Privacy policy

Effective from 8 October 2026.

Controller

The controller of your personal data is Paweł Polak, a sole trader operating as PHU Paweł Polak, ul. Kazimierza Pużaka 26, 38-400 Krosno, Poland, tax ID (NIP) PL 6772025546. For data protection matters, write to kontakt@memoriaarte.com.

Purposes, legal bases and retention

PurposeLegal basis (GDPR)Retention
Concluding and performing the contract, including personalisation and shippingArt. 6(1)(b)until the contract is fulfilled
Invoicing and accountingArt. 6(1)(c)5 years from the end of the tax year
Complaints and legal claimsArt. 6(1)(f)until claims become time-barred
Replying to messages and enquiriesArt. 6(1)(f) (Art. 6(1)(b) for quote requests)until the correspondence ends, max. 1 year
Newsletter (MailerLite)Art. 6(1)(a) (consent confirmed by e-mail)until consent is withdrawn
Visitor statistics (Google Analytics)Art. 6(1)(a) (consent in the cookie banner)until consent is withdrawn, max. 14 months
Business cooperationArt. 6(1)(b) and (f)duration of cooperation and limitation period

Data we process

Name, delivery and billing address, e-mail, phone, company name and VAT number (for invoices), order history, item number and configuration code, and the personalisation text given in the order.

Personalisation text, such as the name and dates of the deceased, is used only to make the urn and handle complaints. We do not ask for information about health or cause of death; please do not provide it.

Newsletter

Subscribing is voluntary and must be confirmed via a link in an e-mail. We send few messages. Each contains an unsubscribe link. We pass your name, e-mail, country and site language to the newsletter service.

Recipients

We share data only as needed for each purpose: with the couriers DPD and DHL and the shipping broker Apaczka, the payment providers ING Bank Śląski S.A. (imoje) and PayPal, the order management system Base.com, our hosting provider Zenbox, our accounting office, MailerLite Limited (Ireland) for the newsletter, and Google (Analytics, with your consent). We have data processing agreements with our processors.

Transfers outside the EEA

Google, PayPal and MailerLite may process data in the United States. Such transfers rely on the European Commission’s adequacy decision (EU-US Data Privacy Framework) or standard contractual clauses.

Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and to object to processing based on legitimate interests. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.

You may lodge a complaint with the Polish supervisory authority, the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO), ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, or with the supervisory authority in your country of residence.

Is providing data required

Providing data is voluntary, but without it we cannot fulfil an order or reply to a message. We do not make automated decisions or profile customers.

Cookies

Our use of cookies is described in the Cookie policy.