Private Data Protection and Cookies – Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 26 November 2021
This privacy policy allows you to find out more about the origin and use of navigation information processed during your visit to our website www.winscape.com (hereinafter the "website") and affiliate websites. Winscape reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time and recommends you consult it regularly.
PERSONAL DATA
1. Identity of the handler
This website winscape.com is published by Winscape, a Canadian company operating globally with offices in Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, United States; and London, United Kingdom.
Access to the Website and use of its content takes place within the framework of the terms of use described below. Browsing the Website constitutes unconditional acceptance by the Internet user of the following provisions.
2. Nature of personal data
Personal data refers to any personal information you may provide to Winscape which allows us - directly or indirectly - to identify you as an individual.
3. Our commitments’ for the protection of personal data
Transparency and purpose: No personal information will be collected without your knowledge. Prior indication will be made of the optional or compulsory nature of information communicated to Winscape via the website. We will collect and process your personal data only for the purposes described in this Policy and inform you of the recipients of the data.
Proportionality and relevance: We only collect and process the personal data necessary for the proper processing of your application or customization of the services proposed to you.
Necessity: We will retain your personal data only for the period required to process it.
Security and Confidentiality: We commit to taking the necessary measures to ensure the confidentiality of the data and prevent its disclosure to unauthorized third parties. In the event of a transfer of data to authorized third parties, we will take appropriate measures to guarantee the security of the transfer.
4. What personal data is collected?
You may be asked to provide your personal data when you visit the website. You will be informed of the compulsory or optional nature of the information requested during the collection process through the use of an asterisk. The requested information marked with an asterisk is required in order to process your requests. The other information is designed to enable us to get to know you better, in order for us to improve the services offered to you. It is, therefore, optional. In particular, we collect and process your name, address, email address, phone number, IP address, connection data and navigation data. Some data is collected automatically as a result of your actions on the website. We do not knowingly collect sensitive information, such as information concerning your date of birth, race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union memberships, health or sexual orientation.
5. When is your personal data collected?
Your personal data may be collected in various ways, including when:
- You submit personal data on our Contact Page, including Full Name, Email, Phone, Company, Country and Comments. The information you submitted on the Contact Page is not stored anywhere, except in the email system of Winscape.
- You browse the website and find products or services
- You send us an email
- You share a page or an offer by sending an email or through a social network
6. What are the purposes?
Through its Website, our company collects the personal data strictly necessary for the following purposes:
- Managing and monitoring customer relations
- Managing operations related to prospecting
- Compiling commercial statistics
By supplying personal data via the Website, you can also be informed of offers from Winscape in the form of newsletters, emails (events and customized offers of products and services by Winscape), or by any other means of communication.
7. Sharing your personal data
Your personal data collected by Winscape may be passed on to our subcontractors and suppliers, located in and outside the European Union, to which we have recourse in the context of managing your account, processing your orders and delivering the services offered via the Website.
8. International transfers
Certain recipients of your personal data may be situated in countries where personal data protection levels are not equivalent to those in force within the European Union. If this is the case, Winscape has safeguards in place to ensure an adequate level of personal data protection, including by applying to this transfer the standard contractual clauses set by the European Commission.
9. Data retention
The data will only be kept for the time required for the purposes for which it was collected.
COOKIES
"Cookies" are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
They allow the website to recognize your device and remember if you have been to the website before. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as providing information to the owners of websites on site usage and performance.
There are different types of cookies. Necessary cookies enable a site’s core functionality - a website cannot function properly without these cookies. You can disable necessary cookies by changing your browser preferences. Analytical cookies measure the pages a customer visits on a website - website owners collect this information to make site improvements and report on site usage. Third party cookies can be used for advertising purposes. You can read about the different types of cookies that we use on winscape.com on this page.
How are cookies used on www.winscape.com?
Some of the cookies we use are essential for site functionality.
Other cookies help us to improve your website experience, including the content and technical performance of winscape.com, by providing insights into how the site is used. For example, they allow us to count the number of visitors to specific pages, and to analyze website usage patterns and trends.
Some cookies help us to match relevant business support with your interests – this assistance may appear in the form of advertisements via websites you visit.
The information we collect does not enable us to identify any website visitor personally. No individual data or personal information is stored in our cookies.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use winscape.com. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements, for example improving site search.
Google Analytics stores information about:
• the pages you visit on winscape.com
• how long you spend on winscape.com
• how you got to the site
• what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address). We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
3. Your choices concerning cookies
Several options are available to you for managing cookies. Any settings you modify are likely to change your Internet browsing and your conditions for accessing certain services requiring the use of cookies. You can choose, at any time, to express and modify your wishes regarding cookies, through the means described below.
The choices you are offered by your browser
You can configure your browser so that cookies are stored on your device or, on the contrary, rejected, either systematically or depending on their issuer. You can also set your browser so that you will be offered the choice of whether to accept or reject cookies each time a cookie is liable to be stored on your device. For more information, see the section on ‘How to exercise your choices, depending on the browser you use’.
(a) Agreeing on cookies
Registering a cookie in a terminal essentially depends upon the desires of the terminal user, which can be expressed or modified at any time, free of charge, through the choices offered by the browser. If, through your browser, you accepted the registration of Cookies in your terminal, the cookies integrated in the pages and content you view can be stored temporarily in a dedicated space on your device. They will be readable only by their issuer.
(b) Refusing cookies
If you refuse to accept cookies in your device, or if you remove the cookies registered, you will no longer be able to benefit from a number of features which are nevertheless required to navigate some areas of our website. This will be the case if you try to access our content or services requiring login. This will also be the case when we - or our service providers - are no longer able to recognize, for the purpose of technical compatibility, the type of browser used by your terminal, its language and display settings, or the country from which your terminal appears to have connected to the Internet. In such cases, we disclaim any responsibility for the consequences of any degradation in the operation of our services due to our inability to record or consult the cookies necessary for this operation which you have refused or deleted.
(c) How to exercise your choices, depending on the browser you use
The configuration of each browser, for the purpose of cookie management and your choices, is different. This is described in the help menu of your browser, which allows you to find out how to change your requirements regarding cookies.