Effective Date: December 14 of 2022
Following the art. 13 of the Regulation EU 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons concerning the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, we have updated our Privacy Statement, which you can find below.
ONLINE SOLUTIONS FX , (hereinafter, the “Company”, “We”, “Us”, “Our”) is the owner of connectingads.com, (hereinafter, our/the “Product”). The product is a proprietary technology of the Company and is used in the Online Media Trading business. We use this Product to aggregate links from different online stores in one place.
This Product does not collect or share any personal data (hereinafter, the “Website”) just as it is with all the services and products the Company develops and provides, they are all Data-Privacy-Compliant by Design. Although that is the summary of the Privacy Policy of the Company and the Product, we encourage you to read the rest to explain why and how we do just that.
In the Company, we are committed to making sure that absolutely everything we do is always Data-Privacy-Compliant by Design. That means that you don’t have to worry about us collecting, sharing, storing, or even worse, losing your data; we couldn’t even if we tried. Information that is not collected can’t be lost, stolen, demanded, leaked, or exposed.
We have made sure that the only information this Product saves can’t be linked back to you or anyone else. That information is very limited, non-personal, and even obfuscated to make sure it can’t be associated with a particular individual. This information is for statistical purposes only as it will help us improve our service and product.
Personal Data
You must understand what is defined by the GDPR as personal data, to fully comprehend exactly what we do. As defined in Article 4 of the GDPR, under Definitions:
‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular 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;” (GDPR Art.4, https://gdpr-info.eu/art-4-gdpr/)
Collecting & Processing FAQ
When do we collect personal data about you?
We do not store your personal data.
Personal data of underage users?
We do not store the Personal Data of anyone that includes underage users.
Why do we collect and use personal data?
We can’t say why we do it, as we don’t collect any personal data.
What type of personal data is collected?
There are a few exceptions where personal data may be collected, but never without your consent. This might happen through our Contact form, on our Social Media, or through Google Analytics.
Contact form:
If you decide to contact us through the contact form on our website, we will ask you for your email and name to be able to get in contact with you. In case you do decide to contact us, we will delete your email address, name, and all correspondence between the Company and you, in no longer than 30 days once the issue or question has been resolved. As is your right, if you want your information deleted at any time during the process, we will, in no longer than 30 days after the request.
Mailing List:
Your email address and personal information will be used to send updates about sales and deals on connectingads.com. We do not share or sell this information with anyone. The user can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time by clicking the resignation link. If the user did not sign up for our list and does not want to receive any emails from connectingads.com, the user shall not subscribe to our mailing list.
Social Media:
Our website includes links to social media platforms. We don’t have any control over their privacy policy and therefore wish to dissuade you from using it. Our social media presence is extremely limited, even if we can be found on a couple of different platforms, we don’t use them at all.
Google Analytics:
Our website uses Google Analytics, which is a web analysis service from Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies and creates pseudonymized usage profiles that allow you to analyze the use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL, the hostname of the accessing computer, and time of server request) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there.
However, due to the activation of the IP anonymization (IP-Masking) on our website, your IP address will be truncated and thereby anonymized by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The information may be transferred to third parties, if required by law, or if third parties process this data in the order.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we point out that you may not be able to use all features of this website in full. In addition, you may prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and processing Google’s data by using the browser deactivation feature available at the following link. Download and install the add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information, see the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
What are our processing methods?
Although the Company does not store, have access to, share, or use any of your data, we still use data to have statistically-relevant insights that help us run our business. That means, that we do collect, process, and store data, just not any personal data of yours. In every case where we collect data that might be considered personal data, we obfuscate that data to eliminate all possibilities of it being linked to a specific person. This process that is known, under the GDPR guidelines, as pseudonymization, takes information such as your IP Address (which is personal data) and converts it into anonymous data that can only serve for statistical purposes. This process is done automatically, it is irreversible and allows us to work with data without compromising your privacy.
Links to other websites?
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question. We will immediately remove any links of this type upon being notified of such violations.
Storage and Security FAQs
Do we retain your personal data?
We do not retain any of your personal data.
How long do we keep your personal data?
It is impossible to say because we don’t store any of your personal data.
Do we share your personal data with anyone?
We would have to store it to share it. But we don’t. So, we don’t.
Do we disclose or disseminate your personal data?
No, we do not disclose or disseminate your personal data.
How do we keep your personal data secure?
We keep your data secure by not collecting it.
Do we transfer personal data internationally?
No, we do not.
Cookies FAQs
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files/pieces of information, where the history of your experience on a website is written. Cookies can collect data such as the number of visits to the page, types of visitor’s browser, operating systems, which links you clicked on a website, among many others.”
Do we use cookies?
Yes, we use cookies.
For what purpose?
The Company’s website exists so that you can find information about our products, services and contact us. The only cookies we use are those that allow us to provide you with a comfortable browsing experience. These cookies tell us your preferred language so that you can easily read the website and what device you are using so that the responsive layout can be adapted to the size of the browser. These cookies do not collect any personal data. We have them in place so that the website can function optimally. Our cookies do not track you; they are intended to facilitate your navigation.
Regardless of the type of cookie and our best intentions, you can always opt-out. We would not hold that against you; our priority will always be to respect your privacy in all aspects. The easiest way to do this is to not agree to receive cookies from our website when you first log in. If you have already accepted, you can disable them by emailing the controller.
Also, know that you can configure your cookie preferences in your browser settings so that you can always allow or reject cookies from websites. We recommend that you check your browser preferences to improve your online experience and take control of your privacy.
Data Subject’s rights:
Even though we don’t collect any personal data, we think it is important that you understand your rights in regard to your personal data. These are the rights that are stipulated under the GDPR, to which you are entitled:
The right to be informed – all organizations must be completely transparent in how they are using personal data (personal data may include data such as a work email and work mobile if they are specific to an individual).
The right of access – individuals will have the right to know exactly what information is held about them and how it is processed.
The right of rectification – individuals will be entitled to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to erasure – also known as ‘the right to be forgotten, refers to an individual’s right to have their personal data deleted or removed without the need for a specific reason as to why they wish to discontinue.
The right to restrict processing – an individual’s right to block or suppress the processing of their personal data.
The right to data portability – this allows individuals to retain and reuse their personal data for their purpose.
The right to object – in certain circumstances, individuals are entitled to object to their personal data being used. This includes if a company uses personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, scientific and historical research, or the performance of a task in the public interest.
Rights of automated decision-making and profiling – the GDPR has put in place safeguards to protect individuals against the risk that a potentially damaging decision is made without human intervention. For example, individuals can choose not to be the subject of a decision where the consequence has a legal bearing on them or is based on automated processing.
If you want to exercise any of these rights or feel that we might be doing something against them, please contact the Controller we will resolve any matter in less than 30 days.
Changes To This Privacy Statement
ONLINE SOLUTIONS FX and connectingads.com reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect, among other things, changes in the law, our data collection and use practices, our Services, or advances in technology, by posting revised terms on our website. But rest assured, we will always be data-privacy-compliant by design. If we make changes that significantly alter our privacy practices, we will post a notice on our website and link to previous versions in this section:
Disclaimer
The Controller is not responsible for updating all links that can be viewed in this Privacy Policy, therefore whenever a link is not functional and/or updated, users acknowledge and accept that they must always refer to the document and/or section of the websites referred to such link.
ONLINE SOLUTIONS FX will act as Controller and Processor. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or doubts, regarding our Privacy Policy or anything related to your personal data, please contact us at: info@connectingads.com or by mail at:
ONLINE SOLUTIONS FX, Lda
Rua Aranhas 53 Apt#4
9000-044 Funchal, Portugal