Privacy policy

Responsible of the personal data: Álvaro Cubero Pardo, from now on "the respondent", Tax ID 1-0741-0314, with domicile in Guadalupe, San José, Costa Rica, zip code 10804 and e-mail cronicas.de.koine@gmail.com

Data requested on the website

On www.koine.site

To subscribe to the respondent's mailing list: user's e-mail, first name, last name and birthdate (optional).

On www.koine.store

To make an order: first name, last name, e-mail, phone number, authorization to subscribe to the respondent's mailing list (optional), exact shipping address, additional indications (optional), city, state/province, zip code, country, promo code (optional), additional notes or shipping instructions (optional).

To make a payment: PayPal account (which must've been created previously and must have enough balance, or else, been linked to a credit or debit card with enough balance to make the purchase). The card's data are NOT disclosed, thanks to PayPal's security.

Before making an order and its corresponding payment, if the user is a minor, he/she must have the proper authorization of his/her parents or a legal guardian before giving his/her personal data. The respondent doesn't have a way to effectively corroborate the users' age, so he is exempt from any responsibility regarding this matter, in case the user does not comply with the conditions aforementioned.

On storyoriginapp.com

To download a book sample: first name, last name, e-mail and authorization to subscribe to the respondent's mailing list.

The general commitment of the respondent

At all times, the respondent will ensure that the use of the website and its contents, as well as the treatment of the user's personal data, are made in the most correct way possible. For that, the user will always be able to exercise his/her rights to access, correct, cancel, migrate, forget or oppose, all of this in strict compliance with the directions of the International Laws, writing to the e-mail: cronicas.de.koine@gmail.com.

Under any circumstance, the respondent will share with third parties the data he has recorded. And, if he does so, it will be only for fulfilling the delivery of products acquired by the user, sending news and special offers, as well as for complying with legal requirements or for administering the website, in which case the proper confidentiality agreements will be used between the involved parties.

The links to third parties' sites that can be found on the website use privacy policies not in control by the respondent. Accessing such sites will be at the user's own risk, being his/her sole responsibility to know them and his/her decision to accept them or not.

Purpose of the forms

The website has 3 forms:

Subscription Form: By completing this form, the user authorizes the respondent to register the given data in a database maintained in the website's servers, in order to keep him/her informed about offers, promotions, literary novelties, and any other news the respondent considers to be of interest to the user. Not providing the minimal personal data required will make impossible for the respondent to keep such communication with the user. Additionally, the website offers the possibility of requesting to be unsubscribed from the mailing list at any time and the respondent is committed to sending in each message a hyperlink that could be used to update the user's data or to cancel his/her subscription. This treatment is considered legitimate as it is part of a pre-contractual diligence. The website and e-mail servers of the respondent will be the ones in charge of such treatment.

Check-out Form (finish purchasing in the virtual store): The user will be required to give the necessary data for the respondent to be able to process the order, according to the purchase made. Legitimate data treatment due to the contractual relationship existent with the user. The personal data will be stored on the website's server.

Book sample request Form: By completing this form, the user accepts to receive an e-mail asking for a confirmation of his/her e-mail address, in order to get a message with the hyperlink used to download the electronic sample of the book. Likewise, the user accepts that his/her data will be used to subscribe the user to the respondent's mailing list. This data treatment is considered legitimate as being part of a pre-contractual diligence. The website's server of the respondent will be in charge of such treatment.

Companies in charge of data treatment

The respondent needs help from third parties in order to be able to properly offer his products and services. For doing so, the respondent has celebrated the proper confidentiality agreements with such third parties, and he has verified that they comply with the international regulations regarding personal data protection.

The data provided to such third parties cannot be used for other purposes not explicitly authorized by the owner of the data. In compliance with the principles of information and transparency, it's disclosed that such third parties are:

GoDaddy.com: Company providing the domain names, operated by GoDaddy Operating Company LLC located in Arizona, USA, which offers a security agreement called Privacy Shield, according to the demands of the European Data Protection Comitee which can be read here. For information regarding their privacy policies, click here.

MailChimp.com: Used for automating the commercial info bulletins and for sending to the owner of the data's e-mail announcements about the products and/or services offered. This service is offered by The Rocket Science Group LLC, located in USA. They use a security agreement called Privacy Shield, according to the demands of the European Data Protection Comitee which can be read here. For information regarding their privacy policy, click here.

Amazon.com and its affiliates: Used by the respondent to request the printing and shipping of copies of his authorship books purchased by the owner of the data when making an order. Service on charge of Amazon.com Inc (located in USA) and its affiliates. They use a security agreement called Privacy Shield, according to the demands of the European Data Protection Comitee which can be read here. For information regarding their privacy policy, click here. 

Correos de Costa Rica: Located in Zapote, from the Catholic Church, 200 meters South, San José, Costa Rica - 10105. Used by the respondent to ship to the data owner's address the products purchased on the website, when the owner of the data lives in Costa Rica, and the respondent has copies of the purchased books in stock. For more information regarding their transparency policy, constitutive law, regulations and ethics code, click here (information in Spanish, only). 

Policies related to periodic e-mails  (news bulletin)

These policies will be considered at all times as being a complementary part of the terms and conditions shown on the website, being both applicable at the moment of any controversy. The privacy policy and of intellectual property applied will be the same shown in the terms and conditions of the website.

All materials presented in the news bulletin is protected by copyright laws in favor of the respondent and, in the case of belonging to third parties, it is assumed that the respondent has the proper authorizations to use them as agreed with their author.

Duration of Data Treatment

In the case of the personal data provided for the purchase of products or services, they will be kept for the timelapse legally applicable.

In the case of the personal data provided for the news bulletin, they will be kept as long as the owner of the data wishes to remain subscribed to the respondent's mailing list, which means he/she will be able to request removal from the list at any time, either automatically as indicated in the bulletin, or sending an e-mail to cronicas.de.koine@gmail.com.

Social Media in use

The website is not responsible for the privacy policies, nor the cookies used by the Social Media which are linked to directly. Access to them is of the sole responsibility of the user, as well as it's his/her responsibility to be aware of them.

Facebook: Used to connect with users, customers, and people interested in the books written and published by the respondent. The service is offered by Facebook Ireland Ltd. You can check their privacy policy here.

Twitter: Used to share information with users, customers and people interested in the books written and published by the respondent and his followers. The service is offered by  Twitter Inc. located in San Francisco, California. You can check their Privacy Policy here.

WhatsApp: Used for communicating with the users, buyers, customers, and people interested in the books written and published by the respondent, through WhatsApp Inc. You can check their Privacy Policy here.

Instagram: Used in order to connect with users, customers, and people interested in the books written and published by the respondent. It's a property of Facebook. You can check their Privacy Policy here.