The privacy policy of http://www.rigasacappellafestivals.lv governs the collection, storage and use of the personal data collected on its website. By accessing this website you confirm that you have read and understood this privacy policy. This privacy policy provides information on the way balts.info collects and processes the personal data of the website balts.info visitors.

 

Who we are

This website is owned and managed by Foundation “Sing Latvia” (registration number 40008089751, Ciekurkalna 3.skerslinija 25-92, Rīga, LV-1026), called the Data Controller. We protect and take care of the privacy and protection of personal data of visitors to the website. We undertake to respect your right to lawful processing and protection of personal data as well as to comply with the applicable laws and regulations on the protection of personal data — Personal Data Protection Law, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other laws and regulations if such are applicable to data processing.

 

What data we may collect

We collect, store and use the following personal data:

• Information about your computer (IP address, device model, screen size, internet browser);
• Your geographic location;
• The information you provide to register;
• Any other information you wish to send to us.

 

How we may use the collected data

We may use your personal data to:

• Provide the best possible visual and technical experience for your specific device model, screen size and internet browser;
• Reply to your information queries;
• Prevent or disclose fraud or other offenses;
• Provide your data security.

 

Cookies policy

We use short-term (Session) and long-term (Persistent) cookies. Session cookies allow us to track your actions during a single browsing session, but they do not remain on your device afterward. Persistent cookies remain on your device between sessions. We use them to authenticate you and to remember your preferences.

We also use third party cookies for the purpose of ensuring secure and comfortable operation of the website, as well as for the purposes of generation of internal statistics, i.e. in order to find out more details about the visitor’s operations at the website and to analyze the visitors’ user experience.

These cookies are mandatory for the full operation of the website, however, we also use cookies that are non-mandatory, so you are able to reject them. 

In this case, the website will be loaded without containing the code which activates these non-mandatory cookies. As non-mandatory cookies, we use the “Google Analytics” service, which sends user tracking data to the Google servers. In its Privacy policy, Google prohibits the transmission of personally identifiable information, so we invite you to accept the usage of these non-mandatory cookies. For more information on “Google Analytics” cookies, please see here.

How can a user choose and modify the use of cookies?

If you don’t want cookies to be used on your devices, you can change the security settings of your browser. Note that changes in security settings need to be made on each browser individually and the setting methods used may differ. 

Please keep in mind, however, that you won’t be able to make full use of online services through websites unless you accept session cookies. 

 

Additional information on cookies.

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.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

 

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

 

Contact forms

If you send a message via contact form on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies will last for one year.

 

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

 

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

 

Disclosing Your data

Your information will not be disclosed to third parties except for cases where we will have received your explicitly stated consent or where the disclosure of information is requested in accordance with laws and regulations.

 

Correction and updating your data

In the event you wish to review, correct, update or otherwise change the information provided to us, or you wish to prohibit its management, please contact us.

 

Security of Your data

We seek to ensure the protection of your personal data, therefore, this website is protected by appropriate means designed for the protection of information beyond our control against loss, malicious use or modification. Although we apply security measures to protect confidential information and ensure appropriate security, we do not guarantee that the information transmitted over the internet is safe or that such transmissions will not be subject to delay, disturbance, interception or error.

 

Links to other websites

Please note that our Privacy policy will not apply to other websites that you may get to via a link from our website.

 

Changes

This privacy policy may be subject to changes without prior notice. The latest version of the privacy policy is published on this website.