Data Protection Declaration and Privacy

vitanorthamerica.com

VITA North America, Inc. is aware that the protection of your privacy is an important concern for you when using websites. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. For this reason, we would like to let you know at which point in time we store data and how we use them. Therefore, by means of this data protection declaration we would like to inform you about our data protection measures. This declaration applies to vitanorthamerica.com, this sites operated by VITA North America, Inc.

Gathering data
When accessing our website, data for saving purposes, such as the name of your ISP, the website from which you are accessing our website, the websites you are visiting with us, the IP address assigned to you at the time of use and, of course, the date and time of your visit will be stored on our servers. These data might allow your identification. However, we assure that we will not use the gathered data to identify our visitors or otherwise carry out an analysis of personal data. The data may be evaluated for statistical purposes with the individual user remaining anonymous. We carry out these evaluations to constantly improve our online content and to give you the convenience and the information you request. You may terminate the use of our website or our newsletter at any time.

Gathering and processing of personal data
Except for storing your IP address, personal data are gathered only if you provide them yourself e.g. when you register, fill out forms and send emails. Legislation requires that we log your declarations should it mean a consent for storing personal data. The database and its content remain with our company and our provider.

Purposes
We will use the personal data gathered from you solely to deliver the requested services, providing that no legal requirements exist to the contrary. You may receive special offers via email (available in North America only) once you opt-in by providing your personal information. You will have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such emails at any time by using the link provided with every email, by sending an email to info@vitanorthamerica.com or by calling 800-828-3839.

Access and amendment permissions
You are entitled to review and amend all personal data stored at our website if you think them to be obsolete or incorrect. For this purpose, sending an email to info@vitanorthamerica.com or calling 714-961-6200 will suffice. However, please note that the details provided must always be complete and correct to make sure that we are able to provide the services requested. Particularly with sweepstakes this is absolutely necessary, since you are entitled to a prize and may receive this prize only if we have the correct details at our disposal. We expressly state that we assume no liability in case of incorrect details.

Right of withdrawal
It goes without saying that you are entitled to withdraw your consent for using personal data at any time being effective for the future. For this purpose, sending an email to info@vitanorthamerica.com or calling 714-961-6200 will suffice. Please note that in this case, too, the withdrawal may lead to the result that we may not be able to provide you with any services or possible prizes may not be paid out to you.

Security
VITA North America, Inc. takes technical and organizational steps to protect the data that we manage from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are improved continuously in line with technical developments.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a Web analytics service by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are saved on your computer and which make an analysis of your utilization of the website possible.  The information about your use of this website (including your IP address) generated by these cookies is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved. Google will use this information in order to evaluate your utilization of the website, in order to compile reports on the website activities for the website operator and in order to provide further services connected to the website utilization and internet utilization. Google might also transmit this information to a third party, as far as this is stipulated by law or as far as a third party processes this data on behalf of Google. In no case will Google connect your IP address to other data from Google. You can prevent the installation of the cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case it might be possible that you cannot completely use all functions of this website. By using this website you agree to the processing of your collected data by Google in the way and for the purpose mentioned above.

Contact
If you have any problems, queries or suggestions, feel free to contact us:
VITA North America
22705 Savi Ranch Parkway, Suite #100
Yorba Linda, CA 92887
Tel. 800-828-3839
Fax: 800-848-2726
Email: info@vitanorthamerica.com

We are happy to help you. Due to the constant development of the Internet we are forced to occasionally adjust our data protection declaration. We reserve the right to make modifications at any time; neither will you experience any disadvantages nor will your right to informational self-determination be violated.

You can access this data protection declaration on the Web and print it out at any time.