Rapid Meta Privacy Policy
The Rapid Meta privacy policy tells you how we use personal information collected at this site. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.
These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.
Introduction
The website available at rapid-meta.com (Site) is operated and administered by Rapid Meta (“we“, “us“, “our“), a company incorporated in Scotland , United Kingdom. We care about your privacy. This privacy policy (Privacy Policy) sets out in detail how we manage the personal information you provide to us. Your use of this Site will be governed by this Privacy Policy, amongst other things. You may not use this Site if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is effective from 25 May 2018. We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting an updated version of the policy on this Site.
(a) Registration
When you register as a User of this Site we collect your full name, email address, telephone number, address, together with other information as may be requested on the registration form from time to time. It is your responsibility to maintain and update the personal information that you provide to us when setting up your account.
(b) Use of this Site
We may collect personal information about you when you enter information on this Site. This may include transactional information, such as products purchased, method of payment and the amount paid.
We may also collect other personal information about you when you post content such as reviewing products.
(c) Credit card information
Your credit card information is requested only when you place an order and is submitted via the highest level of encryption to ensure the greatest amount of safety and security. We do not store your full credit card information.
(d) When you contact us
We may collect personal information about you when you contact us. Such information is used to verify your identity and respond to your query.
(e) Information obtained from third parties
We may collect personal information from third parties. Such third parties may include the companies that provide services to us (i.e. service providers) and our group companies. We may also collect information from credit reporting agencies.
(g) Computer information
When you visit our Site, we may keep and use information about your visit including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the date and time of the visit. We may also keep and use information about your computer (for example, browser type) and your navigation information (for example, the URL of the site which referred you to this Site and the pages you visit on this Site).
(h) Surveys and feedback
We may conduct surveys on the Site or by sending you emails, to ask for your feedback regarding our Site and the quality of the service we provide to you. Your feedback is important to us and enables us to improve the quality of the service we provide to our customers. You are free to provide us your name and other information, in which case we may store such information as personal information.
“Personal information” is any information that can be used to identify you. We collect personal information about you if you provide it to us knowingly. By providing us with your personal information, you expressly consent to us processing your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We will only use or disclose your personal information for the purposes for which you have provided it to us, and as set out in this Privacy Policy, unless you have consented to the use or disclosure of your personal information for another purpose or it is necessary to use or disclose your personal information to comply with laws or regulations applicable to us from time to time.
We use your personal information to deliver our services to you (and to enable third parties such as service providers to deliver their services to you, including order fulfilment and after-sales services). To properly operate and administer this Site, we need to provide your personal information to our staff and service providers. Our staff and service providers are subject to obligations of confidentiality to us. By providing your consent to this Privacy Policy you authorise them to gain access to your personal information as part of their services to you and us.
Your privacy is extremely important to us. We won’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (When we do ask for your information it is usually to ensure that we’re dealing with real people and not a bot!). We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
Administration, financial accounting, office organization, contact management
We process data in the context of administrative tasks as well as organization of our business, financial accounting and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving. In doing so, we process the same data that we process in the course of rendering our contractual services. The processing principles are Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c. GDPR, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO. The processing affects customers, prospects, business partners and website visitors. The purpose and interest in processing lies in administration, financial accounting, office organization, data archiving, that is, tasks that serve to maintain our business, perform our duties and provide our services. The deletion of the data in terms of contractual performance and contractual communication corresponds to the information provided in these processing activities.
In doing so, we disclose or transmit data to the financial administration, consultants, such as tax accountants or auditors, as well as other fee agents and payment service providers.
Furthermore, we store information on suppliers, promoters and other business partners on the basis of our business interests, eg for the purpose of contacting you later. We generally store this majority of company-related data permanently.
External payment service providers
We use external payment service providers, through whose platforms the users and we can make payment transactions. As part of the fulfillment of contracts, we set the payment service providers on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. GDPR. Incidentally, we use external payment service providers on the basis of our legitimate interests. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR in order to offer our users effective and secure payment options.
Among the data processed by the payment service providers are inventory data such as the name and address, bank details such as bank account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as contract, summary and recipient-related information. The information is required to complete the transactions. However, the data entered will only be processed and stored by the payment service providers. This means that we do not receive any account or credit card-related information, only information with confirmation or negative disclosure of the payment. The data may be transmitted by the payment service providers to credit reporting agencies. This transmission aims at the identity and credit check. For this we refer to the terms and privacy policy of payment service providers.
For the payment transactions, the terms and conditions and the privacy notices of the respective payment service providers, which are available within the respective websites, or transaction applications apply. We also refer to these for further information and assertion of rights of withdrawal, information and other data subjects.
We use reasonable and current internet security methods and technologies to keep your personal information secure, including restricting unauthorised access to your personal information and using firewalls and secure databases. When you place orders or access your account information, we offer secure socket layer (SSL) technology.
However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. As a result, although we try hard to protect your personal information provided to us, we cannot guarantee its security and you transmit such information at your own risk.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this Site. This Site may contain links to other websites. We make no representations or warranties as to the privacy practices of any website operated by a third party and we are not responsible for the content or practices of such websites. You should check the privacy policy for all third party websites you visit to understand their procedures for collecting, using and disclosing personal information
