PRIVACY & POLICY
This privacy policy applies to AFROIKAN website and Applications
Responsible Party:
Festus Mundere
Rolandstraße 69
13156 Berlin
Email: festus.mundere@afroikan.com
1.) Processing of Personal Data
Within the scope of the website, we process personal data from you as follows (please refer to the following sections of this privacy policy for further data processing on the website):
Logfiles when Visiting the Website
When using our website, our hosting provider logs "log file" data with each access to the servers, such as the name of the accessed website, previously visited page ("referrer" URL), product and version information of the used browser and operating system, requesting provider, date and time of access, search engines used, country of access, amount of data transmitted, names of downloaded files, and IP address.
The legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest in storing log file data lies in ensuring system security, including investigating abuse. Log file data is deleted or anonymized after a maximum of 30 days, unless they are needed for longer due to a security incident, for example, for investigation or evidentiary purposes.
Contacting Us:
When contacting us, we process your personal data such as name, address, email address, telephone number, etc., which we need to respond to your inquiry.
The legal basis for processing your personal data in the context of inquiries is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your inquiry is aimed at concluding a contract, otherwise Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, with our legitimate interest lying in responding to inquiries.
In the context of inquiries, we store your personal data for as long as is necessary to process your request or in view of legal retention obligations.
Registration / Orders / Communication via the Platform:
When registering or ordering, we process your personal data such as name, address, email address, date of birth, self-chosen username, payment data, etc., which we need to fulfill the contractual relationship with you or to carry out pre-contractual measures requested by you.
We store your personal data collected in the context of registration or ordering for as long as is necessary to fulfill the contractual relationship (including, if applicable, providing the customer account) and/or to carry out pre-contractual measures requested by you and/or in view of warranty, guarantee, or comparable obligations and/or in view of legal retention periods.
Your communication with registered users via the platform's internal messaging system may be stored until the last participant in the relevant communication deletes their user account or until it is deleted.
The legal bases for processing your personal data collected in the context of registration or orders are Articles 6(1)(b) and 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Providing this personal data is not legally or contractually required. However, it is necessary for the conclusion of a contract, i.e., for the implementation of registration or ordering, to the extent that the relevant information must be provided in our registration/order process as mandatory (rather than voluntary).
Orders with Providers on the Platform:
If you order a service from a respective provider via the platform, you provide your personal data such as name, address, email address, date of birth, self-chosen username, payment data, etc. to the respective provider. The provider is responsible for processing your personal data for the purpose of fulfilling its contract with you. Details can be found in the privacy policy of the provider deposited on the platform.
Insofar as your aforementioned personal data is processed for the provision of our platform services - including our billing with the providers - we are responsible, not the provider. See the preceding section "Registration/Orders/Communication via the Platform" for this purpose.
Newsletter:
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we process the data collected, such as your email address, salutation, etc., for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
If data processing for the purposes described above is based on your consent, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent). Otherwise, data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR ("legitimate interests"), with the legitimate interests lying in the purposes mentioned above.
We store the personal data we need to send the newsletter for as long as we need it for this purpose or until you revoke your consent to receive the newsletter. Any legitimate continued storage for other purposes (e.g., customer communication) remains unaffected by this.
2.) Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on the user's computer that allow analysis of the user's use of the website.
Cookies can be used, for example, to make it easier and more convenient for visitors to use the website or to enable certain functions, or for analyzing visitor flows.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR to fulfill the contract, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the commercial operation of our online offering and a user-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
The storage duration of cookies may be limited to the duration of the respective browser session, i.e., the cookies are deleted after the browser is closed (temporary cookies); or the storage duration may extend beyond this in order to recognize the user on their next visit and then, for example, display preferred content (persistent cookies). Unless we provide different information in this privacy policy or in the context of our cookie management services or other separate information on cookies, you should assume that cookies are persistent and that the storage duration is up to two years.
You have the option at any time to revoke consent given for the setting of cookies or to object to data processing by cookies by deleting the cookies in your browser settings.
You can also configure your browser to accept cookies only if you agree to them.
You can find a way to revoke, object to, and/or manage your cookies here:
Regarding ad cookies, you can block and/or manage many of them through the following services:
- www.aboutads.info/choices/
- www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/
- www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
However, if you refuse cookies, you may not be able to use certain website functions, services, applications, or tools.
3.) Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website.
Google may transmit your data to servers worldwide. Google bases data transfers to the USA on the EU-US Privacy Shield. Data transfers to countries without an adequate level of data protection are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses by Google. Details can be found in the following section of Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
The data processed as part of the use of Google Analytics is automatically deleted after a maximum of 1 year.
If data processing for the purposes described above is based
on your consent, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent). Otherwise, data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR ("legitimate interests"), with the legitimate interests lying in the purposes mentioned above.
You can prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
- https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
4.) Rights of Data Subjects
You have the right pursuant to Article 15 GDPR to request information about the processing of your personal data ("right of access by the data subject").
You have the right pursuant to Article 16 GDPR to request the correction and deletion of your incorrect personal data ("right to rectification").
Pursuant to Article 17 GDPR, you can request the deletion of your personal data if one of the grounds listed therein applies ("right to be forgotten").
Likewise, pursuant to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if one of the conditions listed therein applies ("right to restriction of processing").
Pursuant to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you and to transmit this data to another controller ("right to data portability").
Revocation of Consent: See the section "Right of Withdrawal" in this privacy policy.
Right to Object: See the section "Right to Object" in this privacy policy.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
5.) Right of Withdrawal
You can revoke any consent given for the processing of your personal data at any time, for example by email to our email address provided at the beginning. The lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent until revocation is not affected by this.
6.) Right to Object
To the extent that our data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR ("legitimate interests"), you have the right, according to Article 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data.
7.) Disclosure of Your Data
Unless already mentioned elsewhere in this privacy policy, we disclose your personal data to the following additional recipients or categories of recipients:
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Unless already mentioned elsewhere in this privacy policy, we intend to transfer your personal data to the following third country or international organization.
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