Notice to EU Individuals: this Privacy Statement and its enumerated policies are intended to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”) and provide appropriate protection and care with respect to the treatment of your user information in accordance with the GDPR.

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://tvad.eu and Ad Systems and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Ad Systems include https://tvad.eu, Ad Systems and The TVAD website is a Digital Signage & Marketing Technology site. By using the TVAD website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Ad Systems may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

- First and Last Name

- Mailing Address

- E-mail Address

- Phone Number

To enhance, personalize, and support your experience on the Site, among other things, we collect, use, and share your user information. For example, we use aggregated information to develop content targeted to user interests and to generally improve the Site's user experience. As detailed below, your user information may also be used by Ad Systems and its partners to tailor content and ads, provide social media features (e.g., features that allow you to share content directly to your preferred social media platform), track your preferences, analyze traffic, and provide similar services and content. Ad Systems is committed to your privacy and will not share any user information with any third party without your consent, except as outlined in this Privacy Statement or as permitted by law. If you have any requests, comments, or questions about this Privacy Statement or your user information, please contact us in the manner provided below.

Ad Systems is your contractual partner and controller of your personal data in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and § 13 German Telemedia Act concerning the entering into and administering the contractual relationship with you. For information on data processing in relation to your responsible use of the functionalities of the Software as well as the Server Services as described in the EULA please refer to the information concerning the use of  Ad Systems.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through TVAD public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

When you sign up to TVAD, TVAD uses your personal data for the administration and enhancement of the contract with you. Legal basis to process your personal data outlined under C. II. is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

Ad Systems collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.

TVAD may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Ad Systems and its affiliates.

Ad Systems is using information about the frequency of your use of TVAD in order to monitor if the agreed license restrictions are observed and in case we recognize that they are exceeded, we will contact you to suggest changing your license type. Legal basis for processing your personal data outlined under C. III is Art. 6 para. 1 lit b) GDPR.

If you place an inquiry with TVAD by using the in product feedback feature, TVAD needs to process your personal data in order to answer your request. Legal basis for processing your personal data outlined under C. IV is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

If you sign up for TVAD's promotional email subscription, Ad Systems processes your personal data in order to send you the newsletter. Legal basis to provide you with the newsletter is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, which you may revoke at any time with effect for the future. In case you have a paid subscription, we may use your email address to send you information on similar products and services. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit b) GDPR, sec. 7 para. 3 Unfair Competition Act ("UWG").

When you use TVAD and pay a subscription fee, Ad Systems additionally collects information to support payment processing, which includes a payment token provided by our Payment Service Provider to identify the transaction. Legal basis for processing your personal data outlined under C. IV is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to, we process your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) GDPR.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data file that is written to your computer's hard drive by your web browser. A cookie file can contain and/or automatically collect information, such as a user identification code or IP address, that a website will use to track the pages and number of times you have visited. The data read from these cookies may be linked to personally identifying (PII) and non-personally identifying (non-PII) information.

Essential Cookies. Certain cookies are used for specific purposes that are essential to your secure use and navigation of the Site. Without them, TVAD may not be able to provide core Site functions and features to you, and the Site would not operate as well as you or TVAD would like. These cookies collect and use information such as your server preferences, single-session data and corresponding identifier, web beacons and log files (detailed below), and other credential-related information. For EU individuals, essential cookies also help inform TVAD whether you require, or have already been served, an affirmative consent request in connection with the GDPR. Essential cookies include analytics cookies, which provide us data that allows TVAD to better understand its users and improve the Site based on what we have learned from that data.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Ad Systems does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Ad Systems may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Ad Systems. and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

TVAD may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on TVAD or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ad Systems; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of TVAD, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

Ad Systems may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within TVAD in order to determine what TVAD services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within TVAD to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Ad Systems tracks page clicks, links, user session times, viewed content/media

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by TVAD. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the TVAD website.

Use of Cookies

The TVAD website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize TVAD pages, or register with TVAD site or services, a cookie helps TVAD to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same TVAD website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the TVAD features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the TVAD services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Ad Systems secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Ad Systems uses the following methods for this purpose:

- SSL Protocol

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Children Under Thirteen

Ad Systems does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Disconnecting your TVAD Account from Third Party Websites

You will be able to connect your TVAD account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR TVAD ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Users can easily delete third party integrations by signing into their account and visiting the respective feature page.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, Ad Systems may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from TVAD or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Ad Systems, you may opt out of such communications by Users may log into their account and visit the account profile page if they'd like to remove their information from our promotions list..

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Changes to this Statement

Ad Systems reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

 

How Will I Know if the Privacy Statement Is Changed?

If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contact Information

Ad Systems welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Ad Systems has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Ad Systems at:

Ad Systems, Inc.

Marezige 20a

6273 Marezige, Slovenia

Email Address:

support@tvad.eu

Telephone number:

+386 40 235 366

Effective as of Jun 17, 2020