Privacy Notice

Data Protection Policy
The protection of personal information plays an important role in our company. We therefore act in accordance with privacy and data protection laws. In the following you will be informed about the data we might collect, how we process and use it and to whom we might submit it.

Collection, processing and use of personal information
When you visit the homepage of Seiko Optical Europe GmbH, all we receive is anonymous data, for example the web site from which you are contacting us, your Internet service provider and the pages of our web site that you have called up. Seiko uses this information for statistical purposes only in order to improve its products, service and web site.

We do not collect any personal information on our web sites, except if you give us permission or if you submit such data voluntarily - for example when you register, give positive or negative feedback, use online services, play a game or request information material – or if the corresponding data protection laws permit to do so.

It is possible that data such as the Internet protocol address or information about the time and duration of use are generated automatically due to the technical equipment used and are therefore absolutely imperative for communication. Data that is no longer required for the transmission of a message is deleted or made anonymous.

If you do not object, Seiko will create user profiles in a pseudonymous way for advertising and market research purposes or to allow us to tailor our web design to your needs. We will inform you in good time before generating such user profiles.

We take the liberty of using cookies in order to facilitate the presentation of our web sites, which means in order to adapt our web sites to your interests or to store your code so that you do not have to enter it over again or to identify you automatically at the next visit. You have, however, the ability to decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser in a way that it deletes cookies from your hard disc , disables all cookies or informs you before storing a cookie.

Intended use
All personal data we are dealing with online is used and processed in accordance with the corresponding regulations for the protection of personal information. We only use the data for order processing, to protect our justified business interests with regard to customer care and to tailor our products to match your needs.

As we want to maintain customer relations it is sometimes necessary that we or a third party acting on our behalf use these personal data in order to inform you of our products.

For direct marketing or market research purposes we only use your personal data if you expressly agree.

We neither commercially exploit nor sell your personal data to third parties.

Use for specific purposes
Seiko will only process and use the personal data which you have entered online for those purposes we informed you about, except if data collection, processing and use

· are required for a purpose in close connection with the original one

· are required for negotiations with you as well as for the preparation and the fulfilment of a contract

· are required according to a legal norm or for to official or legal instructions,

· are required for legal protection purposes or for the dismissal of a suit

· prevent misuse or other illegal actions that threaten the integrity of Seiko’s systems and data security

Data security
Through technical and organizational measures, Seiko ensures that your personal information is protected against unintentional and illegal deletion, modification or loss as well as against unauthorized access or dissemination.

Links
Seiko is not responsible for the data protection policies of other web sites to which its site is linked.

Your rights as an Internet user
If you ask us to send you information, to correct or to delete personal information, we will certainly comply with your rights within the framework of existing legislation.

As the Internet develops further, we will continuously adapt our data protection policy. On this page we will inform you in good time about any modification. We therefore suggest that you open this page regularly in order to be updated on our data protection policy.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc.. Google Analytics uses ‘cookies,’ which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services to website operators relating to website activity and Internet usage.

Contact
Should you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact SEIKO Optical Europe GmbH directly. Please find the details under „Information on Teleservices Act“.