Privacy policy

Bazando website is registered with the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL) under registration number 1284060. In accordance with law n° 78-17 passed on 6th January 1978 relating to information data, files and freedom, each member has access rights (art. 34-38 of the Act), rectification rights (art. 36 of the Act) and opposition rights (art. 26 of the Act) of and to the personal details given.

This privacy statement reflects the current information of the policy followed by Bazando . If there is any change in the future to it, it will be posted in this current page.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please Contact us

1. Your Privacy: a crucial issue for Bazando.

The strict respect of your privacy is very important to Bazando. We want you to feel comfortable visiting our site. The protection of your privacy in the processing of your personal data is an important concern to which we pay special attention during all our different processes.

Personal data collected during visits to our web site are processed by us according to the legal provisions valid for the countries in which this web site is maintained.

Bazando may include, however, links to other web sites which are not covered by this privacy statement. We encourage you to read the privacy statement of any website you may visit from the Bazando website.

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2. Personal Information collected when you use Bazando

While you visit Bazando , we may collect different kinds of Personal Information from you in a variety of ways.

2.1 Click-stream Data Collection

When you visit Bazando , our web servers automatically make a record of your visit and keep the following Personal Information:

  • The name of your Internet Service Provider
  • The website from which you visit us
  • Your IP address
  • Your top level domain name (for example .com, .fr, .net, .org, etc)
  • The time, date and length of your visit to the website
  • The pages and documents you have accessed or viewed
  • Potential errors or download errors you may have encountered
  • The type of browser you are using.
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2.2 Emails and Electronic Forms

The Personal Information collected by Bazando when you register or if you send us an email, includes your email address and may also include some of your Personal Information that you have provided. In all cases and at all times, this Personal Information will only be used for the stated purpose for which it was provided.

Bazando records your email address and other Personal Information in the following circumstances:

  • When you proceed to the Registration Process of Bazando,
  • When you subscribe to and receive the Bazando newsletter,
  • When you send feedback via available electronic forms.

This Personal Information will not be disclosed to a third party without your agreement, other than our development team for the purposes of testing, validating, improving or upgrading Bazando services, without your express consent.

Bazando does not share or sell any information about their registered users to any third party without your agreement.

Bazando also records your email address and the contents of your emails (which may include Personal Information) in the following circumstances:

  • When you contact us and send feedback about Bazando via available electronic forms;
  • When you use Chat or Forum services.
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2.3 Our use for cookies
2.3.1 What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of information stored on your computer by the website server. It is information that your web browser sends back to the website server whenever you visit it again.

Cookies are used to 'remember' your browser between different page visits. In this case, the cookie will not identify you as a person, but will be able to identify your browser.

2.3.2 Bazando and the use of Cookies

Bazando uses cookies to follow the preferences of our visitors and optimize our web site accordingly. It is done in order to only improve your experience with Bazando .

Additional personal data must only be stored if volunteered by you, for example in the context of a registration, a survey or a contest.

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3. Purpose and use of Personal Information we collect from you

Bazando will use your personal data only for the purposes of:

  • Website and technical administration,
  • Enhancement to Bazando to fulfill users' needs,
  • Product and marketing survey and analysis,
  • Communication and statistics,
  • Research and Development to improve our global service.

Bazando will not try in any way to identify individual users or their browsing activities other than as disclosed in this privacy statement or as required by law. The Personal Information collected on this website will not be disclosed to a third party except where authorised by you. We might also be obliged to transmit your data to governmental authorities in cases where it is required by law.

Our employees, in all our offices worldwide are obliged by us to respect confidentiality.

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4. Publication of your Personal Information

We will only publish Personal Information on this website if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge, or if you have otherwise explicitly consented to the disclosure.

When giving such consent, you should be aware that Personal Information published on Bazando is accessible to the whole internet, which means hundred of millions of users from all over the world.

Your personal information might be indexed by search engines and that may be used by any web user. This means that, once your Personal Information is published on this (or any other) website, Bazando will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.

When we provide information reports about Bazando access, uses, and impacts, we only use aggregate, non-personally identifiable data. We may mention quoted feedback from users. We will never attribute any feedbacks to any specific individuals unless we do obtain his/her full permission to use his/her name along with the feedback.

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5. Free Access to the Personal Information we collect

If you wish to know what, if any, personal information we hold about you, or wish to correct any personal information we may hold about you, you may access and correct such personal information at any time by contacting us using the contact information provided below.

Upon written request, you will be informed by letter, what personal information, if any, is stored by us as defined by local law. If such data is incorrect, we will correct that information at your request.

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6. Security of your Personal Information

Bazando and the organization hosting it uses technical and organizational security measures in order to protect the data we have under our control against:

  • Accidental or intentional manipulation,
  • Loss,
  • Destruction,
  • Access by unauthorised persons.

Our security processes are continually enhanced as new technology or procedures become available.

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7. How to contact us

We want to develop a long and trusted relationship with all of our users worldwide. If you have any questions regarding this privacy statement, our general policies or practices of Bazando , feel free to Contact us .

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8. When to check this privacy statement

We may make some changes to this privacy statement from time to time. Consequently, you should check it each time you visit Bazando.

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9. Document history and amendment

This privacy statement was last updated on 11th August 2006

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