1. Scope and Consent

1.1 This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") is applicable to the website themot.store (the "Website") and refers to the processing of personal data during both the Website navigation by users who only consult the Website and the interaction with the services and features offered through the Website (including the online store) by users who freely provide their information by filling in specific forms and/or via email in order to access reserved sections within the Website or receive newsletter and/or commercial and promotional information.If the user is purchasing as a guest customer we will not process his data for profiling purposes.

1.2 The Privacy Policy specifies the identity of the data controller that controls and manages the personal data collected and processed through the Website, and indicates which personal information is to be collected, the purposes and ways of processing and communicating to third parties the user's personal data, the security measures adopted in order to protect said data and the ways in which the user may check the data processing regarding his/her person and exercise his/her rights.

1.3 By using the Website the user consents to our collection, use, disclosure, retention, storage and transfer of his/her personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We may amend this Privacy Policy and the new terms shall be effective as of the date of publication on the Website.


2. The Data Controllers

2.1 The data controller of the Website is The Mot Store, with registered office in 4/6 West Pilton Rise (Edinburgh) (" The Mot", "we", or "us").

2.2 As indicated in the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, the online store of the Website is managed by the company Semih Kiymaz, with registered office in 4/6 West Pilton Rise (Edinburgh), UK. The Mot deals with managing sales and transactions carried out through the Website, such as processing orders, sale and delivery of products, processing returns and warranties and other activities necessary for the sale of products through the Website. For the managing and the implementation of activities required for the sale of products through the Website, The Mot processes users data (including name and surname, address and user credit card details) acting as data processor.


3. Collection of Personal Information

3.1 User can browse our Website without telling us who he/she is or revealing any personal information about himself/herself. If user chooses to provide us with personal information in order to use our services and features offered through the Website, he/she will no longer be anonymous to us.

3.2 We collect the following types of personal information (collectively "Data") in order to provide you with the use of and access to our Website and/or the relevant e-commerce services and to help us to personalize and to improve your experience on the Website:

(a) Information we collect automatically: the computer systems and processing programs required to run the Website log, during their normal operation, certain data whose acquisition is automatic and inevitable (whenever Internet protocols are used) and which, by their nature, may allow the identification of the users if they are processed and associated with other data held by third parties, including, but not limited to, device ID or unique identifier, device type, geo-location information, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Website, referral URL, IP address, and standard web log information, and anonymous information collected through our use of cookies and web beacons (collectively, " Surfing Data"). The Mot collects Surfing Data exclusively for statistical purposes and in anonymous form in relation to the access of the Website and for purposes of monitoring the correct functioning of the Website and of enhancing the Website functioning and content.

(b) data provided voluntarily by users: personal information provided voluntarily by users via email, user interaction with the Website's features, requests for services offered by the Website, completion of specific forms to access reserved sections of the Website and to be provided with e-commerce service offered through the Website, including name, gender, email address, phone number, physical contact information, (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information, such as credit card and/or or bank account numbers, postage, billing and other information user provides to purchase products through the Website, as well as additional personal information we may ask you for to provide our services.

3.3 Minimum age limit
It is very important for The Mot to protect the personal information of children. Although local laws and regulations have different definitions of children, we regard anyone under 16 years as a child. Children are not allowed to create their own user accounts without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. If you are under 16 years old, please purchase our products directly or indirectly through your guardian's account with the consent of your guardian. If we find that we have collected personal information about a child without the prior consent of a verifiable parent, the data will be deleted as soon as possible. If you have concerns about your child's privacy, or if you think your child may have entered personal data, please send an email to info@themot.store.


4. Cookies and Automatic data collection tools

4.1 The Website uses automatic systems of data collection such as cookies. A cookie is a device transmitted to the hard disk of an Internet user: it does not contain intelligible information but it allows linking between an Internet user and his/her personal data (such as, by way of example, user's IP address and other information about user's experience on the Website and his/her preferences expressed while choosing services and purchasing products offered by the Website) provided by the user on the Website. Cookies are disseminated by servers and no one may gain access to information contained therein. These information and data are gathered directly and automatically by the Website and are processed in a collective and anonymous way.


5. Data submission

5.1 The submission of Data by the user is necessary to subscribe to the Website and to access the services and features offered by the Website and in the reserved areas, including the online store and the relevant e-commerce services. Failure to provide Data will prevent the user from accessing and using said services and features.

5.2 The submission of Data for marketing purposes is always voluntary and optional. Any non-submission of Data for such activities will have no consequence on the user's ability to use the services and features offered by the Website.


6. Processing methods and purposes

6.1 Data shall be processed manually or with the aid of electronic tools for the following purposes:

(a) operations management of Website navigation and relevant access data;

(b) data security and Website security management;

(c) to provide e-commerce services offered through the Website;

(d) to provide other services requested by users as described when we collect the information;

(e) to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud, security breaches, potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and to enforce our General Terms and Conditions of Sale and General Terms and Conditions of Use;

(f) for market research and statistical processing;

(g) to contact users for other purposes authorized by the applicable law.

6.2 We do not sell users' Data to third parties for their marketing purposes without users' explicit consent. We may combine users' Data with information we collect from other sources and use it to improve and personalize our advertising and marketing to users.


7. Storing and Protecting Data

7.1 Data collected will be stored and processed via an electronic system located in The Mot and elsewhere in the world. We retain your personal data for 5 years from the subscription date for the purposes specified in the paragraph 6. However, in some circumstances, we may retain personal data for longer periods of time, for instance where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements. After this period, your data will be permanently erased or otherwise rendered anonymous in an irreversible way.


8. Data Subject's Rights

9.1 User is entitled to obtain, at any time, a copy of their information and to have any inaccuracies corrected. Where appropriate, the user may have their personal information erased, rectified, amended or completed. Please write to us at The Mot via email to info@themot.store.

9.2 User may revoke, at any time, consent to the delivery of commercial and promotional material via email by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in every commercial communication sent by The Mot.



This Privacy Policy was last updated on 27/05/2022.