PRIVACY POLICY

General information

The confidentiality of your personal data is one of the main concerns of the author of the blog beautybarometer.com

This document is intended to inform you about the processing of your personal data in the context of using the website beautybarometer.com.

Categories of personal data processed

If you are a visitor to the blog, the blog author will process your personal data that you provide directly in the context of using the blog, such as the data you provide in the comment section, as long as you comment on this blog ( name, the email address you provide, personal blog).

Providing your data for this purpose is voluntary.

The refusal to provide consent for the processing of your data for this purpose will have no negative consequences for you.

Duration for which we process your data

In principle, the author of the blog will process your personal data as much as necessary to achieve the processing purposes mentioned above.

Disclosure of personal data

For the purposes of the processing, the blog author may disclose your data to partners, third parties or entities that support the author in carrying out the activity through the blog, or to the central/local public authorities, in the following examples:

  • for managing the blog;
  • in cases where this communication would be necessary for the awarding of prizes or other facilities to the data subjects obtained as a result of their participation in various promotional campaigns organized by the author through the blog;
  • for maintaining, personalizing and improving the blog and its services;
  • for performing data analysis, testing and research, monitoring usage and activity trends developing security features and user authentication;
  • when the disclosure of personal data is provided by law, etc.

Transfer of personal data

The personal data provided to the blog author will not be transferred outside Romania.

The rights from which you benefit

Under the conditions provided by the legislation regarding the processing of personal data, as data subjects, you benefit from the following rights:

  • the right to information, respectively the right to receive details on the processing activities performed by the blog author, as described in this document;
  • the right of access to data, respectively the right to obtain confirmation from the author regarding the processing of personal data, as well as details on the processing activities such as the way in which the data are processed, the purpose for which the processing is performed, the recipients or the categories data recipients, etc;
  • the right to rectification, respectively the right to obtain the correction, without justified delay, by the blog author of inaccurate/unjustified personal data, as well as the completion of incomplete data; The rectification/completion will be communicated to each recipient to whom the data were transmitted unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate efforts.
  • the right to delete data, without undue delay, (“the right to be forgotten”), if one of the following reasons applies:
    •  these are no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which they were collected or processed;
    • if the consent is withdrawn and there is no other legal basis for processing;
    • if the data subject opposes the processing and there are no legitimate reasons to prevail;
    • if personal data have been processed illegally;
    • in case the personal data have to be deleted in order to comply with a legal obligation;
    • personal data have been collected in connection with the provision of information society services according to Union law or national law under which the operator is located.

It is possible that following the request for deletion of data, the author of the blog may anonymize this data (lacking such personal character) and continue under these conditions processing for statistical purposes:

  • the right to restrict processing to the extent that:
    •  the person disputes the accuracy of the data, during a period that allows us to verify the correctness of the data;
    •  the processing is illegal, and the data subject opposes the deletion of personal data, requesting instead the restriction of their use;
    • the operator no longer needs the personal data for the purpose of processing, but the data subject requests them to find, exercise or defend a right in court; or
    • the data subject objected to the processing (other than the direct marketing ones), for the period of time in which it is verified that the legitimate rights of the operator prevail over those of the data subject.
  • the right to data portability, respectively (i) the right to receive personal data in a structured way, commonly used and in an easy-to-read format, and (ii) the right to have this data transmitted by to beautybarometer.com to another data operator, as long as the conditions stipulated by law are met;
  • the right to object – regarding the processing activities it can be exercised by sending a request according to the ones indicated below: 
    • at any time, for reasons related to the particular situation in which the data subject is located, that the data aimed at it are processed based on the legitimate interest of beautybarometer.com or on the basis of the public interest unless the cases where beautybarometer.com can demonstrate that he has legitimate and compelling reasons that justify processing and that prevail over the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subjects or that the purpose is to find, exercise or defend a right in court;
    • at any time, free of charge and without justification, that the data aimed at it are processed for direct marketing purposes.
  • the right not to be subjected to an automatic individual decision, respectively the right not to be the subject of a decision taken solely on the basis of automatic processing activities, including the creation of profiles, which produce legal effects that concern the person concerned or affect it in a similar way to a significant extent;
  • the right to address the National Supervisory Authority for the Processing of Personal Data or the competent courts, as far as you consider necessary.

For any further questions regarding how personal data is processed and to exercise your rights mentioned above, please email [email protected].

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COOKIES POLICY

INTRODUCTION

This Cookie Policy applies to all users of the beautybarometer.com website. The information presented below is intended to inform the users of this website about the placement, use, and administration of cookies in the context of browsing the users of this website.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

We use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies through which information can be collected automatically.

An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “cookie browser” or “HTTP cookie” or “cookie”) is a small file, made up of letters and numbers, that will be stored on your computer, mobile device or on other equipment of a user through which the internet is accessed.

Cookies are installed by request from a web server to a browser (eg Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome). Cookies once installed have a fixed lifespan, remaining “passive” in the sense that they do not contain software, viruses or spyware and will not access the information on the hard drive of the user whose equipment was installed.

A cookie consists of two parts: the name of the cookie and the content or value of the cookie.

From a technical point of view, only the webserver that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the web page associated with the respective web server.

FOR WHAT PURPOSES COOKIES ARE USED THROUGH THIS INTERNET PAGE:

Cookies are used to provide users of this website with a better browsing experience and services tailored to the needs and interests of each individual user, namely:

  • improving the use of this website, including by identifying any errors that occur during the visit/use by the users;
  • providing anonymous statistics on how this website is used by beautybarometer.com, as the owner of this website;
  • the anticipation of possible goods that will be made available to users through this website in the future, depending on the services/products accessed.

Based on the feedback transmitted through cookies in connection with the use of this website, the author of this blog may take steps to make this website more efficient and accessible to users.

Thus, the use of cookies allows the storage of certain settings/preferences set by the users of this website, such as:

  • the language in which a web page is viewed;
  • posting comments on the site.

WHAT IS THE LIFETIME OF COOKIES?

The lifetime of cookies may vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. There are the following categories of cookies that determine their lifespan:

  • Session cookies – A “session cookie” is a cookie that is automatically deleted when the user closes their browser.
  • Persistent or fixed cookies – A “persistent” or “fixed” cookie is a cookie that remains stored in the user’s terminal until it reaches a certain expiration date (which may be in a few minutes, days or a few years in the future) or until it is deleted by the user at any time through the browser settings.

WHAT COOKIES ARE USED THROUGH THIS INTERNET PAGE:

By using/visiting the website, the following cookies can be placed:

1. Website performance cookies;

  b. Cookies for analyzing users;

  c. Cookies for geotargeting;

  d. Registration cookies;

2. Performance cookies

By this type of cookies, the user preferences of this web page are stored, so that the re-setting of the preferences in case of a subsequent visit of the web page is no longer necessary.

1.a. User analytics cookies

These cookies inform us if a specific user of the website has visited/used this website before. These cookies are used for statistical purposes only.

1.b. Cookies for geotargeting

These cookies are used by software that determines the country of origin of the user of the website. The same ads will be received regardless of the language selected.

1.c. Cookies for registration

When you register on this site, cookies have generated that store this step. The servers use these cookies to show us the account with which you are registered. Also, the use of these cookies allows us to associate any comment posted on the website with the username of the account used. If the “keep me registered” option has not been selected, these cookies will be automatically deleted when the browsing session ends.

WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION ARE STORED AND ACCESSED THROUGH COOKIES?

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows browser recognition. This webpage recognizes the browser until the cookies expire or are deleted.

PARTICULARIZING THE BROWSER SETTINGS IN CONCERNING COOKIES

If the use of cookies is not disturbing and the computer or technical equipment used for browsing this website is used only by you, long expiration periods may be set for storing your browsing history.

If the computer or technical equipment used to navigate this website is used by more than one person, the setting for deleting individual browsing data may be taken into account each time the browser is closed.

HOW CAN COOKIES BE STOPPED?

Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make this website difficult to visit, attracting limitations on its use possibilities.

Users can configure their browser to reject cookies or to accept cookies from a particular web page.

All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings can, as a rule, be accessed in the “options” section or the “preferences” menu of your browser.

However, refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising – only that it will not be tailored to your preferences and interests, highlighted by your browsing behavior.

For any additional questions regarding how cookies are used through this website, please contact [email protected].