Privacy Policy
AmorKado, your premier online gift shop situated in the heart of Malta
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Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 17, 2024
This Privacy Policy applies to your unique account created to access our Service or parts of our Service on AmorKado.com (also referred to as “AmorKado”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”).
When you visit AmorKado, accessible from https://www.AmorKado.com, we may place small files known as cookies on your computer, mobile device, or any other device. These cookies contain details of your browsing history on our website among their many uses.
AmorKado is based in Malta, we recognise that any device that can access our Service, such as a computer, a cell phone, or a digital tablet, is crucial to our operations.
We value your Personal Data, which is any information that relates to you as an identified or identifiable individual. Our Service Providers, who are any natural or legal persons processing data on our behalf, play a significant role in our operations. They could be third-party companies or individuals employed by AmorKado to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on behalf of AmorKado, perform services related to the Service, or assist AmorKado in analysing how the Service is used.
We also acknowledge the role of third-party Social Media Services, which are any websites or social network websites through which you can log in or create an account to use our Service. Usage Data, which refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit), is also a vital part of our operations.
In this Privacy Policy, “You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or AmorKado, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
In the course of using our Service, we may request that you provide us with specific personally identifiable information. This information can be utilised to contact you or identify you. The personally identifiable information we may ask for includes, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, Postal code, City, Country
This data aids us in providing a more personalised and efficient service experience.
Usage Data
Usage Data is automatically gathered when you use the Service. This data may encompass information like your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), the type and version of your browser, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the duration spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. When you access the Service via a mobile device, we may automatically collect certain information, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. We may also gather information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service via a mobile device. By registering or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
AmorKado may provide you with the option to create an account and log in to use the Service through various Third-party Social Media Services, including but not limited to:
Google
Facebook
Messenger
WhatsApp
Twitter
Instagram
If you choose to register through or grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, we may collect Personal data that is already associated with your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account, such as your name, your email address, your activities, or your contact list associated with that account. You may also have the opportunity to share additional information with the Company through your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If you opt to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, you are granting the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We employ Cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our service and store specific information. Tracking technologies such as beacons, tags, and scripts are used to gather and track information and to enhance and analyse our services.
The technologies we use may include:
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
Session Cookies: These Cookies are crucial to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They assist in authenticating users and preventing fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have requested cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Essential Cookies: These cookies enable us to provide you with the optimal experience when you access and navigate our website and use its features. For instance, they allow us to recognize that you have created an account and have logged into that account to access the content.
Functional Cookies: These cookies allow us to operate the website and services in line with the choices you make. For instance, we will recognize your username and remember how you customized the website and services during future visits.
Analytical Cookies: These cookies allow us and third-party services to gather aggregated data for statistical purposes on how our visitors use the website. They do not contain personal information like names and email addresses and are used to help us enhance your user experience of the website.
Social Media Cookies: Third-party cookies from social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.) allow us to track social network users when they visit or use the website and services, or share content, by using a tagging mechanism provided by those social networks. These cookies are also used for event tracking and remarketing purposes.
Flash Cookies: Certain features of our service may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences or your activity on our service. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for browser cookies.
Web Beacons: Certain sections of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Persistent vs. Session Cookies: Cookies can be categorized as "Persistent" or "Session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Any data collected with these tags will be used in accordance with our and social networks’ privacy policies. We will not collect or share any personally identifiable information from the user.
For additional information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
Utilisation of Your Personal Data
AmorKado may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
Service Provision and Maintenance: This includes monitoring the usage of our Service.
Account Management: Managing your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to you as a registered user.
Contract Performance: The development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services you have purchased or any other contract with us through the Service.
Communication: Contacting you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
Information Provision: Providing you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
Request Management: Attending to and managing your requests to us.
Business Transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
Other Purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience. We may share your personal information in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, and to contact you.
For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
With Other Users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see your name, profile, pictures, and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you, and view your profile.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent. Storage and Handling of Your Personal Data The Company will store Your Personal Data only for the duration necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and utilize Your Personal Data to the extent required to comply with our legal obligations (for instance, if we are obligated to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Company will also store Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally stored for a shorter duration, except when this data is utilized to enhance the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for extended time periods.
Storage and Handling of Your Personal Data
AmorKado will store your Personal Data only for the duration necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and utilise your Personal Data to the extent required to comply with our legal obligations (for instance, if we are obligated to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
AmorKado will also store Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally stored for a shorter duration, except when this data is utilised to enhance the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for extended time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at AmorKado’s operating offices and in any other locations where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information signifies your agreement to that transfer.
AmorKadowill take all reasonably necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your personal Data will occur to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If AmorKado becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will ensure to notify you before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, AmorKado representatives may be obligated to disclose your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, such as a court or a government agency.
Other Legal Requirements
AmorKado may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not intentionally gather personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please get in touch with us. If we become aware that we have gathered Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take measures to remove that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country necessitates consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may include links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly recommend you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
GDPR & Data Protection Policy
Introduction
At AmorKado, we prioritise the privacy and security of our customers’ personal data. This policy delineates our commitment to data protection principles and your entitlements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Scope
This policy encompasses all personal data processed by AmorKado, including data gathered on our website, www.amorkado.com.
Data Protection Principles
We adhere to the principles relating to the processing of personal data as set out in the GDPR. These principles necessitate that personal data be:
Processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
Collected solely for specific legitimate purposes.
Adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary.
Accurate and kept up to date.
Stored only as long as is necessary.
Secure and confidential.
Rights of the Data Subject
As a data subject, you are entitled to request access, rectification, erasure, and restriction of your personal data. You also have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to data portability.
Data Collection, Processing, and Storage
We collect personal data when you place an order, register for an Account/Service/Newsletter, or contact us for inquiries. This may encompass your name, address, contact information, and details about your purchase. We process this data to fulfill your order, manage your account, and provide customer service. We retain this data for as long as necessary to deliver these services and comply with our legal obligations.
Data Sharing and Transfers
We do not share your personal data with third parties, except as required to fulfill your order, comply with the law, or safeguard our rights. We do not transfer your data internationally.
Data Security
We implement suitable technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
Data Breaches
In the event of a data breach, we will promptly notify the relevant supervisory authority and any affected individuals, in accordance with our legal obligations.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. We will inform You of any modifications by displaying the revised Privacy Policy on this page. We will notify you via email and/or a significant notice on our Service, before the modification becomes effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy from time to time for any changes. Modifications to this Privacy Policy become effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, you can contact us by visiting our Contact Us page.