Privacy Policy

G3 Store Surf Center’s Commitment

The protection of privacy and personal data of everyone who interacts with us in any way (clients, service users, employees, partners, and others) is a fundamental commitment of the G3 Store Surf Center. Personal data is essential for the operation of the G3 Store Surf Center, particularly for:

• offering and marketing its products and services,
• providing, monitoring, and improving the quality of available services,
• managing its human resources,
• complying with legal obligations.

Our commitment is to work daily to ensure the highest levels of privacy and data protection, in full compliance with applicable national and European legislation, standards, and guidelines. With this Commitment Statement, we aim to clearly and explicitly express our dedication to privacy, security, and data protection, ensuring that everyone who handles personal data within their relationship with G3 Store Surf Center subscribes to and acts in accordance with the underlying principles.

Scope

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to the collection and processing of personal data carried out by G3 Store Surf Center. On the G3 Store Surf Center websites, you may find links to other websites that are unrelated to G3 Store Surf Center. These links are provided in good faith, and G3 Store Surf Center cannot be held responsible for the collection and processing of personal data on these websites, nor for the accuracy, credibility, and functionality of third-party websites.

What is personal data?

When we refer to personal data, we mean any information, of any nature and regardless of its medium, including sound and image, relating to an identified or identifiable individual. An individual is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, particularly through reference to an identification number or one or more specific elements of their physical, physiological, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity. G3 Store Surf Center, within the scope of its activity, only collects personal information that is voluntarily provided and uses it solely for its intended purposes.

Principles regarding the collection and processing of personal data and data subject rights

Personal data processing carried out by G3 Store Surf Center follows these fundamental principles:

• Lawfulness principle

  Personal data will only be processed if at least one condition of lawfulness is met, such as (i) the data subject’s consent, or if the processing is necessary for (ii) the performance and management of a contract, (iii) compliance with a legal obligation, or (iv) pursuing a legitimate interest of G3 Store Surf Center or third parties.

• Purpose/good faith principle

  Personal data will be processed exclusively for the purposes that justify its collection and will only be processed for other purposes when legally permitted and after informing the data subject.

• Transparency principle

  Data subjects will be clearly and concisely informed about relevant aspects related to the processing of their personal data, namely the purposes of processing and any data sharing with third parties.

• Proportionality and storage limitation principle

  Only employees and partners whose roles require it will have access to personal data processed by G3 Store Surf Center.

• Confidentiality, integrity, and availability principle

  Personal data will be processed in a way that ensures its security, namely to (i) protect against unauthorized or unlawful access or disclosure, (ii) protect against unauthorized or accidental modification, loss, or destruction, and (iii) ensure that the data is available when necessary and permitted, without undue delay.

• Data protection by design and by default principle

  The products and services of G3 Store Surf Center, its support systems, and internal procedures are developed with privacy and data protection in mind.

Personal data security

G3 Store Surf Center adheres to best practices in information and personal data security and protection, having implemented a rigorous set of policies and standards to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information it processes and is responsible for. These are known and followed by all employees and partners of G3 Store Surf Center. The General Information Security Policy of G3 Store Surf Center establishes a broad range of technical and organizational measures, including:

• Logical security measures

  such as the use of firewalls and intrusion detection systems on our servers, as well as access control policies and operation logging;

• Other measures

  such as data masking, encryption, pseudonymization and anonymization of personal data, along with additional measures to enforce the principle of privacy by design and by default. Whenever G3 Store Surf Center uses subcontractors or third parties, they will be responsible, in accordance with applicable legislation, for the personal data they receive and must ensure that: (i) data sharing complies with legal requirements, (ii) the transmission is secure, and (iii) subcontractors or third parties are contractually bound to uphold confidentiality and data protection obligations and cannot use such data for any other purposes, for their own benefit or third parties, nor link it with other data they may have.

Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website, when visited by the user, places on their computer or mobile device via the web browser. The placement of cookies helps the site recognize the user’s device during future visits. We use the term cookies in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way. The cookies we use do not collect information that identifies the user. They collect general information, such as how users arrive at and use the websites or the region/country they access the site from, etc. Cookies only retain information related to your preferences. At any time, users can, through their browser, choose to be notified about receiving cookies and block their entry into the system. Refusing to use cookies may prevent access to some parts of the site or personalized information.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies are used to help determine the usefulness, interest, and number of times websites are used, allowing for faster and more efficient browsing and eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

What types of cookies do we use?

Our cookies have different purposes:

• Essential cookies:

  Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website. They enable navigation and the use of applications, such as accessing secure areas via login. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided.

• Analytical cookies:

  These cookies are used to analyze how users use the website and to monitor its performance. This allows us to offer a high-quality experience by customizing our offer and quickly identifying and correcting any issues. For example, we use performance cookies to know which pages are most popular, which navigation methods between pages are most effective, or why some pages may be showing error messages. Based on site usage, we may also use these cookies to highlight content or services we believe may interest users. These cookies are only used for statistical creation and analysis, never collecting personal information.

• Functionality cookies:

  We use functionality cookies to remember user preferences. For example, cookies avoid requiring the user to type their name each time they access the site. We also use them to provide advanced services, such as allowing comments on articles. In summary, functionality cookies store user preferences related to site usage so that settings don’t need to be reconfigured each visit.

• Third-party cookies:

  These are used to measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising.

• Advertising cookies:

  These cookies are used to target advertising according to each user’s interests, limiting how many times an ad is shown. They help measure ad effectiveness but do not identify the user.

The cookies used may be:

• Persistent cookies:

  These are stored in the browser on your access devices (PC, mobile, tablet) and are used whenever you visit the site again. They are usually used to direct navigation according to user interests, allowing for a more personalized service.

• Session cookies:

  These are temporary and remain in the browser’s cookies until the user leaves the site. The information collected helps identify issues and provide a better browsing experience.

How can you manage cookies?

All browsers allow users to accept, refuse, or delete cookies, specifically through their settings. You can manage cookies in your browser’s “options” or “preferences” menu. However, please note that disabling cookies may prevent some web services from functioning correctly, partially or completely affecting website navigation.