Who we are
We are Swenico. We are a team of friends who have the passion to revolutionize the nicotine industry and contribute to a smoke-free world. We are on a journey and mission to promote tobacco-free nicotine pouches as an alternative to smoking. We’d hope to have you with us on this journey!
Swenico could be referred to as (“Swenico”, “we”, “our”, “us”, “the website”, “website”)
Our website is https://Swenico.com.
Your integrity is very important to us. At Swenico we follow a few basic principles:
- We will never ask you about personal information if not necessary. We only ask for information in order to improve your user experience.
- We do not share your personal information with anyone, shall not the law requires it, or protect our rights.
- We do not store your personal information on our servers, shall it not be necessary for the ongoing operation o our website.
Which personal data do we collect, and why do we collect them?
Just like most companies, Swenico collects data and information about our customers and website visitors. This information is used in order to help us give you a better user experience, but we will not share this information with anybody, except for what’s written in this personal data policy. The purpose of the personal data policy is to give you a better understanding of which type of data and information we collect, why we do it, what this information is used for, and how this could affect you.
Swenico reserves the right to update this personal data policy. In order to keep you updated with potential changes, we recommend you visit this web page regularly, since we can or cannot inform you about any potential changes made on this web page. All changes that are being made on this web page will take place immediately once they are shared. We strive to be transparent and give you a full view of your integrity in conjunction with using Swenicos’ services. We want you to understand exactly how we collect, how we use information about you, and how we work to ensure that all your information remains safe.
By visiting our website and using our services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted our personal data policy. If you do not accept our personal data policy, you should leave our website and stop using our services.
We collect a few different types of non-personal identifying information that browsers and servers normally make available, such as your type of browser, language preferences, date and time for every request made on our website. The purpose of these non-personal data is to better understand how our visitors use our website and to offer a better user experience.
Some visitors to Swenicos’ website choose to integrate with Swenico in a way that requires us to collect personal data. The amount and type of information that we collect depend on the user’s integration with the website.
Privacy Message according to GDPR
The articles in GDPR describe the requirements to leave private information registered. The main focus of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the protection of your personal data and digital integrity.
GDPR says that the information you leave must be:
- Short sentenced, transparent, understandable, and easily accessible
- Written in plain terms and language; and
- Free
Swenico follows all of this through our personal data policy. According to GDPR, you have 8 fundamental rights, which Swenico obeys. This regulates how marketers can collect, store and use data. The eight rights you have in accordance with GDPR are:
- The right to be informed
- The right to access
- The right to correction
- The right to deletion
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to object
- Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling.
Name and email addresses in contact forms
When you contact us via our contact forms data is shared with us. This information is needed to then get in contact with you and answer your message. Other information that you include in the form is used to help us and give you a better user experience. We also collect other information that you provide us with to offer a better service.
E-Mail List
If you register to our e-mail list or proceed with a purchase on the website, information about you is being shared with us. This information is stored and used to give you a better service, and your e-mail address is used to get in contact with you for different reasons, which can be general information, campaigns, questions, and more.
Third-Party Analysis
To offer a better user experience on the website swenico.com, Google Analytics is being used to get a better understanding of how you navigate on the website. This is an example of data storage from a third party performed by Google. We can also use Google Analytics and your data in marketing, and to give you more relevant advertisements.
Comments
When visitors leave a comment on the website, we collect data that is shown in the contact forms, and even the users’ IP-address and browsers to help detect spam. The visitors’ comments can be controlled via an automatic spam detection service.
An anonymous thread created from your e-mail address (also known as hash) can provide Gravatar services to see if you use it. Gravatar services’ privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After confirmation of your comment, your profile picture can be seen by the public as a result. Cookies for the contact form will remember the user’s name or email address, which makes it possible to easier and quicker regain access the next time you place a comment.
Media
If you upload a picture on our website, you should avoid uploading pictures with location services on (EXIF GPS). Visitors on the website can download and extract all location services from pictures on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for a year.
If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal information and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display options. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember Me”, your login will continue for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking from third parties, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to the website.
Who we share your data with
Our website is available worldwide. Depending on where you use our website, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us and affiliates that may be based in other countries. As such, these services or tools may include the transfer or storage of data to other countries, and in some cases, this information may be stored and managed by a party that provides a different level of protection for the information collected on Swenico.se.
By continuing to use this website, you consent and accept that we may use the information we collect and that it may be stored or collected using third-party tools or services, and you consent to the transfer of such to these services.
How long we keep your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be stored indefinitely. This is so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What rights you have over your information
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we have about you, including any information you have provided to us. You may also request that we delete all personal data we have about you. This does not include any data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Protection of certain personally identifying information
We strive to keep your data secure. Swenico only reveals potentially personally identifiable and personally identifiable information to its employees, authorities, and affiliated organizations if they need the information to process it. These parties have agreed not to disclose it to other parties.
We will never rent or sell potentially personally identifiable and personally identifiable information to anyone. We only collect information for our own purposes to provide better service to our users. We will only potentially reveal information in response to a lawsuit, court order, or other government requests, or when Swenico in good faith believes that the disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect Swenico, third parties, or the public’s property or rights.
Swenico uses industry-standard physical, electronic, and procedural measures designed to protect the information in our possession from loss, theft, and unauthorized use or modification. Note that no information on the web transmitted via the internet or stored on an electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take great precautions to ensure that your information remains secure.
Additional information
Business Transfers
If Swenico or its assets are acquired, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, user information collected is an asset that is transferred or acquired by a third party. By using our website and our services, you agree that these transfers may occur and that any acquirer of Swenico may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
External links
Swenico.se contains links to third-party websites. These websites or applications are not operated by Swenico. We are not responsible for any of the content displayed or presented on the linked websites on our website. The websites may contain advertisements from third-party companies that are not associated with us. When you leave our website via a link, enter a website, a third-party application, or click on an advertisement, always check the applicable privacy policy of the website or application to determine how they will handle the information they collect about you, as you are no longer subject to Swenico’s privacy policy when you leave our site.
Contact
If you have any further questions about our privacy policy, how we collect data, and how your data is handled, do not hesitate to email us at info@swenico.com and we will assist you. We welcome feedback or questions about our privacy policy.
More about European Data Protection Rights – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you reside in a country within the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you have additional rights and protection under the law regarding the collection, processing, and use of information about you. This is regulated under the GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation. The information we collect when you visit this website or use our service is considered “personal data” under European law. This information is processed by us as necessary to promote our legitimate interest and/or in accordance with your consent.
If you wish to exercise your rights under GDPR, as mentioned earlier, please contact us via the email message in the contact section on this page. Please note that much of the information we collect is not personally linked to you, such as a browser or device, and as such, we cannot individually identify you using this information. To exercise your right to this information, you may need to provide us with additional information so that we can identify the information we have about you and ensure that we correctly fulfill your request. We may not be able to provide the requested or correct information in response to your request for access to information. Exceptions include situations where your request imposes an unreasonable burden or cost or requires information concerning another person to be disclosed.
Removing and closing your account
If you wish, you have the right to request the deletion of your account. You can request to have your account deleted and our goal is to delete your account within 30 days of receiving your written request.
If you request to have your information deleted, we will delete your email address, IP address, username, and profile information. We will also delete any other information linked to your account and username, such as images. Please note that we do not control the websites linked from Swenico, and if you want to exercise your right to have your information deleted, please contact the website owner to delete your account information. We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that information about you is no longer available or used by the service if you wish to remove the application or close your Swenico account. Please note that, in accordance with applicable law, we retain and may use information about you as necessary to fulfill our legal and financial obligations, enforce our agreements, resolve disputes, and for other legitimate purposes. To close your Swenico account or request changes or modifications to the information you have provided us, please email us using the contact information on our website.
