Privacy
We place great importance on personal data protection and take the subject very seriously. Therefore, we would like to provide you with all details on the collection of data on our website and the purposes, for which it is processed and used.
1. Collection, processing and use of personal data
You can visit our website without providing any personal details. We only collect general access data unrelated to any personal information, such as the name of your internet service provider, the last page you visited and the name of the file requested along with the date of request.
The above information will only be analyzed in order to improve our services and does not allow any access to information about you. Personal data will only be collected if you willingly share it while visiting our website. We always abide by the relevant laws and regulations, particularly the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, “BDSG”) as well as the Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz, “TMG”).
Your data will be processed or used for the purposes of market research or promotion only if you explicitly consented to this use. Your data can be forwarded to third parties only in case your declaration of consent included such a provision. Otherwise, no data shall be handed over to any third party.
2. Providing personal Data to third Parties
When you order a product or a service on our website, your personal data shall only be used to the extent necessary to perform the service or otherwise fulfil the contract.
For this purpose, your data may be forwarded to transportation companies, subsidiaries and credit institutions as well as other parties assisting us to perform our services and fulfil the contract.
We may send your payment information to our principal bank in order to arrange the payment. The data are also accessible to our subsidiaries. Your data shall not be forwarded to any other third parties and will not be used for promotion purposes. Your data will be blocked upon performing the contractual obligations and full payment of the price. The data will be deleted after the mandatory legal and tax related time periods expire.
3. Use of Cookies
We use the so called „Cookies” for some our pages in order to make our services more attractive and also to enable the use of additional functions. Cookies are small pieces of data, which are transferred to your computer when you visit the particular page. Most of the cookies we use will be automatically erased from your system once you end your browsing session (“Session Cookies”). The so called “long lasting Cookies” will remain on your computer and will make it possible for us to identify you when you visit our site again. No partner companies we might work with will be allowed to collect, process or use any personal information from our site by means of cookies.
You can also block the saving of cookies to your computer in your browser’s options menu. This could lead to a reduced functionality of our site though. You can find more information on cookies in the “help” section of your browser.
4. Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analyses service by Google Inc. (“Google”). This service uses cookies, which are small pieces of data, transferred to your computer in order to analyze your use of a website. The information contained in the cookies will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and saved there.
Your IP address will be processed by Google only in a shortened form within the member states of the European Union or in other member states of the European Economic Area, if the IPAnonymization is activated on this website.
The full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and shortened there only in exceptional cases. Google will then use this information on behalf of this website’s operator to evaluate the use of the website in order to make a report for the website operators. The information will also be used for other website related services. Google will not link your IP address to any other information available to Google.
You can block the saving of cookies in your browser’s options menu; this could lead to a reduced functionality of our site though.
You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
5. Social-Media and Plugins
You will find links to the social networks Facebook and Twitter on our website. The following information shall apply with regard to data protection:
5.1 Facebook
We use links to the external social network Facebook. This service is exclusively offered by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (Facebook). The links on our website are recognizable by the Facebook logo or by the “Like” icon.
Clicking the links will activate the Facebook plugins and your browser will automatically redirect to Facebook.
Once you open the links and sign into your Facebook account while using our website, the information of your visit will be sent to Facebook, which can then relate this information to your account. The information will be saved on Facebook’s servers. You can prevent this by signing out of your Facebook account before you click the links.
The links‘ functionalities, particularly the transfer of user information to Facebook will not be activated by merely visiting our website, but only by clicking the links.
Please read Facebook’s privacy protection statement (http://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php) for more information about the purposes and scale of data collection by Facebook as well your options of changing your privacy settings.
5.2 Twitter
We use links to the external social network Twitter. This service is exclusively offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (Twitter). The links on our website are recognizable by the Twitter logo or by the so called “tweet” button.
Clicking the links will activate the Twitter plugins and your browser will automatically redirect to Twitter.
Once you open the links and sign into your Twitter account while using our website, the information of your visit will be sent to Twitter, which can then relate this information to your account.
The information will be saved on Twitter’s servers. You can prevent this by signing out of your Twitter account before you click the links.
The links‘ functionalities, particularly the transfer of user information to Twitter will not be activated by merely visiting our website, but only by clicking the links.
Please read Twitter’s privacy protection statement (http://twitter.com/about/resources/tweetbutton) for more information about the purposes and scale of data collection by Twitter as well your options of changing your privacy settings.
6. Registration / Signing up
By clicking on „sign up“, and also during the ordering process, you can open an account on our website. Hereby you declare your consent that the information required (personal and contact information) and also your user data (password) will be saved. In case of future orders, you can sign in with your email address and password and place your order without having to provide the information again. You can withdraw your consent with regard to your registration information at any time with future effect
7. Data Security
We back up our website and other systems against the loss, damage, unauthorized access, alteration and/or distribution of your data by taking the necessary technical and organisational measures. However, despite our efforts and regular monitoring, full protection cannot be guaranteed.
8. Right to Information
You have a right to information about your saved data and, depending on the circumstances, a right to correction, blocking or deleting of data.
9. Right to Withdrawal of Consent
You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect
reCAPTCHA
We use the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google Inc. (Google) to protect your submissions via internet submission forms on this site. This plugin checks if you are a person in order to prevent certain website functions from being (ab)used by spam bots (particularly comments). This plugin query includes the sending of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the Google reCAPTCHA service. For this purpose your input will be communicated to and used by Google. However, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area and is, as such, anonymized. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address provided by reCaptcha from your browser shall not be merged with any other data from Google.
This data collection is subject to the data protection regulations of Google (Google Inc.). For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
By using the reCAPTCHA service, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Update on 24.05.2018
Needles&Wool Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from Needles-and-wool.com (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers ,email address, and phone number.) We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by
e-mail at caba.sekesi@needles-and-wool.com or by mail using the details provided below:
Caba Sekesi ,Bertha-von-Suttner, 7, Germering, 82110, Germany