Privacy Policy
Last updated: 14 May 2025
This privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”) describes how [De Tomaso Automobili Limited and De Tomaso Automobili GMBH] (“De Tomaso”, "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, and/or make a purchase from www.detomaso-automobili.com (the "DT Store") or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
Data Controller and Data Protection Officer
Unless otherwise expressly stated in this or a specific Privacy Policy based thereon and, if applicable, in the further special data protection notices of the respective service, the entity responsible for data processing within the meaning of the data protection laws is:
De Tomaso Automobili GmbH
Kopernikusstrasse 31,
D-85092 Kösching,
Germany
Email: data@detomaso-automobili.com
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or idea relating to data protection.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we collect and have collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with our website(s) and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.
(a) Information We Collect Directly from You
If you choose to engage in the services offered on our website(s), we will collect personal information from you. Information that you directly submit to us through our Services may include:
Basic contact details including your name, address, phone number, email.
Order information including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, phone number.
Account information including your username, password, security questions.
Shopping information including the items you view, put in your cart or add to your wishlist.
Customer support information including the information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending a message through the Services.
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide us with certain information about yourself. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.
(b) Information We Collect through Cookies
In addition to the personal information you provide directly, we also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our website(s) and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address and other information regarding your interaction with the Services.
In order to gather this data, we employ Cookies and similar tracking technologies. Cookies are small text files sent by your browser to your device, which can be either persistent (remaining on your device for a predetermined period or until you delete them) or session-based (deleted once you close your browser). When you interact with or visit the website(s), we and our third-party providers may install several Cookies on your device. For specific information about the Cookies that we use related to powering our store with Shopify, see https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies.
(c) Information We Obtain from Third Parties
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
Companies who support our website(s) and Services, such as Shopify.
Our payment processors, who collect payment information, including but not limited to, bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address, to process your payment in order to fulfill your orders and provide you with products or services you have requested, in order to perform our contract with you.
When you visit our website(s), open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries, and Cookies.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party's policies or practices. For more information, see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services in order to perform our contract with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, to send notifications to you related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges and to enable you to post reviews.
Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our website(s) and other websites.
Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal or malicious activity. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. Communicating with you. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests in order to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
Pricing
The prices of the Products are the respective prices listed on the DT Store on the date of your Order.
All prices stated in offers of Products include the applicable VAT upon selecting the delivery location within the European Union (“EU”). Delivery charges will be automatically added to the total amount due once the delivery destination and chosen delivery method have been selected.
Delivery charges will be listed on the check-out page upon confirming your offer to purchase.
All prices displayed on the DT Store are quoted in the local currency based on your location settings unless you change your location settings when you place your Order, in which case the local currency will be displayed where possible. Prices must be paid in full, including delivery charges, except where discounts are offered as detailed on the Website.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use Cookies on our website(s). For specific information about the Cookies that we use related to powering our store with Shopify, see https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use Cookies to power and improve our website(s) and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to run analytics and better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests to administer, improve and optimize the Services). We may also permit third parties and services providers to use Cookies on our website(s) to better tailor the services, products and advertising on our website(s) and other websites.
Cookies, which are necessary for electronic communication transactions, or for providing specific functions that you wish to use, or for website optimization, are stored based on Article 6, Section 1, lit. f of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), unless a different legal basis is specified. We and Shopify have a legitimate interest in storing Cookies to ensure the optimized provision of our Services. If your consent is required for storing Cookies, the respective Cookies are stored exclusively based on the obtained consent in accordance with Article 6, Section 1, lit. a GDPR. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Most browsers automatically accept Cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject Cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies can negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, to work incorrectly or no longer be available. Additionally, blocking Cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners.
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
With vendors. De Tomaso may share your personal information with vendors who perform Services on our behalf. They may include, but are not limited to, IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping.
With business and marketing partners. De Tomaso may share your personal information with business and marketing partners, including Shopify, to provide Services and advertise to you. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group. De Tomaso may share your personal information with our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group. We consider such disclosure to be in our legitimate interests to run a successful business.
With third parties. In certain circumstances, it may be necessary for us to share your personal information with third parties, including legal advisors, law enforcement agencies, governmental or regulatory bodies. This is done to safeguard our legal interests and rights, prevent fraud or illegal activities, mitigate risks, ensure compliance with legal obligations, and protect against potential harm. De Tomaso considers this disclosure to be based on our compliance with applicable laws, legal obligations, and our legitimate interest in protecting the rights of individuals.
In the event of a corporate reorganization. If we engage in or plan to engage in a business transaction that modifies the structure of our company, such as a reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale, joint venture, assignment, consolidation, transfer, change of control, or other disposition of our business, assets, or stock, De Tomaso may share personal information with relevant third parties. This includes the buyer or target, their agents, and advisors, to facilitate and complete the transaction. Additionally, if we undergo bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings, we may share personal information with third parties. We consider this disclosure to be in our legitimate interest in conducting our business.
With your consent. When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent. Apart from the reasons identified above, we may request your permission to share your personal information for a specific purpose. We will request for your consent before collecting or sharing your personal information for such purpose and you shall have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
We will, in the next 12 months disclose the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information (denoted by *) about users for the purposes set out above in "Collection of Your Personal Information" and "How we Disclose Personal Information":
Category | Categories of Recipients |
Identifiers such as basic contact details and certain order and account information | Vendors and third parties who perform services on our behalf (such as Internet service providers, payment processors, fulfilment partners, customer support partners and data analytics providers) |
Commercial information such as order information, shopping information and customer support information | Business and marketing partners |
Internet or other similar network activity, such as Usage Data | Affiliates |
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purposes of inferring characteristics about you.
We will “sell” and “share” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information over the preceding next 12 months for the purpose of engaging in advertising and marketing activities, as follows.
Category | Categories of Recipients |
Identifiers such as basic contact details and certain order and account information | Business and marketing partners |
Commercial information such as records of products or services purchased and shopping information | Business and marketing partners |
Internet or other similar network activity, such as Usage Data | Business and marketing partners |
User Generated Content
The Services may enable you to post product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user generated content to any public area of the Services, this content will be public and accessible by anyone.
We do not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make available to others, and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information that you make publicly available, or for the accuracy, use or misuse of any information that you disclose or receive from third parties.
Third Party Websites and Links
Our website(s) may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Children’s Data
Our website(s) may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Information Security
Our website(s) may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Retention
Our website(s) may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right of Portability. You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
Right to Opt out of Sale or Sharing or Targeted Advertising. You may have a right to direct us not to "sell" or "share" your personal information or to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes considered to be "targeted advertising", as defined in applicable privacy laws. Please note that if you visit our website(s) with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of information for the device and browser that you use to visit the website(s).
Right to Limit and/or Opt out of Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You may have a right to direct us to limit our use and/or disclosure of sensitive personal information to only what is necessary to perform the Services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average individual.
Restriction of Processing. You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.
Withdrawal of Consent. Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw this consent.
Appeal. You may have a right to appeal our decision if we decline to process your request. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.
Managing Communication Preferences. We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.
You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on our website(s) or by contacting us using the contact details provided above.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request. In accordance with applicable laws, You may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.
We use Shopify's ad services such as Shopify Audiences to help personalize the advertising you see on third party websites. To restrict Shopify merchants that use these ad services from using your personal information for such services, visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.
Rights of Individual under the GDPR
If the processing of your personal information is governed by the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your processed personal information:
Right to Access. You have the right to request copies of your personal data. Please note that there may be exceptions where you may not receive all the personal data we process.
Right to Rectification. You have the right to request the correction of any inaccurate personal data. You can also ask us to complete any incomplete information.
Right to Erasure. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data.
Right to Restrict Processing. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the limitation of processing your personal data. For additional ways to restrict the processing of your personal data, please refer to the section "Your Rights and Choices".
Right to Object to Processing. You have the right to object, at any time, to the processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interests, provided there are reasons specific to your situation. For additional ways to object to the processing of your personal data, please refer to the section "Your Rights and Choices".
Right to Data Portability. You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data from us to another organization or to receive it in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Lodge a Complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that your rights under the GDPR have been violated.
Complaints
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided above in the “Data Controller and Data Protection Officer” section. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority.
International Users
Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in, including the United States. Your personal information is also processed by staff and third-party service providers and partners in these countries.
If we transfer your personal information out of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Notice is subject to change. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the website(s), update the "Last updated" date and take any other steps required by applicable law. If we make any changes that materially affect your privacy rights, we will notify you via email or by prominent posting on the Website.