This data privacy policy ("Data
Privacy Policy") applies exclusively to this website. It does not apply to
websites linked to this website. Links to other websites are indicated as such.
Please note that we have no control over other websites and, therefore, this Data
Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We therefore suggest that you read the
data privacy policy of each website you visit.
PERSONAL DATA
BAT Middle East for Trading LLC
(hereinafter referred to as "BAT" or "we" or “us” or “our”)
will only collect and use
personal data in accordance with the United Arab Emirates Law data protection
legislation. For the purposes of this website, personal data are all statements
and information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. In
addition to contact information such as your name, telephone number, address,
e-mail address, date of birth (or other information you provide to us in
connection with an order or participation in a program or contest on this
website), under certain circumstances we also collect your IP address, which we
record when you visit our site for age verification purposes, and other
information such as the pages you have visited and your reactions to offers
displayed on our website are also part of the personal data we collect.
Personal data is information about your
identity, such as your name, postal or e-mail address, mobile phone number or
date of birth. We will only collect and store this information if you have
actively submitted it to us.
In the terms of this Data Privacy Policy,
BAT explains what data we store, process and use. Please read this policy
carefully before using the website or sending personal data from it. By
registering on this website, you agree to the terms governed by this Data
Privacy Policy.
ACTIVE DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
We will not actively collect personal data
about you on this website without your explicit prior consent, if such consent
is required under the United Arab Emirates data protection law. Therefore, it
is entirely up to you to decide whether or not you wish to provide us with
personal data. Furthermore, BAT only actively collects and processes personal
data that you have voluntarily provided or disclosed (for example, in
connection with a contest or data cards, or after you have agreed to receive
communications by post or e-mail).
PASSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION
As you browse our website, certain
information may be passively recorded (i.e., even if you have not actively
provided it to us) using a number of technologies and methods, such as IP
addresses, cookies, Internet tags, navigational data acquisition or Google
Analytics.
“Navigational data” (data from "log
files", "server logs" and "click streams") is used to
administer systems, improve site content, conduct market research and send
information to visitors. All information associated with an individual will be
deleted immediately.
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
BAT will only use your personal data to:
- Verify
your age; 18 years or older. - Locate
your device and thus verify that you are accessing our website from United
Arab Emirates; - To
administer your account with us; - To improve
the layout and/or content of our website pages and tailor them to our
users; - To
identify individuals who visit our website;
BAT and its contractors may be required to disclose your personal data by
applicable law or by order of a court or competent authority. In such cases,
BAT will inform you in advance of such disclosure, if permitted by applicable
law.