Privacy Policy of Octagen
This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Owner and Data Controller
Octagen
H. Fennaage, Buruzu Magu, 20054 Male', Rep. of Maldives
Owner contact email: admin@octage.store
Types of Data collected
Among
the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or
through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; first name; last
name; username.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data
collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy
or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal
Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data,
collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified
otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and
failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application
to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically
states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to
communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the
functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any
use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by
the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the
purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to
any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie
Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for any third-party
Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and
confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to
the Owner.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The
Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized
access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the
Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT
enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly
related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some
cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge,
involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales,
marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as
third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting
providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if
necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these
parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
Users
have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under
some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data
until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to
rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This,
however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is
subject to European data protection law;
provision of Data is
necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for
any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
processing
is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in
the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In
any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal
basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the
provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or
a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The
Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other
places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending
on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the
User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about
the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the
section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Users
are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a
country outside the European Union or to any international organization
governed by public international law or set up by two or more
countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the
Owner to safeguard their Data.
If any such transfer takes place,
Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this
document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the
contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
Personal
Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract
between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has
been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of
the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to
fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the
legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections
of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed
to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given
consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn.
Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a
longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal
obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention
period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to
access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right
to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention
period.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning
the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply
with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect
its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties),
detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
Analytics, Registration and authentication and Content commenting.
For
specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the
User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing
of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Analytics
The
services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and
analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Google
Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”).
Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this
Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with
other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.
Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application.
Depending
on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous
comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided
by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the
same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own
comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties
is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where
the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content
commenting service.
Comment system managed directly (this Application)
This Application has its own internal content comment system.
Personal Data processed: first name; last name; username.
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending
on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and
authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to
access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration
or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may
also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find
out more, please refer to the description of each service.
Facebook Authentication (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook
Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by
Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Google OAuth (Google LLC)
Google OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google LLC and is connected to the Google network.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
Withdraw
their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent
where they have previously given their consent to the processing of
their Personal Data.
Object to processing of their Data. Users have
the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is
carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are
provided in the dedicated section below.
Access their Data. Users
have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain
disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy
of the Data undergoing processing.
Verify and seek rectification.
Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it
to be updated or corrected.
Restrict the processing of their Data.
Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the
processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their
Data for any purpose other than storing it.
Have their Personal Data
deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain
circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
Receive
their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have
the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and
machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it
transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision
is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and
that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which
the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where
Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an
official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the
legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such
processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation
to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should
their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can
object to that processing at any time without providing any
justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data
for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections
of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any
requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through
the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be
exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as
possible and always within one month.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The
User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in
Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from
improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In
addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this
Application may provide the User with additional and contextual
information concerning particular Services or the collection and
processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For
operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any
third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this
Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP
Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More
details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be
requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact
information at the beginning of this document.
How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To
determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do
Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
The
Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any
time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this
Application and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible -
sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the
Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to
the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should
the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the
User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where
required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any
information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other
information — including a personal identification number — allows for
the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information
collected automatically through this Application (or third-party
services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP
addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use
this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the
time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the
server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code
indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error,
etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the
operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per
visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the
details about the path followed within the Application with special
reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about
the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The
natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which
processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in
this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The
natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which,
alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the
processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning
the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless
otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.
This Application
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless
otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the
European Union include all current member states to the European Union
and the European Economic Area.
Cookies
Small sets of data stored in the User's device.
Legal information
This
privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple
legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General
Data Protection Regulation).
This privacy policy relates solely to this Application, if not stated otherwise within this document.
Latest update: April 28, 2020