Terms and conditions, Privacy policy

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF ISTRIASELECT.COM

IN GENERAL

istriaselect.com and adriaselect.com are a travel agency (hereinafter: ISTRIASELECT) owned by a commercial company Exacto Nova d.o.o.(Ltd.) Zagreb specialised for agency activities in renting of private villas with swimming-pools. ISTRIASELECT concludes agency contracts for providing of accommodation services directly with real estate owners in order to provide its guests a service at the highest possible level. All advertised villas are under a contract with ISTRIASELECT and they all have licenses issued by the competent state authorities. The business philosophy of the company is to secure that the guests have a totally relaxed and pleasant stay. All villas are checked personally by the ISTRIASELECT employees.

They make photos of villas, and accurate information is provided to the guests related to the villa location.

INTRODUCTION

The rental contract which you enter into with ISTRIASELECT as an agent, you as a lessee (hereinafter: guest) actually conclude with the villa-vacation house owner (hereinafter: Villa) as a lessor (hereinafter: Owner). ISTRIASELECT acts exclusively as an agent and it shall be liable only as an agent.

By paying an advance for the reservation of the selected villa in the demanded period you unconditionally accept these General conditions. ISTRIASELECT retains the right of change of these General conditions which shall be published on the web page of ISTRIASELECT www.istriaselect.com and which come into force on the day of publishing. All the annexes to the rental contract shall be valid only if made in a written form.

After ISTRIASELECT receives the payment of the reservation advance, it shall send a written villa reservation confirmation to the guest (hereinafter: confirmation), which shall contain a precise villa location and all necessary contact information. A written reservation confirmation with these General Conditions makes a Rental contract between the guest as a lessee and owner as a lessor.

The guest must be at least 21 years old on the villa reservation day.

1. RENT BEGINNING

The time of arrival and departure which is mentioned in the confirmation is unchangeable and the guest has to obey it. The confirmation contains information about the time at which the villa is prepared for arrival. In case of an earlier arrival the guest shall not be able to take over the villa before the time of arrival mentioned in the confirmation. The keys shall be in the villa. The keys shall be handed over only in case that the full rental fee is paid. The check-out from the villa must always be no later than 10.00 a.m. on the departure day, and the guest is obliged to return the keys to the owner. In case of a later departure than the agreed one, the guest is obliged to pay to the owner all additional costs, which incurred to the owner, and the owner charges them directly on the spot to the guest.

2. VILLA

2.1. Number of guests

At any time the number of persons accommodated in the villa and its belonging premises cannot be higher than the one mentioned in the confirmation. This number of persons includes also children regardless of their age. The children up  to one year of age are excluded if their arrival is announced. At wish of the guest the number of persons can be increased until the maximum capacity no later than 3 (three) days before arrival. The requested change of the guest number must be submitted in writing by an email directly to ISTRIASELECT.

After the lease beginning the guest is obliged to announce previously all visitors which come to visit him/her. The total number of persons which are in the villa or at the property around the villa including the guests and visitors cannot be higher than the maximum number of guests permitted without a special permission of the owner.

If more persons than the maximum permitted number stays in the villa or on the possession around the villa without the permission of the owner, the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT retain the right to terminate the lease agreement which comes into force immediately, without the notice period, and the guest is obliged to leave the villa permanently together with all persons which stay there within 2 (two) hours, and he is not entitled to demand the return of the sum of the paid accommodation from the owner or ISTRIASELECT.

2.2. Youth groups

In case that the guests are younger than 25 years, they are obliged to inform ISTRIASELECT immediately at the reservation about the exact number of guests and their age. In this case a payment of an additional deposit might be necessary for the insurance against the property damage or a conclusion of an additional insurance policy for the property damage liability from the Clause 6 of these conditions in order to keep the reservation. ISTRIASELECT and the owner retain the right to reject the groups of guests younger than 25 years in case that ISTRIASELECT has not been informed about their arrival, and in that case the guests are not entitled to a return of the paid accommodation price.

2.3. Tents and camp trailers

It is forbidden to build tents or bring camp trailers or similar. The owner or ISTRIASELECT are authorised to demand that the above mentioned is removed without delay. If the guest does not fulfil the mentioned requests without delay, the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT are authorised to terminate the rental agreement which comes into force immediately, without a notice period, and the guest is obliged to leave the villa permanently together with all the persons which stay there within 2 (two) hours, and he is not entitled to demand a return of the paid accommodation price from the owner or ISTRIASELECT.

2.4. House pets and allergies

The permission to keep pets shall be marked on the web page of ISTRIASELECT near each villa which allows pets under the conditions foreseen for each villa separately, which shall be mentioned on the web page. Each additional costs compensation for the cleaning regarding the pets shall be clearly mentioned on the web page near the villa. During the reservation process the guest has to select the number of pets, and an additional cleaning costs charge (if it is foreseen) related to pets is automatically added to the total rental fee amount. It is not permitted to keep a larger number of pets than the number which is registered and mentioned on the confirmation. In case that the guest wishes to bring more than 2 (two) pets, he/she must additionally contact ISTRIASELECT, and without a written permission it shall not be permitted to keep more than 2 (two) pets in a villa. The pet owners are responsible for cleaning of pet waste after their pet, and the pets are not allowed to sit on the furniture at any moment. Each evidence on the stay of a pet on the furniture may cause additional cleaning costs. All pets must be timely vaccinated against rabidity and all other illnesses in accordance with the valid regulations. The guests are recommended an appropriate prevention for the protection of pets against common illnesses. Keeping of pets in a villa is an exclusive responsibility of the guest, and owners and ISTRIASELECT do not take over any responsibility for a possible illness or injury which the pets might suffer during the stay. The approach to the swimming pools is strictly forbidden to the pets.

In some villas keeping of pets is not permitted. However, neither the owner nor ISTRIASELECT can guarantee that there were no pets in the house previously, or that the owner has no pets. ISTRIASELECT does not take over a responsibility for the allergic reactions of guests which might occur in any of the houses.

If the guest brings a pet which was not announced, the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT retain the right to terminate the rental contract which comes into force immediately, without the notice period, and the guest is obliged to leave the villa permanently within 2 (two) hours with all the persons who stay there, and he is not entitled to demand from the owner or ISTRIASELECT the return of the paid accommodation price.

2.5. Newly built villas

At the reservation of the newly built villas the gust must be aware that it might happen that there was not enough time for the grass, plants, flowers or other horticulture to grow in the garden.

2.6. Noise

There is a possibility that in the villa area the guests suddenly hear noise which comes from a construction site, traffic or similar. Neither the owner, nor ISTRIASELECT can be considered responsible for the mentioned noise.

In case that the guests disturb public order by noise and banter and do not calm down after the warning, that can be considered a severe breach of the rental contract provisions, in which case the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT are authorised to terminate the rental contract which comes into force immediately, without the notice period, and the guest is obliged to leave the villa permanently together with all the persons who stay there within 2 (two) hours, and he is not entitled to demand the return of the paid accommodation price form the owner or ISTRIASELECT.

2.7. Swimming pools

The guest is obliged to obey the instructions of any kind which refer to the usage of swimming pools and which are given by the owner or ISTRIASELECT due to his/her own safety. The guest is responsible for using a swimming pool in any sense. The children must not be present at the swimming pool area without the supervision of adults. The guest uses the swimming-pool at his/ her own responsibility. If the accommodation is reserved out of the summer season it might happen that the swimming-pool is out of use.

You should take into consideration that the usage of whirlpools is related to certain health risks, and you use it at your own responsibility. The water in the whirlpools might not be warm until the late evening hours on the day of the guest`s arrival. It is forbidden to stand on the whirlpool lids.

The lids are used for isolation, they are not designed and adjusted to bear weight of a person and can be easily broken. In case that the lid is broken, the guest is obliged to compensate damage directly to the owner.

2.8. House order

Each villa has its house order which is put on a visible place and available to the guest. Guests are obliged to obey the house order rules. If the guests do not obey the house order rules, that can be considered a severe breach of the rental contract provisions, in which case the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT are entitled to terminate the rental contract, which comes into force immediately, without the notice period, and the guest is obliged to leave the villa permanently with all the persons who stay there within 2 (two) hours, and he is not entitled to demand the return of the paid accommodation price from the owner or ISTRIASELECT.

3. PRICES AND PAYMENT

Unless otherwise mentioned, all the prices are stated in Euro per villa per week. The payment by credit cards is made in EURO. If you have a different currency on your credit card a conversion to Euros will be made by your credit card company.

The reservation is binding, and an advance payment in the amount of 30% of the agreed accommodation price is required at the reservation, after which the reservation is confirmed, the contract with the owner is concluded and these General conditions which make a constituent part of the villa rental contract are accepted. After the completion of the reservation process and payment ISTRIASELECT shall send a written reservation confirmation by email, which contains all the necessary information about the accommodation and along with these General conditions it represents a Rental contract concluded with the owner with the mediation of the agency ISTRIASELECT. The rental contract is considered concluded at the moment when ISTRIASELECT receives the paid advance amount. In case that the payment is not made within 7 (seven) days from the reservation day, the Rental contract is deemed terminated, and ISTRIASELECT is authorised to conclude a new Rental contract with another guest, without a special notice to the guest. The costs of water, gas, electric power and internet as well as bed-linen, towels, kitchen towels, final cleaning of the interior, maintenance of the swimming-pool and exterior, registration of stay and residential tax and the value added tax are included in the accommodation rental price. The permitted payment methods for the advance payment are: credit cards (Master Card, Visa, Maestro and Discover cards), pay pal and bank transfer. The amount that will be charged on your foreign credit card is in Euros (EUR). If you have a different currency on your credit card conversion to Euros will be made by your credit card company. As a result of this conversion it is possible to have small deviations between the price shown on our web site and the one charged on your credit card. For the payments over the bank transfer and pay pal the charge is also made in EUR and there is no possibility of exchange rate differences. ISTRIASELECT cannot be responsiblefor the exchange rate differences or fees of other bank institutions.

For the rest payment (70% of the agreed accommodation price) all payment methods like for the advance payment are permitted. The payment by credit cards, pay pal and bank transfer has to be made no later than 30 days before the arrival to the villa so that ISTRIASELECT has enough time for forwarding the payment to the owner.

In case of reservation cancelation all the payments which are made to ISTRIASELECT cannot be returned because ISTRIASELECT forwards the payments to the owners according to an agreement with owners. We recommend to contract an insurance policy for the case of a reservation cancellation from the clause 6 of these conditions which is offered in cooperation with the Allianz osiguranje d.d. in the villa reservation process or to contract an own travel insurance which covers the travel cancellation risk.

3.1. Reservations which were made 30 days and more before the beginning of the rental

period

For the reservations which were made 30 days or more before the beginning of the rental period,

the following conditions shall apply:

1. a) advance payment of 30 % of the total agreed accommodation price is due for payment IMMEDIATELY if the payment method over a credit card or pay pal is selected. If the payment over bank transfers is selected, the paid advance payment has to be received by ISTRIASELECT within 7 (seven) days;
2. b) the rest of 70 % of the total agreed accommodation price is due for payment no later than 30 (thirty) days before the beginning of the rental period if the payment is made by credit cards, bank transfer or pay pal. If the payment in cash is selected (in the villas in which that possibility is permitted which is mentioned on the web page of ISTRIASELECT) the rest of 70% is due for payment immediately after the guest`s arrival, and the guest is obliged to pay the rest immediately directly to the owner. There is no possibility to pay electronically (cards/pay pal) in the villa.

3.2. Reservations which were made 30 days and less before the beginning of the rental period

1. a) The total rental amount is due IMMEDIATELY for payment by credit cards, bank transfers and pay pal. It is not possible to select a bank transfer as a payment method if the arrival date is less than 15 days at the moment of making a reservation.
2. b) In case that the guest selects the payment of a part of the agreed accommodation price in cash (in villas in which that possibility is permitted, which is marked on the web page ISTRIASELECT) the advance payment in the amount of 30% from the total agreed accommodation price is due IMMEDIATELY for payment, and the rest of 70% is due for payment immediately after the guest`s arrival, and the guest is obliged to pay immediately the rest directly to the owner. There is no possibility to pay electronically (cards/pay pal) in the villa.

3.3. Non-observance of the payment due dates

The guest is obliged to make payments within the period and in a way described in this clause of the General Conditions. If the guest does not obey the payment due dates, such behaviour is considered a severe breach of contract obligations and the Rental Contract is considered terminated without the notice period, and ISTRIASELECT is not obliged to inform the guest about it. ISTRIASELECT shall, although it is not obliged, but in accordance with its business policy of a special appreciation of its guests, send the guest a notice as a reminder of the payment obligation with an appropriate fulfilment period before the contract termination if possible. At the occasion of the contract termination no payments made to ISTRIASELECT shall be returned.

4. CANCELLATION AND CHANGES

4.1. A concluded rental contract can be cancelled only in writing (by email). The cancellation is effective only from the day when ISTRIASELECT received such a cancellation notice and only under the conditions from this Clause.

4.2. In case of cancellation of the Rental contract all the received payments until the cancellation date shall be retained, and the guest is not entitled to their return. ISTRIASELECT recommends the guests to contract the insurance policy for the reservation cancellation from the Clause 6 of these conditions, which is offered in cooperation with the Allianz osiguranje d.d. (Allianz Insurance Plc) in the process of villa reservation or to contract an own travel insurance which covers the risk of travel cancellation.

4.3. In case that the guest can find another guest as his substitute in the same period, for the same price and under the same conditions, ISTRIASELECT shall transfer immediately after a written receipt of all necessary data about the new guest the Rental contract to a new guest, and it shall send him/her a written confirmation about it. The already received accommodation price sums shall be retained by ISTRIASELECT after the transferred contract, and the new guest is obliged to pay the rest up to the total accommodation price depending on the previously selected payment method which makes an integral part of the contract.

4.4. An additional change of the villa is not possible, and all the received payments are retained because ISTRIASELECT as an agent has a concluded Agency Contract for the provision of accommodation services with the villa owners who are various physical persons or legal entities, and an invoice is issued at the reservation, the tax is paid and the money is paid to the owner.

4.5 In case that the object is not available for the rent due to the Act of God such as earthquake, flood, fire etc. ISTRIASELECT and the owner are not liable for the cancelled reservations. If it is possible the guest shall be offered an alternative accommodation or return of the money paid until then.

5. DEPOSIT IN CASE OF DAMAGE

The guest is obliged, if he/she has no insurance policy for the property damage liability from the clause 6 of these Conditions, to leave a deposit in cash on the arrival to the villa for the insurance of the possible caused damages. The deposit sum which the guest is obliged to give to the owner at the arrival shall be stated in a written reservation confirmation. The deposit serves as a security to the owner for caused damages in the villa, and the owner is entitled to cover the damage from the deposit. In case that the caused damage is higher than the deposited sum, the guest is obliged to pay the total damage amount to the owner. If no damage is caused to the villa, the owner is obliged to return the deposited sum to the guest at the takeover of keys at the guest`s departure.

6. DAMAGE

The guest is obliged to behave responsibly towards the rented villa with an appropriate observance. The guest is obliged to return the villa in the condition in which he/she received it. For any caused damage the guest is liable directly to the owner. If the guest has no insurance from the Clause 6.1. of these Conditions, the owner is entitled to use a deposit to cover the sum of the actual damage in accordance with the Clause 5 of these Conditions. If the deposit sum does not cover the damage the guest is obliged to pay the difference up to the total damage amount directly to the owner.

An intentional property damage or disturbance of public order is considered a severe breach of provisions of the Rental contract, in which case the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT are authorized to terminate the Rental contract which comes into force immediately, without the notice period, and the guest is obliged to permanently leave the villa within 2(two) hours together with all the persons which stay there, and he/she is not entitled to demand a return of the paid accommodation price from the owner or ISTRIASELECT.

The guest is obliged to report to the owner immediately the occurrence of any kind of damage on the villa or property around the villa during the rental period. At the guest`s departure and before the return of keys, the guest is obliged to examine the villa and the property around the villa with the owner.

In case no damage is caused, the owner is obliged to return the deposit from the Clause 5 of these Conditions, if he/she received it, to the guest, and in case of the caused damage, if the guest has the insurance from the Clause 6.1, he/she is obliged to act in accordance with the insurance conditions.

7. Liability

It can be considered that a damage is also a need for an additional cleaning due to the especially bad condition in which the guest returned the villa to the owner, and the owner is entitled to use a deposit to cover that damage or demand an immediate payment if the guest has a property damage insurance from the Clause 6.1. of these Conditions.

ISTRIASELECT has no liability for the possibly caused damages to the owner or to the guest if he/ she does not want to return the deposit. All possible disputes the owner and the guest shall settle among themselves without ISTRIASELECT.

8. ADDITIONAL SERVICES

8.1. Telephone

The use of telephone is not included in the accommodation price, but it can be agreed directly with an owner if there is a possibility. The calculation method for the use of phone is a subject of the agreement between the guest and the owner. If a use of phone is agreed as an additional service the owner is entitled to demand from the guest to leave a higher deposit from the Clause 5 of these Conditions than the deposit mentioned in the Confirmation.

8.2. Other additional services

If the guest has special requests which are not included in the accommodation price (such as cooks, waiters, special food etc.) they shall be fulfilled, if there is a possibility, by the owner or a third party. Additional services must be announced in advance by email in order to be fulfilled, if there is a possibility, in the top quality. ISTRIASELECT neither provides additional services nor charges them, but only gives a support in their arrangement, and ISTRIASELECT cannot be considered liable for the quality of services provided by third parties.

9. DAMAGES, COMPLAINTS AND REPAIR

If the guest at takeover of the villa notices an insufficient cleaning, damage or other irregularities in the villa, or has complaints of other type, he/she shall file a complaint without delay and no later than within 24 hours. The complaints regarding cleaning are filed immediately. The complaint is filed directly to the owner or his/her authorised representative. If the complaint is not settled in a satisfactory way for the guest, the guest shall contact directly ISTRIASELECT by phone or email in order to settle the complaint in a satisfactory way.

Written complaints are delivered to the email address: office@istriaselect.com.

It is an obligation of the guest to try to avoid the damage occurrence or its expansion and to contribute the effort to minimise any loss for the owner. In case of filing of any complaints the guest is obliged to give an appropriate term to the owner to settle the complaint.

ISTRIASELECT has examined the object condition at the contract conclusion with the owner, and it is not liable for possible additional deviations from the provided information mentioned on the web page. The guest`s departure from the villa before the end of the foreseen rent and without the previous notice and agreement with ISTRIASELECT shall be at risk and costs of the guest, and ISTRIASELECT has no liability. If the guest does not leave an appropriate term to the object owner for the removal of irregularities related to the damage repair or move to another villa he/she loses right to them, and in that case he/she cannot terminate the concluded Rental Contract.

The owner is exclusively liable to the guest for a possible direct property damage. Neither ISTRIASELECT nor the owner can be considered liable for any form of a non-material damage in the form of a breach of personality right.

10. VILLA TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

Villas contain all necessary devices, technical equipment and other conveniences which secure a pleasant stay to the guest. The owner is obliged to secure the proper function of all devices in the villa. In case of a non-function or failure of any of the devices the guest shall inform the owner and/or ISTRIASELECT about the occurred situation so that ISTRIASELECT could demand from the owner to organise the repair and remove the failure as soon as possible. The owner is obliged to remove the reported failure within a reasonable period. The owner is liable directly to the tenant for the failures, and ISTRIASELECT shall undertake everything possible to repair or remove the failures or other irregularities in the shortest possible period.

11. ISTRIASELECT AS AN AGENT

ISTRIASELECT is a tourist agency which provides agency services in the villa rent on the basis of an agency contract on provision of accommodation services concluded with the villa owners, and it is not their owner. The owner is obliged in the contract with ISTRIASELECT to give true and complete information about the villa, and therefore he/she takes over a full responsibility towards the guest. If in opposition to the expectations of ISTRIASELECT the accommodation reservation cannot be completed due to the reasons which are out of control of ISTRIASELECT, such as due to the sale on the basis of the court order or due to severe contract breach by the owner or something similar, ISTRIASELECT is authorised to cancel the reservation, and the agreed amount which was already paid by the guest, shall be returned to him/her without delay. As an alternative and on the basis of the selection of the guest, ISTRIASELECT can offer another, similar villa for the same price to the guest.

12. ACT OF GOD – Force majeure

In case that the concluded Rental contract cannot be fulfilled or its fulfilment becomes significantly difficult due to an act of god (e.g. war, natural disaster, environmental disaster, epidemics, closing of borders, strike and similar act of god) which could not be foreseen at the time of the rental contract conclusion, ISTRIASELECT and the owner may terminate the Rental Contract as neither ISTRIASELECT, nor the owner can be deemed liable in the above mentioned cases.

13. FINAL PROVISIONS AND JURISDICTION

13.1. ISTRIASELECT is not liable for photographic errors and print-out errors of a written confirmation.

13.2. ISTRIASELECT transmits all the villa information on the web page and aims at providing as accurate and up-to-date information as possible, which it collects from the villa owners. The owner is exclusively liable for giving accurate and complete information about the villa, and Istriaselect cannot be considered liable in case of inaccurate, incomplete or false information.

13.3. Each business use of information published on the web page www.istriaselect.com, including any partial or complete reproduction represents a breach of the copyright and it is legally forbidden.

13.4. In case of breach of provisions of this Rental contract the owner (after the consultation with ISTRIASELECT) and/or ISTRIASELECT are obliged to terminate the Rental contract which comes into force immediately, without the notice period, and the guest is obliged to leave the villa permanently within 2 (two) hours together with all the persons who stay there, and he/she is not entitled to demand a return of the paid accommodation price from the owner or ISTRIASELECT.

13.5. These General business conditions are made in Croatian language, and are translated into English and German language by an authorised court interpreter. In case of a doubt regarding the interpretation of particular terms in the translated version of these General conditions the original version in Croatian language shall be binding.

13.6. The contracting parties shall try to settle all possible disputes in an agreement. In case of any dispute the parties agree the jurisdiction of the competent Court in Zagreb and the application of the Croatian law.

14 PRIVACY POLICY AND PROTECTION

Istriaselect.com as a registered tourist agency and a trademark of Exacto nova d.o.o. consider the protection of your privacy and safety very important. My Istria is committed to protect all personal data of their customers. We collect only the necessary, basic information about customers/ users that are necessary to fulfil our obligations. We inform our customers about the way we collect data and regularly give customers a choice about the use of their data, including the decision whether or not they want to remove their name from lists used for marketing campaigns. All user information are strictly confidential and available only where such information are necessary for your villa reservation. All Istriaselect property managers and Villa owners are responsible for compliance with privacy principles.

data processing

When you visit this website, make a booking, subscribe for the newsletter, ask us a question or participate in a contest or survey on this website, we may ask you to submit, among other things, your name, email address, phone number and payment details. Istriaselect will use these data for the following purposes:

• to provide our services;
• to process your booking;
• to provide you with information about our properties and services related to your stay;
• to answer any questions you may have.

If you registered for our newsletter, ISTRIASELECT will use your email for the following additional purposes:

• to send you newsletters

Finally, we record information for composing user statistics and for securing the website.

All data, including but not limited to, your personal data and booking data will be processed by our data controller. For the purpose of analyzing the purchase history for marketing purposes, your data can be stored on third parties servers. Those third parties store and process your data under instructions of ISTRIASELECT. This analysis will only be used by ISTRIASELECT. Unless provided otherwise herein, your personal data will not be made available to third parties.

your rights

You have the right to inspect the data recorded by ISTRIASELECT concerning you at any time. If (part of) these data are incorrect, you may request ISTRIASELECT to adjust, supplement, remove or screen those data. Please send your request to: office@istriaselect.com or by regular mail: Istriaselect / Exacto Nova d.o.o. Croatia. If you do not wish to receive any marketing information from Istriaselect not crucial for your booking please send an e-mail to: office@istriaselect.com

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Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) Google Analytics uses cookies to facilitate the analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. With the activation of the IP address anonymization on our website (see below). The full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyze your use of our website, to generate reports about the website activates and to provide further services , such as Google Adwords and Google DoubleClick to use in connection with the use of the website and the internet. Google will not link your IP address with any other data held by Google.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google, which will act as ‘data processor’ on our behalf. We have supplemented the code on our website with the functionality to ensure that IP addresses are collected on an anonymous basis.  You can object to the tracking with Google Analytics as described above, by clicking the button “Disable Google tracking” at the bottom of this page. A cookie will be set which will disable the future collection of data when you visit the website (so called opt-out cookie). You can also prevent the storage of cookies by respective settings in your browser software as described above; please note that you may then not be able to use all functions of our website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the Google tracking described above by downloading and installing the browser extension (plugin) available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=es
Further information concerning data protection at Google Analytics is available at Google’s data protection notice under “Google Analytics Cookies”: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=es

securing personal data

ISTRIASELECT ensures an appropriate degree and method of securing personal data. Therefore, ISTRIASELECT aims at having data transmitted safely between your computer and our server. ISTRIASELECT has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against loss or any form of illegal processing.

ISTRIASELECT and other websites
This website may contain links to other websites. ISTRIASELECT cannot be held responsible or liable for any processing of your data by these parties. For further information we advise you to read the privacy policy (if applicable) on the website concerned.

adjustments
This privacy statement may be changed as a result of any adjustments and/or changes to the website. It is therefore advisable to consult this privacy statement on a regular basis.

contact
If you have any questions on the ISTRIASELECT privacy policy, please contact ISTRIASELECT at office@istriaselect.com

This privacy policy is for this website istriaselect.com and served by EXACTO NOVA LTD. governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

The Website

This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.

Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [ https://www.google.com/privacy.html ].

Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

Contact & Communication

Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.

This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

Email Newsletter

This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.

Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this website’s email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the business address at the bottom of this policy.

Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.

In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.

External Links

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites, similar to; Folded Book Art or Cottages in Pembrokeshire.)

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Adverts and Sponsored Links

This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.

Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Shortened Links in Social Media

This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: https://bit.ly/zyVUBo).

Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.

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