Privacy Policy

Website Security and Privacy:

When you use the  www.fors.is website, information regarding your visit is generated.

Fors ehf. does not share this information with third parties. Fors ehf. respects the privacy of its customers’ personal data. By visiting the website, you agree to our terms of privacy and security.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that the website can place on your computer or other smart device when the website Fors ehf, www.fors.is is visited for the first time. The text file is stored on the user’s web browser and Fors ehf. website can read the file. The information in the text file can be used to monitors users’ browsing on the website to improve service, etc. This makes it possible for Fors ehf. to send certain information to the user’s browser and make the users experience more pleasant. Cookies can contain text, numbers or information such as dates, but no personal information about users is stored there.

Fors ehf. Use of cookies

By accepting terms of Fors ehf. regarding the use of cookies, the company has, among other things the authorization to:

  • identify users who have previously visited the website and tailor search and service to the visitors in accordance with the identification,
  • make it easier for users to navigate the website, for example by remembering previous actions,
  • develop and improve the site’s services by gaining insight into its use,
  • display advertisements to users
  • collect and send notifications about the number of users and traffic on the website,

Fors ehf. uses Google Analytics for web tracking. On every visit, several things are recorded, such as time and date, keywords, the website the user came from, and the type of browser and operating system used.

This information may be used for website improvements and development, e.g. about the content that users are looking for, etc. No additional information is collected on the website visit and no attempt is made to link such information with other personally identifiable information.

Siteimprove's services are used on the website in a similar way to Google Analytics, for example to count visits and to find broken links that users click on, as well as to improve the users experience on the web.

Personal information collected

It is possible that we collect personally identifiable information about you, such as you name, address, email address and telephone number related to the processing of orders or for other communications with you.

For example, we record the personally identifiable information necessary to deliver the product you purchase. Also financial-related information and billing address, email address, address, phone number and place of delivery.

The financial information is used only to collect payment for the products purchased.

All personal data that may be generated through the use of cookies will be treated and processed in accordance with the terms of the GDPR from 2018.

If you sign up for a mailing list or provide your email address, we will send you a newsletter. If you already receive emails from the company but want to stop receiving them, you can send us an email at fors@fors.is

At the bottom of every target email sent by Fors ehf. there is also a “unsubscribe from mailing list” buttin, which offers to remove the email addres to which the mail was sent to from the mailing list.

Shopping on our website

We are committed to protecting personal information using the security standards appropriate to the nature of the information, whether or not that information is obtained and/or stored over the internet. We do everything reasonable and appropriate to prevent such information from being lost, stolen, accessed, disclosed, copied, used, altered or destroyed. We place special emphasis on ensuring the security of information when products are purchased through the website. The website uses an SSL certificate, which means that all communications are encrypted. This makes data transfer through the website more secure. SSL certificates prevent unscrupulous parties from gaining access to data sent through the web, such as e.g., passwords. With the credentials, information sent between web server users is encrypted and the data transferred between them returns to the right place in a secure manner.