PRIVACY POLICY

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We attach great importance to the protection of your data and the preservation of your privacy. To ensure that you are fully aware of the collection and use of personal information on our websites, please read the information below.

 

PRIVACY POLICY DECLARATION 

Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible

Personal data is all data that personally identifies you. Responsible for the data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is the:

 

AMABIENTE GmbH, Weinlagerstrasse 11, CH-4056 CH-Basel

 

The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

For security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of personal data and other confidential contents (for example, orders, inquiries to the person in charge), this website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. you

can detect an encrypted connection by the string "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser line.

 

 

1. Data collection when visiting our website

In the case of the sole informational use of our website, ie if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following information that is technically necessary for us to display the website:

• Our visited website

• Date and time at the time of access

• Amount of data sent in bytes

• Source / reference from which you came to the page

• Browser used

• Operating system used

• IP address used (possibly in anonymous form)

• Processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server logfiles should concrete evidence point to unlawful use.

 

2. Cookies

In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, ie after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our affiliate (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information, such as browser and location data as well as IP address values, to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie.

Some of the cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (for example, remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for later visit to the website). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO for safeguarding our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

We may work with advertising partners to help us make our web site more interesting to you. For this purpose, in this case, when you visit our website, cookies from partner companies are stored on your hard disk (third-party cookies). If we cooperate with aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide on their acceptance or can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the Help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. These can be found for the respective browser under the following links:

Internet Explorer: windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en/kb/cookies-release-and- reject

Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py Safari: support.apple.com/kb/ph21411

Opera: help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

 

3. Contacting

 

When contacting us (for example via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data are collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified and provided that no statutory storage requirements are in conflict.

 

4. Comments

 

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time of writing the commentary and the name of the commentator you have chosen will be saved and published on the website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and saved. This storage of the IP address is made for security reasons and in the event that the data subject violates the rights of third parties or posts unlawful contents by submitting a comment. We need your e-mail address in order to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful.

Legal bases for the storage of your data are the Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit.b and f DSGVO. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as unlawful.

 

5. Use of your Data for Direct Mail

 

Sign up for our e-mail newsletter.

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you irregular information about our offers. Mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address alone. The indication of further possible data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have explicitly confirmed to us that you agree to the sending of the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm by clicking on a link that you wish to receive newsletters in the future.


By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for advertising purposes by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the provided link in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person named above. After cancellation, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately in our newsletter distribution, as far as you have not expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data usage, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement

 

6. Use of Social Media: Social Plugins

 

Facebook as a standard plugin

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Social Plug-in of Facebook" or "Facebook Social Plugin". An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

 

If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser connects directly to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are currently not logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) will be transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

 

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign the visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example, click the "Like" button or leave a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of the justified interests of Facebook in the display of personalized advertising, to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to tailor-made the service.

If you do not want Facebook to directly link the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You may also object to the future loading of the Facebook plugins and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).

US-based Facebook Inc. is certified under the US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to

Facebook Privacy Policy: www.facebook.com/policy.php

 

Google+ as default plugin

Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") from the Google+ social network operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). The plugins are z. B. on buttons with the sign "+1" on a white or colored background recognizable. An overview of the Google Plugins and their appearance can be found here: developers.google.com/+/plugins

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser connects directly to Google's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the site. The integration gives Google the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile on Google+ or are currently not logged in to Google+. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Google server in the US and stored there.

If you're logged in to Google+, Google can instantly associate your visit to our website with your Google+ profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the "+1" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Google server and stored there. The information will also be posted on Google+ and displayed there to your contacts.


According to Art. 6 (1) lit.f DSGVO, the data processing operations described are based on the legitimate interests of Google in the display of personalized advertising in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to design the service as required. If you do not want Google to immediately associate the data collected through our site with your profile on Google+, you'll need to log out of Google+ before you visit our website. You may also object to loading the Google+ plugins, and thus the data processing operations described above, with add-ons for your browser in the future, such as: For example, with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/). Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US Privacy Protection Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU. For information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Google: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

 

7. Web Analytics Services

 

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

 

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp ()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by curtailment and excludes a direct personal reference. The extension will truncate your IP address beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

 

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in full. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available at the following link and install:

tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie, which will prevent Google Analytics from entering this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics

 

Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US Privacy Protection Privacy Shield,

which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU.

 

For more information on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

 

8. Tools and Miscellaneous

 

Google reCAPTCHA

On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA feature of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an input is made by a natural person or abusive by automated and automated processing. The service includes the sending of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining the individual will-bearingness of actions on the Internet and the prevention of abuse and spam. Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US Privacy Protection Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU. For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please visit: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

 

Google Maps

On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually represent geographic information. By using this service you will be shown our location and will facilitate your arrival. When you visit any of the subpages in which the Google Maps map is incorporated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google's servers in the United States and stored there. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to, or if there is no user account. When you're logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO on the basis of the legitimate interests of Google in the display of personalized advertising, market research and / or needs-based design of its website. You have a right to object to the creation of these User Profiles, and you must comply with YouTube to exercise them. Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US Privacy Protection Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU.

 

If you disagree with the future transmission of your data to Google as part of the use of Google Maps, it is also possible to disable the Google Maps web service completely by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website can not be used. Google's Terms of Use can be viewed at www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html, and the additional Google Maps Terms of Service can be found at www.google.com/intl /de_US/help/terms_maps.html You can find detailed information about data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps on Google's website ("Google Privacy Policy"): www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

 

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") for consistent font presentation. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to correctly display texts and fonts. To do this, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. As a result, Google learns that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer. Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US Privacy Protection Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU. More information about Google Web Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

 

9. Rights of the >Person Concerned

 

The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data protection rights (information and intervention rights) to the person responsible regarding the processing of your personal data, which we will inform you about below:

Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about the personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of processed personal data, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data was or is being disclosed Period of storage or the criteria for determining the duration of storage, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data, if they were not collected by us, the The existence of automated decision-making including profiling and possibly meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and the intended effects of such processing, as well as your right to receive information, which guarantees according to Art. 46 GDPR for forwarding I data in third countries;

Right to correction according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and / or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;

Right to cancellation according to Art. 17 DSGVO: You have the right to demand the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, that right does not apply, in particular, where the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the exercise, pursuit or defense of rights;

Right to restriction of the processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the correctness of your data, which is disputed by you, is checked, if you refuse a deletion of your data due to inadmissible data processing and

Instead, we ask you to restrict the processing of your data if you need your data to assert, exercise or defend legal rights, after we no longer need this data for purpose or if you objected to your specific situation until it is clear whether our legitimate reasons prevail;

Right to be informed in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR: If you have the right to rectify, delete or limit the processing to the responsible person, he / she is obliged to rectify or delete the data or all recipients who have been disclosed personal data Unless it proves to be impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients. Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, standard and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible, as far as this is technically feasible;

Right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO: You have the right to revoke consent once given in the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the case of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned immediately, as far as further processing can not be based on a legal basis for consentless processing. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation;

Right to complain under Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is contrary to the GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the case of an administrative or judicial remedy Member State of your whereabouts, place of work or place of alleged infringement.

 

RIGHT TO OBJECT

 

IF, IN THE CONTEXT OF INTEREST ACCOUNTABILITY, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR PRESENT AUTHENTIC INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF REASONING, FOR REASONS OBTAINED FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, TO CONTRADICT WITH THIS PROCESS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUTURE.

 

MAKE USE OF YOUR OPPOSITION RIGHT, WE FINISH THE PROCESSING OF THE AFFECTED DATA. ONE FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS

BUT RESERVED, IF WE CAN PROVIDE IMPERATIVE REASONABLE REASONS FOR PROCESSING WHICH EXCEED ITS INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE PRESENTATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

 

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US TO OPERATE DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTRODUCE ANY CONTESTING AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOU OF PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OPPOSITE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

 

MAKE USE OF YOUR OPPOSITION RIGHT, WE FINISH THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ACCEPTANCE.

 

10. Duration of Storage of Personal Data

 

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal retention period (eg commercial and tax retention periods). After the deadline, the corresponding data are routinely deleted, if they are no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and / or on our part no legitimate interest in the re-storage persists.

 

11. Using a Live Support System

 

On this website, for the purpose of operating a live chat system to answer live requests, your communicated chat name and your communicated chat content are collected and stored for the chat's progress. The chat and your specified chat name are stored exclusively in the so-called RAM (random-access memory) and immediately deleted as soon as we or you have ended the chat conversation, but no later than 2 hours after the last message in the chat history. Cookies are used to operate the chat feature. Cookies are small text files stored locally in the cache of the site visitor's Internet browser. The cookies allow the recognition of the Internet browser of the site visitor to ensure a distinction of each user of the chat function of our website.

 


Insofar as the information collected in this way has a personal reference, processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in effective customer care and the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes. In order to avoid the storage of cookies, you can set your Internet browser so that in the future no more cookies can be stored on your computer or already stored cookies are deleted. However, switching off all cookies may mean that the chat function on our website can no longer be executed.

 

12. Further Information and Contacts

 

If you have further questions about privacy, please contact us. The contact address of our data protection officer can be found in our imprint. 2019

 

 

 

AMABIENTE designs, produces and distributs special taper candles, scented candles, object candles and matching chandeliers of the highest quality. Ever since AMABIENTE has manufactured their candle creations of sustainably grown raw materials with dedication to this artisanry. As a Swiss company with European manufactory, it is our goal to meet the world with more light.