maxedrealities

1.      Introduction

1.1    We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and, customers.

1.2    This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the

1.3    In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to maxedrealities. For more information about us, see Section 14.

2.      Credit

2.1    This document was created using a template from Docular (https://seqlegal.com/free-legal-documents/privacy-policy).

3.      The personal data that we collect

3.1    In this Section 3 we have set out the general categories of personal data that we process.

3.2    We may process data enabling us to get in touch with you (“contact data“). The contact data may include your name and email address. If you log into our website using a social media account, we will obtain elements of the contact data from the relevant social media account provider.

3.3    We may process your website user account data (“account data“). The account data may include your account identifier, name, email address, account creation and modification dates and website settings. If you log into our website using a social media account, we will obtain elements of the account data from the relevant social media account provider.

3.4    We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases that you enter through our website (“transaction data“).

3.5    We may process data about your use of our website and services] (“usage data“). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system.

4.      Purposes of processing and legal bases

4.1    In this Section 4, we have set out the purposes for which we may process personal data and the legal bases of the processing.

4.2    Direct marketing – We may process contact data for the purposes of creating, targeting and sending direct marketing communications by email. The legal basis for this processing is the consent of signing up for the weekly mail.

5.      Providing your personal data to others

5.1    Your personal data held in our website database will be stored on the servers of our hosting services providers at hostinger.com

5.2    Financial transactions relating to our website are handled by our payment services providers Klarna, Paypall or Stripe. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.

5.3    In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 5, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

6.      International transfers of your personal data

6.1    In this Section 6, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

6.2    The hosting facilities for our website are situated in the Netherlands.

6.3    You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our blog may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

7.      Retaining and deleting personal data

7.1    This Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.

7.2    Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

7.3    We will retain your personal data as follows:

(a)    contact data will be retained for a minimum period of one month following the date of the most recent contact between you and us, and for a maximum period of 6 months following that date;

(b)    account data will be retained for a minimum period of one day following the date of closure of the relevant account, and for a maximum period  one month following that date;

(c)    transaction data will be retained for a minimum period of one day following the date of the transaction, and for a maximum period of one one month following that date;

(d)    usage data will be retained for one year following the date of collection;

7.4    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

8.      Your rights

8.1    In this Section 8, we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.

8.2    Your principal rights under data protection law are:

(a)    the right to access – you can ask for copies of your personal data;

(b)    the right to rectification – you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;

(c)    the right to erasure – you can ask us to erase your personal data;

(d)    the right to restrict processing – you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data;

(e)    the right to object to processing – you can object to the processing of your personal data;

(f)    the right to data portability – you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you;

(g)    the right to complain to a supervisory authority – you can complain about our processing of your personal data; and

(h)    the right to withdraw consent – to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.

8.3    These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/.

8.4    You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.

9.      About cookies

9.1    A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

9.2    Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

9.3    Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

10.    Cookies that we use

10.1  We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a)    authentication and status – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us determine if you are logged into our website

(b)    shopping cart – we use cookies to maintain the state of your shopping cart as you navigate our website (cookies used for this purpose are: wc_cart_hash;

(c)    personalisation – we use cookies [to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you (cookies used for this purpose are: _pin:unauth, pinterest.com);

(d)    analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (cookies used for this purpose are: mailchimp_landing_site) and

(e)    cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally (cookies used for this purpose are: cookies.js).

11.    Cookies used by our service providers

11.1  Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

11.2  We use Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google’s use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

12.    Managing cookies

12.1  Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a)    https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);

(b)    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c)    https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);

(d)    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies(Internet Explorer);

(e)    https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and

(f)    https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

12.2  Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

12.3  If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

13.    Amendments

13.1  We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

13.2  You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

13.3  We may notify you about significant changes to this policy by email.

14.    Our details

14.1  This website maxedrealities is owned and operated by Luana Heuberger and Maximilian Wutscher

14.2  Our principal place of business is at Vienna.

14.3  You can contact us:

(a)    by using our website contact form or

(b)    by email, using maxedrealities@gmail.com