Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Apposodier ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information about you when you visit our website at www.apposodier.com, subscribe to our newsletter, participate in our workshops, or otherwise interact with us.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information you provide directly to us, including:

• Contact information (such as name, email address, postal address, and phone number)
• Registration information for workshops and events
• Payment information for workshop bookings
• Communications you send to us, including emails and messages submitted through our contact form
• Newsletter subscription preferences
• Feedback, reviews, and survey responses

1.2 Information We Collect Automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

• Log and usage data (such as IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed)
• Device information (such as device identifiers and settings)
• Location information (such as general geographic location based on your IP address)
• Cookies and similar technologies (see our Cookie Policy for more details)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our services
• Process workshop registrations and payments
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests
• Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our website
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: Where you have given us explicit consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, such as sending you our newsletter.
• Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as when you register for our workshops.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

4. Sharing of Information

We may share your information as follows:

• Service Providers: With third-party service providers who need access to your information to help us provide our services (such as payment processors, email service providers, and website hosting services).
• Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (such as a court or government agency).
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
• With Your Consent: In other cases where we have your explicit consent.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorized way.

We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Access: The right to request access to your personal data.
• Correction: The right to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Erasure: The right to request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Data Portability: The right to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection: The right to object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Withdrawal of Consent: The right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal data.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the details provided below. Please note that these rights may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

For detailed information on the cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them, and how you can exercise your choices regarding our use of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.

9. International Data Transfers

We are based in Sweden, but we may transfer, process, and store your information in other countries, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country.

When we transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• Transferring data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission.
• Using specific contracts approved by the European Commission that give personal data the same protection it has in Europe.
• For providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield.

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete such information from our systems.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. When we update our privacy policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.

We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Apposodier
Södermannagatan 42
116 40 Stockholm
Sweden
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +46 8 123 45 67

If you are located in the European Union, you also have the right to make a complaint at any time to your local data protection authority.

Last Updated: January 14, 2023