We are committed to protecting our visitors’ privacy and we do not collect any personal information about you as a visitor unless you provide it voluntarily. Any personal information you communicate to us is kept within our company records in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2001 (Malta). This policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
(a) Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views);
(b) Information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (where applicable);
(c) Information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters;
(d) Information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases made.
(e) Any other information that you choose to send to us.
2. Your Personal Data
Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) Administer the website;
(b) Improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website;
(c) Enable your use of the services available on the website;
(d) Send you goods/services purchased via the website;
(e) Send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
(f) Send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
(g) Send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
(h) Send to you marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
(i) Provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
(j) From time to time we may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. We may also share your email addresses with third parties for marketing purposes, should you not wish to receive such third party promotional material please send an email with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject field to meninmalta@gmail.com.
(k) Deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;
(l) Our website financial transactions are handled through our PCI compliant local payment gateway. We will share information with the above party only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make via our website.
WE WILL NOT, WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT, PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING.
3. Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose information about you:
(a) To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
4. Personal Data Security
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure password and firewall protected servers. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted using SSL technology through the hosted payment page at the payment gateway provider or PayPal. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet. You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.
5. Amendments to our Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are conversant with any changes. We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.
6. Visitors Rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. You also have the right to request the blocking or erasure of data which has been processed unlawfully.
7. Links and Third Party Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
8. Updating Personal Information
To correct/update any of your personal details please go to My Account and enter your new details here.
9. Contact Details
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to meninmalta@gmail.com.
10. Cookies
A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. We will use the persistent cookies to enable our website to recognize you when you visit.
Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser whilst persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.