GDPR Policy
Last Updated: September 01, 2024
At Afferris, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly. This GDPR Policy explains how Afferris collects, uses, stores, protects, and processes personal information when you visit or use www.afferris.com.
This policy is intended to explain the rights available to individuals under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how you can exercise those rights.
The GDPR generally applies to organisations established in the European Economic Area or organisations outside the EEA that offer goods or services to individuals in the EU or monitor their behaviour there.
1. About Afferris
Website: www.afferris.com
Afferris is an online shopping and deals platform that may provide users with information about products, retailers, brands, offers, promotions, and related content.
When you interact with our website, certain information may be collected automatically or provided directly by you.
2. Personal Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use Afferris, we may collect information such as:
- Name
- Email address
- Account or registration information
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Links clicked
- Products or offers viewed
- Referral or traffic information
- Approximate location information
- Cookie and similar technology identifiers
- Information you voluntarily provide through forms or communications
We only intend to collect information that is reasonably relevant to the purposes for which it is used.
Under GDPR principles, organisations should collect only information that is necessary for a specific purpose and should not retain it longer than necessary.
3. How We Collect Information
We may collect information through:
- Information you provide directly to us
- Account registration or website forms
- Contact or support communications
- Cookies and similar technologies
- Analytics tools
- Advertising and tracking technologies
- Information generated through your interaction with our website
- Third-party services or business partners where permitted by applicable law
If personal information is obtained from a source other than you, applicable privacy requirements may require us to provide information about the source and how the information is used.
4. Why We Use Personal Information
Afferris may process personal information for purposes including:
- Providing and operating our website
- Responding to questions and requests
- Maintaining user accounts where applicable
- Improving website functionality and performance
- Understanding how visitors use our website
- Measuring traffic and marketing performance
- Personalizing website content where appropriate
- Displaying relevant offers and promotions
- Preventing fraud, abuse, and unauthorized activity
- Maintaining website security
- Complying with legal obligations
- Sending marketing communications where permitted
- Managing business relationships and partnerships
We will not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purposes described to you unless permitted by applicable law.
5. Legal Bases for Processing
Where GDPR applies, Afferris may rely on one or more lawful bases for processing personal information.
Consent
We may process information when you have freely given informed and specific consent.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
Contract
Processing may be necessary to provide a service or perform an agreement with you.
Legal Obligation
We may process information when required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal proceedings, or lawful requests.
Legitimate Interests
We may process information when necessary for legitimate business interests, provided that those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Examples may include website security, fraud prevention, service improvement, analytics, and maintaining business operations.
GDPR recognises several lawful bases for processing, including consent, contractual necessity, legal obligations, vital interests, public-interest tasks, and legitimate interests.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Afferris may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand visitor activity, measure performance, and support advertising or analytics where applicable.
Some cookies may be necessary for the operation of the website, while others may require consent depending on applicable law and how they are used.
You can manage certain cookie preferences through your browser or through any cookie-consent tools made available on our website.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.
7. Analytics
Afferris may use analytics services to understand website traffic and visitor behaviour.
Analytics information may include:
- Number of visitors
- Pages viewed
- Referral sources
- Approximate geographic information
- Browser and device information
- Time spent on pages
- Links or products interacted with
We use this information to understand website performance, improve our services, and evaluate marketing activities.
Where an analytics provider processes personal information on our behalf, we expect the provider to process information in accordance with applicable privacy requirements and contractual obligations.
8. Advertising and Affiliate Links
Afferris may participate in affiliate marketing programs.
Some links on our website may be affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and subsequently make a qualifying purchase from a third-party retailer, Afferris may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Third-party retailers and advertising partners may independently collect information when you visit their websites. Their collection and use of information is governed by their own privacy policies.
Afferris does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.
9. Sharing Personal Information
We may share personal information with service providers, technology providers, analytics providers, advertising partners, business partners, or other third parties when reasonably necessary for legitimate purposes described in this policy.
We may also disclose information:
- When required by law
- In response to valid legal requests
- To protect our rights or property
- To prevent fraud or security threats
- To protect users or other individuals
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, or sale of business assets
We do not intend to sell your personal information in violation of applicable privacy laws.
10. International Data Transfers
Some service providers or business partners may process information outside the European Economic Area.
Where GDPR applies and personal information is transferred outside the EEA, Afferris will use an appropriate legal mechanism where required by applicable law.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include an adequacy decision, appropriate contractual safeguards, or another lawful transfer mechanism.
11. How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
The appropriate retention period may depend on:
- The purpose for collecting the information
- Whether you maintain an account
- Legal or regulatory requirements
- Dispute-resolution requirements
- Security and fraud-prevention needs
- Legitimate business requirements
When information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.
12. Security
Afferris takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We encourage users to protect their account credentials and devices and to avoid sharing passwords with others.
13. Your GDPR Rights
Where GDPR applies, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Right to Be Informed
You have the right to receive clear information about how your personal information is collected and used.
Right of Access
You may request confirmation of whether we process your personal information and, where applicable, request access to that information.
Right to Rectification
You may ask us to correct personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to Erasure
In certain circumstances, you may request that we delete your personal information.
This right is not absolute and may be subject to legal or other exceptions.
Right to Restrict Processing
You may request that we limit how your information is processed in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability
Where applicable, you may request certain personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and may have the right to transmit it to another organisation.
Right to Object
You may object to certain types of processing, including certain processing based on legitimate interests and direct marketing.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Rights Regarding Automated Decision-Making
Where applicable, you may have rights concerning decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, where such decisions produce legal or similarly significant effects.
These rights are recognised under the GDPR, although specific conditions and exceptions may apply to each right.
14. How to Submit a Privacy Request
If you want to exercise an applicable GDPR right, please contact Afferris using the contact information below.
Privacy Contact Email: Contact@afferris.com
Please clearly explain the request you are making. We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
We will handle valid requests in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.
15. Complaints
If you believe that Afferris has not handled your personal information appropriately, you may contact us first so that we can review your concern.
Where GDPR applies, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data-protection supervisory authority in your country of residence, place of work, or where you believe an infringement occurred.
Individuals have a recognised GDPR right to lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Authority.
16. Children’s Privacy
Afferris is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children in circumstances where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where parental or guardian consent is legally required, we will take reasonable steps to address the situation.
The applicable age for children’s consent can vary under GDPR depending on the circumstances and national law.
17. Third-Party Websites
Afferris may contain links to retailers, brands, advertisers, affiliate partners, and other third-party websites.
Once you leave Afferris and visit a third-party website, that website’s privacy policy and terms may apply.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or data-processing activities of independent third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.
18. Changes to This GDPR Policy
We may update this GDPR Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, or applicable privacy laws.
When changes are made, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this policy.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to remain informed about how Afferris handles personal information.
19. Contact Afferris
If you have questions about this GDPR Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us:
Afferris
Website: www.afferris.com
Privacy Email: Contact@afferris.com
Last Updated: September 01, 2024