Privacy Policy

Privacy and personal data protection of our store’s customers and users of our blog are our top priority, which is why we take the security of the data we possess very seriously. We make every effort to ensure that the personal data of customers and users are processed in accordance with the applicable laws of Polish and European Union, including the Polish Act on Personal Data Protection of May 10, 2018, and the Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (GDPR).

This document aims to inform about the methods of collecting and using personal data, the legal basis for data processing, and the rights of customers related to the processing of their personal data.

1. We inform that the data controller determining the use of personal data of Artinforms.store store customers and users of the website www.artinforms.store/blog/ is a company owned by Anna Perczynska, located at Holzhamer Bogen 33, Otterfing, 83624, Germany, operating the online store available at https://www.artinforms.store and the blog available at www.artinforms.store/blog/. You can contact us via email at info@artinforms.store, by mail at Anna Perczynska, Holzhamer Bogen 33, 83624 Otterfing, Germany, or by phone at +4915202450429
In every matter related to the processing of personal data of customers and users, as well as the exercise of their rights, the customer or user may contact the Data Protection Officer at: iod@artinforms.store.

Your privacy is a priority for Artinforms.store (“Artinforms Store” or “we”). In this policy, we aim to inform you about how we handle your personal data and outline your rights. Personal data encompasses any information that can be linked to you as an individual, such as your name and contact details.

In summary, here’s why we process your data:

• To the extent necessary for managing and delivering your orders.
• To provide you with offers and inspiration through newsletters, text messages, targeted marketing on social media, and other online and offline media.
• To communicate with you and address your inquiries.
• To gather feedback about Poster Store and your interactions with us.
• To remind you of an abandoned shopping cart and offer our picture wall feature.
• To establish and maintain a customer account, including features such as favorites.
• To comply with legal requirements (e.g., consumer and accounting laws).

You have various rights under data protection law. For instance, you always have the right to object to marketing activities. You can also learn how to influence our handling of your personal data and understand your rights.

Would you like to learn more? Please refer to our detailed explanations below, where you can find information about how, why, and for what duration we process your personal data.

Each time you visit our online shop, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. The following data is logged:

• IP address of the calling computer
• Operating system of the calling computer
• Browser type and version of the calling computer
• Name of the retrieved file/website
• Date and time of retrieval
• Transferred amount of data
• Referring URL

The mentioned data is processed in order to be able to present the online shop correctly, to ensure its security, availability and integrity (e.g., detection and defense against DoS attacks or access by bots), to improve the quality and presentation of the content of the online shop to be able to identify and correct errors and for statistical purposes.

In this context, we analyze this data and information statistically in order to ensure an optimal level of security and protection for both our business and the personal data we process in the course of entering in a contract with our potential customers.

The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by potential customers. We do not combine this personal data with other data sources. This data is regularly deleted after a few days. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal or system-inappropriate use of our online shop.

Your personal information is primarily processed by us at Artinforms.store. We assure you that we never trade your personal data. In specific cases, we do share your personal data to efficiently fulfill our responsibilities towards you:

• To ensure your payments reach us securely, our payment providers have access to your personal data.
• For the smooth delivery of your goods to your doorstep or designated postal agent, as well as managing any returns, we share your personal data with our trusted carriers.
• Your personal information is primarily handled by us at Artinforms.store. 
• To gather and display your reviews on our website, we collaborate with a service provider who offers technical solutions for collecting and publishing such reviews.
• If a friend has recommended us to you, we share a hashed ID (text-ID) of your email address with a service provider who aids us in facilitating friend-referrals. This helps us determine whether to compensate the service provider for referring a new customer. However, please note that the service provider cannot decrypt the text-ID to access your actual email address.
• To tailor marketing efforts and enhance the relevance of our website, we share your personal data with marketing service providers such as Google and Facebook. You can learn more about their usage in Google’s Privacy & Terms and Meta’s Privacy Center.
• We entrust your personal data to IT suppliers who process it on our behalf as processors to support us in IT services.
• In order to print and dispatch your personalized poster, we need to share your personal information, along with additional details for printing, with our printing partner. Should you desire more detailed information regarding the entities with whom we share your personal data, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

According to data protection legislation, you are entitled to a variety of rights to affect our processing of your personal data. Read more below.

RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT AND TO OBJECT TO PROCESSING

You have the right to fully or partially withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal data. Your withdrawal will take effect from the time it is made.

You also have the right to object to our processing of your personal data. You always have the option to object to marketing communications from us, such as newsletters.

The right to object generally applies when the processing is based on a balance of legitimate interests. More information on what this entails can be found in the sections below. However, in some cases, the right to object may not apply (e.g., when we are required to retain your personal data). If we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests and fundamental rights, or if it is necessary for establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims, you do not have the right to object to the processing.

RIGHT TO ACCESS

You have the right to receive confirmation of whether or not we are processing personal data concerning you. You also have the right to access your personal data and obtain a copy of the information processed by us.

RIGHT TO RECTIFICATION

You can request rectification of any inaccurate personal data about you and ask us to complete any incomplete personal data.

RIGHT TO ERASURE (“THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN”) AND RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING

Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data. This applies, for example, when the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed, or when you withdraw your consent upon which the processing is based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing to continue.

You also have the right to request that Artinforms.store restrict its processing of your personal data. This may be the case, for example, when you contest the accuracy of the personal data, or when the processing is unlawful, and you oppose the erasure of the personal data, instead requesting restriction of its use.

RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH A SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

You always have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

You can do this particularly in the EU/EEA member state where you habitually reside, work, or where an alleged infringement of applicable data protection laws occurred. In Germany, the supervisory authority is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. This right does not affect any other administrative or judicial remedies available to you.

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to request that we transfer certain of your personal data, which we hold, to another company (data portability). This right applies to personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable, and interoperable format if:

• The processing is based on consent or on a contract; and
• The processing is carried out by automated means.

When exercising your right to data portability, you also have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from Poster Store to another controller, where technically feasible.

We strive to maintain transparency regarding how and why we process your personal data. Below, you can find detailed information in the table about the purposes of processing, the types of personal data we process, our legal basis for processing your personal data, and the duration for which we process your personal data for each purpose.

We process personal data that you have voluntarily shared with us.

PROCESSING BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE

To facilitate communication with you, save any picture walls you’ve created, and gather feedback from you, we require processing of your personal data. If you choose not to provide us with personal data for these purposes, we will be unable to offer you the service or address your inquiries.

PROCESSING NECESSARY FOR PURCHASE AND COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENTS, ETC.

To facilitate your purchase, such as product delivery, we are required to process your personal data. Additionally, we must process your personal data to adhere to legal or regulatory obligations, such as the statutory requirement to retain data and consumer protection laws. Failure to provide personal data for these purposes will impede our ability to complete your purchase.

Please be aware that our payment provider(s) also process personal data to manage your order payments. Our payment provider(s) are independently responsible for such processing. Additionally, our payment provider(s) offer features such as automatically populating your personal data or device-based remembering for easier purchasing.

PROCESSING TO HANDLE REVIEWS

PROCESSING FOR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

To manage your customer account, we process your personal data as part of our contractual obligations to you. Failure to provide personal data for this purpose will result in us being unable to provide you with a customer account.

PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATING NEWS, INPIRATION, AND RELEVANT OFFERS TO YOU.

In order to make visiting our online shop attractive and to enable the use of certain functions in our online shop, we use cookies and implement third-party tools and functions.

Please note our separate cookie policy, which informs you about all data processing by cookies: https://www.artinforms.store/cookie-policy/.

Social media buttons of various social media networks (e.g. Linkedin, Instagram, X (Twitter), Youtube, Facebook, and TikTok) are integrated on our shop website.

The providers of the social platforms whose buttons we have integrated on the shop website may have their registered office (often via the parent company) outside the EU or the EEA – an adequate level of data protection in accordance with the GDPR may therefore not exist. The buttons/links are clearly marked on our website. To ensure data protection on our website, we only use such buttons if you have given your consent as part of the cookie consent tool or together with the so-called “two-click” solution. This application prevents the buttons integrated on our website from transmitting data to the providers as soon as you enter the website for the first time. Only when you have given your express consent using the opt-in function or activate the respective button by clicking on the associated button (implied consent), a direct connection to the provider’s server will be established. As soon as you activate the button, the providers receive the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account (e.g. Facebook or Instagram) at the same time, the providers can assign the visit to our website to your user account. Activating the button/link constitutes implied consent. You can revoke both express and implied consent at any time with effect for the future.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the providers of the respective social media network, the provider identification, a contact option and your rights and setting options for data protection, please refer to the respective privacy policy of the providers of the social media networks.

• YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
• X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
• Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/privacy
• Reddit: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy
• Bēhance: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/behance.html
• Discord: https://discord.com/privacy
• LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de

How have we assessed the balancing of interests when the legal basis for processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest?

For some purposes, Artinforms.store processes your personal data relying on our legitimate interest as the legal basis for processing. When assessing this legal basis, we employ a balancing of interests test, through which we have determined that our legitimate interest in processing outweighs your interest and your fundamental right to have your personal data not processed. We have specified our legitimate interest in the tables above. If you would like to learn more about this test, feel free to contact us. Our contact details can be found at the beginning of this privacy policy. This privacy policy was adopted by Artinforms.store on May 10, 2024.

The EU data protection reform was adopted by the European Parliament and the European Council on April 27, 2016. The General Data Protection Regulation has been publicly in effect since May 25, 2018, replacing the Data Protection Directive.