Privacy Policy

The following privacy policy describes how Stationery Passion (stationerypassion.com,
the "site" or "we") collects, uses and discloses your personal
information when you either visit the site or make an order.

Contact information


After reviewing the policy below, if you have additional questions, want
more information about the privacy practices, or when you would like to
make a complaint, please contact me by e-mail: info@stationerypassion.com.

Collecting personal information

When you visit stationerypassion.com, the site
collects certain information about your device, your interaction with
the site and information necessary to process your order. The site may
also collect additional information if you reach out to us for costumer
support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely indentify an individual (including the information listed below) as personal information. See the list below for more information about the information we collect and why.

Device information.

  • Examples
    of the personal information collected through your device: version of
    the webbrowser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what products
    you view, search terms and how you interact with Stationery Passion.
  • The
    purpose of the information listed above is to make sure the site will
    load accurately for you and to perform analytics on site usage to
    optimize stationerypassion.com.
  • The information listed above will be collected automatically when you access stationerypassion.com using cookies (you can use the banner to either accept or decline the cookies), log files, web beacons, tags or pixels.
  • Disclosure for a business purpose : your information may be shared with our processor Shopify.

Order information.

  • Examples
    of the personal information collected solely to fulfil your order may
    include: your name, billing address, shipping address, payment
    information (including credit card numbers and bank account information
    if purchasing with Klarna, iDEAL and Sofort), e-mail and your phone
    number.
  • The purpose of the information listed above is to make
    sure we can provide your order fulfillment and to process your payment
    information. The information will be used to arrange shipping and
    provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations. We might also use
    the information to communicate with you, screen the orders for potential
    risk of fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared,
    provide you with information or advertising relating to products of Stationery Passion.
  • The information listed above will be collected when you place your order or make an account on stationerypassion.com.
  • Disclosure for a business purpose: your information may be shared with our processor Shopify, and if applicable: Klarna and Sofort. Your shipping address will also be shared with the shipping company to fulfill your order.

Costumer support information.

  • Examples of the personal information collected solely for customer support may contain: your name and e-mail address.
  • The purpose of the information listed above is to provide the right customer support for you!
  • The information listed above will be collected when you either fill in the contact form or send me an e-mail.
  • Disclosure for a business purpose: none.

Children's data

Stationery Passion is not intended
to be used by children and minors, we do not knowingly collect any
personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian
of a child who has provided Stationery Passion with
their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details
set above the policy to request that the information may be deleted.

As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy,
we do not have actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as those
terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals
under 16 years of age.

Sharing personal information

Stationery Passion shares your
personal information with service providers to help us fulfill your
order or help you with your costumer service as described above. For
example:

  • Stationery Passion is powered by Shopify. You can read more about how Shopify uses your personal information here.
  • Delivery companies to fulfill your order, you can find the privacy policy on the websites of the delivery company in your country!
  • We
    may share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and
    regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful
    request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioural advertising

As listed above, Stationery Passion uses your
personal information to provide you with targeted advertisements or
marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. A few
examples:

  • Stationery Passion uses Google Analytics to help us understand how you use the site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here
  • Stationery Passion shares
    information about how you use the site, your purchases and your
    interaction with the ads if when applicable with our advertising
    partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with
    them and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar
    technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location using
    the cookie banner).

For more information about targeted advertising you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative's (NAI) educational page by clicking here.

You may opt out of targeted advertising through the following links:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal via : Click here

Using personal information

Stationery Passion uses your personal information to
provide our services to you, which include: offering products for sale,
processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, keeping you
up to date on new products, services and offers.

Lawful basis

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

  • Your consent;
  • The performance of the contract between you and Stationery Passion;
  • Compliance with our legal obligations;
  • To protect your vital interests;
  • For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Retention

When you place an order on our site, we will retain your personal information for our records unless and until you ask Stationery Passion to erase this information. For more information on your rights of erasure, please see the Your Rights section below.

Automatic decision-making

If you're a resident of the EEA, you
have the right to object processing based solely on automated
decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making
has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.

Stationery Passion does not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.

The processor of Stationery Passion hereon named Shopify uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you.

Services that include elements of automated decision-making include:

  • Temporary
    denylist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions.
    This denylist persists for a small number of hours and will then be
    deleted.
  • Temporary denylist of credit cards associated with deny
    listed IP addresses. This denylist persists for a small number of days
    and will then be delated.

Your Rights

GDPR

Suppose you are a resident of the EEA. In that case, you have the right to access the personal information Stationery Passion holds
about you, to port in to a new service, and to ask that your personal
information be corrected, updated or erased. If you would like to
exercise these rights, please get in touch with Stationery Passion using the contact information on top of the page.

Your personal information will be initially processed in Ireland by Shopify
and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further
processing, including Canada and the United States. For more information
on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify's GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/privacy-and-security/privacy/gdpr

CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the personal information Stationery Passion holds
about you (also known as the 'Right to know'), to port it to a new
service, and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated
or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please get in
touch with Stationery Passion using the contact information on top of the page.

If
you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these
requests on your behalf, please get in touch with us at the address
listed above.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. Stationery Passion uses
a number of different cookies, including functional, performance,
advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your
browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your
actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means
you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the
site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide
information on how people use the website, for instance, whether it’s
their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

Stationery Passion
uses the following cookies to optimize your experience on the Site and
to provide our services. Please note, that these cookies are part of the
site, but may not be limited to the ones listed below.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of Stationery Passion

  • _ab : used in connection with access to admin.
  • _secure_session_id : Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.
  • cart : Used in connection with shopping cart.
  • cart_sig : Used in connection with checkout.
  • cart_ts : Used in connection with checkout.
  • checkout_token : Used in connection with checkout.
  • secret : Used in connection with checkout.
  • secure_customer_sig : Used in connection with customer login.
  • storefront_digest : Used in connection with customer login.
  • _shopify_u : Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

Reporting and Analytics

  • _tracking_consent : Tracking preferences.
  • _landing_page : Track landing pages.
  • _orig_referrer : Track landing pages.
  • _s : Shopify analytics.
  • _shopify_s : Shopify analytics.
  • _shopify_sa_p : Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
  • _shopify_sa_t : Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
  • _shopify_y : Shopify analytics.
  • _y : Shopify analytics.

The length of time that a cookie remains on your
computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or
“session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and
persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the
cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You
can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind
that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user
experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or
not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your
browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences”
menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how
to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help
file or through such sites as https://www.aboutcookies.org/

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how Stationery Passion
shares information with third parties such as our advertising partners.
To exercise your rights or opt out of certain uses of your information
by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

Do not track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, Stationery Passion does not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes

Stationery Passion may update this
Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our
practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.