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PRIVACY POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE

Data protection information for the website www.amazingames.ch

Protecting the privacy and personality rights of our customers when they visit our website is of extreme importance for the trust-based use of our offers. When you visit www.amazingames.ch («amazingames.ch" or the "website"), personal data is collected, processed and used. With this data protection information, we would like to underline our commitment to the secure and trustworthy handling of your data and tell you how we use the personal data of our customers. We comply with the provisions of applicable data protection law.

 

1. Data controller and contacts

The data controller pursuant to applicable data protection laws is Geek Group Sagl, Via Ferruccio Pelli 3 - 6900 Lugano TI

If you have any questions about data protection or wish to exercise rights or claims (p.e.g withdrawal of consent to the use of your data for marketing purposes or exercise of your right to information) regarding your personal data, please address your request in writing to amministrazione@amazingames.ch or write to the following address:

Amazingroup SCL
c/o Data Protection Officer
Via Madonnetta 15
6900 Lugano
Switzerland

 

2. What are personal data

"Personal data" means all particular data relating to the personal or material conditions of a specific or determinable natural or legal person. This means that this is information that can be related to you personally and that can express something about you. In this data protection information, the wording "your data" is also used for this purpose. "Processing" or "processing" means any handling of your data, including in particular the collection, storage, management, use, transmission, communication or deletion of your data.

Below, we inform you what personal data we collect and store about you if you use our website and how we use this data, as well as to whom we may pass it on. Furthermore, you will receive information on what rights you have towards us regarding the use of your data.

 

3. We use your personal data in these ways and for these purposes

a. while visiting our website

When you visit our website, the web server records technical information, such as e.g. log files, in so-called log files.e.g date, time, the website, the data you downloaded, the website through which you landed on ours or the type of browser software you use (including operating system).Geek Group stores and uses this information anonymously for statistical analysis and to increase the attractiveness of the website. We also use this information in a pseudonymised manner, i.e. without any reference to you, so that we can constantly improve our offer and adapt it to your interests.

In addition, we activate cookies and analysis tools (for example Google Analytics) when you visit our website. See in this regard point 9 of these data protection instructions.

b. while registering a user account

For the conclusion of contracts and other services, such as e.g.e.g newsletter with information on new products, we require, depending on the individual case, personal data such as e.g.e.g:

your e-mail address* which can also serve as your username,

  • password*

as well as, depending on the context and the offer, possibly other data such as

  • title

  • name and surname*

  • address (full postal address, postcode, town)*

  • telephone number

  • date of birth

  • sex

  • IP address (Internet Protocol Address) of the accessing computer)

  • information relating to newsletters to which you have subscribed or other advertising;

  • chosen means of payment

The information marked with an asterisk «*» must be communicated.

c) Order as a guest

You have the possibility to place orders as a guest. If you choose this order method, you do not need to register before placing an order.

For an order without a customer account we require personal data such as:

  • email address*

  • title

  • name and surname*

  • address (full postal address, postcode, town)*

  • payment method (including payment information if applicable)

  • in case of purchase with invoice, it is necessary to indicate the date of birth*

  • in case of collection in store and/or delivery, the telephone number must be communicated*.

The information marked with an asterisk «*» must be communicated.

Please note that for each further order you will have to enter your details again.

We process the data that you communicate to us in the context of an order placed as a guest for the purpose of executing the contract. We store the information you have provided to us for the period of time necessary to process and fulfill your order. Your data will then be deleted unless you decide, within 14 days of your order, to activate your user account. Data that we need to store due to legal, regulatory or contractual retention obligations is blocked, rather than deleted, to prevent it from being used for other purposes.

As part of a guest order, you will only receive information about the offer and other promotions from Geek Group if you have consented to this. In this case, we store and use your data for this purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. You will find information on how to exercise your right to object in section 13.

d) Newsletter

If you have registered for the newsletter, we will use your data indicated during registration for the purpose of sending the Geek Group newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive any newsletter, you can unsubscribe via an unsubscribe link in each newsletter.

e) Communication

We store and use your data if you contact us by telephone, e-mail or via our contact form or if you otherwise wish to provide us with information and to do so you transmit your data to us (including the content of the communication) .

f) Other

In addition, we store and use personal data and technical information to the extent necessary to prevent or prosecute abuse or other unlawful conduct on our website, e.g.e.g to maintain data security in the event of attacks on our IT systems.

Finally, we store and use your data, insofar as we are required to do so by law, for example by virtue of official or judicial provisions and for the protection of our rights and claims, as well as for legal defense.

In general, there is no obligation to communicate personal data, unless there is a contractual relationship that underlies this obligation. However, we will need to collect and process personal data that is necessary or required by law for the initiation and management of a contractual relationship and for the fulfillment of related obligations. Otherwise we will not be able to enter into or carry out the contract in question. In fact, the processing of log data and certain other data when using the website is also imperative. Even when communicating with us, we must process at least the personal data that you transmit to us or that we transmit to you.

 

4. Legal basis

Your personal data is processed by us exclusively for the purposes of complying with applicable laws and regulations. We use your personal data to perform the contract; for legitimate interests such as maintaining the customer database, marketing and advertising our products and services, technical management and further development of the website; as well as on the basis of consent, insofar as we ask you for consent separately.

Please note that your personal data may also be used by us for marketing purposes. You can prohibit the use for marketing purposes at any time and specifically by sending the relevant communication to Geek Group Sagl, Via Ferruccio Pelli 3 - 6900 Lugano TI, Switzerland, or by e-mail to 

 

5. Transmission of personal data

For the conclusion and performance of contracts we may pass on your personal data to companies of the Geek Group corporate group within and outside Switzerland, for central storage in the customer database and for internal group billing and accounting purposes . If we collaborate with a partner company for a specific product offer, payment method or prize competition, personal data may also be disclosed and transmitted to this company. Furthermore, we have partial data processed (e.g.e.g for IT and central hot line services, market research analysis and customer satisfaction) from service companies that we carefully select and which can operate exclusively according to our instructions.

 

6. Treatment abroad

You agree that your personal data may also be disclosed outside Switzerland, the EU and the EEA to other countries with legislation for the purposes mentioned in these data protection instructions. which ensures adequate data protection with regard to the respective personal data. In the absence of legislation guaranteeing adequate protection, we enter into agreements which ensure that recipients maintain an adequate level of data protection.

We ensure this through one or more of the following measures:

 

7. Security measures

We apply technical and organizational security measures to adequately protect your personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, inadvertent or intentional manipulation, loss or destruction. Personal data requiring special protection are transmitted encrypted (e.g.e.g through the adoption of SSL = Secure Socket Layer protocols). The technical security measures to protect your personal data are checked regularly and, if necessary, adapted to the state of the art. These principles also apply to companies that process and use personal data on our behalf and according to our instructions.

 

8. Data from children

Where recognisable, we process personal data relating to children only with the consent of their legal representative. Persons under the age of 18 must obtain the permission of their legal representative before they can transmit personal data to us.

 

9. Cookies, web analysis services and social media

We use cookies, web analytics services and social media plugins on our website. There is a separate  data protection notice in ​​this regard.

 

10. Recommendation of products by email pursuant to art. 3 para. 1 letter or LCSl

Within the framework of the legal authorization pursuant to art. 3 para. 1 letter or the Federal Law against Unfair Competition (LCSl), we are entitled to use the e-mail address you indicated when purchasing goods, works or services for the direct advertising of similar goods, works or services of our own. If you no longer wish to receive advertising relating to goods, works or similar services, you can object at any time to the relevant use of your e-mail address, without incurring further costs. In this regard, you can unsubscribe from product recommendations by clicking on the unsubscribe link in each email.

 

11. Duration of retention of your personal data

We store your personal data only for as long as is necessary in accordance with the purposes of the processing. In the event of an analysis, we store your personal data until the analysis is completed. If we store personal data as a result of a contractual relationship with you, this data will remain stored at least as long as the contractual relationship exists and at most for as long as we have a legitimate interest in the storage, e.g.e.g for documentation and evidence protection purposes; while the limitation periods for possible claims on our part run or as long as legal or contractual conservation obligations exist.

 

 

12. Automated individual decisions

"Automated individual decisions" mean decisions that are made automatically, i.e. without significant human influence and which may lead to negative legal consequences or other similar negative consequences for you. We will inform you separately if we need to use automated individual decisions.

 

 

 

 

13. Your rights

If we use the data for a purpose that requires your consent in accordance with the legal provisions, we will always ask for your express agreement and record your consent in accordance with the legal provisions on data protection. You can revoke the agreement given at the time at any time with effect for the future and/or object to future uses of your data for advertising, marketing and opinion polling purposes. Please understand that your objection/revocation, for technical reasons, may take some time to be implemented and you may still receive messages from us during this period. To object to the use of the data referred to in numbers 3 and 9, follow the instructions described there. For the rest, to revoke a consent or to oppose it, it is sufficient for you to send us a simple message. To do so, you can use the contact details listed in section 1.

Within the scope of the law applicable to the processing of your data, you also have the right to information, rectification, deletion, limitation of data processing and to object to the data processing carried out by us, as well as the right to receive from us free of charge the personal data you have provided to us in a readable format. To exercise your rights, you can contact us using the contact details listed in section 1.

 

 

14. Current affairs and changes to data protection guidance

Please note that the data protection information may be changed from time to time. We therefore recommend that you regularly consult these data protection instructions. Any substantial change to the data protection information will be communicated to registered users by email, to the email address provided during registration, or by appropriate notice at a suitable point after logging into the user account.

Third party websites accessible through our portal are not subject to the principles established here. We assume no responsibility for the data protection compliance of third-party websites.

15. Links to Internet pages of other companies

Our website contains links to the websites of other companies. We are not responsible for the data protection precautions on external websites that you may reach via these links. Please inform yourself about the data protection of these external websites.


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