Contents
1.Information
we collect and how we use it
1.1.Data
about your use of the Website
1.2.Registration
information
1.3.Transaction
information
1.4.Participation
information
1.5.Inquiries
and answers
1.6.Direct
marketing
1.7.Profiling
2. Who
may See your data
3. How
long we keep your data
4. Links
to other sites
5.
Updates
6. Your
rights
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
In this
Policy, “personal data” is defined as any information relating to an identified
or identifiable natural person.
1.1.
Data about your use of the Website
We
always improve our Website and user experience. Therefore we have to know what
information on the Website is most interesting for visitors, from which
countries visitors come to our Website, how often visitors return, which
browsers they use, on which devices the Website is browsed, what is their IP
address, how you move, click or scroll around our Website etc.
We may
collect and use the information you provide to us, such as your location, IP
address or any other information you give us by filling in forms on the
Website, or by corresponding with us, or information received through the use
of cookies, as well as information about you that we receive from other sources
such as public domain or third parties we work with (business partners, data
controllers, advertising networks, social media platforms and others).
We
collect this information by using third party tools such as Google Analytics or
similar ones, which allows to record and analyze statistical data about use of
the Website.
Legal
basis to collect the data about use of the Website is necessity to perform our
service to provide you with our Website and our legitimate interest to improve
it.
1.2.
Registration information
When you
register to use our services by establishing an account or connecting your
Facebook or Google account to the Website, we will collect personal data as
necessary to offer and fulfil the services you request. Depending on the
services you choose, we may require you to provide us with your username and
email address to establish an account. We may require you to provide us with
additional personal data as you use our services.
Legal
basis to collect the data about registration information is performance of a
contract to or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a
contract between us as well as to provide our services.
1.3.
Transaction information
When you
use our services or access our website, to make purchases from the designers,
we collect information about your payments and transactions, as well as other
information associated with the transaction such as amount paid for designs,
used payment method, geolocation information or other important information.
When you
use our services or access our website, to sell your designs on our website, we
collect information about your name, surname, personal identification document,
personal code or its equivalent, transactions information and your address.
All this
information is necessary for us to calculate the applicable taxes, to
facilitate the transactions as well as to keep track of the rights obtained to
the designs.
Legal
basis to collect the data about transaction information is to execute a
contract between you, designer and us as well as to provide our services. We
also process this personal data to fulfil our obligations under applicable
accounting and tax laws. In these cases, the processing of personal data is
based on mandatory legal provisions which require that we store certain data
for accounting purposes.
1.4.
Participation information
When you
use our service or access our Website to connect with other members via forum,
to participate in challenges, competitions, we collect information that you
post in our forums as well as your name, surname, email address and link to
your personal website.
Legal
basis to collect the data about participation information is performance of a
contract to or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a
contract between us as well as to provide our services.
1.5.
Inquiries and answers
When you
visit our Website, you have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments.
We process your personal data of your inquiries or comments in order to provide
answers to the submitted questions or to respond to the expressed opinions.
Legal
basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest to respond to your
inquiries or comments.
1.6.
Direct Marketing
If you
subscribe to our news by providing your consent while registering, or make a
purchase on our Website or download models for free and do not object to
receive news, we may use your e-mail address for the purpose of sending you
Mahelak updates, offers and other marketing material.
1.7.
Profiling
Mahelak
may use the data of your activities as well as transactions to provide you with
the most relevant information. Mahelak assigns each member to an individual
profile depending on your interests, for example if you are looking to purchase
designs, to sell them or both. Mahelak also assigns profile to inactive users
or the ones who like to enjoy free content. Depending on the profile that you
are assigned to, Mahelak will amend the experience you receive while visiting
our website which might include slight alterations of the Website as well as
most interesting pieces of the Website will reach you first or you might access
additional functionalities.
Legal
basis to process this data is necessity to perform our service to provide you
with our Website and our legitimate interest to improve it.
Mahelak
may also provide you with tailor made direct marketing materials based on your
browsing, purchase or download history if you are a buyer or based on your
browsing history or uploaded models if you are designer.
Legal
basis to provide you with direct marketing material is your consent or our
legitimate interest to provide you with relevant information about Mahelak and
offers of goods and services available at our Website. You may object to such
use of your data at any time by updating your account settings.
2. WHO
MAY SEE YOUR DATA
We put
our best efforts to keep your data safe and always require the high level of
security and confidentiality from our employees and partners.
We may
share your personal data with our trusted services providers when they provide
services to us, to you on behalf of us and under our instructions. We will
control and shall remain responsible for the use of your personal data at all
times.
Transaction
information data may be accessible to our partners, who provide us with tools
for payments. Our partner PayPal operates in various countries worldwide,
therefore depending on your location, To ensure adequate level of safety for
your data, the PayPal has established binding corporate rules.
Your
personal data may be disclosed to public authorities if we are required to
disclose personal data by law or to comply with a lawful request of
authorities.
4. HOW LONG
WE KEEP YOUR DATA
Personal
data will be stored for the period of your membership in our website and 2
years after your last log in to the Website. The information that you post in
our forums may be kept for a longer period after it is anonymised. Transaction
data will be kept for the period of the license term to the designs.
Statistical
data will be stored for a period of up to 2 years.
In some
cases, personal data may be stored for a longer period if storage of personal
data is required in order to protect our or any third parties’ legitimate
interests, e.g. for the period of statutory limitation or in case of a legal
dispute.Links to other sites
The
Website may contain hyperlinks to other sites, i.e. links leading to websites
of our partners or to social media websites. This Policy is applicable only
with respect to the Website, but not any other sites, therefore we strongly
recommend to review the privacy policies of any websites that you may reach by
following hyperlinks presented in this Website. We have no control and no
responsibility with regard to any content presented in sites other than the
Website.
5.
UPDATES
We may
change this Policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this Policy, we
will let you know it on our Website at https://www.mahelak.com/privacy-policy,
where you will also find the latest version of this Policy.
6. YOUR
RIGHTS
By
contacting us at contact@mahelak.com, you may exercise your rights as the data
subject, including the following:
The
right to request access to your personal data. You may access, correct, update,
change or remove your personal data at any time. However, please note that
certain information is strictly necessary in order to fulfil the purposes
defined in this Policy and may also be required by law. Thus, you may not
remove such personal data;
The
right to request rectification of your personal data;
The
right to request erasure of your personal data. If personal data is erased
under your request, we will only retain such copies of the information as are
necessary for us to protect our or third parties’ legitimate interests, comply
with governmental orders, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, or enforce
any agreement you have entered into with us.;
The
right to withdraw consent regarding processing of personal data;
The
right to data portability.