Data Privacy // Data Privacy Statement
- Data privacy at a glance
- a) Preface
The following notes summarize what happens with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can identify you as an individual. For detailed information concerning data privacy please read our data privacy statement below.
- b) Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
This information about data privacy applies to data processing by:
AZURIOSA
South Africa
The data protection officer of AZURIOSA can be reached at the above-mentioned address or via email: info@azuriosa.com
- c) How do we collect your data?
When you access our website www.azuriosa.com, your browser automatically sends information to our server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. This way, the following information is collected and stored until its automatic deletion:
- IP address of the requesting computer,
• date and time of access,
• name and URL of the file called,
• website from which the access originated (referrer URL)
• the browser and possibly the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your internet access provider
d) How do we use your data?
The above-mentioned data may be used for the following purposes:
- to guarantee smooth access to our website
to ensure the proper functioning of the website
for the analysis of system security and stability and
other administrative purposes.
The lawful basis for data processing is Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR). Our legitimate interest is solely the collection of data as above mentioned. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about you as an individual.
In addition, we use cookies and analysis services on our website. You will find further information on the subject in this data privacy statement under paragraph 4 ff.
- e) What are your rights regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information about origin, beneficiary and purpose of the collected personal data at any given time and free of charge. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of your data. If you have any question regarding this subject or regarding data privacy in general, please don't hesitate to contact us at the address stated in the legal notice. You have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority if need be.
f) Analysis tools and third party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour may be evaluated statistically by means of cookies and analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is generally carried out anonymously; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by avoiding certain tools. For further information please see the data privacy statement below.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you in this data privacy statement about how to file an objection.
General information and mandatory information
- a) Data privacy
It is of great importance to us to protect your personal data. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the data privacy act and this data privacy statement.
When you access our website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can identify you as an individual. The present data privacy statement explains which data we collect and how we use it. It also states how and why this is done.
Please note that data transmissions via the internet (such as e-mail communication) cannot be entirely secure and may suffer from security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of personal details against unauthorized access by third parties is not possible.
- b) Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data.
Many data processing tasks must be expressly authorized by you. You can cancel an already issued authorization anytime by sending us an informal email. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
- c) The right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority
In case of a violation of the data privacy laws you may appeal to the responsible supervisory authority. In all matters regarding data privacy, the responsible authority is the data security officer of the Data Protection Commission, South Africa, where our organization is based.
- d) The right to data portability
You have the right to request that we deliver any data collected by us with your express consent or under a contract, either to you or to a third party in a commonly used and machine readable format. If you request a direct data transfer to another responsible party this can only be carried out if technically feasible.
- e) Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored, as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.
- f) Objection to marketing emails
We herewith object to the use of contact data published within the general information requirements for the sending of unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in case of unsolicited advertising, such as spam e-mails.
- g) SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content such as orders or requests you send to us as the website operator. You recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Data collection on our website
- a) Cookies
Some web pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser when you next visit our site.
You can set your browser so that it informs you about the use of cookies and you decide on a case by case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be set to accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR). The operator of this site has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to guarantee a technical service both flawless and optimized. If other cookies (e.g. those used to analyze your surfing behaviour) are stored, they will be treated separately in this data privacy statement.
Social media
Our website uses plugins from social media networks including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, and Apple Music. When you visit our pages containing these plugins, connections to the respective servers may be established, and information about your visit may be transmitted to these services. If you're logged into your accounts on these platforms, your visit to our website may be linked to your profiles.
For further information, please refer to the respective data privacy statements of these platforms:
If you do not want these platforms to collect data about you through our website, please log out of your respective accounts before visiting our site.
Analysis tools and advertising
Our website may use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. This tool uses cookies to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
We will never use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
This data privacy statement is currently valid, last updated in May 2025.
This data privacy statement will be amended, if necessary, when new services are introduced to our website or in order to meet current legal requirements.
The current data privacy statement can be accessed and printed at all times at www.azuriosa.com.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us.
