PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is important to us, so The Hobbyist's Corner, a Bahamian company, has created the following Privacy Policy ("Policy") to let you know what information we collect when you visit our site http://www.thehobbyistscorner.com ("Site"), why we collect it and how we use it.
The terms "You," "Your," "Yours" and "User" refer to the entity/person/organization using our Site.
When this Policy mentions "We", "Us," and "Our" it refers to The Hobbyists Corner and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
This Privacy Policy is governed by our Terms of Service.
For any questions regarding this Policy or any requests regarding the processing of personal data, please contact us at info@thehobbyistscorner.com.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We collect the information You provide to us and this information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contractual arrangement which is in place between You and us and allows us to comply with our legal obligations.
- Account Signup Information
When You create the account, we ask You to provide the signup information, such as email address; name; phone number; passwords; address.
- Communications, Chats, Messaging
When you communicate with us through email or any other way, we collect information about your communication and any information You choose to provide or disclose. In order to answer your request, we may access information provided by email, chats, purchase history, etc.
- Payment Information
To order and use features of the Site, we may require you to provide certain financial information in order to facilitate the processing of payments. We collect your credit card numbers; credit or debit card type; name; credit or debit card expiration date; billing address.
- Login Information
We collect Login information if You are logging into our account with authentication.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY
When you use our Site or contact us directly we may collect information, including your personal information, about the way you act on our Site, the Services You use, and how You use them.
This information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract between You and us, to enable us to comply with legal obligations and given our legitimate interest in being able to provide and improve the functionalities of the Site.
- Log Data and Device Information
We automatically collect log data and device information when you access and use the Site, even if you have not created an account or logged in. That information includes, among other things: the operating system.
- Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies. We also automatically collect information about the device’s operating system.
- Usage Information
We use analytics to collect information about your interactions with the Site (what pages you visit, such as the pages or content you view, your searches for Listings, bookings you have made, and other actions on the Site.
3. THE WAY WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We process your information adhering to the general data processing principles.
We may use the information we collect through our Site for a number of reasons, including to:
- to identify the user
- to create an account
- to create a trusted environment
- to create statistics and analyze the market
- to stay connected
- to customize marketing
- to send billing information
- to manage user orders
- to contact the user
- to improve services
- to ensure data security and prevent fraud
- to comply with applicable laws
- to request feedback
- to provide support
- to post testimonials
We will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate business interests.
4. DIRECT MARKETING
We may use your provided contact details for direct marketing. These direct marketing offers, depending on your preferences, may be personalized taking into account any other information which you have provided to us (e.g. location, social media profile information, etc.) or we have collected or generated from other sources as described below.
You are free to opt-out of our newsletters at any time. You can do this by clicking on a link for that purpose at the bottom of our e-mail with the newsletters.
5. COOKIES
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your computer when you visit our Site. We use cookies to improve our Site and make it easier to use. Cookies permit us to recognize users and avoid repetitive requests for the same information.
Cookies from our Site cannot be read by other Sites. Most browsers will accept cookies unless you change your browser settings to refuse them.
Cookies we use on our Site:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the operation of our Site. They help us to show you the right information, customize your experience, and allow us to implement and maintain security features as well as help us detect malicious activities. Without these cookies operation of the Website would be impossible or its functioning may be severely affected.
- Functional Cookies
These improve the functional performance of our Website and make it easier for you to use. These cookies remember the settings selected by the Visitors (for example, the settings of language and time zone). With the use of these cookies, the Visitors may avoid the changes of settings during each visit to the Website. These cookies also remember changes made by you on the Website (for example, in case you leave a comment on the Website). These cookies do not track your behavior on other websites.
- Performance Cookies
These cookies show us if the Visitor has visited our Website before. The analytic cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of users of our website and see how such users navigate through our Website. We also use cookies to understand, improve, and research products, features, and services. For instance, analytical cookies may show us, which websites are visited more frequently, help us to record dysfunctionalities of the Website, etc.
You may find more information about how to delete cookies and other useful information related to the use of the cookies on the website [http://www.allaboutcookies.org/](http://www.allaboutcookies.org).
6. INFORMATION FROM MINORS
This site and our Services are not intended for or directed to persons under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect or ask for information from minors. We do not knowingly allow minors to use our Site or Services.
We will delete any information we discover is collected from a minor. Please contact us using the contact details below if you believe we might have information about a minor.
7. PAYMENT INFORMATION
To order and use our services we may require you to provide certain financial information to facilitate the processing of payments. We may collect your name, credit or debit card type, expiration date, billing address, certain digits of your card number, and details of your purchase. The exact personal data collected will vary depending on the payment method.
8. THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Our Site may have links to other websites. Please review their privacy policies to learn more about how they collect and use your personal data because we do not control their policies and personal data processing practices.
9. RETENTION
We retain your personal information to provide services to you and as otherwise necessary to comply with our legal obligation, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
We will retain your personal information no longer than you keep your account unless we are otherwise required by law or regulations to have your personal information longer.
If you would like to stop us from using your personal information, you shall request that we erase your personal information and close your Account. Please note that even after the deletion of your account we may keep some of your information for tax, legal reporting, and auditing obligations.
10. SECURITY
We have implemented security measures designed to protect the personal information you share with us, including physical, electronic, and procedural measures. Among other things, we regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.
Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by us, the transmission of information via the internet, email, or text message is not completely secure. We do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of your personal information or any other User Content you upload, publish or otherwise share with us or anyone else.
We, therefore, encourage you to avoid providing us or anyone with any sensitive information which you believe its disclosure could cause you substantial or irreparable harm.
If you have any questions regarding the security of our Site or Services, you are welcome to contact us at info@thehobbyistscorner.com.
11. YOUR RIGHTS
You are entitled to a range of rights regarding the protection of your personal information. Those rights are:
- The right to access the information we have about you. If you wish to access the personal information that we collect, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
- The right to rectify inaccurate information about you. You can correct, update or request the deletion of your personal information by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
- The right to object to the processing. When we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below. This will not affect the lawfulness of the processing prior to withdrawing your consent.
- The right to lodge a complaint. You can raise questions or complaints to the national Data Protection Agency in your country of residence in the event that your rights may have been infringed. However, we recommend attempting to reach a peaceful resolution of the possible dispute by contacting us first.
- The right to erase any data concerning you. You may demand the erasure of data without undue delay for legitimate reasons, e.g. where data is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected, or where the data has been unlawfully processed.
12. APPLICATION OF POLICY
Our Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed to you in search results, sites that may include our services, or other sites linked from our Site or Services.
13. AMENDMENTS
Our Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on our Site and, if the changes are significant, we may consider providing a more explicit notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes).
14. ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY
We assume that all Users of this Site have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this Policy, they should refrain from using our Site. We reserve the right to change our Policy at any time and inform by using the way as indicated in Section 13. Continued use of this site implies acceptance of the revised Policy.
15. FURTHER INFORMATION
If you have any further questions regarding the data we collect, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact us via email at info@thehobbyistscorner.com.