Privacy policy

1. About this policy:

Your privacy is important to the webmaster and he has taken steps to ensure that he does not collect more information from you than is necessary for him to provide you with the services and to protect your account. The pronouns “you” and “your” etc. refer to the user or visitor of this website. Words, terms, and phrases used in this policy have the same meanings and inclusions as assigned to them in section 22 of the terms and conditions, and the first four clauses of section 23 thereof also apply to this policy.

2. Consent:

Your consent to this privacy policy is necessary for the performance of the terms and conditions. You are not required by law to provide any personal information on the website. However, if you do provide such information, the website will be able to provide its services to you. If you do not want access, collection, and storage of your information by this website, do not use this website and do not create an account.

By signing up for a new account, you give your consent to this privacy policy, and to the terms and conditions. You consent that your personal data (provided by you to the website) be collected and processed by the data controller.

3. Identity and contact information of the data controller:

Moeed U. Q., Esq. is this website’s creator, sole owner, webmaster, administrator, and controller of personal data. Office address: 19 Ayub Lawyers Plaza, District Bar Compound, Abbottabad, 22010, KP, Pakistan. Email: admin@galry.net; Phone: +923439441233.

4. Collection of personal data:

At the time of registration, your first name, last name, and email address provided by you will be collected. For the purposes of delivery of products, transactions, and payment services, personal information may be asked from you such as your full name, phone number, email address, street address, ZIP code, county, province, state, country, bank account details, credit card or debit card information including numbers, expiration dates and security codes, tracking information (from checks, money orders, or wire transfer), and online wallet address or wallet account ID. This website also collects the IP addresses of users. Please note that credit card or debit card information and cryptocurrency or other online wallet addresses or IDs will be collected and stored by third-party payment service providers, not by this website or its webmaster. If you do not provide certain data marked with or without an asterisk as necessary, the webmaster will not be able to complete the registration process or provide services on the website.

5. Use of personal data:

Your personal data is collected on the website for the following purposes:

  • Verification of your identity.
  • Processing your registration as a user, providing you with a user ID and login credentials, and maintaining and managing your registration.
  • Protection of your legal interests.
  • Protection of the legitimate interests pursued by the data controller.
  • Compliance with any laws to which the data controller is subject.
  • Performance of the terms and conditions of the contract to which you are a party.
  • Exercise of functions to be performed by any person under applicable laws.
  • Providing IP rights clearance services to you and responding to your queries or feedback.
  • Processing transactions and payments and providing delivery services.
  • Personalizing communication with you.
  • Account security assessment, fraud detection and prevention, and other security measures.

6. Disclosure of personal data:

Confidentiality of information provided by you on the website is important to the webmaster and he will not share such information with any third party except with your consent. However, to make services on the website possible for you, the following information will be shared with other persons specified here:

  • Your first name and last name will be shared with any other user who distributes a licensed work to you under an extended license.
  • Personal information provided by you will be shared as offline print-outs by the controller in person or through authorized agents, or in the form of password-protected digital files via secure and encrypted communication with:
    • Logistics partners for providing delivery services including exchange of products and with warehousing services;
    • Custom agents for customs clearance purposes;
    • Customer service providers to provide after-sale services;
    • Risk control service providers to assess the security of accounts and transaction risks;
    • Payment gateways, card networks, payment service providers, and other financial institutions to assist with payment transactions and connected services. Their activities are governed by their own terms and policies, not by this privacy policy;
    • Courts, tribunals, arbitrators, government and regulatory organizations, law enforcement agencies, insurers, and professional advisers.
    • Any other person either with your consent, or if otherwise required or permitted by applicable laws.
    • Bank account details provided by you will be shared with these financial institutions to carry out wire transfers according to the payout policy:
      • Wise Payments Limited, registration number 900507, 6th Floor, TEA Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ, United Kingdom.
      • 1D3 DIGITECH OÜ, Reg.nr: 16515982, registered at: Tornimae tn 7-26, Kesklinna linnaosa, Harju maakond, Tallinn, 10145, Estonia.
      • JS Bank Limited, SECP Registration Number 0054329, National Tax Number 2663703-7, Shaheen Commercial Complex, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, P.O. Box 4847, Karachi-74200 Sindh, Pakistan.

7. Legal basis for processing data:

Your personal data is processed for:

  • Executing the terms and conditions of the contract which you enter into with the data controller;
  • Complying with legal requirements which are necessary for the legitimate interests of the webmaster which are not overridden by your rights and are based on your consent; and
  • Legitimate and legal purposes such as registration, transactions, payments, delivery of products, and providing various services like copyright licensing, rights clearance and intellectual property monetization.

8. Duration of storage of personal data:

Your personal data and any other data that you provide is stored in secure servers for as long as there is an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, for instance, to provide services or products to you, or as required or permitted by applicable laws, or until requested by you to be permanently deleted at the time of deletion of your account. For permanent deletion of your account and removal of your personal data from the website, go to Account > Credentials > check the box “Delete all personal data” and click ‘Delete account’. It may take 48 hours after email confirmation for the account and all personal data to be deleted.

9. You have the following rights if you are in the European Economic Zone:

Subject to limitations in applicable law, you are entitled to object to or request the restriction of processing of your personal data and to request access to, rectification, erasure, and portability of your own personal data. Where the use of your information is based on consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time by a request without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. All requests should be submitted by contacting the support desk. If you are aware of changes or inaccuracies in your information, you should inform the support desk of such changes so that our records may be updated or corrected. You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the website’s processing of your personal data infringes applicable law.

10. Security measures and use of SSL certificate:

The website uses commercially reasonable security methods to prevent unauthorized access to the website, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information that the website holds. Your account is protected by a password set by yourself. The website does not save or store your password in plaintext or unencrypted state. It is advised that you do not share your password and other account information with anyone. Remember to log out of your account, close your browser window when you have finished your session, and do not save your password in the web browser especially if you are using a public computer. The website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure and encrypted communication between you and the servers and standard encryption Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology for email communication. When you enter any personal information on the website, especially credit card or debit card information, bank account information, or any other sensitive information, make sure to see “https://” in the web browser’s address bar and/or a padlock “🔒” icon which signifies that the connection is secure. No communication over the internet can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure and although the webmaster tries to protect your information, he cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit through the website and you shall do so at your own risk.

11. Automated decision-making and profiling:

This website does not use automated decision-making and profiling.

12. Changes to this privacy policy:

All changes to this privacy policy will be communicated via email and/or by public announcements on the website before updating it. Once updated, the new policy will apply with immediate effect. You may request the support desk for withdrawal of your consent if you do not agree to the updated policy. If you do not do so within a fortnight after the update, it will be understood that you have assented to the updated policy.

Effective since: 2024-04-04