Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in this Privacy Policy! At Curls N lengths, we take the protection of your Personal Data very seriously.

This Privacy Policy, applies to our website and shop at www.curlsnlengths.com and in accordance with the UK`s Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to inform you about the processing of your data when you use our Services.

General information and mandatory disclosures

What is personal data?
Personal data is any information relating to personal or material circumstances that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for example, your name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, or telephone number as well as online identifiers such as your IP address. In contrast, information of a general nature that cannot be used to determine your identity is not personal data. This includes, for example, the number of users of a website.

Data Controller
The person responsible within the meaning of the DPA and GDPR is:

Curls N lengths
732a Walmersley Road
Bury
BL9 6RN, UK

Web: www.curlsnlengths.com
E-Mail: info@curlsnlengths.com

Scope of the processing of personal data
As a matter of principle, we only collect and use personal data from you insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services, e.g., when you register on our website or log in to an existing customer account or when you place an order with us.

Relevant legal basis
In accordance with the DPA and GDPR, the following legal basis, unless specifically described below apply to the processing of your personal data:

  • the legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 GDPR,
  • the legal basis for processing in order to fulfil our services and carry out contractual measures and respond to enquiries is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR,
  • the legal basis for processing in order to fulfil our legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and
  • the legal basis for processing in order to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.


Your rights
You have the following rights with regard to personal data concerning you, which you can assert against us:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) or erasure (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR).
  • Right to withdraw your consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR),
  • Right to receive the data in a structured, common, machine-readable format ("data portability") as well as the right to have the data transferred to another controller if the conditions of Art. 20 (1) lit. a, b GDPR apply (Art. 20 GDPR).


You can assert your rights by notifying us using the contact details provided.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data carried out by us (Art. 77 GDPR). The Information Commissioner`s Office (ICO), which is the relevant authority in the UK. The ICO is located at Wycliffe House, Water Ln, Wilmslow SK9 5AF, UK and their website can be found at www.ico.org.uk. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO or any other supervisory authority.

Data collection on our website

a) Log files
In principle, you can use our website for purely informational purposes without disclosing your identity. However, our website collects a series of general data and information with each visit and this data is temporarily stored in log file. A log file is created in the course of an automatic protocol of the processing computer system. The following can be recorded:

  • browser type/browser version
  • Operating system used
  • language and version of the browser software
  • host name of the accessing end device
  • IP address
  • Website from which the request comes
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Date and time of the server request
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
  • Amount of data transferred
  • Time sone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)


The temporary processing of the IP address by the system is necessary to technically enable delivery of the website to your computer. Processing your IP address for the duration of the session is necessary for this. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR).

The access data is not used to identify individual users and is not merged with other data sources. The access data are deleted when they are no longer required to achieve the purpose of their processing. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when you end your visit to the website. The data is generally deleted after seven days at the latest; processing beyond this is possible in individual cases. In this case, the IP address is deleted or alienated in such a way that it is no longer possible to assign your device to it.

b) Use of cookies
We use so-called cookies on our web site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your respective device (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) and saved by your browser. For further information please refer to our Cookie Policy. The legal basis for the use of cookies is your consent (Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR) as well as our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR).

c) Shopify
To provide our website and shop, we use the services of Shopify International Limited for the purpose of hosting and displaying our website and shop. Shopify process all data to be processed in connection with the operation of our website and shop on our behalf. As such, all data collected on our website and shop are processed on Shopify's servers and may be transferred to Shopify`s servers in Canada and the USA. In the event that data is transferred to Canada or the USA, the appropriate levels of data protection are guaranteed by Shopify. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest in providing our website and shop (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR).

Contacting us, registration or placing orders
a) Contacting us
When you contact us using via email, contact form or social media, the data you provide will be stored by us based on your consent and the preparation or initiation of a contract, insofar as it is necessary to answer your questions (Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR) and (Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR). Your inquiry is logged in order to be able to prove the contact in accordance with the legal requirements. We delete the data accruing in this context when the respective conversation with you has ended and your inquiry has been conclusively clarified.

b) Registration
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to register by providing personal data. The data is entered in the registration form is transmitted to us and stored and includes your full name, your e-mail address and your password. We will also send you a verification e-mail to ensure that the account creation is made for the intended person. The processing of the data for this registration thus serves the fulfilment of the contract of use or the implementation of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR). You can delete your account at any time either by using the delete function in your account or by contacting us.

c) Storage of data in your account
For the conclusion and processing of contracts, we require contact details, such as name, delivery and billing address and e-mail address, as well as information on the type of payment method you have chosen. You can store this data in your account. In addition, we use your data to maintain our customer database so that only accurate data is stored by us. In order to avoid typing errors and to ensure that the items you have ordered reach you, we check the completeness and accuracy of your address when you enter it.

Following your order, you will receive a corresponding order confirmation as well as further documents, which we are obliged to provide in order to fulfil our legal information obligations for an effective conclusion of a contract with you (Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR) and (Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR).

d) Guest order
You have the option to place your orders as a guest. If you choose this order type, you do not have to register before placing an order. Please note that you will have to enter your data again for each subsequent order.

We collect, process, and use the information you provide in the context of a guest order for the purpose of executing the contract. We store the information you provide for the period of processing and handling your order. Afterwards, your data will be deleted unless you decide to activate your customer account within 14 days after placing your order. Data that we are required to store due to legal, statutory, or contractual retention obligations will be blocked instead of being deleted to prevent it being used for other purposes. The processing of the data serves the fulfilment of the contract with you (Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR).

e) Order confirmation/dispatch confirmation
In order to process the contract and provide you with our services, for example the web shop or to send you your order, we use your contact details to send you registration confirmations, customer service information, order confirmations, contract documents or payment processing information. We are obliged to send you these documents in order to comply with our legal information obligations for an effective conclusion of a contract with you. The processing of your data is therefore necessary to fulfil our legal information obligations for an effective conclusion of a contract with you (Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR) and (Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR).

f) Other
Based on our legal obligation (Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR) and our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR), we use and store your personal data and technical information to the extent necessary to prevent or prosecute misuse or other illegal behaviour on our website, e.g., to maintain data security in the event of attacks on our IT systems (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR). This also takes place insofar as we are legally obliged to do so, for example due to official or court orders, and for the exercise of our rights and claims as well as for legal defence (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR).

Disclosure or transfer of personal data

We do not transfer or disclose your information to third parties unless there is a legal basis for such disclosure. Example of such a basis is typically consent from you or a legal basis that requires us to disclose the data.

For the operation and optimisation of our website and our services and for the processing of contracts, various service companies work for us, e.g., for central IT services or the hosting of our website, for the payment and delivery of products, or order fulfilment, to whom we pass on the data required for the fulfilment of the task (e.g., name, address).

Some of these companies act for us by way of commissioned processing and may therefore use the data provided exclusively in accordance with our instructions. In this case, we are legally responsible for appropriate data protection measures at the companies we commission. We therefore agree on specific data security measures with these companies and monitor them regularly.

In contrast, order processing, in these cases we transmit data to third parties for their own use in order to process the contract:

In the case of delivery of goods and the necessary logistics companies and the postal service provider (Royal Mail) specified when the order was placed.

In the case of payment for goods to the payment service provider as specified when the order was placed (currently Shopify Payments). Please Note: We do not collect or store any payment transaction information such as credit card numbers or bank details during the payment process. You provide this information directly to the respective payment service provider.

If we use service providers in third countries, we take additional measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection for the transfer of personal data and thus ensure that the transfer is generally permissible and that the special requirements for a transfer to a third country are met (e.g., by concluding standard contracts and additional guarantees, supplementary technical and organisational measures such as encryption or anonymisation).

We will disclose your data to third parties or government agencies within the framework of existing data protection laws if we are legally obliged to do so, e.g., due to official or court orders, or if we are entitled to do so, e.g., because this is necessary for the prosecution of criminal offenses or for the exercise and enforcement of our rights and claims.

Sending information

We use your data for sending information ordered by you about our offer and other promotions from us to the e-mail address provided by you. If you purchase goods on our website or forget something in your shopping cart or sign up for our newsletter, we may send you information on our own similar goods to your specified e-mail address even without your consent. The legal basis for this data processing is our legitimate interest because advertising related products by way of direct advertising represents a legitimate interest for us as a business and the provider of this website (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR). You may object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising at any time without giving reasons by unsubscribing via the unsubscribe link at the end of each e-mail or by contacting us.

Advertising and Marketing

Insofar as you have also given us your separate consent to process your data for marketing and advertising purposes, we are entitled to contact you for these purposes via the communication channels you have given your consent to.

You may give us your consent in a number of ways including by selecting a box on a form where we seek your permission to send you marketing information, or sometimes your consent is implied from your interactions or contractual relationship with us. Where your consent is implied, it is on the basis that you would have a reasonable expectation of receiving a marketing communication based on your interactions or contractual relationship with us.

Direct Marketing generally takes the form of e-mail but may also include other less traditional or emerging channels. These forms of contact will be managed by us, or by our contracted service providers. Every directly addressed marketing sent or made by us or on our behalf will include a means by which you may unsubscribe (or opt out).

Analysis and Marketing

Based on both, your consent when you first visit our website and our legitimate interest, we use the following tools for analytics and marketing services. For further details, please also refer to our cookie policy.

a) Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics from Google Inc to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on the activities and to provide other services related to the use of our website in order to improve the user experience. When Google Analytics is used, interactions of website visitors are primarily recorded and systematically evaluated with the help of cookies. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:

  • 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymised IP address),
  • the website called up,
  • the website from which the user reached the accessed page of our website (referrer),
  • the subpages accessed from the website,
  • the time spent on the website
  • the frequency with which the website is accessed.


Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser accordingly. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

b) Meta/Facebook Custom Audiences (Pixel/Cookies)
We use a so-called tracking pixel of Meta Platform (formerly Facebook), on our website. We use Meta/Facebook Pixel to track the success of our own Facebook advertising campaigns and to optimise the playout of Meta/Facebook advertising campaigns to interested target groups.

After clicking on a Facebook ad or visiting our website, a cookie is stored on your device using the pixel on our website. The cookie processes data about whether you arrived at our website via a Facebook ad and allows us to analyse the user's behaviour. This allows us to track the success rate of our Facebook advertising campaigns. In addition, the pixel processes data about the fact that you have visited our website and allows to customise the ads played on Facebook to your interests.

Via the Meta/Facebook Pixel cookie, a direct connection to Facebook's servers is established when you visit our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Facebook in the USA.

The data collected is anonymous for us and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the user. If you are registered with Facebook, Facebook can assign the collected information to your account. Even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged in when you visit our website, it is possible for Facebook to process and store your IP address and other identification data.

c) Google Remarketing (Google Ads)
As a further tracking technology, we have integrated Google Remarketing services on our website. Google Remarketing is a function of Google Ads that enables a company to display advertisements to Internet users who have previously visited the company's website. The integration of Google Remarketing thus allows a company to create user-related advertising and consequently to display interest-relevant advertisements to the Internet user.

The purpose of Google Remarketing is to display interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing enables us to display advertisements via the Google advertising network or to have them displayed on other Internet pages that are tailored to the individual needs and interests of Internet users.

You have the option to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do this, the data subject must call up the link www.google.com/settings/ads from any of the internet browsers he or she uses and make the desired settings there.

d) reCAPTCHA
We also use Google Inc.`s reCAPTCHA to check whether data input is made by a human being or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behavior of the website visitor on the basis of various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website.

Miscellaneous and closing

Social Media
Based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR), we are present in various "social media" platforms in order to communicate with our customers, interested parties and users registered there and to be able to inform them about our offers there. We would like to point out that you use these platforms and their functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g., commenting, sharing, rating).

Updating your information
If you believe that the information, we hold about you is inaccurate or that we are no longer entitled to use it and want to request its rectification, deletion, or object to its processing, please do so within your account or by contacting us. For your protection and the protection of all of our users, we may ask you to provide proof of identity before we can answer the above requests.

Keep in mind, we may reject requests for certain reasons, including if the request is unlawful or if it may infringe on trade secrets or intellectual property or the privacy of another user. Also, we may not be able to accommodate certain requests to object to the processing of personal data, notably where such requests would not allow us to provide our service to you anymore.

Links to other providers
Our website also contains - clearly recognisable - links to the websites of other companies. Insofar as there are links to websites of other providers, we have no influence on their contents. Therefore, no guarantee or liability can be assumed for these contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of these pages.

The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations and recognisable infringements at the time of linking. Illegal contents were not recognisable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal violation. Such links will be removed immediately if infringements of the law become known.

Personal data and children
Our services are aimed at people aged 18 and over. We will not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal data from minors under the age of 18 without first obtaining consent from a legal guardian through direct offline contact.

Data Breaches/Notification
Databases or data sets that include Personal data may be breached inadvertently or through wrongful intrusion. Upon becoming aware of a data breach, we will notify all affected individuals whose Personal data may have been compromised, and the notice will be accompanied by a description of action being taken to reconcile any damage as a result of the data breach. Notices will be provided as expeditiously as possible after which the breach was discovered.

Changes
We reserve the right to adapt the Privacy Policy with effect for the future, in particular in the event of further development of the website, the use of new technologies or changes to the legal basis or the relevant case law.

Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights or withdraw your consent, please contact us using the following contact details:

Curls N lengths
732a Walmersley Road
Bury
BL9 6RN, UK

Web: www.curlsnlengths.com
E-Mail: info@curlsnlengths.com

This Privacy Policy was last updated on Wednesday, 12 October 2022.