Privacy Policy
1. Scope of Application
1.1 This Privacy Policy is applicable to the collection, storage, and protection of User’s Personally Identifiable Data on the Site www.mycountryeurope.com, property of My Country? Europe.
1.2 For the present policy, Personally Identifiable Information (or “personal information”) is any information which can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.
1.3 For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, My Country? Europe. constitutes a Data Controller of the Users’ personal information. Please read this privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
2. Data collected
2.1 My Country? Europe. collects personal information from its users only for the purposes of providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2.2 In particular, My Country? Europe. collects the following information on its Site:
2.2.1 Log data information provided by the User’s browser. The log data may include information such as, but not limited to: the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of the User’s computer, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages.
2.2.2 Data collected by website features that improve functionality, such as anti-spam measures and log-in gateways through social media accounts.
2.2.3 Names and emails of Users who sign up to the Site’s newsletter or email notifications, as well as of those Users who contact us through email or through the Site’s contact form, sign in to the website to participate in the Site’s Community or who donate through our Support Us buttons.
2.2.4 Data necessary to process User transactions on our store. This data may include information such as, but not limited to: user full name, address, contact details.
2.2.5 Data collected by third-party service providers as specified in clause 6.
3. Use of Data
3.1 My Country? Europe. reserves the right to use any data collected in the following ways:
3.1.1 To personalize user’s experience and to allow My Country? Europe. to deliver the type of content and product offerings in line with the User’s interests.
3.1.2 To improve the website.
3.1.3 To allow us to better service the User in responding to customer service requests.
3.1.4 To administer contests, promotions, surveys or any other site features.
3.1.5 To quickly process User transactions on our Woocommerce store. This data may be shared with our partner Printful (see here for more info on this) for the sole purpose of completing the transaction.
3.1.6 To send periodic emails and newsletters regarding store orders or other content, products and services we offer to Users who sign up for these notifications.
3.1.7 Users who subscribe to our Patreon services will also agree to Patreon’s Privacy Policy, which can be consulted here. They might be contacted by us to provide the relevant rewards and for the purposes of brief, official communications related to their subscription.
3.2 Personally Identifiable Information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. My Country? Europe. will undertake all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of any User’s personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of the data and other personal information.
3.3 My Country? Europe. does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties any User’s Personally Identifiable Information unless after advance notice and written permission granted by the User in question. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist My Country? Europe. in operating its website, conducting its business, or servicing the User, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
3.4 Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
3.5 We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
3.6 Under certain circumstances, we may also release Users’ information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. This may be also necessary in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
4. Cookies
4.1 This website uses cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic, site interaction and user preferences, in order to offer better user experience and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
4.2 You may disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. Some features of the Site may, as a result, be disabled. My Country? Europe. waives all responsibility for malfunctioning or limited site experience as a result of Users disabling the cookies.
5. Protection of personal data
5.1 My Country? Europe. seeks to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal data.
5.2 Scans of the website are performed multiple times every day through dedicated tools, and all sensitive data is encrypted.
5.3 Personal information may be stored on the servers supplied by our Service Providers as well as computers and other physical devices. These devices are reasonably protected and your data is treated carefully. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system is guaranteed to be 100% secure, therefore we cannot guarantee absolute security of information. My Country? Europe. suggests that you store your data behind a strong, unique password and that you make use of the two-factor authentication that we offer to help you make your account more secure.
5.4 In the event that we experience a personal data breach, we will notify you in compliance with the requirements of the current laws.
6. Third-Party Service Providers
6.1 My Country? Europe. may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Site (“Service Providers”), to provide our Site on our behalf, to perform website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third parties have access to Users’ personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
6.2 We employ Service providers for the sole purposes of tracking and reporting website traffic and analytics, or to process payments for paid products and/or services on our website.
7. Information Regarding Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
7.1 If you are a User from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy, depends on the information we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal information because:
7.1.1 We need to perform a contract with you, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter;
7.1.2 You have given us permission to do so;
7.1.3 The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights;
7.1.4 For payment processing purposes;
7.1.5 To comply with the law.
7.2 Users in the EEA benefit from certain data protection rights under EU Regulations. In certain circumstances, you may have the following data protection rights:
7.2.1 The right to access, update or to delete the personal information we have on you
7.2.2 The right of rectification
7.2.3 The right to object
7.2.4 The right of restriction
7.2.5 The right to data portability
7.2.6 The right to withdraw consent
7.3 You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
7.4 To request to have your information modified or removed, or for further queries related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@mycountryeurope.com. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.