Privacy policy
Privacy note
The term “privacy policy” (PP) means a document, which includes the detailed information on what data and on what conditions your website is collecting. It usually states the means helping you to keep personal data safe.
The main purpose of this document is to ensure your visitors that their data is collected and kept safely, and to inform them about the ways it may be used.
The Privacy policy describes how and when Showroomshop collects, uses and shares information, when you purchase an item from our online store.
Information we collect:
In order to fulfil your order, you must provide me with certain information such as your name and company name, email address, postal address and billing address, payment information and the details of the product that you are ordering, invoice details and other information to fulfil your order. You might also choose to provide us with additional personal information, if you contact us directly. We collect data to handle your questions or requests on phone, email, chatbot.
When you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time such as signing up for our mailing list.
Information about our customers is very important to our business. We share personal information by very limited reasons like service providers. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to our shop such as delivery companies and warehouses we are working with.
Data retention
Showroom shop retains your personal information as long as it requires to provide you with services described in this policy note. However, we may retain this information to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes and to enforce my agreements.
You rights:
You have the right to request us to provide access to your personal data that we collect and process, to rectify/erase personal data, provide an electronic copy of your personal data for purposes of transmitting it to another company. Please contact us on
FAQ on Personal Data
Information user for identification of a user is called personal data. It can identify a person directly or in combination with other pieces of information.
Here are some examples of identifying information: e-mail, name, address, IP, photo, account data, localization. Personal data in some cases also can include information on health, religion, level of education, family status, etc.
It is worth noting that data on visitor behaviour also belongs to personal data. For example, cookies are able to track and even register browsing activities of a user including articles they read and the links they click on.
What websites have to offer a privacy policy?
Almost all online resources should. Your website is probably collecting personal data, so you have to make a privacy policy, too. Even if you are not aware of the fact that your website is doing with the help of cookies.
If you use a hosting or any plugins, insert social media buttons into the interface or use any analytic tools, you can be sure your website has cookies and collects visitor data.
GDPR privacy policy
With the introduction of the GDPR and the European ePrivacy Regulation, an adequate PP became indispensable for EU websites and online resources with the auditory, which includes EU citizens.
The GDPR issues special requirements to the contents of a privacy policy. In the EU it is called a privacy notice. The official website of the organization contains a detailed description of a proper PP.
Where can I get a GDPR compliant privacy policy for the website?
You can publish your privacy policy on an independent page and place a link to it in the footer or in the header of your website. It looks great on the ‘About’ page, too. The other option is to place it into a special PP service and place a link to it on your website. No matter where you publish it, your visitors should have an open access to its text.
Its text is legal, and its phrasing is determined in accordance with the jurisdictions of the sphere your website belongs to. The way your online resource collects data is also important.
There are many types of websites, so it would be better to talk to a lawyer about your privacy policy and ask him if it is compliant with the laws applicable in your case.
For a hobby blogger or small business it would be a great expense though. However, you should never copy the text of another PP and use it on your website.
A PP generator is also not the best idea, as the information should be very specific and comply with the individual case. Be careful and do not publish a default privacy policy generated online without aligning with your domain.
What requirements are for the GDPR privacy policy?
In the 12th article of the GDPR the manner of explanation of the way you use the personal data id described. The text should be:
∙ brief
∙ transparent
∙ clear and understandable
∙ intelligible
∙ in open access
∙ free of charge
Almost all privacy laws oblige to insert the following information into a PP:
∙ Your name (or company name), address, email and phone number
∙ The type of information you collect from them (for example, names, emails, IPs, and other data)
∙ The means you use to collect their information, for example, cookies
∙ The reasons of collecting this data
∙ The way you keep their personal information safe
∙ Whether or not it is obligatory for them to share their data, how can they refuse and what are the consequences of doing so
∙ The names of other services you use to collect, handle, or store this data (such as a newsletter service or an online advertising network)
You can use this list as a template to write your own privacy policy. It would be safer than using a GDPR PP generator (the link is placed below). Note that it is necessary to include all the required information about your blog, online shop or other online resource, so it would comply with the terms of GDPR.
Cookies and PP
People who run websites always have much questions about cookies, especially concerning their compliance with data protection laws.
Almost any data collection activities that work on the site are static and visible: the contact or subscription form changes only after you introduce changes to it. Moreover, the visitor knows about the fact that he is providing personal data when he decides to fill in the online form.
If we take cookies, they collect user data in the background being quietly saved on the visitor’s PC or laptop without notice of the user or the webmaster who is far from digital technologies.
Once dropped on the computer, the cookies start to collect various types of data for any period, and they even send this information out. Cookies can change often, they are dynamic.
GDPR requirements
The General Data Protection Regulation requests that the explanation of the data use is both accurate and detailed.
This implies that the block about cookies in the privacy policy should be renewed from time to time, whereas the other sections may remain the same