Privacy
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VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH holds the highest respect regarding the privacy of its customers and the users of its Internet presence www.vee-collective.com. In doing so the protection of the personal data has a special significance. VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH commits itself to treat the provided information by the user with the utmost diligence and utmost sense of responsibility at all times. This applies particularly to the collaboration with partners and third parties. VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH does not take liability for third parties unless mentioned and clarified beforehand.
DATA PRIVACY
We use your stock data only for the development of the order. All data will be saved, analysed and used in accordance with the regulations of the German Data Protection Act and the German Telemedia Act. We will not pass on personal data including address and e-mail address without your explicit and at all times revocable permission to third parties. Exempted from this are our service partners who need the data to develop the order (e.g. the commissioned delivery company and the commissioned credit institution handing payment). In this case the amount of transferred data is limited to the requested minimum. VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH may from time to time update customers and users for marketing and promotional purposes. You can object this application at any time without any further emerging costs other than the transmission costs according to the base tariffs. VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH endeavours to use all technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against random or deliberate manipulation, loss, damage or against the access of unauthorised individuals. Payment data will be transferred encoded (128-Bit SSL).
DATA TRANSMISSION
For the handling of orders necessary data will be saved and if necessary transmitted to associated companies and service partners in the needed amount. All personal data will of course be treated strictly confidential. Within legal allowance and in due consideration of your respective protection worthy interests, an exchange of addresses and credit rating data where required will take place with a third business.
COOKIES
Web Cookies are small pieces of data send by websites, which are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We use this technology to optimize the offers presented in the Online Store or on the Website, for example, by saving your personal preferences. The use of cookies for instance enables us to save your virtual shopping cart, determine which country you are in and recognize you when you visit the Online Store or Website again. In addition some cookies will be sent by third parties, which for example enable us to have VEE COLLECTIVE products that reflect your interests offered to you on our partners’ websites (what is commonly known as retargeting).
RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
At any time the user can remove themselves from the VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH mailing list with a short written message to VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH, Kollwitzstraße 78, 10435 Berlin, Germany oder via email at info@vee-collective.com.
RIGHT OF ACCESS AND CHANGES
At any time you have the right for free of charge disclosure, adjustment, inhibition and erasure of your saved data. Please request this via email or via letter written to: VEE COLLECTIVE GmbH, Kollwitzstraße 78, 10435 Berlin, Germany. Email: info@vee-collective.com
USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer, to analyse use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this site is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to the IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address from Google will be truncated within Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA where it is shortened. On behalf of the site owner Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other uses of the website and internet related services with regard to the website owner. As part of Google Analytics provided by your browser, your IP address will not be merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; we would point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of this site. Furthermore this websites uses Google Analytics’ demographics and interest reports. This collection of data will be used anonymously for market research purposes only. You may also prevent sending the data generated by the cookie related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the available browser plugin. You can avoid being tracked by Google Analytics by setting an Opt-Out-Cookie: Deactivate Google Analytics. You can find more information about the terms and conditions and data privacy at
http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
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KLARNA PRIVACY
In order to be able to offer you Klarna’s payment options, we will pass to Klarna certain aspects of your personal information, such as contact and order details, in order for Klarna to assess whether you qualify for their payment options and to tailor the payment options for you. General information on Klarna you can find here. Your personal data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection law and in accordance with the information in Klarnas privacy statement.
USE OF HOTJAR
On our website we use the analysis tool provided by Hotjar Ldt. (Level 2, St Julian's Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ1000, Malta; "Hotjar").
The data processing serves the purpose of designing, optimising and analysing our website according to your needs.
The tool is used to randomly record the movements of visitors to the website. This creates a protocol of mouse movements, scrolling behaviour, dwell time and clicks on the website (what is known as the heat map).
For this purpose Hotjar uses, among other things, cookies. These can involve the collection of, among other things, the following information: IP address (in anonymous form), information about the device you are using (screen size, devices, unique device identifier), information about the browser you are using, location data (country only), preferred language for displaying the website, operating system used. Detailed information on the cookies used and the function and the storage period of these can be found here.
This data is used to create user profiles under a pseudonym. The data is not used to personally identify the visitor of the website and is not merged with personal data of the bearer of the pseudonym. Hotjar is contractually prohibited from selling the collected data to other third parties.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. For the USA, there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Hotjar is not certified under the TAPF. The data transfer takes place on the basis of appropriate protective measures, among other things. Hotjar will provide you with further information on the measures taken upon request.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 25 para. 1 p. 1 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the withdrawal.
For more information about data protection when using Hotjar, please visit: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/#enduserenglish