Data Protection Statement

This website is operated by

ESCADA SE
Einsteinring 14-18
85609 Aschheim bei München
as the data controller.

ESCADA SE and its affiliates (referred to below as “ESCADA“) respect the privacy of all visitors to our websites. We collect, process and use your personal data only in accordance with the principles described below, and we abide by the terms of all applicable laws including, in particular, the Telemedia Act and the Federal Data Protection Act.

This data protection statement describes what information ESCADA collects and stores, and how such information is used. This statement also describes how you can review the accuracy of your personal information and how you can delete, block or update such personal information in our database.

Collection of Personal Data
When you visit our websites, we store none of your personal data (such as your name, address, telephone number, email address or credit card information) except for information that you provide voluntarily such as when you register a user account, or information that is automatically collected by cookies (see below).

automatically collected by cookies (see below).

Some of our websites invite visitors to provide personal data such as their name, email address, date of birth or postal address. These include web pages that offer to send you catalogs, invitations to events and newsletters, and participation in prize contests, including emails. These web pages allow you to voluntarily provide your name and postal address.

Use of Your Personal Data
ESCADA collects, stores and uses your personal data exclusively for the purpose of contacting you, for example, to answer your questions, to send you product information or promotional materials, including in the context of email campaigns, to send you other ESCADA informational materials, or to process orders. Without your express consent, ESCADA will not disclose your personal data to third parties outside of ESCADA SE except to external service providers that we engage to process data and which are strictly bound contractually to maintain confidentiality as required by the Federal Data Protection Act. In particular, such service providers are prohibited from using your data for any purpose other than the original underlying purpose

In the context of the purposes identified in this data protection statement, particularly in the interest of expeditiously conducting email campaigns or other advertising, your personal data may on occasion be transmitted to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, including the United States. Such countries do not have personal data protections that are comparable to those of Germany or the EU. In such cases we will ensure that your personal data is similarly protected by contract so that your data always receives the same level of protection.

As a rule, ESCADA will not store your data longer than necessary for the purposes set forth in this data protection statement, or as required to comply with any statutory archiving requirements or other retention obligations. Upon request, ESCADA will provide you, free of charge, information on your personal data that we have stored and how such data is being used and processed. You can direct your request to us by email at dataprivacy@escada.com.
To delete, block or update your personal information that we have stored, you can contact ESCADA at any time by email or letter.
Personal data that we receive in connection with job applications are used only for hiring purposes and for other internal use. Such data is

accessible only to persons that are responsible for human resources management at ESCADA.

Use and Collection Non-Personal Data

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”).  Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files stored on your computer that enable analysis of how you are using the website.  The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is ordinarily transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. If the IP Anonymizer is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google prior to transmission in member states of the European Union or in other member states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services to the website operator relating to website activity and internet usage.  The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be associated with other 

 

Google data. You may prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note, however, that if you do so you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.  You can also prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Use of Cookies
A “cookie” is a small text file stored on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser. When you visit our website, we can place information on your computer. This occurs in the form of a so-called “cookie” or a similar file that helps us in various ways. Cookies help us compile a website or product information that better addresses your interests or preferences. Most Internet browsers permit you to delete cookies from your hard drive, block them, or receive a warning before a cookie is placed. You can find additional information about these capabilities in your browser’s system settings.
ESCADA will connect such automatically stored information with your personal data only with your prior consent, and only if you have earlier 

granted such consent on our websites (such as during registration, if offered). You can deactivate cookies on your computer by changing the respective settings in the browser menu preferences or options. However, it is possible that certain pages of our website will no longer function properly if you deactivate or limit your browser’s use of cookies. Please review the documentation or the online help function of your browser to learn how you can delete cookies from your computer.

Your Rights
It is up to you how ESCADA handles your personal data. You can object at any time to the use of your personal data, obtain information on your personal data that we have stored and receive a copy of such data, and you can correct, block or delete your personal data. To accomplish any of the foregoing, please contact the responsible office identified at the end of this statement.

Data Security, External Links
ESCADA is committed to ensuring that your personal data is secure, and will take all reasonable measures to protect such data from loss, misuse or tampering. 

ESCADA is not liable for the contents of third-party websites including, specifically, their data protection statements that can be accessed through linking or hyperlinks on our websites.

Links on our website can connect to content that is not stored on our own servers. When we provide links to external content, we use our best efforts to examine such content for violations of law. However, we cannot rule out that such content might be subsequently changed by website owners. ESCADA has no obligation to continuously monitor such websites and, therefore, disavows any liability for their content.

Changes to our Data Protection Statement

We reserve the right to make changes to this data protection statement from time to time. The latest version will then be posted on our website. Accordingly, please review this page regularly to determine whether the data protection statement has changed in any way. If, after any changes have been made to this statement, you continue to use this website or continue to transmit information via this website, such activity will be deemed an acknowledgment by you that you have read the changes and consent to them.

Contact Information
If you would like to contact us about your personal information or if you have general questions about data protection, please contact our data protection officer. The data protection officer can be reached via email at dataprivacy@escada.com. We will take appropriate steps to address your concerns.