Privacy Policy
Tales of Cyprus (“we” or “us”) know how important it is that your personal information is handled respectfully and appropriately. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) discloses the privacy practices for Tales of Cyprus and is intended to notify you of the following:
- What personally identifiable information we collect from you through www.talesofcyprus.com (“Site”), how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
- What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
- The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?
Internet Traffic Data
When you visit the site, we automatically collect internet traffic data. This includes but is not limited to internet service provider information, IP addresses, entry and exit pages, various operating systems and other such information. We collect no personally identifying information by way of process. The purpose of collecting this data is to help analyse user traffic so we can be the best we can be for you.
Pixels
Pixels are electronic files used to record information about your browsing of the site.
Cookies
We use “cookies” on this Site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you do not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time and improving efficiency while on our site. In no way does using a cookie link to any personally identifiable information on our Site.
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve the ads you see on our site. They aim to make those ads more relevant to you by basing those ads on your prior visits to our website. Google uses cookies to enable it and its partners to serve ads that may be more relevant to you, based on your visit to our site and/or other sites you visit on the Internet.
You may opt out of the use of cookies for ads based on your browsing history by visiting Ads Settings. For more information on cookies, please visit https://cookiesandyou.com/.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on the Site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, comments on articles, comments on social media, or other direct contact from you. We will not sell, rent or otherwise share this information with any other individual or business entity, except as reasonably necessary to provide products, materials, or services to you.
When You Make a Purchase
1. When you make a purchase from the Site, we collect your email address, name, phone number, billing address and shipping address. Your payment information is processed through PayPal, a trusted online payment processor. You can view PayPal’s privacy policy at https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
2. Our Site also uses Stripe, a platform that helps us to process payments securely. It also may keep track of the status of shopping carts. When you pay via Stripe on our Site, details of your shopping cart, as well as your email address will be shared with Stripe. This allows us to process your payment and follow up on your order. Stripe’s Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/au/privacy.
When You Leave a Comment
When you leave a comment, or review of our products, we collect the data. We also collect information regarding your IP address to help filter out spam. If you use your Gmail address, the image connected to that address may be shown in your comment after it is approved. After your comment is approved, the name you submitted in the comment form will also be visible to anyone who reads the relevant article. You may choose to leave a comment anonymously. If you need your name or your comment, or your Gmail image removed from the comment section, please let us know immediately at conemmanuelle@talesofcyprus.com and we will remove it for you.
We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfil your request, follow up on your order, to ship an order, or to comply with our legal obligations.
Security
We take great precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected both online and offline.
Whenever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us by secure servers. We have included common indications of such secured features when appropriate such as a closed lock icon at the top of your web browser.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Third Parties
Please be aware that some of our business partners may use cookies or other methods of tracking and targeting use on our site (advertisers, for example). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies and this Privacy Policy does not extend to such third parties. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects Identifier Information.
Acceptance
By using this site, you acknowledge acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time but whenever we tweak, we’ll post an update on this page.
Last updated: 21 November 2018