GDPR Data Protection Policy

GDPR Data Protection Policy

Our privacy policy was last updated on May 21, 2024.

This privacy policy describes our policies and procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your data when you use the service, and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy. This privacy policy was created using TermsFeed 's GDPR privacy policy template .

Interpretation and definitions

interpretation

Words whose initial letters are capitalized have a meaning defined under the following conditions. The following definitions have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in the singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this privacy policy:

• "Account" refers to a unique account that has been created for you to access our service or parts of our service.

• "Company" (referred to in this agreement as either "the Company", "we", "us" or "our") refers to Akiba.

  Under the GDPR, the company is the data controller.

• "Land" refers to Germany.

• "Cookies" are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or other device by a website and contain, among other things, details of your browsing history on that website.

• "Data controller" , within the meaning of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the company as the legal entity that, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

• "Device" refers to any device that can access the service, e.g. a computer, a mobile phone or a digital tablet.

• "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

  For the purposes of the GDPR, personal data is any information relating to you, such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier or one or more factors specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

• "Service" refers to the website.

• "Service Provider" refers to any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals commissioned by the company to enable the service, provide the service on the company's behalf, perform services related to the service, or assist the company in analyzing the use of the service.
  Under the GDPR, service providers are considered data processors.

• "Usage data" refers to automatically collected data generated either through the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (e.g., the duration of a page visit).

• "Website" refers to Akiba, accessible at https://www.akibashop.de

• "You" refers to the person accessing or using the service, or the company or other legal entity on whose behalf that person is accessing or using the service, as appropriate.

  According to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), you can be referred to as a data subject or a user, since you are the individual using the service.

Collection and use of your personal data

Types of data collected

Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personal information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• E-mail address
• First name and last name
• Telephone number
• Address, state, province, zip code, city
• Usage data

Usage data

Usage data is automatically collected when using the service.

Usage data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the service using or via a mobile device, we may automatically collect certain information, including but not limited to the type of mobile device you are using, your mobile device's unique ID, your mobile device's IP address, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you are using, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends when you visit our service or when you access the service using or via a mobile device.

Tracking technologies and cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our service and store certain information. The tracking technologies used include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information, as well as to improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include:

• Cookies, or browser cookies. A cookie is a small file that is placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have set your browser to refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our service and emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also called clear GIFs, pixel tags, and single-pixel GIFs), which allow the company, for example, to count users who have visited these pages or opened an email, and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a particular section and checking system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes listed below:

• Necessary/essential cookies

  Type: Session cookies
  
  Managed by: Us
  
  Purpose: These cookies are essential to provide you with the services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with these services.

Cookie Policy/Notice regarding the acceptance of cookies

• Type: Persistent cookies
• Managed by: Us
• Purpose: These cookies determine whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.

• Functionality cookies

  Type: Persistent cookies
  
  Managed by: Us
  
  Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when using the website, such as your login details or language preferences. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personalized experience and to prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences each time you use the website.

• Tracking and performance cookiesType: Persistent cookies

  Managed by: Third parties
  
  Purpose: These cookies are used to track information about website traffic and how users interact with the site. The information collected through these cookies can directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the collected information is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the website. We may also use these cookies to test new pages, features, or functionalities of the website and to see how our users respond.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please see our Cookie Policy or the "Cookies" section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of your personal data

The company may use personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our service, including monitoring the usage of our service.

• To manage your account: to manage your registration as a user of the service. The personal data you provide allows you to access various features of the service that are available to you as a registered user.

• For the fulfillment of a contract: the development, compliance and execution of the purchase contract for the products, articles or services you have purchased, or any other contract with us regarding the service.

• To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone call, SMS or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as push notifications from a mobile application regarding updates or informative messages relating to the functionalities, products or contractually agreed services, including security updates, if this is necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To send you news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, unless you have chosen not to receive such information.

• To manage your requests: To process and manage your requests to us.

• For business transfers: We may use your data to evaluate or carry out a merger, divestiture, reorganization, restructuring, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a continuation of the business or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceedings, in which the personal data we hold about our service users is among the transferred assets.

• For other purposes: We may use your data for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, and evaluating and improving our service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal data in the following situations:

• With service providers: We may share your personal data with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service, for payment processing, and to contact you.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal data in connection with or during negotiations for a merger, sale of company assets, financing or the acquisition of all or part of our business to another company.
• With affiliated companies: We may share your data with our affiliated companies. In this case, we require these affiliated companies to comply with this privacy policy. Affiliated companies include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• With business partners: We may share your data with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: If you share personal information or otherwise interact with other users in public areas, this information can be viewed by all users and publicly distributed outside of these areas.
• With your consent: With your consent, we can disclose your personal data for any other purpose.

Storage of your personal data

The company stores your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), to resolve disputes, and to enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The company also stores usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally stored for a shorter period, unless this data is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally required to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of your personal data

Your information, including personal data, will be processed at the company's operational offices and at any other locations where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

Your agreement to this privacy policy and the subsequent submission of this information constitute your consent to this transfer.

The company will take all reasonably necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy, and that no transfer of your personal data will take place to any organization or country unless adequate controls are in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of your personal data

Business transactions

If the company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will notify you before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

prosecution

Under certain circumstances, the company may be obliged to disclose your personal data if required by law or if there is a legitimate request from authorities (e.g. a court or government agency).

Other legal requirements

The company may disclose your personal data if it believes in good faith that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the company.
• Prevent or investigate potential misconduct related to the service.
• Protect the personal safety of the service's users or the public.
• Protect yourself from legal liability

Security of your personal data

The security of your personal information is important to us, but please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed information on the processing of your personal data

The service providers we use may have access to your personal data. These third-party providers collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about your activities on our service in accordance with their privacy policies.

Analytics



Email Marketing

We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving some or all of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions in any email we send you, or by contacting us.

GDPR data protection

Legal basis for the processing of personal data in accordance with the GDPR

We may process personal data under the following conditions:

• Consent : You have consented to the processing of personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Contract fulfillment : The provision of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations arising therefrom.
• Legal obligations: The processing of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the company is subject.
• Vital interests: The processing of personal data is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person.
• Public interests: The processing of personal data is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the company.
• Legitimate interests: The processing of personal data is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the company.

In any case, the company will gladly help clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of personal data is a statutory or contractual requirement or a requirement necessary for entering into a contract.

Your rights under the GDPR

According to this privacy policy and by law, if you are resident within the EU, you have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data. You have the right to access, update, or delete the information we hold about you. Whenever possible, you can access, update, or request the deletion of your personal data directly in the "Your Account Settings" section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us for assistance. This will also provide you with a copy of the personal data we hold about you.Access to account information
• Request correction of the personal data we hold about you. You have the right to have incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected. Edit account information
• To manage your requests. You have the right to ask us to show you all your requests. View all requests
• You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. This right exists if we rely on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for our processing and there is something in your particular situation that leads you to object to our processing of your personal data on this basis. You also have the right to object if we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
• Request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to request that we delete or remove your personal data if we no longer have a valid reason to process it.Delete account information
• Request the transfer of your personal data. We will provide you, or a third party you have selected, with your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information for which you have previously given us your consent to use, or for which we have used the information to fulfill a contract with you.
• Withdraw your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to grant you access to certain specific features of the service.

Exercising your GDPR data protection rights

You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, and objection by contacting us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. When you submit a request, we will do our best to respond as quickly as possible.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority regarding our collection and use of your personal data. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact your local EEA data protection authority for further information.

Children's privacy

Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from someone under 13 without verifying parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as the legal basis for processing your data, and your country requires parental consent, we may need your parents' consent before we collect and use this data.

Links to other websites

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be redirected to that third party's website. We strongly recommend that you read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

We have no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites or services and assume no responsibility for them.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will inform you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

We will inform you by email and/or by a clearly visible notice on our service before the change takes effect and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

We recommend that you regularly check this privacy policy for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy will take effect when they are published on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us:

By visiting this page on our website: https://www.akibashop.de
By sending us an email: akiba-shop@outlook.com