Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy declaration informs you about how victorytiles.com (hereinafter also referred to as “we”) handles your personal data (hereinafter also as “your data”). We place great importance on protecting the personal rights of users (hereinafter “users” or “you”) of our products, adhere to the applicable data protection regulations, and take necessary measures to protect your data.

Websites of other providers that can be accessed via our website are not subject to the data protection regulations stated here. We assume no responsibility or liability for the observance of data protection by third-party websites.

2. Data Processing and Purposes of Use

2.1 General Information

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. This includes, for example, contact data such as name, telephone number, address, or email address, as well as other information that you provide to us, for example, during registration, as part of an inquiry, or when participating in competitions or surveys.

Any handling of personal data, including but not limited to, the collection, storage, administration, use, transmission, disclosure, or deletion of your data, is considered “processing”. Your data will only be used for the respective purposes communicated to you in this Privacy Policy declaration. We take necessary precautions to protect your personal data from loss, theft, and misuse.

This statement informs you of the cases in which we collect data about you, what data we process, the purposes for which we use it, and to whom it may be passed on. We will also explain your rights regarding your data and how you can assert them.

2.2 Non-anonymous users

During the registration process, submission of request forms, downloading of files, registration for a newsletter, or participation in a competition or prize drawing, we collect personal data such as first and last name, address, email address, telephone numbers, or date of birth, as well as any other data voluntarily entered by the registered user in their user profile.

We use this data to process inquiries received, enable and verify your access, and notify and/or publish the winners of competitions and prize drawings. As a basis for access to online products, data on individual usage behavior is also collected and evaluated to improve our products. Your data will also be used for customer care and personalized marketing purposes (e.g., pop-ups).

The online transmission of personal data between the user’s browser and victorytiles.com servers is encrypted using the HTTPS protocol. To enable the functionality of this encryption technology, the user is obligated to use the current browser versions.

2.3 Anonymous users of our website

When you visit our website, we and third parties collect, store, and use data from both registered and non-registered users through “cookies” and similar technologies. Cookies are text files stored on the user’s device that allow for the analysis of the use of the products.

This technology enables the recognition of individual users as (returning) visitors and the offering of individualized services and products. Generally, the use of cookies serves to improve our services and make them more effective and secure. Users of our website can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting “do not accept cookies” in their browser settings. However, this may hinder the website's functionality and make it more difficult for users to optimize their online services.

Furthermore, the use of our digital services is measured and evaluated by various technological systems, primarily from third-party providers. These technologies are used, in particular, to analyze the surfing behavior of users and to measure reach. Reach measurement can be used by advertisers to determine how many targeted individuals were reached by their efforts. The information collected with such technologies can also be used for marketing purposes, to improve products and websites, to evaluate usage behavior, and to deliver and design personalized advertising formats (e.g., through pop-ups).

In addition to the browser cookie setting, we offer the option of accepting two different cookie settings:

  1. EU-compatible cookies that are always enabled: Google Analytics (with anonymized IP), Google Tag Manager, online ads.
  2. All cookies (activated services):
    i) Third-party embedded content and services
    ii) Embedded functions of various social media services (Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, email, Twitter, etc.)
2.3.1 Use of Google Analytics

victorytiles.com uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies stored on your computer to enable an analysis of the use of the website.

The information determined by these cookies (time, location, pages accessed, and anonymized IP address) is sent to Google and stored in the USA.

3. Disclosure of personal data to third parties

We do not disclose personal data to third parties unless required by law or court order.

This does not include the disclosure of personal data to third parties:
a) For the legal protection of users.
b) To meet legal requirements.
c) To defend and protect the rights of the provider.
d) To comply with the terms of use or data protection regulations.
e) To solve technical problems of the products.
f) To process your inquiries via a form on our website, which requires the transmission of data to process your inquiry or order. In these cases, the transmission of data is limited to the necessary minimum for their order fulfillment.
g) To cooperate with service partners of the provider, who support us, especially in the marketing area, for the analysis of certain technical data and for functions of the processing and/or storage of data. We work with a limited number of trusted external service partners who have been carefully selected by us and meet high data protection and security standards. Data is only disclosed to service partners to the extent necessary for the provision of the services offered.

4. Transfer to other countries

If necessary and appropriate for the data processing described in this Privacy Policy declaration, we may also transfer your personal data to third parties abroad. If the level of data protection in the country concerned is not adequate, we contractually ensure that the protection of your personal data is maintained to a high standard. We ensure this by concluding EU standard contractual clauses with the companies concerned, by verifying that the respective companies are certified according to Swiss-US or EU-US Privacy Shield (if the data recipient is located in the USA or stores the data there), and/or by the presence of Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) recognized by a European data protection authority for the companies concerned.

5. Plug-ins and other integration of third-party services

Our digital services are networked in many ways with third-party functions and systems, for example, by integrating plug-ins into third-party social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. If you have a user account with these third parties, it may also be possible for them to measure and evaluate your use of our digital services. Other personal data, such as IP address, personal browser settings, and other parameters, may be transmitted to and stored by these third parties. We have no control over the use of such personal data collected by third parties and assume no responsibility or liability for it. This Privacy Policy declaration and the responsibility of victorytiles.com do not apply to such data processing.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy declaration

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy declaration at any time. We will inform you of such changes via the contact information provided by you (e.g., email) or by an appropriate notice on the website. Any modification is effective from the date of the update.