This privacy policy ("Policy") explains how www.rapidsharing.eu in United States ("Company", "we" and "our") procedures, collects, uses and shares personal data when using this website (the "Site"). Please read the following information carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we'll process data.
We collect information about you in a range of forms, including personal data. As used in this Policy," personal data" is as described in the General Data Protection Regulation, this includes any information which, either alone or in conjunction with other information we process about you, identifies you as an individual, including, for instance, your name, postal address, email address and phone number.
We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We want certain personal data so as to offer you access to the Site. If you registered with us, you would have been asked to tick to agree to offer this information so as to access our services, purchase our products, or view our content. This approval provides us with the legal foundation we require under applicable law to process your data. You maintain the right to withdraw such consent at any time. If you do not agree to our use of your personal data in line with this Policy, please don't use our Site.
We collect information about you in the following ways:
Our Site includes interfaces that permit you to get in touch with social networking sites (each a"SNS"). If you connect to an SNS via our Site, you authorize us to access, use and store the information that you agreed the SNS could provide to us according to your preferences on this SNS. We'll access, use and store that information in accordance with this Policy. You can revoke our access to the information that you provide in this manner at any time by amending the appropriate settings from within your account settings on the applicable SNS.
We automatically log information about you and your computer or mobile device when you access our Site. For instance, when visiting our Site, we log your computer or mobile device operating system name and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, browser language, display resolution, the site you visited before browsing to our Site, pages you've viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information regarding your use of and actions on our Site. We collect this information about you using cookies.
We do not use your personal data for the purposes of automated decision-making. But we may do so in order to fulfill obligations imposed by legislation, in which case we'll inform you of any such processing and provide you with an opportunity to object.
We may collect information using "cookies."Cookies are small data files stored on the hard disk of your computer or mobile device by a site. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your personal computer or mobile device until you delete them) to supply you with a more personal and interactive experience on the Site.
We use two broad classes of cookies: (1) first-party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device, which can be used only by us to recognize your computer or mobile device when it revisits our Siteand (2) third-party cookies, which are served by service providers on our Site, and may be used by such service providers to recognize your computer or mobile device when it visits other sites.
Our Site uses the following types of cookies for the purposes set out below:
| Type of cookie | Purpose |
Essential Cookies |
These cookies are essential to provide you with services accessible through our Site and to let you use some of its features. For example, they let you log into secure areas of our Site and assist the content of the pages you request load fast. With no cookies, the services you have asked for can't be supplied, and we just use these cookies to supply you with these services. |
Functionality Cookies |
These cookies allow our Site to remember choices you make when you use our Site, such as remembering your language preferences, remembering your login details and remembering the modifications you make to other sections of our Site that you can customize. The purpose of these cookies is to give you a more personal experience and also to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences each time you visit our Site. |
Analytics and Performance Cookies |
These cookies are used to collect information regarding visitors to our Site and how users use our Site. The information gathered doesn't identify any individual visitor. It includes the number of visitors to our Site, the websites that referred them to our Site, the pages they visited on our Site, what time of day they visited our Site, whether they have visited our Site before, and other similar information. We use this information to help operate our Site more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information and to track the level of activity on the Site. We use Matomo for this purpose. Matomo uses its own cookies. It's only used to enhance how our Site works. You can find out more about how Matomo protects your data here: https://matomo.org/privacy/. |
Targeted and advertising cookies |
These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information regarding your surfing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with our permission, third-party advertisers can place cookies to allow them to show adverts which we believe will be relevant to your interests while you are on third party websites. You may disable cookies which remember your surfing habits and target advertising at you by seeing http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices. If you decide to remove targeted or advertising cookies, you will still see ads, but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to remove cookies by the companies listed at the above link, not all companies that function online behavioral advertisements are included in this list, and so you may still receive some cookies and tailored ads from companies that aren't listed. |
Social Media Cookies |
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or"like" button on the Site or you link your accounts or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this. |
You can typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do so, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the"settings,""help""tools" or"edit" facility). Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings.
If you don't accept our cookies, you might experience some inconvenience in your usage of our Site. By way of example, we might be unable to recognize your computer or mobile device, and you may need to log in each time you visit our Site.
We may use other companies to serve third-party advertisements when you visit and use the Site. These companies may collect and use click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over during your visits to the Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you. These firms typically use tracking technologies to collect this information. Other companies' use of their tracking technologies is subject to their own privacy policies.
We may use your personal data as follows:
We may share your personal data as follows:
You may share personal data with us when you submit user-generated content to our Site, such as through our benefits program, forums, message boards and blogs on our Site. Please be aware that any information you disclose or post on our Site will become public information, and will be accessible to other users of our Site and the general public. We urge you to be very careful when deciding to disclose your personal data, or any other information, on our Site. Such personal data and other information won't be confidential or confidential once it's published on our Site.
If you provide feedback to us, we may use and disclose such feedback on the Site, provided we don't associate such opinions with your personal information. If you have provided your consent to do so, we might post your first and last name together with your comments on our Site. We'll collect any information contained in such feedback and will treat the personal data in it in accordance with this Policy.
Your information, including personal data that we collect from you, may be transferred to, stored at and processed by us outside the country in which you reside, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same degree of security as in other parts of the world. By accepting this Policy, you consent to this transfer, processing or leasing. We'll take all measures reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect personal data within our business. Unfortunately, no storage or transmission system can be guaranteed to be totally secure, and the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. For those who have reason to think that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the issue by contacting us.
We will only retain your personal data as long reasonably required for you to use the Site until you close your account/cancel your subscription unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law (such as for regulatory purposes).
Our Site is/are not directed to children under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. In your request, please make clear: (I) what personal data is concerned; and (ii) that of the aforementioned rights you'd like to enforce. For your security, we might only implement requests regarding the personal data associated with the specific email address which you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will attempt to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case, within one month of your request. Please note that we might need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to finish any transactions that you started prior to requesting such change or deletion.
We are committed to resolving any complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. If you would like to make a complaint regarding this Policy or our practices in relation to your personal information, please contact us via the information listed on our website. We'll respond to your complaint as soon as we can and in any case, within 30 days. We hope to solve any complaint brought to our attention, but if you feel that your complaint has not been satisfactorily resolved, you reserve the right to contact the regional data protection supervisory authority.
We welcome your comments or questions about this Policy. You may contact us in writing or via our site.