Privacy Policy
Welcome to www.blockologie.com. We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We process your data primarily to provide a website that is functional and easy to use. We want to ensure that you can use our content and offers via these websites. In addition, we only process your data if and insofar as this is permitted by law.
The Controller
The responsible party in terms of data protection law is:
Blockologie LLC
90 State Street Ste 700 Office 40, Albany, NY 12207
E-mail: info@blockologie.com
(“we”, “our” or “us”)
Processing of personal data during the use of our website
Every time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from your computer or device. This data is stored in the log files of our system. The aforementioned data is not stored together with other personal data. We collect the following data:
Information about the type of browser and the version used
Information about the language used on your browser
Country settings
Your operating system
Your IP address
Date and time of access
Websites from which your system accesses our website
Websites that are accessed by your system via our website
It is necessary for our system to process the above data in order to ensure the functionality and delivery of the website. The processing of this data also enables us to present our website to you in your preferred language. We also use this data to optimise our website and secure our information technology systems. The data will not be used for marketing purposes in this context. The legal basis for the processing of this data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: "GDPR") based on our legitimate interest in being able to provide you with a functional and user-friendly website.
The data will be processed and, in particular, stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the aforementioned purpose. Insofar as data is required to provide the website, the necessity ceases to apply when the respective session has ended. Your data will then be deleted automatically. In the case of storage of data in log files, this is usually the case after fourteen days at the latest. If the aforementioned data continues to be stored, however, your IP address will be deleted or alienated in this case, so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling internet connection. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website.
Insofar as we evaluate user behaviour on our web site beyond this and in a legally permissible manner without express consent, we use only anonymised data which do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about individual persons in order to improve the usability of the web site and the user experience for our visitors.
Cookies
We use so-called "cookies" on our website. These are text files that are stored in or by your Internet browser on your computer or device. When you visit our website, a cookie may be stored on your system. This contains an individual string of characters which can be used to identify your browser the next time you visit the website. This is stored on your computer or device and the data is transmitted from it to our site. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically by setting your browser accordingly. If you wish to learn more about the cookies we use please refer to our Cookie Policy.
Order process and customer account
In principle, you do not need a customer account to order in our shop and you can directly go to our checkout. You also have the option of voluntarily setting up a customer account with us, with which you can manage your personal details. This means that you only have to enter your details once and can log in easily for subsequent purchases using your email address and a password of your choice. To set up a customer account, first select the “Login” option at the top right of our web site and then click on "Register". Alternatively, you can also register for a customer account during an order process. To do this, enter your data in an input mask provided for this purpose.
The data will be transmitted to us and stored by us. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The following data will be collected during the registration process:
Personal data (name, address,)
E-mail address
The following data is also stored at the time of registration:
Your IP address
Date and time of registration
Registration in our online shop primarily serves the conclusion and fulfilment of purchase, work and work delivery contracts in connection with our articles. In this respect, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as an additional legal basis. If you decide not to provide us with the aforementioned data within the scope of registration, we will not be in a position to:
conclude contracts with you via the online shop
automatically adopt your data for subsequent purchases, to send you offers tailored to you,
inform you about promotions and discounts.
If you also subscribe to our newsletter during the sign up process, we can also use your data to adapt the content of the newsletter to your interests. In this respect, your consent serves as the legal basis in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can change the data stored in your customer account at any time. To do this, you must log in using your email address and the password you have chosen yourself. If necessary, you can adjust your name and email address via the "Login" menu option. The menu option "My Address Book" allows you to add address data or update or delete previously stored address data. You can also store, update or delete preferred billing and delivery addresses there. Of course, you can also remove credit card data links you created in the past. If you no longer need your customer account, you can have it deleted by sending us a short message by email.
Your data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of data collected during registration, this is usually the case when you cancel your registration or delete your access. If this data is also required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, however, premature deletion can only take place insofar as contractual or legal obligations permit this. We may be contractually or legally obliged to store data even after termination of the contract (e.g. for tax purposes). Which storage periods apply here must be determined individually for the respective contracts and contractual parties.
You can only view your user account after entering your personal password under the "Login" button. You should always treat access information such as passwords confidentially and keep them safe. After you have finished communicating with the online shop, you should log out and close the browser window, especially if you are using the computer together with other people.
Personal data is encrypted during the ordering process and transmitted via the Internet to the website operator using "Secure Socket Layer (SSL)". The online shop is protected by technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of personal data by unauthorised persons.
Newsletter
You can voluntarily register for our free newsletter. When registering, you enter your name and email address in the input mask. As soon as your message is sent, your IP address and the date and time of registration are also saved.
The processing of your data within the scope of the Newsletter subscription takes place with your consent. In this respect, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR is the legal basis.
After your registration for the newsletter, we may ask you to voluntarily provide further personal data. The legal basis for the processing of this data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to send you content tailored to your interests.
Our newsletters are provided with a pseudonym when they are sent, which allows us to track how many people have already opened or clicked on our newsletter content. We use this information to customise our newsletters. The legal basis for the processing of this data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the context of the newsletter subscription as well as our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to provide you with content tailored to your interests. If you do not wish to receive newsletter content tailored to your interests, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time.
After subscribing, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other people's email addresses. Subscriptions to the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the subscription process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time and your IP address used. If the processing of the data is also necessary to deliver the ordered newsletter, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR also serve as a legal basis.
You can cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time or object to the sending of further newsletters. Each newsletter contains a corresponding link to the unsubscribe form. This also allows you to revoke your consent to the storage of your data.
Contact form and e-mail
You can contact us via various contact forms on our web site or by email. If you enter data in the input mask provided for this purpose in the contact form of the online shop, this data will be transmitted to us and processed by us. This involves the following data:
Your name
E-mail address
Message
If you enter data in the input mask provided for this purpose in the contact form, this data will be transmitted to and processed by us, the following other data will also be stored:
Your IP address
Date and time of sending
The processing of other data during the sending process is intended to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. This data is deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.
Book A Class
We use the Squarespace Scheduling tool to make appointments easily, quickly and without complications and to improve our service for existing and new clients. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. When using the tool, you will be asked to provide personal data such as your name, email address and telephone number. You also have the opportunity to present your request and provide us with further information. If you use the tool, your details including the information you provide will be saved and, of course, transmitted over the Internet. The data entered is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Gift Certificates
If you order a Gift Certificates on our website, we will process your order and send you the voucher to the delivery address you have provided. This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract.
Online Meetings
We use Zoom to conduct our online meetings and various types of data are processed when using an online platform for meetings. The scope of the data depends on the information you provide before or during participation in an online meeting. If you contact us in electronic form (e.g. e-mail, phone, messenger, etc.), we store and process the data you have provided us with (e.g. name, contact information, content of the enquiry). The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in effective customer communication in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR and, insofar as it concerns an enquiry to enter into or fulfil a contract, also Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. You can request information about the purpose of processing, origin and, if applicable, recipients of your personal data from us free of charge at any time.
Transfer of personal data to service providers
We work with service providers who process certain data on our behalf. This is done exclusively in accordance with the applicable data protection law. In particular, we have concluded agreements with our service providers - where required by law - on data processing on behalf, which meet the requirements of Art. 28 of the GDPR and issue instructions to the service providers on how to handle the data. Through careful selection and regular monitoring, we ensure that our service providers take all organisational and technical measures necessary to protect your data.
Insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the products you have ordered, we pass on your personal data to the shipping company we have commissioned with the delivery (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR). The shipping company uses your personal data exclusively to process the delivery. For easier tracking of your deliveries, other services of the shipping company (e.g. tracking functions) may be available to you, which you can use voluntarily (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
If personal data is transferred to recipients in third countries (outside the USA), appropriate safeguards are provided for the protection of your personal data in accordance with the legal requirements as defined in Art. 45, 46 GDPR (in particular EU adequacy decisions and application of EU standard contractual clauses). We will be happy to provide you with further information on the appropriate safeguards provided upon request.
Payment services
If you conclude contracts with us via our shop, we integrate payment services from third-party providers, depending on which payment method you choose. As the payment is related to the contractual relationship with you, the legal basis for all payment methods is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
Your data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. This is the case for the fulfilment of a contract or the implementation of pre-contractual measures when the data is no longer required for the implementation of the contract. We may be contractually or legally obliged to store data even after termination of the contract (e.g. for tax purposes). Which storage periods apply in this case must be determined individually for the respective contracts and contracting parties.
Online Payment, Secure data transmission and Credit card information
The transmission of your personal information during an order transaction is encrypted using industry standard Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") technology, (SSL encryption version 3). Any credit card information you provide will not be stored by us, but will be encrypted and collected directly from our payment service provider via hypertext transfer protocol secure ("https").
We may share information with our payment service provider, and you may need to provide credit or debit card information directly to the provider in order to process payment details and authorise payment following a secure link. The information which you supply to in such cases is not within our control and is subject to our payment service provider ’s own Privacy Notice and Terms and Conditions.
Collection, processing and use of personal data for the purpose of advertising and market research
When you open our emails, click on links contained therein or submit a web site form after clicking on a link, we record this and save this information. If you recommend information from us by e-mail or to social networks using our recommend functions, we detect this and, if applicable, store in your profile the networks to which the information was recommended as well as the use by third parties. Personal data of third parties will never be stored without their consent. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in optimising our advertising products and our online presence, Art. 6 (1) f GDPR.
Your rights as a user
In the following, we summarise your rights according to the GDPR and The New York SHIELD (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security) Act.
Right to revoke consent
You can revoke your consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Right to information
You can request comprehensive information about the data concerning you and the circumstances of the processing, such as the purposes for which this data is processed or the duration of the storage.
Right to rectification
You may request that inaccurate data concerning you be corrected.
Right to erasure
In principle, you can demand that we delete data concerning you if this data is no longer necessary for legal reasons or may no longer be processed.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to prevent further processing of your personal data, e.g. if your data cannot yet be deleted due to conflicting retention obligations.
Right to data portability
You are entitled to receive from us personal data relating to you in a commonly used, machine-readable format. Insofar as we process your data in order to carry out direct advertising, you may object to this. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. After your objection, your data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
Right to object
In the case of processing of personal data for the performance of tasks in the public interest (Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR) or for the performance of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), you may object to the processing of personal data relating to you at any time with effect for the future. In the event of an objection, we must refrain from any further processing of your data for the aforementioned purposes, unless,
· there are compelling legitimate grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or
· the processing is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
You can object to the use of your data for the purpose of direct advertising at any time with effect for the future. In the event of an objection, we must refrain from any further processing of your data for the purpose of direct advertising.
Right not to be subject to automated decision-making
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - where it produces legal effects concerning you or similarly affects you.
An automated decision is exceptionally permitted if either (i) you have given your prior explicit consent or (ii) the decision is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and us or (iii) applicable law permits it and such law contains adequate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.
In cases (i) and (ii), we will take reasonable steps to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests. This includes explaining your point of view, challenging the automated decision and requesting a personal referral by one of our staff.
Right to complain to a supervisory authority
You have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority if you consider that our processing of data concerning you is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation.
The above rights may be limited in some circumstances, for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal personal information about another person, if you ask us to delete information which we are required to have by law, or if we have compelling legitimate interests to keep it. We will let you know if that is the case and will then only use your information for these purposes. You may also be unable to continue using our services if you want us to stop processing your personal information.
We encourage you to get in touch if you have any concerns with how we collect or use your personal information.
Accuracy
It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate and current, therefore please keep us informed of any changes to your personal data.
Online presences in social media
We maintain online presences in Instagram on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6 lit. f) GDPR and in order to communicate with customers, interested parties and users who are active there. Unless otherwise stated in this policy, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write articles on our online presences or send us messages.
Social Media Functions and Widgets
Within our online offer, functions and widgets of Instagram are integrated. When you click on or use any of those functions and widgets, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram. The function or widget then transmits log data to Instagram. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the visited websites, type and settings of the browser, date and time of the request, your usage of Instagram, as well as cookies. Those may also include the display of our post, the link to our profile, the possibility to interact with the posts and functions, as well as to measure users reach (so-called conversion measurement).
When do we disclose your Personal Data?
We may share your information with organizations that help us provide the services described in this policy and who may process such data on our behalf and in accordance with this policy, to support our online offer and our services.
Typically, and unless otherwise stated in this policy, data may be shared on the basis of our contractual and pre-contractual obligations, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Equally, if you have consented to it, or where there we have a legal obligation to do so or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, hosting providers, tax, business and legal advisors, customer care, accounting, billing and similar services that allow us to perform our contractual obligations, administrative tasks and duties efficiently and effectively).
If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called "processing agreement", this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.
In relation to meta data obtained about you, we may share a cookie identifier and IP data with analytic service providers to assist us in the improvement and optimization of our website which is subject to our Cookie Policy.
We may also disclose information in other circumstances such as when you agree to it or if the law, a Court order, a legal obligation or regulatory authority ask us to. If the purpose is the prevention of fraud or crime or if it is necessary to protect and defend our right, property or personal safety of our staff, the website and its users.
Automated decision-making and profiling
We do not use automation for decision-making and profiling.
Do Not Track
Do Not Track is a privacy preference you can set in most browsers. We support Do Not Track because we believe that you should have genuine control over how your info gets used and our site responds to Do Not Track requests.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
We do not sell information that directly identifies you, like your name, address or phone records.
Children Data
Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. If you become aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, without parental consent, please contact us and we take the necessary steps to remove that information from our server.
Hosting
The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise explained in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected in forms provided for this purpose on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our relationship with them, please contact them as described in this privacy policy.
Content Delivery Network
For the purpose of a shorter loading time, we use a so-called Content Delivery Network ("CDN") for some offers. With this service, content, e.g. large media files, are delivered via regionally distributed servers of external CDN service providers. Therefore, access data is processed on the servers of the service providers. Our service providers work for us within the framework of order processing. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.
Changes
This policy and our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal data can result in changes to this policy . Please regularly review this policy to keep up to date with any changes.
Queries and Complaints
Any comments or queries on this policy should be directed to us. If you believe that we have not complied with this policy or acted otherwise than in accordance with data protection law, then you should notify us.