Privacy policy

• — lawfully, fairly and transparently in relation to the data subject ( legality, fairness and transparency );
• — collect and process Personal Data only for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes and not process it in a way that is incompatible with these purposes ( purpose limitation );
• — ensure that Personal Data is adequate, up-to-date and limited to what is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is processed ( data minimization );
• — ensure that Personal Data is accurate and, if necessary, updated ( accuracy );
• — ensure the storage of Personal Data in a form that allows the identification of data subjects no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which Personal Data is processed ( restriction of storage );
• — process Personal Data in such a way as to ensure adequate security of personal data, including protection from unauthorized or illegal processing and from accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures ( integrity and confidentiality ).

Information required to use the Blitz-Host platform

We request and collect the following personal data about you when you use the Blitz-Host platform. This information is necessary for the proper performance of the contractual relationship between you and us and for us to be able to comply with our legal obligations. Failure to provide any of this data or a decision to delete or object to the processing of any of such data may result in the deactivation of your Blitz-Host account.

• — Account registration data. When you register with Blitz-Host, we require you to provide a minimum of information: your email address and password. In some special cases, we ask you to provide more information - for example, your first and last name, proof of identity, contact details. Such information is required when you apply for a domain name registration and is referred to as WHOIS information.
• — Login information. We collect login and email data from Google.
• — Identity verification. To comply with the rules set by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), Blitz-Host may collect identity verification information (such as a picture of your passport, national ID, valid driver's license or other documents) prior to registering a new domain name. as required or permitted by applicable law).
• — Payment information. In order to order and use features of the Blitz-Host platform (such as web hosting, domain name registration), we may require you to provide certain financial information to facilitate payment processing. We use the services of third parties (payment processors), so we do not collect or store credit card information (we receive information about the status of the payment).
• — Communication, chats, messaging. When you communicate with Blitz-Host (using online chat, contact form or by contacting us in other ways), we collect information about your communication and any information that you choose to provide or disclose. In order to respond to your request, we may access the information provided on your Blitz-Host account, purchase history, etc.
• — Visitors and users of our User's websites or services. We may also collect information relating to visitors and users of our User's websites or services ("User Users") solely for and on behalf of our Users.

You may also provide information to us when you fill out a form, search, update or add information to your Blitz-Host account, answer surveys, post on community forums, participate in promotions, or use other features of the Blitz-Host platform. We do not recommend posting any information that you would not like to see public on the Blitz-Host platform. If you upload any content to your account or publish it on your website and provide it in any other way as part of your use of any service, you do so at your own risk.

Blitz-Host processes the information that you provide to us legally :

• — Your consent expressed when voluntarily submitting and filling in your Personal Data in registration forms, by e-mail, in a request window, etc.;
• — Conclusion and execution of contractual agreements and obligations between Blitz-Host and the User;
• — Realization of the legitimate interests of Blitz-Host as a Data Controller and manager of the Blitz-Host platform;
• — Compliance with a legal obligation to which Blitz-Host is subject, including but not limited to ICANN Rules .

Please exercise caution and comply with at least the following minimum requirements to protect your personal data:

• — please do not include your name, address, telephone number, email address, personal identification number, date of birth, bank account number, card number, other special (confidential) data, etc. in the subject of the request or file name;
• — please do not include your personal identification code, payment card number and other financial and data information, health information, family members or other special (confidential) data in requests, emails or similar messages to us;
• — please ensure that the remaining personal data is only provided to the extent necessary for the purposes for which the letter or request was sent.

You can access and edit, update or delete your contact information at any time by logging into your account on the Blitz-Host platform.

Please note that you can only delete your email while deactivating your Blitz-Host account. To deactivate your account, send a request to gdpr@blitz-host.com and you will be provided with further instructions.

When you use the Blitz-Host Platform or contact us directly through any communication channel, we may collect information, including personal data, about the services you use and how you use them.

This information is necessary for the proper performance of the contract between you and us, so that we can comply with legal obligations and subject to our legitimate interest in being able to provide and improve the functionality of the Blitz-Host platform.

• — Event log data and device information. We automatically collect event log data and device information when you access and use the Blitz-Host Platform, even if you have not created or logged into a Blitz-Host Account. This information includes, but is not limited to, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), operating system, date and time stamp and / or click-through data.
• — Tracking Technologies and Cookies. We use cookies, beacons, tags, scripts, and other similar technologies such as CI (Click Tracking), ISC (Source Tracking) and ITC (Product Tracking Codes). We also automatically collect information about the operating system of the device, phone model, device ID, and customer number.
• — Usage information. We use a tool called "Google Analytics" to collect information about your interactions with the Blitz-Host platform (which pages you visit, such as the pages or content you view, your searches in listings, orders you make and other activities on the Blitz platform -Host. As a result, Google, Inc. sets a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site). For more information, please visit Google .
• — Geographic location data. We collect data-driven information about your approximate location, such as your IP address, to offer you an improved user experience and to comply with applicable legal requirements such as taxes, prices, etc. Such data can only be collected when accessing the Blitz-Host platform through your device.

Blitz-Host processes this information on a legal basis :

• — Your consent;
• — Conclusion and execution of contractual agreements and obligations between Blitz-Host and the User;
• — Realization of the legitimate interests of Blitz-Host as a Data Controller and manager of the Blitz-Host platform.

• — To identify. Personal identification information is collected and processed in order to identify the user, as well as use the services and register a domain name. In addition, this information may be used to provide support to Users, provide them with information about upcoming updates or improvements, provide information on changes to any Terms of Use (including changes to this Policy of Use), as well as other important information.
• — Create and maintain a trusted environment. We verify and verify the authenticity of the information or identification data you provide (such as an identification number, email address or phone numbers). We also use the information collected to detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents and other illegal and malicious activities.
• — To create aggregated statistical data, to conduct marketing research and analysis necessary to run our business, to improve our services, we use aggregated and / or generalized anonymized information that allows us to assess the needs of our customers, sales and others trends of our activities.
• — To stay connected. We use information about data usage, devices, operating systems to diagnose problems with our servers, to administer our platform, decide to stop using SDK / OS versions to determine the characteristics of the majority of users and optimize our applications - and as a result, make your browsing experience and shopping more enjoyable.
• — Set up marketing. In order to provide more personalized offers to our users, we may conduct data analysis based on the information you provide to us, your interactions with the Blitz-Host platform and its users.
• — To send service and billing messages. Blitz-Host may also contact you and provide important information about our services or their use. For example, we may send you a notification (through any of the communication channels available to us) if a certain Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance; respond to your support requests; send you reminders or alerts about upcoming or late payments for your current or upcoming subscription; submit abuse complaints regarding your hosting plan; or to notify you of material changes to our Services. This type of communication is necessary, therefore, there is no opportunity to refuse to receive such messages about services and payments, only if you are no longer a Blitz-Host User (which can be done by deactivating your Account).
• — Register a domain. In certain jurisdictions, or as required by ICANN or certain registries, domain name registration information must be publicly available through a "WHOIS" search. The WHOIS database is a publicly available database that lists domain name registration information for a specific domain name, the name server (s) to which the domain name is directed, and the creation date and expiration date of the domain name. The domain name registration information you provide is stored by Blitz-Host and made available to the public through a WHOIS search. Blitz-Host may transfer your domain name registration information to a third party escrow provider as required by ICANN. From time to time, users may receive queries that are the result of searches in the public WHOIS database by other companies or individuals. Any such requests or emails do not come from Blitz-Host and Blitz-Host is not responsible for the use of WHOIS information by third parties. Blitz-Host operates only on the basis of ICANN rules and requirements. For more information see: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en#whois
• — To contact you. In order to notify you about your Account, solve problems with your Account, resolve a dispute, collect tax or amounts due, get your opinion through surveys and questionnaires, send news of our company and in other cases when it is necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreements we may have with you. For this purpose, we may contact you by email, telephone, text messages and the portal.
• — Provide, manage and improve the Services.
• — To improve data security and prevent fraud.
• — Comply with applicable laws and regulations.

• — If the User wishes to change their direct marketing preferences, they can take advantage of this opportunity at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the received email.
• — You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time. You can do this by clicking on the dedicated link at the bottom of our newsletter email.
• — You can opt out of receiving information from us at any time by sending an email to gdpr@blitz-host.com .

• — Social network operators (such as Facebook, Google, etc.);
• — Third party service providers and our partners;
• — Other legal sources.

• — profile with de-personalized information (we will change your email address to user@deleted.com, erase your first name, last name and contact information), such as purchased services, login information, payment information, etc.

• — as long as it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as detecting and preventing fraud and improving security. If Blitz-Host suspends your Blitz-Host Account for security reasons, we may save certain information from this Blitz-Host Account in order to prevent the User from opening a new Blitz-Host Account in the future;
• — to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, Blitz-Host may store some of your data for tax, legal reporting and audit obligations;
• — forum posts or other publicly available information may remain publicly available on the Blitz-Host platform even after your Blitz-Host account has been deactivated. However, attribution of such information to you will be removed. In addition, some copies of your information (for example, log entries) may remain in our database, but are not associated with personal identifiers;
• — to resolve disputes;
• — to enforce our agreements and / or protect our legitimate interests;
• — since we protect the Blitz-Host platform from accidental or malicious loss and destruction, the remaining copies of your personal information cannot be deleted from our backup systems for a limited period of time;
• — domain name registration data - at the time of writing this Policy, in order to register a domain, we need to provide personal information about the domain owner; this information is displayed in the WHOIS directory and is publicly available. For more information please visit https://www.icann.org/registrants

We will share your Personal Data with companies, organizations or individuals outside of our group of companies when we have your consent to do so.

• — Users' personal information may be processed and stored by Blitz-Host and our authorized branches and service providers in the UK, the Netherlands, Lithuania or Cyprus, as well as in other jurisdictions, if necessary for the proper provision of our Services and / or depending on the requirements of the law ( will be described in detail below).
• — Applicant information will be processed and stored in Germany and, where appropriate, in secure cloud storage provided by Third Parties.
• — Blitz-Host affiliates and service providers (such as third party data centers, servers, website designs, administration services, internet traffic and website analysis, statistics, direct marketing services, email programs, instant messengers, etc.) that store or process your personal data and the personal data of your users on behalf of Blitz-Host are contractually obligated to ensure their protection and protection in accordance with industry standards and regardless of any lesser legal requirements that may apply in their jurisdiction (see . below).
• — Domain name registration data and credentials are shared with third parties in accordance with ICANN's policies. For more information see: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en#whois.

For the purposes indicated and to the extent appropriate, we have considered that the said agreements were concluded on your behalf and in accordance with your instructions, as the case may be, in accordance with Article 46 GDPR.

• — the right to access the information we process about you;
• — the right to correct incorrect / inaccurate information about you;
• — the right to transfer all or part of the collected information about you to you or to another data controller, if technically feasible (right to data portability; subject to the restrictions specified in the EU General Data Protection Regulation);
• — the right to delete any data concerning you. Users can request the deletion of data without undue delay for legitimate reasons, for example, if the data is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected, or when the data has been unlawfully processed;
• — the right to restrict data processing. Users for legitimate purposes can obtain restriction of data processing from the controller;
• — the right to object to the processing of Personal Data when the processing is carried out on the basis of legitimate interests, as well as in cases where your personal data is used for direct marketing purposes, as described above in this Policy.