Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how topofstore.com ("we," "us," "our," "Company") collect, use, share, and protect information in connection with the Company websites, mobile websites, mobile applications, browser applications, and any related services that refer or link to this Privacy Policy ("Services").

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

We collect, process, and use your information when you :

  • Register for our Services or sign in to an existing account
  • Visit our website(s)
  • Access our Services through our application(s)
  • Connect to our Services using third-party accounts, such as your email, social media, or payment account(s)
  • Contact us for support
  • Participate in our shopping or influencer programs
  • Enter a contest, promotion, survey, or poll

LOG FILES

We save log files for the purposes of determining disruptions, for security reasons (e.g., to elucidate attack attempts) and for the bot detection for a period of 7 to 30 days and delete them thereafter. Log files which need to remain stored for evidence purposes are excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally resolved and may be forwarded to investigating authorities on a case-by-case basis.

Log files contain especially following information:

  • IP address (internet protocol address) of the terminal device which is used to access the online offer.
  • Internet address of the website from which the online offer is accessed (so-called URL of origin or referrer URL).
  • Name of the service provider through which access to the online offer occurs.
  • Name of accessed file or information.
  • Data and time and duration of access.
  • Amount of data transmitted.
  • Operating system and information on the internet browser used, including add-ons installed (e.g., for the Flash Player) or for the used terminal device.
  • http status code (e.g. "request successful" or "file not found").
  • Request IDs
  • Session IDs
Log files are moreover used for app analysis.

COOKIES


  • What are cookies ?


    Cookies are little text files that are sent when visiting an internet page and are stored in a user's browser. In case the respective internet page is accessed once again, the user's browser sends back the content of the cookies and, thus, allows for the recognition of the user. Certain cookies are automatically deleted upon ending the browser session (so-called session cookies), others are saved for a set time or permanently in the user's browser and delete themselves thereafter (so-called temporary or persistent cookies).

  • Which files are saved in the cookies ?


    Cookies generally do not contain personal data, but instead only an online ID.

  • How can you avoid the usage of cookies or delete cookies ?


    You can deactivate the storage of cookies through your browser settings and you may delete cookies that have already been saved in your browser at any time (see following technical explanations). Please take note that this online offer might not be functional without cookies or the functionality might be reduced.
    Please be further advised that refusing to allow the creation of usage profiles partially works through "opt out cookies". In case you delete all cookies, an objection might, under certain circumstances, no longer be considered or be valid and would have to be restated.

  • What Cookies do we use ?

    • Cookies strictly secessary for a service

      1. Cookies which serve the purpose of identifying or authenticating our users
      2. Cookies that temporarily store certain user entries
      3. Cookies that remember certain user preferences

    • Analytics Cookies


      We use analytics cookies to record and statistically evaluate our users' usage behavior (e.g., clicked ad banners, visited subpages, search queries asked).

    • Third party advertising cookies


      We also allow other companies to gather data from our users using advertising cookies. This allows us and third parties to show interest-based advertisements to the users of our online offer, which are based on an analysis of their usage behavior e.g., clicked ad banners, visited subpages, search queries) in general and not restricted to our online offer.

    • Third party social plugin sharing cookies in connection with social plugins


      Embedding Social Plugins generally has the plugins' providers store cookies.

DATA COLLECTED BY GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We need statistical information about the usage of our Online Offers to design them to be user-friendlier. For this purpose, we use the web analysis tools described in this section. The usage profiles created by these tools using analysis cookies or by evaluating log files are not combined with personal data.
Google Analytics is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use Google Analytics with the additional function offered by Google to anonymize IP addresses. While doing so, Google already shortens IPs within the EU in most cases and only does so in the United States in exceptional cases, while always saving shortened IPs only.
You may object to the collection or processing of your data by using the following link to download and install a browser plugin

DATA COLLECTED BY GOOGLE REMARKETING

Google Remarketing is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Find further information on this tool here.
You may object to the collection or processing of your data by this tool by clicking on the following link to download and save the opt-out cookie support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=en

PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

Truepush notifications are provided by Truepush Pvt. Ltd. Find further information on this tool here .
Before sending the push notifications we obtained your approval. It is also possible to object the sending of web push notifications afterwards. Find an explanation here

SOCIAL PLUGINS


This online offer uses social plugins ("Plugins") by the following providers:

  • Facebook


    Facebook is operated under www.facebook.com by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, and under www.facebook.de by Facebook Ireland Limited, Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"). Find an overview of Facebook's plugins and their appearance here. Find information on data protection at Facebook here

  • Twitter


    Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Twitter"). Find an overview of Twitter's plugins and their appearance here. Find information on data protection at Twitter here .

  • Pinterest


    Pinterest is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brennan St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Pinterest"). Find an overview of Pinterest's plugins and their appearance here. Find information on data protection at Pinterest here.

  • WhatsApp


    WhatsApp is operated by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("WhatsApp"). Find information on data protection at WhatsApp here.

LOGIN WITH SOCIAL NETWORKS


  • Login via Facebook


    We give you the opportunity to register or login with us through your Facebook account. If you do this, we receive the data necessary for registration or signing on (e.g., email address, name) from Facebook.
    We are unable to influence the scope of data collected by Facebook through Facebook Login. If you do not wish for Facebook to gather data in connection with your usage of our online offer in order to use it for its own purposes, you should not use Facebook Login.
    Find out more about the purpose and scope of the collection as well as about the processing and use of your data by Facebook and about your rights and possibilities to change settings to protect your data in Facebook's privacy statement

  • Login via Google+


    We give you the opportunity to register or login with us through your Google+ account. If you do this, we receive the data necessary for registration or signing on (e.g., email address, name) from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") (e.g., email address, name).
    We are unable to influence the scope of data collected by Google through Google+ Login. If you do not wish for Google to gather data in connection with your usage of our online offer in order to use it for its own purposes, you should not use Google+ Login.
    Find out more about the purpose and scope of the data collection as well as about the processing and use of your data by Google and about your rights and possibilities to change settings to protect your data in Google's privacy statement .

NEWSLETTER REGISTRATION


By signing up for an account, you may receive periodic emails from Company. If you consented to receiving promotional email communications, you can opt out of receiving such communications from us at any time by

  • Following the instructions provided in those communications.
  • Modifying your Email Preferences in the Account Settings of your account.
  • Contacting us through the services

Please note that even if you opt out of receiving promotional communications, we may continue to send you non-promotional emails and other types of communications, as permitted by law, such as service emails relating to our ongoing business relationship.
We give you the possibility to subscribe to a newsletter. You can withdraw your respective consent at any time. To do so, please use the unsubscribe link located at the end of each newsletter or contact us via the information provided in the Contact section.

USE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT.

  • Manage your account


    If you provide us with Personal Information, we may use it to :
    1. Process your registration with our Services, including verifying whether your email address is active and valid and enrolling you into our programs.
    2. Monitor and manage your account
    3. Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
    4. Provide you customer service regarding your account and reply to your questions, comments and requests, and
    5. comply with legal and regulatory provisions in force and with the competent judicial authorities in each geographical jurisdiction that the Company operates in. We may also use your information to assess risk and prevent fraud.

  • Improve Our Services


    We may process information through analyzing and monitoring usages and trends and performing statistical analyses to improve our Services and the websites, applications, marketing efforts, and the products and services of our affiliates to provide a better service to you in the future. We may also use this information to adapt Service content to be more likely to be of interest to you.

  • Provide You Marketing Information


    To provide you more personalized offers and/or special offers, discounts and similar information, Company may send you newsletters, rewards, discounts, promotion codes, events, and general information about the Service if you consent. To match your profile and interest, we may create a profile of your preferences and provide advertisements, content or features.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may share the information we collect, including your Personal Information, with third parties under the following circumstances.

  • Service Providers and Business Partner


    We do not sell your Personal Information and only share it with third parties to operate our Services. We may share your Personal Information with our service providers that perform marketing services and other business operations on our behalf, under our instructions and in compliance with appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data. For example, we may partner with other companies to provide you support services, authentication services, prevent fraud on our Services, administer our promotions, referral programs, sweepstakes, and surveys, perform analytics and maintain the accuracy of our databases.

  • Protection of Rights and Other Legal Purposes


    We may share the information we collect, including Personal Information, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
    1. In response to subpoenas or other legal process or if in our good faith opinion such disclosure is required or permitted by law.
    2. At the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, including, but not limited to, meeting law enforcement requirements
    3. To defend our terms and conditions or other policies applicable to our Services; an
    4. To protect the rights, property, life, health, security and safety of us or any third party.

  • Business Transfers


    We may share the information we collect, including Personal Information, with any third party in connection with, or during negotiations of, any proposed or actual merger, purchase, sale (including a liquidation, realization, foreclosure, or repossession), or any other type of acquisition of all or any portion of Company assets, conveyance or transfer of all or a portion of our business to another company.

AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE

This Affiliate Compensation Disclosure is provided by Topofstore, and applies to www.topofstore.com, including, without limitation, both mobile and online versions of our web sites and social channels (collectively, referred to herein as the "Site"), and is provided for the purpose of disclosing Topofstore's financial relationship with affiliates, advertisers, sponsors and other third parties that appear on the Site (collectively, referred to herein as "Affiliates"), pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising, 16 C.F.R. Part 255.

This Affiliate Compensation Disclosure has been posted on the Site or has otherwise been linked to in a post or article since Topofstore sells and thus receives monetary and other forms compensation from Affiliates for various advertising, sponsorships, insertion orders and promotional campaigns that we feature on the Site. Thus, there is paid connection between each product or service mentioned, reviewed or recommended on this Site and the Affiliate (i.e., the owner of that third party product or service). If you ultimately decide to purchase a product or service mentioned on the Site, Topofstore may receive additional compensation from that purchase from the Affiliate. Every effort has been made by Topofstore to provide true and accurate statements in regards to any and all products or services mentioned, reviewed or recommended by Topofstore on this Site.

Further, the Site posts or otherwise promotes content, including editorial content, which may feature third party products and services (the "Affiliate Products") and which may link to third party owned and operated web sites where you can purchase Affiliate Products. Anytime that you click on a link to an Affiliate's Product on the Site and then follow the link to purchase an Affiliate Product on the Affiliate's web site, Topofstore will receive compensation from the Affiliate offering the Affiliate Product. The content featuring Affiliate Product(s) may not always be identified on the Site as paid or sponsored content and the compensation that we receive from Affiliates may influence what content, topics or posts we make on the Site and where they are posted.

Even though we may receive compensation in connection with your purchase of Affiliate Products as outlined above, we still seek to provide our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, and experiences as they relate to the products and services that are featured on the Site

Also, you may see third party ads posted on the Site. Each time you click on an ad, we will receive compensation from the third party advertiser, even if you do not purchase something from the third party.

YOUR CHOICES

You may in some cases have the option to decline providing us information. However, your choice to not provide information may impact your use of certain features or services. You may unsubscribe or opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by using the unsubscribe link on the footer of our marketing emails, by logging into your account settings, or by using the Contact Us option through the Services. Upon written request, we will provide you with information on whether we hold any Personal Information. We encourage you to maintain the accuracy of the information you submit to us, such as the information you provide us to register for your account. The Services may allow you to access, review, correct, update, and remove or make inaccessible Personal Information you have provided through your account settings. You may provide account updates and changes by logging into your account and changing settings or by using the Contact Us option through the Services. With respect to our mobile and other applications, you can prospectively stop all collection of information by the application by uninstalling the application. You may at any time opt out from further allowing us to have access to your mobile location data by adjusting the permissions in your mobile device. We will make good-faith efforts to make requested changes in our then-active databases as soon as reasonably practicable. We will respond to your requests within a reasonable timeframe.

DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION.

We take reasonable measures to protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We use a secure, encrypted connection (using a TLS protocol) on all pages where you access or transmit Personal Information. Although Company uses reasonable efforts to help protect your information, transmission via the Internet is not completely secure and Company cannot guarantee the security of your information collected through our Services. Except as otherwise set forth under applicable law, we assume no liability or responsibility for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, or other causes beyond our control. We retain the information collected via our Services until such time as you choose to close your account. After that time, we may aggregate the data and retain it for analytical purposes. We may also retain your information on backup media to comply with applicable law, to support financial audits, to resolve disputes, to maintain compliance efforts, and for other legitimate business reasons.

THIRD-PARTY DATA

The Services contain hyperlinks to websites of merchants and retailers and other websites or locations that we do not control and are operated and controlled by third parties ("Third-Party Websites"). Our Privacy Policy does not apply to these Third-Party Websites and we make no representations regarding the policies or business practices of any such Third-Party Websites.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is current as of the date set forth above. Company reserves the right to change this privacy policy from time to time consistent with applicable privacy laws and principles. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this Privacy Policy, and where such changes will impact you as a data subject, we will provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to the homepages of our Services or sending you an email notification).

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at info@topofstore.com