Privacy policy

PRIVACY POLICY

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Steplands is a firm with registered address in Esplugues de LLobregat (Barcelona), Spain. CIF: B67359315 STEPLANDS WORLD S.L. Steplands is the principal of the website domain: www.steplands.com.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Web Site, defined as all pages and sub-pages included therein, and Steplands does not assume any responsibility for the different privacy and personal data protection policies which may be contained on web pages that can be accessed via hyperlinks located on this Web Site which are not directly managed by Steplands.

This policy has been prepared in full compliance with applicable laws on personal data protection, i.e., inter alia, the Spanish Personal Data Protection Act 15/1999 of December 13, (the “LOPD”) and Royal Decree 1720/2007, of 21 December, containing the LOPD implementing regulations.

2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

In accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act and its implementing regulations, Steplands hereby informs users that the data provided through the Web Site will be incorporated into an automated file duly registered with the Spanish Data Protection Agency, under the responsibility of Steplands. Said data will be processed in order to manage the relationships with the users of the Web Site. This personal data may also be processed in order to generate user profiles and to send, by electronic, postal or telephone means (including SMS alerts, or other similar means of messaging) personalized business information that may be of interest on products or related services offered by Steplands as long as they have previously consented, and participate in satisfaction surveys.

The personal data collected through the Website will not be passed on to any third party, except in specific cases where such transfer is pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act and can only be accessed by staff of Steplands, as well as third parties who provide services to Steplands related to the above purposes.

The users must notify Steplands of any changes that occur in the data, and shall in each case be responsible for the accuracy of the data provided from time to time. Steplands shall exercise all due care to verify the accuracy of the said data, and reserves the right, if applicable and without prejudice to any other actions to which it may be entitled, not to register or deregister users who have provided false or incomplete information. This prior verification does not imply any assumption by Steplands of any liability for damages arising from false or inaccurate data supplied, for which only the user shall be liable.

Particularly, this website uses the Google Analytics tool, which is an analytic service provided by Google, Inc. with addrress in the United States with headquarters in 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. Cookies are used to provide this services, collection information such user's IP address, which will be transmitted, treated and storaged by Google in the prefixed terms of the website google.com, including the possbile transmission of such information to third parties by required legal reasons or when such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. The settings or these cookies are default by the service provided by Google, reason why we suggest to visit the privacy website of Google Analytics, https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en&ref_topic=2919631 in order to obtain more information about the cookies that uses and how to disable them (understanding that we are not responsible of the content and thruthful of the third party websites).

Steplands guarantees that the legally required security levels to protect personal data have been adopted and that all technical, organizational and personnel means and measures at its disposal have been implemented to ensure the confidentiality, completeness and accuracy of the information and to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized access and theft of personal data.

3. PRIVACY POLICY MODIFICATIONS

Steplands reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy in accordance with applicable law in force from time to time. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this Privacy Policy to be informed about how we process and protect the personal data provided.

4. TRANSMISSION OF PERSONAL DATA

For the purpose established in the organic law 15/1999, December 13. Steplands, informs that the personal data introduced on the website will be incorporated in a file which would be entitled “ CLIENT AND SUPPLIER FILE”. The finality of whom is maintaining the condition of user, like the reference of the postal code or email for ours advertisement information, which you consent explicitly.

The user could apply their rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition concerning the personal data from the email info@steplands.com. A copy of a national identity document or equivalent identification document must accompany the communications of request for the exercise of rights.

5. STEPLANDS REGISTERED COMMUNITY

To be part of the Steplands registered community users and to be able to register, the USER must have, at least eighteen years. Therefore, when completing the registration form or newsletter, the USER guarantees that he / she is at least eighteen (18) years and will be entirely responsible for this declaration. Steplands may require the USER, at any time, to verify their age by providing the corresponding identification document.

6. SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS

The user, once attached to the Steplands page, may publish in the latter comments, links, images or photographs or any other type of multimedia content supported by the Social Network. The user, in all cases, must be the owner of the same, enjoy the copyright and intellectual property or have the consent of the affected third parties. Any publication on the page, texts, graphics, photographs, videos, etc., is expressly prohibited. Those who may infringe or are likely to violate morals, ethics, good taste or decorum, and / or that, violate intellectual or industrial property rights, the right to image or the Law. In these cases, Steplands reserves the right to immediately remove the content, and may request permanent blocking of the user.

Steplands will not be responsible for the contents that a user has freely published.

The user must keep in mind that his publications will be known by the other users, reason why he himself is the main person in charge of its privacy.

The images that can be published in the page will not be stored in any file by Steplands, but they will remain in the Social Network.

Steplands will use the Social Network to advertise its products and services, in any case, if it chooses to treat its contact information to carry out direct actions of commercial prospecting, it will always be, complying with the legal requirements of the LOPD and the LSSI-CE.

It will not be considered publicity to recommend other websites to www.steplands.com so that they can also be informed of their activity.

COOKIES POLICY

In compliance of the Law Real Decree 13/2012, on 30th of March which ammends the Society Services of Information Law, and in relation to the use of cookies on websites;

(Steplands, B67359315).Informs you that this website uses cookies for measure and analyse the traffic on the website, in order to ensure your experience as user and provide a better service.

It is part of the Privacy Policy of the Web Site www.steplands.com (onwards the ""Website""). If you continue navigating we consider that you accept and consent not only the Privacy Policy but also the use of cookies in this web site, which are described below.

1. DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS OF COOKIES

A cookies is a small text file which a website storage in your computer, phone or any other device with information about your navigation behaviour in such website.

Cookies permit a website, among others, store and recover information about navigation habits of the users or their devices. Depending of the obtained information and the way that the device uses it, cookies can be used to know the user and improve "

2. HOW ARE COOKIES USED IN THIS WEBSITE?

The main objectives of our cookies are improve user's navigation experience. They are an essential part of how our website works because through cookies we collect information about how you use our content. To do this, we use our own and third party cookies, which allow us to perform the analysis of user navigation.

All the obtained information through cookies let us to customize the content depending on your interests, but, in under no circumstances, our cookies obtain personal data, neither they can read data or other cookies from your computer or device. In this sense, we have only access to the personal information that you provide us by our contact forms.

Specifically, our cookies provide us the following information:

- The name of the networks' provider domain. For example, if your provider is XXX we only identify you with the domain xxx.com. By these procedure we can elaborate statistics about countries and servers which visit more frequently our website.

- Time and date of accessing the website and the time that the user remains in it. That let us know which is the most affluence hour and make adjustment on prices to prevent the saturation of the website.

- The internet address (URL) from where is placed the link to our website. Thanks to that, we can know the effectiveness of the different banners and links that point to our server. This way we can improve those with better results and satisfy the information needs of our users.

- The number of daily users in each content. That let us know the most successful areas and increase and improve its content in order to let the users obtain a more satisfying information. The information obtained is totally anonymous, which means that cannot be associate to an specific and identifiable user.

- The chosen language for each user in its first visit to our website and the restricted space.

- Security elements that takes part of the access control to restricted areas.

- The activity of users inside the website; links and places that the users access, pages visited, searches done, etc. That let us to improve the functionality of the website and make it more attractive and useful for the user.

3. WHICH TYPE OF COOKIES USES THIS WEBSITE?

In accordance to above explained, in our websites are used the following type of cookies:

- Technical Cookies: This kind of cookies give us information about the use that you do of the website.

- Session Cookies: Designed to collect and storage data while the user access to a website. For example: when the user visits our catalog and picks some article/s, the session cookie reminds the choose, therefore the cart will have the articles that the user has chosen in the moment of making the payment. Without this session cookies, if you make click on the CHECKOUT, the new page won't recognize your previous activity in the previous pages, and the cart page will remain forever empty.

- Persistent Cookies: They help us to remind your information and adjustments when you visit again the website. The data remains storaged in the device and can be accessed and treated during a defined period of time by the responsible of the cookie, and can vary from minutes to years.

- Advertising cookies: They are managed by us or by third parties. They let us manage the places where advertisements are placed on websites more efficiently. This way we can improve the adequacy of the advert content in the demanded service, or the use that can be done from our website. In this sense, we can analyse the user's navigation habits and show them advertisements according to their navigation profile.

- Behavioral advertising cookies: Are those which let us manage, more efficiently, the placement of adverts in which, in its case, the editor has included on a website, application or platform from where is provided the demanded service. This cookies storage information about the behavior of the users through the continued observation of their navigation habits. This let the development of a specific profile to show advertisements in a consitent manner.

- Third party Cookies: The website (www.steplands.com) can use third party service which, in name of Steplands, will gather information with statistical purposes, of the use of the website by the user, and provide other services related to the activity of the website and other Internet services.

4. HOW TO ELIMINATE OR DEACTIVATE COOKIES.

The most popular navigation browsers has setting options and security functionalities that prevent the installation of cookies and/or other navigation data collecting systems in your device.

You can configure your navigation browser in order to decline the use of cookies, but that could block some functionalities or limit the access to some other content in our website.

You can consult the steps to disable the installation of cookies in the Help sections of the navigation browsers' websites.

Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Advanced Options. For more information, you can visit the Microsoft's support or the Help option of the navigation.

Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings. For more information, you can visit the Mozilla's support or the Help option of the navigation.

Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings. For more information, you can visit the Google's support or the Help option of the navigation.

Safari: Preferences -> Security. For more information, you can visit the Apple's support or the Help option of the navigation.

The user accepts specifically, by using this website, the treatment of information gathered in the way and reasons previously explained. Likewise, the users acknowledge to know the possibility to decline the treatment of those data or information by rejecting the use of Cookies by selecting the proper settings to this purpose in their navigator. While this blocking of Cookies option may cause not obtain all the functionalities of the web site.