Privacy policy and information on processing personal data
I. Cookies files
1. The website www.nauticalflagdesign.com, hereinafter referred to as the Website, uses cookies to collect information about how you use our Website.
2. Cookies are text files that are stored by your web browser on your computer, allowing you to identify yourself and fix your preferences based on the history of the visited websites. Information is saved to customize the Website to your individual needs, as well as for advertising and statistics.
3. Administrator of the Website uses the following types of cookies:
a. , essential cookies”, which allow you to use the services available on the Website,
b. cookies files aimed at ensuring security,
c. cookies files that collect information about the Website used:
▪ files essential to use marketing tools such as Google Ads, Facebook Custom Audiences / Pixel Facebook, or LinkedIn Insight Tag. Thanks
to these files it is possible to configure, match and display ads based on previous User behavior on the Website. These tools are also used to
collect analytical and statistical data.
▪ files related to social network plugins. Thanks to them it is possible to like our Fan Page directly from the Website.
▪ files essential to use analytical tools, i.e. Google Analytics. The tool provides such information as time spent on the Website, sub-page
visits or traffic sources.
▪ files allowing to play video, i.e. from YouTube. These files are loaded when you start watching videos via a specific service (i.e. video recipes on our blog).
4. In many cases, web browsers default to the storage of “cookies” on your device. Users of the Website may at any time change their settings for cookies. These settings can be changed to block automatic cookies in your web browser or to notify each time you place them on your device. Detailed information about the cookies settings is available in the web browser settings. If you don’t change cookies settings, that means that they will be posted to your device and that the information will be stored on your device.
How to change your cookies settings in your browser
Mozilla Firefox
From the Firefox menu select ‘Options’ and then select ‘Privacy’ – there is a checkbox to indicate if you want to allow websites to track your visits. It is also possible to remove individual cookies.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Choose ‘Tools’ and then ‘Internet Options’. Select ‘the Privacy Tab’ and move the slider to select the preferred default setting. There is also a button ‘Advanced’ which can be used to set more specific options.
Google Chrome
From the menu select ‘More Tools’ and then ‘Clear browsing data’. From the main menu, you can also choose ‘Settings’, then ‘Advanced’, and then ‘Privacy and Security’ to customize your cookies options.
Opera
From the tool menu select ‘Preferences’. Then go to the ‘Advanced tab’, and to the cookies section.
Apple Safari
From the Safari menu select ‘Preferences’, then choose ‘Privacy’. Then select the preferred cookies options.
Cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices
In each phone model, the options for cookies and mobile device identifiers are determined differently. To change the settings, refer to the documentation for your mobile device.
Google Analytics and Google Ads
The consent for Google to use cookies or mobile device identifiers can be withdrawn in the Ads Settings section: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. You can install the Google Analytics blocking browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can also use the Network Advertising Initiative to withdraw your consent for third-party cookies: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1
II. Profiling and remarketing
The Website is associated with marketing tools such as Google Ads and Google Analytics. These tools collect information (in particular by using cookies) to identify User behavior such as time spent on the Website, sub-page visits, displaying products, placing an order, or shopping cart abandonment. These files allow so-called ‘Ordinary profiling’, which is used to display ads as part of remarketing – Users who have already visited the Website before, will see our ads on other websites, e.g. ads which encourage them to visit the Website again. Google and other third-party providers may display ads on their websites by providing their advertising space. They may use cookies and other identifiers to display ads based on previous visits to the Website. The User may opt-out of the use of cookies according to the instructions contained in the previous section of this sub-page.
The User has the right to object to the processing of his or her data for the purposes specified in this section. In case of objection, the data will not be processed for these purposes anymore. You can find more information about the security of data in Google Analytics and Google Ads at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 and
https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/6020956?hl=en.
III. Sharing of Information:
1. We may share personal information with third parties for other purposes. For example, we may share personal information with:
A. Social media platforms and networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram that offer functionalities, plugins, widgets, or tools in connection with our website or mobile application (e.g., to log into an account, or to share inspiration, finds, purchases, and other content with your friends and followers on social media). If you choose to use these functionalities, plugins, widgets, or tools, certain information may be shared with or collected by those social media companies—for more information about what information is shared or collected, and how it is used, see the applicable social media company’s privacy policy;
B. Parties to business transactions such as those we deal with in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, sales of assets, reorganizations, divestitures, dissolutions, bankruptcies, liquidations, or other types of business transactions. In these types of transactions, personal information may be shared, sold, or transferred, and it may be used subsequently by a third party; and
C. Additional third parties such as law enforcement, government entities, courts, or other third parties as required or allowed by applicable law, such as for the legal and safety purposes described under the “How We Use Information” Section above, or otherwise to help prevent harm or fraud to us, you, our customers, or other third parties. We also may share personal information with third parties upon your request or with your approval, though we may not be able to accommodate all requests.
IV. Information on processing personal data
1. The Controller of Your personal data is Nautical Flag Design, e-mail:
nauticalflagdesign@gmail.com.
2. For the above-mentioned purposes we will process your personal data such as (if given): first name, last name, phone number, e-mail address, address of the business, IP address.
3. Your personal data will be stored for a period necessary to complete the purposes mentioned in point 2 above. Your personal data will be processed for a longer period if we are legally obliged to do so.
4. Your personal data shall be forwarded to the categories of recipients providing services in the following areas:
o payment services,
o accounting,
o shipping services as well as logistics,
o marketing campaigns.
5. Your personal data will not be forwarded beyond the USA nor to international organizations.