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I. PRIVACY POLICY

The protection of personal data and the protection of personal and financial information of our clients is particularly important. Therefore, we process your information exclusively on the basis of the applicable legislation, in particular General Regulation 2016/670 (better known as GDPR), the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and the Electronic Commerce Act (ETA). Please review this statement, where we inform you about the most important aspects of the processing of your data by WEAVS.BG Ltd. (hereinafter “We” or the “Company”). In this statement we inform you about the most important aspects of the processing of your data on our website. It also informs you about the terms and legal grounds for collecting, processing, storing, using, destroying and protecting your personal information, as far as you do not give us your explicit consent to do so.

What happens to your personal data after you contact us?

When you write to us via the form on our website or send us an email, we store your data for the period necessary to process your request, as well as to answer your subsequent questions. We will not share this information with third parties without your explicit consent!

Storage of your personal data

Please note that in order to facilitate the process of ordering and purchasing, as well as the subsequent execution of the contract with you, we store your IP address, as well as your names, address, email address and details of the payment resources that you use.

Your personal data is required in order to fulfill our contractual obligations to you. We do not provide this data to third parties, except for:

  • the payment service provider processing the payment (myPOS),
  • the courier company that delivers the shipment,
  • our accountant,
  • myPOS, which are our data processors according to GDPR - www.mypos.eu

Newsletter

You can subscribe to our newsletter by filling out the form in our website. For this purpose, we need your email address and your consent to send you the relevant messages. After you register for our newsletter / mailing, we will send you a confirmation message with a link to confirm the registration. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. Please send your refusal to the following e-mail address: [email protected]. We will immediately delete your personal data that you have provided in order to receive our newsletter.

Your rights

You have the right to access your personal data that we process, as well as the right to correct, delete ("forget" right), restrict processing, data portability, withdraw consent and object.

If you believe that processing of your personal data violates the regulations for personal data protection or if you believe that your rights under these regulations have been violated in any way, you can contact the competent administrative authority. In Bulgaria, this is the Commission for Personal Data Protection.

Contact us in the following ways:                                 

WAVES.BG Ltd., contact details: Sofia 1700, Studentski grad district, 2 Prof. Alexander Fol Str., Entrance B, floor 8, office 10, [email protected], +359 896 451 888.

II. POLICY FOR THE USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

This policy relates to cookies and other similar technologies used in websites and in applications operated by "WAVES.BG" Ltd., having its seat and registered address at Sofia 1700, Studentski grad, ul. Prof. Alexander Fol 2, entrance B, floor 8, office 10, (hereinafter referred to as WAVES.BG Ltd.). Cookies are used for the following purposes: for the functioning of the site, for analysis of the behavior of site visitors, for advertising.

This policy is complemented by a policy regarding the protection of personal data in general, the General Terms and Conditions of the site, which we recommend you to read, providing additional useful information, including the responsibilities of the Head of Personal Data Protection at WAVES.BG Ltd., all purposes of personal data processing by WAVES.BG Ltd., your rights, as well as their restrictions and exceptions, etc. Adequate protection of personal data is an important task for WAVES.BG Ltd. Our desire is to be as clear and transparent as possible in resolving the issue and dealing with it. For any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

What are the “cookies”?

Cookies are small text files consisting of letters and numbers that will be stored on your computer, mobile phone or other terminal equipment through which the user accesses the Internet. The cookies are installed through a request submitted by the user's terminal to the server of WAVES.BG Ltd. or on the server of a third party.

What are cookies used for?

These files in general, make possible to recognize the user's terminal and present the content in a way that is relevant, adapted to the user's preferences. Cookies ensure users’ comfort and support the efforts of WAVES.BG Ltd. to provide services that are best suited to the users, such as online privacy preferences, shopping cart or relevant ads. They are also used in the production of anonymous aggregated statistics that help us understand how users take advantage of our websites, allowing us to improve the structure and content without identifying each individual user.

What cookies we use?

We use two types of cookies: session and persistent. Session cookies are temporary files that remain in a terminal until the end of the user session or the closing of the application. Persistent cookies remain on the user's terminal for a period of time determined by the cookies’ parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user.

How to use cookies from this site?

Visiting this site may leave the following types of cookies:

- Cookies for analysis.

- Advertising cookies.

Cookies and / or other strictly necessary similar technologies are essential for the proper functioning of the site, being set on your device when entering the website or as a result of actions performed on the site, as the case may be. You can set your browser to block cookies, but in this case, some sections of the site will not work properly.

Do cookies or similar technologies contain personal data?

Cookies or other similar technologies do not in require personal information and in many cases do not even identify the identity of Internet users. However, there are situations where personal data may be collected through the use of cookies to facilitate certain functions or то provide experience tailored to the user’s preferences.

What are the other similar technologies?

There are other technologies that can be used for the same purposes as the cookies. WAVES.BG Ltd. uses Local Storage as a similar technology.

Blocking cookies

If you want to block cookies, some functions of the site will be suspended, and this may create some malfunctions or errors when using our site. For example, blocking cookies may prevent you from shopping online and to log in to your account. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can change your settings to block some or all cookies. Select your browser from the list below to show the instructions you need to follow after opening the browser.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Click the settings icon (top right), click Internet Options, click Privacy, and then select options. Click Apply and then OK to save your preferences.

Google Chrome

Click the key icon and select Options from the list. Click the Advanced Settings tab, click Content Settings from the Privacy tab, select the settings you want. Click X to close.

Safari

Select Preferences, click the privacy panel, select the settings you want. Click X to close.

Mozilla Firefox

Select Tools from the main bar, then Options. Click the Privacy tab, select the settings you want. Click OK to close. 

The links above do not belong to any of the sites of WAVES.BG Ltd. and WAVES.BG Ltd. is not responsible for their content.

Managing cookies preferences

In general, an application used to access web pages allows the storage of cookies or similar technologies on the default terminal. They are stored for the periods described in the table below. These settings can be modified in such a way that the automatic management of cookies to be blocked by your web browser or the user to be informed when cookies are sent to the terminal. Detailed information about the possibilities of managing cookies can be found in the application settings panel (web browser). Limiting the use of cookies may affect some functionalities of the site.

Why are cookies and / or other similar technologies important for the Internet?

Cookies and / or other similar technologies are important to the effective functioning of the Internet. Disabling cookies may make some websites or separate sections of websites unavailable. Disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising, but only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, visible from your behavior when browsing the Internet. Examples of important need to use cookies (which do not require user permission through the account):

- Content and services tailored to consumer preferences - categories of products and services;

- Offers tailored to the interests of consumers;

- Save passwords;

- Save child protection filters for Internet content (family mode options, safe search function).

- Limit the frequency of ad distribution - limit the number of impressions of an ad for a particular user on a site.

- Providing user-friendly advertising.

- Measurement, optimization and adaptation of analysis characteristics - such as confirmation of a certain level of traffic on the website, what type of content is viewed and how a user enters the website (for example: through search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites process these analyzes regarding their use to improve services for the benefit of users.

 

Issues of protection and confidentiality

In general, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of cookies acceptance, expiration date, and automatic deletion once a user has visited a particular site. Another aspect of security related to cookies is to customize the browser's settings for cookies in order to reach a comfortable level of your security when using cookies. If you are the only person using a particular computer, you can specify whether you want a longer period of time to store browsing history and personal access data. If you share access to a specific computer, you can consider setting your browser to delete your individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is one of the options for accessing sites that use cookies and for deleting all information from the visit at the end of the session.

Useful links and additional information

If you want to learn more about cookies and how they are used, we recommend the following link: Microsoft Cookies guide All About Cookies http://www.youronlinechoices.com/bg/. The table below describes each cookie used on the site, including its function. We will not use these cookies in any way other than those specified in this cookie policy.

Cookie PurposeExpiration
guest-viewThe association with your shopping cart.Session
login_redirectPreserves the destination page the customer was loading before being directed to log in. Session
mage-messagesTracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper.1 year. Cleared on frontend when the message is displayed to the user
mage-translation-storage (local storage)Stores translated content when requested by the shopper.Per local storage rules
mage-translation-file-version (local storage)Tracks the version of translations in local storage.Per local storage rules
product_data_storage (local storage)Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products.Per local storage rules
recently_compared_product (local storage)Stores product IDs of recently compared products.Per local storage rules
recently_compared_product_previous (local storage)Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation.Per local storage rules
recently_viewed_product (local storage)Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation.Per local storage rules
recently_viewed_product_previous (local storage)Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation.Per local storage rules
stfRecords the time messages are sent by the SendFriend (Email a Friend) module.Session
form_keyA security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).Session
mage-cache-sessidThe value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage.Session
mage-cache-storageLocal storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions.Session
mage-cache-storage (local storage)Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions.Session
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation (local storage)Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated.Per local storage
private_content_versionAppends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server.1 year
section_data_idsStores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions such as display wish list, checkout information, etc.Session
storeTracks the specific store view / locale selected by the shopper.1 year

 

WAVES.BG Ltd. uses services provided by third parties for functionality, analysis and advertising purposes. These third parties may use “cookies” and / or similar technologies on websites and applications operated by WAVES.BG Ltd. other than those operated by WAVES.BG Ltd.