Cookie Policy

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Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy governs the use of cookies, social media plugins and other similar technologies by LifeStyles Healthcare Pte. Ltd. as part of your visit to our website https://mates.co.uk (hereinafter: “Website”). For more information about what cookies and social media plugins are, see Article 2.

By continuing to use our Website after having been informed of our use of cookies and social media plugins, you acknowledge that you have read all information about that use and that you unambiguously agree to this use as set out in this Cookie Policy below.

If you want more (general) information on how we process your personal data other than through cookies and social media plugins, including in relation to your communication with us via e-mail, phone, fax and social media or in relation to your order or purchase, you are kindly referred to our Privacy Policy.

 

  1. WHO ARE WE?
    1. Your personal data are processed on the basis of applicable data protection legislation by LifeStyles Healthcare Pte. Ltd. of 30 Cecil Street, #19-08 Prudential Tower, Singapore 049712 (hereinafter: “LifeStyles”, “we”, “us”, “our”). You can contact us via e-mail at privacy@lifestyles.com.
    2. Where reference is made in this Cookie Policy to laws or regulations, possible amendments to these laws or regulations are implicitly included.
    3. We reserve the right to change and adapt this Cookie Policy on our own initiative. In that case, those changes and adaptations will be communicated to you via our Website. Any further use of our Website will be subject to the amended Cookie Policy.
  2. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS?
    1. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your device’s hard drive which contain certain information or personal data.
    2. Social media plugins are small pieces of software developed and provided by social media service providers (such as Facebook), which allow us to integrate social media on our Website.
    3. Similar technologies are small pieces of software or invisible images (such as the Facebook Pixel) developed and provided by several service providers, which allows us, for example, to track conversions or to better target our promotional campaigns.
  3. WHICH COOKIES, SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES DO WE USE?
    1. When you visit our Website, a number of cookies are placed on your device and social media plugins are used. These generally allow us to identify you. We use this data to gain insight in how you and others use our Website by gathering statistical and usage data, enabling us to improve our Website, products and services in order to offer you a better user experience. If you don’t like our use of cookies, see Article 7.
    2. We may use the following type of cookies:

For all these activities with the exception of the last bullet point, Google acts as the data controller and the processing of the data it collects about your use of the Website takes place under its responsibility. Learn more about Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.

However, you can control what information is sent to Google in the following ways:

 

NAME

TYPE

EXPLANATION / PURPOSE

STORAGE PERIOD
  1.  

_ga

Cookie (performance-enhancing)

Cookies provided by Google Analytics to help us measure how users interact with our Website’s content (see Article 3.3).

Learn more about Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.

2 years
  1.  

_gat

Cookie (performance-enhancing)

1 minute
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_gid

Cookie (performance-enhancing)

24 hours
  1.  

_utma

Cookie (performance-enhancing)

2 years from set/update
  1.  

_utmc

Cookie (performance-enhancing)

End of browser session
  1.  

_utmz

Cookie (performance-enhancing)

6 months from set/update
  1.  

Facebook Pixel

Similar technology

Technology provided by Facebook to measure the effectiveness of our advertising by understanding the actions users take on our Website (see Article 3.4).

Learn more about Facebook Pixel.

N/A
  1.  

ad-id

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by amazon-adsystem.com for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

 
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ad-privacy

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by amazon-adsystem.com for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

 
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_cc_aud

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by crwdcntrl.net and is used for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

9 months
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_cc_cc

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by crwdcntrl.net and is used for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

9 months
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_cc_dc

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by crwdcntrl.net and is used for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

9 months
  1.  

_cc_domain

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by crwdcntrl.net and is used for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

9 months
  1.  

_cc_id

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by crwdcntrl.net and is used for advertising purposes (tag present in GTM)

9 months

  1.  

IDE

Targeting/Advertising

Doubleclick (tag present in GTM)

2 years

  1.  

_ga

Performance

Provided by Google Analytics (tag present in GTM)

2 years

  1.  

dnt

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by provenpixel.com (no related tag present in GTM)

5 years
  1.  

eu_cn

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by Twitter if the Twitter social plug-in on the website has been activated by the user. If you do not have a Twitter account or never accessed the Twitter.com website directly then Twitter will assign you a unique code to track your visit to the Twitter feed. (no related tag present in GTM)

1 year
  1.  

guest_id

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by Twitter (no related tag present in GTM)

2 years
  1.  

netpu

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by Twitter (no related tag present in GTM)

2 years
  1.  

personalization_id

Targeting/Advertising

Provided by Twitter (no related tag present in GTM)

2 years
  1.  

remember_checked_on

Functionality

Provided by Twitter (no related tag present in GTM)

 
  1.  

syndication_guest_id

Functionality

Provided by Twitter (no related tag present in GTM)

2 years
  1.  

twp_exp

 

 

 
  1.  

twitter_ads_id

Functionality

Provided by Twitter (no related tag present in GTM)

2 years

 

  1. TO WHOM DO WE SEND YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
    1. We may share your personal data with our related LifeStyles entities and we may also rely on third parties in order to process your personal data for the purposes outlined in Article 3 above, for example:
  • To provide you our Website or webshop (such as a hosting provider); or
  • To target our advertising (such as a marketing company); or
  • To process your order (such as a transport company to deliver you the products); or
  • To process your payment (such as a payment service provider or a credit checking agency).
    These third parties are only allowed to process your personal data on our behalf and upon our explicit written instruction. We also warrant that all those third parties are selected with due care and are committed to observing the safety and integrity of your personal data.
    1. We may be legally obliged to share your personal data with competent law enforcement agents or representatives, judicial authorities, governmental agencies or bodies, including competent data protection authorities, to comply with a legal obligation as set out in Article 3 above.
    2. We do not send your personal data in an identifiable manner to any other third party than the ones mentioned in Articles 4.1 and 4.2 without your explicit consent to do so. However, we may send anonymised data to other organizations that may use those data for improving products and services as well as to tailor the marketing, displaying and selling of those products and services.
  2. WHERE DO WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
    1. We process your personal data both within and outside the European Economic Area (EEA). In order to process your personal data for the purposes outlined in Article 3 above, we may also transfer your personal data to third parties who process on our behalf outside the EEA. Each entity outside the EEA that processes your personal data will be bound to observe adequate safeguards with regard to the processing of your personal data. Such safeguards may be the consequence of:
  • The recipient country having legislation in place which may be considered equivalent to the protection offered within the EEA; or
  • A contractual arrangement between us and that entity; or
  • An approved certification mechanism, such as the EU-US Privacy Shield decision adopted by the European Commission on 12 July 2016.
    1. We may transfer anonymised and/or aggregated data to organizations outside the EEA. Should such transfer take place, we will ensure that there are safeguards in place to ensure the safety and integrity of your data and all rights with respect to your personal data you might enjoy under applicable mandatory law.
  2. WHAT QUALITY ASSURANCES DO WE COMPLY WITH?
    1. We do our utmost best to process only those personal data which are necessary to achieve the purposes listed under Article 3 above.
    2. Your personal data are only processed for as long as needed to achieve the purposes listed under Article 3 above or up until such time where you withdraw your consent for processing them. Your withdrawal of consent may imply that you can no longer use the whole or part of our Website. We will de-identify your personal data when they are no longer necessary for the purposes outlined in Article 3 above, unless there is:
  • An overriding interest of LifeStyles, or any other third party, in keeping our personal data identifiable; or
  • A legal or regulatory obligation or a judicial or administrative order that prevents us from de-identifying them.
    1. You understand that an essential aspect of our marketing efforts pertains to making our marketing materials more relevant to you. We do this by customizing your unique profile based on relevant characteristics and then use this profile to provide you with communications, advertising, offerings, newsletters and other advertising about products and services that may interest you.
    2. We will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to keep your personal data safe from unauthorised access or theft as well as accidental loss tampering or destruction. Access by our personnel or third parties’ personnel will only be on a need-to-know basis and be subject to confidentiality obligations. You understand, however, that safety and security are best efforts obligations which can never be guaranteed.
    3. If you are registered to receive advertising, such as communications, advertising, offerings and newsletters, via e-mail or other person-to-person electronic communication channels, you can change your preferences for receiving such advertising by clicking the opt-out link provided in such advertising.
  2. WHAT IF YOU DON’T LIKE COOKIES?
    1. In order to prevent cookies from being placed on your device, you have to configure your browser settings. How to adjust these settings, to delete cookies and to withdraw your consent to our use of cookies depends on the browser you are using. However, keep in mind that modifying these settings or deleting cookies may result in certain features of this Website no longer working properly. Click on the browser you are using below to get more information about how to adjust the cookie settings:
  1. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?
    1. You have the right to request access to all personal data processed by us pertaining to you. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable administrative fee for multiple subsequent requests for access that are clearly submitted for causing nuisance or harm to us. Each request must specify for which processing activity you wish to exercise your right to access and must specify to which data categories you wish to gain access to.
    2. You have the right to rectification, i.e. to ask that any personal data pertaining to you that are inaccurate, are corrected free of charge. If you submit a request for correction, your request needs to be accompanied of proof of the flawed nature of the data for which correction is asked.
    3. You have the right to withdraw your earlier given consent for processing of your personal data.
    4. You have the right to erasure, i.e. to request that personal data pertaining to you be deleted if these data are no longer required in the light of the purposes or if you withdraw your consent for processing them. However, you need to keep in mind that a request for deletion will be evaluated by us against:
  • Our and a third parties’ interests which may override your interests; or
  • Legal or regulatory obligations or administrative or judicial orders which may contradict such deletion.
    1. You have the right to restriction instead of deletion, i.e. to request that we limit the processing of your personal data if:
  • We are verifying the accuracy of your personal data; or
  • The processing is unlawful and you oppose the deletion of your personal data; or
  • You require your personal data to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim, while we do no longer need your personal data for the purposes listed under Article 3 above; or
  • We are verifying whether our legitimate interests override your interests if you exercise your right to object in accordance with Article 8.6.
    1. You have the right to object to the processing of personal data if:
  • The processing is based on our legitimate interest; and
  • You are able to prove that there are serious and justified reasons connected with your particular situation that warrant such objection; and
  • Our legitimate interests do not override your interests.
    However, if the intended processing qualifies as direct marketing, you have the right to object to such processing free of charge and without justification.
    1. You have the right to data portability, i.e. to receive from us in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format all personal data you have provided to us if the processing is based on your consent or a contract with you.
    2. If you wish to submit a request to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, you can contact our Privacy Officer by sending an e-mail to privacy@lifestyle.com . An e-mail requesting to exercise a right will not be construed as consent with the processing of your personal data beyond what is required for handling your request. Such request should meet the following conditions:
  • State clearly which right you wish to exercise; and
  • State clearly the reasons for exercising your right if such is required; and
  • Your request should be dated and signed; and
  • Your request should be accompanied by a digitally scanned copy of your valid identity card proving your identity. If you use the contact form, we may ask you for your signed confirmation and proof of identity.

We will promptly inform you of having received your request. If the request meets the conditions above and proves valid, we will honor it as soon as reasonably possible and at the latest thirty (30) days after having received your request.

If you have any complaints regarding the processing of your personal data by us, you may always contact our Privacy Officer by sending an e-mail to privacy@lifestyle.com . If you remain unsatisfied with our response, you are free to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority.