General terms of sale

These general terms and conditions set out in detail the framework of the legal relationship between the Company and the Visitor arising from browsing the content of the Website. Visitors are bound by the rules set out in these general terms and conditions from the moment they become a Visitor.

Legal relations not governed by these General Terms of Sale shall be governed by the relevant generally binding legal regulations in force and effective in the territory of the Slovak Republic, in particular by Act No. 513/1991 Coll. the Commercial Code as amended, and by Act No. 185/2015 Coll. on Copyright as amended (hereinafter also as “Copyright Act” in the relevant grammatical form), irrespective of whether the Visitor or the Customer are business entities registered abroad or natural persons who are citizens of the Slovak Republic or of other states other than the Slovak Republic.

The Company is a business company established, created and registered in the relevant registers in accordance with the applicable generally binding legal regulations valid and effective in the territory of the Slovak Republic and is authorized to carry out business activities so that it may operate the Website and the Internet application and at the same time grant the License under these general terms and conditions.

For the purposes of these general terms and conditions, the Website means the website whose content is displayed to Visitors or Clients in a standard internet browser after entering the domain address in the form www.chinaplanet.sk or after being redirected from another website. For the avoidance of any doubt, for the purposes of these general terms and conditions, the Website means any part of the Website identified by the subdomain address to the domain address pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph. The operator of the Website is the Company. The Company determines the content of the website, in particular it decides on the structure of the Website, the graphic design of its parts and of the whole, on the composition of the Website content, and on the scope and placement of the required and published information.

For the purposes of these general terms and conditions, the Website content means all multimedia, graphic, text or other content other than the Internet application, which is displayed to the Visitor when browsing the Website or when viewing the Website. The Company exercises all property rights of authors or other persons who, through their creative intellectual activity, participated in creating the given content and at the same time has all rights to the Website content that is not protected as an object of protection under intellectual property law. Whenever the term Website content is used in these general terms and conditions, it means the content of the Website as a whole and at the same time each of its parts, unless otherwise provided in these general terms and conditions. Without the prior consent of the Company, the Visitor is not entitled to use the Website content or any part of it other than when browsing the Website.

A Visitor, for the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions, means a natural or legal person who, in the environment of a standard Internet browser, enters into the address bar the domain address in the form of www.chinaplanet.sk or the address of any of the subdomains of the given domain address and the Internet website Content is displayed, or the user is redirected to the Internet website Content, in particular but not exclusively from the environment of Internet search services or from another Internet website, and the Internet website Content is displayed.

A Technical Device, for the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions, means a device containing hardware and software equipment that enables connection to the Internet website in the environment of an electronic communications network (the internet), viewing the Internet website content and using the service, in particular a personal computer or a laptop or a tablet or a smartphone. For the use of the Technical Device in connection with viewing the Internet website or using the Internet application, only the person who views the Internet website is responsible.

For the purposes of these General Terms of Sale, GDPR means Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, repealing Directive 95/46/EC.

For the purposes of these General Terms of Sale, the Personal Data Protection Act means Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 18/2018 Coll. on the protection of personal data and on amending and supplementing certain laws, as amended.

The Visitor has the right to view the Internet website Content using a Technical Device.

When viewing the Internet website and any part of the Internet website Content, the Visitor is obliged to act in such a way that their actions do not interfere with the rights of the Company or other Visitors or third parties. In the event that such interference occurs, the Visitor is responsible for the consequence of such interference independently, without the Company’s involvement.

The Visitor may not, from the environment of the Internet website, perform physical downloading (so-called download) of the Internet website Content or any part thereof to the Technical Device beyond the Internet website Content that the Company has designated for downloading to the Technical Device, nor may they make any image or audio or audio-visual recording from the Internet website Content. If the Visitor breaches these obligations, the Visitor is responsible for all damage that arises to the Company or other Visitors or third persons.

The Visitor has the right to download the part of the Internet website Content that the Company designates for this purpose, provided that, in carrying out this procedure, the Visitor must follow the Company’s instructions. In the event of failure to comply with the Company’s instructions, any right of the Visitor to compensation for any damage shall cease.

If the Content of the website provides space for the Visitor to express an opinion or other statement regarding a specific fact, the Visitor is also required to comply with the provision of Article II( 2.2 ) of these General Terms of Sale. In the event that such an intervention can be assumed or occurs, the Company reserves the right to remove unilaterally such an opinion from the Content of the website. For the avoidance of doubt, it is established that the Company is not responsible for any opinion displayed through the Website; the content of an opinion or other statement and any breach of generally binding legal regulations in force and effective in the territory of the Slovak Republic are the sole responsibility of the Visitor.

The Visitor may not, in discussions, prevent other contributors from discussing or add posts, and must not misuse the space intended for discussion, in particular for the purpose of promoting their own person, other persons, goods, or services.

The Visitor is not entitled to any remuneration for a post in a discussion or on a forum.

In the event of a breach of the Visitor’s obligations, the Company is entitled to remove any content that the Visitor has added to the Internet Website environment.

It is established that the Company has the right to store temporary or permanent files, so-called cookies, on the Visitor’s Technical Device, intended to facilitate communication between the Company and the Visitor. The Visitor confirms this fact also by clicking the relevant link regarding granting consent to the storage of those files on the Technical Device.

The Company ensures that the Internet Website is accessible without interruptions or other disruptions. A disruption or downtime of the Internet Website due to circumstances excluding liability in accordance with Article VIII of these General Terms and Conditions shall not be considered a breach of the Company’s obligations. A disruption or downtime of the Internet Website due to regular or extraordinary servicing interventions by the Company shall likewise not be considered a breach of obligations.

The Company is obliged to carry out all actions that can objectively be expected by the Visitor from the Company given the Company’s business, economic, and property background, for the purpose of preventing damage to the Visitor’s property. The Company shall not be liable for damage to the Visitor’s property that arises as a result of a breach of their obligations.

The Company has further rights and obligations under the other provisions of these General Terms and Conditions.

The Company reserves the right to unilaterally supplement or amend these General Terms and Conditions insofar as this is required to protect the Company’s or Visitors’ rights or legitimate interests, or those of third parties.

The Company and the Visitor are obliged to pay increased attention to preventing damage, in particular to general prevention of damage from occurring. The Visitor is obliged to notify the Company of obstacles that prevent or will prevent the Visitor from fulfilling obligations under these General Terms and Conditions and the consequences of failing to comply. The information must be provided without undue delay after the party obliged to do so learned of the obstacle, or with due care could have learned of it.

Each party to the legal relationship has the right to compensation for damage caused as a result of a breach of obligations by another party to the legal relationship, except where liability is excluded under these General Terms and Conditions.

In the event that a circumstance excluding the Company’s liability arises, the Company is obliged to inform the Client of these circumstances without undue delay.

The parties to the legal relationship under these General Terms and Conditions undertake to take all available measures for the specific resolution of any disputes and disagreements that may arise from failure to fulfil the obligations of the obliged party and to resolve the situation by mutual settlement. Disputes that could arise as a result of failure to fulfil obligations under these General Terms and Conditions shall be subject to proceedings before the competent general courts of the Slovak Republic and in accordance with generally binding legal regulations in force and effective in the territory of the Slovak Republic.

The terminology used in the content of this article has the same meaning as the same terminology used in the content of the GDPR and the Personal Data Protection Act.

For the purposes of this article of these General Terms and Conditions, the data subject means the Visitor if the Visitor is a natural person. The controller is the Company.

Pursuant to the provision of Article 6( 1 ) point b) of the GDPR, the Company processes personal data of the Data Subject, which are: first name, last name, e-mail address.

The data subject declares that all personal data about their person which the Company receives has been provided freely and seriously, and that their will in this action was genuine and without mistake; and at the same time declares that all personal data they have provided are complete, up to date, and true, and relate only to the data subject who provides the personal data.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is a) the granting of the Data Subject’s consent to the processing of personal data in accordance with Article 6( 1 ) point b) of the GDPR.

The purpose of processing personal data pursuant to Article VI( 6.4 ) of these General Terms of Sale is the collection, storage and processing of personal data by the Company and its use in acts related to the use of the Website by the Data Subject, and by other Data Subjects, including any communication with the Data Subject, as well as for the Company’s own marketing purposes, for the purpose of sending information about the Website or other services or products of the Company, including by electronic means (e-mail, SMS).

The Data Subject bears full responsibility for damage caused by the incorrectness or inaccuracy of the personal data provided or by the submission of personal data of another person other than the Data Subject.

The Data Subject has the right to withdraw the given consent at any time in writing. The withdrawal of consent becomes effective on the day it is delivered to the Company.

The personal data of the Data Subject is protected in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act and the GDPR.

The Company undertakes to take all measures necessary for the effective security of the personal data of the Data Subject, and to secure all data, database and postal files of the Data Subject against loss, damage or destruction.

In accordance with the provisions of Art. 13 GDPR, the Company hereby notifies the Data Subject of the following information: Controller identification details: ChinaPlanet s. r. o., Company ID 54442222, registered office at Sedličná 114, 913 11 Trenčianske Stankovce, e-mail: info(at)chinaplanet.sk The purpose of processing personal data is defined in Art. VI, para. 6.6 of these general terms and conditions, the legal basis for processing personal data is defined in Art. VI, para. 6.5 of the general terms and conditions, and the list of personal data is defined in Art. VI, para. 6.3 of these general terms and conditions.

In special cases, where for the proper use of the Internet application it is necessary and essential to provide the personal data of the Data Subject to a third party or transfer personal data to a third country, the Company will provide the Data Subject with information about this fact.

The Company retains the personal data of the Data Subject for the entire period of no more than 10 years, or until the consent of the Data Subject is withdrawn.

The Data Subject has the right to request from the Company access to personal data concerning the Data Subject, the right to rectification of personal data, the right to erasure of personal data or the right to restriction of processing personal data, the right to object to the processing of personal data, as well as the right to data portability.

If the Data Subject suspects that their personal data are being processed without authorization, the Data Subject has the right to file a proposal with the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic to initiate proceedings on the protection of personal data in accordance with the provision of Section 100 of the Personal Data Protection Act.

Information about the rights of the Data Subject The Company draws the Data Subject’s attention to the provisions of Articles 15 to 22 and Article 34 of the GDPR, according to which the Data Subject has the following rights: Right of access to personal data under Article 15 of the GDPR: The Data Subject shall have the right to obtain from the Company confirmation as to whether personal data relating to them are being processed. The Data Subject shall have the right to access such personal data and the information referred to in Article VI, paragraph 6.3 of these general terms and conditions. Right to rectification of personal data under Article 16 of the GDPR: The Data Subject shall have the right to request that the Company without undue delay correct any inaccurate personal data relating to them. With regard to the purpose of processing the personal data, the Data Subject has the right to have incomplete personal data completed. Right to erasure of personal data under Article 17 of the GDPR: The Data Subject shall have the right to request that the Company without undue delay erase personal data relating to them, where the Data Subject has exercised the right to erasure and where (A) the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed, (B) the Data Subject withdraws consent on which the processing of personal data is based, and where there is no other legal basis for the processing of personal data, (C) the Data Subject objects to the processing of personal data and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the Data Subject objects to the processing of personal data for the purposes of direct marketing, (D) the personal data have been processed unlawfully, (E) erasure is necessary for compliance with an obligation under the GDPR, the Data Protection Act, a specific regulation, or an international agreement to which the Slovak Republic is bound, (F) the personal data were collected in connection with the offer of information society services. Right to restriction of processing of personal data under Article 18 of the GDPR: The Data Subject shall have the right to request that the Company restrict the processing of personal data about the Data Subject where: (A) the Data Subject contests the accuracy of personal data, for a period enabling the Company to verify the accuracy of the personal data, (B) processing of personal data is unlawful and the Data Subject requests instead of erasure the restriction of their use, (C) the Company no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by the Data Subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, (D) the Data Subject objects to the processing of personal data, pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the Company override those of the Data Subject. The Company is obliged to inform the Data Subject whose personal data processing has been restricted before the restriction is lifted or before it ends. Right to information about rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing of personal data under Article 19 of the GDPR: Where the Data Subject requests it, the Company shall be required to inform the Data Subject about the recipients to whom the Company has communicated the rectification of personal data, the erasure of personal data, or the restriction of the processing of personal data. Right to data portability under Article 20 of the GDPR: The Data Subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning them that they have provided to the Company in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and shall have the right to transmit those personal data to another controller. Right to object to processing of personal data under Article 21 of the GDPR: The Data Subject shall have the right to object to processing of personal data concerning them carried out on a legal basis relating to their particular situation where processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or where processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the Company or of a third party, including profiling based on those provisions. The Company may not further process personal data unless it demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the rights or interests of the Data Subject, or grounds relating to the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. The Data Subject shall have the right to object to processing of personal data concerning them for the purposes of direct marketing, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

According to Art. 22 of the GDPR, the Data Subject has the right not to be subject to a decision that is based solely on automated processing of personal data, including profiling, and that has legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her.

According to Art. 34 of the GDPR, the Data Subject has the right to have the Company notify him or her without undue delay of a breach of personal data protection, if such a breach of personal data protection may result in a high risk to the rights of a natural person.

The Company is obliged to provide the Data Subject, at his or her request, with information pursuant to Art. 13 of the GDPR and notices pursuant to Art. 15 to 22 and Art. 34 of the GDPR, which relate to the processing of his or her personal data. The Company must provide the information in written form or in electronic form, generally in the same form in which the request was submitted. If the Data Subject requests it, the Company may provide the information also orally, provided that the Data Subject demonstrates his or her identity by other verifiable means. When exercising rights pursuant to Art. 15 to 22 of the GDPR, the Company is required to provide the Data Subject with cooperation.

The Company is obliged to provide the Data Subject with information pursuant to Art. VI( 6.16 ) of these General Terms and Conditions within one month from the receipt of the Data Subject’s request. In justified cases, taking into account the complexity and number of requests, the Company may extend the above period by another two months, also repeatedly. The Company is obliged to inform the Data Subject of any such extension within one month from receipt of the request together with the reasons for the extension of the period.

The Company provides information pursuant to Art. VI( 6.16 ) of these General Terms and Conditions free of charge.

If the Data Subject’s request is clearly unfounded or excessive, in particular due to its repetitive nature, the Company has the right to request a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information, or a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the notification, or a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of carrying out the requested measure, or to refuse to act on the basis of the request.

The Company informs the Data Subject about any restriction of the Data Subject’s rights in accordance with and pursuant to Art. 23 of the GDPR and § 30 of the Data Protection Act if the purpose of the restriction is not jeopardised by doing so.

If the Data Subject registers for the waiting list for Chinese e-mobility (form in the articles of the Website), the Company, based on his or her explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6( 1 ) point a) of the GDPR, processes his or her email address and voluntarily provided responses (preferred model, budget and purchase time horizon) for the purpose of sending notifications about availability and import options for Chinese e-mobility, including price information. Consent is confirmed by clicking the link in the verification email (double opt-in); to demonstrate consent, the time when it was granted and the cryptographic fingerprint of the IP address are stored (the IP address itself is not stored). Unverified registrations are automatically deleted after 30 days. Consent can be withdrawn at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email sent or by email to info(at)chinaplanet.sk; withdrawing consent ends the sending of notifications.

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These General Terms and Conditions enter into force and become effective on the date of 12.2.2019 upon their publication on the Website.

All rights and obligations of the parties to a legal relationship governed by these general terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the Slovak Republic, and disputes between the parties to this legal relationship will be handled and decided on the merits by the competent courts of the Slovak Republic.