1. Data Controller

The data controller according to Article 4 (7) of the GDPR is:
Urns of Nature

Woodimex GmbH
c/o Kontier-Service Schleswig-Holstein
Feldstraße 10
D – 24983 Handewitt
Email: info@urnsofnature.com

Urns of Nature is a brand of Woodimex GmbH.

2. General Information

The protection of your personal data is important to us.
We treat your personal information confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

3. Data Collection When Placing Orders

When you place an order in our online shop, we process your personal data (name, address, email, payment, and shipping information) in order to process your order and fulfil our contractual obligations (Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR).
For delivery, your data is shared with the shipping provider DPD Deutschland GmbH.
For payment processing, we transmit the necessary data to the payment service provider you have selected (e.g., PayPal or Klarna).
These providers process your data independently in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

4. Comments, Cookies & Embedded Content

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string (to help detect spam).
An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it.
The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may opt in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies.
These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies.
This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also set cookies to save your login information and display preferences.
Login cookies last for two days, and display preference cookies last for one year.
If you select “Remember me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
When you log out, the login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser.
This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.
It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites
Posts on this website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Legal Basis
The processing of the aforementioned data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest), to ensure the technical stability and functionality of the website and to prevent misuse.
Where consent has been granted for the use of cookies or third-party services, processing is also based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

5. Web Analytics (etracker)

This website uses services from etracker GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com), to analyze usage data.
By default, we do not use cookies for web analytics.
If we use analysis or optimization cookies, your explicit consent will be obtained in advance.
If you consent, cookies are used that enable statistical analysis of website reach, measurement of the success of our online marketing campaigns, and testing of different versions of our online offerings or their components.
Cookies are small text files stored by the internet browser on the user’s device.
etracker cookies do not contain any information that can identify a user.

The data generated by etracker is processed and stored on behalf of this website’s provider exclusively in Germany and is therefore subject to strict German and European data protection laws and standards.
etracker has been independently audited, certified, and awarded the ePrivacyseal for data protection compliance.

Data processing is carried out based on the legal provisions of Art. 6 (1) lit. f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Our legitimate interest under the GDPR is the optimization of our online offering and our website.
Since the privacy of our visitors is important to us, any data that could potentially identify an individual, such as IP addresses or login/device identifiers, is anonymized or pseudonymized as early as possible.
No further use, combination with other data, or disclosure to third parties occurs.

You may object to the data processing described above at any time by clicking on the toggle switch.
The objection will have no adverse consequences.
If no toggle switch is displayed, data collection has already been prevented by other blocking measures.

Further information about data protection at etracker can be found on their website.

6. Data Security

We use SSL or TLS encryption on this website to protect the transmission of confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries).
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” prefix and the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.

7. Your Rights

If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you may request an export of your personal data — including all data you have provided to us.
You may also request the erasure of all personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data that we are obliged to retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons.

8. Storage and Deletion

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary to fulfil the respective purposes or as required by statutory retention periods.
After this period, the data will be deleted or anonymized.

9. Changes

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy as needed to comply with legal or technical developments.
The current version is always available on our website.