Privacy notice
Your privacy is important to me. I respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information I may collect about you, including across my website, https://kristinkuehn.com.
Personal information is any information about you which can be used to identify you. This includes information about you as a person (such as name, address, and date of birth), your devices, payment details, and even information about how you use a website or online service.
In the event my site contains links to third-party sites and services, please be aware that those sites and services have their own privacy policies. After following a link to any third-party content, you should read their posted privacy notice information about how they collect and use personal information. This privacy notice does not apply to any of your activities after you leave my site.
This notice is effective as of April 11th, 2024.
Last updated: April 11th, 2024
Responsible for this privacy notice:
Kristin Kühn
Gagarinstr. 87
07545 Gera
Germany
Email: hello@kristinkuehn.com
Information I Collect
Information I collect falls into one of two categories: “voluntarily provided” information and “automatically collected” information.
“Voluntarily provided” information refers to any information you knowingly and actively provide me when using or participating in any of my services and promotions.
“Automatically collected” information refers to any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing my products and services.
Personal Information
I may ask for personal information — for example, when you subscribe to my newsletter or when you contact me — which may include one or more of the following:
Name
Email
Date, time, and place of birth
Phone/mobile number
Billing address
Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information
I only collect and use your personal information when I have a legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance, I only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide my services to you.
Collection and Use of Information
I may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on my website:
Purchase any products and/or services
Sign up to receive my email newsletter
Use a mobile device or web browser to access my content
Contact me via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
I may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:
To provide you with my platform's core features and services
To process any transactional or ongoing payments
To deliver products and/or services to you
To contact and communicate with you
For internal record keeping and administrative purposes
Security of Your Personal Information
When I collect and process personal information, and while I retain this information, I will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
Although I will do my best to protect the personal information you provide to me, I advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and no one can guarantee absolute data security.
How Long I Keep Your Personal Information
I keep your personal information only for as long as I need to. This time period may depend on what I am using your information for, in accordance with this privacy notice. For example, if you have provided me with personal information such as an email address when contacting me about a specific enquiry, I may retain this information for the duration of your enquiry remaining open as well as for my own records so I may effectively address similar enquiries in future. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, I will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.
However, if necessary, I may retain your personal information for my compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
I may disclose personal information to third-party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, including (without limitation) IT service providers, data storage, hosting and server providers, analytics, error loggers, debt collectors, maintenance or problem-solving providers, marketing providers, professional advisors, and payment systems operators.
Third parties I currently use include:
Mailerlite
Paypal
Squarespace
Acuity
Zoom
International Transfers of Personal Information
The personal information I collect is stored and/or processed in Germany, European Union, and United States, or where I or my third-party providers maintain facilities.
The countries to which I store, process, or transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If I transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries: (i) I will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) I will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with this privacy notice.
Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information
Your choice: By providing personal information to me, you understand I will collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice. You do not have to provide personal information to me, however, if you do not, it may affect your use of my website or the products and/or services offered on or through it.
Information from third parties: If I receive personal information about you from a third party, I will protect it as set out in this privacy notice. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to me.
Marketing permission: If you have previously agreed to me using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting me using the details below.
Access: You may request details of the personal information that I hold about you.
Correction: If you believe that any information I hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact me using the details provided in this privacy notice. I will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.
Non-discrimination: I will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. Unless your personal information is required to provide you with a particular service or offer (for example processing and fulfilling orders), I will not deny you goods or services and/or charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties, or provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.
Notification of data breaches: I will comply with laws applicable to me in respect of any data breach.
Complaints: If you believe that I have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact me using the details below and provide me with full details of the alleged breach. I will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of my investigation and the steps I will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.
Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe from my email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact me using the details provided in this privacy notice, or opt-out using the unsubscribe link in the communication. I may need to request specific information from you to help me confirm your identity.
Limits of My Notice
My website may link to external sites that are not operated by me. Please be aware that I have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
Changes to This Notice
At my discretion, I may change my privacy notice to reflect updates to my business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If I decide to change this privacy notice, I will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy notice.
If required by law, I will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information.
Additional Disclosures for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance (EU)
Data Controller / Data Processor
The GDPR distinguishes between organisations that process personal information for their own purposes (known as "data controllers") and organisations that process personal information on behalf of other organisations (known as "data processors"). I, Kristin Kühn, located at the address provided at the top of this privacy notice, am a Data Controller with respect to the personal information you provide to me.
Legal Bases for Processing Your Personal Information
I will only collect and use your personal information when I have a legal right to do so. In which case, I will collect and use your personal information lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner. If I seek your consent to process your personal information, and you are under 16 years of age, I will seek your parent or legal guardian’s consent to process your personal information for that specific purpose.
My lawful bases depend on the services you use and how you use them. This means I only collect and use your information on the following grounds:
Consent From You: Where you give me consent to collect and use your personal information for a specific purpose. You may withdraw your consent at any time using the facilities I provide; however this will not affect any use of your information that has already taken place. You may provide a physical address for the purpose of receiving orders. While you may change or delete this address at any time, this will not affect orders that have already been sent. If you have any further enquiries about how to withdraw your consent, please feel free to enquire using the details provided in the contact section at the bottom of this privacy notice.
Performance of a Contract or Transaction: Where you have entered into a contract or transaction with me, or in order to take preparatory steps prior to my entering into a contract or transaction with you. For example, if you purchase a product or service from me, I may need to use your personal and payment information in order to process and deliver your order.
My Legitimate Interests: Where I assess it is necessary for my legitimate interests, such as for me to provide, operate, improve, and communicate my services. I consider my legitimate interests to include research and development, understanding my audience, marketing and promoting my services, measures taken to operate my services efficiently, marketing analysis, and measures taken to protect my legal rights and interests.
Compliance with Law: In some cases, I may have a legal obligation to use or keep your personal information. Such cases may include (but are not limited to) court orders, criminal investigations, government requests, and regulatory obligations. If you have any further enquiries about how I retain personal information in order to comply with the law, please feel free to enquire using the details provided in this privacy notice.
International Transfers Outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)
I will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, for example by using standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission, or the use of binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.
Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information
Restrict: You have the right to request that I restrict the processing of your personal information if (i) you are concerned about the accuracy of your personal information; (ii) you believe your personal information has been unlawfully processed; (iii) you need me to maintain the personal information solely for the purpose of a legal claim; or (iv) I am in the process of considering your objection in relation to processing on the basis of legitimate interests.
Objecting to processing: You have the right to object to processing of your personal information that is based on my legitimate interests or public interest. If this is done, I must provide compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which overrides your interests, rights, and freedoms, in order to proceed with the processing of your personal information.
Data portability: You may have the right to request a copy of the personal information I hold about you. Where possible, I will provide this information in an easily readable format. You may also have the right to request that I transfer this personal information to a third party.
Deletion: You may have a right to request that I delete the personal information I hold about you at any time, and I will take reasonable steps to delete your personal information from my current records. If you ask me to delete your personal information, I will let you know how the deletion affects your use of my website or products and services. There may be exceptions to this right for specific legal reasons which, if applicable, I will set out for you in response to your request. If you terminate or delete your account, I will delete your personal information within 30 days of the deletion of your account. Please be aware that search engines and similar third parties may still retain copies of your personal information that has been made public at least once, like certain profile information and public comments, even after you have deleted the information from my services or deactivated your account.
Contact Me
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact me via email at hello@kristinkuehn.com.