Data protection

Data acc. §5 TMG:

Tim Veh
PineappleBrick
Alemannenstraße 10
89435 Finningen

Telefon: +49 151 61116175
Email: info@pineapplebrick.com

VAT identification no. acc. to §27 a USTG:
DE315212910

Responsibilty for content acc. to § 55 Abs. 2 RStV:

Tim Veh
Alemannenstraße 10
89435 Finningen

Dispute settlement

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS):

https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

Our e-mail address can be found above in the imprint.
We are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

 

Hosting und Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

IONOS

We host our website with IONOS SE. The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany (hereinafter: IONOS). As soon as you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP address. Details can be found in the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable display of our website possible. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; this consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Cloudflare

We use the service "Cloudflare." The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter "Cloudflare").

Cloudflare offers a globally distributed Content Delivery Network (CDN) with DNS. The transfer of information between your browser and our website is technically routed through the Cloudflare network. This allows Cloudflare to analyze the data traffic between your browser and our website and to act as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious traffic from the internet. Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognize internet users, which are used exclusively for the purpose described here.

The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our website as reliably and securely as possible (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. You can find details here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

For more information about security and privacy at Cloudflare, please visit: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

 

 

Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

We have concluded a legally required data processing agreement (DPA) with the aforementioned provider, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

 

 

Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 7, 2025

PineappleBrick® operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products, and services, to provide you, the customer, with a personalized shopping experience (the “Services”). PineappleBrick® is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, or share personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services, or otherwise communicate with us. If there is any conflict between our Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy will prevail with respect to the collection, processing, and sharing of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described herein.

 

What personal data do we collect or process?

When we use the term "personal data," we are referring to information that can identify you or another person, or that can be directly linked to you. Personal data does not include information that has been collected anonymously or anonymized in such a way that identification or association with you is not possible. Depending on how you interact with the services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law, we may collect or process the following categories of personal data, including inferences drawn from that personal data:

 

• Contact information including name, postal address, billing address, shipping address, telephone number, and email address.
• Financial information including credit, debit, and bank account numbers, payment card information, bank account information, transaction details, payment method, payment confirmation, and other payment details.
• Account information including username, password, security questions, configurations, and settings.
• Transaction information including items you view, add to your cart, wish list, purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, as well as your past transactions.
• Communications with us including information you provide when communicating with us, such as when you submit a customer support request.
• Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, IP address, and other unique identifiers.
• Usage information including information about your interaction with the services, including how and when you interact with or browse the services.

Sources of Personal Data

We may collect personal data from the following sources:

• Directly from you: We collect data, for example, when you create an account, access or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal data.
• Automatically through the Services: We collect data, for example, from your device, when you use our products or services, visit our website, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
• From our service providers: We collect data, for example, when we instruct service providers to enable certain technologies and when they collect or process your personal data on our behalf.
• From our partners and other third-party providers

How do we use your personal data?

Depending on how you interact with us or which of our services you use, we may use personal data for the following purposes:

• Providing, customizing, and improving our services. We use your personal data to provide you with our services. This includes, but is not limited to, fulfilling our contract with you, processing your payments, fulfilling your orders, storing your configurations and the items you are interested in, sending notifications related to your account, creating, maintaining, and otherwise managing your account, organizing shipping, facilitating returns and exchanges, enabling you to leave reviews, and creating a personalized shopping experience for you, for example, by recommending products based on your purchases. This may also include using your personal data to better customize and improve our services.
• Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal data for marketing and advertising purposes, for example, to send you marketing and promotional communications via email, SMS, or mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services related to the Services or other websites, including based on items you have previously purchased or added to your shopping cart, as well as other activities related to the Services.
• Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal data to authenticate your account, provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate, or take action regarding potential fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and ensure the security of our Services. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for protecting your account login information. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other login information with anyone.
• Communicating with You. We use your personal data to provide you with customer support and effective services, to respond to your requests in a timely manner, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
• Legal reasons. We use your personal data to comply with applicable law or to respond to lawful legal proceedings, including requests from law enforcement or regulatory authorities, to investigate or participate in civil investigations, potential or actual legal disputes or other adversarial proceedings, and to investigate potential violations of our terms or policies or to enforce the terms and policies.

How do we share personal information?

Under certain circumstances, we may share your personal information with third parties for legitimate purposes as described in this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

• For Shopify, this includes vendors and other third parties who provide services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment, and shipping).
• We share personal information with business and marketing partners who provide marketing services and show you advertisements. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activity across different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners use your information in accordance with their own privacy policies. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to instruct us not to share information about you to show you targeted advertising and marketing based on your online activity across different merchants and websites. If you wish to exercise your right to object to such uses, you can do so here.
• When you request or otherwise consent to us sharing certain information with third parties, for example, to deliver products to you, or when you use social media widgets or login integrations.
• We share personal information with our affiliates or otherwise within our group of companies.
• In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, and Shopify collects and processes personal data about your access to and use of the Services to provide and improve them. Data you submit to the Services is shared with Shopify and with third parties, who may be located in countries other than your country of residence, to provide and improve the Services for you. To protect, grow, and improve our business, we also use certain advanced Shopify features that include data and information from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. To provide these advanced features, Shopify may use personal data collected from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for the processing of your personal data, including responding to your requests to exercise your rights regarding the use of your personal data for these purposes. For more information about how Shopify uses your personal data and your rights, please see the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy. Depending on where you reside, you may exercise certain rights regarding your personal data listed here. Link to the Shopify Privacy Portal.

Third-Party Websites and Links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliate websites or not controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information contained on those websites. Information that you make available in public or semi-public places, including information that you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms, without limitation as to its use by us or by any third party. The inclusion of such links by us does not imply that we endorse the content of those platforms or their owners or operators, unless expressly stated in the Services.

Children's Data

These services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children who are under the age of majority in your country. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal data, you can contact us using the contact details below to request that this data be deleted. As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we are not aware of "disclosing" or "selling" personal data of individuals under the age of 16 (as defined by applicable law).

Security and Retention of Your Data

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and therefore we cannot guarantee "perfect security." Furthermore, information you send us may be subject to risks during transmission. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels when sending us sensitive or confidential information.

How long we retain your personal data depends on various factors. This includes, for example, whether we need the data to manage your account, provide you with services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights and Options

Depending on where you reside, you may have some or all of the rights listed below regarding your personal data. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply under certain circumstances, and in certain cases, we may refuse your request to the extent permitted by law.

• Right of access/information. You may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to erasure. You may have the right to request that we delete the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification. You may have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
• Right to data portability. You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party under certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
• Managing communication preferences. We may send you promotional emails. You can opt out of receiving these emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in our emails to you. If you choose to opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as about your account or orders you have placed.

 

If you reside in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, you may, subject to exceptions and limitations under local law, exercise the following rights in addition to those mentioned above:

• Right to object and right to restrict processing. You may have the right to request that we stop or restrict the processing of your personal data for certain purposes.
• Right to withdraw consent. Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.

You can exercise these rights where indicated in the Services or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. For more information about how Shopify uses your personal data and your rights, including rights relating to data processed by Shopify, please visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.

Exercising these rights will not result in any disadvantages for you. Where permitted or required by applicable law, we may need to verify your identity before processing your requests. In accordance with applicable laws, you may appoint an authorized representative to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from a representative, we will require proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf. This may require you to confirm your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request promptly, in accordance with applicable law.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to object to our decision by contacting us using the contact details provided below or by filing a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. A list of the relevant data protection supervisory authorities for the European Economic Area is available here.

International Transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal data outside of your country of residence.

When we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on recognized transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent agreements issued by the relevant UK data protection authority, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been shown to provide an adequate level of protection.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, adjust the "Last Updated" date accordingly, and provide the notification required by applicable law.

Contact

If you have any questions about our data protection practices or this privacy policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us by phone at +49 151 61116175, by email at info@pineapplebrick.com, or by mail at PineappleBrick, Alemannenstraße 10, 89435 Finningen, Germany. In accordance with applicable data protection laws, we are the data controller for your personal data.

 

Limitation of Liability for Website Content

The operator of the aforementioned website assumes no liability for the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of the content provided on this website. This does not apply if the operator is guilty of intentional or grossly negligent conduct. The content has been created with the utmost care and to the best of our knowledge. Nevertheless, the accuracy of the content, particularly regarding complex topics, cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, the operator recommends that users consult the relevant authorities or seek legal advice regarding important information.

Articles identified by name and made publicly available on the website reflect the opinion of the respective author and not necessarily the opinion of the website operator.

If paid or free and publicly accessible content or services are provided on the website, these constitute a non-binding invitation to treat, which merely invites the user to submit an offer and does not itself represent a binding offer.

According to Sections 7 et seq. of the German Data Protection Act (DDG), the website operator is not responsible for third-party content that it publishes for a user, except in the legally specified exceptional cases, provided that:

1) it has no knowledge of the unlawful act or information and, in the case of claims for damages, is also unaware of any facts or circumstances from which the unlawful act or information becomes apparent, or

2) it has acted immediately to remove the information or block access to it as soon as it becomes aware of it.

Liability in this respect is therefore only possible from the point at which the operator becomes aware of a specific legal violation.

If the website operator becomes aware of such unlawful content, it will be removed immediately.

 

Liability for Outgoing Links

The website operator links from its website to external websites. These so-called "hyperlinks" direct the user to the external website. The inclusion of so-called "hyperlinks" does not imply that the website operator endorses the content of the linked website. The website operator has no influence whatsoever on the information provided on the external website. Therefore, no liability can be assumed for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the content on the external website.

The respective provider or operator of the linked website is solely responsible for its content.

However, the website operator assures that no legal violations were known to them at the time the link was created and that they reviewed the external website to the extent reasonably possible.

Unless there are specific indications of a legal violation, ongoing monitoring of the linked website's content is not reasonable for the website operator.

If the website operator becomes aware of any illegality in the linked content, the corresponding link will be removed immediately.

 

Copyright

The content published on this website is subject to German copyright and related rights law.

As the author within the meaning of Section 7 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG), the website operator holds the sole and exclusive exploitation rights pursuant to Sections 15 et seq. of the German Copyright Act (UrhG). Reproduction or use of any content from this website in external electronic or printed media is prohibited without the prior consent of the website operator and may be prosecuted.

Content not created by the website operator is marked as such. The copyrights of third parties are respected.

Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please notify the website operator accordingly. The website operator will then remove such content immediately.

Data Protection

The website can generally be used without entering personal data such as name or email address. No personal data is stored.

If the option to enter such data exists, the provision of this data by the user is entirely voluntary. The transfer of this data to third parties is prohibited without the user's explicit consent.

However, complete protection of the transmitted data from unauthorized access is not possible, as security vulnerabilities can occur during data transmission on the internet. The website operator endeavors to prevent the risk of unauthorized access through appropriate measures and, if a security vulnerability becomes known, to close it through appropriate measures.

The website operator assumes no liability for damages resulting from such security breaches.

When you visit the website, the website operator collects the data that is technically necessary to display the website to you and to ensure its stability and security (IP address, date and time of the request, browser, etc.). This collection of personal data does not constitute an evaluation of personal data.

The use of the contact details published in the legal notice by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising, in particular spam emails, is prohibited and may be prosecuted in the event of non-compliance.

•              Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook

Our website uses plugins from the social network Facebook. Provider: Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. This informs Facebook that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook logo button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.

•              Privacy Policy for the Use of Instagram

Our website integrates functions of the Instagram service. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our website with your user account. Please note that as the provider of this website, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. You can find further information in Instagram's privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

 

 

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Server Log Files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes:

o Browser type and version

o Operating system used

o Referring URL

o Hostname of the accessing computer

o Time of the server request

This data cannot be directly associated with a specific individual. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to review this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Privacy Policy for the Use of the Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

 

Comment Function on this Website

The comment function on this page stores, in addition to the comment itself, information about the time the comment was created, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, your chosen username.

 

SSL Encryption

When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock icon in your browser's address bar.

Right to Information, Erasure, and Restriction of Processing

You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to rectification, restriction of processing, or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided above.

 

 

- Your Team from PineappleBrick® -