PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY ACCORDING TO ART. 13 PAR. 1 GDPR

This Privacy Policy sets out how ‘stylekontor Group GmbH’ (“stylekontor” or "we"), in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), processes personal information that you give to stylekontor when using stylekontor’s portfolio of services based on https://stylekontor.com including subdomains and folders (“Website”).

The protection of your data and their security while using our Website is of the utmost importance to us and stylekontor is committed to ensure that your privacy is protected. For this reason, we herein describe what personal data we collect during your visit to our Website, what this data is used for and which purpose the data has.

Generally, a visit to our Website is possible without any need to provide personal data. Access data which is not person-related is saved as permitted by the GDPR. For those instances on the Website where there is an option to provide personal information, this data is given voluntarily on the part of the visitor. The personal data saved will be collected and used exclusively for the intention stated prior to the request for this data.

Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this Website, this information shall only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. stylekontor may change this policy from time to time by updating this page due to changes in law or internal processes. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

1. RESPONSIBILITY AND SCOPE

This Privacy Policy applies to any data processing carried out by the company

stylekontor Group GmbH
Schwanenwik 24
22087 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: support@stylekontor.com

for the Website https://stylekontor.com including subdomains and folders as well as the corresponding stylekontor App.

2. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?

Personal data is information which can be used to gather more personal or factual information about you (e.g. name, contact information including address, email address, telephone number or date of birth).

Information by which we can make no connection to you (or only under excessive effort), e.g. through anonymizing the information, is not considered personal data.

3. WHICH PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT AND PROCESS?

On the one hand, your data is collected by providing it to us, e.g. by way of a contact form. On the other hand, data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when accessing our Website. This is mainly technical data, e.g. internet browser, system time or time of access.

You can access our Website and use much content without providing personal data. Should you wish to make use of the full functionalities of the Website, you need access to restricted sections. Restricted sections include, among others, the ability to purchase a design in our shop, the design voting system or the design upload process for designers. For these restricted sections, we require a registration on our Website, where you provide us with information such as name, e-mail address, contact information and other information necessary for processing your request. You are free to decide whether you wish to provide us with this information. However, without this information we are unable to process your request.

4. WHAT DO WE USE YOUR DATA FOR?

Your data is partly used to offer error-free functionalities of the Website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. If you access the Website, your user behaviour may be analysed for statistical purposes. These are based on analytical programs described further below.

We require the data you provide us to to process your requests, understand your needs and provide you with a better service, particularly for the reasons of performing our services, for internal reports, improvements to our products and services, market research, customisation of the Website according to your interests, periodical information about new products, promotional information such as special offers or other information which we believe you may find interesting. We will not make any further use of your personal data nor sell, distribute or lease your personal data to a third party unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

5. SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE DATA WE SAVE

We are committed to treat the personal data that you have entrusted to us by way of our Website and/or in email correspondence securely, privately and confidentially. In order to prevent data that we have saved from unauthorised access or being lost or misused, we have implemented suitable technical and operational safety procedures, which are tested and updated regularly.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this Website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in the address line of your browser. If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Please note that, due to the structure of the Internet, it is possible that the rules and regulations of data protection and security measures mentioned above are not adhered to by other persons or institutions that are not within our area of legislative responsibility. In particular, it is possible that unencrypted data disclosed, e.g. via email communication, can be read by a third party. This is beyond the range of our technical influence. It is the responsibility of the user to protect the data/information he/she has made accessible against misuse either by encryption or through other means.

6. HOSTING

This Website is hosted by an external service provider (hosting provider). The personal data collected by the Website are saved on the servers of the hosting provider. These may include e.g. IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website access data or other data generated by a website.

The hosting provider is used to fulfil our contracts with potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. b GDPR) in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional service partner (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our hosting provider will only process the data to fulfill its obligation to perform its services and will adhere to our instructions regarding the data.

We work with the following hosting provider:

ALL-INKL.COM - Neue Medien Münnich
Owner: René Münnich
Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf, Germany

In order to ensure conformity with data processing regulations, we have concluded data processing agreement with our hosting provider.

7. SERVER LOG FILES

At every single access to our services, information is sent to the server by the internet browser of your respective terminal device and is temporarily stored in log files. The information transmitted is:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operation system
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of accessing device
  • Time of server request
  • IP address

A direct conclusion on your identity is not possible on the basis of the information and a combination of this information with other data sources is not performed.

The storage of your data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website - for these reasons, server log files must be recorded.

8. USER ACCOUNT

To provide you with the greatest possible convenience when using our Website, we offer you the permanent storage of your personal data in a password-protected customer/user account.

The creation of a user account is generally on a voluntary basis. If you create a user account, the processing of your data collected will be based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. After the creation of a user account, you are not required to enter your data again. In addition, you can view and change the data stored about you in your user account at any time.

Only if you want to place orders through our Website / App, the creation of a user account will be mandatory for contract processing.

In addition to the data requested during the order placement or design upload, you must enter a password of your own choice to create a customer account. Together with your email address, this password will be used to access your user account. Please treat your personal access data confidentially and do not make them available to unauthorised third parties. Please note that even after leaving our Website you can remain logged in unless you actively logout.

You can delete your customer account at any time. However, please note that this does not mean that the data visible in your user account will be deleted if you have placed an order with us in the past. Please also observe that in deleting your data we are no longer able to provide you with the full functionality offered by our Website.The deletion of your data is carried out automatically after the expiry of the retention obligations applicable to us by commercial or tax law. The legal basis for this further data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c) and lit. f) GDPR.

9. CONCLUSION OF A CONTRACT

If you register for our services and/or conclude a contract with us (e.g. by purchasing a product), we will process the data required for the conclusion, execution or termination of the contract, including:

  • Title
  • First and last name
  • Invoice and delivery address
  • Email address
  • Billing and payment data
  • Date of birth
  • Phone number
  • Shop settings

The legal basis for this operation is Article 6 para. 1 a) and b) GDPR, i.e. you provide us with the information on the basis of the respective contractual relationship (e.g. management of the user account, processing of a sales contract, processing of a campaign contract) between you and us. In addition, we are legally obliged by the German Civil Code to process your email address in the event of a purchase via our Website / App requiring to send you an electronic order confirmation (according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c) GDPR).

We store the data collected for the contractual processing, unless we use it for our own marketing purposes, for the respective contract duration or until the expiry of the respective statutory rights or potential warranty and guarantee rights. After the expiry of the said period, we will retain the information required under commercial and tax law regarding the contractual relationship for the period legally required. During this period, the data will be reprocessed only in case of a review by the tax authorities.

For the processing of a sales contract, payment data will be transferred to the payment service providers commissioned by us for processing payments. We transfer information on the delivery address to logistics companies and shipping partners commissioned by us for the purpose of delivering the order. To ensure the delivery of goods according to your wishes, we may transfer your email address and possibly your phone number to the logistics company and/or shipping partner commissioned by us to take care of delivery. They may contact you before the delivery to coordinate the delivery details. The respective data will be transmitted solely for the respective purpose, will not be used for other purposes after delivery and will be deleted after the expiry of applicable commercial and tax law obligations to keep records. The legal basis of processing is Article 6 para. 1 point b) GDPR.

The information provided by you during your order placement can be used to check whether there is a so-called atypical ordering process (e.g. simultaneous order of many goods to the same address by using different user accounts). In principle, we have a legitimate interest in carrying out such a check. The legal basis of processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

10. PAYMENTS

We process your payment information for the purpose of payment processing, e.g. if you purchase or use a product and/or service through our Website / App. Depending on the payment method, we may forward your payment information to third parties (e.g. in the case of PayPal payment to PayPal). The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a), b), and f) GDPR.

If you pay via PayPal, your payment data will be forwarded to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “PayPal”) within the payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the certain payment methods such as credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or purchase on account via PayPal. The result of the credit assessment with regard to the statistical probability of non-payment is used by PayPal for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit assessment may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the credit assessment, they will be based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other data, address information is included in the score values calculation. Further information on data protection, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy at: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

11. HOW DO WE SAVE YOUR DATA

stylekontor will save your data for the purposes of processing data according to applicable law. If not stated otherwise in this Privacy Policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for processing the data disappears. If you make a valid request for deleting your data or to revoke your consent to processing your data, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally available or binding reasons to save your personal data (e.g. compulsory period of record keeping according to tax or corporate law); in the latter case, the deletion will be effected after these reasons disappear.

12. TRANSMISSION OF DATA TO THE USA

Our Website also makes use of tools by companies registered in the USA. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transmitted to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to surrender personal data to security authorities without you as the person concerned being able to take legal action against this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these data processing activities.

13. COOKIES

We make use of so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files which help to analyse web traffic or to allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. Based on cookies, a web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Most browsers are therefore configured to accept cookies automatically. You can, however, reconfigure your browser so that it informs you beforehand if cookies will be saved. Please note that users that do not accept cookies may be prevented from taking full advantage of the Website. Once you agree, cookies are sent from your web server to your browser during your visit to our Website and then stored on your computer for later retrieval.

We use so-called “session cookies” (also known as temporary cookies that are saved temporarily and only during the time you are visiting the Website or using one of our services) and “persistent cookies” (also known as long-term cookies that are saved by your browser and stored on your computer after leaving the Website or using one of our services). In some cases, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your device when you use our website ("third-party cookies"). These enable us or you to use certain third-party services (e.g. cookies for processing payments). Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you of this separately in the context of this Privacy Policy and, if necessary, ask for your consent.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you require (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The operator of the Website has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the cookies concerned are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR); the consent can be revoked at any time.

14. GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This Website uses Google Analytics, a Web analysis service of Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies as described above, i.e. text files that are saved on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the Website. The information created by the cookie about your use of the Website is transmitted, as a rule, to a Google server in the USA and saved there. It is also possible that Google may provide this information to third parties, as far as this is legally stipulated or if a third party is contracted by Google to process this information.

If the IP anonymization is activated on this Website, your IP address within the European Union member states or in other states bound by the agreements regarding the European Economic Area will have been shortened by Google prior to this. In general, the full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there only as an exception. We would like to point out that Google Analytics has been expanded on this Website to include the code “gat._anonymizeIp();”– to guarantee that IP addresses are gathered anonymously (so-called IP masking).

Google uses the information provided by you as contracted by us to evaluate your use of the Website, to create reports about the Website activities and to supply other services connected to the Website and the internet use. The IP address transmitted from your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data from Google.

You can prevent cookies from being saved by adjusting your browser software; please note that in this case it may be possible that not all functions of this Website can be used in their entirety.

Moreover, you can prevent Google from collecting the data produced by the cookie in connection with your use of the Website by accessing the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and downloading and installing the browser plug-in.

As an alternative to this browser plug-in or for browsers on mobile gadgets, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics. This click sets an “opt-out-cookie” which prevents your data from being collected during any future visit to this Website.

You can find more general information on/about Google Analytics and data protection information at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

15. INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND TOOLS

In order to make your online experience richer, more powerful and user-friendly, this Website makes use of plugins and tools by social media companies or their respective social network listed below.

You can usually recognize these plugins by means of the respective social media logos. These social media companies provide a social media account through their respective social media network. In order to take advantage of certain features, components and capabilities of the social media account on our Website, we may ask you to authenticate, register for or log into the respective Social Media network.

Our Website prevents data from being transmitted to the respective provider when you first access the Website. A direct connection to the provider's server is only established when you activate the plugin (consent). As soon as you activate the plugin, the respective provider receives the information that you have visited this Website with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account at the same time, the respective provider can assign the visit to this website to your account. The activation of the plugins constitutes consent within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.

You acknowledge that stylekontor has no control over the way social media companies use, store or disclose your information. You should, therefore, regularly review their privacy policies and privacy settings to understand their privacy-related practices. For information on the scope and purpose of data collection and further processing and use of your data, please refer to the data protection policy on the respective Website.

FACEBOOK

Plugins of the social network Facebook are integrated on this Website. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on this Website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.

When you visit this Website, the plugin can create a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited this Website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this Website to your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to assign your visit to this Website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the Website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. You can find more information on this in Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to this Website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

The Facebook plugins are used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our Website and forwarded to Facebook with the help of the tool described here, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook. The processing by Facebook after the forwarding is not part of the shared responsibility. The obligations we have jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. You can find the wording of the agreement at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing the tool on our Website in a manner that is secure under data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) with regard to the data processed on Facebook directly on Facebook. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

INSTAGRAM

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the contents of this Website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This enables Instagram to assign your visit of this Website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the Website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Instagram.

The storage and analysis of the data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our Website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we have jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. You can find the wording of the agreement here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the implementation of the tool on our website in a manner that is secure under data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products. You can assert rights of data subjects (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed on Facebook or Instagram directly on Facebook. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

You can find more information on this in Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

TWITTER

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on this Website. These functions are offered by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the Website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or of its use by Twitter. You can find more information on this in Twitter's privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.

The Twitter plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings under https://twitter.com/account/settings.

PINTEREST

On this Website we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites you visit, which also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, how you use Pinterest and cookies.

The storage and analysis of the data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest's data protection information: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

YOUTUBE

This Website integrates videos from YouTube which is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this Website before they watch the video. The transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. In this way, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you are watching a video.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this Website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after starting a video, YouTube can save various cookies on your device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can receive information about visitors to this Website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve usability and prevent fraud attempts.

If necessary, after the start of a YouTube video, further data processing operations can be triggered over which we have no influence.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

VIMEO

This Website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with Vimeo videos, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. However, we have set Vimeo in such a way that Vimeo does not track your user activities and does not set cookies.

Vimeo is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and, according to Vimeo, on "legitimate business interests". You can find details here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

You can find more information on handling user data in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

16. HYPERLINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our Website contains so-called hyperlinks to websites of other providers. By activating these hyperlinks, you will be connected directly from our Website to the website of another provider. You can recognize this for example by the change in the URL in the address bar of your browser. You should note that we do not have any control over that other website. We therefore cannot assume any responsibility for the confidentiality of your data at these third-party websites, as we have no influence on whether these companies adhere to the data protection policies.

Therefore, we cannot assume any responsibility for the confidentiality, protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such third-party websites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. For information about how these other companies and their respective websites handle your personal data, please refer directly to the third-party websites and their respective privacy policy.

17. FONT

This Website uses the Cloud.typography service for fonts by Hoefler & Co for the purpose of a uniform display of fonts and symbols. The provider is Hoefler & Co., 611 Broadway, Room 725, New York, NY 10012-2608, USA.

When you call up a page, your browser loads the required fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts, fonts and symbols correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the servers of Hoefler&Co. As a result, Hoefler&Co. obtains information that this Website was accessed via your IP address. The use of the Cloud.typograhpy service is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on our Website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support the Cloud.typography service for fonts from Hoefler&Co., a standard font is used by your computer.

Further information on the Cloud.typography service for fonts can be found in the Hoefler&Co privacy policy at: https://www.typography.com/policies/privacy.

18. COMMENT FUNCTION

For the comment function on the Website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your e-mail address and the user name you have chosen are saved.

Our comment function saves the IP addresses of the users who submit comments. Since we do not check comments on this Website before they are activated, we need this data in order to be able to proceed against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

The comments and the associated data are stored and remain on this Website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

The comments are saved on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal e-mail to us is sufficient. The legitimacy of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

19. CONTACT AND CONTACT FORM

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone, fax or contact form, your request including all personal data (e.g. name, request) will be saved and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is required to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries sent to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR), if this was queried.

The data you send to us via a contact request will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, if you revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

20. NEWSLETTER

Should you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will need an email address as well as information allowing us to verify that you are the owner of that address and that you wish to receive the newsletter. Without this information, we are unable to send you our newsletter. Any additional personal details in registering to receive our newsletter are given voluntarily. We use this data exclusively for sending the information asked for and do not share this with third parties except for our newsletter service provider MailChimp, which is operated by The Rocket Science Group, LLC (675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA). Further information on their legal terms can be accessed under https://mailchimp.com/legal.

For the subscription to our newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in method, i.e. we will only send out the newsletter to you if you confirm your subscription by clicking the link contained in a confirmation e-mail which is sent to you specifically for this purpose. This way we would like to ensure that only you as the proper owner of the specified e-mail address may subscribe to our newsletter.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legitimacy of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or when the purpose is no longer applicable. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the framework of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider in order to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in compliance with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage provided that your interests outweigh our legitimate interests..

21. DATA PROCESSING FOR MARKETING PURPOSES

We have a legitimate interest in using certain information for marketing purposes to provide relevant offers to you. In this context, we process the following information to send advertising materials for our own marketing purposes: first and last name, postal address, year of birth. The legal basis for the use of personal data for marketing purposes is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

We are also entitled to store your additional personal information collected in compliance with legal requirements for our own marketing purposes. Objective is to provide you with advertising which is solely oriented towards your actual or supposed needs / interests and to avoid bothering you with advertising which is not relevant to you. The additionally stored data will not be transferred to third parties.

You can, at all times, free of charge, object against the use of your personal information for the aforementioned marketing purposes with effect for the future by writing to support@stylekontor.com.

If you file an objection, your data will be blocked for any further data processing for marketing purposes. We would like to point out that, in exceptional cases, advertising material may still be sent out temporarily after our receipt of your objection. This is technically due to the necessary lead time to process your objection and does not mean that we have not implemented your objection.

22. WITHDRAWAL/OBJECTION

During your use of our Website, you may have given your consent to process and use your personal data for various purposes. These include your registration on our Website acknowledging that your personal data is saved and processed under the terms of this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms and Conditions and our Terms of Use.

We would like to emphasize that you may generally withdraw your consent with future effect and you may dissent to processing and using your data for promotional purposes (Art. 21 GDPR). In these cases, please follow the relevant hyperlink to withdraw your consent or contact support@stylekontor.com.

IF DATA PROCESSING IS PERFORMED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PAR. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS RESULTING FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO A PROFILING BASED ON THESE POLICIES. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED IS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING REASONS TO BE PROTECTED FOR THE PROCESSING AND OUTSIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING IS REQUIRED FOR ENFORCEMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

23. WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE WITH RESPECT TO YOUR DATA?

If you gave your consent to processing your data, you have the right to revoke your consent for the future at any time. The legitimacy of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. Furthermore, you have additional rights if the respective legal requirements are met:

  • You have the right to obtain information, at no cost, about your personal data stored by us, particularly regarding origin of the data, recipients and purpose.(according to Art. 15 GDPR), in particular you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients your data has been or will be disclosed to, the planned storage period, the origin of your data, if it has not been collected directly from you.
  • You have the right to rectify incorrect or to complete correct data (according to Art. 16 GDPR).
  • You have the right to erase your data stored with us (according to Art. 17 GDPR), as long as we have not to comply with legal or contractual retention periods or other legal obligations or rights for further storage.
  • You have the right to restrict the processing of your data (according to Art. 18 GDPR) if you dispute data accuracy, the processing is unlawful but you refuse the deletion; if we no longer need the data but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or if you have lodged an objection to the processing according to Art. 21 GDPR.
  • You have the right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR, i.e. the right to have selected data stored by us about you transferred in a structured, machine-readable format, or to demand its transmission to another data controller
  • You have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters.

24. INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DATA WE SAVE / DELETING YOUR DATA

We reserve the right to delete inactive user accounts. Your user account is considered inactive if you have not logged in or performed any requests on our Website for a period of more than 12 months. Before deletion of your user account, we will seek to inform you beforehand. If you do not disagree, we would then delete your account.

If you believe that any information we are holding is incorrect despite our efforts to maintain accurate and up-to-date information, please login to your personal account to make the necessary changes or contact out customer service at support@stylekontor.com so that we can promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

25. QUESTIONS AND REMARKS

Should you have any question, comment or concern regarding this Privacy Policy, please write us a message:

stylekontor Group GmbH
Schwanenwik 24
22087 Hamburg
Germany
Email: support@stylekontor.com

Last revised: 23 February 2021