Privacy Policy

Effective date: 19 February 2024

Smart Aqua Life (“us”, “we”, or “our”) manages the SmartAquaLife.com website, which is referred to as the “Service”.

This document outlines our practices regarding the gathering, utilization, and sharing of personal information when you utilize our Service, along with the options available to you concerning your data.

Your data helps us deliver and enhance the Service. By accessing the Service, you consent to the collection and usage of information as detailed in this policy. Terms not specifically defined in this Privacy Policy are interpreted as they are in our Terms and Conditions, available at SmartAquaLife.com.

Definitions

  • Service
    The Service refers to the SmartAquaLife.com website, managed by Smart Aqua Life.
  • Personal Data
    Personal Data encompasses information about an identifiable living person that can be discerned from that data (or from those combined with other information in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
  • Usage Data
    Usage Data includes information automatically collected, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service’s infrastructure itself (such as the length of time spent on a page).
  • Cookies
    Cookies are small data files stored on your device (be it a computer or mobile device).
  • Data Controller
    The Data Controller is the individual or entity that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal information. In the context of this Privacy Policy, we serve as the Data Controller of your Personal Data.
  • Data Processors (or Service Providers)
    A Data Processor (or Service Provider) is any person or entity that processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We engage various Service Providers to process your data more efficiently.
  • Data Subject (or User)
    The Data Subject is any living individual who utilizes our Service and whose Personal Data is being processed.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”), Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or the instructions provided in any email we send.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit. the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We employ cookies and other similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and to store certain information. Cookies are small data files that may include a unique but anonymous identifier, sent from a website to be stored on your device. In addition to cookies, we utilize other tracking methods like beacons, tags, and scripts to gather information, enhancing and analyzing our Service.

You have the option to set your browser to reject all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. Please note, however, that if you choose not to accept cookies, you might not be able to access some parts of our Service fully.

Types of Cookies We Utilize:

  • Session Cookies: These are used to manage and facilitate the operation of our Service.
  • Preference Cookies: These cookies allow us to remember your settings and preferences for a more personalized experience.
  • Security Cookies: We employ these cookies to enhance the security of our Service.
  • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests, ensuring a more tailored advertising experience.

Use of Data

  • Smart Aqua Life utilizes the data we collect for a multitude of purposes:
  • To deliver and sustain our Service
  • To inform you of modifications to our Service
  • To enable your engagement in interactive aspects of our Service at your discretion
  • To offer customer assistance
  • To collect insights or valuable data to enhance our Service
  • To monitor the utilization of our Service
  • To identify, prevent, and tackle technical problems
  • To provide you with updates, special deals, and general information about other products, services, and events we offer that are akin to those you have previously purchased or shown interest in, provided you haven’t opted out of receiving such communications

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

  • For individuals within the European Economic Area (EEA), the grounds on which Smart Aqua Life collects and utilizes your personal information as outlined in this Privacy Policy vary depending on the type of Personal Data collected and the circumstances under which it is obtained.
  • Smart Aqua Life may process your Personal Data under the following conditions:
  • It is necessary to fulfill a contract we have entered into with you.
  • You have granted us explicit consent to do so.
  • The processing is aligned with our legitimate business interests, which do not infringe upon your rights.
  • It is required for compliance with legal obligations.

Retention of Data

Smart Aqua Life commits to retaining your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will hold and utilize your Personal Data to the extent required to fulfill our legal responsibilities (for instance, retaining your data to meet applicable legal requirements), resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

Additionally, Smart Aqua Life will preserve Usage Data for internal analytical purposes. Typically, Usage Data is kept for a shorter duration, unless it’s needed to enhance security or functionality of our Service, or legal obligations mandate a longer retention period.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and stored on — computers located outside of your local area, state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Should you be situated outside the United States and opt to provide information to us, be aware that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States for processing. By consenting to this Privacy Policy and then submitting your information, you are agreeing to this transfer.

Smart Aqua Life is committed to taking all reasonably necessary measures to ensure that your data is secured and handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We guarantee that no transfer of your Personal Data will occur to an organization or a country lacking adequate security measures for your data and personal information.

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

Smart Aqua Life reserves the right to disclose your Personal Data under the premise of good faith, particularly when such disclosure is deemed necessary for the following reasons:

  • Adhering to a legal obligation.
  • Safeguarding and defending the rights or property of Smart Aqua Life.
  • Preempting or investigating potential misconduct related to the Service.
  • Ensuring the personal safety of the Service’s users or the general public.
  • Guarding against legal liability.

Security of Data

The protection of your data is a priority for us; however, it’s important to acknowledge that no method of transmitting data over the Internet or storing it electronically is completely secure. Despite our efforts to safeguard your Personal Data using methods that are widely accepted within the industry, we must be candid in stating that absolute security cannot be unequivocally guaranteed.

Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our platform does not recognize or respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals. DNT is an option available in many web browsers that allows you to express your preference not to be tracked across the web.
To adjust your DNT preferences, you can visit the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser to enable or disable this feature.

Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you’re a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are granted specific rights regarding the protection of your data. Smart Aqua Life is committed to facilitating your efforts to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

Should you wish to know what Personal Data we hold about you and if you desire its removal from our systems, please reach out to us.

Under certain conditions, you are entitled to the following data protection rights:

  • The Right to Access, Update, or Delete Your Data: You can usually modify or erase your Personal Data directly within your account settings. If you cannot perform these actions on your own, contact us for assistance.
  • The Right to Rectification: If your information is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to have it corrected.
  • The Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The Right to Restriction: You have the right to request that we limit our processing of your personal information.
  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, readable, and commonly used format.
  • The Right to Withdraw Consent: At any moment, you may withdraw your consent where Smart Aqua Life depended on your consent to process your personal information.

Please be aware that we may require you to verify your identity before we can proceed with your request.

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Authority regarding our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more details, please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Service Providers

We might utilize the services of third-party companies and individuals to enhance our Service (“Service Providers”), deliver the Service on our behalf, conduct services related to our Service, or help us understand the usage of our Service.

These external parties are granted access to your Personal Data solely for the purpose of executing these tasks under our direction. They are strictly prohibited from disclosing or using your information for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may engage third-party Service Providers to help us monitor and analyze how our Service is used.

Google Analytics:
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google that tracks and analyzes website traffic. Google utilizes the gathered data to observe and assess the usage of our Service, and this information may be integrated with other Google services. Google could also use the data to tailor and refine the advertisements on its own ad network.

To prevent your activity on the Service from being accessible to Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on stops the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from transmitting information about visit activity to Google Analytics.

For detailed insights into Google’s privacy practices, please refer to the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Advertising

We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Service.

Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie

Google, acting as a third-party provider, utilizes cookies to deliver ads on our Service. Through the use of the DoubleClick cookie, Google and its partners are able to present ads to our users based on their visits to our Service as well as other sites on the Internet.

Should you wish to opt out from interest-based advertising facilitated by the DoubleClick Cookie, you can do so by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/

Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not directed towards individuals under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not intentionally gather personally identifiable information from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your Child has supplied us with Personal Data, please reach out to us. Upon realizing that we have obtained Personal Data from children without the validation of parental consent, we commit to taking actions to eliminate such information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Occasionally, we may revise our Privacy Policy. Any updates will be communicated by publishing the updated Privacy Policy on this page.

We will also inform you through email and/or a conspicuous notice on our Service before the change takes effect, and we will update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. It’s recommended that you periodically review this Privacy Policy for any changes. Changes become effective once they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: [email protected]