Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), implemented in 2018, is a comprehensive data privacy law in the European Union (EU) designed to protect the personal data of EU citizens. It establishes strict rules for the collection, processing, and storage of personal data by businesses and organizations, regardless of their location. GDPR grants individuals greater control over their personal information, requiring clear consent for data collection, providing rights to access and erase data, and mandating notification of data breaches.
Melody Clemons Design, is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Data Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our website.
How is your data collected?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be e.g. This could, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What is your data used for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
2. How your information is used
We may use your email address to communicate order updates and respond to inquiries. You will only receive emails about promotions if you sign up for the newsletter. You can opt-out of promotional emails at any time.
3. Third-Party Services
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze how our visitors use our website. Learn more about how Google uses data and personal information here.
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We also use cookies for marketing purposes. Via Google (read more here) and Facebook (read more here).
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With the help of this service we can integrate maps on our website.
In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google can use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform font display. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we indicate on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here:
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/
You can find more information on how to handle user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Google Fonts (local hosting)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers.
Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Font Awesome
This site uses Font Awesome to display fonts and symbols uniformly. The provider is Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
When you access a page, your browser loads the necessary fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts, fonts and symbols correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Font Awesome’s servers. This gives Font Awesome knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Font Awesome is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on our website. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. B. Device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
If your browser does not support Font Awesome, your computer will use a standard font.
Further information about Font Awesome can be found in Font Awesome’s privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.
Mailchimp
This website uses Mailchimp, a service for managing email addresses and sending newsletters. Mailchimp is operated by The Rocket Science Group LLC, whose privacy policy can be viewed here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. If you sign up for our newsletter, your email address and other optional information you provide will be transmitted to and stored by Mailchimp. For more information about how we use your data, please see Mailchimp’s privacy policy.
Analytics and Third Party Tools
We share your personal information with third parties who assist us in using your personal information as described above. We also use Google Analytics to understand how our customers use the website. Further information on how Google uses your personal data can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. You can deactivate Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Vimeo
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo video, a connection is established to Vimeo’s servers. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This applies even if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.
If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.
To recognize website visitors, Vimeo uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting).
The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and, according to Vimeo, on “legitimate business interests”. Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
Further information on how we handle user data can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA. Every DPF certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/list
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. We use cookies to help us improve the quality of our service, including for storing user preferences, improving search results and ad selection, and tracking user trends.
Cookies are small text files stored on a user’s device when they visit a website. They serve various purposes, including remembering user preferences, enhancing user experience, and tracking website activity. Cookies can store information such as login credentials, language preferences, and shopping cart contents. They are used for analytics, advertising, and personalized content delivery. Cookies enable websites to recognize users, tailor content to their interests, and provide a seamless browsing experience.
5. Data Access
Access to your personal information is restricted to authorized personnel only.
6. Data Retention
We will never save your personal information longer than is necessary for each purpose. In the most common cases, we will remove your personal information after your intended purpose. The only case where we keep the data longer than is necessary is when we are going to comply with legal obligations. (for example, according to the Accounting Act)
7. Rights
You are always entitled to extract any information we have about you and may also ask us to update incorrect information or to supplement information that is inadequate.
You are also entitled to be forgotten. You can at any time request that the information relating to you be deleted. There are few exceptions to the right to delete, such as, for example, that it should be retained in order for us to fulfill a legal obligation. (for example, according to the Accounting Act)
8. Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email talktome@melodyclemons.com or by post at: Melody Clemons Design, Franklinstrasse 60, 40479 Düsseldorf.
