PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: August 6, 2026

1. WHO WE ARE

This website is operated by:

CREȚU PAULIAN ÎNTREPRINDERE INDIVIDUALĂ
Trade name: Zibarco
Registered office: Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania
Trade Register number: F2026031134002
Tax identification number (CUI/CIF): 54918947
Email: zibarco.inc@gmail.com
Website: https://zibarco.com

For the purposes of applicable data-protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), CREȚU PAULIAN ÎNTREPRINDERE INDIVIDUALĂ is the data controller for personal information processed directly by Zibarco.

2. NATURE OF THE WEBSITE

Zibarco is an independent product-discovery, comparison and affiliate website.

Zibarco does not sell products directly, accept or fulfil orders, process payments, maintain customer purchasing accounts, ship products, or administer product returns and refunds.

When you select a product link, you may be redirected to Amazon, an Amazon marketplace applicable to your location, or another third-party retailer. Any purchase is completed directly with that retailer and is governed by the retailer’s own terms and privacy policy.

3. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

Depending on how you use the website, we may process the following limited categories of personal information:

a. Information you provide directly

When you contact us, we may receive information such as:

- your name;
- your email address;
- the contents of your message;
- any other information you voluntarily provide.

Please do not send payment-card information, passwords, medical information, identity documents or other sensitive personal information through our contact channels.

b. Device and technical information

When you visit Zibarco, Shopify and other authorised technical providers may automatically process information such as:

- your IP address;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- language and approximate location;
- referring page;
- pages visited and interactions with the website;
- date and time of access;
- cookie identifiers and similar technical information;
- security and diagnostic information.

c. Affiliate-link information

When you select an affiliate link, technical information relating to that click may be processed so that the retailer can identify that the referral originated from Zibarco and, where applicable, attribute an affiliate commission.

Zibarco does not receive your Amazon password, complete payment-card details, delivery address or the full contents of your Amazon account or order.

4. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

- to operate, maintain and secure the website;
- to display website content and product information;
- to respond to questions and communications;
- to diagnose technical problems and prevent abuse, fraud or malicious activity;
- to understand general website usage and improve performance;
- to measure the effectiveness of affiliate links and advertising campaigns;
- to comply with legal obligations;
- to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Zibarco does not use personal information to fulfil product orders, arrange shipping, process product returns or issue refunds.

5. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Where the GDPR applies, we process personal information on one or more of the following legal bases:

a. Legitimate interests

We may process information where necessary for legitimate interests such as:

- operating and improving the website;
- responding to communications;
- measuring website performance;
- protecting the website and users;
- preventing fraud and abuse;
- administering the affiliate business.

We consider these interests against the impact on your privacy.

b. Consent

Where required by law, we rely on your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies for analytics, advertising or personalisation.

You may withdraw your consent through the available cookie-preference controls. Withdrawal does not affect processing that lawfully occurred before consent was withdrawn.

c. Legal obligations

We may process information where necessary to comply with tax, accounting, regulatory, judicial or other legal obligations.

d. Legal claims

We may process information where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

6. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Zibarco and its service providers may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used for:

- essential website operation;
- security and fraud prevention;
- remembering privacy preferences;
- measuring website performance;
- analytics;
- advertising and conversion measurement;
- affiliate-link attribution.

Where required by applicable law, non-essential technologies are used only after consent has been obtained.

You may accept, refuse or modify available cookie choices through the website’s cookie banner or privacy-preference controls. You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies, although doing so may affect certain website functions.

7. SHOPIFY

Zibarco is hosted on Shopify.

Shopify may process personal information relating to your access to and use of the website in order to provide hosting, security, analytics, privacy-management and other platform services.

Shopify may process information in countries outside your country of residence and acts in accordance with its own contractual and legal obligations.

More information is available in the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy:

https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy/consumers

Privacy requests concerning information processed independently by Shopify may also be submitted through the Shopify Privacy Portal:

https://privacy.shopify.com/

8. AMAZON AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY RETAILERS

Zibarco participates in affiliate programmes, including the Amazon Associates Programme.

When you select an Amazon link:

- you leave the Zibarco website;
- Amazon or an Amazon seller may collect information under its own privacy policy;
- Amazon may use cookies or other technologies to recognise the affiliate referral;
- Amazon controls the purchasing, payment, delivery, account and customer-service process.

Amazon and other retailers operate independently from Zibarco. Zibarco does not control how those third parties process information after you leave this website.

Please review the privacy policy of the relevant retailer before providing personal information or completing a purchase.

9. ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING

Zibarco may use Shopify analytics, advertising-measurement tools and similar services to understand website activity and evaluate promotional campaigns.

Depending on your consent choices and location, these services may process information such as:

- IP address;
- device and browser information;
- visited pages;
- referral source;
- interactions with product links;
- advertising and cookie identifiers;
- conversion-related events.

Where required by law, analytics or advertising technologies that are not strictly necessary are activated only after consent.

10. WHEN WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION

We may disclose limited personal information to:

- Shopify, as the website-hosting and technical platform provider;
- hosting, security, analytics and technical-service providers;
- advertising and conversion-measurement providers, subject to applicable consent requirements;
- professional advisers, such as accountants, lawyers or insurers, where necessary;
- public authorities, courts or regulators where disclosure is legally required;
- a successor in connection with a lawful reorganisation, transfer or sale of the business.

We do not disclose information to payment processors, shipping companies or fulfilment providers on your behalf because Zibarco does not sell or deliver products.

We do not sell personal information for monetary payment.

11. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

The website contains links to Amazon and other third-party websites.

Once you follow a third-party link, that website’s own privacy policy and terms apply. Zibarco is not responsible for the privacy, security, availability or content of independently operated third-party websites.

The presence of a link does not mean that Zibarco controls the third party or its processing practices.

12. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Shopify and other service providers may process information outside Romania or the European Economic Area.

Where personal information protected by the GDPR is transferred to a country that has not been recognised as providing an adequate level of protection, the relevant provider may rely on approved safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or another lawful transfer mechanism.

13. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

In general:

- contact communications may be retained for as long as necessary to answer the request and, where reasonably necessary, for up to three years after the last communication;
- security and technical information is retained according to operational and provider settings and only for as long as necessary for security, diagnostics and website administration;
- consent records may be retained for as long as necessary to demonstrate compliance;
- information required for legal, accounting or dispute-related purposes may be retained for the applicable statutory period.

Information processed independently by Shopify, Amazon or another third party is retained according to that organisation’s own retention policy.

14. DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable organisational and technical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.

However, no website, internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending sensitive or confidential information through ordinary email or website contact forms.

15. YOUR DATA-PROTECTION RIGHTS

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

- request access to your personal information;
- request correction of inaccurate information;
- request deletion of information;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to processing based on legitimate interests;
- receive certain information in a portable format;
- withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
- lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.

To exercise a right concerning information controlled by Zibarco, contact:

zibarco.inc@gmail.com

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and respond securely.

You may also lodge a complaint with the Romanian data-protection authority:

Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal
https://www.dataprotection.ro/

16. CHILDREN

Zibarco is not directed specifically at children, and we do not knowingly request personal information from children.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information directly to Zibarco, please contact us so that the matter can be reviewed and, where appropriate, the information deleted.

17. AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING

Zibarco does not independently make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects about visitors solely through automated processing.

Third-party platforms may perform their own analytics, recommendation or advertising processes under their respective policies.

18. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in website functionality, service providers, legal requirements or business practices.

The revised policy will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

19. CONTACT

For questions about this Privacy Policy or Zibarco’s processing of personal information, contact:

CREȚU PAULIAN ÎNTREPRINDERE INDIVIDUALĂ
Trade name: Zibarco
Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania
Email: zibarco.inc@gmail.com