Valid from January 6, 2024
1. Introduction
This privacy policy statement tells you how karoistyle.com (hereinafter also referred to as “we”) processes your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “your data”). We take protecting the individual rights of users of our products (hereinafter referred to as “users” or “you”) very seriously, complying with applicable data protection regulations and taking necessary measures to protect your data.
The websites of other providers accessible through our website are not subject to the data protection regulations stated here. We are not responsible for the data protection compliance of third party websites. This privacy statement applies toHONG KONG FIRE UNICORN CO., LIMITED, subsidiaries and affiliates,
2. Purpose of data processing and use
2.1 General information
“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for example, contact data such as name, phone number, address or email address; and other information you provide to us during registration, as part of an inquiry or when participating in a competition or survey, for example.
Any processing of personal data, in particular the collection, storage, management, use, transfer, disclosure or deletion of your data, is considered “processing”.
Your data will only be used for the purposes communicated to you in this data protection privacy policy statement. We take necessary precautions to protect your personal data from loss, theft and misuse.
In this statement, we will inform you about the circumstances in which we collect data about you, what data we process about you, the purposes for which we use it and to whom it may be transferred. We will also explain to you what rights you have in relation to your data and how to assert these rights.
2.2 Non-anonymous users
During the registration process, application forms or downloads, registration for the newsletter and participation in competitions or prize draws, we collect your personal data, such as first and last name, address, email address; and other data, such as telephone number or date of birth , as well as all data voluntarily entered by registered users in their user profiles.
We use this data to process inquiries received, to enable and check your access rights, and to notify and/or publish the winners of competitions and prize draws. As a basis for access to our online products, we also collect and evaluate data on individual usage behavior in order to improve our products. Your data will also be used for customer service and personalized marketing purposes (such as pop-ups).
The online transmission of personal data between the user’s browser and the karoistyle.com server is encrypted using the HTTPS protocol. In order to enable the functionality of this encryption technology, users are obliged to use a current browser version.
2.3 Anonymous users of our website
When you visit our website, we and third parties collect, store and use data from registered and non-registered users through the use of “cookies” and similar technologies. Cookies are text files stored on the user’s device that enable analysis of product usage.
This technology can identify individual users as (returning) visitors and provide them with personalized services and products. In general, the use of cookies improves our services and makes them more efficient and secure. Users of our website can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting “Do not accept cookies” in their browser settings.
However, this may hinder the functionality of the website and make it more difficult for users to optimize their online services. In addition, the usage of our digital services is measured and evaluated through various technical systems, mainly from third-party providers. The above-mentioned technologies are used in particular to analyze users’ surfing behavior and measure coverage. Advertisers can use reach measurement to determine how many targeted individuals their efforts reached. The information collected through such technologies may also be used for marketing purposes, to improve the products and the website, to evaluate usage behavior and to provide and design personalized advertising formats (for example, through pop-ups).
2.3.1 Use of Google Analytics
karoistyle.com uses Google Analytics. This is a web analysis service of Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your computer, to analyze how the website is used.
The information determined by these cookies (time, location, pages visited and anonymized IP address) is sent to Google and stored in Hong Kong.
Google uses this information to evaluate the use of our website and to generate reports on the use of karoistyle.com. Google provides a tool that works on most common browsers to deactivate Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
3. Disclosure of personal data to third parties
We will not disclose personal data to third parties unless required by law or ordered by a court order.
This does not include disclosure of personal data to third parties:
a) To provide legal protection to users;
b) meet legal requirements;
c) defend and protect the rights of providers;
d) comply with terms of use or data protection regulations;
e) Solve technical problems of products;
f) Process your inquiry via forms on our website, which requires the transmission of data to process your inquiry or order. In these cases, data transfer is limited to the minimum necessary to fulfill the order. For the project’s “Request a Quote” service, we also work with service providers to forward your inquiry and related personal data to the service provider in order to process and respond to your inquiry. Data transfer is limited to the minimum necessary to fulfill the order.
g) Cooperate with the Provider’s service partners to support us, in particular in the field of marketing, with the analysis of certain technical data and the processing and/or storage of data. We work with a limited number of trusted external service partners, which we have carefully selected to meet high data protection and security standards. Data is disclosed to service partners only to the extent necessary to provide the services provided.
4. Transfer to other countries
We may also transfer your personal data to third parties abroad if this is necessary and appropriate for the data processing described in this Privacy Policy Statement. If the level of data protection in the country concerned is insufficient, we will contractually ensure that the protection of your personal data is maintained to a high standard. We ensure this by concluding EU Standard Contractual Clauses with the relevant companies, verifying that the respective companies are Privacy Shield certified (if the data recipient is located in the United States or the data is stored in the United States), and/or by providing European data protection authorities for the relevant companies Recognized Binding Corporate Rules (BCR).
5. Integration of third-party services such as plug-ins
Our digital services are networked with third-party functions and systems in various ways. If you have a user account with these third parties, these third parties may also measure and evaluate your use of our Digital Services. Other personal data, such as IP address, personal browser settings and other parameters, may be transferred to and stored by these third parties. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility or liability for, the use of such personal data collected by third parties.
6. Legal basis for data processing
We always process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
Contractual relationship is the legal basis for the processing of personal data for the purposes of the contractual relationship. This also applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures.
Where data processing is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, the relevant legal obligation serves as the legal basis.
For further processing we rely on our primary interest. For example, adjust and continuously improve our services based on customer needs; conduct marketing activities to provide you with suitable products or services and display advertisements that are relevant to you. This is an important basis for the financing and further development of our services. In order to achieve these interests, the processing of the personal data described by us is necessary. However, we have taken steps to reduce the impact of data processing on our users. We compare our interests with those of our users and conclude that our data processing does not unduly affect the interests or fundamental rights of our users and that our interests in this data processing accordingly outweigh other interests. If you do not agree to this, you have the right to object to such data processing at any time within the framework permitted by law.
If we obtain consent for data processing, this is considered a legal basis.
7. Data retention
We will only use and retain your data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is processed or where we have another legal basis. We retain data held on the basis of our contractual relationship with you, at least for as long as the contractual relationship exists and the limitation period for which we may make claims, or where there are statutory or contractual retention obligations.
8. Your rights
a) Right to know and correct
You have the right to receive information from us at any time and free of charge as to whether and which personal data we process. You can also ask us to correct or complete inaccurate information about you in our systems.
b) Right of deletion and restriction
You have the right to ask us to delete or restrict the processing of your personal data.
Please note that even if you request deletion of your personal data, we may have to retain it due to legal or contractual storage obligations (e.g. for billing purposes), in which case we will only restrict or block where necessary your data. Additionally, deletion of your data may mean that you can no longer access or use the services for which you signed up.
c) Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your data, which you can do by submitting your objection to us.
d) Right to data portability
If applicable, you can also assert your rights to data portability.
e) Withdraw consent
You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we may no longer be able to provide you with personalized use of free and/or paid products.
f) Right to complain
If applicable, you have the right to lodge a complaint regarding data processing with the competent supervisory authority. You can do this at the supervisory authority at your place of residence, workplace or at the location of the alleged data protection breach.
9. Objection
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time in accordance with legal requirements.
a) Newsletter
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the relevant link in your user account or in the newsletter itself.
10.SSL Protection
This site has passed the SSL protocol, and all credit card-related information has been verified with corresponding encryption protection during transmission and collection to ensure the security of users’ credit card information.
11. Contact information
If you have any questions or comments about our data protection policy and would like information about your rights under Articles 8 and 9 or how to assert these rights, you can contact us at [email protected].