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At Akiba, we respect our customers and their right to privacy. Akiba recognizes the importance of maintaining and using your personal information responsibly. We have created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your right to privacy, your security and to inform you about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information provided on our site. This policy also allows you to refuse to provide the personal information that you do not wish to communicate and to have access to the information that we have already collected and to modify or delete it.
Akiba agrees not to collect, use or disclose your personal information other than in accordance with this policy.
When you provide personal information by visiting our site, you indicate that you accept all the terms and conditions of this policy and that you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this policy. You are responsible for ensuring that your access to the Site and the Materials made available to you on or through the Site complies with the laws of each jurisdiction in which you access or through which you access the Site or Materials.
In this policy, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” mean, collectively, the AKIBA company, its employees, agents and representatives.
PRIVACY POLICY
When you place an order, sign up for our mailing list to receive our newsletter, submit your contact information and/or resume for employment purposes, enter a contest, complete an entry form, whether you submit or distribute text, images, video or audio content or information, content or other materials through the Site or any other AKIBA website, including its web pages on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, or that you otherwise provide personal information to AKIBA (including in regular correspondence exchanged by post or email) , these are collected, used and communicated by AKIBA for various purposes as indicated herein. In addition, each time you visit the Site, the following information is automatically obtained and compiled: your Internet Protocol (IP) address and associated domain name registration information; identification of your internet browser, operating system and platform you use; the date and time of your visit; the name and address (URL) of the web page you visited before accessing the site; the question (if any) you entered into a search engine that led you to the site; and any other information about your browsing path. We keep this information in our log files.
As we mentioned above, we also collect the personal information that you transmit to us, in particular by placing an order, by subscribing to our mailing list in order to receive our newsletter, by transmitting your coordinates and/or your curriculum vitae for employment purposes, by filling out a form or a newsletter to enter a contest, by participating in a promotion or a survey, by subscribing to our mailing list to receive our newsletter ( if applicable), by communicating with us by telephone, by e-mail, by creating a user account and choosing a password, by logging on as a registered user of the site and by providing information in your or your accounts or by presenting or distributing text, images, video or audio content or information, content or other materials through AKIBA’s web pages on websites social media such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. By taking these actions, you may provide us with personal information such as your name, date of birth, email and mailing addresses, telephone number(s), credit card information, product information interest, your body measurements and financial information and, in some cases, your comments, suggestions, ideas, opinions and personal preferences. We may also maintain a record of products of interest to you.
Given the importance of protecting the privacy of children, the site is not directed to children and we do not collect, process or use on the site information about anyone if we know that they are less age 13 without first obtaining verifiable consent from their parent or other legal representative. A parent or guardian who becomes aware that their child has provided us with personally identifiable information has the right, upon request, to view the information provided by the child and/or request that it be removed from our records. In that situation, the parent or guardian of the child is invited to contact us.
HOW IS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION USED?
To better serve you, we may combine information you provide to us online, over the phone, or in writing about the products that interest you. Additionally, we may use it together with demographic data available to us to communicate with you, by telephone (including through an automated dial-and-answer process), e-mail, post or otherwise, about of our products, services, surveys, promotions, special offers and contests. We also collect your personal information for the following purposes:
Process your order and respond to your questions regarding the status of your order;
Send you the products that you have ordered or that have been ordered for you or send your friends, family members and/or colleagues the products that you have ordered for them;
Keeping in touch with you and providing you with personalized service on an ongoing basis and helping us to better understand and respond to your needs and preferences and to develop customer profiles based on your needs and preferences;
Communicate directly to you special offers and promotions from AKIBA on behalf of the latter and/or third parties with which it has entered into agreements, particularly in terms of advertising and promotion;
Allow you to participate in our promotions and contests as well as those of third parties with whom AKIBA has entered into agreements, particularly in terms of advertising and promotion;
To develop, improve, market and provide our products and services and to manage our business;
Compile information relating to rewards or loyalty programs that we may establish from time to time and from which you may benefit in connection with your purchases of products online or in stores;
Help us meet the requirements of applicable laws and regulations.
For example, we may use your personal information to process purchases and returns of goods. We can also use it to contact a buyer if necessary, for example to inform him of the delay of an order or a depletion of stocks. In addition, AKIBA uses its customers’ personal information to inform them of products and services, promotions and special offers that are likely to interest them.
We may also ask for additional information, such as your shopping preferences or your age, also known as demographic data and profile data, although this information is optional and you do not need to provide it to place an order. or make a purchase. However, by providing this information, you can help us improve the site and make your shopping experience more enjoyable.
We also use the information we collect from the site to measure visitors’ interest in different parts of the site, to ensure that the links on the site make navigation easier, and to make the site more interesting and informative.
If you submit your contact information and resume for employment purposes with our company, this information will only be used to determine whether you have the necessary skills for the position you are interested in and, if necessary, to communicate with you.
TO WHOM CAN MY PERSONAL INFORMATION BE COMMUNICATED?
We will not share your personal information with third parties having obtained your prior consent, except in the following cases:
In the event of a sale of all or substantially all of our business or a similar transaction (such as the sale of a division or business unit), we may assign or disclose your personal information to an actual or prospective buyer, who may then collect, use and disclose it for the purpose of evaluating and/or executing a proposed transaction or operating and managing the affairs of the acquired business or to other purposes covered by this policy.
We may provide your personal information to third parties, such as processors, technical support and delivery service companies and financial institutions, to process it on our behalf pursuant to agreements prohibiting such third parties from using or to communicate personal information other than for the purposes of its treatment and imposing security mechanisms adapted to the sensitivity of the information. We only provide these third parties with the personal information necessary to provide their specific service.
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information where required by law, in connection with legal or regulatory proceedings, and in response to requests from government law enforcement authorities exercising a legitimate right to obtain this information or to our legal advisors, or, if necessary, to protect the property, interests and rights of AKIBA.
HOW CAN I EXERCISE MY CHOICES ABOUT RECEIVING PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS?
You always have the right to demand that we do not disclose your personal information to third parties (see “How can I exercise my choices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of my personal information?” below below). With respect to the collection and communication of aggregated depersonalized data, however, please note that you will not be able to exercise such a choice since this information only allows statistical analysis of various aspects related to the use of the site. and do not include any information that identifies you.
WHAT IS PHISHING?
“Phishing” is a fraudulent technique aimed at stealing your personal information. If you receive an email that appears to be from us but asks you to provide personal information, do not respond. We will never ask you for personal information by email.
MODIFICATION OF THE PRIVACY POLICY
If we decide to change this policy, we will post the changes on the site so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we may use it and how it may be disclosed to third parties. third parties (if applicable). Once the changes are posted, you will be bound by them unless you notify us in writing, by telephone or by e-mail that you wish to withdraw your consent (by following the procedure indicated above). It is your responsibility to regularly review this policy and any changes that may have been made to it.
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