Terms & Policies for the usage of PIXEL giants - The Olive Bunch Website

Privacy Policy

Information collected by PIXEL giants, either through the use of its website, participation in projects, funding platforms, or in cases when users contact PIXEL giants directly, is in all cases confidential and shall be subject to processing only upon anonymisation and for reasons concerning improvement in the services provided by PIXEL giants.

PIXEL giants declares that in compliance with the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data, namely the Cyprus Law (Law 125(I)/2018) and European Regulation (EU) 2016/679 providing for the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and for the Free Movement of such Data, it will store and safeguard the information collected only if anonymised and for as long as it is needed and will not publish or release or disclose it, in part or whole, to any third party.

What data we collect & process:

PIXEL giants collects the following personal data:

• Web Forms such as when you type information into a registration form or type a search query into a search box.
• Web logging, which enables us to collect the standard information your browser sends to every website you visit – such as your IP address, browser type and language, and the site you came from – as well as the pages you visit and the links you click while using our sites and digital services.
• Funding platforms which collect standard information for communicating with the backers.
• Cookies: The animation studio may use cookies for the recognition of visitors/users of certain PIXEL giants services and pages (e.g. publications, newsletters etc.). A cookie is a small text file that visited websites save on your computer. Cookies are used to provide visitors access to various functions. The information in the cookie can be used to track your internet usage. We use cookies to manage our projects more efficiently, to enhance your experience as a participant, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively for security purposes, as well as for site administration purposes. Please be aware that you can adjust the settings in your computer’s browser, to reject cookies or delete individual or all cookies on your computer by following the browser “Help” file directions.
• IP Address: The IP address through which the PC of the user or visitor accesses the internet and the PIXEL giants site is used exclusively for the collection of statistical data.

We will comply with all relevant laws including the Cyprus Personal Data (Protection of Individual) Law 2001 (as amended from time to time). For the purposes of the Cypriot Personal Data (Protection of Individual) Law 2001, the controller is PIXEL GIANTS LTD. During the course of collection, it is likely that it will be necessary to transmit elements of your data to jurisdictions which do not offer such protection as is afforded within the European Union, the transfer to which you hereby consent to.

We disclose personal data to law enforcement insofar as it is required by law or is strictly necessary for the prevention, detection or prosecution of criminal acts and fraud. We may need to further disclose personal data to competent authorities to protect and defend our rights or properties or the rights and properties of our business partners.

How we use this data:

Participants in PIXEL giants conferences and/or projects understand and acknowledge that the information they provide during their participation is collected and controlled by PIXEL giants. The information is recorded and used for statistical purposes, for determining optimal promotional strategies and for information on the areas of interest relating to or in connection with PIXEL giants’ ordinary course of business. PIXEL giants uses this data to distribute to its subscribers its newsletters, magazines and email blasts, using the “Mailchimp” platform and/or other similar platforms, based on user preferences on confidentiality clauses and only upon the user’s consent.

How you can access your personal information and your rights:

You have several rights as a data subject, as summarised below:

• Access: You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether your personal information is being processed by us and, if it is, to access your information and details of how we process it, as long as this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
• Rectification: We will rectify any errors in the personal information we hold on request.
• Erasure: You may ask us to erase your personal information from our systems.
• Right to restrict processing: You have the right to restrict our processing on specified grounds.
• Data portability: You have the right in specific circumstances where processing is based on consent, to receive your information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit the information to another controller without hindrance, provided that our processing is carried out by automated means.
• Right to object: In certain circumstances you have the right to object to our processing of your information, including in relation to profiling, direct marketing or scientific or historical research purposes.

How to exercise your rights:

• To exercise any of your data subject rights, please contact info@pixelgiants.com
• Please note that if you delete or restrict your account or required information, this may prevent you from making full use of our services.

Data Security & Retention:

All personal information will be saved securely on the PIXEL giants server and/or cloud provider upon anonymisation and only if and for as long as it is needed. You have the right at any point, to request for your personal data to be extracted and provided to you or to be permanently deleted. For any questions and/or clarifications please contact info@pixelgiants.com

NB:

Website Content:

I. The current, new and future content made available for downloading from the PIXEL giants website, including but not limited to publications, informational material, briefings, announcements, press releases, newsletters, graphics, images, leaflets etc. as new work is copyright-protected and the intellectual property of PIXEL giants. The layout of each page, the appearance of the content and titles also comprise intellectual property of PIXEL giants.

Electronic Access to Databases:

II. License to use content is granted solely for informational research and consultation purposes. License to access the PIXEL giants website electronically and use its content, is granted free of charge.

Revisions to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise this policy or any part of it from time to time. Please review the policy periodically for Changes.

Data and IT Security

PIXEL GIANTS LTD follows industry best practices for security in all areas. This includes formal onboarding and exit procedures for staff, robust logical access controls, strong password policies and right physical and environmental security. Only authorized personnel are permitted to access personal data in the course of their work. Data leak prevention is augmented by careful asset management and encryption of all remote access sessions an corporate mobile devices. The network perimeter is secured by a multi-tiered firewall structure; internal systems are comprehensively covered by anti-virus software; and an intrusion detection system and other vulnerability monitoring tools are also in place.