1. General
1.1. Abacuzz takes its responsibilities regarding protection of personal information very seriously. This policy explains how we use personal information we may obtain about you. By using the Abacuzz website you consent to this policy.
1.2. By submitting your personal information you consent to the use of that personal information as set out in this privacy policy.
1.3. If our privacy policy changes, we will post the changes on our website. Continued use of our website by you will signify that you agree to such changes.
1.4. Please note that all products and services we offer are a subject to our General Terms and Conditions.
2. Why we need your personal information
2.1. When you use services provided on this website, you will be asked to provide certain information such as your name, contact details, and/or debit/credit card details. We will store this information and use this information in the following ways:
a) To fulfil our agreement with you, including processing your purchase order, sending you an invoice or contacting you if there is a problem with your purchase order or payment;
b) To register you with the Abacuzz website and administer our website services, such as our newsletter, where you have registered to receive these;
c) For crime prevention and detection;
d) Answer any queries which you may send us by e-mail; and
e) For any other purpose regarding which we give information to you on Abacuzz website.
3. How we will use your personal information
3.1. We regard personal data to be confidential information, and these shall therefore be processed only if:
a) it is justifiable in the context of normal business operation;
b) it is clear to the other party concerned;
c) the data are relevant and not excessive for electronic commerce purposes;
d) the data are correct and complete;
e) they are processed in a fair and lawful way.
3.2. Information that you provide or that is obtained by Abacuzz will be used by Abacuzz to enable us to review, develop and improve the services that we offer, and provide you and other customers (via newsletter, mail, e-mail, telephone or otherwise) with information about new products and services and special offers we think you will find valuable. We may also inform you about new products and services and special offers of selected third parties.
3.3. We may also use your information for market research and statistical purposes in order to carry out appropriate research and analysis to monitor and improve use of our services. We may contact you (by post, e-mail, telephone or otherwise) to request your feedback and comments on our services.
3.4. Personal data that are no longer required for electronic commerce purposes will be rendered unidentifiable or destroyed.
3.5. Requests by parties to inspect and correct their data will be honoured provided this does not require disproportionate efforts on our part.
4. How we share information with others
4.1. Abacuzz shall use personal data only in ways which are in line with the purpose they were gathered for or which our clients approved or in line with the valid laws or regulations.
4.2. In so far as personal data are passed on to third parties, this shall be done only with the other parties consent or on account of a legal duty.
5. How we protect your information
5.1. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorized access to that information.
5.2. We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information as outlined above. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose online. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing over the internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.
5.3. Our site may link to other websites which may be accessed through our site. We are not responsible for the data policies or procedures or the content of these linked websites.
6. Our policy on „cookies“
6.1. There is a technology called „cookies“ which is used by us to provide you with customized information from Abacuzz website. A cookie is an element of data that a website sends to your browser, which then stores it on your system. Cookies allow us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of our website. Cookies also allow us to make Abacuzz website more user-friendly by, for example, allowing us to take you to the language site of last use, so that we can give you a better experience when you return to our website. Use of Abacuzz website will imply your consent to the use of such cookies.
6.2. For more detail about cookies please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org
7. Confidential information
7.1. Should we receive information from another party or a third party of which we are or may in reasonableness be aware that it needs to be treated as confidential, we shall ensure that effective measures are taken for the information and communication systems for which we are responsible in order to guarantee that confidentiality.
7.2. We shall as far as we are able indicate whether the transmission and/or reception of information entails exceptional risks for the maintenance of confidentiality.
8. Intellectual property rights
8.1. Should we by electronic means offer products and/or services carrying third-party rights, we shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that intellectual property rights are respected and that obligations arising therefrom are duly honoured.
8.2. Should or could we be aware that information becoming electronically available to us is subject to such rights we shall ensure that such information is used by ourselves in a lawful manner only. If we become aware of infringement of such rights by third parties, we shall as far as reasonably possible notify the proprietor concerned.
9. Use of Twitter Plugins
9.1. Functions of the Twitter service are integrated in our site. These functions are being offered by Twitter, Inc. (795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). The use of Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function links the websites you visit with your Twitter account and makes this information available to other users. Data is transferred to Twitter in the process.
9.2. We want to make you aware that we as a provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data or of its use by Twitter. You can find more information about the data privacy declaration of Twitter at twitter.com/privacy. You can change your data privacy settings at Twitter in the account settings at twitter.com/account/settings.
10. Use of Facebook Plugins
10.1. Our website also uses social plugins (“plugins”) provided by the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook, Inc. (1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”)). The plugins are identifiable by a Facebook logo (white letter f on blue background or a thumb up icon) or the notice “Facebook Social Plugin.” For a full list of all social Plugins please see http://developers.facebook.com/plugins.
10.2. When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook servers. Facebook directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website, enabling Facebook to receive information about your having accessed the respective page of our website. Thus we have no influence on the data gathered by the plugin and inform you according to our state of knowledge: The embedded plugins provide Facebook with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking “Like,” or entering a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. Even if you are not logged into Facebook, there is possibility that the plugins transmits your IP-address to Facebook.
10.3. For the information on the purpose and scope of data collection and procession by Facebook, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy please visit Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
10.4. If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your member data already stored by Facebook, please log off Facebook before entering our website. Further you can block Facebook social Plugins by using add-ons for your browser, like the „Facebook Blocker.“
11. Use of Google+ Button
11.1. The Google Privacy Policy describes how Google treats personal information when you use Google’s products and services, including information provided when you use the Google +1 button. In addition, the following describes Google’s additional privacy practices specific to your use of the +1 button.
11.2. The Google +1 button is a way for you to share information publicly with the world. The Google +1 button helps you and others receive personalized content from Google and its partners. The fact that you +1’d something will be recorded by Google, along with information about the page you were viewing when you clicked on the +1 button. Your +1’s may appear to others as an annotation with your profile name and photo in Google services (such as in search results or on your Google Profile) or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.
11.3. Google will record information about your +1 activity in order to provide you and other users with a better experience on Google services.In order to use the Google +1 button, you need to have a public Google Profile visible to the world, which at a minimum includes the name you chose for the profile. That name will be used across Google services and in some cases it may replace another name you’ve used when sharing content under your Google Account. Google may display your Google Profile identity to people who have your email address or other identifying information.
11.4. In addition to the above-described uses, the information you provide to us is used subject to Google’s main Privacy Policy at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
11.5. Google may share aggregate statistics related to users’ +1 activity with the public, our users, and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or connected sites. For example, we may tell a publisher that “10% of the people who +1’d this page are in Tacoma, Washington.”
11.6. You may view the list of items you have +1’d on the +1 tab on your Profile. You can remove individual items from that list.
11.7. You may opt out of seeing +1 recommendation on third-party websites (including on ads on third-party sites) from people you know.
11.8. Google will store data (such as your recent +1’s) locally in your browser. You may be able to access and clear this information in your browser settings.
11.9. Google adheres to the U.S. Safe Harbor privacy principles. For more information about the Safe Harbor framework or our registration, please visit http://export.gov/safeharbor/
12. Use of Google Analytics and AdWords
12.1. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
12.2. In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymisation is active on this website.
12.3. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
12.4. The IP-address, that your Browser conveys to within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
12.5. Google AdWords Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service from Google. It links the activity on the Website with the Adwords advertising network and DoubleClick cookies. You can opt out of cookie tracking here: http://google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en