Privacy Policy of www.pocket-girl.com

Owner and Data Controller

PFC Ventures DOO

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Usage Data; Cookies; email address; username; address; password; billing address; language; Data communicated while using the service.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

• Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
• provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
• processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
• Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Displaying content from external platforms, Analytics, Traffic optimization and distribution, Content commenting, Contacting the User, Advertising, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application, Handling payments, Interaction with external social networks and platforms and Interaction with live chat platforms.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Cookies or other Identifiers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
  In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

  Direct Email Marketing (DEM) (this Application)

  This Application uses the User Data to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Application.

  Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name.

  Direct marketing via SMS (this Application)

  This Application uses the User Data to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Application.

  Personal Data processed: first name; last name; phone number.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  Alexa Metrics (Alexa Internet, Inc.)

  Alexa Metrics is an analytics service provided by Alexa Internet, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Analytics collected directly (this Application)

  This Application uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  AWStats (this Application)

  AWStats is an analytics software used by this Application to analyze Data directly without the help of third parties.

  The User can disable the collection of this statistical information by turning off JavaScript in their web browser. However, this action may negatively affect the User's navigation experience on this Application as well as other applications.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Google Analytics

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Application is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

  Google Analytics on this Application has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

  Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for this Application (demographics means age and gender Data).

  Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics with anonymized IP

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Application is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
  This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  ShinyStat (Triboo Data Analytics S.R.L.)

  ShinyStat (ShinyStat Business, ShinyStat Pro or ShinySta ISP) is an analytics service provided by Triboo Data Analytics S.R.L.
  This analytics service anonymizes the User's Ip address.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  ShinyStat Free (Triboo Data Analytics S.R.L.)

  ShinyStat Free is an analytics service provided by Triboo Data Analytics S.R.L.
  This analytics service anonymizes the User's Ip address.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  StatCounter (StatCounter)

  StatCounter is an analytics service provided by StatCounter.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

• Contacting the User

  Contact form (this Application)

  By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

  Personal Data processed: address; city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; fax number; field of activity; first name; gender; last name; number of employees; phone number; profession; state; Tax ID; User ID.

  Phone contact (this Application)

  Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Application, as well as for fulfilling support requests.

  Personal Data processed: phone number.

• Content commenting

  Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application.
  Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
  If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

  Comment system managed directly (this Application)

  This Application has its own internal content comment system.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; email address; first name; last name; phone number; Usage Data; username; website.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Adobe Edge Web Fonts (Adobe Systems Incorporated)

  Adobe Edge Web Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Adobe Fonts (Adobe Systems Incorporated)

  Adobe Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )

  Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Fonts.com Web Fonts (Monotype Imaging Inc.)

  Fonts.com Web Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Monotype Imaging Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Fonts

  Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Application is accessed from, that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  MyFonts (Monotype Imaging Inc.)

  MyFonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Monotype Imaging Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Handling payments

  Unless otherwise specified, this Application processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. This Application isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.

  PayPal (PayPal Inc.)

  PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

  PayPal Carrier Payments (PayPal Inc.)

  PayPal Carrier Payments is a payment service provided by PayPal, Inc., which allows Users to make online payments using their mobile phone operator.

  Personal Data processed: phone number; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

  PayPal Payments Hub (PayPal Inc.)

  PayPal Payments Hub is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

  Skrill (Skrill Ltd.)

  Skrill is a payment service provided by Skrill Ltd.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application.
  The interaction and information obtained through this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Application isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  PayPal button and widgets (PayPal Inc.)

  The PayPal button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the PayPal platform provided by PayPal Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with live chat platforms

  This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of this Application, for contacting and being contacted by this Application support service.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

  Tawk.to Widget (tawk.to ltd.)

  The Tawk.to Widget is a service for interacting with the Tawk.to live chat platform provided by tawk.to ltd.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; Data communicated while using the service; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

  Direct registration (this Application)

  The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.

  Personal Data processed: academic background; address; billing address; budget; city; company name; Cookies; country; county; date of birth; email address; fax number; field of activity; first name; gender; house number; language; last name; number of employees; password; phone number; picture; prefix ; profession; profile picture; Social Security number (SSN); state; Tax ID; Twitter handle; Usage Data; User ID; username; various types of Data; VAT Number; website; workplace; ZIP/Postal code.

• Traffic optimization and distribution

  This type of service allows this Application to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
  Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Application and the User's browser.
  Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.

  Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.)

  Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
  The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Application, i.e., communication between this Application and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Application to be collected.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Further information about Personal Data

• Analysis and predictions based on the User’s Data (“profiling”)

  The Owner may use the Personal and Usage Data collected through this Application to create or update User profiles. This type of Data processing allows the Owner to evaluate User choices, preferences and behaviour for the purposes outlined in the respective section of this document.
  User profiles can also be created through the use of automated tools like algorithms, which can also be provided by third parties. To find out more about the profiling activities performed, Users can check the relevant sections of this document.
  The User always has a right to object to this kind of profiling activity. To find out more about the User's rights and how to exercise them, the User is invited to consult the section of this document outlining the rights of the User.

The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.