Privacybeleid

1. Introduction
Welcome to STUDIOTEE ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://studiotee.store (the "Site") or make a purchase from us.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. By accessing or using our Site, you agree to this privacy policy.
Our Contact Information:
Email: helpu@studiotee.store
Address: Vijverlaan 1118, 3319 PR Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 6 05830515
2. What Personal Information We Collect
When you visit our Site, register an account, or make a purchase, we collect personal information that you provide to us. The types of personal information we collect depend on how you interact with us .
Information You Provide Directly to Us:
Contact Details: Your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and phone number.
Order Information: Your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, and phone number.
Account Information: Your username, password, and security questions.
Shopping Information: The items you view, put in your cart, or add to your wishlist.
Customer Support Information: Information you choose to include in communications with us .
Information We Collect Automatically (Usage Data):
We automatically collect certain information about your interaction with our Site using cookies, pixels, and similar technologies. This may include:
Device information (computer, phone, or other device)
Browser information
IP address (which may be used to determine your general location)
Information about your network connection
Pages or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with our Site .
Information We Obtain from Third Parties:
We may obtain information about you from third-party service providers, including:
Payment Processors: When you make a purchase, our payment processors collect payment information (such as credit or debit card numbers, bank account details, billing address) to process your payment. We do not store full payment card details on our servers .
Shopify: Our Site is hosted on Shopify Inc., which provides us with the e-commerce platform to sell our products. Shopify stores your data on secure servers behind a firewall .
Technical Service Providers: Companies that support our Site and Services, such as analytics providers .
3. How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes :
To Provide Products and Services (Contract Performance):
Process your payments and fulfill your orders
Send order confirmations, shipping notifications, and delivery updates
Arrange for shipping and facilitate returns and exchanges
Create and manage your account
Provide customer support
Marketing and Advertising (With Your Consent or Legitimate Interest):
Send you marketing emails, text messages, or postal mail about new products, special offers, or other information we think you may like (you can opt-out at any time)
Show you advertisements for our products on our Site and other websites, including personalized advertising based on your browsing and shopping behavior
Use Shopify's advertising services (such as Shopify Audiences) to reach new customers who may be interested in our products 
Security and Fraud Prevention:
Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activity
Authenticate your account and provide a secure payment experience
Protect the security and integrity of our Site and Services 
Communication:
Respond to your customer service inquiries
Communicate with you about your account or transactions
Notify you about changes to our policies or terms
Improving Our Services (Legitimate Interest):
Analyze how customers use our Site to improve and optimize our Services
Develop new products or features
Troubleshoot technical issues 
4. Legal Bases for Processing (For EEA/UK Visitors)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, our processing of your personal information is based on the following legal grounds under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) :
Performance of a Contract: To process and fulfill your orders, provide customer service, and manage your account.
Compliance with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, such as tax and accounting record-keeping requirements.
Legitimate Interests: To improve our Site, prevent fraud, and communicate with you about your account, provided our interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.
Consent: For sending marketing communications and using cookies for non-essential purposes. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
5. How We Disclose Personal Information
We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties for legitimate business purposes :
Service Providers: Vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment, and shipping. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the services they provide .
Payment Processors: We use Shopify Payments and other payment gateways to process your payments. These providers adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) to ensure the secure handling of credit card information. When you make a purchase, your payment information is encrypted and processed directly by these providers .
Business and Marketing Partners: We may share information with business partners, including Shopify, to provide services and advertise to you. For example, we may use Shopify Audiences to support personalized advertising with third-party services. Our partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy policies .
Legal Compliance and Protection: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency). We may also disclose information to enforce our terms of service, protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and to defend against legal claims .
Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business, your information may be transferred as a business asset .
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to power and improve our Site and Services. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website .
Types of Cookies We Use:
Essential Cookies: Required for the Site to function properly, such as remembering your cart contents and maintaining your session.
Functional Cookies: Remember your preferences and settings.
Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our Site, so we can measure and improve performance.
Advertising/Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver advertisements relevant to you and track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
Specific Cookies Used by Shopify:
_session_id: Stores information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.)
_shopify_visit: Records the number of visits (no data held, persists for 30 minutes)
_shopify_uniq: Counts visits by a single customer (expires midnight of the next day)
cart: Stores information about your cart contents (persists for 2 weeks)
_secure_session_id: Stores session information
storefront_digest: Used to determine if a visitor has access to a password-protected store 
Managing Cookies:
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies through your browser controls. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may affect your user experience and some features may not work correctly .
7. Data Security
We take the security of your personal information seriously. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure .
Encryption: When you provide us with credit card information, it is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with AES-256 encryption .
PCI Compliance: Our store and its service providers adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), which ensures the secure handling of credit card information by merchants and processors .
Firewalls: Your data is stored on secure servers behind firewalls .
While we follow industry best practices to protect your information, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure .
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including to provide our Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements .
Retention Criteria:
As long as you have an account with us or continue to use our Services
As required by legal obligations (e.g., tax and accounting laws may require us to keep transaction records for a specific period)
As needed for security, fraud detection, and backup purposes 
When we no longer have a legitimate business need to retain your information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. We will honor your rights under applicable data protection laws .
For All Customers:
Access: You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Correction: You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
For Residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), UK, and Switzerland (GDPR Rights):
In addition to the rights above, you have the right to :
Restrict Processing: Request that we limit how we use your information.
Object to Processing: Object to our processing of your information based on legitimate interests.
Data Portability: Request that we transfer your information to another organization in a structured, commonly used format.
Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your information based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
For California Residents (CCPA Rights):
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants you the following rights :
Right to Know: Request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources, the business purpose for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we share information.
Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: You have the right to direct us not to "sell" or "share" your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell your personal information in exchange for money. However, we may share information with advertising partners (such as Shopify Audiences) to provide you with personalized ads, which may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" under CCPA. You can opt-out of this by clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link on our website .
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
How to Exercise Your Rights:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
Email: helpu@studiotee.store
Address: STUDIOTEE, Vijverlaan 1118, 3319 PR Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 6 05830515
We will verify your request using the information associated with your account or by requesting additional verification as necessary. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf .
10. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, servers located outside your country of residence. For example, Shopify is a Canadian company, and data may be processed in Canada and the United States .
If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we ensure that any international transfers are made with appropriate safeguards in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, to protect your information and your rights .
11. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 16 (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete such information .
12. Third-Party Links
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. Once you leave our Site or are redirected to a third-party website, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements .
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational reasons. We will post the revised policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email (if you have an account) or through a notice on our website .
14. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Email: helpu@studiotee.store
Phone: +31 6 05830515
Mail: STUDIOTEE, Vijverlaan 1118, 3319 PR Dordrecht, The Netherlands