KARAKA

Privacy Policy

This section describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit our site and / or make a purchase from https://atelierkaraka.bigcartel.com (the “Site”, “Karaka Shop”, “We”, “Us”)

If you (“the customer”) choose to do so, you may at any time exercise their right to access, alter, update, correct, delete, limit or transfer their data, as per the EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

Karaka Shop is not responsible for the contents of websites referenced on its corporate website pages for informational purposes only and assumes no liability for any termination or modification of the activities of such websites, for any claims or disputes directly or indirectly related to the contents of such websites or for any damages that may thereby result.

Karaka Shop privacy policy is updated according to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 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.

 

PERSONAL DATA

Karaka is the controller of the personal data you submit to us and is responsible for your personal data under applicable data protection law. Bigcartel is the processor behind Karaka Controlled Data. 

We never pass on, sell or swap your data for marketing purposes to any third parties outside Karaka. Bigcartel will only act as the personal data processor and use the personal data on our behalf. Data that is forwarded to third parties, is only used to provide you with our services.

All personal information you provide us with or that we obtain will be handled by Karaka as responsible for the personal information. The personal information you provide can be used to ensure communication and deliveries to you and for the credit assessment. You have the right to inspect the information held about you. You always have the right to request Karaka to delete or correct the information held about you.

For every specific processing of personal data we collect from you we will inform you whether the provision of personal data is statutory or required to enter a contract and whether it is an obligation to provide the personal data and possible consequences if you choose not to.

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 Data”.

We collect Device Data 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), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Data”.

When we talk about “Personal Data” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Data and Order Data.

 

PERSONAL DATA USE 

We use the Order Data 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 Data 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 Data 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).

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

 

PERSONAL DATA SHARING

We use Bigcartel to power our online store. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Data here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Data to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights

 

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to request information about the personal data we hold on you at any time. You can contact Karaka that will provide you with your personal data via e-mail: [email protected] 

Whenever Karaka processes your personal data by automated means based on your consent or based on an agreement, you have the right to get a copy of your data transferred to you or to another party. This only includes the personal data you have submitted to us.

You have the right to erase any personal data processed by Karaka at any time except for the following situations:

  • you have an ongoing matter with Customer Service
  • you have an open order which has not yet been shipped or partially shipped
  • you have an unsettled debt with Karaka, regardless of the payment method
  • you have made any purchase, we will keep your personal data in connection to your transaction for bookkeeping rules.

You have the right to object to processing of your personal data that is based on Karaka legitimate interest. Karaka will not continue to process the personal data unless we can demonstrate a legitimate ground for the process which overrides your interest and rights or due to legal claims.

You have the right to object to direct marketing, including profiling analysis made for direct marketing purposes. You can opt out from direct marketing following the instructions in each marketing mails.

You have the right to request that Karaka restricts the processing of your personal data under the following circumstances:

  • If you object to a processing based Karaka legitimate interest, Karaka shall restrict all processing of such data pending the verification of the legitimate interest.
  • If you claim that your personal data is incorrect, Karaka must restrict all processing of such data pending the verification of the accuracy of the personal data.
  • If the processing is unlawful you can oppose the erasure of personal data and instead request the restriction of the use of your personal data instead.
  • If Karaka no longer needs the personal data but it is required by you for defending legal claims.

 

COOKIES

Karaka uses cookies according to the new Electronic Communications Act, which came into force on 25 July 2003. A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer that contains information that helps the website to identify and track the visitor. Cookies do no harm to your computer, consist only of text, can not contain viruses and occupies virtually no space on your hard drive. There are two types of cookies: Session Cookies and cookies that are saved permanently on your computer.

The first type of cookie commonly used is Session Cookies. During the time you visit the website, our web server assigns your browser a unique identifier string so as not to confuse you with other visitors. A Session Cookie is never stored permanently on your computer and disappears when you close your browser. To use Karaka Shop without troubles you need to have cookies enabled.

The second type of cookie saves a file permanently on your computer. This type of cookie is used to track how visitors move around on the website. This is only used to offer visitors better services and support. The text files can be deleted. On Karaka Shop we use this type of cookie to keep track of your shopping cart and to keep statistics of our visitors. The information stored on your computer is only a unique number, without any connection to personal information.