PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy. You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more about its privacy practices.
WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED AND WHAT FOR?
I rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:
as needed to provide my services, such as when I use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;
when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list;
if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and as necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as 1) providing and improving my services. I use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve my services; and 2) Compliance with the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use. I use your information as necessary to comply with my obligations under the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:
Etsy. I share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you my services and comply with my obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.
Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery/shipping companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: respond to legal process or to government requests; enforce our agreements, terms and policies; prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; protect the rights, property, and safety of our customers or others.Business transfers. If I sell or merge my business, I may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.
TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OUSIDE THE EU
I may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. As a result, I may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction. If I am deemed to transfer information about you outside of the EU, I rely on Privacy Shield as the legal basis for the transfer, as Google Cloud is Privacy Shield certified.
DATA RETENTION
I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time period: 6 years.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you live in certain areas and the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, you have a right to:
- access a copy of your personal information
- object to processing that is likely to cause or is causing damage or distress
- prevent processing for direct marketing
- object to decisions being taken by automated means
- have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed (in certain circumstances)
- claim compensation for damages caused by a security breach
CONTACT
For purposes of EU data protection law, I Wojciech Olech, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at lampbalance@gmail.com. Alternately, you may mail me at:
Balance Lamp, Kameralna 1/47, 87- 100 Toruń, POLAND EU
If you live in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority for data protection in your country, should you find that I did not appropriately address your question or concern.