Privacy policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you visit our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data means all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Berlin Stylist GbR, Proskauer Straße 19, 10247 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: 03064825496, E-Mail: shop@findvintagebeauty.com. The person responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/referrer from which you accessed the site
Browser used
Operating system used
Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. No data is passed on or used otherwise. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 Shopify

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify")

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

When data is transferred to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

3.2 Cloudflare

We use a content delivery network from the following provider: Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

This service allows us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts faster via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection level.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device longer and allow the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.

If personal data is processed through individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of given consent, or according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contact

As part of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is processed solely for the purpose of handling and responding to your inquiry and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted if the circumstances indicate that the matter has been conclusively clarified and no legal retention obligations prevent this.

6) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commentator name you chose will be stored and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address is logged and stored. This storage of the IP address is for security reasons and in case the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts unlawful content through a comment. We need your email address to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful.

The legal bases for storing your data are Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are reported as unlawful by third parties.

7) Data processing when opening a customer account

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. Which data is required for account opening can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the person responsible. After deleting your customer account, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, no legal retention periods prevent this, and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

8) Use of customer data for direct advertising

8.1 Sign up for our email newsletter

If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter after you have explicitly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In doing so, we store the IP address registered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected by us during newsletter registration is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the designated link in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible party named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have explicitly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.

8.2 Brevo

The sending of our email newsletters and other promotional email communications is carried out via this provider: Brevo GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany

Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly email marketing, we pass on the data you provided during registration pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to this provider so that they can handle the mail dispatch on our behalf.

We reserve the right, solely based on your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, to conduct a statistical success evaluation of mail campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the sent emails, which can measure open rates and specific interactions with the newsletter content. Device information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and evaluated but is not merged with other data sets.

You can revoke your consent to mail tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits passing it on to third parties.

9) Data processing for order processing

9.1 To the extent necessary for contract processing for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products based on a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provided during the order to personally inform you within the scope of our legal information obligations pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Your contact data will be used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s) who assist us wholly or partly in fulfilling concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

9.2 Use of payment service providers

- Apple Pay

If you choose the payment method "Apple Pay" from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment is processed via the "Apple Pay" feature on your device running iOS, watchOS, or macOS by charging a payment card stored in Apple Pay. Apple Pay uses security features integrated into your device’s hardware and software to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you must enter a code you previously set and verify it using the Face ID or Touch ID feature of your device.

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the order process, along with details about your order, is transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts this data with a developer-specific key before forwarding it to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to complete the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website where the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment is made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm the payment success.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Apple retains anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.

When you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made via Safari on your Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple’s servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a way that can identify you personally. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone settings. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and turn off "Allow Payments on Mac."

Further information on data protection with Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027
- Google Pay

If you choose the payment method "Google Pay" from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), the payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application on your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and equipped with NFC functionality by charging a payment card stored in Google Pay or a verified payment system there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment over €25 via Google Pay, you must first unlock your mobile device using the configured verification method (such as facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the ordering process along with the information about your order is passed on to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a one-time transaction number to the originating website, which verifies the completed payment. This transaction number contains no information about the real payment data of your payment methods stored in Google Pay but is created and transmitted as a uniquely valid numeric token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts solely as an intermediary to process the payment. The transaction is conducted exclusively between the user and the originating website by charging the payment method stored in Google Pay.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store, and analyze certain transaction-specific information for every transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the purchased goods or services provided by the merchant, photos you attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with other information collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

The terms of use for Google Pay can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de
Further information on data protection with Google Pay can be found at the following internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- Paypal

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

When selecting a payment method from the provider for which you advance payment, your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order are forwarded to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer of your data in this case is exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

When selecting a payment method for which we advance payment, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, phone number, if applicable data on an alternative payment method).

In such cases, to protect our legitimate interest in verifying your creditworthiness, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The provider checks, based on the personal data you provide as well as other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), whether the payment method you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the credit report result, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical method. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things but not exclusively, address data.

You can object to the processing of your data at any time by sending us a message or notifying the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the proper processing of payments under the contract.
- Stripe

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland

When selecting a payment method of the provider where you advance payment (such as credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer of your data in this case is solely for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

When selecting a payment method where the provider advances payment (such as invoice or installment purchase or direct debit), you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, phone number, and if applicable, data on an alternative payment method).

To protect our legitimate interest in determining the creditworthiness of our customers, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The provider checks, based on the personal data you provide as well as other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), whether the payment method you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

9.3 Electronic revocation function for distance contracts

Consumers who conclude contracts on this website that include a statutory right of withdrawal have the option to declare the revocation via an electronic revocation function in accordance with the applicable withdrawal regulations.

When using the revocation function, in addition to information identifying the contract to be revoked, other personal information such as the consumer's first and last name as well as their email address must be provided or confirmed.

The collection of this information and its transmission to us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the proper processing of the revocation. Also based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the provided personal data is used to confirm receipt of the revocation declaration by email. Another legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. We are legally obliged to provide an electronic revocation function for paid consumer distance contracts.

10) Web Analytics Services

10.1 Matomo

This website uses a web analytics service from the following provider: InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, ("Matomo")

To protect site visitors, Matomo uses a so-called "config_id" to enable various analyses of site usage within a short time window of up to 24 hours. The "config_id" is a randomly set, time-limited hash of a limited set of settings and attributes of the visitor. The config_id or config hash is a string calculated for a visitor based on their operating system, browser, browser plugins, IP address, and browser language. Matomo does not use device fingerprinting and uses an anonymized IP address of the site visitor to create the "config_id."

If the information processed in this way includes personal user data, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. To object to the processing of your visitor data for the future, we provide a separate opt-out option on our website.

Data is only transferred to the provider if the service is not hosted on our servers. In the case of self-hosting, no data collected via the service is transmitted to the provider.

If the service is not hosted on our servers, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to New Zealand, an adequacy decision by the EU Commission applies in this case, which certifies compliance with European data protection standards for international data transfers.

10.2 Shopify Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

Using cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data, including information about the device used such as IP address and browser information, to analyze usage behavior on our website for statistical purposes and to create pseudonymized usage profiles. Among other things, this enables the evaluation of movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits as well as interactions with page content (e.g., text entries, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). The pseudonymization generally excludes direct personal identification. No merging with personal data collected by other means takes place.

All the processing described above, especially reading or storing information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits passing it on to third parties.

When data is transferred to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

11) Retargeting/Remarketing and Conversion Tracking

Meta Pixel

Within our online offering, we use the "Meta Pixel" service from the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta").

If a user clicks on an ad we have placed on Facebook and/or Instagram, the URL of our linked page is extended by a parameter using "Meta Pixel." This URL parameter is then stored in the user's browser via a cookie set by our linked page after the redirect.

This allows Meta, on the one hand, to identify visitors to our online offering as a target audience for displaying ads (so-called "Ads"). Accordingly, we use the service to show the Facebook and/or Instagram ads we place only to users who have shown an interest in our online offering or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g., interests in specific topics or products determined based on the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (so-called "Custom Audiences").

On the other hand, the "Meta Pixel" can track whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on an advertisement and what actions they take there (so-called "conversion tracking").

The data collected is anonymous to us and therefore does not allow conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Meta, so a connection to the respective user profile is possible, and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes.

All processing described above, especially the setting of cookies to read information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

The information generated by Meta is usually transmitted to a Meta server and stored there; in this context, transmission to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA may also occur.

12) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consents for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users as an interactive interface when they visit the site, where they can give consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking checkboxes. By using this tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user has given their consent by ticking the checkboxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user's device if consent has been granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As controllers, we are legally obliged to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

If necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the settings options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

13) Rights of the data subject

13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) against the controller regarding the processing of your personal data, whereby the respective legal basis for exercising these rights is referenced:

Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw given consents pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

14) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the processing purpose, and – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data based on an explicit consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the affected data will be stored as long as you do not revoke your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed in the context of contractual or contract-like obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided it is no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise specified in the other information of this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

Status: 19.06.2026, 10:13:59