Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

BlueberryKids acts as the controller of the personal data covered by this policy.

Address: Doğanköy Mahallesi, Çubuklu Sokak, Blue Palms Residence, Shop No. 9, Kyrenia / TRNC
Telephone and WhatsApp: +90 548 858 25 83
Email: info@blueberrykids.com
Website: blueberrykidscy.com

2. Personal Data We Collect

Depending on how you use our website and communicate with us, we may process:

• Your name, surname and similar identification details,
• Your telephone number, email address and other contact details,
• Messages, requests and comments submitted through our contact form, email or WhatsApp,
• Records relating to requests, complaints and customer communications,
• IP address, browser, device, operating system, visit time and server log information,
• Language preferences and usage information obtained through cookies or similar technologies.

Please do not submit special-category personal data or personal data relating to children through free-text fields. We do not specifically request such information.

3. How We Collect Personal Data

Your personal data may be collected electronically or verbally through:

• Contact forms available on our website,
• Email, telephone and WhatsApp communications,
• Direct communications with our store,
• Cookies, server logs and security technologies,
• Social media or online store channels that you choose to visit.

4. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing

We may process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Responding to your questions, requests, suggestions and complaints,
• Providing information about requested products or services,
• Managing customer communications and improving service quality,
• Maintaining the security, continuity and proper operation of the website,
• Remembering your language and usage preferences,
• Complying with legal obligations and responding to authorised public bodies,
• Establishing, exercising or protecting legal rights,
• Sending promotional or marketing communications where you have given consent.

Your data is processed on the basis of your consent, contractual or pre-contractual necessity, compliance with legal obligations, legitimate interests and other grounds permitted by applicable law. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use strictly necessary cookies to operate correctly, maintain security and remember your language preferences. If non-essential analytics, advertising or personalisation cookies are used, they will only be activated according to your choices.

You may change your preferences through the website’s cookie panel or your browser settings. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent certain website features from working correctly.

Viewing this privacy policy does not constitute consent to the use of non-essential cookies.

6. Sharing and International Transfers

Your personal data may be shared, where necessary and limited to the relevant purpose, with:

• Hosting, information technology, security, email and technical support providers,
• Communication, mapping, analytics and social media service providers,
• Authorised legal, accounting or professional advisers,
• Courts, regulators and other legally authorised public bodies.

Some digital service providers may operate servers outside the TRNC. If an international transfer takes place, it will be carried out subject to the permissions, licences, security measures and appropriate safeguards required by applicable law.

BlueberryKids does not sell your personal data to third parties.

7. Retention and Data Security

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy and for any applicable statutory retention or limitation periods. At the end of these periods, the data is deleted, destroyed, blocked or anonymised.

Appropriate technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, disclosure or unlawful processing. Nevertheless, no method of transmitting data over the internet can guarantee absolute security.

8. Your Rights

Depending on the applicable data protection legislation, you may have the right to:

• Learn whether your personal data is being processed,
• Access your personal data and information about its source,
• Learn the purposes of processing and the recipients of your data,
• Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data,
• Request deletion, destruction or blocking where the legal conditions are met,
• Object to certain processing activities on legitimate grounds,
• Withdraw your consent at any time,
• Request restriction of processing or data portability where applicable,
• Lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.

You may submit a request concerning your rights to info@blueberrykids.com. We may request additional information to verify your identity and request. Applications will be answered within the period required by law and generally no later than 30 days.

9. Children’s Privacy

Although BlueberryKids offers products for children, this website is intended for parents and other adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children. If you believe that a child’s personal data has been submitted without the necessary authorisation, please contact us so that it can be removed.

10. External Links and Platforms

Our website may contain links to external platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, mapping services and the BlueberryKids online store . Processing carried out through these platforms may also be subject to their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing the relevant privacy notice before using an external platform.

11. Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated following changes to legislation, the technologies we use or our data-processing activities. The latest version will be published on this page together with its revision date.