European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Don't forget I'm an Etsy seller and e consumer at the same time so it’s important to respect my buyers’ privacy rights and follow data protection laws.
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other local data protection laws guard how personal information is collected and used, and protect the privacy rights of online shoppers.

Information I Collect

To fulfil your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to me), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering.

Why I Need Your Information and How I Use It

I rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

A) 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;
B) when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list;
C) 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.

Leading Practices for Marketing Messages

Even if I get a buyer’s email address through Etsy to help fulfill the transaction, I am required to get the buyer’s express consent before sending marketing messages. Even once I have express consent to send marketing messages, I must respect requests to opt out of sending further marketing messages, as consent can be revoked at any time.

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:

A) 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.
B) Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.
C) Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others.

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: 2 years.

Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EU

I may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. 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.

Your Rights

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:
A) Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.
B) Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where I am required to store data for legal reasons) I will generally delete your personal information upon request.
C) Object. You can object to (i) my processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, I will delete your personal information unless I have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.
D) For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Theodor Woodini, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me with convo or you may contact Etsy at Etsy.com/help for assistance.