Privacy policy
Privacy Policy
A copy of this document can be downloaded as a PDF here.
Document date: JULY 2024
Summary overview and consent
1. We are Struss Global LLC (Provider, we, us and our). We are committed to respecting your privacy. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Services and the choices you have associated with that data.
2. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
3. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
4. Please note, should you engage our Services, we do not support pseudonymous or anonymous interactions.
Definitions (general)
Website
5. The website is the website located at the domain straussdiscount.shop and strauss.com operated by us.
Services
6. The services are the website and any provision of our products via other means, including physical means.
Personal data
7. Personal data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Usage data
8. Usage data is data collected automatically and either generated through use of the services or from the infrastructure underpinning the services.
Cookies
9. Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device). When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For more information, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org
10. For more information about our cookies, please see our cookie policy (see heading below “changes to this document and our other documents” for link to policy).
Controller
11. Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.
12. For the purpose of this privacy policy, we are a controller of your personal data.
Processors (or service providers)
13. Processor (or service provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the controller.
14. We may use the services of various service providers in order to process your data more effectively.
Data subject (or user)
15. Data subject is any living individual who is using our service and is the subject of personal data.
Information collection and use
16. We collect several different types of information for various purposes in order to provide and improve our services.
Do not track (dnt)
17. The “do not track” (“dnt”) is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform some websites (which support this technology) that you do not want to be tracked.
18. You can enable or disable do not track by editing the preferences or settings in your applicable web-browser.
Definitions (bodies and laws)
Is this policy a contract?
19. This privacy policy is not a contract itself. It is a compliance document, that is, it is a notice required by law for us to explain certain things to the public. However, there may be other contracts which can include all or part of this policy as relevant to those contracts.
20. Importantly, our website terms require you to have read and understood this policy and provide the following required consents (see at the end of this policy for a link to these terms along with links to other policies).
Types of data collected
21. We use your data to provide and improve the services. By using the services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this privacy policy, the terms used in this privacy policy have the same meanings as in our terms and conditions (see at the end of this document for links to other documents).
Personal Data
22. While using our services, in particular when creating and registering your account, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("personal data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Types of data and their purpose
Names (first and last) -- subscription, purchase
Gender -- Subscription
Physical / postal address (for delivery of purchased goods) -- Purchase
Email Address -- Subscription, purchase
Phone number -- Subscription, purchase
Date of birth -- Subscription
Internet protocol (ip) addresses -- Marketing
Credit card information -- Purchase
Shopping preferences (your settings for product sizes, colours etc
from our ecommerce page) -- Marketing, purchase
23. Here is a full description of the purposes mentioned in the above table:
a. Subscription: when you subscribe with us (create an account) we will ask for these details.
b. Purchase: when you make a purchase with us on our site, we will ask for this additional information to complete your purchase and obtain the delivery address details.
c. Marketing: we use this information to help improve and tailor our services and prices.
24. We may use your personal data to contact you with notifications, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by turning off notifications within the app or following the unsubscribe link and the instructions provided in any correspondence we send.
Usage data and feedback (personal / deidentified)
25. We also collect information on how the service is accessed and used ("usage data"). This usage data may include information such as your device’s:
a. Internet protocol address (e.g., ip address), or geo-location information;
b. Browser type and browser version;
c. The screens and interfaces within our service that you visit;
d. The time and date of your visit;
e. The time spent on those interfaces;
f. Unique device identifiers (like any device id);
g. Device type;
h. Computer and connection information; and
26. We also can collect information provided by you in any feedback or correspondence from time to time with:
a. Customer surveys;
b. Details of the services we have provided to you or that you have enquired about, including any additional information necessary to deliver the services and respond to your queries; and
c. Any other information necessarily required in order to facilitate and improve your dealings with us and the services.
Location data
27. We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“location data”). We use this data to provide certain features within our services, as well as to improve and customise the services.
28. You can enable or disable location services when you use our services at any time by way of your device settings.
29. You are not required to provide your location data when using the services and can decline requests for location data. You may choose to either enter an address or postcode or simply view the locations on the map.
Identification, tracking & cookies data
30. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and we hold certain information.
31. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our service.
32. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
33. Examples of cookies we use are:
a. Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our service.
b. Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
c. Security cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.
34. More information on cookies and which ones we use is set out in our cookie policy (see heading below “changes to this document and our other documents” for link to policy).
35. To provide clarification on possible identifiers for you-
a. You may be able to browse our website anonymously if you disable any cookies and tracking;
b. You may be able to browse our website pseudonymously, only being identified by the cookies and tracking ids from other analytics providers (see section on third parties for this).
c. If you create an account with us, you:
i. May use your real name and details in creating an account; and
ii. May create a nickname to operate pseudonymously.
36. In compliance with the ipps we note that we do not attempt to use any identifiers used by other agencies for you, apart from those used for statistical or research purposes (such as via analytics providers)
Age-specific privacy (children and teenagers)
37. Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13 years’ of age ("children" / “child”).
38. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information of children.
39. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
40. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.
41. Our service does target and collect data from users, between the ages 13 years’ to 18 years’ of age (“teenager”).
42. For any teenager accessing our services, we require verifiable consent from either:
a. The teenager themselves; or
b. A parent or guardian.
43. Any parent, guardian or the teenager themselves may review and modify the teenager’s data by contacting us via our contact details in this policy.
44. We will not obtain more information from children than is reasonably necessary through the running of any prizes or competitions.
45. We aim to keep the data of teenagers confidential, secure and maintained with integrity, the same as we aim to do so for persons of any age. Below this policy outlines confidentiality, security and integrity measures that applies to our data handling methods.