Privacy policy

In this Privacy Policy, we provide mandatory information about the processing of personal data, in accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 (EU) (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation), which is carried out when you use our website.

The data controller, which determines the purposes and means of processing your personal data, is SIA “Kainaiži” (Registration No. 40103520283 , legal address: Smiltene municipality, Brantu parish, “Kainaiži”, LV-4708, actual address: Smiltene municipality, Brantu parish, “Kainaiži”, LV-4708, Tel.: +371 28336850 e-mail: birzi@birzi.lv)

It is important to carefully read our privacy policy, as its terms apply every time you purchase goods from our online store, visit our website, or otherwise use it. 

This Privacy Policy also describes your rights as a data subject, the provision of data to recipients, and other personal data processing rules that apply to all personal data processed by the company for the purposes mentioned above.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small file consisting of letters and numbers that is stored in your browser or on your computer's hard drive. Different cookies are used for different purposes. Cookies also help distinguish you from other users of a website, thus providing a more pleasant experience and allowing us to improve the website.

Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, but some browsers allow you to reject only third-party cookies. You can use these options. However, please note that blocking all cookies will have an adverse effect on your use of the website, and without cookies you will not be able to use all the services provided on the website.

The following cookies are used on our website:

  • Performance (session) cookies. These are designed to improve the performance of the website and collect general (anonymous) information about the use of the website;
  • analytical (tracking cookies from Google Analytics). These cookies allow us to identify and count visitors to the website, as well as to observe how visitors move around the website when using it. This helps to improve the functioning of the website, for example, ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for. The processing of data collected by these cookies is based on consent;
  • Functional cookies. These cookies are used to identify website visitors when they return to the website. They enable us to offer content tailored to the needs of website visitors and to keep customers up-to-date. The processing of data collected by these cookies is based on customer consent;

How to manage and delete cookies

Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. By knowing how and why they are used, you can decide whether to allow or disable cookies in your browser. Most browsers allow you to manage your cookies through their settings options. If you do not want to accept cookies, you can choose to set your browser to not accept all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being set. To learn more about managing cookies, visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

We would like to warn you that if you refuse cookies, you may lose access to some features. If you do not want to receive cookies, you can set your browser to reject all cookies or to send a warning when a cookie is created.

Electronic commerce

For e-commerce purposes, we will process your data that we receive when you make a purchase, including information about the goods you purchased and payment-related data. If you do not provide your personal data at the time of registration, we will not be able to identify you and sell you the goods.

In addition to the information you provide, we process information about the goods purchased on our website. Information about the use of our website is collected using cookies and is described in this policy. After you have paid for goods purchased on our website, we also receive personal data related to the payment, including your account number and payment amount. 

Transfer of personal data to data recipients

Your personal data may be transferred:

  • IT, server, mail, archiving, marketing, accounting, postal and courier service providers;
  • notaries, bailiffs, lawyers, consultants, auditors, debt collection companies;
  • law enforcement and supervisory authorities, courts, other dispute resolution institutions;
  • to potential or actual successors of our company or any part thereof or their authorized advisors or persons.

What are the personal data protection principles that we adhere to?

When collecting and using your personal data, whether provided by you or received from other sources, we adhere to the following principles:

  • your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly and transparently (principle of legality, fairness and transparency);
  • your personal data are collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and will not be further processed in a way that is incompatible with those purposes (purpose limitation principle);
  • your personal data are adequate, relevant and only necessary to achieve the purposes for which they are processed (data minimization principle);
  • the processed personal data are accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date (principle of accuracy);
  • your personal data are stored in a form that allows the identity of data subjects to be identified for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed (principle of storage limitation);
  • your personal data is processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of personal data through appropriate technical or organizational measures, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful data processing, as well as against accidental loss, destruction or damage (principle of integrity and confidentiality).

Exercise of data subjects' rights

We inform you that you have the following rights as a data subject: the right to access your data and to know how it is processed; the right to request that incomplete personal data be corrected or, depending on the purposes of personal data processing, completed; the right to request that your data be destroyed or that the processing of your data be suspended (except for storage); the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted; the right to data portability; the right to lodge a complaint with the State Data Inspectorate; the right to withdraw your consent and object to the processing of personal data.

In order to be able to exercise your data subject rights, it is necessary to determine your identity. If your identity is not determined, it will not be possible to verify whether we are actually being contacted by the person whose personal data is being processed, and therefore it will not be possible to exercise your rights.

We may refuse to consider your request to exercise your rights or require a fee for it if the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, as well as in other cases provided for by law.

If you wish to exercise your data subject rights or have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the following contact information: birzi@birzi.lv or submit/send to the company address indicated at the beginning of this policy.