Privacy Policy
The data controller is:
FineLine Jewelry & Co.
Thank you for your interest in our online shop. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below, we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.
1. ACCESS DATA AND HOSTING
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the access. This access data is evaluated exclusively to ensure the smooth operation of the site and to improve our offerings. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offerings, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
2. DATA PROCESSING FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION, CONTACT, AND OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT
We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we absolutely need the data for contract processing or for processing your contact, and you cannot send the order or contact us without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide for contract execution and processing your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
Insofar as you have given your consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account. Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of the tax and commercial law retention periods in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.
3. DATA PROCESSING FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES
For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.
4. DATA TRANSFER TO SHIPPING SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELIVERY ANNOUNCEMENT
If you have given us your explicit consent for this during or after your order, we will, based on this consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, forward your email address to the selected shipping service provider so that they can contact you before delivery for the purpose of announcing or coordinating the delivery.
Your consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.
Hermes Germany GmbH
Essener Straße 89
D-22419 Hamburg
Germany
General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
GLS Germany-Straße 1 - 7
DE-36286 Neuenstein
Germany
United Parcel Service Deutschland S.à r.l. & Co. OHG
Görlitzer Straße 1
41460 Neuss
Germany
DPD Deutschland GmbH
Wailandtstraße 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
Germany
DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Germany
5. DATA PROCESSING FOR PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
When processing payments in our online shop, we work with the following partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.
5.1 DATA PROCESSING FOR TRANSACTION SETTLEMENT
Depending on the selected payment method, we transfer the data necessary for the processing of the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who act as processors for us, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for the processing of the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for payment processing themselves, e.g., on their own website or via technical integration in the order process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.
For questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact option described in this privacy policy.
5.2 DATA PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF FRAUD PREVENTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF OUR PAYMENT PROCESSES
If necessary, we provide our service providers with additional data, which they use together with the data necessary for payment processing as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimizing our payment processes (e.g., invoicing, processing of disputed payments, accounting support). This serves to protect our legitimate interests in protecting ourselves against fraud and in efficient payment management, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
6. EMAIL ADVERTISING
6.1 EMAIL NEWSLETTER WITH REGISTRATION
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a dedicated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from the recipient list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.
6.2 EMAIL NEWSLETTER WITHOUT REGISTRATION AND YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT
If we receive your email address in connection with the sale of goods or services and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar products from our range, like those already purchased, via email based on Section 7 (3) UWG. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in advertising to our customers, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests.
You can object to this use of your email address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a dedicated link in the advertising email, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.
7. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
GENERAL INFORMATION
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).
We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g., shopping cart function). Through these technologies, IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website (e.g., information about the content of the shopping cart) are collected and processed. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offerings in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, as part of a balancing of interests.
In addition, we use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations we are subject to (e.g., to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.
You can find the cookie settings for your browser under the following links: Microsoft Edge™ [https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies] / Safari™ [https://support.apple.com/de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac] / Chrome™ [https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en] / Firefox™ [https://support.mozilla.org/de/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies] / Opera™ [https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies]
Insofar as you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.
8. USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES
Insofar as you have given your consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the purpose ceases and the use of the respective technology by us ends, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the "Cookies and other technologies" section. Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, can be found with the individual technologies. For questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this privacy policy.
USE OF GOOGLE SERVICES
We use the technologies described below from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is generally transmitted to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it will be truncated by activating IP anonymization before being stored on Google's servers. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server and truncated there. Unless otherwise specified for individual technologies, data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR concluded for the respective technology. Further information on data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de].
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored by Google Analytics, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Your IP address is generally not merged with other Google data. Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on commissioned processing by Google.
9. SOCIAL MEDIA
9.1 INSTAGRAM SOCIAL PLUGINS
Social buttons from social networks are used on our website. These are only integrated into the page as HTML links, so that no connection to the servers of the respective provider is established when our website is accessed. If you click on one of the buttons, the website of the respective social network opens in a new window in your browser. There you can, for example, activate the Like or Share button.
9.2 OUR ONLINE PRESENCE ON INSTAGRAM
Insofar as you have given your consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR to the respective social media operator, when you visit our online presence on the aforementioned social media, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are generally used for this purpose. Detailed information on the processing and use of data by the respective social media operator, as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in the privacy policies of the providers linked below. Should you still need help with this, you can contact us.
Instagram [https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875] is an offering of Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook Ireland"). The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is generally transmitted to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting an Instagram Fanpage takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here [https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data].
10. CONTACT OPTIONS AND YOUR RIGHTS
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
* in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
* in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, the right to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
* in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing * is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
* for compliance with a legal obligation;
* for reasons of public interest or
* for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
* in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, if * the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
* the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure;
* we no longer need the data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or
* you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
* in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;
* in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.
For questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, restriction or deletion of data, as well as revocation of granted consents or objection to a specific data use, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.