Proper handling of your information with due regard to your personal rights as well as observance of your right to informational self-determination when using your personal data is a major concern to us. Collection, processing, and use of your personal data conform with relevant legal provisions, particularly in accordance with European data protection directives and their implementation in national laws. Work In Progress reserves the right to adapt this privacy policy to amended statutory provisions and regulations at any time. Please keep up with changes to our privacy policy by downloading it from our website using the appropriate link.
(1) Automatic collection, processing, and use of personal data
(1.1) Web service log filesWhen you access the web pages of our website with your browser, our server automatically stores the information required for the operation of a web service in log files, including the name of your browser, the name of your Internet service provider, the IP address of your PC, the address of the web page from which you accessed our website, the name of your operating system, the web pages you visit on our website, as well as the date and duration of your visit. This information is temporarily stored in the log files and automatically deleted afterward. The purpose of this storage is, in case of a problem, to enable an analysis of activities which possibly caused the fault.
(1.2) CookiesOur online shop uses cookies, which are small files transferred to your PC by the web server. These files are used to track your movement from page to page in our online shop or to manage a shopping cart.
On the one hand, cookies are differentiated according to the duration of their storage. So-called session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. A session cookie can be used to manage a shopping cart or to record products of special interest, whereas permanent cookies remain stored on your PC. Information about the storage duration is provided by your browser. A permanent cookie can be reread the next time you visit our website. To prevent this, you can delete the permanent cookie after your visit to our website. Permanent cookies can for example be used to provide information from a shop website for use by an online payment service.
On the other hand, cookies are differentiated according to their origin. So-called first-party cookies always originate from the website indicated in your browser's address bar. So-called third-party cookies originate from websites which you have not visited directly, but have been tied into in the first-party's website by means of images or advertisements. Your browser can tell you the sources of the cookies stored on your PC.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies. To disable this function, please change the corresponding settings of your browser. If your browser does not accept any cookies, you might not be able to visit all the web pages of our online shop without any trouble. To place an order, it is necessary for you to set your browser to accept session cookies.
(1.2.1) How can I disable cookies?You can easily adjust your browser settings to disable all cookies. Please note: If you completely disable your cookies, you will not be able to use all the functions of our online shop.
(1.2.1.1) Blocking first-party cookiesTo block first-party cookies in the most frequently used browsers, just click one of the links below:
- For Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- For Internet Explorer 7 and 8: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
- For Internet Explorer 9: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9
- For Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en
- For Safari on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
If you use a different browser or a different end device, check your browser's help pages to find out how to block first-party cookies.
(2) Collection and use of your data
(2.1) Information for processing your orderWhen you access the web pages of our website with your browser, our server automatically stores the information required for the operation of a web service in log files, including the name of your browser, the name of your Internet service provider, the IP address of your PC, the address of the web page from which you accessed our website, the name of your operating system, the web pages you visit on our website, as well as the date and duration of your visit. This information is temporarily stored in the log files and automatically deleted afterward. The purpose of this storage is, in case of a problem, to enable an analysis of activities which possibly caused the fault.
(2.2) NewsletterOur online shop uses cookies, which are small files transferred to your PC by the web server. These files are used to track your movement from page to page in our online shop or to manage a shopping cart.
On the one hand, cookies are differentiated according to the duration of their storage. So-called session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. A session cookie can be used to manage a shopping cart or to record products of special interest, whereas permanent cookies remain stored on your PC. Information about the storage duration is provided by your browser. A permanent cookie can be reread the next time you visit our website. To prevent this, you can delete the permanent cookie after your visit to our website. Permanent cookies can for example be used to provide information from a shop website for use by an online payment service.
On the other hand, cookies are differentiated according to their origin. So-called first-party cookies always originate from the website indicated in your browser's address bar. So-called third-party cookies originate from websites which you have not visited directly, but have been tied into in the first-party's website by means of images or advertisements. Your browser can tell you the sources of the cookies stored on your PC.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies. To disable this function, please change the corresponding settings of your browser. If your browser does not accept any cookies, you might not be able to visit all the web pages of our online shop without any trouble. To place an order, it is necessary for you to set your browser to accept session cookies.
In accordance with European cookie law (ePrivacy Directive), the placement of permanent cookies that serve any purpose other than securing correct communication with the web server is subject to the user's consent.
Assuming that your browser is set to accept cookies, we store permanent cookies for your language selection (edwin-country and country cookies) and your language preference (edwin-lang and lang cookies) on your PC. We store the selected currency in an edwin-currency cookie.
The shopping cart and your wish list are managed in session cookies, which are called PHPSESSID, session-1, session-2, session-3, and shop.
Opt-out options are provided, see the following section, for the placement of a cookie used during the analysis of site use by Google Analytics (see 1.3 below). These cookies are called or begin with _ga or _gat.
When you visit the Edwin online shop, a banner shows you that the online shop uses cookies. Via this banner you can access information about our use of cookies, consent to their use, or close the banner. If you do not use an opt-out option, we will interpret your conduct as meaning that you accept the placement of the cookie as described here, including cookies used during the analysis of site use by Google.
(1.3) Google Analytics web analysis toolThis website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer and enable the analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Because IP anonymization is activated on our website, your IP address is shortened first by Google before it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, to prepare reports on website activities and to provide further services connected with website usage and Internet usage.
The IP address sent from your browser for the purposes of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; this may possibly lead to an impairment of the online shop's functions. The deletion of permanent cookies after a visit to our online shop will not result in any impairment.