PRIVACY POLICY

WHO WE ARE

The owner of the barefootuniverse.com website, the controller and the processor of the personal data stored by us in accordance with the law governing the protection of personal data and the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/697 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR), is:

email: info@barefootuniverse.com

Company details:

BU d.o.o.
Vodnikova cesta 229
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

VAT number: 75010194
Registration number: 9323082000

PERSONAL DATA

The website barefootuniverse.com respects your personal information and the privacy of all visitors to the website. We will unconditionally protect your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act and the GDPR regulation.

COOKIES AND WEB ANALYSIS TOOLS

a) Cookies

We use cookies to track the preferences of visitors and to optimize our website. Cookies are small text files that are saved on your computer when you visit our website. If you wish, you can delete the cookies at any time. However, this can cause some functions to no longer be available to you.

If you do not wish for cookies to be installed on your device, you can change the settings on your browser or device to reject cookies. For more information about how to reject cookies using your internet browser settings please consult the “Help” section of your internet browser. Please note that, if you do set your Internet browser to reject cookies, you may not be able to access all of the functions of our websites.

Regarding the affiliate marketing third party cookies to track user’s click are used.

b) Google Analytics Tool

In order to optimize the quality of posts, we use the Google Analytics Tool, a software analytics tool provided by Google Inc., Mountain View 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The Google Ananlytics Tool collects information about the use of the website (who visits the site, time spent on the page, popular posts, etc.). Google Analytics Tool also uses cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that allow a website to analyse how users use the site. A set of cookies may be used to collect information and report to Google on site usage statistics without personally identifying visitors. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is “__ga”.

Individuals who do not wish their website visit information to be displayed in a Google Analytics report can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You can also prevent cookies from being stored by using the appropriate browser settings, but in this case, you may not be able to use all the features of our sites.

More information about Google and Google Analytics is available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

ADVERTISING

Display Ads

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP Address
Operating System type
Operating System version
Device Type
Language of the website
Web browser type
Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

COMMENTS

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

THIRD PARTY WIDGETS AND PLUG-INS

a) Plugins

Plugins are small programs that extend the functionality of programs and, consequently, our websites.

All third parties to whom data is transferred via the plug-ins listed below ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data, or the data is processed within EU countries. Please note that by using the website, you also consent to the export of data to third countries that may not ensure an adequate level of data protection.

b) Social media widgets

The websites includes social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button, Instragram “Follow” button and widgets, such as the “Share This” button. These features may collect your Internet protocol address, which page you are visiting on the websites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Service. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy statement of the companies that provide them.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

This website may contain links to other sites that are not controlled in any way by us. Please be aware when you click on any such links; we are not responsible for the privacy practise and/or policies of any website other than our own. Consequently, we strongly suggest that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit, whether or not they are linked to by our site.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will ask for your email address and name. Your name is optional. We may share your email address and your personal data with other contractual processors or controllers who work with us. Your email address will be used by us or our contract processors or controllers to inform you of the latest posts on our website or for other promotional or topical content. By subscribing to our newsletter, you give your express consent to the above.

Contract processors may only process personal data in the context of the controller’s instructions and may not use personal data to pursue any of their own interests.

We further point out that the form for entering your email address and name is a form provided directly by Flodesk, Inc. and your personal data is transferred directly to third countries (USA) by filling in the form. Your consent is the lawful basis for such transfer. The handling of your personal data is subject to the Flodesk, Inc. privacy policy, available at https://flodesk.com/privacy-policy. The third country to which the personal data is transferred may not provide an adequate level of data protection. The third country may also not have a supervisory authority and the third country may not guarantee the principles of data processing and/or the rights of data subjects.

If you wish, your email address can be deleted from our records at any time. Please notify us at info@barefootuniverse.com. However, you can also unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button located in the emails you receive from us.

HOW WE LOOK AFTER YOUR INFORMATION

We will not disclose your personal data unless you have consented to the transfer of data or we are entitled or obliged to disclose them due to legal regulations and/or administrative or court orders. This may involve providing information for law enforcement, security needs or the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA

We process and store personal data only as long as this is necessary to fulfill the purpose, but at the latest until the legal retention and storage periods have expired.

If the purpose is fulfilled and the legal retention and storage periods expire, the personal data will be deleted or blocked in accordance with the data protection regulations.