Generally, you can visit and browse our website without entering any kind of personal information. Your personal data is collected directly from you when you register to get a user account at our site. The personal information we include is reduced to the minimum information required for us to provide a service or carry out a transaction you have requested. The personal information we collect includes:

• Contact details: name, valid email address, telephone and physical address for shipping purposes, as we may not have rights to sell in your country some of the contents you would like to buy, either in DVD on demand or download.

• Comments about our products or services.

• If you are a professional buyer: information about your company and job position.

If you only want to subscribe to our newsletter, you can do so without registering and providing any other personal information but your email. 

In all cases, we gather automatically standard information about your visit to our web site, which does not identify you personally and is used in an aggregate way to analyze traffic and provide reports on our visitors. This information is basically sent by your browser to every website you visit, such us your IP address, browser type and capabilities, operating system and language, date and time you access the site and the website from which you linked to our site. We do not link this information to your identity in any case.

Information usage

We do not rent, sell or otherwise provide your personal information to any third party for any purpose. We only use your personal information to identify you, to correspond with you, to keep accounts current if you buy our products, and for statistical purposes. Your personal data entered in your user profile are not displayed anywhere on the website, with the exception of your name and comments if you decide to write short film reviews.

Disclosure of information

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served on us, to protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of an individual.

Use of cookies

Many websites use cookies (small files saved to your disk or your browser's memory) to provide useful features to their visitors, such as customization and personalized services. If you are just browsing our website, no cookies will be stored in your computer. But if you log in to your account, build an on demand DVD or use the shopping basket, a session cookie is required. It is important that your browser accepts session cookies for these features to work seamlessly. No information is stored in this session cookie apart from a random anonymous code that will be deleted from your computer once you close your browser window.

Security

Bench Stones is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. Our IT security providers have put the necessary physical and logical security measures in place, in order to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

For sites like ours to which you login, it is your responsibility to ensure the security of your password and not reveal this information to others, as well as to prevent access to your account, especially on shared computers. We provide you the means by which you can change your password inside your profile whenever you consider doing so.

Access and review of your personal information

You can exercise your right of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition to your personal information via e-mail.

E-commerce transactions

We do not collect credit card details for your payments. When you confirm your order in our shop, you proceed to PayPal's secure website where you can pay directly from your PayPal account, or if you choose to use a credit card, those details are collected by PayPal and not provided to us. Same applies with any of the other credit card merchants offered in our checkout page. So remember, we will never ask your credit card information by any means. Furthermore, we will never ask you for any account detail, especially your password.

Links to other sites

Our website may contain links to other sites related or not to the contents of our site. While we try to link to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the contents, security, or privacy practices in use by other sites. We encourage users to review the privacy policy of each linked site before sharing personal information.

Enforcement of this privacy statement

If you have questions regarding this statement or our handling of your personal information, please contact us. We will promptly address your concern and strive to reach a satisfactory resolution.

Changes to this privacy statement

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will revise the "last update" date at the top and bottom of this privacy statement. We will obtain your opt-in consent for any updates to this privacy statement that materially expand the sharing or use of your personal information in ways not disclosed in this privacy statement at the time of collection.

Last updated: Jan 2023