privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://www.gassner-design-studios.de (the "Site").

Personal information

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/information and information for third party payment providers like PayPal and Klarna SOFORT), 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.

Use of 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 of personal information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Wix to power our online store.

Google Analytics

Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymisation function)

The website operator has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymisation function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the collection, collation and evaluation of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimise a website and to analyse the costs and benefits of internet advertising.

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The data controller uses the addition "_gat._anonymiseIp" for web analysis via Google Analytics. This addition is used by Google to shorten and anonymise the IP address of the data subject's Internet connection if our website is accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyse the flow of visitors to our website. Among other things, Google uses the data and information obtained to analyse the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our website, and to provide other services in connection with the use of our website.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the data subject's IT system. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the data controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. During the course of this technical procedure, Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Each time our website is visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may share this personal data collected through the technical process with third parties.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a cookie on the data subject's IT system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programmes.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is recognised by Google as an objection. If the data subject's IT system is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later date, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person who is attributable to their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/. 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.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts on some of our websites. This allows us to integrate certain fonts into our website. These fonts are provided by Google via servers in the USA. When accessing our website, the visitor's web browser establishes a direct connection to these servers. Among other things, the visitor's IP address is transmitted to Google and stored there.

Further information about Google: Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA

Further information on data protection at Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Fonts (with IP anonymisation)

We use Google Fonts on our websites. This allows us to integrate certain fonts into our website. These fonts are provided by Google via servers in the USA. When accessing our website, the visitor's web browser establishes a direct connection to these servers. We have integrated the Google fonts in a data protection-compliant manner in which no IP addresses are transmitted to Google.

Further information about Google: Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA

Information on data protection at Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Fonts (local storage)

We use Google Fonts on some of our websites. This allows us to integrate certain fonts into our website. As a rule, these fonts are always stored locally and no data is transferred to the USA.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Further information about Google: Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA

Further information on data protection at Google: https://business.safety.google/gdpr/

Paypal payment

All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy. You can find them here:

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Collection and processing when using the contact form

When using the contact form, we collect personal data (individual information about personal or factual circumstances of a natural person) only to the extent provided by you. We only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Use of the e-mail address for sending newsletters

We use your e-mail address exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided you have expressly consented to this.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by sending us a message. You can find the contact details for this in our imprint. Your e-mail address will then be deleted from the mailing list.

Tracking

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 (Art. 15 - 20 GDPR) 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.

According to Art. 21(1) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of information based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR and to the processing of information for the purpose of direct advertising.

Data retention

When you place an order through the Site, the information will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account legal retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law. It will be deleted after the period has expired, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Right of appeal to the supervisory authority

According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is not being processed lawfully.

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.

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 info@gassner-design-studios.de or by mail using the details provided below:

Gassner Design Studios, Schwenckestraße 98, 20255 Hamburg, Germany

Last update: 20.01.2024