Privacy Policy
SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address to provide us with information that helps us learn more about your browser and operating system.
By using our website, you (the visitor) agree that third parties may process your IP address to determine your location for currency conversion purposes. You also agree that this currency will be stored in a session cookie on your browser (a temporary cookie that is automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this so that the selected currency remains selected and consistent when browsing our website so that prices can be converted into your local currency (that of the visitor).
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
SECTION 2 – CONSENT
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you agree to our collecting it for that specific reason only and use.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, such as marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
How do I revoke my consent?
If you change your mind after you subscribe, you may withdraw your consent to us contacting you for the further collection, use or disclosure of your information at any time by contacting us at support@madepants.de
SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Use.
SECTION 4 – SHOPIFY
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored through Shopify's data storage, databases and general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, Shopify stores your credit card information. It is encrypted by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data will only be retained for as long as necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that, your purchase transaction information will be deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS, which are managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a joint effort of brands such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more information, you can also read Shopify's Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Policy (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).
SECTION 5 – THIRD PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third party service providers we use will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to provide the services they provide to us.
Certain third parties, such as However, some providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies regarding the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand how your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
For example, if you are located in Germany and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway in the United States, your personal information used to complete that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States laws, including the Patriot Act .
Once you leave our store website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website Terms of Service.
connections
When you click on links in our store, you may be directed away from our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
SECTION 6 – SAFETY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to ensure that it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
When you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer technology (SSL) and stored with AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
SECTION 7 – COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies we use. We have listed them here so that you can choose whether you want to reject cookies or not.
_session_id, Unique Token, Sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.).
_shopify_visit, no data held, persists 30 minutes after last visit, Used by our website provider's internal statistics tracker to record the number of visits
_shopify_uniq, no data stored, expires at midnight (relative to visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
Shopping cart, unique token, valid for 2 weeks, stores information about the contents of your shopping cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, session dependent
storefront_digest, unique token, unspecified If the store has a password, this is used to determine whether the current visitor has access.
SECTION 8 – AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
SECTION 9 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it periodically. Changes and clarifications will be effective immediately upon posting on the Website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our business is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we can continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT DETAILS
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, please contact our Data Protection Officer at support@madepants.de