Privacy Policy for Bentley Tobacco USA

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Bentley Tobacco USA ("we," "us," "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our website users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information in compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations.

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1. Information About the Collection of Personal Data

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We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal information confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

(1) In this section, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data includes any information that can be linked to you personally, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, and usage data like visited web pages and access times.

(2) The data controller according to the U.S. data protection regulations is:

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Bentley Tobacco USA
729 Nottingham St.
Orlando, Florida 32803
Email: jcarney@bentleytobacco.com
Phone: 407-824-8037

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(3) When you contact us via email or through a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, name, and phone number) will be stored by us to answer your questions. We delete the data that arises in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or we limit processing if legal retention obligations exist.

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(4) If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer or wish to use your data for promotional purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. In doing so, we also specify the criteria for the storage period.

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2. Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

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(1) When you visit our website for informational purposes only (i.e., you do not register or otherwise provide us with information), we collect only the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:

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• IP address

• Date and time of the request

• Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

• Content of the request (specific page)

• Access status/HTTP status code

• Amount of data transferred

• Website from which the request originates

• Browser

• Operating system and its interface

• Language and version of the browser software

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These data are evaluated exclusively for statistical purposes and are not passed on to third parties, neither for commercial nor non-commercial purposes.

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(2) The stored data cannot be assigned to specific persons. A combination of these data with other data sources is not performed. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check this data if we become aware of concrete indications of unlawful use.

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3. Cookies

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(1) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you are using, and through which the entity that sets the cookie (here, us) receives certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.

(2) Use of Cookies:

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This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

• Transient Cookies (see b)

• Persistent Cookies (see c)

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b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all features of this website.

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4. Further Functions and Offers of Our Website

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(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you may be interested in. To do so, you generally need to provide personal data that we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.

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(3) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the United States, we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

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5. Copyright

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All texts, images, and graphics on the Bentley Tobacco USA website, including their arrangement, are protected by copyright. Bentley Tobacco USA permits the use of texts in data sets exclusively for private use by a user. The transfer and use of texts, images, and graphics for other purposes require written permission. If you wish to use any content, please contact us through our contact form.

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6. Your Rights

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(1) You have the following rights concerning your personal data:

• Right to information about your data

• Right to correction or deletion of your data

• Right to restrict processing

• Right to object to the processing

• Right to data portability

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(2) You also have the right to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.

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7. Objection or Withdrawal Against the Processing of Your Data

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(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Such a withdrawal will affect the admissibility of processing your personal data after you have communicated it to us.

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(2) If we base the processing of your personal data on a balance of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary for fulfilling a contract with you, which we will indicate in the following description of the functions. If you lodge such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either stop or adjust the data processing or point out to you our compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the processing.

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(3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising at the following contact details:

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Bentley Tobacco USA
729 Nottingham St.
Orlando, Florida 32803
Email: jcarney@bentleytobacco.com
Phone: 407-824-8037

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8. SSL Encryption

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This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address line changing from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon in your browser line. When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

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9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

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We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or relevant laws.

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10. Contact Information

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If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Bentley Tobacco USA
729 Nottingham St.
Orlando, Florida 32803
Email: jcarney@bentleytobacco.com
Phone: 407-824-8037

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This Privacy Policy is intended for users based in the United States. If you access our website from outside the United States, please note that your data may be processed in a country where the laws regarding data protection may differ from those of your country.