Privacy policy
Happyhamster.io is a website offering information and services owned by Happyhamster OÜ (Estonia).
This Privacy Policy sets out how Happyhamster uses and protects any information that you give Happyhamster when you use this website. If you continue to browse or use this website and/or any of its affiliated websites and/or services you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Privacy Policy, which together with our Terms and Conditions govern Happyhamster's relationship with you.
This privacy notice applies to any Happyhamster websites, applications, services, or tools (collectively "Services") where this privacy notice is referenced, regardless of how you access or use them, including through mobile devices.
Please review carefully the entire website's Privacy Policy before agreeing to it. By viewing or using this website or any part of it, you agree to the complete Privacy Policy of this website.
The term "Happyhamster", "this website", "the website", "us" or "we" refers to the owner of the website. The term "you" refers to the user or viewer of the website.
Happyhamster is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected as provided in this Privacy Policy. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
What is personal information?
Personal Information is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific natural person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.
We collect personal information from you when you use our services.
What we collect
The provision of all personal information is voluntary, but may be necessary in order to use our Services (such as registering an account).
We may collect the following personal information:
Identification details, such as name, location etc:
When you create an account with us
When you use our services
When you fill in forms on our websites
Contact information including email address, phone, etc:
When you create an account with us
When you use our services
When you fill in forms on our websites
Information we are required or authorized by applicable national laws to collect and process in order to authenticate or identify you or to verify the information we have collected.
Any information that is provided by you when using our services (community discussions, contact forms, etc).
Information about other services you have bought from us when you purchase products or services on our sites
The communication we have with you (emails, letters, messages sent to us through our social media platforms, feedback, contact forms)
Information about you, your location and how you use our website, information about your interests and preferences:
When you accept our cookies placed on your device
When you update your account information
When you open our marketing emails
When you fill in forms on our website
When you get in touch with us
When you respond to our requests for feedback
When you opt into receiving messages from us
Personal information we collect automatically when you use our services
We use cookies, web beacons (or pixels), unique identifiers, and similar technologies to collect information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions you take when using our Services, within our advertising or email content.
We use Google Analytics which is a web analyzing tool of Google Inc. for the purposes of the adequate design and continuous optimization of our website. Google Analytics works with cookies and creates pseudonymized usage profiles, which enable an analysis of your use of our website. Information stored in such cookies (such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL, Hostname of the accessing computer, time of server request) is usually transmitted to and stored on Google's servers.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you. As an individual, the web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
Internal record keeping
Providing customer service
Improvement of our products and services
Periodic promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the contact details which you have provided. You can opt out of receiving marketing emails by clicking on the unsubscribe link which we include in all our marketing emails
Emails/alerts to you based on your account settings
Personalized experience (including advertising and marketing) on our sites according to your interests
Detect, prevent, mitigate and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities
How long do we keep your data
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our policies.
How we protect your data
We protect your personal data against unauthorized access, unlawful use, accidental loss, corruption, or destruction.
We use technical measures such as encryption and password protection to protect your data and the systems they are held in. We also use operational measures to protect the data, for example by limiting the number of people who have access to the databases in which our booking information is held.
We keep these security measures under review and refer to industry security standards to keep up to date with current best practices.
Sharing your data: How we might share your personal information
We may disclose your personal information to other separate services within Happyhamster or to third parties. This disclosure may be required for us to provide you access to our Services, to comply with our legal obligations, to enforce our Terms of Service, to facilitate our marketing and advertising activities, or to prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities related to our Services. We attempt to minimize the amount of personal information we disclose to what is directly relevant and necessary to accomplish the specified purpose.
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing and advertising purposes without your consent.
In the event that Happyhamster is acquired by or merged with a third party, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from you as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your information is treated, transferred, or used.
How do we protect your personal information
We use secure server software (SSL) and firewalls to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Furthermore, our employees and third-party service providers have access to your non-public personal information only on a "need to know" basis. We follow industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Payment Security
When your credit or debit card account information is being transmitted to our Sites or through our Sites, it will be protected by cryptographic protocols. To be clear, Happyhamster does not itself store your credit or debit card account information, and we do not have direct control over or responsibility for your credit or debit card account information. We use third party payment processors that are the controllers of your credit card information. Our contracts with third parties that receive your credit or debit card account information require them to keep it secure and confidential.
Your Rights
You have the following rights concerning our processing of your personal data:
Right to access Right to rectification
Right to erasure
Right to object (on grounds relating to your particular situation) in case of processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interest (e.g. direct marketing)
Right to withdraw your consent at any time in case of any consent-based processing of your personal data without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before your withdrawal
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To raise any objections or to exercise any of your rights, you can send an email to us.
To exercise choices regarding cookies, you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
To stop receiving marketing emails from us, you can opt-out of receiving marketing emails by clicking on the unsubscribe link which we include in all our marketing emails.
If you have created an online Profile with us and would like to update the information you have provided to us, you can access your account to view and make changes or corrections to your information. You may also contact us as detailed in the contact us section in the footer below.
When you get in touch, we will respond as soon as possible generally within one month. There is no charge for most requests, but if you ask us to provide a significant about of data for example we may ask you to pay a reasonable admin fee. We may also ask you to verify your identity before we provide any information to you.
Changes
Happyhamster may change this policy from time to time by updating this page, and by providing any information to Happyhamster. you're accepting such changes. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted here 30 days prior to these changes taking place. You are therefore advised to re-read this statement on a regular basis.
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