Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

It is generally possible to use our website without providing personal data. If personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

How do we collect your personal data?

We collect your personal data directly from you when you:

• Interact with us by phone;
• interact with us in person;
• interact with us online, including via advertising platforms;
• participate in surveys or questionnaires;
• take part in a shop event;
• subscribe to our mailing list;
• apply for a job with us as an employee, contractor or volunteer.

Types of data collected

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• E-Mail Adress
• First name and Surname
• Billing address
• Delivery address
• Date of birth
• Usage data

Usage data is collected automatically when you use the service.

Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the customer support team that you contact, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Service via a mobile device or phone call, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, the unique ID of your mobile device, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends when you visit our Service or when you access the Service from a mobile device.

Sources of Information

The sources from which Personal Data may have been collected or processed are as follows: Information you have provided to us, online tracking technologies, automated data collection technologies, social media platforms and networks, business partners, service providers, etc. The purposes of this collection or processing include: the provision of our products and services, communication with you, technical administration, security and fraud prevention, legal obligations, core business functions, the application and recruitment process, marketing and promotional purposes (including direct marketing), analytics and personalisation, etc.

How do we use your personal data?

We use personal data for many purposes in connection with our functions and activities, including the following purposes:

• To provide you with information or services that you request from us;
• To provide you with a personalised experience and service offering;
• To improve the quality of the services we provide
• internal administrative purposes;
• Marketing and promotional communication purposes - only upon request.

Sharing personal information with third party service providers

We may share your personal information with third parties in accordance with this Policy. For example, we may share your personal information with:

• Meta Business-Plattforms (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp)
• Google Analytics, Adwords, Tag Manager
• Microsoft 365-Programmes
• Linkedin
• Mailchimp
• Stein Software (ERP-System)

Privacy Policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognise the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the ‘Like’ button on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook ‘Like’ button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy Policy for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called ‘cookies’. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory 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 truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Privacy Policy for the use of Google +1

Our pages use functions of Google +1, which is provided by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collection and disclosure of information: You can use the Google +1 button to publish information worldwide. You and other users receive personalised content from Google and our partners via the Google +1 button. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for a content and information about the page that you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1s can be displayed as references together with your profile name and your photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or in other places on websites and adverts on the Internet. Google records information about your +1 activities in order to improve Google services for you and others. To be able to use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile, which must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you have used when sharing content via your Google account. The identity of your Google profile may be displayed to users who know your e-mail address or have other identifying information about you.

Use of the information collected: In addition to the uses described above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policy. Google may publish summarised statistics about the +1 activities of users or pass these on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or associated websites.

Privacy policy for the use of Twitter

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the ‘Re-Tweet’ function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your data protection settings on Twitter in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings ändern.

Privacy Policy for the use of Pinterest

On our website, we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc, 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA (‘Pinterest’). When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

Further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest's privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

Privacy Policy for the use of Tumblr

Our pages use buttons from the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc, 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. These buttons allow you to share a post or a page on Tumblr or to follow the provider on Tumblr. When you visit one of our websites with a Tumblr button, the browser establishes a direct connection to the Tumblr servers. We have no influence on the scope of the data that Tumblr collects and transmits with the help of this plugin. According to the current status, the IP address of the user and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.

Further information on this can be found in Tumblr's privacy policy at http://www.tumblr.com/policy/de/privacy.

TikTok Pixel

This Privacy Policy applies to the personal data that TikTok processes in connection with TikTok apps, websites, software and related services (the ‘Platform’) that are linked or refer to this Privacy Policy.

Data Controller: If you live in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), the United Kingdom (‘UK’) or Switzerland, TikTok Technology Limited, an Irish company (‘TikTok Ireland’), and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited (‘TikTok UK’), a UK company, (‘TikTok’, ‘our’, ‘we’ or ‘us’) are the joint controllers of your data processed in connection with this Privacy Policy.

• Profile information.We collect data that you provide when you create an account, such as your date of birth, username, email address and/or phone number and password. You can add additional information to your profile, such as a description or profile photo.


• User content. We collect the content you create or publish via the platform, such as photos, videos, audio recordings, livestreams, comments, hashtags, feedback and reviews, as well as the associated metadata (e.g. when, where and by whom the content was created). Even if you are not a user, information about you may appear in content created or published by users on the platform. We collect user content by preloading it at the time of creation, import or upload, regardless of whether you save or upload this user content, e.g. to recommend music based on the video. We also collect content (e.g. text, images and videos) from your device's clipboard when you copy and paste content onto the Platform or share content between the Platform and a third-party platform. In addition, we collect location information (such as landmarks, shops or other points of interest) if you choose to add the location information to your user content.


• Direct messages. When you communicate with others via direct messages, we collect the content of the message and the associated metadata (e.g. the time the message was sent, received and/or read, and the participants in the communication). We also collect messages that you send or receive via our chat function when you communicate with merchants who sell you goods, as well as your use of virtual assistants when purchasing items via the platform. We do this to block spam, detect criminal offences and protect our users.


• Your contacts. When you synchronise your contacts, we access data from your device's phone book, such as names, phone numbers and email addresses, and match this data with users on the platform. When you add other users through your social network contacts, we collect your public profile information and the names and profiles of your social network contacts.


• Purchase information. When you make a purchase or payment on or through the Platform, including when you purchase TikTok Coins or goods through our shopping features, we collect information about the purchase or payment transaction, such as payment card information, billing, shipping and contact information, and the items you purchase.


• Surveys, Research and Promotions.. We collect information that you provide to us when you choose to participate in a survey, research, promotion, contest, marketing campaign or event organised or sponsored by us.


• When you contact us. When you contact us. When you contact us, we collect the information you send us, such as proof of identity or age, feedback or requests about your use of the Platform, or information about possible violations of our terms of use (our ‘Terms of Use’), community guidelines (our ‘Guidelines’) or other policies.

Our international data transfer

We store and process your Personal Data primarily in the United States, where our hosting provider (OneDrive, Microsoft 365 Services) is located. In other cases, our data processing may also involve the transfer of your Personal Data to ‘third countries’ within the meaning of the GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation), i.e. countries outside the European Economic Area where the GDPR is not directly applicable. Such a transfer is permitted if the EU Commission has determined that an adequate level of data protection is guaranteed in the third country in question (e.g. the UK). If there is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission, your personal data will only be transferred to a third country if there are appropriate safeguards or if one of the conditions listed in Art. 49 GDPR is met. If you consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, such a transfer will take place on this legal basis. In all other cases, we use the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as appropriate safeguards for the transfer of Personal Data to third countries that do not fall within the scope of the GDPR.

Information, Erasure, Blocking

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to rectification, blocking or erasure of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time (info(at)kare.ch) with regard to this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

We will not keep your personal data for longer than necessary (e.g. CVs when you apply for a job and other personal documents and information). In most cases, this means that we will only retain your personal data for the duration of your relationship with us, unless we are required to retain your personal data to comply with applicable laws, e.g. retention obligations.

How do we protect your personal data?

Designlife GmbH takes reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold about you is treated confidentially and securely, including by:

• A physical security of our premises and databases/records;
• Taking measures to restrict access to personal data to only those staff who need to know that data in order to provide services to you effectively;
• Technical measures such as anti-virus software, firewalls and 2-step verification procedures.

Cookies

The Internet pages sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called ‘session cookies’. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Server-Log-Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type/ Browserversion
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server enquiry

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. We use Google Signals.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the ‘unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter.

Data protection for Children

Our service is not aimed at persons under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect personal data from persons under the age of 14. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 14 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as the legal basis for processing your data and your country requires parental consent, we may ask for your parent's consent before collecting and using that data.

Controller / Data Protection Officer / Representative

The ‘controller’ for data processing at Designlife GmbH is Christoph Frey. You can inform us of any data protection concerns using the following contact details:

Designlife GmbH
Stettbachstrasse 2
8600, Dübendorf
info@kare.ch
+41 43 355 12 15

Our representative in the EEA pursuant to Art. 27 GDPR is:

Christoph Frey
Stettbachstrasse 2
8600, Dübendorf
info@kare.ch
+41 43 355 12 15