Privacy Policy
PRIVACY STATEMENT
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Effective Date: October 3, 2026
Kathy’s Knitwear (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website and related services (the “Service”).
This Privacy Statement explains our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service, as well as the choices available to you regarding that data.
We use your data to provide, operate, and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Statement, the terms used in this Privacy Statement have the same meaning as in our General Conditions.
DEFINITIONS
SERVICE
The Service means the website and related services operated by Kathy’s Knitwear.
PERSONAL DATA
Personal Data means information about a living individual who can be identified from that information, either on its own or together with other information in our possession or likely to come into our possession.
USAGE DATA
Usage Data means data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or by the Service infrastructure itself, for example the duration of a visit to a page.
COOKIES
Cookies are small data files stored on your device, such as a computer, tablet, or mobile device.
DATA CONTROLLER
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data.
For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, Kathy’s Knitwear is the Data Controller responsible for processing your Personal Data.
DATA PROCESSORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS
Data Processor or Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Data Controller.
We may use the services of various Service Providers to process your data more efficiently.
DATA SUBJECT OR USER
Data Subject means any living person who uses our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.
COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION
We collect different types of information for various purposes in order to provide and improve our Service.
TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED
PERSONAL DATA
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.
Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Billing address
- Shipping address
- State, province, ZIP code, postal code, and city
- Order and purchase information
- Payment-related information
- Cookies and Usage Data
USAGE DATA
We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used.
This Usage Data may include information such as:
- Your device’s Internet Protocol address, such as your IP address
- Browser type
- Browser version
- The pages of our Service that you visit
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
- Device identifiers
- Operating system information
- Referring website or source
- Other diagnostic and technical data
TRACKING DATA AND COOKIES
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and retain certain information.
Cookies are files containing a small amount of data and may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.
Tracking technologies may also include pixels, tags, scripts, web beacons, and similar technologies used to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
However, if you do not accept certain cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
Examples of cookies we may use include:
SESSION COOKIES
We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
PREFERENCE COOKIES
We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and settings.
SECURITY COOKIES
We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
ANALYTICS COOKIES
We may use Analytics Cookies to understand how visitors use our website and to improve the performance and functionality of our Service.
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING COOKIES
Where permitted by law and, where required, with your consent, we may use advertising and marketing cookies to provide relevant advertisements, measure campaign performance, and understand how users interact with our marketing.
USE OF DATA
Kathy’s Knitwear may use the collected data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To process and fulfill your orders
- To process payments
- To arrange shipping and delivery
- To provide order confirmations and updates
- To communicate with you regarding your purchases
- To provide customer support
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To personalize your experience
- To monitor and analyze the use of our Service
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- To improve our products, website, and customer experience
- To prevent fraud and protect the security of our Service
- To comply with legal obligations
- To send you marketing communications where permitted by law or where you have provided consent
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
Where applicable under data protection law, we process Personal Data on one or more of the following legal bases:
- The processing is necessary to perform a contract with you, for example to process and fulfill your order
- The processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation
- The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided that your rights and interests do not override those interests
- You have given us consent to process your Personal Data for a specific purpose
If we rely on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to applicable law.
RETENTION OF DATA
Kathy’s Knitwear will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement.
We may also retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain business records, and protect our legitimate interests.
Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when it is used to strengthen security, improve functionality, or comply with legal requirements.
TRANSFER OF DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers or servers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction.
The data protection laws in those jurisdictions may differ from the laws in your jurisdiction.
Where Personal Data is transferred internationally, we take appropriate measures to protect your information in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Your use of the Service and submission of your information represent your acknowledgement that such transfers may occur where necessary to provide the Service.
DISCLOSURE OF DATA
BUSINESS TRANSACTION
If Kathy’s Knitwear is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, your Personal Data may be transferred as part of that transaction.
We will take appropriate steps to ensure that your Personal Data remains protected.
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
Kathy’s Knitwear may disclose your Personal Data when we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Kathy’s Knitwear
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, provide services on our behalf, perform Service-related tasks, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These Service Providers may include, for example:
- Ecommerce platform providers
- Payment processors
- Shipping and logistics providers
- Analytics providers
- Marketing and advertising providers
- Customer service providers
- Hosting and technology providers
- Fraud prevention and security providers
These third parties may have access to your Personal Data only to the extent necessary to perform services on our behalf and are required to protect the information in accordance with applicable law and contractual obligations.
PAYMENTS
We may provide paid products or services through the Service.
In such cases, we may use third-party payment processors for payment processing.
We do not necessarily store or directly process complete payment card details ourselves.
Payment information may be provided directly to our payment processors, whose use of your Personal Data is governed by their own privacy policies and applicable legal requirements.
SECURITY OF DATA
The security of your data is important to us.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect Personal Data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction, misuse, or loss.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Data.
These rights may include:
- The right to access your Personal Data
- The right to correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data
- The right to request deletion of your Personal Data
- The right to restrict the processing of your Personal Data
- The right to object to certain processing activities
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- The right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
Please note that some rights may be subject to legal limitations or exceptions.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
If you have agreed to receive marketing communications from us, we may send you information about products, offers, promotions, or other updates.
You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us directly.
Even if you unsubscribe from marketing communications, we may still send you non-promotional messages relating to your orders, account, customer service requests, or other transactions.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Service is not intended for children under the age at which parental consent is required under applicable law.
We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children in violation of applicable law.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided us with Personal Data without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Service may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties that are not operated by us.
If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website or service.
We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites or services.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time.
We will post the updated Privacy Statement on this page and update the Effective Date at the top of this document.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement periodically for any changes.
Changes become effective when they are posted on this page, unless otherwise stated.
GOVERNING LAW
This Privacy Statement and any matters relating to it shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Nothing in this section limits any mandatory rights or protections that may apply to consumers under the laws of their country or state of residence.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or the way we process your Personal Data, you can contact us at:
Kathy’s Knitwear
Email: info@kathysknitwear.com