PRIVATE POLICY
DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION
IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION YOU ARE INFORMED ABOUT THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT, FOR WHAT PURPOSES WE COLLECT THE DATA AND WHAT WE DO WITH THE COLLECTED DATA. THE LEAGAL BASIS FOR THIS DECLARATION IS THE EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR).
1. REASON FOR DATA PROCESSING
WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, WHICH IS SORTED INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
- NAME
- CONTACT INFORMATION INCLUDING EMAIL ADDRESS
- PHONE NUMBER
- POSTAL ADDRESS
YOU HAVE PROVIDED US WITH THIS DATA OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL AND WE USE THIS DATA WITH YOUR CONSENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
- TO SEND YOU PRODUCT INFORMATION, PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION, SPECIAL OFFERS AND EVENTS BY EMAIL (THROUGH NEWSLETTER), AS WELL AS
- TO SEND YOU SPECIAL TAILOR-MADE OFFERS FROM OUR RANGE OF PRUDUCTS BY EMAIL (NEWSLETTER)
THE DATA PROVIDED BY YOU IS FURTHERMORE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A TRANSACTION. WITHOUT THIS DATA WE CANNOT PROCESS YOUR ORDER AND ARE UNABLE TO FULFILL OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU.
2. SECURING THE PROCESSED DATA
WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SECURE. IN ORDER TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR DISCLOSURE, WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES THAT ARE WITHIN OUR POWER. YOUR DATA IS SAVED ON OUR COMPANY'S SYSTEM AT GRAF-STAUFFENBERG-STR. 24, 50374 ERFTSTADT, GERMANY.
FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA WE USE THE FOLLOWING THIRD PARTY PROCESSORS:
- ONLINE SHOP ADMINISTRATION: SHOPIFY (WWW.SHOPIFY.COM)
- ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICES: SHOPIFY PAYMENTS (WWW.SHOPIFY.COM) AND PAYPAL (WWW.PAYPAL.COM)
- NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION: SHOPIFY EMAILS (WWW.SHOPIFY.COM) AND MAILCHIMP (WWW.MAILCHIMP.COM)
- ANALYSIS OF WEBSITE USER BEHAVIOR: GOOGLE ANALYTICS (GOOGLE INC., WWW.GOOGLE.COM)
3. ANALYSIS OF THE WEBSITE USE:
FOR THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF WEB PAGE TRAFFIC WE WORK WITH GOOGLE ANALYTICS. THIS BELONGS TO GOOGLE INC. (1600, AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043, USA). GOOGLE INC. IS CERTIFIED UNDER THE US-EU DATA PROTECTION ACT "PRIVACY SHIELD"AND IS COMMITTED TO ABIDING TO EU DATA PROTECTION GUIDELINES. INFORMATION ON GOOGLE ANALYTICS METHODS OF HANDLING USER DATA CAN BE FOUND IN GOOGLE'S DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION.
OUR WEBSITE USES "COOKIES". A COOKIE IS A SMALL FILE WHICH ASKS PERMISSION TO BE PLACED ON YOUR COMPUTER'S HARD DRIVE. ONCE YOU AGREE, THE FILE IS ADDED AND THE COOKIE HELPS ANALYSE WEB TRAFFIC OR LETS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU VISIT A PARTICULAR SITE. COOKIES ALLOW WEB APPLICATION TO RESPOND TO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL. THE WEB APPLICATION CAN TAILOR ITS OPERATIONS TO YOUR NEEDS, LIKES AND DISLIKES BY GATHERING AND REMEMBERING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PREFERENCES. IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW US TO USE COOKIES, CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND PAGES MAY NOT WORK AS PLANNED AND YOUR USER EXPERIENCE MAY BE REDUCED. THE IP ADDRESS TRANSFERRED TO GOOGLE ANALYTICS IS NOT COMBINED WITH OTHER INFORMATION FROM GOOGLE.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED BY GOOGLE ANALYTICS, PLEASE CLICK ON ONE OF THE REQUIRED LINKS BELOW:
4. SOCIAL PLUG-INS
SO-CALLED SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG-INS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR WEBSITE IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND AND SHARE FEATURES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, SUCH AS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE AND THE LIKE. BY INTERACTING WITH THESE PLUG-INS, I.E. WHEN YOU PRESS THE "PIN-IT" (PINTEREST) BUTTON, OR ENTER A COMMENT THERE, YOUR BROWSER WILL TRANSFER THIS INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THE RELEVANT SOCIAL MEDIA SITE AND SAVE IT THERE. TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE REASONS FOR THE SCOPE OF DATA COLLECTING AND PROCESSING BY FACEBOOK, PINTEREST OR YOUTUBE AS WELL AS YOUR RELATED RIGHTS AND SETTING MODIFICATIONS TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY, PLEASE LOOK AT THE PRIVACY STATEMENT APPLICABLE TO THE WEBSITE IN QUESTION.
5. INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER
- NEWSLETTER CONTENT: NEWSLETTER ARE GENERALLY DISTRIBUTED BY EMAIL. THE NEWSLETTERS CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS, PROMOTIONS AND EVENTS AS WELL AS SPECIAL TAILOR-MADE OFFERS FROM OUR PRODUCT RANGE.
- SUBSCRIBING TO OUR NEWSLETTER: SUBSCRIBING TO OUR NEWSLETTER CAN BE DONE BY REGISTERING AS CLIENT AT OUR ONLINE SHOP OR ON OUR WEBSITE DIRECTLY. THE REGISTRATION IS CARRIED OUT BY THE DOUBLE-OPT-IN METHOD. THEREFORE YOU WILL RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL WHICH REQUIRES YOUR CONFIRMATION OF YOUR REGISTRATION. THIS CONFIRMATION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PREVENT MISUSE OF YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR THE NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION YOU JUST NEED TO PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. THE NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION IS RECORDED IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
- USE OF THE NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION SERVICE OF SHOPIFY EMAILS AND MAILCHIMP: FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER WE USE THE DISTRIBUTION PROCESSORS SHOPIFY EMAILS AND MAILCHIMP. MAILCHIMP IS CERTIFIED UNDER THE US-EU DATA PROTECTION ACT "PRIVACY SHIELD"AND IS COMMITTED TO ABIDING TO EU DATA PROTECTION GUIDELINES. PLEASE CHECK MAILCHIMP'S PRIVACY STATEMENT. THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF OUR NEWSLETTER RECIPIENTS ARE SAVED ON MAILCHIMP'S SERVER IN THE US. MAILCHIMP USES THIS INFORMATION TO SEND AND EVALUATE THE NEWSLETTER ON OUR BEHALF. FURTHERMORE MAILCHIMP CAN USE THIS DATA TO OPTIMIZE AND IMPROVE THEIR SERVICES. HOWEVER, MAILCHIMP DOES NOT USE THE NEWSLETTER RECIPIENTS' DATA TO MAKE CONTACT THEMSELVES OR TO PASS THEM ON TO A THIRD PARTY.
- STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS: IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STATISTICS COLLECTED BY MAILCHIMP, IT CAN BE FOLLOWED WEATHER THE NEWSLETTER WAS OPENED, WHEN IT WAS OPENED AND WHICH LINKS THE RECIPIENT CLICKED. THE EVALUATION OF THIS DATA SERVES TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE READING HABITS OF OUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS AND TAILOR OUR CONTENT TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, OR TO SEND TAILOR-MADE INFORMATION TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.
6. CANCELLATION, CORRECTION, DELETION
YOU CAN RETRACT YOUR CONSENT TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER AT ANY TIME. A CANCELLATION RESULTS IN YOUR DATA NOT BEING EVALUATED AS STATED ABOVE FROM THIS POINT IN TIME. A LINK TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF EACH NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT US UNDER SHOP@KARAKORAM.DE TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION.
FURTHERMORE YOU MAY REQUEST DETAILS FO THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH WE KEEP ABOUT YOU AT ANY TIME. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT ANY INFORMATION WE HAVE SAVED ABOUT YOU IS INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY EMAIL (SHOP@KARAKORAM.DE) OR BY POST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL CORRECT ANY INFORMATION FOUND TO BE FALSE IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST YOUR DATA TO BE DELETED.
PLEASE CONTACT US ANYTIME AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
KARAKORAM GMBH
GRAF-STAUFFENBERG-STR. 24
50374 ERFTSTADT
GERMANY
INFO@KARAKORAM.DE
WWW.KARAKORAM.DE
PHONE: +49 2235 710 42 50