At Birka Online, accessible from https://birka.uk, https://www.birka.uk one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Birka Online and how we use it.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activity and is valid for visitors to our website and mobile applications (hereinafter referred to as the Website) with respect to the information they have shared and/or stored in Birka Online.

This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website/mobile apps.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby agree the terms of this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service of which it is a part. Privacy Policy use the terms defined in the Terms of Service. If any of the terms of the Privacy Policy contradict the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service will prevail.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails

Find and prevent fraud

Log Files Birka Online follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitor’s activities when they visit website. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, www.birka.uk uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

GoogleAds

Google is one of the third-party providers on our website. It also uses cookies to serve advertisements to visitors to our site. However, visitors can opt out of the use of cookies. More information can be found in the Google Privacy Policy at the following URL - https://policies.google.com/privacy

Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of www.birka.uk.

Third-party servers or networks use technologies such as cookies, JavaScript or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on www.birka.uk that are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically get your IP address when this happens. These technologies are used by the normal functioning of our website and all its features.

Note that www.birka.uk has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party services.

Third Party Privacy Policies

www.birka.uk's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

We use the following services:
Stripe - https://stripe.com/privacy
Shufti Pro - https://shuftipro.com/privacy-policy/
Freshdesk - https://www.freshworks.com/privacy/

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Birka Online does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Publication date: April 11, 2022
Effective: April 11, 2022
Previous version: June 1, 2021

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