Privacy Policy & GDPR Compliance
Since May 25, 2018, the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in effect. "HOT AF Candles" complies with the provisions of the aforementioned Regulation and follows a Privacy Policy for its activities.
Protection of Personal Data
We collect and process your personal data only when it is absolutely necessary. We will never sell, rent, distribute, or disclose your personal data in any way. If you are under 16 years old, you MUST have your parents' consent before using the services of this website.
Relevant Legislation
In addition to our internal IT systems, this website has been designed to comply with the protection of users' personal data in accordance with the following laws/regulations:
- EU Data Protection Directive of 1995 (DPD)
- EU General Data Protection Regulation of 2018 (GDPR)
Personal Information Collected by This Website and Why We Collect It
This website collects and uses personal information for the following reasons:
Website Visitation Tracking
Like most websites, this one uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user activity. We use this data to determine the number of people using our website, better understand how they find and use our web pages, and to track their journey through the site. While GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser, and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. GA also records your computer's IP address, which could be used to identify you, but Google does not grant us access to it. We consider Google to be a third-party data processor that is compliant with European legislation.
Contact Forms and Email Links
Should you choose to contact us using a contact form or an email link, none of the data that you supply will be stored by this website, nor will it be transferred or processed by any third-party data processors, as defined below in the section "Our Third-Party Data Processors." Instead, the data will be collated into an email and sent to us over the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Our SMTP servers are protected by TLS (sometimes known as SSL) meaning that the email content is encrypted before being sent across the internet. The content of the email is decrypted by our local computers and devices.
Regarding Cookies
What is a cookie?
The term "cookie" refers to a small data file consisting exclusively of a series of text information that the website transfers to your web browser located on your computer's hard drive, either temporarily during your visit or sometimes for longer periods, depending on the type of cookie. Cookies perform various functions (for example, they distinguish you from other visitors to the same website or remember certain things about you, such as your preferences) and are used by most websites to enhance your user experience.
Each cookie is unique to your web browser and contains certain anonymous information. A cookie usually contains the name of the domain from which the cookie originated, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value (usually in the form of a randomly generated unique number).
Types of cookies
The main types of cookies that websites may use are described below.
Session cookies
These are temporary cookies that remain in your device's cookie file only during your visit and are deleted when you close your web browser.Persistent cookies
These remain in your device's cookie file even after you close your web browser, sometimes for a year or longer (the exact duration depends on the lifespan of each cookie). Persistent cookies are used when the website administrator may need to recognize you for more than one visit (e.g., to remember your username or your site configuration preferences).First-party cookies
These are cookies that are installed on your web browser and/or your device's hard drive by the website you visit. This includes assigning a unique identifier code to you for tracking your navigation on the website. Website administrators often use first-party cookies for managing visits and for identification purposes.Third-party cookies
These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks, to track your visits to various websites where they advertise. The website administrator does not have control over these third-party cookies.
Cookies on this website and how to manage them
On this website, we use cookies to enhance the user experience for our visitors. Disabling or not accepting the use of cookies will significantly impact the functionality of the website.
Below are details about third-party cookies we use on this website, including how to disable them and the impact of disabling them on the website's functionality. For more information on managing certain types of cookies, including how to control or delete them, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org.
Google Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics service uses performance analysis/monitoring cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. These cookies can inform us about the number of visitors to the website, the time and duration of access, and also provide information about how visitors navigate various parts of the website. This information helps us improve the functionality of our website. It is anonymous information and does not contain personal data.
The information collected by Google Analytics cookies regarding our website is transmitted and stored on Google's servers according to Google's privacy policy.
For more information about the Google Analytics service, please click on https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics by clicking on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en=GB.
If you disable these cookies, your use of the website will not be counted, nor will it be used in the statistics we collect to improve the services we provide through the website. The website's functionality will not be affected.
Cookies from Video Service Providers (Google, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc.)
These providers may place cookies on your device if you watch videos on our website provided by them as an external service.
If you disable these cookies, you may not be able to view embedded videos on our website.
Cookies from Social Networks
Third-party social networks may place cookies on your device if you choose to share content from our website with them by clicking on one of the "Share" buttons.
If you disable these cookies, the "Share" function will not be available.
Remarketing
For advertising purposes, visitation data is provided to third-party services such as Google and Facebook for displaying advertising messages on third-party sites.
About the Server of This Website
All online traffic (file transfers) between this website and your web browser is encrypted and transmitted via the HTTPS protocol using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
Third-Party Data Processors
We use a number of third-party data processors to process personal data on our behalf. These processors have been carefully chosen to comply with the legislation mentioned in this document.
Data Breaches
For any personal data stored in our database, all necessary measures will be taken to ensure their security.
We will report any unlawful data breach of this website's database or the database of any third-party data processor to all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach, if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner have been stolen.
Data Controller
The data controller for this website is: Konstantinos Botsis.
