Privacy Policy

Last Updated: Aug 06, 2024
Please read these Privacy Policies carefully.

Privacy Policies
These are the privacy policies of the online shop "WatchArtCreations." By using our website (www.testlink.com), you agree to these privacy policies. If you do NOT agree with any part of the privacy policies, please refrain from using our website.

About Us
WatchArtCreations, hereafter referred to as "we," "us," "our," "ours," "WatchArtCreations," or "The Online Shop," is the owner of this website and its online shop.
You are referred to in these user conditions as "you," "your," "consumer," "the consumer," "user," "the user," or "customer."

Information
The privacy policies you are currently reading explain how WatchArtCreations collects, uses, stores, and shares your personal data.

Changes to the Privacy Policies
WatchArtCreations reserves the right to change or update the privacy policies at any time. As soon as we change or update the privacy policies, the "Last Updated" date will be adjusted accordingly.

Collection and Use of Your Data
WatchArtCreations collects certain data from you, including:
• First and Last Name
• Billing Address
• Shipping Address
• Payment Method
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• Username
• Account Password
• Cookies
• IP Address
• Device Information
• Other Information Provided by You

We use this information solely to provide you with the best possible service and to ensure everything runs smoothly. WatchArtCreations is NOT obligated to store this information; it is merely a service we can offer. WatchArtCreations reserves the right to store additional information if necessary. If you do NOT agree with this, please do NOT use the service provided by WatchArtCreations.

Storage of Your Data
WatchArtCreations stores your data via the online provider Shopify (including Shopify Inc.). Therefore, WatchArtCreations CANNOT guarantee that your data is 100% secure since we do not have direct access to the security mechanisms of this database. However, WatchArtCreations strives to process your data as securely as possible. In the event of a security breach, WatchArtCreations will make every effort to secure your data as quickly as possible and within our capabilities. Since we do NOT have complete control over the database, we cannot fully guarantee the security of your data. If you have any concerns or questions regarding the security of your data, please contact Shopify support.

Sharing Your Data
WatchArtCreations is NOT obligated to share the collected data but reserves the right to do so under certain circumstances. Your data may be shared with:

1. Service Providers and Partner Companies: Trusted third-party providers who assist us in delivering our services, such as shipping companies or payment processors.
2. Legal Requirements: If we are legally required to disclose your data, such as by a court order or government request.
3. Protection of Our Rights: To protect our rights, property, or the safety of WatchArtCreations, our customers, or the public.
   Please note that we only share the minimal necessary data and always ensure that your data is handled securely and confidentially. If you do NOT agree with this, please do NOT use WatchArtCreations' service.

International Data
Please note that your personal data may be transferred, stored, and processed outside your country of residence. Employees, external service providers, and partners may also have access to your personal data and may process and store it.
When we transfer your personal data to countries outside Europe, we use recognized transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or equivalent contracts approved by the relevant authorities unless the transfer is to a country deemed adequate by the European Commission concerning data protection. WatchArtCreations is NOT obligated to share the collected data but reserves the right to do so under certain circumstances.

Information Received from Third Parties
We may receive information about you from third parties, including vendors and service providers acting on our behalf. These third-party sources include:
• Companies that support our website and services, such as Shopify (including Shopify Inc.).
• Payment processors that collect payment information such as bank accounts, credit or debit card information, and billing addresses to process payments, fulfill orders, and provide you with the desired products or services to fulfill our contract with you.
• When you visit our website, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our services and advertisements, we or third parties we collaborate with may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as third-party web beacons and cookies.

All information we receive from third parties is treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. For more information, see the section "External Links and Third-Party Websites" below.

How We Use Your Personal Data

1. Provision of Products and Services: We use your personal data to provide you with our services, including processing your payments, fulfilling your orders, and sending notifications regarding your account, purchases, returns, repairs, or other transactions. This also includes creating, maintaining, and managing your account, as well as facilitating returns. Additionally, we may enhance your shopping experience by allowing Shopify to match your account with other Shopify services you may want to use. In this case, Shopify processes your data according to its privacy policy.
2. Marketing and Advertising: We may use your personal data for marketing and advertising purposes, such as sending you email, SMS, or postal advertising, and displaying targeted ads for products or services. This includes customizing the services and advertisements on our website and on other websites. If you are located in the EEA, the processing of your data for these purposes is based on our legitimate interest in selling our products, pursuant to Art. 6, para. 1(f) GDPR.
3. Security and Fraud Prevention: Your personal data may be used to detect, investigate, and take action against fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activities. If you register an account with us, you are responsible for the security of your login credentials. We strongly recommend that you do NOT share your username, password, or other access information with third parties. If you suspect that your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. For individuals in the EEA, the processing of your data for security purposes is based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of our website for you and other customers, pursuant to Art. 6, para. 1(f) GDPR.
4. Communication with You and Service Improvement: We use your personal data to provide you with customer support and improve our services. This is in our legitimate interest to provide you with effective services and maintain our business relationship with you, pursuant to Art. 6, para. 1(f) GDPR.
5. Cookies: Our website may use cookies to enable and improve functionality. For more information about the cookies used in connection with our shop through Shopify, please visit Shopify's Cookie Policy.
   We may use cookies to:
• Operate and improve our website and services, including storing your actions and preferences.
• Conduct analyses and better understand user interaction with our services. This is in our legitimate interest to manage, improve, and optimize the services.
• Allow third-party providers and service providers to better tailor services, products, and advertising on our website and other websites for you.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can adjust your browser settings to remove or reject cookies. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may affect your user experience and may cause certain functions and services to not work properly or become unavailable. Additionally, blocking cookies may not fully prevent information sharing with third parties, such as our advertising partners.

If you want to have information (such as cookies) deleted, please contact us at watchartcreations@gmail.com.

WatchArtCreations accepts NO responsibility if you use our service while NOT wishing for us to store collected information or share it with third parties. Please note that using our services implies your acceptance of our privacy policy, including the sharing of information as described in these policies.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We only share your personal data with third parties under specific conditions as described in our privacy policy. This includes:

• Service Providers: We share data with third-party vendors who assist us with IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, and shipping.
• Business and Marketing Partners: Data may also be shared with partners to offer you services and advertising. These partners handle your data according to their own privacy policies.
• Your Consent: If you instruct us or give your consent, we share information for specific purposes, such as product delivery or using social media integrations.
• Corporate Group: Your data may be shared within our corporate group to ensure efficient business operations.
• Business Transactions: In the event of mergers, acquisitions, or other business transactions, as well as to fulfill legal obligations and protect our rights, your data may be disclosed.

We do NOT share data for other purposes or to trace your personal information without your consent.

External Links and Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to websites or online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow these links, you will leave our website and access platforms that are NOT controlled by us. Please review the privacy and security policies, as well as the terms and conditions of these external websites, as we assume NO responsibility or guarantee for their privacy practices or the security of the information offered there. This also includes the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of the information found on these websites.

Information that you provide on public or semi-public platforms, including social networking sites, may be viewed by other users of those platforms. We have NO control over how such information is used by third parties.

The inclusion of links on our website does NOT automatically imply endorsement of the content of these platforms or their operators unless explicitly stated in our services.

WatchArtCreations CANNOT be held responsible if you visit websites whose privacy policies and practices are NOT controlled by us or are outside our influence.

Security of Your Data

Please note that NO security measures are absolutely secure or impenetrable, and we CANNOT guarantee "perfect security." The information you send to us may not be completely secure during transmission. Therefore, we recommend NOT using insecure channels to transmit sensitive or confidential information.

Additionally, we would like to point out that WatchArtCreations has NO access to the security of the database, as it is managed by Shopify (including Shopify Inc.).

WatchArtCreations CANNOT be held responsible in the event of a security incident involving the database, as the database is managed by Shopify (including Shopify Inc.).

The duration for which we retain your personal data depends on various factors, including the need to manage your account, provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce applicable contracts and policies.

WatchArtCreations reserves the right to retain your data until you instruct us to delete it and stop collection. If you want us to stop collecting your data and delete all stored data, please contact us at watchartcreations@gmail.com.

Data of Minors

Our services are NOT intended for use by minors, and we do NOT knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor who has provided us with personal data, you can contact us using the contact details provided below and request the deletion of such data.

At the time this privacy policy takes effect, we have NO actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" personal data of individuals under the age of 18 (as those terms are defined by applicable law).

If a minor registers with false contact details, such as a false age, and we become aware of it, we will terminate the service and will NOT sell any products to that person. If you believe that such a block was applied incorrectly or if you have questions about this, please contact us.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below regarding your personal data. However, these rights are NOT absolute and only apply under certain circumstances. In some cases, we may deny your request as permitted by law.

• Right of Access/Information: You may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, including details on how we use and share your data.
• Right to Deletion: You may have the right to request the deletion of personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Correction: You may have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Portability: You may have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you and, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions, to request the transfer of that data to third parties.
• Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to request that we stop or restrict the processing of your personal data.

Please note: WatchArtCreations reserves the right to deny you service if you stop the collection, processing, or storage of your data.

• Withdrawal of Consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you may have the right to withdraw that consent.
• Right to Object: If we refuse to process your request, you may have the right to appeal our decision. You can do this by directly responding to our refusal.
• Managing Communication Preferences: We may send you promotional emails, and you can opt out of receiving these emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option shown in our emails to you. If you unsubscribe, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those related to your account or orders.

You can exercise these rights as indicated on our website or by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

We will NOT discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

To fulfill a request from you, we must first verify your identity, for which we may need to ask you for additional information, such as your email address or account information, before we can process your request.

According to applicable laws, you have the right to appoint an authorized representative to make requests to exercise your rights on your behalf. Before we accept such a request from a representative, we must ensure that the representative is properly authorized to act on your behalf. For this, we will require proof of the power of attorney and possibly a direct confirmation of your identity with us.

If a representative does NOT provide proof of authorization, we will NOT take any action and will cancel the request. If repeated requests are made WITHOUT proof, we WILL consider legal action.

Upon receiving a request, we will try to respond as quickly as possible as required by applicable law.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are NOT satisfied with our response to your complaint, you may have the right to appeal our decision depending on your location. You can do this by contacting us again via the contact details provided below or by submitting your complaint to your local data protection authority. For the European Economic Area (EEA), a list of the relevant data protection supervisory authorities can be found on the website here.

Questions About the Privacy Policy

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this privacy policy or if you want to exercise any of your rights, please call us or send us an email at watchartcreations@gmail.com or contact us at Lotharstraße 10, Mainz, 55116, DE.

Within our scope and under applicable data protection laws, we are responsible for your personal data as long as it is within our scope of operation. WatchArtCreations is NOT responsible for the security or general use of your personal data when it is used by other providers or services or outside the scope of WatchArtCreations.

Applicability of the Privacy Policy

The privacy policies presented here are legally protected and may only be used by WatchArtCreations on our website. The use of the privacy policy WITHOUT the express permission of WatchArtCreations is strictly prohibited.

If there are ambiguities in the interpretation of this privacy policy, such ambiguities should NOT be interpreted to the detriment of WatchArtCreations.

Abbreviations and Foreign Words

1. "a.o." stands for "among other things"
2. "e.g." stands for "for example"
3. "force majeure" stands for "events or circumstances that are unexpected and uncontrollable"
4. "legal" stands for "in compliance with the law or also for allowed"
5. "illegal" stands for "contradiction of the law or also for NOT allowed"
6. "non-commercial purposes" stands for "the purpose that is NOT profit-oriented but aimed at social or private uses"
7. "cancellation" stands for "the interruption or termination of a process or agreement"
8. "scope" stands for "the area to which a particular regulation, agreement, or guideline is applicable"
9. "area of effect" stands for "the area in which our services and privacy policies are valid and/or in which we can operate."
10. "social media integration" stands for "the integration and use of social platforms within our services to enable functions such as login, sharing of content, or interactions."