Cookie Policy
Latest update: 23 October 2023
Thank you for your interest in this Cookie Policy. You are about to read more about the purposes for which we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies and how you can manage your preferences regarding cookies.
This Cookie Policy applies to www.saffarni.com operated by Saffarni e.U., [Insert Address], Austria (“Saffarni”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) acting as the data controller in accordance with Austria`s Telecommunications Act (“TKG”) and the EU`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”).
If you have any questions about the cookies we use or about our data protection practices in general, you can reach us via email using office@saffarni.com, or write to us at the above address.
What cookies are?
On this website we use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored in the memory of your device via your browser. Cookies store certain information (e.g., your preferred language or page settings) which can be sent back to us by your browser when you visit the website again (depending on the lifetime of the cookie).
Which cookies do we use?
We distinguish between two categories of cookies:
Essential or Necessary cookies. These cookies are essential or necessary to ensure that a website works properly and is secure so that you can navigate a website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain features of a website would not function, and thus you would not be able to use certain services.
● Optional cookies. These cookies are non-essential for the website to function and require your consent. When it comes to optional cookies the following distinctions are made:
● Functional cookies or sometimes called convenience cookies. These cookies allow a website to remember the options a user has made (including user ID`s stored, consents given, or languages selected) and other personalization options you have selected when browsing.
● Analysis and performance cookies, which are used to monitor and improve the function and service of a website. Those can track down problems when using a website, facilitate online surveys, record visitor numbers, and provide analytics metrics.
● Advertising cookies or targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customized advertising to the user. This can be very convenient, but also very irritating.
The above mentioned laws require us,
● to ask for your consent when using specific cookies (in particular any cookie that is not strictly necessary for the operation of the website, for example, Functional cookies, Analysis and performance cookies and Advertising cookies or targeting cookies “Optional cookies”); and
● to have a legal basis for the use of personal data in relation to cookies, the use of cookies would then be your consent as well as our legitimate interest.
Subject to your consent
We only use optional cookies with your prior consent. If you are visiting our website for the first time, a banner will appear on our website asking for your consent to use optional cookies. If you consent to this, we will store a cookie on your computer and the banner will not be displayed again for the lifetime of the cookie. Thereafter, or if you actively delete this cookie beforehand, the banner will be displayed again the next time you visit our website in order to obtain your consent again.
Analytics
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google Analytics also uses cookies to enable our website to analyze how users use our website across multiple devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored by Google, including transmission to the United States. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:
● 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymised IP address),
● the website called up,
● the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer),
● the subpages accessed from the website,
● the time spent on the website
● the frequency with which the website is accessed.
Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The use of this service is based on your consent.
Snowplow Analytics
We use Snowplow Analytics by Snowplow Analytics Limited (17 Bevis Marks, Floor 6, London, EC3A 7LN, United Kingdom). Snowplow Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyze how users use our website. The information generated by these cookies, such as the time, place, and frequency of your website visit, including your IP address, is transmitted to Snowplow and stored there. Snowplow will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Snowplow may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Snowplow 's behalf. The use of this service is based on your consent.
Spam Protection
We also use Google`s reCAPTCHA from Google to check whether data input is made by a human being or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor on the basis of various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. The legal basis for using reCAPTCHA is our legitimate interest.
Pixel Cookies and Tags
We use so-called Pixel Cookies and Tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our website. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our website and the device used (so-called event data).
Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our website by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted Event Data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.
For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights against, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Facebook, and Instagram (Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park California 94025 und 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland).
Opting Out
Google Analytics
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics with future effect by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser following this link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Snowplow
You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users. [Insert Opt out link further guidance here https://docs.snowplow.io/docs/collecting-data/collecting-from-own-applications/javascript-trackers/web-tracker/cookies-and-local-storage/]
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Facebook you can object here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Instagram you can change your ad settings by following these instructions: https://help.instagram.com/911879456838933
General
If you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only).
How to prevent the use of cookies
Of course, you can also use our website entirely without cookies. You can configure the use of cookies in your browser settings by following the relevant link Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari at any time or deactivate them completely. However, this may lead to restrictions in the functions or user-friendliness of our offer.
Does this policy change?
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. This might be for a number of reasons, such as to reflect a change in the law or to accommodate a change in our business practices and the way we use cookies. We recommend that you check here periodically for any changes to our Cookie Policy. This Cookie Policy was last updated on Friday, 20th October 2023.
Who should I contact for more information?
If you have any questions about this policy or about our data protection practices in general, you can reach us via email using office@saffarni.com, or write to us at the above address.
