Data policies

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you what personal data may be collected when using this website and how it may be used.

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General information

The below privacy policy applies to all sites of the domain www.miriamkristin.com, including the sub-domains and affiliated pages of the “Life of a Millennial” accounts by Miriam Kristin on Etsy, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.. It equally applies to the purchases of offers, products and services that you make on it. Company, owner and operator of these named channels is Miriam Kristin, the person behind the brand “Life of a Millennial”. Responsible for the lawful treatment and handling of the personal data is also Miriam Kristin, Life of a Millennial, Gustav-Schiefer-Straße 34, 80995 Munich, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Miriam Kristin"). Miriam Kristin assures that all user data will be treated in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, supplemented by the Federal Data Protection Act. By using this website, you are consenting to this privacy policy.

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Types of data processed

By using the website www.miriamkristin.com or any other site of “Life of a Millennial” by Miriam Kristin, the following types of your data may be processed:

• Contact information (e.g., names, addresses, e-mail, telephone numbers)

• Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos, products, services)

• Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times)

• IT communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses)

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Collection and use of data

Personal data will only be collected and processed if you provide your data voluntarily and on your free will, for example within the framework of a purchase of a product or service, the completion of a contact form, or the registration to the newsletter. In this case, your personal data to can be processed and stored according to the legal regulations and be used according to the following regulations. Collected personal data may include information such as, but not limited to, your full name, gender, address, and email address.

If you have provided your personal data, it will only be used for the following service- and business-related activities:

• to respond to your messages and comments, and to process your inquiries, orders and contracts;

• for delivering promotional information, marketing campaigns and events communication;

• for the personalization of content and to track and measure advertising on the website;

• for quality control and to improve user experience;

• for technical administration purposes or to operate and maintain the website;

• to carry out polls and surveys or oversee contests or promotions;

• for legal obligations (e.g. prevention of fraud) and meeting internal audit requirements.

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Third-party use of personal information

Your personal data will remain confidential at all times but may be disclosed to or shared with third party providers activated by Miriam Kristin under certain circumstances. These particular third parties are set out below.

Before engaging with your personal data, these third parties must have formally declared to use the data only for the specific assignment and that any provided personal data will be deleted after the assignment has been completed in accordance with the GDPR regulations. The third parties are not allowed to use the data for their own personal or business purposes, or to pass on data to other third parties, unless the user has expressly consented to the transmission of this data.

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• Third party vendors or agencies: Your information may be shared with third party service providers that help with operating the website or providing products or services in relation to the “Life of a Millennial”. Sharing your personal information with these vendors or agencies may be necessary for the purpose of processing an inquiry or the execution of a contract and can happen in the context that a third party support is necessary, for example, to fulfill an order request, perform a marketing campaign or improve a technical infrastructure. It also includes database hosting and data processing services, and assistance in responding to your requests.

• Affiliates: Your personal data may be disclosed to companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), provided that the affiliate honors the terms of use and privacy policy of “Life of a Millennial”. For more information about affiliates, please read the section “links to other websites”.

• Legal requirements: If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary, your data may be passed on to third parties in the event of an official or judicial orders, to (i) comply with a legal obligation or to respond to requests from law enforcement or other government officials relating to investigations or alleged illegal activity or in connection with our own investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.

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Anonymous data

From time to time, anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies. This type of anonymous data is data that does not identify you alone, and may be combined with data from other parties.

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Storage of your personal data

Personal data may be held at the office and appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures are in place to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your stored personal information. A specific time frame for the storage of personal data cannot be given as this depends on the processing purpose of the data. Data will not be retained for longer than reasonably necessary, however, unless a more specific storage period has been given within this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with Miriam Kristin until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies.

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The storage criteria and usage of your personal data may be defined by the duration of a campaign for which the personal data is needed, which can differ amongst activities. Examples include - but are not limited to - the following campaigns:  

• the newsletter for updates about the blog, coaching offers, podcast releases, or exclusive news; no specific period or expiry date is set for the storage and use of personal data;

• purchasing a product or service through the online shop; no specific period or expiry date is set for the storage and use of personal data;

• other offers, challenges or contests; the storage and use of personal data for these activities may be subject to a specific time frame but only if indicated within the scope of the activity.

Once the personal data is not required anymore, all relatable identifiable information about the person will be immediately, securely and permanently deleted.

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Security and protection measures for your personal data

Specific technologies and procedures are in place to protect your personal information. The protection measures include:

• to prevention of unauthorized access, use, destruction or disclosure by restricting and retaining access to your stored personal data;

• to conduct privacy impact assessments in accordance with the law and your business policies;

• the setup of contracts third party providers to manage security risks and information theft.

It is important to point out that data transmission via the Internet (for example, on the website or when communicating via e-mail) can present security gaps on several layers. Miriam Kristin cannot be held responsible in the event of loss, misuse or fraud of personal data that occurred on public platforms or through third parties.

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Use of data when registering for the newsletter

On the domain www.miriamkristin.com of the website “Life of a Millennial”, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to a newsletter. Please note that the newsletter refers to promotional marketing activities, whereas the other forms are about product and service news and waitlist updates. The respective input mask determines what personal data is transmitted, as well as what you are signing up for.

When you sign up through a form to join a waitlist group, receive product updates or apply for a coaching program, your data will be used to get in contact with you for the intended purpose. There is no double opt-in process.

If you subscribe to the marketing newsletter, your data will be used for this purpose. However, the newsletter may only be received if (1) you have submitted a valid e-mail address and (2) you intentionally register for the newsletter. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the provided e-mail address in order to comply with the double opt-in procedure for promotional marketing material, which is required by legal reasons. This confirmation e-mail is used to check whether the owner of the e-mail address is intentional about receiving the newsletter.

The newsletter of “Life of a Millennial” by Miriam Kristin contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such e-mails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. The embedded tracking pixel allows to see when an e-mail was opened and which links in the e-mail were clicked on. The personal data collected through the tracking pixels in the newsletters are stored and analyzed by Miriam Kristin in order to optimize this marketing activity by adapting the content of future newsletters to better fit the interests of the reader. These personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

There will be no transfer of personal data collected by the newsletter service to third parties. Also, your consent to receive the newsletter may be terminated at any time. For this purpose of revocation of consent, a corresponding link is found in the bottom section of each newsletter. This link will allow you to unsubscribe from the newsletter. If you are unable to opt-out from the newsletter through the unsubscription link, it is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter by contacting mirikristin[at]gmail.com.

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Use of data when ordering a product or service

If you provide your e-mail address in connection with a purchase of a product or service on www.miriamkristin.com or through any other site of “Life of a Millennial” by Miriam Kristin, and you do not object to or actively opt out of receiving additional information about the product range, Miriam Kristin reserves the right to send you offers by e-mail about similar products or services to those you already ordered.

You may object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by unsubscribing through a link provided in the email. Optionally, you can send a message to mirikristin@gmail.com. Please include a detailed description of your request.

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Use of data when contacting via the website

The contact form on www.miriamkristin.com for questions and inquiries enables a quick electronic contact and direct communication with Miriam Kristin. This form requests personal data such as name and e-mail address. If you submit a message via this contact form, the personal data transmitted is automatically stored. This personal data has been given by you on a voluntary basis and is needed to fulfill or process your request. The information will be handled confidentially and there is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

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Use of data through the comments function on the blog

A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal, through which one or more people called bloggers post articles or write down thoughts in so-called posts. Users of the domain www.miriamkristin.com and the website “Life of a Millennial” have the possibility to leave individual comments underneath such a blog post or article.

If you decide to leave a comment on the blog published on “Life of a Millennial”, this comment will be stored, published and publicly available, including the information on the date of the commentary and on your chosen user profile (pseudonym). In addition, your IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) is logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, in case that a user leaves a comment which violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such disclosure is required for legal reasons.

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Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics tool provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. In addition, your IP address is only transmitted in a condensed form, so that all data is collected anonymously. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the US and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide other services related to the website usage and the internet usage against the website operator. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all functions of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing Google's data (including your IP address) related to your use of the Website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

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Links to other websites

The website www.miriamkristin.com or any other site of “Life of a Millennial” by Miriam Kristin may contain links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience only to provide further information about a certain subject. They do not signify an endorsement of the website(s) unless otherwise specified. Also, this privacy policy does not cover linked websites. Miriam Kristin has no influence on operators about their behavior of complying with the data protection regulations and therefore takes no responsibility for the correctness, actuality and completeness of the information provided on their websites.

In case that an affiliate link is used when listing a certain product or service, the affiliate link will be named or otherwise indicated on the respective (sub)pages. If you click on any of the affiliate links and make a purchase within a certain time frame, Miriam Kristin will receive a small commission. The commission is paid by the retailers without any additional costs for you as a buyer. All services or products behind an affiliate link are things that Miriam Kristin highly recommends. This money helps to keep the “Life of a Millennial” running. Thank you so much for your support!

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Instagram

The website may feature and integrate content of the Instagram service, offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons, with which users can announce their liking regarding the contents, subscribe to the authors of the content or our contributions. If the users are members of the Instagram platform, Instagram can assign the aforementioned contents and functions to the profiles of the users. Instagram privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

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Right of access to the user

Every user has the right to demand written information about the nature of his or her personal data stored by Miriam Kristin. In that case, please contact: mirikristin@gmail.com or send a letter to the physical address in the imprint. Please include a detailed description of your request.

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Revocation of consent and deletion of data

Every user has the right to revoke the consent of the storage of his or her personal data at any time. Please contact: mirikristin@gmail.com or send a letter to the physical address in the imprint. Once the consent of the storage of your personal data is revoked, all relatable identifiable information about your person will be immediately, securely and permanently deleted.

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Website usage by minors

The website www.miriamkristin.com or “Life of a Millennial” is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. If you are under 18, you may only use the website under the supervision of a parent or guardian. Displayed products or services are not intended to be sold to or purchased by children.

This website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described in the privacy policy.

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What are cookies?

Cookies are a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device by the web server, which are used as a identifier, so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the website. The cookies will collect information relating to your use of the website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the website via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. Different types of cookies include:

• Essential cookies – These are cookies which are essential for the running of the Website. Without these cookies, parts of the Website would not function. These cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes.

• Functional cookies – These cookies are used to remember your preferences on the Website and to provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these cookies is usually anonymized, so we cannot identify you personally. Functional cookies do not track your internet usage or gather information which could be used for selling advertising.

• Analytical cookies – Analytical performance cookies are used to monitor the performance of the Website, for example, to determine the number of page views and the number of unique users our Website has. We use this information to improve user experience or identify areas of the Website which may require maintenance. The information is anonymous (i.e., it cannot be used to identify you and does not contain personal information such as your name and email address) and it is only used for statistical purposes.

• Advertising cookies – Behavioral advertising cookies, which may be placed on your device to remember that you have visited a website and use that information to provide you with advertising which is tailored to your interests. Although behavioral advertising cookies can track your activity around the internet, these cookies cannot identify you personally.

• Third Party cookies – You may notice on some pages of the website that Cookies have been set that are not governed by “The Life of a Millennial”. When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Facebook, these third party service providers may set their own cookies on your device. Those third party cookies can only be controlled and accessed by the party who originally set them, due to the way that cookies work. Please check the third party websites for more information about these cookies.

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How can you manage or opt-out of cookies?

You can also use a website without accepting cookies, but note that deleting or blocking cookies may reduce functionality of the website. Cookies, including those which have already been set, can be deleted from your hard drive. You can also change the preferences/settings in your web browser to control or generally reject cookies.

In some cases, you can choose to accept cookies from the primary site but block them from third parties. In others, you can block cookies from specific advertisers, or clear out all cookies.