Privacy Policy for Modest Style

Effective Date: 11/05/2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Modest Style ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers' personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and¹ safeguard your information² when you visit our website [Your Website Address - e.g., www.modeststyles.de], use our mobile application (if any), and when you purchase products from us.

By accessing or using our Service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you³ voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Service, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, or otherwise interact with⁴ us. This information may include:

• Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address, shipping address.
• Payment Information: Credit card numbers, billing address, and other payment details (processed securely via third-party payment gateways). We do not store full payment card details on our servers.
• Account Information: Username, password, purchase history, wishlist items, saved addresses.
• Communications: Records of your correspondence with our customer support.
• Demographic Information: Gender (if provided), date of birth (if provided).

We also automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Service. This⁵ information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as your⁶ IP address, browser type, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Service, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Service, and for⁷ our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes,⁸ including:

• To Process and Fulfill Orders: To process your transactions, manage your orders, and deliver the products you purchase.
• To Manage Your Account: To create and manage your account registration, allow you to log in, and maintain your purchase history.
• To Provide Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries, resolve issues, and provide assistance.
• To Improve Our Service: To understand how you use our Service, analyze trends, personalize your experience, and develop new features and products.
• For Marketing and Promotions: To send you emails, newsletters, and promotional materials about our products, services, and offers, if you have opted to receive them. You can opt-out of marketing communications at any time.
• To Ensure Security: To protect against fraudulent transactions, prevent unauthorized access, and ensure the security of our Service.
• For Legal and Compliance Reasons: To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.⁹

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your personal information with third parties only in the following circumstances:

• Service¹⁰ Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf,¹¹ such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery,¹² hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. They will have access to your personal information only as needed to perform their functions and are obligated to maintain¹³ the confidentiality and security of your information.
• Shipping Carriers: We share your shipping address and contact information with shipping companies to deliver your orders.
• Payment Processors: Your payment information is shared with secure third-party payment gateways to process your transactions.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Legal Requirements: We¹⁴ may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
• To Protect Our Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• With Your Consent:¹⁵ We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies¹⁶ on the Service to help customize the Service and improve your experience.

• Cookies: Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us recognize you and your preferences, enable shopping cart functionality, and analyze Service usage.
• Other Tracking Technologies: Web beacons, tags, and scripts are used to collect and track information and to analyze and improve our Service.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, this may affect the functionality and features of our Service.

6. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission¹⁷ can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information¹⁸ only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).¹⁹ When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information²⁰ and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable²¹ laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request access to²² the personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You have the²³ right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain²⁴ conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
• Right to Object to Processing:²⁵ You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain conditions.²⁶
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to²⁷ withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

9. Third-Party Websites

The Service may contain links to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave our Service, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety²⁸ and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of²⁹ the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in the discretion of yourself, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content³⁰ or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Service.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of [Specify Age, e.g., 13 or 16 depending on target region laws]. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under [Specify Age]. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information,³¹ please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under [Specify Age] without verification of parental consent, we³² take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective³³ Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective³⁴ when they are posted on this page.