Qoolers s.r.o. (hereinafter “Qoolers”, “We” or “Us”) welcomes you to our websites. We thank you for your interest in our company, our products and services.
1. Qoolers respects your privacy
The protection of your privacy throughout the course of processing personal data as well as the security of all business data are important concerns to us. We process personal data that was gathered during your visit of our websites confidentially and only in accordance with statutory regulations.
Data protection and information security are included in our corporate policy.
2. Controller
Qoolers s.r.o. is the controller responsible for the processing of your data; exceptions are outlined in this data protection notice.
Our contact details are as follows:
Qoolers s.r.o.
INOPARK
Zerzavice 2146
Stare Mesto 686 01, Czech Republic
E-mail: info@qoolers.com
3. Collection, processing, and usage of personal data
3.1 Processed data categories
Communication data (e.g. name, telephone number, e-mail address, address, IP address) are processed.
3.2 Principles
Personal data consists of all information related to an identified or identifiable natural person, this includes, e.g. names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, contractual master data, contract accounting, and payment data, which is an expression of a person’s identity.
We collect, process, and use personal data (including IP addresses) only when there is either a statutory legal basis to do so or if you have given your consent to the processing or use of personal data concerning this matter, e.g. by means of registration.
3.3 Processing purposes and legal basis
We as well as the service providers commissioned by us, process your personal data for the following processing purposes:
3.3.1 Provision of these online offers
Legal basis: Predominantly, legitimate interest on our part in direct marketing as long as this occurs in accordance with data protection and competition law.
3.3.2 In reply to user inquiries in the framework of a contact form
Legal basis: Predominantly, legitimate interest in direct marketing on our part and in the enhancement of our products and services, as long as this is carried out in compliance with data protection regulations and competition law regulations resp. contractual performance resp. consent.
3.3.3 To answer user requests within the scope of a chatbot
Legal bases: our legitimate interest in improving our products and services; obtaining consent
3.3.4 Resolving service disruptions as well as for security reasons
Legal basis: Fulfillment of our legal obligations within the scope of data security and predominantly, legitimate interest in resolving service disruptions as well as in the protection of our offers.
3.3.5 Self-promotion and promotion by others as well as market research and reach analysis done within the scope statutorily permitted or based on consent
Legal basis: Consent or predominantly, legitimate interest on our part in direct marketing if in accordance with data protection and competition law.
3.3.6 Safeguarding and defending our rights
Legal basis: Legitimate interest on our part in the assertion and defense of our rights.
3.4 Log files
Each time you use the internet, your browser is transmitting certain information which we store in so-called log files.
We store log files to determine service disruptions and for security reasons (e.g., to investigate attack attempts) for a period of 7 days and delete them afterwards. Log files which need to be maintained for evidence purposes are excluded from deletion until the respective incident is resolved and may, on a case-by-case basis, be passed on to investigating authorities.
Log files are also used for analysis purposes (without the IP address or without the complete IP address) see module 3.3.5 “Self-promotion and promotion by others as well as market research and reach analysis done within the scope statutorily permitted or based on consent”
In log files, the following information is saved:
IP address (internet protocol address) of the terminal device used to access the online offer;
Internet address of the website from which the online offer is accessed (so-called URL of origin or referrer URL);
Name of the service provider which was used to access the online offer;
Name of the files or information accessed;
Date and time as well as duration of recalling the data;
Amount of data transferred;
Operating system and information on the internet browser used, including add-ons installed (e.g., Flash Player);
http status code (e.g., “Request successful” or “File requested not found”).
3.5 Children
Our website is not intended for users under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under this age without appropriate parental or guardian consent, as required by GDPR.
If it is brought to our attention that a user under the age of 16 has provided personal data without proper consent, we will take steps to delete the information promptly.
To minimize the risk of unintended access by users under 16 years of age, we have implemented the following measures:
Age Verification: Where appropriate, we include prompts to confirm the user’s age before collecting personal data.
Content Design: Our content and services are specifically tailored for a general audience and do not target or appeal directly to children under 16.
Parental Controls: We encourage parents and guardians to monitor and guide their children's online activity and use of our website.
For more information or to report any concerns regarding data related to children, please contact us at info@qoolers.com.
3.6 Data transfer
3.6.1 Data transfer to other controllers
Principally, your personal data is forwarded to other controllers only if required for the fulfillment of a contractual obligation, or if we ourselves, or a third party, have a legitimate interest in the data transfer, or if you have given your consent. Particulars on the legal basis and the recipients or categories of recipients can be found in the section “Processing purposes and legal basis” (see no. 3.3).
Additionally, data may be transferred to other controllers when we are obliged to do so due to statutory regulations or enforceable administrative or judicial orders.
3.6.2 Service providers (general)
We involve external service providers with tasks such as sales and marketing services, contract management, payment handling, programming, data hosting, and hotline services. We have chosen those service providers carefully and monitor them on a regular basis, especially regarding their diligent handling of and protection of the data that they store. All service providers are obliged to maintain confidentiality and to comply with the statutory provisions.
3.6.3 Transfer to recipients outside the EEA
We might transfer personal data to recipients located outside the EEA into so-called third countries. In such cases, prior to the transfer we ensure that the data recipient provides an appropriate level of data protection by implementing safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission or other legally acceptable mechanisms.
You are entitled to receive an overview of third country recipients and a copy of the specifically agreed provisions securing an appropriate level of data protection. For this purpose, please use the statements made in the “Contact” section (see no. 9).
3.7 Duration of storage, retention periods
Principally, we store your data for as long as it is necessary to render our online offers and connected services or for as long as we have a legitimate interest in storing the data (e.g. we might still have a legitimate interest in postal mail marketing after fulfillment of our contractual obligations). In all other cases we delete your personal data with the exception of data we are obliged to store for the fulfillment of legal obligations (e.g. due to retention periods under the tax and commercial codes we are obliged to have documents such as contracts and invoices available for a certain period of time).
4. Usage of cookies
In the context of our online service, cookies and tracking mechanisms may be used. Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when visiting our online service. Tracking is possible using different technologies. In particular, we process information using pixel technology and/or during log file analysis.
4.1 Categories
We distinguish between cookies that are mandatorily required for the technical functions of the online service and such cookies and tracking mechanisms that are not mandatorily required for the technical function of the online service.
It is generally possible to use the online service without any cookies that serve non-technical purposes.
4.1.1 Technically required cookies
By technically required cookies we mean cookies without those the technical provision of the online service cannot be ensured. These include e.g. cookies that store data to ensure smooth reproduction of video or audio footage.
Such cookies will be deleted when you leave the website.
4.1.2 Cookies and tracking mechanisms that are technically not required
We use marketing cookies and tracking mechanisms. We only use such cookies and tracking mechanisms if you have given us your prior consent in each case. With the exception of the cookies that saves the current status of your privacy settings (selection cookie). This cookie is set based on legitimate interest.
General
By using marketing cookies and tracking mechanisms we and our partners are able to show you offerings based on your interests, resulting from an analysis of your user behavior:
Statistics:
By using statistical tools, we measure e.g. the number of your page views.
Conversion tracking:
Our conversion tracking partners place a cookie on your computer (“conversion cookie”) if you accessed our website via an advertisement of the respective partner. Normally these cookies are no longer valid after 30 days. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and the relevant conversion partner can recognize that a certain user clicked on the advertisement and thereby was redirected to our website. This can also be done across multiple devices. The information obtained by means of the conversion cookie serves the purpose of compiling conversion statistics and recording the total number of users who clicked on the respective advertisement and were redirected to a website with a conversion tracking tag.7
4.2 Cookie overview
Please note that using the tools might include transfer of your data to recipients outside of the EEA where there is no adequate level of data protection pursuant to the GDPR (e.g. the USA). For more details in this respect please refer to the following description of the individual marketing tools:
Name: Google Analytics
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Function: Analysis of user behavior (page retrievals, number of visitors and visits, downloads), creation of pseudonymous user profiles based on cross-device information of logged-in Google users (cross-device tracking), enrichment of pseudonymous user data with target group-specific information provided by Google, retargeting, UX testing, conversion tracking, and retargeting in conjunction with Google Ads
Duration: 2 years
Name: Google Tag Manager
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Function: Administration of website tags via a user interface, integration of program codes on our websites
Duration: Session duration
Name: Google Ads
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Function: Placement of advertisements, remarketing, conversion tracking
Duration: 90 days
Name: Sklik
Provider: Seznam.cz, a.s., Radlická 3294/10, 150 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic
Function: Displays targeted ads based on user behavior, remarketing based on previous activity on our website, performance analysis of advertising campaigns, and conversion tracking.
Duration: 90 days
Name: Facebook Pixel
Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Function: Tracks user behavior on the website and connects it with advertising campaigns on the Facebook platform, optimizes ads, tracks conversions, and enables targeted remarketing campaigns.
Duration: 90 days
Name: LinkedIn Insight Tag
Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Park, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Function: Collects data about website visitors, tracks conversions, analyzes target audiences, creates targeted campaigns, and enables remarketing on the LinkedIn platform.
Duration: 6 months
Name: Hotjar
Provider: Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julian’s Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julian’s STJ 1000, Malta
Function: Analyzes user behavior through heatmaps, tracks mouse movements and clicks, and creates anonymized user profiles to improve user experience (UX).
Duration: Session duration
4.3 Cookies management
When visiting our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to consent to or manage the use of non-essential cookies. You can modify your preferences at any time through the banner or our Privacy Settings.
You can manage your cookie and tracking mechanism settings in the browser and/or through our privacy settings.
Note: The settings you have made refer only to the browser used in each case.
4.3.1 Deactivation of all cookies
If you wish to deactivate all cookies, please deactivate cookies in your browser settings. Please note that this may affect the functionality of the website.
4.3.2 Management of your settings with regard to cookies and tracking mechanisms not required technically
When visiting our websites, you will be asked in a cookie layer whether you consent to our using of any marketing cookies or tracking mechanisms, respectively.
In our privacy settings, you may withdraw the consent with effect for the future or grant your consent at a later point in time.
5. Plugins
Our websites include the use of plugins provided by various social and other networks.
These plugins are additional features made available by the network providers.
As a default setting, these plugins are inactive.
To enhance the protection of your data when visiting our website, we use a “2-click solution” to integrate the plugins into the page. This 2-click solution keeps your visit to our websites from being recorded and possibly evaluated by the providers of the respective plugins by default.
If you do not wish the providers of the respective networks to receive data about your use of this online offer and possibly to store or further use this data, you should not activate the respective plugins.
Activating plugins
You yourself can decide whether you want to interact with the respective provider’s network and whether your data is to be transmitted to the respective provider or not. Only if you click on the button provided (“Agree”) will the respective plugin be activated and integrated into the page, and the content of the respective plugin be transmitted from the server of the associated provider directly to your browser. A second click will then allow you to perform the desired interaction with the network. If you decide to activate a plugin, you give us permission to process your data based on your consent.
Collection of data by providers
When a plugin is activated, your internet browser establishes a direct connection to the respective provider’s servers. Even if you do not have a user account with the provider or are not currently logged in to such an account, this connection notifies the respective provider that your internet browser has called up the corresponding page of our online offer.
If you already have a user account with a provider of a network and are already logged in when you visit our websites, the operator of the respective network may be able to assign the visit to your personal user account as soon as you activate plugins. This may enable the provider to analyze your usage behavior and store it in a profile.
In addition, your IP address and other data about your browser settings will be transmitted by your internet browser directly to a server of the respective provider and may be stored there.
Further processing of data by providers
Plugins are additional features made available by network providers. We therefore have no influence on the further processing of the data that the respective network providers’ plugins collect and store.
To find out more about the purpose and scope of each provider’s activities to collect, further process, and delete data, as well as about your respective rights and data protection options, please consult the respective provider’s privacy policy.
Deactivate the plugin
If you activate a plugin, the activation applies to the specific plugin only, and only for as long as you visit the page into which the plugin is integrated.
If you no longer wish to use an activated plugin, it can be deactivated by reloading the website. Please note that this does not affect data that has already been transmitted.
We use plugins from the providers listed below:
5.1 YouTube
This online offer uses the YouTube video platform, which is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“YouTube”). YouTube is a platform that enables the playback of audio and video files.
In order to enhance your data protection when visiting our website, the YouTube content is integrated into the page in “enhanced privacy mode.”
This means that the video will only be loaded and a connection to YouTube, including a transmission of log data to YouTube, only established once the corresponding plugin has been activated. If the plugin is activated, data will also be transmitted to YouTube and the Google DoubleClick advertising network contacted. This may trigger further data processing operations over which we have no control. If the YouTube video is loaded, cookies are also used.
To find out more about the scope and purpose of YouTube’s activities to collect, further process, and use data, about possible transfers of personal data to third countries such as the United States, about your rights and the data protection options available to you, please consult YouTube’s privacy policy.
5.2 Google Maps
This online offer uses Google Maps map services. Google Maps is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).
Loading the map requires that you activate the corresponding plugin. If you activate the plugin, data will be transmitted to Google and the Google DoubleClick advertising network contacted. This may trigger further data processing operations over which we have no control. If the map is loaded, cookies are also used.
To find out more about the scope and purpose of Google Maps’ activities to collect, further process, and use data, about possible transfers of personal data to third countries such as the United States, about your rights and the data protection options available to you, please consult Google’s privacy policy.
5.3 Vimeo
This website integrates videos from the Vimeo platform, operated by Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA (“Vimeo”).
When you access a page with an embedded Vimeo video, a connection to Vimeo's servers is established, and information about your visit, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Vimeo. Vimeo may also set cookies to analyze user behavior or for other purposes.
To prevent automatic data transfer, the video will only load after user interaction, such as clicking the play button.
For more details on how Vimeo processes data, including any transfers to third countries, please refer to Vimeo’s privacy policy at https://vimeo.com/privacy.
6. Security
Our employees and the companies providing services on our behalf, are obliged to confidentiality and to compliance with the applicable data protection laws. We take all necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security and to protect your data that are administrated by us especially from the risks of unintended or unlawful destruction, manipulation, loss, change, or unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized access. Our security measures are, pursuant to technological progress, constantly being improved.
7. User rights
To enforce your rights, please use the details provided in the “Contact” section (see no. 9). In doing so, please ensure that an unambiguous identification of your person is possible.
7.1 Right to information and access
You have the right to obtain confirmation from us about whether or not your personal data is being processed, and, if this is the case, access to your personal data.
7.2 Right to correction and deletion
You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data. As far as statutory requirements are fulfilled, you have the right to obtain the completion or deletion of your data.
This does not apply to data which is necessary for billing or accounting purposes or which is subject to a statutory retention period. If access to such data is not required, however, its processing is restricted (see the following).
7.3 Restriction of processing
As far as statutory requirements are fulfilled you have the right to demand for restriction of the processing of your data.
7.4 Data portability
As far as statutory requirements are fulfilled you may request to receive data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or – if technically feasible – that we transfer those data to a third party.
7.5 Right of objection
7.5.1 Objection to direct marketing
Additionally, you may object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. Please take into account that due to organizational reasons, there might be an overlap between your objection and the usage of your data within the scope of a campaign which is already running.
7.5.2 Objection to data processing based on the legal basis of “legitimate interest”
In addition, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, insofar as this is based on “legitimate interest”. We will then terminate the processing of your data, unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds according to legal requirements which override your rights.
7.6 Withdrawal of consent
In case you consented to the processing of your data, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of data processing prior to your withdrawal remains unchanged.
7.7 Right to lodge complaint with supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can appeal to the supervisory authority which is responsible for your place of residence or your state of residency or to the supervisory authority responsible for us.
8. Change of the data protection notice
We reserve the right to change our security and data protection measures. In such cases, we will amend our data protection notice accordingly. Please, therefore, notice the current version of our data protection notice, as this is subject to changes.
9. Contact
If you wish to contact us, please find us at the address stated in the “Controller” section (see no. 2).
or
e-mail to: info@qoolers.com
10. Effective Date
28 January 2025
These data protection principles are reviewed periodically to ensure compliance with the latest legal requirements and best practices.
