Terms and Conditions
1. General Information
Your right to privacy and private life, as well as the trust you place in us, are very important to us. Through these Terms and Conditions, we aim to provide you with essential information regarding how we manage the personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us. This Policy applies to all products, services, websites, or applications that involve the collection, recording, modification, use, access, transmission, or storage of personal data. Please read this Policy carefully and contact our Data Protection Officer for further details or to update your preferences by email at office@greenupworld.ro. We recommend that you check this Policy periodically to stay informed about any updates. In case we make significant changes that we consider important, you will be able to consult the new provisions online. We commit to respecting your privacy and your rights to privacy and private life, in accordance with all applicable European and national laws and regulations regarding the protection of personal data, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (known as "GDPR"). This Policy applies to all processing of personal data regardless of the way they are collected, used, or stored.
2. Who Are We?
Greenup World Community Interest Company, hereinafter referred to as "the Company", with its headquarters at 124-128 City Road, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, registered under number 14844143, acts as a Data Operator. For more information, please visit the About Us section.
3. What Categories of Personal Data Do We Process, For What Purposes, and On What Basis?
3.1. During the Use of GreenUp Browser: GreenUP Browser is an online navigator developed by our company on the open-source platform Mozilla Firefox, generating affiliate links during its use. When using the GreenUP Browser, the affiliate commissions generated from your online transactions are directed to our company, GreenUP World Community Interest Company, to support various ecological initiatives. This is part of the execution of the contract concluded between you and our company, with all contractual clauses available in the Terms and Conditions you must accept when installing the GreenUP Browser on your device.
To fulfill this contractual obligation, upon installing GreenUP Browser, it will install a cookie in your device's local memory so that we can store information and collect certain personal data. Below are the types of data we collect: IP Address: This information is necessary to generate affiliate commissions from your online transactions and redirect them to our company, in accordance with the contract, in support of ecological initiatives. User Searches: When you use GreenUP Browser to search for products or information regarding brands in our portfolio (affiliate products) or to make purchases, the browser performs a redirect and records these searches through a specific cookie installed on your device. This process aims to identify searches and purchases made on our site, serving as proof of their origin. This information is used to track your contribution to ecological initiatives, ensuring that affiliate commissions are appropriately directed, according to the contract between the parties. We commit to respecting the confidentiality of your data and using this information in accordance with our data protection policy. The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this section is the execution of the contract concluded between you and our company represented by the Terms and Conditions of using the browser. The data collected will be processed for the duration of the contract's validity and in accordance with its provisions. You will always have the opportunity to opt out of the collection and sharing of data at any time, according to the contractual terms, including by ceasing to use the browser.
3.2. To Provide Responses to Your Questions, Complaints, or Requests This will be done on the basis of the company's legitimate interest in responding to your requests, so that the services offered by the company reflect the highest degree of professionalism. For this purpose, we will process the following categories of personal data: name, surname, email address, and the content of the request message. The data collected will be processed for the duration of the request resolution, as well as for 3 years from the date of resolution.
3.3. When Creating a Donor Account Personal data is processed for the purpose of taking steps at the request of the data subject to enter into a contract. For this purpose, your email address will be processed for the entire duration of the user account's existence.
3.4. To Provide Responses to Your Requests Regarding the Exercise of Rights Under GDPR For this purpose, we will process the following categories of personal data: name, surname, email address, and the content of the request message. The basis for processing personal data in this section is represented by the legal obligation of the Data Operator to respond to the data subject's request. The data collected will be processed for the duration of the request resolution and for 3 years from the date of resolution.
3.5. Initiating or Executing Contracts Concluded by the Company, Based on a Contractual Obligation or for Communication with Various Regulatory and Control Authorities. For this purpose, categories of personal data of representatives and/or contact persons of business partners and authorities will be processed, such as: name, surname, phone number, email address, employer's name, position, workplace, signature. These categories of data will be processed for the entire duration of the contract or interaction with the respective authority, and, where appropriate, up to 10 years from the date of termination of the contract or interaction with the authority.
3.6. Sending Informational Materials about Products/Services/Promotions You Might Be Interested In ("Informational Materials"), Based on Your Consent Provided at the Time of Data Collection. For this purpose, we will process names, surnames, email addresses, and phone numbers. We process these data until the date you exercise your right to withdraw consent. We make all efforts to resolve your request to withdraw consent without undue delays. However, please note that your data may be selected from the database for sending informational materials before resolving your request, and therefore, you may receive a limited number of emails after the date we confirm the resolution of your request. Also, you may receive certain non-promotional communications regarding our activity, supported causes, collected amounts, future projects, etc. You receive this information as a result of the contractual relationship concluded with us, at the time you accepted the Terms and Conditions of using the browser.
3.7. Conducting Surveys on Our Activity, Projects, and Supported Causes For this purpose, we will process names, surnames, email addresses, and phone numbers. We process these data based on our legitimate interest in engaging and supporting causes of interest to you, as well as to verify the effectiveness of our actions and improve our activities, including with regard to products that may be of interest to you. The data collected will be processed for the duration of the contract represented by the Terms and Conditions of using the browser and in accordance with its provisions. You can exercise your right to object to this processing at any time.
Recipients of Personal Data To achieve the processing purposes.
Greenup World Community Interest Company may disclose your data to partners, third parties, or entities that assist the company in conducting activities through the Website (such as courier companies, IT services and software providers), or to central/local public authorities, in the following exemplary cases: By using GreenUp Browser, your IP is disclosed to the Mozilla Firefox platform on which GreenUp Browser is developed. More details about how your personal data is used by Mozilla Firefox and how you can control this can be found here. For maintaining, personalizing, and improving the website and services conducted through it; For data analysis, testing and research, monitoring usage and activity trends, developing security features and user authentication;
For sending commercial marketing communications, within the limits and conditions provided by law; When the disclosure of personal data is required by law, etc. Certain categories of personal data may be disclosed to authorities and/or public institutions if there is a legal obligation to do so, or if there are suspicions regarding the commission of a crime, or for the defense, exercise in court, or conservation of a right of the Greenup World Community Interest Company.
Website Navigation. Use of Cookies
Within the website, we use cookies to automatically collect technical information that can identify the user, namely: IP address, type of internet browser used for navigating our website, your operating system, the domain name or host of the domain through which the user navigates the website. For more information about the use of cookies on this website, the types of cookies used, the purposes for which personal data are processed, as well as regarding the possibilities to control and/or deactivate cookies, please consult our Cookie Policy.
Transfer of Personal Data Abroad
In the context of the operations described above, your personal data may be transferred abroad only to countries in the European Union ("EU") or the European Economic Area ("EEA"). We assure you that any transfer made to an EU or EEA member state will comply with the legal requirements provided in the GDPR. In cases where there is a transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area and other regions with data protection legislation, Greenup World Community Interest Company will ensure that personal data are adequately protected. In this regard, the Company will ensure that there are appropriate legal agreements regarding the transfer of data, in accordance with the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission. In cases where the transfer is not based on a legal agreement, Greenup World Community Interest Company will ensure that the transfer of personal data is based on a mechanism provided in accordance with legal provisions for guaranteeing the protection of your personal data. In any situation involving the disclosure of personal data to third-party entities (public and/or private), Greenup World Community Interest Company takes all technical and organizational diligence to ensure adequate protection of personal data.
7. Processing of Personal Data of Minors
All activities of processing personal data presented in this Policy exclusively refer to individuals who are at least 18 years old. The use of systems, as well as the outcomes of the processing, is prohibited with respect to minors who have not reached this age in the absence of consent from their parents/legal guardians. If, despite our reasonable efforts to prevent it, we notice such processing, we will cease it without undue delays. If a parent or legal guardian is aware that the minor under their custody has provided personal data to the website, they must immediately inform Greenup World Community Interest Company, by email at office@greenupworld.ro.
8. Rights of the Data Subject
In the context of processing your personal data, you have the following rights: The right of access to processed personal data: you have the right to obtain confirmation that your personal data is or is not being processed by Greenup World Community Interest Company and, if so, to request a copy of them; The right to request rectification or completion of inaccurate or incomplete personal data; The right to obtain restriction of processing, in cases where: i. you consider the processed personal data to be inaccurate, for a period that allows Greenup World Community Interest Company to verify the accuracy of the personal data; ii. the processing is illegal, but you do not wish for the processed personal data to be deleted, instead requesting restriction of their use; iii. Greenup World Community Interest Company no longer needs your personal data for the defined purposes, but you need the data to establish, exercise, or defend a legal right, or iv. you have objected to processing, for the time necessary for Greenup World Community Interest Company to verify whether legitimate grounds override your rights; The right to request the deletion of processed personal data concerning you, if one of the following reasons applies: i. personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed, ii. the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based, and there is no other legal basis for continuing the processing, iii. the data subject exercises the right to object, and the operator has no legitimate reasons to prevail for continuing the processing; iv. the data was processed illegally; v. deletion is necessary for compliance with European or national legislation, or vi. the data was collected in connection with information services offered to minors (if applicable), when specific requirements regarding consent apply; The right to withdraw consent at any time regarding processing, when the processing is based on consent, without affecting the legality of the processing activities carried out until then; The right to object to the processing of data for reasons related to your particular situation, when processing is based on legitimate interest, as well as to object at any time to data processing for direct marketing purposes, including profiling; The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you; The right to data portability, meaning the right to receive your personal data provided to Greenup World Community Interest Company in a structured, commonly used, and machine- readable format, as well as the right to transfer these data to another operator, if the processing is based on your consent or the execution of a contract and is carried out by automated means; To exercise any of these rights, you can contact the Data Protection Officer by email at office@greenupworld.ro.
• The right to lodge a complaint with the National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing in Romania or the Information Commissioner's Office, or to address competent courts. All requests will be resolved promptly, in accordance with applicable legislation, and free of charge. However, if requests from a data subject are manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly because of their repetitive nature, Greenup World Community Interest Company may either charge a reasonable fee, taking into account the administrative costs of providing information or communication or taking the requested actions, or refuse to comply with the request. To identify the data subject, we may request additional information. Information on actions taken following a request regarding the rights of the data subject will be communicated without undue delays and, in any case, within a maximum of one month from receiving the request. According to legal provisions, this period may be extended by two months when necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of requests. In this situation, the data subject will be informed about any such extension within one month of receiving the request, including the reasons for the delay.
1. Data Processing Security
Greenup World Community Interest Company will take appropriate security measures, including informing and training employees, regarding the protection of personal data against threats, such as: Accidental loss or theft; Unauthorized access, use, or disclosure; Unauthorized copying, alteration, falsification, or modification of data Illegal or unauthorized retention of data; and Accidental or illegal destruction. The Company assures you that it constantly evaluates and updates the security measures implemented to ensure they are specific and adequate to protect the rights and freedoms of individuals. In this regard, Greenup World Community Interest Company has implemented and continues to implement the latest technical solutions, including hardware and software, to maintain a level of security that prevents any security breaches. Additionally, the Company regularly conducts training sessions with staff involved in activities that may interact with personal data in any way. Employees of Greenup World Community Interest Company will take appropriate measures to prevent improper use or loss of personal data, and to prevent unauthorized access to personal data. Control Regarding the Level of Protection: • Greenup World Community Interest Company regularly conducts reviews of procedures related to the collection, storage, and processing of personal data to verify the effectiveness of the measures applied for data protection. • For any additional questions regarding how personal data are processed and to exercise the rights mentioned above, please address a request to the email address: office@greenupworld.ro.
2. Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may undergo changes and may be updated by Greenup World Community Interest Company, as necessary. The Company will inform you about any material or substantial changes to this Policy and will ensure that such notification is made in a manner that ensures you are aware of them. Last Update Date: October 9, 2023
