Karima Jewellery collects some Personal Data from its Users through their use of this Website.
This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.
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Owner and Data Controller:
Karima Sàrl
Chemin de Lulasse 21, 1253 Vandoeuvres, Switzerland
Owner contact email: info@karimajewellery.com
1. Construction
In this Privacy Policy, the terms set out below shall (unless the context requires otherwise) have the following respective meanings:
| Personal Data (or Data) | means any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person. |
| Usage Data | means information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment. |
| Cookie | means Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser. It is used to identify the User’s browser, provide analytics, remember information about the User such as its language preference or login information. |
| Data Controller (or Owner) | means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of www.karimajewellery.com. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website. |
| Data Processor (or Data Supervisor) | means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy. |
| Data Subject | means the natural person to whom the Personal Data refers. |
| European Union (or EU) | means unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area. |
| Legal information | means this privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple privacy legislations, especially the Federal Act on Data Protection of 25 september 2020 and its executive order, as well as the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 april 2016 (GDPR, UE 2016/679). |
| Service | means the service provided by this Website as described in the Terms and Conditions and on this site/application. |
| Tracker | means tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device. |
| User | means the individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject. |
| Website (or Application) | means the means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed. |
Other defined terms shall have the meaning set out in the Section in which that term is first used.
2. Types of Data collected
2.1 Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Data communicated while using the service; Cookies; Usage Data; email address; first name; last name; Data communicated in order to use the Service.
2.2 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.
2.3 Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
2.4 Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website 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.
2.5 Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
2.6 Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.
2.7 Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
3. Mode and place of processing the Data
3.1 Methods of processing
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 Website (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.
3.2 Legal basis of processing
3.2.1 The owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
(a) Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes;
(b) provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
(c) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal and/or regulatory obligation to which the Owner is subject; or
(d) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
3.2.2 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.
3.3 Place
3.3.1 The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the Data is deemed processed.
3.3.2 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.
3.3.3 Users are entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to any country 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.
3.3.4 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.
3.4 Retention time
3.4.1 Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
3.4.2 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.
3.4.3 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.
3.4.4 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.
3.4.5 Once the Personal Data is no longer required by the Owner, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
3.5 The purposes of processing
3.5.1 The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal and/or regulatory 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: Hosting and backend infrastructure, Traffic optimization and distribution, Analytics, Managing contacts and sending messages, SPAM protection and Infrastructure monitoring.
3.5.2 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”.
3.6 Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
3.6.1 Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, 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: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
3.6.2 Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Bluehost
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
3.6.3 Infrastructure monitoring
This type of service allows the Owner to monitor the use and behavior this Website’s components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Website.
Sentry (Functional Software, Inc. )
Sentry is a monitoring service provided by Functional Software, Inc. .
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
3.6.4 SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
hCaptcha (Intuition Machines, Inc)
hCaptcha is a SPAM protection service provided by Intuition Machines, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
3.6.5 Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows the Owner to distribute the content of this Website using servers located across different countries and to optimize performance. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between the Owner 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.
4. The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner. These rights may be exercised by writing to the following email address: info@karimajewellery.com.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
4.1 Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
4.2 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.
4.3 Users have the right to learn, free of charge unless this involves disproportionate effort, 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.
4.4 Users shall receive the information available to the Owner to exercise their rights and to guarantee transparent data processing.
4.5 Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
4.6 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.
4.7 Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
4.8 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.
4.9 Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
When Users request information, it will be provided within a reasonable period of time, to be communicated to Users.
5. Cookie Policy
5.1 We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services:
| Name | Description | Expires |
| cookieyes-consent | CookieYes is a cookie consent solution that helps the website achieve GDPR and CCPA compliance easily | One Year |
| sbjs_current | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioral cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| sbjs_current_add | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioral cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| sbjs_first | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioral cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| sbjs_first_add | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioral cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| sbjs_migrations | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioral cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| sbjs_session | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioral cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| sbjs_udata | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it in a cookies. This is a analytic and behavioural cookie used for improving the visitor experience on the website. | Session |
| tk_ai | The functionality is to store a unique user ID | Session |
| wordpress_logged_in | The functionality is: to Store logged in users. | Session |
| wordpress_sec | The functionality is: to provide protection against hackers, store account details. | Session |
| wp-settings-1 | WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface | One Year |
| wp-settings-time-1 | WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface | One Year |
| wp_navbar_collapsed | Adds functionality to collapse and expand nav menus within the WordPress admin | One Year |
5.2 A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Website. We use a number of different Cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content Cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the Website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
5.3 Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close your web browser.
5.4 If You prefer to avoid the use of Cookies on the Website, first you must disable the use of Cookies in your browser and then delete the Cookies saved in your browser associated with this website. You may use this option for preventing the use of Cookies at any time. If You do not accept Our Cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Website and some features may not function properly. If You’d like to delete Cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse Cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
6. Additional information about Data collection and processing
6.1 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 Website or the related Services.
6.2 The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
7. Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
8. System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, the Owner and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
9. 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.
10. How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
10.1 This Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
10.2 To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
11. Changes to this privacy policy
11.1 The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
11.2 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.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland and the courts of Geneva shall have authority over any dispute that may arise from the execution or interpretation of this Privacy Policy, subject to possible appeal to the Federal Court.
