Privacy Policy
We operate the website www.raritywatches.com and collect certain data from our customers and visitors where necessary. In the following data privacy policy you will be informed what we do with your data, the so-called personal data, and why we do this. We will also inform you how we protect your data, when this data is deleted and what rights you have due to data protection. First of all: We observe the data protection laws and protect your privacy.
But we want to be completely open: The Internet lives from data exchange and still has many security gaps. Even if your data is encrypted when you visit our website, there is always a residual risk when exchanging data with other websites at the latest. If you visit other websites – for example via a link on our website – please note that this privacy policy does not apply to this external website.
What are Personal Data?
Personal data in this sense are all individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person, such as name, address or e-mail address but also IP addresses.
Who can I contact?
Www.raritywatches.com is responsible for their Services and for the protection of your data. If you have specific questions about your personal data, deletion of your personal data or similar things, you can reach us at:
AP Group
L’ Espalmera 10
La Massana AD 400
Andorra
Mail: contact@raritywatches.com
What are my rights?
You can contact us at any time if you have any questions about your rights regarding data protection or if you wish to exercise any of the following rights:
- Right to withdraw your consent – e.g. you can contact us if you wish to cancel a previously given consent to a newsletter)
- Right to access your data – e.g. you can contact us if you would like to know what data we have stored about you-
- Right to correct your data – e.g. you can contact us if your e-mail address has changed and we should replace your old e-mail address-
- Right to have your data deleted – e.g. you can contact us if you want us to delete certain data that we have stored about you
- Right to limit data collection – e.g. you can contact us if you do not want us to use your e-mail address for newsletters, but only to send absolutely necessary e-mails
- Right to take your data with you – e.g. you can contact us to receive your data in a zipped format, if you want to upload it to another website
- Right to object how your data is handled – ie.g. you can contact us if you do not agree with any user analytics procedures as described within this privacy policy
- Right to send complaints – e.g. you can contact the data protection supervisory authority directly
Deletion of data and storage periods
Unless otherwise stated, we will delete or anonymise your data as soon as it is no longer needed (e.g. your e-mail address after you have unsubscribed from our newsletter). Your data will also be deleted or anonymised automatically if the mandatory storage period expires (e.g. those required by law for payment transactions). Such data may be needed for longer periods of time for legal reasons. You can request information about all personal data we have stored about you.
Visiting our website
If you merely wish to browse our website, we do not collect any personal data, with the exception of the data that your browser sends to us, e.g.:
- IP address
- Approximate location based on IP range
- Internet provider
- Internet connection speed
- Date and time of visit
- Last visited website
- Browser and version
- Operating system
- Hardware (e.g. processor)
The most interesting thing for you as a visitor to our website is probably your IP address, since this can theoretically be traced back to you as a person. As a safeguard to protect your privacy, we delete or anonymise your IP address after your visit. Therefore, all other data possibly attached to it can no longer be traced back to you. It will only serve anonymous and statistical purposes to optimise our website. The purpose of temporarily storing this data is necessary to establish a connection as well as loading our website the way it was designed to. Such data is therefore required to display the website on your screen, to avoid display problems and other technical error messages. The legal basis is the legitimate interest in accordance with the European data protection requirements.
Contact forms
When you contact us directly via e-mail we only store your e-mail address and the corresponding content for the purpose of your request and delete it afterwards.
- First name/last name
- Phone
- email address
- Message/ Your message
As a safeguard to protect your privacy, contact is established via an encrypted connection – just like a visit to the rest of the website. In addition, we apply the principle of data minimization and collect only the data actually required in the contact form. After the successful establishment of contact with you and final omission of the contact reason your data are deleted. The purpose of the data requested is to contact you, which is why the data is only used for this purpose. The legal basis is your consent in accordance with the European data protection requirements.
Applicants Data
We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends corresponding application documents to us by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If we conclude an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If we does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents shall be deleted 3 months after notification of the decision of refusal, provided that no other legitimate interests of us stand in the way of deletion.
Value estimation of a watch / Trade-In / Registration
You also have the option of having your watch evaluated by us and registering on our website and then logging in at any time with a user account. To have your watch rated, you must enter your e-mail address. Then select your watch type & data, enter your first/last name and telephone number. This creates a user. You will then have the opportunity to register on our website.
If you cancel the evaluation process, we would like to send you an e-mail with help to facilitate further evaluation. If you do not wish to do so, you can inform us of this under the above-mentioned contact data or use the corresponding unsubscribe procedure in every e-mail from us.
To register with us, the following data is required:
- email address
• First name/last name • phone number • Username ” Username • Password
Wish List / Price Alarm
You have the possibility to memorize certain watches and to be informed about availability and price reductions via e-mail. To sign up for this service, simply enter your email address. Afterwards you have the possibility to register, which gives you the possibility to view an overview of all watch entries and to remove individual ones if necessary. Here too we would like to send you an e-mail with information. If you do not wish to do so, you can inform us of this under the above-mentioned contact data or use the corresponding unsubscribe procedure in every e-mail from us.
Shopping Cart / Purchase To buy a watch you must be registered. During the order process you must also enter your billing address and delivery address. If you do not finish the process, we would like to send you an e-mail with information and help. If you do not wish to do so, you can inform us of this under the above-mentioned contact data or use the corresponding unsubscribe procedure in every e-mail from us.
As a safeguard to protect your privacy, the data you enter is transmitted via an encrypted connection, just like your visit to the rest of the website. We also apply the principle of data minimisation and collect only the data actually required. Furthermore, we assign you to a country based on the transmitted IP address of your device. This data is stored in order to be able to show you the applicable range of payment methods. The purpose of the data requested is to create a user account for the use of advanced functions on the website. Registration is voluntary and can be revoked or the user data deleted at any time. The legal basis is the user’s consent in accordance with the European data protection requirements.
Newsletter
We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for the provision of our newsletter. We will therefore only send you a newsletter by e-mail if you confirm in our notification e-mail that you would like to receive our newsletter by clicking on a link. If you confirm your wish to receive the newsletter, we will save your e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
Of course you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, you will find a link in every newsletter. If you click on the link you will be redirected and you can confirm your cancellation in an e-mail. This way we can ensure that the logoff is implemented in all processes. Alternatively, you can contact us using the above contact details.
Cookies
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are usually stored in a folder from your browser. Cookies contain information about the current or last visit to our website:
If cookies do not contain an exact expiration date, they are stored only temporarily and are automatically deleted as soon as you close your browser or restart your device. Cookies with an expiration date will still be stored even when you close your browser or restart your device. Such cookies will not be deleted until the specified date or if you delete them manually.
We use the following three types of cookies on our website:
- Required cookies (cookies that are required, e.g. to display the website correctly for you and to store certain settings temporarily)
- Functional and performance-related cookies (cookies that help us improve our website, e.g. to evaluate technical data of your visit and avoid error messages)
- Advertising and analytics cookies (cookies that provide analytics and personalized ads.
You can configure, block and delete cookies in your browser settings. If you delete all cookies from our website, some functions of the website may not be displayed correctly.
With the exception of the technically required cookies, the other types of cookies are only activated after express consent has been given. This consent can be revoked at any time. The revocation option and further information can be found in the cookie settings.
Google Fonts
Google Fonts (https://fonts.google.com) from Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”), a font collection from Google, are used to visually improve the typeface. These fonts are transferred to your browser’s storage folder and activated when you visit this website or other websites. If this is not supported, the text on the web page is displayed in a standard font only. To enable this, a request is sent to domains such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com, which for technical reasons contains your IP address. However, your data will not be merged with other data or traced back to you personally.
As a safeguard to protect your privacy,, we have ensured that by accessing the Google font collection, the data will not be merged with other Google offers, e.g. if you have a Google user account. English information on data protection at Google Fonts confirms this (https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq). In addition, the high security standards of the Google platform and the associated privacy policy of Google (http://www.google.com/intl/de-DE/privacy) apply. As Google is based in the USA and thus in a so-called third country, further guarantees are required to ensure an appropriate European level of data protection. Google has signed special data protection clauses with us (so-called EU standard contract clauses on data protection).
The purpose of the data transmission is the correct representation of the fonts in the form set by us. The IP address is required to connect to Google’s servers to download the font collection if it is not already stored on the device. The legal basis is the so-called legitimate interest, which has been examined in order to pursue the purpose and within the framework of the aforementioned protective measures and in accordance with the European data protection requirements under GDPR
Website analysis:
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses the advertising and analytics cookies described above to analyze our website with regard to your usage behavior. The information generated by these cookies is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, your IP address is shortened before the usage statistics are evaluated, so that no direct connection to you as a person can be made. For this purpose, we use the “anonymizeIp” function to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses. Google will use the anonymous information collected by the cookies to evaluate the usage of the website and to compile reports on website activity. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
You can also configure your browser to refuse cookies, or you can prevent Google from collecting and analyzing the data by downloading and installing a browser plug-in (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en) from Google. As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, you can set an opt-out cookie to prevent future collection by Google Analytics within this website (the opt-out only works in the browser and only for this domain). If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.
As a safeguard to protect your privacy, we use the anonymisation feature offered by Google as mentioned above, whereas analytics are not based on you as a person, but only on a statistical basis. In addition, the high security standards of the Google platform and its data privacy policy apply. The purpose of the use of Google Analytics is to (anonymously) analyze usage behavior of our websites. The information collected helps us to improve our websites and games. The legal basis is the consent pursuant to GDPR