Privacy policy
1) Introduction and Contact Information for the Data Controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we provide information about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to personally identify you.
1.2 The data controller for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Ibtissam Belyouaou, Rif Coast, Bibienastraße 6, 68167 Mannheim, Germany, Tel.: 01637929919, Email: info@rifcoast.com. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
2.1 When you use our website solely for informational purposes—that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information—we collect only the data that your browser transmits to the web server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
The page you visited
Date and time of access
Amount of data transmitted in bytes
Source/referrer from which you accessed the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
Data processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” and the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
3.1 Shopify
We use the system provided by the following provider to host our website and display its content: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland (“Shopify”)
Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada
All data collected on our website is processed on the provider’s servers. We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
When data is transferred to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission.
3.2 Shopify
We use a content delivery network provided by the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland (“Shopify”)
Data may also be transferred to:
Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada
Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
This service enables us to deliver large media files, such as graphics, page content, or scripts, more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission.
For data transfers to the U.S., the data recipient has adhered to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with European data protection standards.
4) Cookies
To make your visit to our website more enjoyable and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies—small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.
If personal data is processed through individual cookies we use, such processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR either for the performance of a contract, in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR in the event that consent has been given, or in accordance with Article 6( 1(f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective experience for visitors.
You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them, or to block the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
5) Contacting Us
When you contact us (e.g., via the contact form or email), personal data is processed—exclusively for the purpose of handling and responding to your inquiry and only to the extent necessary for that purpose.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact is aimed at entering into a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted when it is evident from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided that no statutory retention obligations preclude this.
6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account
In accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. The data required to open an account is specified in the input fields of the corresponding form on our website.
You may delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller’s address listed above. After your customer account is deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded in connection with it have been fully fulfilled, no statutory retention periods preclude this, and we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store the data.
7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing
Subscription to Our Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will periodically send you information about our offers. The only required information for receiving the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional information is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter, which ensures that you will only receive the newsletter once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive it by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address you provided.
By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent to process your personal data in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. In doing so, we store the IP address assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of your registration, in order to be able to trace any potential misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you subscribe to the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the data controller named at the beginning of this notice. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to the continued use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes that are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.
8) Data Processing for Order Fulfilment
8.1 To the extent necessary for contract fulfillment for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect will be disclosed to the contracted shipping company and the contracted financial institution in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
If, based on a corresponding contract, we are obligated to provide updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products, we process the contact information you provided when placing your order in order to personally inform you in accordance with our statutory information obligations under Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. Your contact information is used strictly for the specific purpose of communicating updates that we are obligated to provide and is processed by us for this purpose only to the extent necessary to provide the respective information.
8.2 Use of Payment Service Providers
- PayPal
This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg
If you select a payment method from this provider that requires you to pay in advance, your payment details provided during the order process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number), as well as information about the contents of your order, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. In this case, your data is transferred exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
If you select a payment method where we advance the payment, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, ZIP code, city, date of birth, email address, phone number, and, if applicable, details regarding an alternative payment method).
In such cases, to safeguard our legitimate interest in verifying your creditworthiness, we will forward this data to the provider in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR for the purpose of a credit check. Based on the personal data you have provided, as well as additional data (such as your shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, and payment history), the provider assesses whether the payment method you have selected can be granted in light of payment default and/or credit risk.
The credit report may contain probability values (so-called “score values”). To the extent that score values are included in the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical method. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things but not exclusively, address data.
You may object to this processing of your data at any time by notifying us or the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.
- Shopify Payments
This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland
If you select a payment method from this provider that requires you to pay in advance (such as a credit card payment), the payment data you provided during the ordering process (including your name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number), as well as information about the contents of your order, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. In this case, your data is transferred exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
8.3 Electronic Cancellation Function for Distance Contracts
Consumers who enter into contracts on this website for which a statutory right of cancellation applies have the option to declare their cancellation via an electronic cancellation function in accordance with the applicable cancellation provisions.
When using the withdrawal function, in addition to information identifying the contract to be withdrawn from, other personal information—such as the consumer’s first and last name and email address—must be provided or confirmed.
The collection of this information and its transmission to us is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the proper processing of the withdrawal. Also based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, the personal data provided is used to confirm receipt of the notice of withdrawal via email. Another legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. We are legally required to provide an electronic withdrawal function for consumer distance sales contracts subject to a fee.
9) Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain valid user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “Cookie Consent Tool” is displayed to users when they visit the site in the form of an interactive user interface, where they can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking the appropriate boxes. When the tool is used, all cookies and services requiring consent are loaded only if the respective user grants the appropriate consent by checking the corresponding boxes. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user’s device only if consent has been granted.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and, consequently, in the legally compliant design of our website.
Another legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. As the data controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically non-essential cookies contingent upon the user’s consent.
Where necessary, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the settings options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
10) Rights of the Data Subject
10.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller regarding the processing of your personal data; please refer to the cited legal basis for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:
Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
10.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF, AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS RELATED TO YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO SUCH PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
11) Retention Period for Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—where applicable—the respective statutory retention period (e.g., retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, the data in question will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in connection with contractual or quasi-contractual obligations based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted upon expiration of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer necessary for the performance of a contract or for taking steps toward entering into a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store it.
When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
Unless otherwise specified in the other information in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Last updated: September 25, 2026, 9:33:15 PM