Karilyn Designs, thank you for your interest in our company’s website. During the use of our internet presence, protecting your personal data is important to us. Personal data is all related to you, for example, name, address, and e-mail address. With the following information, we would like to inform you about the nature, use, purpose, and limitations of data processing. Karilyn Designs assures that the relevant data protection regulations carry out our data collection and use of your data.
1. Controller
The controller is responsible for collecting, processing, and using your data in the meaning of Art. 4 no. 7 GDPR.
2. Delimitation of the area covered by the data privacy statement
Karilyn Design's website may lead to third-party websites (such as social networks) that are not explicitly covered by this data privacy statement.
3. Information on processing data outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)
All servers used by Karilyn Designs are located within the USA.
4. Scope, purpose, and personal data collection
By default, Karilyn Designs collects data when you use our website, regardless of whether you register first, download specific documentation, or browse Karilyn Designs’s website at any time. We collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our servers. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure stability and security:
From the data above, however, we cannot conclude about the users. Further personal data will only be stored if your consent has been obtained or if this information is necessary in the context of a registration, a raffle, or a contract execution.
5. Term of Use
All personal data collected on the Karilyn Designs's website are used exclusively for the website's technical administration, individual support, customer administration, and for the marketing and dispatching of ordered goods and newsletters, and only to the extent necessary. Your data could help us improve our websites and make their use easy. All data is confidentially treated. Governmental or administrative orders may result in the disclosure of personal data to public authorities and government agencies to the extent of legal obligations. Disclosure to third parties only takes place for partner companies and service providers, as far as this is contractually mandatory for us and only to the extent necessary.
For example, the operation of the website or the processing of RFQs. In the event of disclosing personal data, partner companies and service providers are carefully selected and commissioned by us, bound by our instructions, subject to regular controls, and committed to confidentiality. To the extent necessary, contracts for data processing are concluded with them by data protection regulations.
6. Newsletter (currently not offered on the website. Karilyn Designs reserves the right to activate this service at any time)
To stay current on Karilyn Designs, subscribe to a free newsletter on our website. To register for our newsletter, we use the so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means that after you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address specified in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. In addition, we store your used IP addresses and times of the registration and confirmation. The procedure aims to prove your registration and, if necessary, inform you about possible misuse of your personal data.
The data provided in the newsletter registration will only be used for internal administration.
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1-point (a) GDPR. There is also a revocation right of consent to data use in connection with the newsletter. You can do this at your option by clicking on the "unsubscribe newsletter" button in the newsletter itself or sending an e-mail to i[email protected]. We evaluate the user behavior within the newsletter we send according to the data protection regulations and receive, among other things, receipt and read confirmation and information about links, number of clicks, date, and time.
7. Contact by e-mail or by contact form (as far as this is offered on the website)
To contact Karilyn Designs, you can e-mail or send us your contact details in the corresponding contact form. These are used exclusively to contact you and to discuss your requests or concerns.
If you send us an application by e-mail, we will treat the data we receive from you in strict confidence and process them to the extent necessary. Should you get the job, we will continue to save the required data, such as first name, last name, and date of birth. Should we decide against you, your data will be deleted after a reasonable period according to the data protection regulations unless you agree to be included in our talent pool.
8. Use of cookies
When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that you store and give us certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.
This website uses the following types of cookies, whose scope and operation are explained below:
Transient cookies: Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include particular session cookies. These cookies store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please be aware that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.
Please also note the information on cookies below 10. "Use of web analysis tools ".
9. Use of web analysis tools
This website uses Google Analytics or any other statistical program, which is the web analysis tool provided by a third party or by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files stored on your computer that allow an analysis of your website. The information generated by the cookie about your usage on the website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address provided by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You can prevent cookies' storage by changing your browser software's settings. We point out, however, that in this case, you may not be able to use this website's functions fully. In addition, you may prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of the data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available on Google’s website.
We use Google Analytics and other third-party Analytical Stats programs to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. With the statistics gained, we can improve our service and make it more interesting for you as a user. For exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-us-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1-point (f) GDPR.
10. Use of social plugins
Karilyn Designs currently uses no social plugins.
11. Information and explanation about safeguards
Karilyn Designs strives to protect your data collected by us against any influence, such as accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. We implement state-of-the-art technical and organizational measurements. Furthermore, all employees are obliged to maintain data secrecy.
12. Your rights
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
Upon request, Karilyn Designs will provide you with the information related to your personal data Karilyn Designs has collected about you in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions. We always strive for current and error-free data collection. If, despite our efforts to ensure that the data is accurate and up-to-date, it is incorrect, Karilyn Designs will correct it as soon as possible upon request. You can send your applications to the following e-mail address: [email protected]
You also have the right, according to Art. 77 GDPR to complain about our processing of your personal data to a data protection supervisory authority, locally, your place of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.
13. Change of the data privacy statement
Concerning the progress of data processing and the associated legal changes, we are obliged to update this data privacy statement occasionally. Please always note the current version of our data privacy statement.
14. Reachability of the data protection
If you have any questions, suggestions, or complaints regarding the data protection related to Karilyn Designs and its websites used by Karilyn Designs, please contact our data protection Specialist
815-814-7657
[email protected]