MTÜ ÜHENDUSES FESTIVAL values your privacy and is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations regarding any personal data we may collect about you when you visit our website yhenduses.ee. By using our website, you agree that we collect and use your data in accordance with this privacy policy.

This privacy policy aims to explain what data we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have to protect your data. This policy applies only to our website and its visitors, and does not apply to data collected through other channels.

The data controller for your data is MTÜ ÜHENDUSES FESTIVAL

Company registration number: 12952042

E-mail: info@yhenduses.ee

We collect and process information in accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25.05.2018.

Data Collection and Use

What data we collect

The information we collect includes both information you consciously and actively provide to us when using our services or campaigns, and all information your devices send when accessing our products and services.

The data we collect includes information you have knowingly shared with us when using our services or campaigns, as well as information your devices transmit to us automatically.

Your personal data may reach us in the following ways:

• When you place an order in the yhenduses.ee online store
• When you register as a user of the yhenduses.ee online store
• When you contact us by phone, e-mail, or online chat
• When you purchase a product on instalment and enter into a leasing agreement
• When you browse the website yhenduses.ee
• When you submit personal data about another person who receives the goods
• When you make payments using online banking or another electronic payment method
• When you comment on, like, or share a post on our social media account
• When you subscribe to our newsletter
• When you comment on posts on our website

Types of data collected

Personal data

We only ask for personal information when it is necessary to provide you with a service. When contacting us or visiting our website, you may share the following information with us:

• First and last name
• E-mail address
• Postal address, country, county, city
• Your purchase history and activity in our online store

Log files

Our website yhenduses.ee records log files about its visitors. The information collected may include:

• Type of device used
• Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Browser type
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Date and time of the website visit
• Entry and exit pages, number of clicks made on the website

The information in log files is used for trend analysis, website administration, tracking visitor behaviour, and gathering demographic information. The information obtained is not intended to, nor does it allow, the identification of individuals.

Cookies

Like most websites, yhenduses.ee uses “cookies”. A cookie is essentially a text file that is stored on the user’s device when visiting a website. Cookies are used to determine and save preferences, regional settings, service usage options, and more.

If you wish, you can disable cookies in your browser settings, but in that case the service provided to you may be disrupted.

Cookies are divided into persistent and session cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device even after you have closed the browser or computer. Session cookies, however, are deleted immediately after the browser is closed.

Cookies are categorised by purpose:

Necessary cookies. Session cookies whose purpose is to enable you to use the services offered on our website. These cookies help authenticate users and prevent malicious use of user accounts. Without these cookies, we cannot provide you with the requested services.

Notification cookies. These cookies detect whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.

Functionality cookies. These cookies allow your browser to remember choices you make when using the website, such as saving your login details or language preferences. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personalised experience and to avoid re-entering preferences.

How we use data

We may use the collected information for various purposes, including:

• Maintaining, managing, developing, personalising, and expanding our website
• Gathering statistics so we can offer better services and/or offers, and to understand and analyse the behaviour of our website visitors
• Identifying you by phone, message, or e-mail
• Sending you information and requesting feedback about our services
• Preventing fraud and protecting our website
• Enabling us to connect with you through your social media account
• Enabling access to conversation history to speed up the provision of relevant advice
• With the aim of improving the quality of our service and providing more efficient browsing solutions
• To develop new products or services or improve their functionality
• For shipping/delivering goods, processing orders, issuing invoices, ordering via bank link, and confirming your order or processing refunds
• Offering products and services that may interest you, taking into account your previous orders
• To simplify and speed up interactions between us when you contact us
• For other purposes, such as data analysis, trend research, and evaluating the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns

In which cases we may share your data

• We may share or transfer your personal data in connection with a change of ownership, merger, sale of assets, financing, or acquisition of our company. We will notify you of the transfer of your personal data and of any change in the privacy policy that will apply to it.
• We may share your data with our partner companies, requiring them to comply with this privacy policy. Partner companies include our parent and subsidiary companies, joint venture partners, or companies that belong to us.
• We may share your data with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or campaigns.
• With your consent, we may disclose your personal data for any other purpose.
• We are obliged to disclose your personal data if required by law. In good faith, we may also disclose your data in order to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, prevent or detect possible violations related to the use of our service, and ensure the safety of service users.

Retention of your personal data

The company retains your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to fulfil our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The company also retains log files for internal analysis purposes. Log files are generally retained for a shorter period, unless the data is used to enhance security or improve the functionality of our service, or if we are legally required to retain the data for a longer period.

Processing of children’s data

None of our products or services are directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If we suspect that we are processing the data of a person under the age of 13, we will remove that person from all our databases.

Your rights to protect your data

You always have the right not to share your data with us, with the understanding that this may affect your experience on our website. If you decide not to share your data with us, we will not treat you any differently for that reason. If you provide us with personal information, you understand that we collect, store, use, and disclose it in accordance with this privacy policy. You have the right to request details of the data collected about you.

When we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it in accordance with this privacy policy and the laws of the Republic of Estonia. If you share third-party data yourself, you confirm that you have the right and permission to do so.

Even if you have previously given consent to share your personal data with us for marketing purposes, you retain the right to change your mind at any time. You always have the right to opt out of communicating with us and to request that we remove your data from our databases. From time to time, we may also ask for information about you to verify your identity. If you find that the data we have collected about you is inaccurate, outdated, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us by e-mail at: info@yhenduses.ee. We will do everything in our power to correct inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or outdated information.

If you believe we have violated applicable data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the contact details found in this document and provide us with all details relating to the violation. We will investigate your complaint promptly and respond to you in writing, presenting the results of the investigation and outlining the steps we will take to resolve your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory authority or data protection authority.

GDPR data protection rights

We want to make sure you are aware of all your data protection rights. Every user of the page has the right to the following:

• Right of access – you have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to rectification – you have the right to request that we correct data you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete data you believe is incomplete.
• Right to erasure – under certain conditions, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data.
• Right to restrict processing – under certain conditions, you have the right to request that we restrict the use of your personal data.
• Right to object to processing – under certain conditions, you have the right to object to the use of your personal data.
• Right to data portability – under certain conditions, you have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to a third party or directly to you.

Security of your data

The security of your personal data is important to us, but please remember that no method of transmitting information over the Internet or electronic storage method is 100% secure. Although we do our best to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its complete security.

Highonlife OÜ takes all reasonably necessary measures to ensure that your data is processed securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and the laws of the Republic of Estonia. Your data will not be transferred to any organisation or country unless there is a compelling reason to do so and the security of your data is ensured.

Links to other websites

On our website, you may find links to other websites that do not belong to us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly recommend reviewing the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over third-party sites and take no responsibility for their content, privacy policies, services offered, or anything else.

Privacy policy updates

Where necessary, we reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy document. When the privacy policy is updated, we will change the document update date located at the bottom. If you continue to visit and use our website after the privacy policy has been updated, we will treat this as your implicit consent to the changes.

Last updated 02/02/2024