Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 14, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Edward Lawson ("Edward Lawson," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit https://www.edward-lawson.com/ (the "Website"), make a purchase, communicate with us, or otherwise use our services.

We respect your privacy and process personal information in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.

Our store is operated from Germany and is currently focused on serving customers located in the United States.

1. BUSINESS AND CONTROLLER INFORMATION

The business responsible for the processing of personal information described in this Privacy Policy is:

Legal business name:
Sylvia Becker

Brand name:
Edward Lawson

Business address:
Bischofsheimer Weg 101A
63075 Offenbach am Main
Germany

Privacy and support email:
support@edward-lawson.com

Customer support phone:
+49 178 7933337

Customer support hours:
Monday–Friday,  9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (GMT-4)

Website:
https://www.edward-lawson.com/

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal information, please contact us using the details above.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Depending on how you interact with our Website and services, we may collect the following categories of personal information.

Information You Provide to Us

This may include:

  • full name;

  • email address;

  • telephone number;

  • billing address;

  • shipping address;

  • account information, where applicable;

  • order and transaction information;

  • products purchased or returned;

  • communications with customer support;

  • return, refund, or complaint information;

  • information submitted through forms, reviews, comments, or other Website features; and

  • marketing preferences.

Payment and Transaction Information

When you make a purchase, payment information is processed by Shopify and/or the payment providers available during checkout.

We generally do not directly receive or store complete payment card numbers.

We may receive limited transaction information such as:

  • payment status;

  • payment method;

  • transaction identifiers;

  • billing information; and

  • fraud-related information necessary to process and administer your order.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or interact with the Website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address;

  • browser type;

  • device type;

  • operating system;

  • device identifiers;

  • pages viewed;

  • referring website or source;

  • date and time of visits;

  • Website interactions;

  • shopping cart activity;

  • checkout activity;

  • approximate location derived from technical information;

  • cookie identifiers;

  • advertising identifiers; and

  • similar usage and diagnostic information.

Some of this information may be collected through cookies, pixels, tags, software development kits, local storage, or similar technologies.

3. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use personal information for the following purposes.

Processing and Fulfilling Orders

We use information such as your name, contact information, delivery address, billing information, and order details to:

  • process orders;

  • receive payment confirmation;

  • arrange fulfillment;

  • arrange shipping and delivery;

  • provide order confirmations and updates;

  • manage cancellations;

  • process returns and refunds; and

  • provide customer service relating to purchases.

Customer Service

We use personal information to:

  • respond to questions;

  • address complaints;

  • resolve order or delivery issues;

  • process return requests;

  • provide product support; and

  • communicate with you regarding our services.

Security and Fraud Prevention

We may process information to:

  • detect suspected fraud;

  • identify unauthorized transactions;

  • prevent abuse;

  • protect customer accounts;

  • maintain Website security; and

  • protect our legal rights and those of our customers and service providers.

Website Operation and Improvement

We may use information to:

  • operate and maintain the Website;

  • understand Website performance;

  • diagnose technical problems;

  • understand how customers interact with our store;

  • improve products, services, Website functionality, and customer experience; and

  • perform internal business analysis.

Advertising and Marketing

Where permitted by applicable law, we may use information to:

  • measure advertising effectiveness;

  • understand how customers discover our Website;

  • display relevant advertisements;

  • create or measure advertising audiences;

  • perform remarketing or retargeting;

  • attribute purchases or Website activity to advertising campaigns; and

  • send marketing communications where you have subscribed or where otherwise permitted by applicable law.

You may withdraw marketing consent or unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the communication or by contacting us.

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

We may process and retain personal information where necessary to:

  • comply with tax and accounting obligations;

  • maintain legally required business records;

  • respond to lawful requests from authorities;

  • establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; and

  • comply with other applicable legal obligations.

4. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Where the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") or comparable data protection laws apply, we process personal information only where we have an appropriate legal basis.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include the following.

Performance of a Contract

We process personal information where necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you, including processing:

  • orders;

  • payments;

  • deliveries;

  • returns;

  • refunds; and

  • purchase-related customer service.

Compliance With Legal Obligations

We process certain personal information where required to comply with legal obligations, including:

  • tax obligations;

  • accounting requirements;

  • recordkeeping requirements;

  • consumer protection requirements; and

  • regulatory obligations.

Legitimate Interests

We may process personal information where necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

These interests may include:

  • operating and improving our business;

  • providing customer support;

  • securing our Website;

  • preventing fraud;

  • protecting legal rights;

  • understanding Website performance; and

  • improving our products and services.

Consent

Where required, we rely on your consent for certain processing activities, including certain:

  • marketing communications;

  • analytics technologies;

  • advertising technologies; and

  • non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

5. SHOPIFY

Our online store is hosted and powered by Shopify.

Shopify provides the e-commerce infrastructure that enables us to operate the Website, process customer interactions, manage orders, and provide other store functionality.

Shopify may process personal information on our behalf as a service provider or data processor.

For certain Shopify features or consumer services, including services such as Shop or Shop Pay, Shopify may process personal information under its own privacy responsibilities and terms.

Depending on the Shopify features enabled on our store, Shopify may also process information to provide services such as:

  • fraud prevention;

  • analytics;

  • personalization;

  • performance measurement; and

  • advertising-related functionality.

You should also review Shopify's applicable privacy documentation for information regarding Shopify's own processing practices.

6. PAYMENT PROCESSING

Payments are processed through Shopify and/or third-party payment providers made available during checkout.

Payment providers may collect and process information necessary to:

  • authorize transactions;

  • process payments;

  • prevent fraud;

  • manage disputes and chargebacks; and

  • comply with financial and regulatory obligations.

We do not generally store complete credit or debit card details on our own Website.

Your use of a particular payment provider may also be subject to that provider's own privacy policy and terms.

7. SHIPPING, FULFILLMENT, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

To process and deliver orders, we may disclose necessary personal information to service providers involved in operating our business.

These may include:

  • Shopify and e-commerce technology providers;

  • payment processors;

  • fulfillment providers;

  • warehouses;

  • suppliers involved in fulfilling orders;

  • shipping carriers and logistics companies;

  • customer service providers;

  • email and communication providers;

  • fraud prevention providers;

  • IT and hosting providers;

  • analytics providers;

  • advertising and marketing providers;

  • professional advisers; and

  • other service providers necessary to operate our business.

We disclose only the information reasonably necessary for the relevant provider to perform its services or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

8. BUSINESS TRANSFERS

We may disclose or transfer personal information in connection with a business transaction, including:

  • a merger;

  • acquisition;

  • financing;

  • restructuring;

  • reorganization;

  • sale of all or part of our business or assets; or

  • another similar corporate transaction.

Any such disclosure or transfer will be handled in accordance with applicable law and subject to appropriate privacy protections where required.

9. ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING

We may use analytics and advertising technologies to understand Website performance, measure marketing campaigns, and improve our advertising.

Depending on the services enabled on our Website, these may include:

  • Shopify analytics and related Shopify services;

  • Google Analytics;

  • Google Ads conversion measurement and advertising technologies; and

  • other advertising, analytics, or marketing technologies that we activate for the store.

These technologies may collect information such as:

  • IP address;

  • device and browser information;

  • Website activity;

  • pages viewed;

  • products viewed;

  • shopping cart interactions;

  • checkout interactions;

  • purchases;

  • referring sources;

  • advertising identifiers; and

  • cookie or similar identifiers.

Advertising providers may use certain information to measure advertising effectiveness or provide personalized or targeted advertising where permitted by applicable law.

Where consent is legally required for non-essential analytics or advertising technologies, we will request consent before activating those technologies.

You may be able to manage your preferences through our cookie or privacy controls.

10. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small data files stored on or accessed through your device.

We may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These technologies are necessary for core Website functionality, including:

  • maintaining your shopping cart;

  • enabling checkout;

  • maintaining security;

  • processing authentication where applicable; and

  • providing services that you expressly request.

Functional Cookies

These technologies may be used to remember preferences and improve Website functionality.

Analytics Cookies

These technologies help us understand how visitors use the Website and how the Website performs.

Advertising Cookies

These technologies may be used to:

  • measure advertising campaigns;

  • perform attribution;

  • create advertising audiences;

  • support remarketing or retargeting; or

  • provide personalized or targeted advertising.

Where applicable law requires consent, non-essential cookies and similar technologies will be used only after the required consent has been obtained.

You may manage available cookie choices through our cookie banner, privacy settings, or your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.

11. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

If you subscribe to marketing communications, we may use your contact information to send you information regarding:

  • products;

  • promotions;

  • offers; and

  • other marketing content.

Where legally required, we send such communications only with your consent.

You may unsubscribe at any time by:

Transactional communications relating to your orders, account, security, returns, refunds, or customer service are not marketing communications and may still be sent where necessary.

12. SALE, SHARING, AND TARGETED ADVERTISING

Some U.S. state privacy laws define certain disclosures of personal information for advertising purposes as a "sale," "sharing," or "targeted advertising," even where personal information is not exchanged for money.

Depending on the technologies and services enabled on our Website, certain advertising or analytics activities may fall within these definitions under applicable U.S. state privacy laws.

Where required by applicable law, eligible consumers may have the right to opt out of:

  • the sale of personal information;

  • the sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising; or

  • processing for targeted advertising.

Where available, these choices can be exercised through the privacy controls or data-sharing opt-out functionality provided on our Website or by contacting us at support@edward-lawson.com.

Where required by applicable law and supported by our Website technology, we also recognize applicable browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control.

We do not knowingly sell personal information in the conventional sense of exchanging customer information for direct monetary payment.

13. USER-GENERATED AND PUBLIC CONTENT

If you submit content intended to be publicly displayed through our Website, such as:

  • product reviews;

  • ratings;

  • photographs;

  • comments; or

  • other public submissions,

that content and any personal information you choose to include may be visible to other users or members of the public.

Please avoid including information in public submissions that you do not wish to make publicly available.

Once information has been made public, third parties may access, copy, or use that information independently of us.

We cannot control the actions of third parties who access information that you choose to make publicly available.

14. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

We operate from Germany, sell to customers in the United States, and use service providers that may operate in multiple countries.

As a result, personal information may be processed in countries other than the country where it was originally collected.

For example, Shopify and its service providers may process information through international infrastructure, and shipping or fulfillment information may be transferred to providers in locations necessary to fulfill your order.

Where applicable data protection laws require safeguards for international transfers, we use or rely on appropriate legal mechanisms.

These may include:

  • adequacy decisions;

  • Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission;

  • contractual data protection safeguards; or

  • other legally recognized transfer mechanisms.

15. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Retention periods may depend on factors including:

  • the duration of our customer relationship;

  • order fulfillment;

  • customer support;

  • returns and refunds;

  • fraud prevention;

  • accounting requirements;

  • tax requirements;

  • legal recordkeeping requirements;

  • dispute resolution; and

  • the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Where we are legally required to retain certain records, we will retain those records for the required statutory period.

When information is no longer reasonably required and no legal obligation requires continued retention, we may delete or anonymize it.

16. DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against:

  • unauthorized access;

  • loss;

  • misuse;

  • alteration;

  • unauthorized disclosure; and

  • destruction.

We also rely on established technology and payment service providers to process certain information securely.

However, no Internet transmission, Website, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

17. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the right to:

  • request access to personal information we hold about you;

  • receive information about how your information is processed;

  • request correction of inaccurate information;

  • request deletion of personal information;

  • request restriction of certain processing;

  • object to certain processing;

  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;

  • request portability of certain personal information;

  • opt out of certain marketing;

  • opt out of certain sale, sharing, or targeted advertising activities where applicable;

  • appeal certain privacy-request decisions where applicable; and

  • lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

These rights are subject to applicable legal requirements, limitations, and exceptions.

To exercise a privacy right, contact us at:

support@edward-lawson.com

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

You will not be unlawfully discriminated against for exercising applicable privacy rights.

18. GDPR AND EEA DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

Where the GDPR applies, you may have rights including:

  • the right of access;

  • the right to rectification;

  • the right to erasure;

  • the right to restriction of processing;

  • the right to data portability;

  • the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests;

  • the right to object at any time to processing for direct marketing;

  • the right to withdraw consent; and

  • rights relating to certain automated decision-making.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

Where you withdraw consent, the withdrawal will not affect processing that was lawful before the withdrawal.

19. U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws.

Depending on the relevant law and whether it applies to our business, these rights may include:

  • the right to know or access categories or specific pieces of personal information;

  • the right to request correction;

  • the right to request deletion;

  • the right to obtain a portable copy of certain information;

  • the right to opt out of sale or sharing;

  • the right to opt out of targeted advertising;

  • the right to limit certain uses of sensitive personal information where applicable;

  • the right to appeal certain decisions regarding privacy requests; and

  • the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights.

Not every right applies in every state or in every circumstance.

You may submit a request using the privacy controls available on our Website or by contacting us at support@edward-lawson.com.

Where permitted by applicable law, an authorized agent may submit certain requests on your behalf.

We may request information necessary to verify the authorization and your identity.

20. AUTOMATED PROCESSING AND FRAUD PREVENTION

We and our service providers may use automated systems to identify transactions or activity that may present a fraud, security, or abuse risk.

For example, payment processors, Shopify, or fraud prevention providers may analyze transaction information and technical signals to identify potentially fraudulent activity.

Where applicable law provides rights relating to a decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects, those rights will be respected.

21. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Our Website and Services are not directed toward children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.

We also do not knowingly sell or share personal information belonging to children under 16 for targeted advertising purposes where prohibited by applicable law.

If you believe that a child under 16 has provided personal information to us, please contact us at support@edward-lawson.com so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

Individuals who are not legally capable of entering into a purchase contract should make purchases only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.

22. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of independent third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website or service you use.

23. COMPLAINTS

If you have questions or concerns regarding how we process your personal information, please contact us first at:

support@edward-lawson.com

We will review your concern and respond as appropriate.

Where applicable, you also have the right to submit a complaint to a competent data protection supervisory authority.

24. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:

  • our business practices;

  • our services;

  • technologies used on the Website;

  • service providers;

  • legal or regulatory requirements; or

  • other operational reasons.

The current version will be published on this page together with an updated effective date.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice of material changes.

25. CONTACT US

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise a privacy right, or have concerns regarding how your personal information is processed, please contact us:

Legal business name:
Sylvia Becker

Brand name:
Edward Lawson

Business address:
Bischofsheimer Weg 101A
63075 Offenbach am Main
Germany

Email:
support@edward-lawson.com

Customer support phone:
+49 178 7933337

Customer support hours:
Monday–Friday,  9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (GMT-4)

Website:
https://www.edward-lawson.com/