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Privacy policy

This is Maren Jewellery's privacy policy, available at https://marenjewellery.com, (hereinafter website). Maren Jewelery takes the protection of your privacy and your personal informationrson-related Data very seriously. Accordingly, Maren Jewelery complies with all relevant data protection regulations and constantly strives to optimize data protection.

In this data protection declaration you will be informed about the purposes for which and on what legal basis Maren Jewelery processes your personal data and how long Maren Jewelery stores this data. We will also explain to you how the protection of your personal data is ensured.

Responsible person
Personal Data
Operation of the website
Processed data

Data collected automatically
Customer account
Orders in the online shop
Sharing of data
Email newsletter
Contact us via contact form and/or email

Use of cookies

General What are cookies?s?
Revocation of consent to the use of cookies
Deletion of all cookies
Types of cookies in detail

Third Party Content
Use of external service providers
Storage period
contradiction
Your rights
Questions

1. Responsible person

The person responsible for processing your personal data is:

Maren Jewellery
Owner: Helge Hauptmann
Söflinger Str. 250
89077 Ulm.

Further information can be found in imprint.

2. Personal Data

Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your postal address or the IP address of your computer (hereinafter referred to as data or personal data).n“).

3. Operation of the website

Maren Jewelery processes your personal data in order to provide you with the information available on this website. If you use services offered on the website (e.g. contacting us to request information via email), Maren Jewelery only processes the data entered to provide the requested service.

Unless otherwise stated in the following regulations, the legal basis for the associated data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), i.e. a balancing of interests based on the legitimate and overriding interest of Maren Jewelery in this Website and the products and services offered on it, whereby Maren Jewelery always ensures that the processing of your data is limited to the necessary extent.

4. Processed data

4.1 Data collected automatically

When you access this website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of this website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

the address of the page you accessed on this website,
the address of the website that you visited immediately before (the so-called referrer),),
IP address of your device,
Date and time of your call,
Transfer status (file transferred, file not found, etc.),
Characteristics of your device, in particular the operating system, the browser used and the window size of your browser;

The data mentioned will be processed by Maren Jewelery for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
Ensuring comfortable use of this website,
Evaluation of system security and stability as well
for further administrative purposes.

The data stored in the log files will be deleted or anonymized after 7 days at the latest. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on the legitimate interest of Maren Jewelery in ensuring the technical functionality of this website).

Under no circumstances does Maren Jewelery use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally.

4.2 Customer account

Maren Jewelery offers you to set up a personal customer account (hereinafter referred to as customer account). You can store your personal information in the customer account. The customer account makes shopping in the online shop easier and easier to process because you don't have to provide your personal data again every time you make a purchase.t.

The contractual content of the agreement on the provision of the customer account is that you will receive an email a maximum of twice a year with an invitation to submit a product review and an invitation to submit a service review.

To set up your personal customer account, Maren Jewelery needs your first and last name. In addition, customers must provide their email address and a password of their choice. The email address provided by the customer also serves as the access identifier for the customer account. After successful registration, the customer automatically receives a confirmation by email. In this way, the customer concludes the contract for the provision of the customer account with Maren Jewellery.

Customers can also store their personal information in their customer account and thus conveniently shop in the online store. The information can be updated at any time in the personal area of the customer account (“Account”).

Of course, the customer can terminate his contract for the provision of the customer account at any time and without giving reasons. The easiest way to do this is to send an informal email to info@marenjewellery.com.

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR (fulfillment of the contract).

4.3 Orders in the online shop

In the online shop you can order Maren Jewelery products as a guest or registered customer. If you make a purchase as a guest, Maren Jewelery requires a salutation, first and last name, address and telephone number. When a registered customer makes a purchase, Maren Jewelery processes the data stored in the customer account. The processing of your personal data serves to conclude and implement the contract as well as to process your order including payment and delivery.

The legal basis for the above data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 b) GDPR (fulfillment of contracts for the implementation and processing of contracts).

Maren Jewelery will delete your personal data processed in the context of orders at the latest after the expiry of the statutory warranty periods, unless this conflicts with statutory retention obligations.

4.3.1 Shopify

To operate our online shop, Maren Jewelery uses the Shopify platform, a service of Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland. The parent company, Shopify Inc., has its registered office at 126 York Street, Suite 200, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 5T5.

Shopify provides an e-commerce platform through which Maren Jewelry offers its goods for sale. The data provided during the ordering process as well as your IP address, the device used, your browser and the information about the orders you place are stored on a Shopify server in Ireland. However, personal data may also be processed on behalf of Shopify Inc. in Canada. In the event of a data transfer to Canada, the European Commission's so-called adequacy decision is considered to guarantee the appropriate level of data protection in Canada.

Information about Shopify: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland, email: hilfe@shopify.de. Further information about Shopify can be found in the data protection information below http://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR (fulfillment of contracts for the implementation and processing of contracts) or Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on the legitimate interest of Maren Jewellery, ours). to be able to distribute the products offered quickly, easily and safely).

4.3.2 Credit card payment

If you would like to pay for your order with your credit card where possible, Maren Jewelery requires the data marked as required on the payment page of the website with a (*), in particular name, address, email address, credit card number, name of the credit card holder and the validity period of the credit card. Maren Jewelery checks the data entered together with the data of your order in order to be able to detect misuse of the credit card at an early stage and, after successful verification, uses the data to process the agreed payment by credit card.e.

The legal basis for the associated data processing is, on the one hand, Article 6 Paragraph 1 b) GDPR, which means that the processing of your data is necessary to fulfill the agreement regarding payment for your purchase by credit card. On the other hand, the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on our interest in offering you effective and secure payment options and, in this context, in preventing credit card misuse and cases of fraud.

4.3.3 Payment with PayPal

If you would like to pay for your order with PayPal where possible, the amount to be paid by you, along with your first and last name, delivery address, email address, telephone number and IP address, will be sent to PayPal (ie to PayPal (Europe) S.à rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg) so that you can authorize the payment to Maren Jewelery via PayPal. A PayPal account is required for this. PayPal also offers the option of processing virtual payments via credit cards if a user does not have a PayPal account. The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR, which means that the processing of your data is necessary to fulfill the agreement regarding payment for your purchase via PayPal.h.

The data transmitted to PayPal may be transmitted by PayPal to credit reporting agencies. This transmission serves to check identity and creditworthiness. You can find further information about data protection at PayPal on the PayPal website at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. Paying with PayPal is voluntary, Maren Jewelery provides you with a number of other payment options.

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on the legitimate and overriding interest of Maren Jewelery in offering you effective and secure payment options and in this context preventing cases of fraud).

4.3.4 Purchase on account (Klarna)

Maren Jewelery may also offer you the option of paying by invoice via the service provider Klarna ((Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden). If you decide to purchase on invoice, you are transmitting within the scope of your agreement with Klarna the personal data necessary for processing the purchase on account and an identity and creditworthiness check as well as fraud prevention (first and last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number) as well as the data necessary for processing the purchase on account ( Number of items, item number, invoice amount and taxes in percent) to Klarna. This data is collected so that Klarna can carry out an identity and creditworthiness check and create an invoice in order to process your purchase with the invoice processing you require.n.

With regard to the identity and creditworthiness check, Klarna may obtain information from the following credit reporting agencies:

Schufa Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, 65203 Wiesbaden

Further information on SCHUFA's activities can be found in the SCHUFA information sheet in accordance with Art. 14 GDPR or online at www.schufa.de/datenschutz can be viewed

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hellersbergstraße 11, 41460 Neuss

Further information about the activities of Creditreform Boniversum GmbH can be found online at www.boniversum.de/EU-DSGVO/ can be viewed.

Deutsche Post Direkt GmbH, Junkersring 57, 53844 Troisdorf

Further information on the activities of Deutsche Post Direkt GmbH can be found in the information sheet in accordance with Art. 14 GDPR https://www.deutschepost.de/datenschutz be removed.

infoscore Consumer Data GmbH (part of Arvato Financial Solutions), Rheinstraße 99, 76532 Baden-Baden

Further information on the activities of infoscore Consumer Data GmbH can be found in the information sheet in accordance with Art. 14 GDPR https://finance.arvato.com/de/datenschutz/ be removed.

Regis24 GmbH, Wallstraße 58, 10719 Berlin

Further information on the activities of Regis24 GmbH can be found in the information sheet in accordance with Art. 14 GDPR or online at www.regis24.de/ can be viewed.

CRIF GmbH, Leopoldstraße 244, 80807 Munich

Further information on the activities of CRIF Bürgel GmbH can be found in the information sheet in accordance with Art. 14 GDPR or online at

https://www.crif.de/datenschutz can be viewed.

With a view to fraud prevention, Klarna may obtain information from the following fraud prevention agencies:

ThreatMetrix, Inc., 230 Park Ave #7, New York, NY 10169, USA

Further information about the activities of ThreatMetrix Inc can be found online at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/group/privacy-policycan be viewed.

Emailage, 1 Fore Street, London, EC2Y 5EJ, UK

Further information about Emailage's activities can be found online at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/group/privacy-policy can be viewed.

As part of the decision about the purchase on account payment option, Klarna uses, in addition to an address check, information about your previous payment behavior and probability values for this behavior in the future. Klarna calculates these score values based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. For this purpose, Klarna will, among other things, use your address data. You can find details on how Klarna processes your data in Klarna’s privacy policy at https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/ remove.

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR, which means that the processing of your data is necessary to fulfill the agreement regarding payment for your purchase by purchase on account or advance payment. In addition, the legal basis is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on Klarna's interest in offering you effective and secure payment options and in this context preventing cases of fraud).

4.3.5 Payment by instant bank transfer

Maren Jewelery also offers you the option of paying by instant transfer via the Sofort GmbH online payment system (Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich). When paying by direct transfer, Maren Jewelery receives a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time, so that Maren Jewelery can begin fulfilling the contract immediately.ann.

If you decide to make an instant transfer, you will send the PIN and a valid TAN to Sofort GmbH as part of your agreement with Sofort GmbH, which they can use to log into your online banking account. Immediately afterwards, Sofort GmbH Maren Jewelery will send a transaction confirmation.

You can find details about paying with instant transfer at the following link: https://www.sofort.com/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/. The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR, which means that the processing of your data is necessary to fulfill your agreement with Maren Jewelery regarding payment for your purchase via instant transfer.

4.3.6 Evaluation of the order

Maren Jewelery offers you the opportunity to rate your order in our online shop. To evaluate your purchase and service experience, Maren Jewelery uses the online evaluation platform Trustpilot, a service provided by Trustpilot A/S, Pilestraede 58, 5th floor, 1112 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

Trustpilot is an online review community that gives businesses the opportunity to benefit from authentic feedback that customers share about their purchasing and service experiences.

In order to use Trustpilot's services, Maren Jewelery passes on your personal data such as email address, date of order and order number to Trustpilot.

After purchases in our online shop, you will receive an email inviting you to submit a product review and an email inviting you to submit a service review no more than once a year.

Further information about Trustpilot, the processing and visibility of your personal data can be found in the data protection declaration of Trustpilot A/S, Pilestraede 58, 5th floor, 1112 Copenhagen K, Denmark, email: support@trustpilot.com, available at https://de.legal.trustpilot.com/for-reviewers/end-user-privacy-terms

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR (fulfillment of the agreement on the provision of your customer account).

4.3.7 Postal mailings

When you place an order in our online shop, we receive your postal address to process your order. We also use your postal address to occasionally send you print advertising or offers for our products following your order. You can object to this form of advertising at any time, the easiest way is to send an informal email info@marenjewellery.com

4.3.8 Payment by bank transfer

Finally, Maren Jewelery offers you the option of paying by bank transfer. If you decide to make a bank transfer, you will send your payment and account details directly to your bank, which will carry out the payment transaction accordingly. In this respect, your personal data will not be processed by Maren Jewellery.y.

4.3.9 Data processing for bonus programs

We enable our customers to participate in the bonus program of Keepoala GmbH, Schwanseestraße 56, 81549 Munich, Germany (Keepoala), the customeren rewarded for ordering with few returns and providing detailed reasons for returns. This allows us to improve our offering and our products and become even more sustainable. Rewards are recorded in the form of a points system within Keepoala's bonus program, whereby points can be redeemed for rewards from participating retailers such as Maren Jewellery. We send the order data (email address, customer ID, order number/order number, shopping cart item, shopping cart amount, item ID) to Keepoala for the purpose of properly recording and considering orders that qualify for the bonus program and assigning them to Keepoala users , item price, shipping country) and then stored and evaluated by Keepoala. The data processing described by us only takes place when customers with an active user profile at Keepoala place orders with us. It is based on our legitimate interest in the correct calculation of premiums for customers who participate in Keepoala's bonus program, as well as on our legitimate customer interest in the complete allocation of orders eligible for rewards to the Keepoala user profile in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 f GDPR. Keepoala is responsible for data processing by Keepoala Data protection We refer you and where you can find more information about data protection at Keepoala.

4.4 Sharing of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for any of the purposes listed below:

Maren Jewelery will only pass on your personal data to third parties if

You have given Maren Jewelery your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR,
the processing is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR,
in the event that processing is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 c) GDPR to fulfill a legal obligation,
the transfer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR to protect the legitimate interests of Maren Jewellery is necessary and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data;

If necessary, Maren Jewelery offers all customers of this website to receive an email newsletter.

To send the email newsletter, Maren Jewelery uses the so-called double opt-in procedure, which means that a newsletter will only be sent to you by email if you have previously expressly confirmed that Maren Jewelery uses the newsletter service should activate. Therefore, Maren Jewelery will send you a notification email following your registration and ask you to confirm activation by clicking on a link contained in this email. In this way you agree to receive the email newsletter. When you register for our newsletter, your IP address and the date of registration will be saved. This storage serves solely as proof in the event that a third party misuses your email address in order to register you to receive the email newsletter without your knowledge or authorization.

You can revoke your consent to receive the email newsletter at any time and without giving reasons. The easiest way to do this is to click on the unsubscribe link, which can be found in every email newsletter.t.

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with. V. with your consent.

Maren Jewelery uses the external service provider Flodesk (Flodesk, Inc., 861 Sutter Street #509, San Francisco, CA 94109, United States) to process the newsletter dispatch. Maren Jewelery only transmits to Flodesk the email addresses required for shipping, which are cached by Flodesk. A complete deletion will be carried out by Flodesk no later than 30 days after the last dispatch time. For more information about how Flodesk handles user data, please see Flodesk's privacy policy: https://www.privacypolicies.com/privacy

The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with. V. with your consent or Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on the legitimate and overriding interest of Maren Jewelery in the technically smooth provision of the newsletter and the associated functionalities). In addition, the EU standard contractual clauses were concluded.

4.6 Contacting us via email

If you send Maren Jewelery inquiries via email, Maren Jewelery will process the information you provide therein, including the contact details you provided, to process the inquiry and respond to it.

The legal basis for this is Art. 1 b) GDPR (fulfillment of the contract - the processing of your data is necessary to fulfill the agreement to answer questions or concerns) or Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests based on the legitimate and Maren Jewellery's predominant interest is to process inquiries from customers on this website and to be able to offer customers on this website the best possible service, whereby Maren Jewelery always ensures that the processing of customer data is limited to the necessary extent). Once your request has been processed, your data will be deleted..

We offer you the opportunity to communicate with Maren Jewelery via the chat function on our website. The provider of this chat function is Tawk.to Ltd., 187 E Warm Springs Rd, SB298, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, USA (Tawk). In connection with our communication using Tawk's chat function, we process any personal data you provide to answer your questions and then delete this data. In addition, the chat history, your IP address at the time of the chat and your country of origin are processed for security purposes and for internal statistics. Tawk generally only stores this personal data at the headquarters of its European branch tawk.to Ltd. in England. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 b) (fulfillment of the contract, the processing of your data is necessary for the fulfillment of the agreement on the use of the chat function). You can find further information about data protection at Tawk at er https://www.tawk.to/data-protection/

5. Use of cookies

5.1 General What are cookiess?

Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your device to store certain information. The next time you visit this website with the same device, the information stored in cookies will subsequently be sent back either to this website (first party cookie) or to another website to which the cookie belongs (third party cookie).ndt.

Through the information stored and sent back, the respective website recognizes that you have already accessed and visited it with the browser of your device. Maren Jewelery uses this information to optimally design and display the website according to your preferences. Only the cookie itself is identified on your device.

Personal data will only be stored with your express consent, or if this is absolutely necessary in order to be able to use the service offered and accessed by you accordingly.

5.2 Revocation of consent to the use of cookies

You can give your consent to the use of cookies at any time with effect for the future, unless they are absolutely necessary (see section 5.4.1). here withdraw.

5.3 Deletion of all cookies

You also have the option of generally deactivating cookies in your browser at any time. This prevents cookies from being stored on your device and means that you will be asked each time whether you agree to the setting of cookies.

However, Maren Jewelery points out that the general deactivation of cookies can lead to functional restrictions in connection with the use of this website.

5.4 Types of cookies in detail

Depending on their purpose and function, cookies are divided into the following categories:

1) Essential cookies

2) Functional and statistical cookies

3) Marketing cookies

Maren Jewelery will inform you below in detail about the different types of cookies and which cookies, if any, are set and used after your consent.n.

5.4.1 Essential cookies

Essential cookies include strictly necessary cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies ensure functions without which you would not be able to use this website as intended. These cookies are used exclusively by Maren Jewelery and are therefore first party cookies. This means that all information stored in the cookies is passed back to this website.

The use of strictly necessary cookies on this website is possible and permitted without your consent. For this reason, absolutely necessary cookies cannot be deactivated or activated individually. However, you have the option of generally deactivating cookies in your browser at any time. However, this can lead to functional restrictions in connection with the use of this website.

The legal basis for the use of the absolutely necessary cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR (fulfillment of the contract) and Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on the legitimate and overriding interest of Maren Jewelery in the technically smooth provision of these website and the functionalities offered via it).

5.4.2 Functional and statistical cookies

Functional cookies enable this website to store information you have already provided (such as your name or email address) and to offer you improved and more personal functions based on this. Maren Jewelery collects and stores these cookies exclusively in such a way that your customer behavior cannot be tracked on other websites.

The legal basis for the use of functional cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with your consent.

Statistics cookies collect aggregated information about how this website is used in order to improve its attractiveness, content and functionality. These cookies help Maren Jewelery to determine whether, which, how often and for how long sub-pages of this website are visited and what content the customer is particularly interested in. In particular, Maren Jewelery records the number of accesses to a page, the number of sub-pages accessed, the time spent on this website, the order of the pages visited, which search terms led you to Maren Jewellery, the country, the region and, if applicable. the city from which access is made and the proportion of mobile devices that access this website. Maren Jewelery also records movements, clicks and scrolling with the computer mouse in order to understand which areas of this website are of particular interest to customers. These cookies do not store any information that allows the customer to be identified. The information collected is aggregated and does not allow Maren Jewelery to draw any direct conclusions about you personally. They serve the sole purpose of creating statistics in order to tailor the content of this website more specifically to the needs of the customer, to improve the customer experience and to optimize Maren Jewellery's offering.n.

The legal basis for the use of functional cookies and statistics cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with your consent.

Data transfer to the USA

The services required for these purposes may transmit your personal data, such as the IP address of your device, to the USA. The EU Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-USA data protection framework on July 10, 2023. This stipulates that the USA ensures an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the EU for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies. The activation of these services and the associated transfer of your data to the USA is therefore based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 45 Para. 1, Para. 3 GDPR.

Revocation of consent to the use of functional and statistical cookies

You can give your consent to the use of functional and statistical cookies at any time with effect for the future here withdraw.

Statistics cookies in detail:

a. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses these statistics cookies, which are stored on your computer if you give your consent and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of the IP anonymization "anonymizeIp()" on this platform, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the activities of the platform and to provide other services related to platform use and internet use to the website operator.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

Maren Jewelery uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website and to regularly improve it. Maren Jewelery can use the statistics obtained to improve its offering and make it more interesting for you as a customer.

Third party information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001, Email: support-deutschland@google.com.

Customer conditions: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
Data protection overview: https://policies.google.com/hl=de&gl=dee
Data protection: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Maren Jewelery points out that the Google Analytics cookie has a storage period of 26 months.

Order processing:

Maren Jewelery has concluded an order processing contract with Google that has been coordinated with the German data protection authorities.

Legal basis for the associated data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) in conjunction with Art. 45 Para. 1, Para. 3 GDPR.

revocationconsent to the use of statistics cookies:

You can revoke your consent to the use of statistics cookies at any time with effect for the future here withdraw.

Objection to data processing:

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, Maren Jewelery would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of this website.

You can also prevent the collection and transmission of data relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptouthl=dee.

b. Hotjar

This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta (Hotjar).).

Hotjar enables Maren Jewelery to statistically evaluate visitor data. With Hotjar we can, among other things, record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks. Hotjar can also determine how long you stayed with the mouse cursor in a certain place or how long you stayed on a page, and also when you left it again. Hotjar uses this information to create so-called heatmaps, which can be used to determine which website areas are preferred by website visitors. In addition, we can also determine at which point you canceled your entries in our contact form (so-called conversion funnels).

If you have consented to the use of Hotjar, Hotjar automatically collects information about your user behavior during your visit to our website. Maren Jewelery has used its own tracking code to collect this information. The following data can be collected via your computer or browser:

• IP address of your computer (collected and stored in an anonymous format)

• Screen size

• Browser information (which browser, which version, etc.)

• Your location (but only the country)

• Your preferred language setting

• Websites visited (subpages)

• Date and time of access to one of our subpages (websites)

In addition, the cookies set also store data that is placed on your computer (usually in your browser). No personal data is collected there. In principle, Hotjar does not pass on collected data to third parties. However, Hotjar expressly points out that it is sometimes necessary to share data with Amazon Web Services. In this case, parts of your information will be stored on their servers. However, Amazon is bound by a confidentiality obligation not to disclose this data. Hotjar processes your data in accordance with the data protection regulations, available at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy. The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with your consent. Revocation of consent to the use of statistics cookies: You can revoke your consent to the use of statistics cookies at any time with effect for the future here withdraw.

Objection to data processing:

You have the option to stop the collection of your data at any time. To do this, you need to go to Hotjar's opt-out page, available at https://www.hotjar.com/privacy/do-not-track/ go and follow the instructions there.

5.4.3 Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies come from external advertising companies (third party cookies) and are used to collect information about the websites visited by the user, to create targeted advertising for the user and to display advertisements tailored to their interests. They are also used to limit the frequency of an ad appearing and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. This information may be shared with third parties, such as advertisers.

The legal basis for the use of marketing cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with your consent. Data transfer to the USA

Data transfer to the USA

The services required for these marketing purposes transmit data about your use of this website to the USA. The EU Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-USA data protection framework on July 10, 2023. This stipulates that the USA ensures an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the EU for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies. The activation of these services and the associated transfer of your data to the USA is therefore based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 45 Para. 1, Para. 3 GDPR.

Revocation of consent to the use of marketing cookies: You can revoke your consent to the use of marketing cookies at any time with effect for the future here withdraw.

Objection to data processing:

You can also use marketing cookies, among other things, through the tools developed in many countries as part of self-regulatory programs, such as

• https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ (USA) or

• http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices (EU).

Marketing cookies in detail:

a. Facebook Custom Audiences (for websites) / Conversion via Facebook Pixel

This website uses the so-called Facebook Pixel from Facebook. The social network Facebook is operated by the company of the same name, Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or for users of our website based in the EU by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour , Dublin 2, Ireland.

• The Facebook pixel is used for the following purposes: Facebook (website) Custom Audience

On the one hand, Maren Jewelery uses the Facebook pixel for remarketing purposes in order to be able to contact you again within 180 days.

This means that users of the websites can be shown interest-based advertisements (Facebook Ads) when they visit Facebook or other websites that also use the process. We are pursuing the interest of showing you advertising that is of interest to you in order to make our website or offers more interesting for you.ten.

• Facebook conversion

On the other hand, Maren Jewelery would like to use the Facebook Pixel to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not appear annoying. With the help of the Facebook pixel, we can track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called conversion).).

Due to the Facebook pixel used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Facebook server, provided you have agreed to the use of marketing cookies.

By integrating the Facebook pixel, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed our website or clicked on an ad from us and/or carried out other activities on our website (e.g. have content displayed, put items in your shopping cart, started a purchase process or payment details). If you visit other websites that also use Facebook Conversion, this information will also be linked to your user account. However, it is not clear to us which other websites you visit. If you are registered with a Facebook service, Facebook can assign your visits to your account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, it is possible that Facebook will find out and store your IP address and other identifying features.t.

The processing of your data by Facebook takes place within the framework of Facebook's data policy, available at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. You can also find further information and details about the Facebook pixel and how it works in the Facebook help area, available at: https://www.facebook.com/business/help.

We would like to point out that this cookie has a term of 180 days.

On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-USA data protection framework. This stipulates that the USA ensures an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the EU for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies. The activation of these services and the associated transfer of your data to the USA is therefore based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 45 Para. 1, Para. 3 GDPR. Revocation of consent to the use of marketing cookies: You can revoke your consent to the use of marketing cookies at any time with effect for the future here withdraw. Objection to data processing: You can prevent the use of the Facebook Pixel in various ways by:

• make a corresponding setting in your browser software,

• as a logged in user of the social network Facebook https://www.facebook.com/settings/tab=ads## change the settings, or

• by deactivating it on the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website http://www.networkadvertising.org . However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of this offer.

5.4.4 Affiliate Marketing

This website uses the performance advertising network of AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin (hereinafter AWIN). In this context, AWIN stores cookies to document transactions (e.g. sales leads) on the devices of users who visit or use websites or other online offerings of its customers (e.g. subscribing to a newsletter or placing an online order). These cookies serve the sole purpose of correctly assigning the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within the network. The AWIN tracking cookies store an individual number sequence that cannot be assigned to the individual user and is used to document an advertiser's partner program, the publisher, and the time of the user's action (click or view). AWIN also uses fingerprinting to collect information about the device from which a transaction is carried out, e.g. the operating system and the accessing browser, and when a specific advertising medium was clicked on from a device. The legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with your consent. Revocation of consent: You can revoke your consent to the use of AWIN Affiliate Marketing cookies at any time with effect for the future nft here withdraw. You can find further information about data processing by AWIN in the Data protection by AWIN.

5.4.5 Google Ads Customer Match

We use the Google Ads customer match (hereinafter Google Customer Match), which is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland for people from the European Economic Area and Switzerland and by Google LLC 1600 Amphitheater for all other people Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (together Google).ird.

With Google Customer Match, we import the customer email addresses we have, which are encrypted using an algorithm, into our Google AdWords account. Google Customer Match compares the encrypted email lists in AdWords with its own database of users registered with Google. Google cannot decrypt the encrypted data unless you are a customer of Google products. Based on this comparison with existing Google customers and interested parties in the Google search, in the Google Shopping tab, in Gmail, on YouTube, in the Google networks and with Google's advertising partners, target groups can be formed and reached more effectively on other websites and there Your interests can be addressed more specifically through remarketing with advertisements and campaigns. After the customer match lists have been created, the encrypted customer data is automatically deleted.

The recipients of the data are Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland and, if applicable, Google LLC 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA as processor. On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-USA data protection framework. This stipulates that the USA ensures an adequate level of protection comparable to that of the EU for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies. The activation of this service and the associated transfer of your data to the USA is therefore based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 45 Para. 1, Para. 3 GDPR.

Revocation: You can withdraw your consent to the use of marketing cookies at any time with effect for the future here withdraw.

Objection to data processing: You can also prevent the cookie from being set by setting your browser software. Alternatively, you can adjust personal advertising according to your wishes in your Google user account under the Privacy section. To do this, log in to Google and go to the Data and data protection area in Manage your Google account.tz“.

You can also deactivate Google's use of cookies by following the link below and installing the plug-in provided there: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.

6. Third Party Content

The Internet thrives on connections. For this reason, you will not only find our own content on our website. We have also included third-party content to make our website better, more interesting and more relevant to you. If you access one of our pages with such third-party content, your browser will establish a direct connection to the respective provider's servers and retrieve the content there in order to display it to you.

a. Google reCaptcha

So-called captchas are a security function on our website that determines whether a human or a computer is making a certain entry. For this purpose, Maren Jewelery uses the reCAPTCHA service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (Google).gle“).

When you visit a page with input options, we transmit information about your access to the reCAPTCHA service. This checks in particular whether you are a human or a computer based on the following information:

• The IP address of your device;
• Referrer (address of the Maren Jewelery website where the captcha is used);
• Information about the browser you use (e.g. browser type and version, screen resolution, language, installed plugins, time and date);
• If you are registered with Google and logged in to your Google account;
• Your surfing behavior on websites;
• Your input behavior (e.g. your mouse movements on the reCAPTCHA areas);
• If applicable, your answers to small tasks where you have to identify images.

The cookies used in connection with this tool have a storage period of up to 6 months. Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy and the terms of use of Google services.

7. Use of external service providers

To operate this website, external service providers are commissioned to process data (e.g. for storing data in data centers). If necessary, these service providers also process personal data. The service providers are carefully selected and monitored by Maren Jewellery. They process the data exclusively according to the instructions of Maren Jewelery and are also bound to this data protection declaration.

8. Storage period

Personal data will only be retained by Maren Jewelery for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here, or as required by the statutory retention periods. Unless otherwise described herein, the data you provide within the meaning of Section 4.1 will be deleted after 6 years at the latest after any commercial and tax retention periods have expired.

9. Contradiction

If data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR (data processing to protect legitimate interests based on a balancing of interests), you have the right to object to the processing under the conditions of Art. 21 GDPR. To explain the objection, you can send Maren Jewelery an email to info@marenjewellery.com.

10. Your rights

You have the following rights towards Maren Jewelery regarding your personal data:

right to information,
Right to rectification or deletion
Right to restriction of processing

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by Maren Jewelleryto complain.

11. Questions

If you have any questions or suggestions about data protection, you can contact Maren Jewelery at any time.

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