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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: Jul 30, 2019

Kreatura is committed to user data protection. This page explains how we collect and manage user information, what your data is used for and how you can access, object or ask removal of your data.

The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. Please use our contact form in case you need to reach out to us.

How we use the information we collect

We take data protection very seriously and we are actively working on newly introduced security measures as they become available. Our website and services use SSL encryption in order to protect visitors and users of our products. We treat personal data as confidential and in accordance with data protection laws such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We strive to ensure that the data we receive is:

  • Processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner
  • Collected only for specified and legitimate purposes
  • Limited only and held no longer that is necessary to operate our services
  • Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security
With whom we share your information

We do not share the information we collect with third-party partners. We may disclose data in the following situations:

  • In response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for cooperation from law enforcement or government agencies; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by the law.
  • When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, report or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company.
Revocation of your consent

Certain data processing operations can only be performed by your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. Several tools and options are made available for this purpose in this Privacy Policy below. A request via email or by using our contact form is also sufficient if you have questions, need assistance or would like to perform tasks on your behalf.

Right to access & Data portability

We offer an easy way to access the actual data that we process and store in our databases in a portable format. Please use the form below to download a copy of your information.

Please note: The way we can identify you is only possible with a purchase code. If you do not have a purchase code and/or received our products bundled in another product, for example, a WordPress theme, then we do not have any personally identifiable information about you.


Right to erasure

The right to erasure is also known as ‘the right to be forgotten’. Individuals can request erasure of their personal data on any one of a number of grounds. Please use the contact form on our Contact Us page and we will respond to your request as soon as possible.

Right to file complaints

In case of a data protection breach, anyone affected has the right to file a complaint with data protection regulatory authorities. Please refer to EDPS’s article on how you can contact a Data Protection Officer or communicate your concerns by other means.

Information of your purchases

Our products are being sold on Envato Market by Envato, a separate entity operating the marketplace. In an effort to protect customer data, Envato only provides the most basic information about your purchases for us. These are:

  • Your Envato username
  • The amount you have spent on the purchase
  • The exact product you have purchased
  • The time of purchase
  • The type of license (regular or extended)
  • The support time you receive

Envato hides even these basic information from us unless you try to contact us, use your purchase code or take a similar action where we might need to verify your purchase or contact you back. In case of using Envato’s contact form feature located on Market profile pages, your email address will be revealed to us so we can reply to your message.

Envato may reveal your real name and postal address in the form of invoices, but these are not collected or stored by us.

Data collection in our products

LayerSlider standalone version (jQuery)

The standalone (jQuery) version of LayerSlider does not collect any kind of information, does not contain any analytics or tracking solution.

LayerSlider WordPress plugin

The WordPress version of LayerSlider does not contain any analytics or tracking solutions. However, unlike the standalone version, we collect some limited information in order to validate your purchase and operate our services.

Product activation

Upon activating your license using your purchase code, we will access your basic license information. If you received LayerSlider bundled in another product, for example, in a WordPress theme, this does not apply to you. The exact information we can access:

  • Your Envato username
  • The amount you have spent on the purchase
  • The exact product you have purchased
  • The time of purchase
  • The type of license (regular or extended)
  • The support time you receive
Template Store downloads

After performing product activation, our systems record the templates you may download from the Template Store. This is purely statistical data for the purpose of measuring popular templates and does not include any kind of personal information.

Serving updates

In order to serve and check for updates, from time to time, your WordPress installation establishes a connection to our servers and sends basic information about your website. These are:

  • The WordPress version number
  • The product you have installed (i.e. LayerSlider)
  • The product version you have installed
  • The release channel (i.e. stable or beta)
  • The purchase code that was used for product activation
  • The domain name that your website uses
  • The language/local you are using
  • The API version of our auto-update feature
  • The IP address of the web server

This information is used to validate your license and product activation, serve different versions of updates (e.g. early access beta versions) and to provide localized versions of the update information.

External services

LayerSlider has built-in support for popular services like YouTube, Vimeo, Google Fonts and the Image Editor component from Adobe’s Creative SDK. These services can see your activity when you are using them. Starting with LayerSlider version 6.7.6, we are asking your consent to use these services. A new Privacy tab has also been added to the LayerSlider -> Options page where you can enable/disable these services.

Please note: it is entirely your decision whether you want to embed content from third parties or not. Services like these can only see your or your visitors’ activity in case you are using them. It is independent from LayerSlider and also applies to services that we may not directly support.

Data collection on our website

Some data are collected when you provide it to us, for example, by subscribing to our newsletter. Other data are collected automatically as soon as you enter the website by our IT systems. These are primarily technical data such as the web browser and operating system you are using.

Analytics and advertisement

When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your usage behavior via Google Analytics. Your behavioral data is usually anonymous, or goes through pseudonymization, meaning that we will not be able to identify you from this data. More information can be found on Google’s Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance pages.

These analyses are used to improve our website by understanding the content you are interested in and to measure website traffic and the effectiveness of advertisement campaigns.

You can object to or completely opt-out of this analysis in several ways:

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your computer by the web browser while you are browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information, such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store for example. Some cookies perform essential functions in the modern web. Perhaps most importantly, authentication cookies are the most common method used by web servers to know whether the user is logged in or not, and which account they are logged in with.

This website uses the following cookies:

  • Cookies set by Google Analytics for the reason described in the previous section. To learn more about Google Analytics and the way you can opt-out, please click here.
  • A cookie indicating for Google Analytics that you have opted-out from the service.

In case you object using cookies, you can configure your web browser to reject all cookies on this website. This process varies from browser to browser, but they usually offer a way to block cookies globally or on specified websites only.

Server log files

Due to the nature of server environments, servers usually tend to record some basic information of your visit in log files. These are:

  • Date and time of your visit
  • Operating system and web browser
  • Referrer URL
  • IP address

These log files are accessible for the website operator only. They primarily used to identify potential issues, for example, errors occurring on the page, inaccessible pages or dead URLs. Sometimes they are also used to measure the amount of website traffic.

We use server logs for the purpose of maintaining the stability of our website. We do not use these log files to combine with data from other sources. Log files are automatically deleted after a certain period of time when they are no longer useful for site maintenance.

Newsletter

Our newsletter service operates strictly on an opt-in basis. We do not send you promotional or other kinds of emails unless you consent and willingly provide your email address to us. We do not collect additional information other than the email address you provide. We may link your email address and purchase information when subscribing to our newsletter via our products. On our newsletter page, you can opt-out at any time if you have previously subscribed to emails from us.

External services

Social Media

Some of our demonstration content you can find on this website may include like or share buttons for the popular social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. We have made a conscious effort to not use the native buttons and UI elements they serve in order to protect your privacy. The native buttons and other developer assets they offer could be used to track your activity on websites they are being used. As a viable alternative, we use so-called ‘sharer URLs’, which will not reveal your visit and you can still use sharing features from other websites.

Video platforms

Some of our demonstration content you can find on this website include videos from the popular video sharing sites YouTube and Vimeo. LayerSlider relies on developer tools that YouTube and Vimeo provide. If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube or Vimeo video, a connection to their servers will be established. If you have signed up and logged in to these services, they will be able to recognize your visit and associate it directly with your profile.

For more information about how YouTube and Vimeo handle and protect user data, please visit the following URLs:

Google Fonts

Google Fonts offers hundreds of open-source and free web fonts to customize website appearance with unique typography. We use Google Fonts throughout our website in order to ensure a uniform and pleasing appearance for every visitor. For this purpose, your browser has to connect to Google’s servers and Google may be able to see your visit.

Use of Google Fonts is unauthenticated. No cookies are sent by website visitors to the Google Fonts API. Requests to the Google Fonts API are made to resource-specific domains, such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com, so that your requests for fonts are separate from and do not contain any credentials you send to google.com while using other Google services that are authenticated, such as Gmail.

For more information about how Google handles and protects user data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance as well as Google Font’s FAQ pages.

Google Maps

Some of our pages and demonstration content use Google Maps to show visitors interactive maps. If you visit one of our pages featuring a Google Maps map, a connection to Google’s servers will be established. If you have signed up and logged in to Google services, they will be able to recognize your visit and associate it directly with your profile.

For more information about how Google handles and protects user data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance pages.

Google reCAPTCHA

We are using Google reCAPTCHA to secure our contact forms and other interfaces against bots and spammers. Using Google reCAPTCHA is easy for people, but hard for bots and automated solutions, so they cannot post online forms. If you have signed up and logged in to Google services, they will be able to recognize your visit and associate it directly with your profile.

For more information about how Google handles and protects user data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance pages.

Mailchimp

We are using Mailchimp for our newsletter and other promotional materials sent via email. If you have subscribed to our newsletter, Mailchimp have access to your email address and your name when provided.

For more information about how Mailchimp handles and protects user data, please visit Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy page.

Third-party websites

There are a number of places on our website or through our services where you may click on a link to access other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. Other websites and services may have entirely different practices of collecting and managing user data, thus we recommend to consult the Privacy Policy of any third-party.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. When we apply changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date located at the top of this page. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you and communicate these changes by visual elements on this site, on our social media channels, and by sending out emails whenever we can and it is appropriate.