Datenschutzerklärung

Letzte Aktualisierung: 17. März 2026

Diese Datenschutzerklärung beschreibt, wie IOT-POOL (die „Website“, „wir“, „uns“ oder „unser“) Ihre personenbezogenen Daten erfasst, verwendet und weitergibt, wenn Sie uns besuchen, unsere Dienste nutzen oder einen Kauf auf www.iot-pool.com tätigen (die „Website”) einen Kauf tätigen oder anderweitig über die Website mit uns kommunizieren (zusammenfassend als „Dienste” bezeichnet). Für die Zwecke dieser Datenschutzerklärung beziehen sich „Sie“ und „Ihr“ auf Sie als Nutzer der Dienste, sei es als Kunde, Besucher der Website oder eine andere Person, deren Daten wir gemäß dieser Datenschutzerklärung erfassen.

Bitte lesen Sie diese Datenschutzerklärung sorgfältig durch.

 

Änderungen dieser Datenschutzerklärung

Wir können diese Datenschutzerklärung von Zeit zu Zeit aktualisieren, unter anderem um Änderungen unserer Praktiken oder aus anderen betrieblichen, rechtlichen oder regulatorischen Gründen Rechnung zu tragen. Wir werden die überarbeitete Datenschutzerklärung auf der Website veröffentlichen, das Datum der „Letzten Aktualisierung” aktualisieren und alle anderen gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Maßnahmen ergreifen.

 

How we collect and use your personal information

To provide the Services, we collect and have collected in the past 12 months personal information about you from various sources, as set out below. The information we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.

In addition to the specific uses below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide or improve the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and protect or defend our Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

 

What personal information we collect

The types of personal information we collect about you depend on how you interact with our website and how you use our Services. When we use the term “personal information,” we are referring to information that identifies you, relates to you, describes you, or could be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.

 

Information we collect from you directly

The information you send us directly through our Services may include:

  • Contact details including your name, address, phone number, and email address.
  • Order information including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, and phone number.
    Account information including your username, password, security questions, and other information used for account security purposes.

  • Customer support information, including information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when you send us a message through the Services.

Some features of the Services may require you to provide us with certain information about yourself. You may choose not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.


 

Information we collect about your use

We may also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services (“Usage Data”). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies (“cookies”). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our website and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address, and other information related to your interaction with the Services.

 

 

Information we obtain from third parties

  • Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including suppliers and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
  • Companies that support our website and Services, such as Shopify.
  • Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment, fulfill your orders, and provide you with the products or services you requested, in order to perform the contract we have with you.
  • When you visit our website, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we or third parties we work with may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software development kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.

Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. See also the section below, Third-party websites and links.

How we use your personal information

  • Providing products and services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, to perform the contract we have entered into with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, send you notifications related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, create, maintain, and manage your account, arrange shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges, and other features and functionality related to your account. We may also enhance your shopping experience by allowing Shopify to combine your account with other Shopify services that you may choose to use. In that case, Shopify will handle your information as set forth in its Privacy Policy and Consumer Privacy Policy.
  • Marketing and advertising We may use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as sending you marketing communications, advertising, and promotional communications via email, text message, or postal mail, and to show you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our website and other websites. If you are a resident of the EEA, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in selling our products, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.
  • Security and fraud prevention. We use your personal information to detect, investigate, or take action regarding potential fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activity. If you choose to use the Services and register for an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. If you are a resident of the EEA, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in keeping our website secure for you and other customers, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.
  • Communicating with you and improving services. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interest in order to respond to you, provide you with effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

Cookies

Like many websites, we also use cookies. For specific information about the cookies we use in connection with our Shopify store, please visit https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use cookies to power and improve our website and Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to perform analytics, and to better understand your interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interest to administer, improve, and optimize the Services). We may also allow third parties and service providers to use cookies on our website to better tailor the services, products, and advertising on our website and other websites.

 

Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies through its controls. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may have a negative impact on your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, to malfunction or become unavailable. In addition, blocking cookies may not completely prevent the way we share information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.

3

Our website also recognizes the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, which allows you to opt out of certain uses or disclosures of your information. If you notify us of your preference via GPC, we will interpret that signal as a valid opt-out request for sharing/targeted ads for the associated browser or device, and if we are able to associate the device sending the signal with a Shopify account, we will apply the opt-out request to that account as well. To learn more about Global Privacy Control, visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. Other than Global Privacy Control, we do not recognize other “Do Not Track” signals that may be sent by your browser or device.

How we disclose personal information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for the purposes of fulfilling contracts, legitimate purposes, and other reasons subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

  • With vendors or other third parties who provide services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment, and shipping).
  • With business and marketing partners, including Shopify, to provide you with services and advertising. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
  • When you direct us, request us, or otherwise consent to us disclosing certain information to third parties, for example, to send you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.
  • With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group, in our legitimate interest to run a successful business.
  • In connection with a business transaction, such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

In the past 12 months, we have disclosedthe following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information about users for the purposes listed above in “How we collect and use your personal information” and “How we disclose personal information”:

 

 

Category Categories of recipients
  • Identifiers, such as basic contact details and certain order and account information
  • Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records statute, such as basic contact details and certain order and account information
  • Commercial information, such as order information, purchase information, and customer support information
  • Internet or other similar network activity, such as Usage Data
  • Geolocation data, such as locations determined by an IP address or other technical measures
  • Suppliers and third parties who provide services on our behalf (such as internet service providers, payment processors, fulfillment partners, customer support partners, and data analytics providers)
  • Business and marketing partners
  • Affiliates

 

We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information without your consent or for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.

With your consent, we share personal information for the purpose of participating in advertising and marketing activities, as follows.

In the past 12 months, we have “sold” and “shared” (as these terms are defined in applicable law) personal information for the purpose of participating in advertising and marketing activities, as follows.

 

Category of personal information Categories of recipients
Identifiers, such as name, email address, and phone number Business and marketing partners
Commercial information, such as records of products or services purchased Business and marketing partners
Usage data Business and marketing partners

User-generated content

The Services may allow you to post product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user-generated content to any public area of the Services, that content will be public and accessible to anyone.

We do not control who will have access to the information you choose to make available to others, and we cannot guarantee that parties who have access to that information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information you, as a user, make publicly available, nor for the accuracy, use, or misuse of any information you disclose or receive from third parties.

Third-party websites and links.

Our website may provide links to websites or other online platforms managed by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies, as well as other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of those websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information found on them. Information you provide in public or semi-public places, including information you share on third-party social media 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 third parties. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content of those platforms or their owners or operators, except as disclosed in the Services.

 

Children's Data

The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details below to request its deletion.

As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we have no actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under the age of 16.

Security and retention of your information

Please note that no security measure is perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.

The length of time we retain your personal information depends on various factors, such as the need for the information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable agreements and policies.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute and may only apply in certain circumstances, and in some cases we may refuse your request if the law allows us to do so.

  • Right of access/knowledge: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, including details relating to how we use and share your information.
  • Right to erasure: You may have the right to request the deletion of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: You may have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to portability: You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that it be transferred to a third party, in certain circumstances and with some exceptions.
  • Right to refuse sale, sharing, or targeted advertising: You may have the right to instruct us not to “sell” or ‘share’ your personal information or to opt out of processing your personal information for purposes considered “targeted advertising” as defined in applicable privacy laws. Please note that if you visit our website with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on your location, we will automatically treat this request as a request to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of information for the device and browser you use to visit the Website.

  • Restriction of processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.
  • Withdrawal of consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw that consent.
  • Appeal: You may have the right to appeal our decision if we refuse to process your request. You can do this by responding directly to our refusal.
  • Managing communication preferences: We may send you promotional emails, and you can opt out of receiving them at any time by using the unsubscribe option provided in our emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those relating to your account or orders you have placed.

 

 

You may exercise any of these rights as indicated on our Website or by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

We will not discriminate against you for choosing to exercise any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a concrete response to your request. Under applicable law, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide evidence that you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required by applicable law.

 

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we handle your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details below, or to lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority. For the EEA, you can find a list of the authorities responsible for data protection supervision here.

International users

Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside the country where you live. Your personal information is also processed by employees and third-party service providers and partners in those countries.

If we transfer your personal information outside of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant UK authority, as applicable, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

 

Contact

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us by phone or email at info@iot-pool.com or contact us at Rua de Catassol, 1644, Maia, PT-13, 4470-842, PT.

For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, and unless expressly stated otherwise, we are the controller of your personal information.