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PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy aims to inform users of this website about the type, scope, and purpose of collecting and using personal data by the website operator, Flag Strategies.

The website operator takes your privacy very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal regulations of the United Arab Emirates. Due to new technologies and the ongoing development of this website, changes to this privacy policy may be made, so we recommend that you review the privacy policy regularly.

Definitions of the terms used (e.g., "personal data" or "processing") can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.

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ACCESS DATA

We, the website operator or site provider, collect data about access to the website based on our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) and store these as "server log files" on the website's server. The following data is logged:

  • Visited website

  • Time at the time of access

  • Amount of data sent in bytes

  • Source/reference from which you accessed the site

  • Used browser

  • Used operating system

  • Used IP address

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The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The storage of the data is done for security reasons, e.g., to clarify cases of abuse. If data needs to be retained for evidence purposes, it is exempt from deletion until the incident is finally resolved.

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REACH MEASUREMENT & COOKIES

This website uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transmitted either from our server or the server of third parties to the user's browser. Cookies are small files stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.

If you do not want cookies to be stored on your device for reach measurement, you can object to the use of these files here:

Common browsers offer the setting option to not allow cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you can access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.

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COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

The website operator collects, uses, and discloses your personal data only if this is permitted by law or you consent to the data collection.

Personal data includes all information that serves to determine your person and can be traced back to you – for example, your name, email address, and telephone number.

You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. To improve our online offer, however, we store your access data (without personal reference) to this website. These access data include, e.g., the file you requested or the name of your Internet provider. Due to the anonymization of the data, it is not possible to draw conclusions about your person.

We process personal data such as first name, last name, IP address, email address, place of residence, postal code, and content details from the contact form.

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HANDLING CONTACT DATA

If you contact us as the website operator through the provided contact options, your details will be stored so that they can be used to process and respond to your request.

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HANDLING COMMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

If you leave a contribution or comment on this website, your IP address will be stored. This is done due to our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR and serves the security of us as the website operator: because if your comment violates applicable law, we can be prosecuted for it, which is why we have an interest in the identity of the comment or contribution author.

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GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Due to our legitimate interests to optimize and analyze our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, this website uses the service "Google Analytics," offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The service (Google Analytics) uses "cookies" – text files stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google LLC complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

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This website uses IP anonymization. The IP address of users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area and in other contracting states of the agreement. Only in exceptional cases is the IP address first transferred in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Through this shortening, the personal reference of your IP address is eliminated. The user's IP address transmitted by the browser is not combined with other data stored by Google.

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As part of the agreement for data processing, which we as the website operator have concluded with Google Inc., this uses the collected information to create an evaluation of website use and website activity and provides services related to internet usage.

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The data collected by Google on our behalf are used to evaluate the use of our online offer by individual users, e.g., to create reports on the activity on the website, to improve our online offer.

You have the option to prevent the storage of cookies on your device by making appropriate settings in your browser. It is not guaranteed that you can access all functions of this website without restrictions if your browser does not allow cookies.

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Furthermore, you can use a browser plugin to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. The following link leads you to the corresponding plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

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Alternatively, by clicking on this link (IMPORTANT: insert opt-out link), you prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about you within this website. By clicking on the link above, you download an "opt-out cookie." Your browser must therefore generally allow the storage of cookies. If you delete your cookies regularly, a new click on the link is required each time you visit this website.

Here you can find more information on the use of data by Google Inc.:

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS FROM FACEBOOK

Due to our legitimate interest in analyzing, optimizing, and operating our online offer (within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), this website uses the Facebook social plugin, which is operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). Recognizable are the integrations by the Facebook logo or the terms "Like," "I like," "Share" in the colors of Facebook (blue and white). Information on all Facebook plugins can be found via the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. The website operator has no influence on the nature and scope of the data transmitted by the plugin to the servers of Facebook Inc. You can find information about this here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084

The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you, as a user, have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the mentioned information will be linked to this account.

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If you use the functions of the plugin – for example, by sharing or "liking" a post – the corresponding information is also transmitted to Facebook Inc.

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To prevent Facebook Inc. from linking this data with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete the stored cookies. You can make further settings for data processing for advertising purposes or object to the use of your data for advertising purposes via your Facebook profile. You can access the settings here:

What data, for what purpose, and to what extent Facebook collects, uses, and processes data and what rights and settings you have to protect your privacy, you can read in the privacy policies of Facebook. You can find these here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

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NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

The website operator offers you a newsletter in which he informs you about current events and offers. If you want to subscribe to the newsletter, you must provide a valid email address. By subscribing to the newsletter, you agree to receive the newsletter and the procedures described.

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REVOCATION AND TERMINATION: You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and thus cancel the newsletter subscription. After your cancellation, your personal data will be deleted. Your consent to receive the newsletter expires at the same time. At the end of each newsletter, you will find the link to cancel.

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DELETION OF DATA

Unless your request conflicts with a legal obligation to store data (e.g., data retention), you have the right to delete your data. Data stored by us will be deleted if they are no longer necessary for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If a deletion cannot be carried out because the data is required for permissible legal purposes, the data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.

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RIGHT TO OBJECT

Users of this website can exercise their right to object and object to the processing of their personal data at any time.

If you wish to correct, block, delete, or obtain information about the personal data stored about you or have questions about the collection, processing, or use of your personal data or wish to revoke any consent granted, please contact the following email address: info@flagstrategies.com

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