsite whilst it is in transit over the internet and any such submission is at your ownrisk.

Data retention

We strive to keep our processing activities with respect to your personal data as limitedas possible. In the absence of specific retention periods set out in this policy, yourpersonal data will be retained only for as long as we need it to fulfil the purpose forwhich we have collected it and, if applicable, as long as required by statutory retentionrequirements.

Your rights

Under the legislation applicable to you, you may be entitled to exercise some or all ofthe following rights:

  • require (i) information as to whether your personal data is retained and (ii) access toand/or duplicates of your personal data retained, including the purposes of theprocessing, the categories of personal data concerned, and the data recipients as well aspotential retention periods;
  • request rectification, removal or restriction of your personal data, e.g. because (i) it isincomplete or inaccurate, (ii) it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it wascollected, or (iii) the consent on which the processing was based has been withdrawn;
  • refuse to provide and – without impact to data processing activities that have takenplace before such withdrawal – withdraw your consent to processing of your personaldata at any time;
  • object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, that your personal data shall besubject to a processing. In this case, please provide us with information about yourparticular situation. After the assessment of the facts presented by you we will eitherstop processing your personal data or present you our compelling legitimate grounds foran ongoing processing;
  • take legal actions in relation to any potential breach of your rights regarding theprocessing of your personal data, as well as to lodge complaints before the competentdata protection regulators;• require (i) to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us,in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and (ii) to transmit thosedata to another controller without hindrance from our side; where technically feasibleyou shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us toanother controller; and/or
  • not to be subject to any automated decision making, including profiling (automaticdecisions based on data processing by automatic means, for the purpose of assessingseveral personal aspects) which produce legal effects on you or affects you with similarsignificance.

You may (i) exercise the rights referred to above or (ii) pose any questions or (iii) makeany complaints regarding our data processing by contacting us using the contact detailsset out below.

Contacting us

Please submit any questions, concerns or comments you have about this privacy policyor any requests concerning your personal data by email to info@myaquaro.com.The information you provide when contacting us (info@myaquaro.com) will be processed tohandle your request and will be erased when your request is completed. Alternatively,we will restrict the processing of the respective information in accordance with statutoryretention requirements.

Amendments to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time by updating our websiterespectively. Please visit the website regularly and check our respective current privacypolicy. This policy was last updated on 1st November 2021.