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Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and what rights you have under the GDPR.

Updated 5 min readcontact@evapatch.com

Data Controller

The entity responsible for your personal data is:

EvaPatch
15 Pablo Street, LK, Germany
contact@evapatch.com

We respond to all privacy inquiries within 72 hours.

Data We Collect

When you place an order

  • Full name and email address
  • Shipping address
  • Phone number (optional)
  • Payment data — processed by Stripe or PayPal directly. We never store your card number.
  • Order contents and transaction amount

When you create an account

  • Email address and hashed password (never stored in plain text)
  • Name, saved addresses, order history, wishlist items

Automatically collected

  • IP address and browser type (anonymised for analytics)
  • Pages visited and referral source via Google Analytics
  • Device type and operating system
  • Cookie identifiers (see Cookies section)

How We Use Your Data

Fulfilling your order

Contract — Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR

Processing payment, creating order records, dispatching items, sending order updates.

Customer support

Contract — Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR

Responding to enquiries, managing returns and refunds.

Marketing emails

Consent — Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

Promotional emails only if you opted in. Unsubscribe at any time via the link in any email.

Site analytics

Legitimate interest — Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

Google Analytics with IP anonymisation enabled. Used to improve the shopping experience.

Legal and tax compliance

Legal obligation — Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR

Order records kept for 10 years per § 147 Abgabenordnung (German tax law).

Third-Party Processors

We never sell your data. We share only what each processor needs to perform their service, under binding contracts.

Stripe

Payment processing

USA — SCCs

Privacy ↗

PayPal

Payment processing

USA — SCCs

Privacy ↗

Google Analytics

Site analytics (IP anonymised)

USA — SCCs

Privacy ↗

Resend

Transactional & marketing email delivery

USA — SCCs

Privacy ↗

Directus (self-hosted)

Order and product database

EU-hosted server

Retention Periods

  • Order records: 10 years — required by § 147 Abgabenordnung (German tax law)
  • Account data: active while your account exists, deleted within 30 days of deletion request
  • Marketing consent: until you unsubscribe
  • Analytics data: 14 months (shortened from Google default)
  • Support correspondence: 2 years

International Data Transfers

Stripe, PayPal, Google Analytics, and Resend are based in the United States. Transfers are governed by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission under Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR, ensuring equivalent protection.

You may request a copy of the applicable SCCs by emailing contact@evapatch.com.

Your Rights Under GDPR

Email contact@evapatch.com to exercise any of these rights. We respond within 30 days as required by law.

Access (Art. 15)

Request a copy of all personal data we hold about you.

Rectification (Art. 16)

Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

Erasure (Art. 17)

Request deletion where no legal retention obligation exists.

Restriction (Art. 18)

Limit our processing while a dispute is resolved.

Portability (Art. 20)

Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

Objection (Art. 21)

Object to processing based on legitimate interest, including direct marketing.

Withdraw consent

Withdraw any consent given (e.g. marketing emails) at any time without affecting prior lawful processing.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the German supervisory authority: Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI), Husarenstraße 30, 53117 Bonn. www.bfdi.bund.de

Cookies

Essential cookies

Session auth, cart state, CSRF protection

Necessary for service — no consent required

Analytics cookies

Google Analytics (_ga, _gid) — IP anonymised

Legitimate interest / consent via cookie banner

Payment cookies

Stripe fraud-prevention tokens

Necessary for payment processing

Manage cookies through your browser settings at any time.

Contact & Supervisory Authority

EvaPatch — Privacy
15 Pablo Street, LK, Germany
contact@evapatch.com
BfDI — Federal Commissioner for Data Protection
Husarenstraße 30, 53117 Bonn, Germany
www.bfdi.bund.de