Photo Credits

This website features photographs by Daniel Perales, Sanuk (Lemon) Kim, Mary Noble Ours, and Andreas Rentsch. Some photographs appear courtesy Richter Spielgeräte GmbH and Telus Spark Brainasium. All other photographs on our website are copyright APE Studio Inc.

 

Privacy Policy

 

DESCRIPTION AND USE OF WEBSITE

APE Studio Inc. (“Company”) is the U.S.  Representative of Richter  Spielgeräte  GmbH (“Richter”) and  exclusive distributor of  Richter  equipment  in  the  United States  and  Canada.    APE Studio Inc.  operates this website: https://www.apeoriginal.com in order to illustrate its services and products.  This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information in collected through your use of the website, what the Company uses that information for, and how you can update, manage, export, and delete your information.

All users have the right to protection of their personal data. The Company protects the rights of its subscribers through transparency regarding the collection and use of personal data. In using data that may directly or indirectly identify you, we enforce a principle of strict necessity when utilizing customer information. For this reason the use of your personal data is kept to a minimum, only utilizing recorded customer information where it is required by the Company. The limited data collected may be transmitted upon request to governmental authorities and police forces. For any further information on our Privacy Policy you may contact us at: APE Studio Inc., 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10001. 

 

DATA CONTROLLER 

Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.  For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

 

DATA COLLECTED

Data collected by the Software is stored in log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. What kind of personal data will we use? We may use the personal and contact information provided to us when you enter into a purchase contract for Richter products, request a quote or information about our products, register with the APE Studio Community or sign up for our newsletters (hereinafter known collectively as “Data”).  With your consent, we may also use Data relating to you gathered according to different means than the ones just described.  More specifically, we may gather the following types of data:

  • Optional information that you may convey to use through order forms, quote requests and any registration or subscription form;

  • Information that we may obtain by examining how you interact with us, through emails and newsletters and our internet sites and apps, which may be developed either by us or by third parties (for more information, we invite you to consult their Privacy Policies);

  • Your purchasing behavior, including information relating to purchases made by you and quotes requested by you from the Company;

  • Information shared by you through social networks on which you are registered.

The Company may also use cookies to store information about visitor’s preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize web page content based on visitor’s browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

 

USE OF PERSONAL DATA 

The Personal Data which you voluntarily provide is collected and processed by the Company for purposes strictly related to the use and promotion of the Company’s products and services and may also be accessed and used by Facebook, Inc. automatically as a part of its operational functions.  Personal Data is used only by the Company.  It is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, e-mail list services, etc. From time to time, we may conduct on-line surveys, which ask visitors for voluntary information on various topics of interest related to the products and services offered by the Company. Information supplied for on-line surveys is used only by the Company and is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, e-mail list services, etc.

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), the Company’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.  We may process your Personal Data because: We need to perform a contract with you; You have given us permission to do so; The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights; or To comply with the law. 

 

RETENTION OF DATA

The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.  The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

The company will share personal information with organizations outside of its own if the information is necessary for the following: (a) meet legal, or regulatory requests; (b) investigate breaches of the Terms and Conditions of the products and services; (c) Enforce the Terms and Conditions; (d) or to carry out reasonably necessary functions as required by the Company.

 

INFORMATION SECURITY

The Company takes all reasonable precautions when in the transmission and storage of personal data. Including but not limited to data encryption and restricting access to information from non-essential employees of the Company.

 

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You are entitled to obtain your Personal Data from the Company and to a) update or correct your personal data; b) prohibit or block your personal information from being used in violation of the law; c) obtain the identity of any and all third parties to whom your Personal Data has been disclosed; and d) receive certification that the obligations in letters a), b), and c) have been met, unless the same is impossible or involves the use of manifestly disproportionate means compared to the protected right.  You are entitled to opt out of the processing of Personal Data for purposes of sending advertising materials or direct sale or for carrying out market research or commercial communication. You may freely and at any time exercise your rights, within legal limits, upon request to: APE Studio Inc., 134 W 26th Street, Suite 740, New York, New York 10001.

 

WHEN IS THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLICABLE

The Privacy Policy applies to all services offered by the Company.  The Privacy Policy does not apply to external services such as those offered by social media sites/apps, or any other products or services not owned or offered by the Company.

 

COMPLIANCE

The company will, when requested, comply with local and federal law. We will work with appropriate authorities to resolve complaints regarding customer information.

 

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

You understand and agree that the above terms of the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions Agreement, located at https://www.apeorigial.com constitute the entire general agreement between you and the Company. You may be subject to additional terms and conditions when you use, purchase or access other services, affiliate services or third-party content or material.

 

CHANGES

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. The Company will post any privacy policy changes on this page. Updated – October 5, 2018.

 

BY UTILIZING THE WEBSITE, PROCUTS AND SERVICES, YOU AKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS LOCATED AT https://www.apeoriginal.com.