Privacy Policy

This privacy information applies to data processing by:

Controller: Jennifer Siegert, BNC Cosmetics GmbH

Am Zehnthof 189, 45307 Essen, Germany

Phone:
+49 (0) 201 588394

Fax:
+49 (0) 201 17766692

Email:
hello@bnc-nails.com

– hereinafter referred to as "BNC" –

 

BNC's company data protection officer can be reached at the above address.

When you visit our websites, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the file accessed, website from which access is made (referrer URL),
• Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider

 

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring convenient use of our website,
• Evaluating system security and stability, and
• For other administrative purposes

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (DSGVO). Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. In addition, we use cookies and analytics services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations under sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

 

1. When Subscribing to Our Newsletter

If you have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we will use your email address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. Providing an email address is sufficient to receive the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you are welcome to send your unsubscribe request by email to hello@bnc-nails.com at any time.

 

Art. 6 (1) lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/DSGVO) is the legal basis for the processing of personal data in connection with sending the newsletter.

 

If, as part of the double opt-in procedure, you do not confirm your subscription within 24 hours of receiving our confirmation email, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month.

 

2. When Using Our Contact Form

If you have questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. A valid email address is required so that we know who the inquiry is from and can respond to it. Further information may be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted once your inquiry has been dealt with.

 

3. Disclosure of Data

Data is only disclosed to third parties within the framework of the statutory requirements, i.e., for example, on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR if this is necessary for contractual purposes, or on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to legitimate interests. If we use third parties to provide our services, we take appropriate legal precautions as well as corresponding technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. The third parties have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.

Data is only transferred to third countries in which the GDPR is not directly applicable law if an adequate level of data protection, the consent of the users or another legal permission exists.

 

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. The cookie stores information that arises in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we thereby gain direct knowledge of your identity.

We use cookies to improve our website and make it more user-friendly. Our website requires that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change. The following data is processed in the cookies:

• Language settings
• Search terms entered
• Frequency of page views
• Use of website functions

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymized by technical precautions. Therefore, it is no longer possible to assign the data to the accessing user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users. When users access our website, they are informed by an information banner about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and referred to this privacy policy. In this context, information is also provided on how the storage of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings.

When users access our website, they are informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and their consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, reference is also made to this privacy policy.

 

5. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, provided the user has given consent to this effect.

 

6. Purpose of Data Processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change. We need cookies for the following applications:

• Applying language settings
• Remembering search terms
• Remembering search queries
• Remembering the use of website functions

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles. Analysis cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus continuously optimize our offering.

 

7. Duration of Storage, Options to Object and Remove

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted by it to our site. Therefore, as a user, you also have full control over the use of cookies. Some cookies are only used temporarily (so-called session cookies). These are automatically deleted when you close the browser. Other cookies are used for longer than this (so-called persistent cookies). These are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your internet browser. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.

 

Analytics Tools, Tracking Tools

 

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offering for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

 

1. Google Analytics

For the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google"). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as

 

• browser type/version,
• operating system used,
• referrer URL (the previously visited page),
• host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
• time of the server request,

is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet use for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of these web pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on Google's behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that they cannot be assigned (IP masking). You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie only applies in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found, for example, in the Google Analytics Help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de)

 

2. Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

In order to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you, we also use Google Conversion Tracking. In this process, Google Adwords sets a cookie (see section 4) on your computer if you reached our website via a Google ad. These cookies expire after 30 days and

are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Data protection authorities require the conclusion of a data processing agreement for the permissible use of Google Analytics. A corresponding template is offered by Google at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.pdf. Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of Adwords customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this – for example, via a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser so that cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com" are blocked. You can find Google's privacy notice on conversion tracking here (https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html).

 

3. Social Media Plug-ins

On the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, we use social plug-ins of the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on our website in order to make our company better known through them. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for operation in compliance with data protection law must be ensured by the respective provider. We integrate these plug-ins using the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way

 

1. a) Facebook

Social media plugins from Facebook are used on our website to make their use more personal. For this purpose, we use the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button. This is an offering of Facebook. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with Facebook's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly assign the visit to our website to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends. Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and needs-based design of the Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g., to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy notice (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

 

1. b) Twitter

Plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) are integrated into our web pages. You can recognize the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. An overview of tweet buttons can be found here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons). When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Twitter "tweet button" while logged in to your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. If you do not want Twitter to be able to assign the visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy).

 

1. c) Instagram

Our website also uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").

The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an "Instagram camera". When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly assign the visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Instagram" button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts there. If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. Further information on this can be found in Instagram's privacy policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388).

 

1. d) TikTok

Our website also uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from TikTok, which is operated by TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, D02 T380, Dublin, Ireland.

Plugins of the short message network TikTok are integrated into our web pages. You can recognize the TikTok plugins (TikTok button) by the TikTok logo on our site. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the TikTok server. TikTok thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the "TikTok button" while logged in to your TikTok account, you can link the content of our pages to your TikTok profile. This allows TikTok to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by TikTok. If you do not want TikTok to be able to assign the visit to our pages, please log out of your TikTok user account. Further information on this can be found in TikTok's privacy policy (https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de)

 

1. e) Pinterest

Our website also uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Europe Limited, Palmerston House, 2nd Floor Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Plugins of the short message network Pinterest are integrated into our web pages. You can recognize the Pinterest plugins (Pinterest button) by the Pinterest logo on our site. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Pinterest server. Pinterest thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the "Pinterest button" while logged in to your Pinterest account, you can link the content of our pages to your TikTok profile. This allows Pinterest to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Pinterest. If you do not want Pinterest to be able to assign the visit to our pages, please log out of your Pinterest user account. Further information on this can be found in Pinterest's privacy policy (https://help.pinterest.com/de/article/your-privacy-and-data-settings)

 

1. f) YouTube

Our website also uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from YouTube, which is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Plugins of the short message network YouTube are integrated into our web pages. You can recognize the YouTube plugins (YouTube button) by the YouTube logo on our site. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the YouTube server. YouTube thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the "YouTube button" while logged in to your YouTube account, you can link the content of our pages to your YouTube profile. This allows YouTube to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by YouTube. If you do not want YouTube to be able to assign the visit to our pages, please log out of your YouTube user account. Further information on this can be found in YouTube's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de)

 

 

Rights of Data Subjects

You have the right:

pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the source of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details;

pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to request without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us;

pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;

pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of processing of your personal data if you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure, and we no longer need the data but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;

pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;

pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR, to withdraw your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future; and

pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or of our company headquarters for this purpose.

Right to Object

 

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided there are grounds for doing so arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without you having to specify a particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to hello@bnc-nails.com

 

Data Security

During your visit to our website, we use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed key or padlock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

 

Timeliness and Amendment of This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in 2023. Due to the further development of our website and the offers available through it, or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on our website.