PRIVACY POLICY

GENERAL

This Privacy policy (the “Privacy policy”) applies to your use of our website at astand.net (the “website”). Please read this Privacy policy carefully and in conjunction with our terms of use and ensure that you understand them before you start to use the website. By accessing and using the website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the content of this Privacy policy. We reserve the right to update this Privacy policy from time to time.

This website is owned and operated by, or on behalf of, Astand AB (“we” or “us”).
For the purposes of data protection legislation, we are the data controller responsible for the collection and use of your personal information as set out in this Privacy policy.
The website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
We handle all personal data and the security surrounding these according to applicable laws and regulations (GDPR). This Privacy policy describes how the collection and use of data is handled on this website.

INFO HOLDER

Astand AB, SE559095-918401, Box 13034, 103 01 Stockholm, Sweden  

WHAT WE COLLECT

We collect the following information about you:

· Information that you provide through the website — this can include basic contact information such as your name, email and country;
· details of your visits to the website and the resources that you access;
· technical information from your computer or mobile device;
· information you supply if you report a problem with the website to us; and
· records of any correspondence if you contact us.

USAGE

We may use any information about you:

· To contact you when you have requested us to do so, including where required to respond to any reported problems concerning the website;
· to produce anonymous reports, statistics and analysis of the types of users who access the website;
· for marketing purposes, including re-targeting, in conjunction with third party websites and advertising networks. This is based on your communication preferences (see section “Marketing” below);
· to contact you for your opinions on the website;
· to notify you about important changes to the website, including changes or updates to our Privacy policy; and
· to administer and, for our legitimate interests, to improve the website.

We store the personal information that the respective fields in any mail or other contacts contain.

LEGAL BASIS

All collection of personal data is based on consent.

PURPOSE

The personal information we collect is intended to be used to contact, establish and/or maintain a business relationship.

TAKE PART OF WHAT’S STORED

If you wish to access, delete or correct your stored personal information, please contact us with your request.

LIMIT OR REVOKE YOUR CONSENT

If you wish to limit the use of your stored personal information or revoke your consent to use it, please contact us with your request.

STORAGE TIMELINE

We will store your information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. After this time it will be deleted or anonymized. We may also keep the correspondence with you for our records.

If after this time, you ask to withdraw your consent, we will delete your personal information. However, be aware that when you unsubscribe from eventual newsletters, we will keep a record of your email address to make sure we don’t send you marketing emails in the future.

WHEN WE SHARE YOUR INFO

Your personal information may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the country in which you reside, including countries, which have less strict, or no data protection laws, when compared to those in your country.

Whenever we transfer your information in this way, we will take steps which are reasonably necessary to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information and to make sure it is treated securely.

We may share your personal information:

· With companies within Astand who may act for us for any of the purposes set out in this Privacy policy;
· with any third party to whom disclosure is necessary to enable us to provide you with any services which you have requested or which are necessary to support the website, including but not limited to data processors such as web hosting companies, email marketing service companies, and other third parties such as Google, who may serve tailored and personalized advertisements on you based on your activity, preferences and technical information we collect, including by way of cookies and similar tracking technologies such as pixel tags (see sections “Marketing” and “Cookies” below); 
· where required to do so by court order or where we are under a duty to disclose or share your information in order to comply with (and/or where we believe we are under a duty to comply with) any legal obligation;
· with any person to whom disclosure is necessary to enable us to enforce our rights under this Privacy policy or under the terms of use or to protect our rights or the rights of third parties. This includes exchanging information with law enforcement agencies or other similar government bodies; and
· to any company or prospective buyer of all or substantially all of Astand assets in connection with the sale or transfer of those assets to any prospective buyer.

We may transfer your personal information to one or more countries outside Sweden and the European Economic Area (EEA), where we (or other companies within Astand) or our service providers maintain operations. You understand that if your personal information is disclosed to third parties outside the EEA those parties may be based in territories that may not have equivalent data protection laws and may not be subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission (EC). We will attempt to ensure that your data is held safely in such circumstances.

The servers used to process your personal information collected from this website are in Sweden, however we collect data from wherever users are situated. The information that we collect may therefore be transferred to Sweden from any other country in which you may be located.

MARKETING

You can tell us whether you would like us to contact you with email updates or information regarding our services, at the point such information is collected on the website (by providing your email address and clicking "Submit") or, where you do not wish us to continue to use your information in this way, by following the unsubscribe instructions on any communications sent to you. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us (using the contact details set out on the final page of this Privacy policy).

SOCIAL MEDIA

By interacting with us on social media (including without limitation joining our official page or following us on the Social Media, “liking”, “retweeting”, writing a comment in relation to a page on the Social Media) (“Interacting” or “Interaction” you agree to our interaction with you on social media and the processing of your information accessed on the Social Media in accordance with that Social Media platforms terms of use and Privacy policy. The information about you that may be collected when you Interact with us on the Social Media may include without limitation your name, user profile, age, preferences, choices and viewpoints with regards to the topic or subject matter of the relevant Social Media page, your photos and other images and your videos. Your interaction with us on social media may also involve you posting a photo or video of you to us (either by “mentioning” us or by taking a photo of our services).

Please let us know if at any time you wish us to stop interacting with you on the Social Media or using any of your information or content on the Social Media by contacting us at the details set out on the final page of this Privacy policy. By Interacting with us (whether on the Sites, Social Media or otherwise) you grant to Astand a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use your image and/or videos of you and/or our product and contributions for the purposes of promoting, advertising and endorsing Astand products and services, including without limitation for the purposes of your participation in any promotional activity for the same, and in any media including without limitation television, Social Media, on our website, online marketing, in print and outdoor advertising materials.

OTHER SUBMISSIONS

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, postal mail, or otherwise, you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.

THIRD PARTY

Certain content, products and services available from us may include materials from third-parties.

Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third-parties.

We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.

SECURITY AND DATA RETENTION

We take reasonable steps, including physical, technical and organizational measures, to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. Unfortunately, transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information submitted to us and any transmission is at your own risk.

Your personal information will be retained by Astand for the duration of your account and may be retained for a period after this time as necessary and relevant to our legitimate operations, our terms of agreement with you and in accordance with applicable legal obligations. This may include retention necessary to meet our tax reporting requirements as well as time required to enforce the relevant terms of agreement or to identify, issue or resolve legal proceedings.

We may retain a record of you stated objection to the processing of your data, including in respect of an objection to receiving marketing communications, for the sole legitimate purpose of ensuring that we can continue to respect your wishes and not contact you further, during the term of your objection.

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

If you believe that we have handled your personal data in a way that is not compatible with our stated directives, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority.

LINCENSE

Unless otherwise stated, Astand own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. All these intellectual property rights are reserved.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019 Astand. All rights reserved.

Documents (including text, graphics, artwork, audio, video and other media formats) available on this site are protected by Copyright. Reproduction and/or redistribution of this material by any means and in any format is expressly prohibited without prior written permission. In accordance with copyright laws, copyright protection exists whether or not a specific copyright mark (©) and/or copyright notice actually appears on the material. Where permission to reproduce certain material is granted, such permission is specifically stated. However, no materials may be reproduced or distributed under any circumstances for any commercial purpose.

DISCLAIMERS

ASTAND’S LOGO

The Astand name and logo are trademarks and properties of Astand. Those have a high symbolic value and are used for communication both nationally and internationally.

THIRD PARTY

All third party trademarks (including logos and icons) referenced or used by Astand remain the property of their respective owners. Every effort has been made to properly capitalize, punctuate, identify and attribute trademarks and trade-names to their respective owners, including the use of ® and ™ (TM) wherever possible and practical. Unless specifically identified as such, Astand use of third party trademarks does not indicate any relationship, sponsorship, or endorsement between Astand and the owners of these trademarks. All references by Astand to third party trademarks are to identify the corresponding third party goods and/or services and intended to constitute nominative fair use under applicable trademark laws.

PHOTO & VIDEO

All photos & videos appearing on this website marked © or any name of an agency or freelance photographer, are protected by intellectual property rights vested in the agencies or persons concerned. All other photos & videos appearing on this website are the exclusive property of Astand and are protected under International Copyright laws. None of these photographs may be duplicated, reproduced, modified, manipulated, processed, distributed, recirculated, commercially exploited or reused in any form of commercialization of such material whatsoever without the prior written consent of Astand, the agencies or persons concerned.

These copyright laws impose substantial penalties for infringement, and violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. All images are copyrighted © Astand. For information about reproduction rights and rates, for any of the images contained within this site, please contact Astand. Use of this website constitutes acceptance with the above copyright notice and all terms and conditions presented here.

Astand reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored/hosted by Astand, without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. Astand may use the photograph/video in publications or other media material produced, used or contracted by Astand including but not limited to: brochures, invitations, books, newspapers, magazines, television, websites, etc.

To ensure the privacy of individuals and children, images will not be identified using full names or personal identifying information without written approval from the photographed subject, parent or legal guardian.

A person attending a Astand event who does not wish to have their image recorded for distribution should make their wishes known to the photographer, and/or the event organizers, and/or contact Astand.

Any person or organization not affiliated with Astand may not use, copy, alter or modify Astand photographs, graphics, videography or other, similar reproductions or recordings without the advance written permission of an authorized designee from Astand.

COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of information which are issued to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website and which store and sometimes track information about your use of the website. When you visit our website, our web server sends a cookie to your device which allows us to recognize your device.

You can find out more about how we use cookies and other similar tracking technologies, including information on how you can manage your cookie preferences, in our Cookies policy.

CHANGES

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Privacy policies by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Services following the posting of any changes to these Privacy policies constitutes acceptance of those changes.

You can review the most current version of the Privacy policy at any time at this page.

QUERIES

You have options and choices over how we use your personal information. You may have the right under applicable laws to ask for details of the personal information we hold about you, or to amend, limit or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to object to further processing under certain circumstances. 

We also respect the rights you may have under applicable laws to receive that information in a commonly used electronic format (or ask for this information to be provided in that format to a third party where feasible).

Please note that we may require you to verify your identity before allowing you to access your personal information.

If you remain unhappy with a response you receive from us, you can also refer the matter to your data protection supervisory authority (www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm).

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you, wish to change your preferences at any time or have any questions about this Privacy policy, please contact us.

Last updated: March 7, 2019

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