Privacy Policy

This privacy policy informs about what personal data is collected when using the website Claracos.shop (hereinafter referred to as "website"), in what way & for what purposes it is used and what rights you have.

A. RESPONSIBLE

The responsible party within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") for the processing of personal data with regard to the use of the Website is:

ClaraCos GmbH

Augustenstr. 68a

80333 Munich

E-mail: info@claracos.com

(hereinafter referred to as: "ClaraCos", "We", "Us").


B. PROCESSING WHEN VISITING THE WEBSITE

When visiting the website, personal data is collected that your browser transmits to the website server and temporarily stores in a log file (so-called "log files"). The data stored in this context includes, in particular, the following data:

Your IP address

Identification data of the browser used

Country and region of the page call

Name and URL of the pages called up

Date and time of the page views

Time spent on the page(s)

Access status/HTTP status code

Amount of data transferred in each case

In order to display the website (connection establishment) and to ensure its stability and security, the processing of this data is technically necessary. The storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, this data is used to ensure the security of our systems and to optimize the website.

Insofar as the processing of data in the context of visiting the website involves personal data, the corresponding processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest). The legitimate interest results from the above-mentioned purposes.

C. COOKIES

Cookies are used on our website. Cookies are small text files that are placed and stored on a computer system (or vice versa) via an Internet browser. A cookie may be stored on the user's operating system as soon as he or she accesses our website. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly for you (e.g. temporarily storing a shopping cart). In addition, some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

Language settings

Currency settings

Articles in a shopping cart

Last viewed items

Log-in information (without password)

Frequency of product viewing

Order process (e.g. preferred payment methods, without direct access to sensitive payment data such as credit card numbers, banking logins or similar)

Use of website functions.

To refuse, for example, the acceptance of third-party cookies or even all cookies, you can configure the cookie settings in your browser settings according to your wishes and needs. If you refuse the use of cookies, we would like to point out that not all functions of this website may be usable.

If you have a customer account with us, we also use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. Otherwise, you will have to log in again for each visit.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies results from Article 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest). The legitimate interest follows from the above-mentioned purposes of optimizing website use as well as customer friendliness.

D. DATA PROCESSING FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES

1. GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics on our site, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. ("Google"), is used. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website by them. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on the website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

In order to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator, Google will, on behalf of the operator of this website.

  1. GOOGLE REMARKETING

In order to make our website more interesting and to offer you individual, interest-related product recommendations, we analyze and document your user behavior when visiting our website. This website uses the remarketing function of Google. The ads are based on the services and products that you clicked on the last time you visited our website. Google usually stores information such as your web request, browser type, IP address, browser language, date and time of your request. This information is used to associate the web browser with a specific computer. On the pages of the Google advertising network, the visitor may then be presented with advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google's remarketing function. If you have consented to the use at https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated that your browsing history is linked by Google to your Google account and information from your Google account is used for ad personalization, the remarketing function also takes place across devices. For the purpose of cross-device recognition, Google uses your Google ID. According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process. For more information on how Google uses cookies, you can read Google's privacy policy https://policies.google.com/.

  1. GOOGLE ADWORDS

If you click on an ad placed by Google, our website uses cookies for so-called "conversion tracking". "Conversion tracking" is used to identify whether a visitor has come to our website via a Google ad. Google uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website. If you would like to learn more about these methods, click here: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated.

  1. FACEBOOK PIXEL

We use the analysis tool "Facebook Pixel" of the social media platform Facebook. Facebook Pixel is operated by Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are an EU resident, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Facebook Pixel helps analyze the actions that users of our website take and thus measure the effectiveness of advertising. Facebook Pixel allows us to target you, as a visitor to our online offering, for the display of ads.

We use Facebook pixels so that the Facebook ads placed by us are only displayed to Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our website or who have certain characteristics (such as interest in certain topics or products) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called " Custom Audiences"). By using Facebook Pixel, we want to make sure that our Facebook Ads match the potential interest of users. By seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook Ad (so-called " Conversion"), we can also track the effectiveness of the Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes. The legal basis for the use of the Facebook Pixel and the storage of "conversion cookies" is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interests). We have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both our ads and our website.

For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Facebook has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield. You can object to the collection by Facebook Pixel and use of your data to display Facebook Ads. To do so, you can deactivate the "Custom Audiences" remarketing function.

E. OTHER RECIPIENTS OF THE DATA
  1. SHOPIFY

For the offer of our online store, we use the service of Shopify International Ltd, c/o Intertrust Ireland, 2nd Floor 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32 Ireland. All data that you provide in our online store is thereby processed by Shopify on our behalf in order to provide you with the services of the online store. This includes supporting and fulfilling orders, authentication and payment processing. For more information, please visit: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

F. CONTACT

In order to use electronic contact, contact forms are available on the website. If you send us an inquiry in this way, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. These data are:

Name

E-mail address

Chosen topic

Order number (optional)

Phone number (optional)

Your message

Additionally for dealer inquiries:

Company name + address

Country

Website of the company

Commercial register number

In addition, the date and time of the request will be stored. Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the e-mail address provided (info@claracos.com). In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored. The data is used exclusively for the purpose of processing the contact requests.

The legal basis for the processing of this personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. DSGVO (legitimate interests). The legitimate interest results from the fact that we can only perform the action desired by the user (e.g. feedback on orders) by processing the user's data accordingly. If the reason for the contact is the conclusion of a contract (e.g. telephone order), the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. DSGVO.

G. THIRD PARTIES SOCIAL MEDIA

We use the following social media plug-ins: Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. We use the so-called two-click solution for this. This means that when you visit our website, initially no personal data is passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. You can recognize the provider of the plug-in via the logo on product detail pages (share buttons). Via the buttons, we give you the opportunity to communicate directly with the provider of the plug-in.

In the case of Facebook, according to the provider in Germany, the IP address is anonymized immediately after collection. By activating the plug-in, personal data is transmitted to the respective plug-in provider and stored there (in the case of US providers in the USA).

We have neither influence nor insight into the collected data and data processing procedures of these external sites, nor are we aware of the full scope of data processing, the purpose or the storage periods.

For more information, please refer to the respective data protection pages of the corresponding social media providers.

2 COMPANY PAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

If you visit our company website on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok, these providers collect personal data. This also applies if you do not have a respective user account.

We have neither insight nor influence on the collected data and data processing procedures of these external sites, nor are we aware of the full scope of data processing, the purpose or the storage periods.

The providers only provide us with anonymous demographic data in aggregate form, which helps us to get to know our audience better. For more information, please refer to the respective privacy pages of the corresponding social media providers.

For more information, please see the respective privacy pages of the corresponding social media providers.

H. ONLINE-SHOP

1. USER ACCOUNT/REGISTRATION

If you create an optional user account on our website, the data entered will be transmitted to us in the process and stored. When registering for a user account, the following data is collected and stored:

IP address

Date and time of registration

Your first and last name

Your e-mail address

Delivery address

Information about the payment method

During the login process, your e-mail address and a password are collected. In addition, at the time of login, the user's IP address and the date and time of login are stored.

The legal basis for the processing of the aforementioned data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. DSGVO (contract performance and pre-contractual measures). The registration and login area are necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. This is because the registration and login serve the purpose of providing the login function for ordering, viewing your recent orders, managing your delivery and billing addresses and editing the password and account details. Your personal information is used to support your user experience on the Site and to manage access to your account.

2. ORDERING

Generally, you can place orders with us without creating a customer account (ordering as a guest).

During the ordering process via the order form, the following data is collected:

First and last name (mandatory fields)

Billing or delivery address (mandatory fields)

E-mail address (mandatory fields)

Information on payment method

The order form serves the purpose of concluding a contract.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. DSGVO (contract performance and pre-contractual measures), as the user provides us with the data on the basis of the respective contractual relationship (for example, management of the customer account, processing of the purchase contract).

3. PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS

We use external payment service providers.

Our payment methods offered are VisaCard, MasterCard, AmericanExpress, Paypal, Sofortüberweisung, Google Pay and Apple Pay and are used to process payments for our products or services. The following data is processed by the payment service providers: Inventory data, such as the name and address, bank data, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as the contract, totals and recipient-related information. Depending on the service provider, these details are mandatory in order to successfully complete the transactions.

The data you enter will only be processed and stored by the external payment service providers named by us. We do not receive account or credit card related information. We only receive the status of the payment such as "accepted", "declined" or "failed".

We refer to this also for further information and assertion of revocation, information and other data subject rights:

Paypal at the following link

Apple Pay at the following link

Google Pay at the following link

Sofortüberweisung under the following link

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit f DSGVO (legitimate interests). The legitimate interest here is that the payment providers have a legitimate interest in understanding whether and how often the website is used in order to ensure and improve the functionality of your services. In addition, our legitimate interest is to offer different payment methods to our customers.

I. DISCLOSURE OF DATA

Without your consent, personal data collected in the course of using the Website will not be disclosed or otherwise transferred to third parties, unless otherwise expressly described in this Privacy Policy.

For the operation of the website and the services offered on the website, external service providers (for example, hosting providers; newsletter service providers) are used, which process your personal data on our behalf and exclusively according to our instructions. The legal basis for such data processing is Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b DSGVO (contract performance and pre-contractual measures) and Art. 28 DSGVO (order processing).

If necessary, personal data will be transmitted to governmental institutions and authorities if there is a legal obligation to do so (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DSGVO).

J. STORAGE PERIOD & DELETION

As a matter of principle, we store your data only as long as it is required for the respective purpose of processing, it is required by law (e.g. according to commercial and tax law) or until you inform us that your customer account is to be deleted.

As long as an active member account exists or you request deletion of this data beforehand, your customer data (first name, last name, middle name, name changes, postal address) will be stored by us...

We store your order data, invoices and related information for ten years, as required by law.

We store data of your behavior in connection with browsing our website (e.g. clicking on a product), data of your behavior in connection with actions in our newsletter (e.g. clicking on a link in the newsletter) and login data (date and time when you logged in to our website) for up to 25 months after its collection in order to improve your shopping experience. After that, the collected data is anonymized in such a way that it can no longer be assigned to you as a person.

K. YOUR RIGHTS

You have a right to information, correction, deletion or restriction of the processing of your stored data at any time, a right to object to the processing as well as a right to data portability and to lodge a complaint in accordance with the requirements of data protection law.

  1. RIGHT OF OBJECTION

If we process your data for legitimate interest, you may object to this data processing at any time; this would also apply to profiling based on these provisions. We will then no longer process your data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. You may object to the processing of your data for the purpose of direct marketing at any time without giving reasons.

  1. FURTHER RIGHTS

In addition, you have the right

  1. a) to request information about the personal data stored about you at any time (Art. 15 DSGVO);
  2. b) to demand the correction or completion (Art. 16 DSGVO), deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction (Art. 18 DSGVO) of the processing of the relevant personal data, insofar as the legal requirements are met;
  3. c) to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format (Art. 20 DSGVO);
  4. d) to revoke at any time in the future any consent given for the use of personal data (Art. 7 (3) DSGVO); and
  5. e) complain to the competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you in relation to the use of the Website violates applicable data protection law (Art. 77 DSGVO).

To exercise any of your above rights, contact us by email at info@claracos.com.

M. MODIFICATION / UPDATE

If new technologies make it necessary to change our privacy policy, we reserve the right to do so. If fundamental changes are made to this Privacy Policy, we will post them on our website.

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Status: March 2023