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Privacy Assurance
We, Avenir Digital, are firmly committed to protecting your privacy and we will not collect any personal information about you unless you provide it voluntarily. This privacy policy (the “Policy“) is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of personal information that you may provide Avenir Digital or we may collect from time to time, via this Website.
Please read this Privacy Policy before using or submitting your information to us.
1 . What is personal information?
1.1. ”Personal Information” consists of any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
1.2. When you make use of our Website, to inquire as to our services, we may ask you to provide some Personal Information such as your full name, birth date, address, email address, and telephone number(s)
1.3. Information may be collected actively or passively
Active information collection: This occurs when We collect information from customers such as when you communicate directly with us via e-mail or by filling in online forms on our Website.
Passive information collection: In some circumstances, we may process the information on the basis of (i) your related interactions with us (for example, the web page from which you navigated to the Website), In these circumstances, your Personal Information may be said to have been passively collected (that is, gathered without you actively providing the information).
An example of where your Personal Information may be passively collected is when you use the Website. Each time you use the Website, we will automatically collect the following information:
- details of your use of the Website including your user name, city, country, page views, searches, downloads (file names)
- technical information, including your device model, the operating system of the machine running your web browser, type and version of your web browser, IP address, date and time when you accessed the Website
- web page download information
- general Website usage information
2. Purposes and use of information
2.1. This section of the Privacy Policy explains why we process, collect and use your Personal Information. Data Protection rules allow Us to use and share our personal data only where we have a proper reason to do so. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons and these are:
- Consent – where you agree to us using your information in this way e.g. for contacting us.
- Legitimate Interests – this means the interest of managing Our business, to allow Us to provide you with the best products and services in the most secure and appropriate way e.g. website personalization and administration.
- Legal Obligation – where it is statutory or another legal requirement to share the information e.g. when we have to collect information for the prevention of money laundering and funding of terrorism.
2.2. Here is a list of the ways that we may use your Personal Information and the reasons described above we rely on to do so.
What do we use your Personal Information for |
Legal Basis |
Booking of appointments |
Consent and legitimate interest |
Managing your account, processing inquiries, providing customer services, keeping records up to date for effective handling of customer contact |
Legal Obligation / Legitimate Interests |
Communications to inform you of new lines and services, news updates, online accessibility of content, and amendments to policies or terms and conditions of service. |
Legal Obligation / Legitimate Interests |
Website personalization and administration |
Legitimate Interests |
Contact you to undertake customer satisfaction surveys, invite you to provide service reviews or for market research |
Legitimate Interests |
Maintaining network and data security |
Legitimate Interests |
3. Cookies
3.1. The Website creates “cookies” when you visit it.
3.2. A cookie is a small piece of data that a website can send to your browser for storage (i.e. so it can later be read back from that browser). The purpose of cookies includes providing more tailored communications from websites.
3.3 Cookies may collect information (including Personal Information), such as user preferences, general usage information, membership information, and unique identifiers. Cookies may in some circumstances also remain on your device after you leave the Website.
3.4 Your browser will return the cookie information only to the domain from where the cookie originated, i.e., the Website, and no other website can request this information. When you return to the Website, the cookie is sent back to the web server, along with your new request.
3.5 Your browser may provide settings where you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it or reject the cookie altogether.
3.6 The Website uses cookies to keep track of your booking cart. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests. Click here for more information.
4. Disclosure of information
4.1 In some circumstances, we may need to process or disclose your Personal Information in connection with the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy (including those set out in section 3), or as otherwise permitted by law.
4.2 We may disclose your Personal Information:
- to our IT and website service providers, payment processing providers, legal advisors, insurers, and sub-contractors who assist us in running our business and who are subject to appropriate security and confidentiality obligations;
- if there is a change of shareholders in the company or the whole or a substantial part of our business is to be sold or integrated with another business, to our advisers and any prospective partners, purchasers, or successors in title (and their advisers); and
- where we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or request.
5. Links to other websites
5.1 This Privacy Policy applies to the Website and all Personal Information that We collect. Our Website has several links or references to other websites, agencies, and local and international organizations.
5.2. you need to note that upon linking to or visiting another website, you are no longer on our Website, and you become subject to the privacy policy (if any) of the new website. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their data practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites.
6. Security
6.1 We will take appropriate measures to keep your information confidential and secure per our internal procedures covering the storage, access, and disclosure of information.
6.2 Please note that messages you send to us by e-mail or via any internet connection may not be secure. If you choose to send any confidential information or Personal Information to us by such means you do so at your own risk with the knowledge that a third party may intercept this information. We are not responsible for the security or integrity of such information. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
7. Retention of information
7.1 We intend to keep your Personal Information accurate and up-to-date. We will retain your data for no longer than required. From time to time, we may delete or anonymise your personal information.
8. Your rights
8.1 If any of the Personal Information that you have provided to us changes, please Contact Us and let us know the correct details.
8.2 Under applicable law, you have the right to:
- request a copy of the personal information about you that we hold
- request correction or deletion of Personal Information about you that is inaccurate
- withdraw any applicable consent for processing and transfer
- object to our using your personal information for marketing purposes
- object to profiling and automated decision making
8.3 We will ask your consent if we intend to use your data for marketing purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for marketing purposes.
8.4 To exercise any of these rights at any time, please Contact Us.
9. Contact us
9.1 If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please get in touch with us at:
Email: info@avenir.com.mt
Telephone: +356 79834988
10. Complaints
10.1 You can also raise complaints or concerns about our use or other processing of your Personal Information with the body regulating data protection in your country. In Malta, this is the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (details are available at https://idpc.gov.mt/en/Pages/Home.aspx ).
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
11.1 If there are any changes to this Privacy Policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. The new terms may be displayed on-screen and you may be required to acknowledge that you have read them before you continue to use the Website.
11.2 It is therefore important that you check the “Privacy Policy” page when you access our Website to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.