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Impressum – Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG:

circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Reichenberger Strasse 155
D-10999 Berlin, Germany
Contact: team@circular.fashion

Tax ID Number: DE 317619011
Managing Director: Ina Budde
Commercial Register Number: HRB 195158 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin)

Journalistic and editorial responsibility:

Ina Budde, Reichenberger Strasse 155, 10999 Berlin

Privacy policy

Responsible party pursuant to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is
circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Adress: Skalitzer Straße 97, D-10997 Berlin, Germany,
Contact: team@circular.fashion
Phone +49 30 40 3679170
Tax ID Number: DE 317619011
Managing Director: Ina Budde
Commercial Register Number: HRB 195158 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin)

Your rights as the data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time by contacting us via e-mail at team@circular.fashion
Information on your data stored by us and the processing thereof (Art. 15 GDPR),
Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
Restriction of the data processing, provided that we may not delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR), and Data portability, provide that you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us consent, you may withdraw it at any time, which will remain in effect in the future.
You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g. the supervisory authority of the state of your residence or the authority that oversees us as the responsible party.
You’ll find a list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their respective addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collecting general information during a visit to our website

Type and purpose of the processing

When you access our website – i.e. if you do not register or submit information – information of a general nature will be collected automatically. This information (server log files) contains the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.
It is processed in particular for the following purposes:
Ensuring an unproblematic website connection,
Ensuring seamless use of our website,
Analysis of system security and stability, as well as
For additional administrative purposes.
We will not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. This type of information will be statistically analysed by us if necessary to optimise our website and its underlying technology.

Legal basis

The processing occurs according to Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our website as the processor.

Retention period

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the reason they were collected. This is generally the case, after the respective session has ended, for data that are used to make the website available.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory. Without the IP address however, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services can be unavailable or limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

Type and purpose of the processing

Like many other websites, we use so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
With cookies, we receive certain information such as IP address, type of browser and operating system used.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or to transmit viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation of our site and properly display our webpages for you.
The data collected by us will not be shared with third parties under any circumstances nor will a link to personal data be created without your consent.
Of course, you can view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly configured to accept cookies. In general, you can disable the use of cookies via your browser settings at any time. Please use your internet browser's help function to learn how to change these settings, and keep in mind that individual features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

Retention period and cookies used

If you allow us to use cookies, via your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be utilised on our web pages such as but not limited to:

Matomo website analytics
Session authentication (logged-in users only)
Cookie preferences

In the following sections, we provide you with information concerning how these cookies can (also) pertain to personal data.
In your browser settings, you can delete individual cookies or the entire set of cookies. You will also find information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or prevent them from being saved in advance. The following links provide the information you’ll need for the respective browser providers:

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Opera: https://www.opera.com/o/ie-simple
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=en_US

Registration on our website

Type and purpose of the processing

Some of our services are only accessible to registered users, such as the Circular Material Library, the Circular Design Software. With the registration to use our personalised services, personal data are collected and need to be submitted by you in the respective registration form. The following data are required for us to grant access to you to our personalised services:

Name
Email address
Password
Phone number (optional)
Company sector
Company name and address
Company department (optional)
Company website
Chosen user group

The user must complete the registration process by accepting our Terms and Conditions. If you are registered with us, you can access our personalised services.
Registered users also have the ability to change or delete the data entered during registration at any time. At any time, we will also provide you with information on the personal data about you that we have saved.

Legal basis

The data entered during registration are processed on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR).
If the registration fulfils the obligations of a contract, whose contractual party is the data subject, or serves to implement pre-contractual measures, the additional legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our website as the processor.

Retention period

Data are only processed in this context provided that the corresponding consent has been given. The data will be deleted thereafter, provided that no statutory retention obligations prohibit the deletion. To contact us in this regard, please use the contact information provided at the end of this privacy policy.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot give you access to our content and services.

Fashion Brands

circular.fashion offers personalised services to registered Fashion Brands. A scope of the services offered to Fashion Brands only can be found in our Terms and Conditions for Fashion Brands which need to be accepted upon registration. Personal data need to be submitted by Fashion Brands in the respective registration form and will be processed and collected by circular.fashion. The following data are required for us to grant access to Fashion Brands to our personalised services:

Company, profile and contact information

Personal name and last name
Contact phone number
Email address
Username and password
User group
Company name
Company address
Company website
Company department
Company VAT number
Commercial registry number
Number of employees
Billing address
Company Logo
Yearly turnover

Billing information:

Name
Company name
Billing address
Company VAT number

The legal basis for the processing of personal data as described in this paragraph is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR.

circular.fashion will collect the following data via the Circular Material Library:
Fashion Brands may provide data while registering their own materials on the Circular Material Library and potentially conducting Circular Material Check(s). Materials registered by a Fashion Brand are only visible to that Fashion Brand and not made public via the Circular Material Library. However there are additional services which would share defined data with third parties or publicly.
Once a material has been used in a product that received a circularity.ID, a material cannot be deleted on the circular.fashion platform, in order to ensure lifelong access to product data for recycling partners and thereby recyclability of products. circular.fashion reserves the right to keep material information available to partners for as long as needed.

In order to make transparent which information is shared with which stakeholder group circular.fashion displays one or more icons at each relevant field of the upload form that represent specific stakeholder groups having access to the information entered in the field.

Data entered when registering a material to the My Material section of the Circular Material Library will only be visible to the fashion band that registered this material. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, colour way, dyeing method etc. (non-exhaustive list) and all fields will be market with the icon (t-shirt)

Data shared via circularity.ID publicly
A material which has been registered on the Circular Material Library by a fashion brand, may be used by that fashion brand in their products which might receive a circularity.ID.. Specific material information will then be accessible to anyone scanning the circularity.ID. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, production country (non-exhaustive list) and data fields are labeled with the icon (public). For your reference, please check this example circularity.ID product site.

Data shared via circularity.ID and Sorting Software to sorting and recycling companies
Once a material was used in a garment that received a circularity.ID circular.fashion is authorized to save the material information provided, unlimited in time, and process the information as well as the result of the Circular Material Check with the Sorting Software.
This data processed by sorting and recycling companies includes information such as but not limited to material composition, dye stuff, certificates etc. (non-exhaustive list) and respective data fields will be labeled with the icon (recycling). For some data points, sorting partners do not receive the actual data but a processed result of processed data in form of the Circular Material Check evaluation based on the provided data.

Material Supplier

circular.fashion offers personalised services to registered Material Suppliers. A scope of the services offered to Material Suppliers only can be found in our Terms and Conditions for Material Suppliers which need to be accepted upon registration. Personal data need to be submitted by Material Suppliers in the respective registration form and will be processed and collected by circular.fashion. The following data are required for us to grant access to Material Suppliers to our personalised services:

Company, profile and contact information

Personal name and last name
Contact phone number
Email address
Username and password
User group
Company name
Company address
Company website
Company department
Company VAT number
Commercial registry number
Number of employees
Billing address
Company Logo

Billing information:

Name
Company name
Billing address
Company VAT number

Registration information which are visible for registered users of the Circular Design Software:

Company name
Company website
Company address
Company email address
Phone number

circular.fashion handles the swatch service between Material Suppliers and Fashion Brands. If a Fashion Brand shows interest to place an order after purchasing the swatch, circular.fashion will establish the connection between the Fashion Brand and the Material Supplier or share the above mentioned contact information of the Material Supplier with the Fashion Brand.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data as described in this paragraph is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR.

circular.fashion will collect and process the following data via the Circular Material Library and share with third parties for the purpose of the circular.fashion platform, i.e. Library users, in order to provide and offer a full range Circular Material Library within the scope of our services and contractual performance obligations“:
Suppliers will provide data while registering materials on the Circular Material Library and potentially conducting Circular Material Check(s). In order to make transparent which information is shared with which stakeholder group circular.fashion displays one or more icons at each relevant field of the upload form that represent specific stakeholder groups having access to the information entered in the field.
The user can un-publish their materials from the Circular Material Library at any time so it is not visible to users of the platform anymore. A material cannot be deleted on the circular.fashion platform once it has been published to the Circular Material Library, in order to ensure lifelong access to product data for recycling partners and thereby recyclability of products. circular.fashion reserves the right to keep material information available to partners for as long as needed.

Data shared via Circular Material Library and Swatch Service to registered users (e.g. Fashion Brands or designers)
circular.fashion will publish specific data to the users of the Circular Material Library via the online tool as well as via the Swatch Service. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, colour way, dyeing method etc. (non-exhaustive list) and all fields will be market with the icon (t-shirt)
By registering information of materials on the Circular Material Library a Material Supplier confirms that circular.fashion is allowed to share the uploaded information publicly with the users of the platform as well as to share specific information with recyclers for the purpose of the Circular Material Check.
Furthermore circular.fashion is authorized to publish the results of the Circular Material Check on the Circular Material Library and the Swatch Service.
Data shared via circularity.ID publicly
A material which has been published to the Circular Material Library by a user, may be used by a Fashion Brand in their products which might receive a circularity.ID.. Specific material information will then be accessible to anyone scanning the circularity.ID of a product which uses the registered material. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, production country (non-exhaustive list) and data fields are be labeled with the icon (public). For your reference, please check this example circularity.ID product site.

Data shared via circularity.ID and Sorting Software to sorting and recycling companies
Once a material was used in a garment that received a circularity.ID circular.fashion is authorized to save the material information provided, unlimited in time, and process the information as well as the result of the Circular Material Check with the Sorting Software.
This data processed by sorting and recycling companies includes information such as but not limited to material composition, dye stuff, certificates etc. (non-exhaustive list) and respective data fields will be labeled with the icon (recycling). For some data points, sorting partners do not receive the actual data but a processed result of processed data in form of the Circular Material Check evaluation based on the provided data.

Newsletter

Type and purpose of the processing

Your data will be used exclusively to send you the newsletter you subscribed for via e-mail. We request your name so that we can address you personally in the newsletter and identify you as needed should you want to exercise your rights as a data subject.
To receive the newsletter, providing your e-mail address is sufficient. When you subscribe to our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers can also be notified by e-mail about circumstances that are relevant to the service or registration (such as changes to the newsletter offer or technical matters).
We need a valid e-mail address to complete your registration. In order to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we utilise the ‘double opt-in’ procedure. To this end, we log the newsletter subscription request, when a confirmation e-mail is sent and the receipt of the requested reply. Additional data is not collected. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter and will not be shared with third parties.

Legal basis

Based on your express consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR), we will send you our newsletter on a regular basis or comparable information via e-mail to your specified e-mail address.
The consent to save and use your personal data for the newsletter may be withdrawn at any time and remain in effect in the future. Every newsletter contains a corresponding link, and you can also unsubscribe on this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation via the contact option indicated at the end of this privacy policy.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be the processors.

Retention period

Data are only processed in this context provided that the corresponding consent has been given. The data will be deleted thereafter.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Using Matomo

Type and purpose of the processing

This website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open-source software for the statistical evaluation of visitors. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.
Matomo uses so-called ‘cookies’, which are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is stored on a server in: Germany
The IP address is anonymised immediately after the processing and before it is saved. You have the option to prevent the installation of cookies by changing the settings of your browser software. Please note that with the corresponding setting, not all functions of this website may be available.
You can decide whether a unique web analytics cookie may be stored in your browser in order to allow the operator of the website to collect and analyse various statistical data.
You’ll find additional information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

Legal basis

The processing of the data occurs on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art.6 par.1 lit. f GDPR, or Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b if and to the extent that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which our user is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be the processors.

Retention period

The deletion of the data occurs as soon as they are no longer necessary for our recording-keeping purposes.
In our case, this deletion occurs after a period of 12 months.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this can lead to functional limitations on the website.

Revocation of consent

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting in your browser software; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in their entirety.

Profiling

With the assistance of the tacking tool Matomo, the browsing behaviour of the website visitors can be evaluated and their respective interests can be analysed. For this analysis, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Online Courses on iSprings

During the registration for our Online courses, trainings and seminars personal data are transferred to iSprings which are required to perform our contractual obligations to you on the e-learning platform being hosted by iSprings. iSprings is processing personal data on our behalf on the basis of a Data Processing Agreement, which reflects the legal situation under applicable European Law, such as the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR according to iSprings Data Protection Agreement.

Revision of our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. Your next visit will be subject to the new privacy policy.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions pertaining to data protection, please send us an e-mail at
circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
team@circular.fashion
Phone +49 30 40 3679170
Skalitzer Strasse 97, 10997 Berlin, Germany
The privacy policy was created via the activeMind AG Privacy Policy Generator (Version: 2018-09-24).

Terms & Conditions

Fashion Brand
Material Supplier

Terms & Conditions for Fashion Brands

using the circular.fashion platform (Software as a Service)

Last updated: 18.03.2021

Please read these Terms and Conditions ("Terms") carefully before using the https://circular.fashion website (the "Service") operated by circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt), (https://app.circular.fashion), Skalitzer Strasse 97, D-10997 Berlin, Germany, ("us", "we", or „our").

Contact: team@circular.fashion
Tax ID Number: DE 317619011
Phone +49 30 40 3679170
Managing Director: Ina Budde
Commercial Register Number: HRB 195158 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin)

Once you register as a user on our platform you will be asked to accept these terms and conditions. By accepting these Terms you agree to use the Service compliant with these Terms.
These Terms & Conditions apply to all users who enter into a legally binding Agreement with us governing the use of the circular.fashion platform within the framework of a Software as a Service Agreement by registering for these Services in the frame of the Circular Design Software. Our offer is addressed to Fashion Brands, i.e. independent designers, product developers or other fashion business professionals, who are entering into such an Agreement with circular.fashion in exercise of their trade, business or profession within the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code BGB. Our offer is not addressed to consumers within the meaning of Section 13 BGB.

Further and detailed information on circular.fashion’s processing of personal data of our user can be found in our Privacy Policy.

1. Registering user account

The user must complete the registration process by accepting these Terms and Conditions and after providing us with:

Name;
Email address;
Password;
Phone number (optional);
Company sector;
Company name and address;
Company department (optional); and
Company website
Chosen user group

1.1 Membership types

The user can register as a Basic Member user or Premium Member. Further information on functions of the respective membership type can be found in 4. Functions.

Further information on pricing for the respective membership type, the subscription and different services can be found in 5. Pricing and on our pricing page.

2. Security

The user is requested not to share the username or password with any third party. We will never ask the user for it by phone, email or mail. The user is requested to keep login details safe and confidential.

In the event that the user’s login details have been compromised without permission, the user is requested to contact us immediately on team@circular.fashion or to reset their login details online. We will assume that any activity within a user’s account was completed by the user unless we have been notified of a security breach by the user.

In order to ensure a high level of data security the user is requested to use a personal device to log into his circular.fashion account. He must not use publicly accessible devices like hotel computers or internet cafes.

3. Disabling online accounts

We reserve the right to disable access to any or all elements of our online services without prior notification if elements of user’s account violate any applicable laws and/or conflict with these Terms.

We reserve the right to delete or remove online accounts and their data if we believe they’ve been misused or unused for two years. We will notify the user before we delete or remove the account in order to clarify the facts of the mis- or un-use of the account.

In the event that circular.fashion considers that the user is not using its service in an appropriate manner for instance by downloading content of the platform and distributing it publicly without circular.fashion’s consent, circular.fashion reserves the right to terminate the subscription immediately with no refund if user does not cease any unlawful activities after being notified herewith by circular.fashion.

4. Functions

4.1 Functions of Circular Design Software

4.1.2 Circular Material Library

Premium Members have full access to the Circular Material Library, can register (their own) materials and use the online form to request a Circular Material Check and are able to get in touch with a supplier and order a Swatch via the online Circular Material Library. Registered materials will be only visible to the fashion brand that registered the material.
Basic Members have only access to the Circular Material Library with limited availability of material information e.g. no visibility of the Circular Material Check result, can order a Swatch Service but can not reach out to Material Suppliers directly.

4.1.3 Swatch Service including Circular Material Passport

Both Premium and Basic Members can order Swatches.
Premium Members benefit from a discounted price. Prices for both membership types can be found on our pricing page.

When ordering a Swatch Service for a material, circular.fashion will deliver a sample swatch of a material as well as the detailed material information and Circular Material Check results on a Circular Material Passport.
Please note that it is an optional service for Material Suppliers and therefore not all materials will have Swatches available for purchase.
All swatch orders will be dispatched each third week from circular.fashion’s office in Berlin, Germany.
In case a Fashion Brand shows interest to get in touch with the supplier they can express interest to contact the supplier via a button or via circular.fashion who offers to send an introductory email.

4.1.4 Circular Material Check

Premium Members can use the Circular Material Library online forms to purchase and conduct the service of the Circular Material Check. In avoidance of doubt, the requesting fashion brand has to pay the fees of the Circular Material Check, not the Material Supplier.
Basic Members can purchase and conduct a Circular Material Check outside of the Circular Material Library.

The Circular Material Check of textiles and other materials verifies the recyclability according to the requirements of recyclers from the partner network of circular.fashion. Materials that have passed the Circular Material Check may be labelled accordingly. To conduct the Circular Material Check on a or more materials of their choice, Premium Members (Fashion Brands) register the material on the Circular Material Library or send information via mail or other chosen channels. Basic Members can send information via mail or other chosen channels. The Circular Material Check for materials can be conducted in two ways:

1) Circular Material Check - Document-based
The supplier hands over the required material information and data sheets to circular.fashion. circular.fashion checks the information provided and evaluates its recyclability based on the recycling requirements which circular.fashion received from recyclers of the partner network. circular.fashion might need to share the data provided with one or multiple recyclers in case an evaluation cannot be sufficiently conducted. (See chapter 6. Data Protection)
2) Circular Material Check - Lab-based
If the Fashion Brand cannot deliver the information in the required level of detail, circular.fashion may offer to conduct a lab test. In this case circular.fashion will ask the Fashion Brand to send a swatch of the material to one or more recycler(s) (or to circular.fashion who would forward it to one or more recycler(s). The recycler(s) will then conduct an assessment or lab test to identify whether the facility has the technical ability to regenerate the material into fibres or other valuable raw materials and will provide a confirmation or refusal to circular.fashion.

By registering a material on the Circular Material Library as a fashion brand and by providing information to conduct the Circular Material Check, the user confirms that they have the authority and permission to share the information about the material provided by the respective Material Supplier with circular.fashion and further third parties e.g. a textile recycler for the purpose of the Circular Material Check.

Result of Circular Material Check
The result will be specified and made visible through labeling the registered materials with one or more icon(s). If recyclability is confirmed by at least one recycler, circular.fashion will mark the registered textile with the icon(s) representing the identified recycling cycle and promote it as recyclable material that fulfills requirements to be taken back by recyclers for regeneration. If the material does not fulfill the recycling requirements of circular.fashion’s recycling partners, the material will not receive a respective icon.
The registered material and the result of the Circular Material Check is only visible for the Fashion Brand requesting the Circular Material Check.
If the material supplier would like to know which recycler(s) their material(s) where matched to e.g. in order to recycle production waste or buy recycled materials for their own production this is an additional service upon a separate agreement with circular.fashion. Please contact materials@circular.fashion for further information.

4.1.5 Circular Design Guidelines

Premium Members of the Circular Design Software have full access to the Circular Design Guidelines, can filter and read the guidelines.
Basic Members of the Circular Design Software do not have access to the Circular Design Guidelines. They can purchase the Circular Design Guidelines separately as physical or digital Circular Design Kit.

4.1.6 Circular Product Check

The Circular Product Check of textile products verifies the recyclability of the whole product according to the requirements of recyclers from the partner network of circular.fashion. Products that have passed the Circular Product Check may be labelled accordingly. To conduct the Circular Product Check on a or more materials of their choice, Fashion Brands will provide material and product information via the Circular Material Library (if Premium Members) or via mail or other chosen channels. The Circular Product Check for materials can be conducted in two ways:

1) Circular Product Check - Document-based
The Fashion Brand hands over the required material information and data sheets to circular.fashion. circular.fashion checks the information provided and evaluates its recyclability based on the recycling requirements which circular.fashion received from recyclers of the partner network. circular.fashion might need to share the data provided with one or multiple recyclers (according to 6. Data Protection) in case an evaluation cannot be sufficiently conducted.
2) Circular Product Check - Lab-based
If the Fashion Brand cannot deliver the information in the required level of detail, circular.fashion may offer to conduct a lab test. In this case circular.fashion will ask the Fashion Brand to send a swatch of the material to one or more recycler(s) (or to circular.fashion who would forward it to one or more recycler(s). The recycler(s) will then conduct an assessment or lab test to identify whether the facility has the technical ability to regenerate the material into fibres or other valuable raw materials and will provide a confirmation or refusal to circular.fashion.

Result of Circular Product Check
As a result the Fashion Brand will receive a Circular Product Check Evaluation Report.If recyclability is confirmed by at least one recycler, the Evaluation report will reveal the identified recycling cycle to promote it as recyclable product that fulfills requirements to be taken back by recyclers for regeneration. In both cases, if the product fulfills the recycling requirements of circular.fashion’s recycling partners or not, circular.fashion will provide recommendations for optimization.
The Circular Product Check is an additional service upon a separate agreement with circular.fashion. If the Fashion Brand would like to know which recycler(s) their material(s) where matched to e.g. in order to recycle the products this is an additional service upon a separate agreement with circular.fashion. Please see the service described in Recycling Services contact materials@circular.fashion for further information.

5. Rights of use

Subscription to the Circular Design Software provides the user with access to the Circular Material Library and Circular Design Guidelines including but not limited to pictures, graphics, text, methods, material, specific information, design guidelines and product examples from products developed by circular.fashion with or for clients and partners or by third parties.
The user agrees to use this site only for lawful purposes.

By granting access to circular.fashion‘s databases, such as the Circular Material Library, and/or by providing materials to the user, such as Circular Design Guidelines, circular.fashion does not grant any other right to these databases itself, the information contained therein and/or to the materials provided to the user, than the non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use our services to the extent necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations and perform our services in a duly manner, limited to the duration of the Agreement. All rights are reserved and remain with circular.fashion, the respective proprietor and/or copyright owner.

The purpose of providing material to the users, such as Circular Design Guidelines is to educate and inspire the user to embrace circular design principles that will support the implementation of more sustainable strategies in product development. The user may access all material as inspiration and guidance, however no material may be copied, reproduced, disclosed, published and/or made publicly available in any form whatsoever, whether physically, electronically or otherwise, without express prior written consent by circular.fashion.

All provided materials (including but not limited to all designs, text, graphics, product examples and their selection and arrangement) relating to circular.fashion are the copyright of circular.fashion and any information obtained by the user from the online services remains property of circular.fashion.

By registering to circular.fashion’s services on our platform with your company name and logo(s) you expressly grant a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to circular.fashion to use, publish, publicly display and make publicly available your company name and/or logo(s) limited to the duration of the Agreement, free of any charge, license fees or any other monetary compensation for the following purposes:

Presenting, self-advertising and reporting on the existing partnership with your company on our website(s), social media channels and other promotional material(s) (print or digital)

6. Data protection

6.1 circular.fashion circular.fashion offers personalised services to registered Fashion Brands

A scope of the services offered to Fashion Brands only can be found in our Terms and Conditions for Fashion Brands which need to be accepted upon registration. Personal data need to be submitted by Fashion Brands in the respective registration form and will be processed and collected by circular.fashion. The following data are required for us to grant access to Fashion Brands to our personalised services:

Company, profile and contact information

Personal name and last name
Contact phone number
Email address
Username and password
User group
Company name
Company address
Company website
Company department
Company VAT number
Commercial registry number
Number of employees
Billing address
Company Logo

Billing information:

Name
Company name
Billing address
Company VAT number
Yearly turnover

The legal basis for the processing of personal data as described in this paragraph is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR.

6.2 circular.fashion will collect the following data via the Circular Material Library

Fashion Brands may provide data while registering their own materials on the Circular Material Library and potentially conducting Circular Material Check(s). Materials registered by a Fashion Brand are only visible to that Fashion Brand and not made public via the Circular Material Library. However there are additional services which would share defined data with third parties or publicly.
Once a material has been used in a product that received a circularity.ID, a material cannot be deleted on the circular.fashion platform, in order to ensure lifelong access to product data for recycling partners and thereby recyclability of products. circular.fashion reserves the right to keep material information available to partners for as long as needed.

In order to make transparent which information is shared with which stakeholder group circular.fashion displays one or more icons at each relevant field of the upload form that represent specific stakeholder groups having access to the information entered in the field.

6.2.1 Data entered when registering a material to the My Material section of the Circular Material

Library will only be visible to the fashion band that registered this material. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, colour way, dyeing method etc. (non-exhaustive list) and all fields will be market with the icon (t-shirt)

6.2.2 Data shared via circularity.ID publicly

A material which has been registered on the Circular Material Library by a fashion brand, may be used by that fashion brand in their products which might receive a circularity.ID.. Specific material information will then be accessible to anyone scanning the circularity.ID. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, production country (non-exhaustive list) and data fields are labeled with the icon (public). For your reference, please check this example circularity.ID product site LINK.

6.2.3 Data shared via circularity.ID and Sorting Software to sorting and recycling companies

Once a material was used in a garment that received a circularity.ID circular.fashion is authorized to save the material information provided, unlimited in time, and process the information as well as the result of the Circular Material Check with the Sorting Software.
This data processed by sorting and recycling companies includes information such as but not limited to material composition, dye stuff, certificates etc. (non-exhaustive list) and respective data fields will be labeled with the icon (recycling). For some data points, sorting partners do not receive the actual data but a processed result of processed data in form of the Circular Material Check evaluation based on the provided data.

7. Pricing

7.1 Payment methods

The user is given two options to settle circular.fashion invoices: Credit card: The user will provide their bank card details and pay directly. For this, circular.fashion works with the payment provider stripe (https://stripe.com/de/)

Bank transfer: The user will receive an invoice via email with the information about a bank transfer. They get access to the platform as soon as the bill is settled.

7.2 Subscription to Circular Design Software

7.2.1 Pricing of Subscription

Pricing of the Subscription to the Circular Design Software can be found on our pricing page.

7.2.2 Period of Subscription

circular.fashion offers a subscription based service providing access to the Circular Design Software including the Circular Material Library and the Circular Design Guidelines for a period of 12 months. The user will be billed in advance on a recurring annual or monthly basis. The period for the subscription is a minimum of 12 months.

7.2.3 Expiry of Subscription

circular.fashion will provide the user with one month notice of the date of expiration of the subscription and offer a further subscription. If the user no longer wishes to continue with a subscription, the subscription will end after the 12 month period.
The user may terminate their subscription at any time within the billing cycle. However, the subscription is non-refundable and no refunds will be provided for the period of time remaining within the subscription.

7.3 Additional Services

7.3.1 Swatch Service

circular.fashion will charge a service fee for delivering the material swatch to the user requesting the Swatch Service. The fee varies depending on the membership type and includes circular.fashion handling and shipment costs as well as the service of the creation of the Circular Material Passport providing detailed information of the materials. Pricing of the Swatch Service can be found on our pricing page.

7.3.2 Circular Material Check and Circular Product Checks

Circular Material Checks and Circular Product Checks are not included in the Subscription and subject to a separate purchase. The pricing for Premium and Basic Members can be found on our pricing page.

8. Disclaimer of liability

8.1 Information and Services from third parties

circular.fashion provides information relating to suitable third parties including suppliers and recyclers. In the event that one or more third party declares bankruptcy, the material is no longer available via the third party supplier or the technology changes and does no longer fit to the requirements, circular.fashion is not liable for fulfilling the contract arranged between the user and the third party.

circular.fashion is not a contractual partner when a user enters into a contract with a third party through the connections provided on the material database. Any contract and subsequent transaction occurring between the user and a third party identified on the database is not taking place directly on the circular.fashion website. circular.fashion is therefore not responsible for any contract, or part thereof, arranged between the user and a third party. As such, the user is requested to review the terms and conditions of the respective supplier prior to entering into any contractual agreement.

circular.fashion is not responsible for any information provided to the database by third party material suppliers. The third party material supplier remains responsible for the information provided to circular.fashion. Therefore any information about materials such as prices or properties provided by third party material suppliers might be non-binding. Should the user be of the opinion that the material is not fulfilling any information claimed by the third party material supplier it is to be understood that this is not a sufficient reason for cancelling / returning the purchase.

circular.fashion recommends to always request a sample before purchasing larger amounts of fabric.

8.2 Circular Material Check & Circular Product Check

When circular.fashion conducts a Circular Material Check of a material or a Circular Product Check of a product, it will be declared to which recycling cycle the item is validated to be processed at the end of use. Therefore, Fashion Brands and their Material Suppliers agree to provide only correct and accurate information and are obliged to keep information up to date.

The approval that a material or product is recyclable does not include any contractual obligations to assure that those materials or products are in fact recycled at the end of use. In case material or product was matched to a recycler that would not exist anymore in the future this might change the status of the Circular Material Check or Circular Material Check of the material or product. circular.fashion reserves the right to make changes to the Circular Material Check evaluation but has neither the obligation to conduct those changes nor to propose an alternative recycler in case the prior match is not existing anymore.

8.3 Third party websites

circular.fashion may contain links to third party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by circular.fashion.

circular.fashion has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites or services.

The user further acknowledges and agrees that circular.fashion shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such third party websites or services.

8.4 Shipment of material

circular.fashion accepts no responsibility for the execution of shipments of materials, or the damage or loss thereof during shipment, to or between the user and any third party.

9. Changes

Revision of our terms and conditions and privacy policy
circular.fashion expressly reserves the right to alter these terms and conditions e.g. when introducing new services and/or to amend our privacy policy e.g. to always comply with current legal requirements. We will make the latest version available at all times on our website, notify you of any alterations, amendments and/or changes and ask you for your confirmation of the new version.

You have the right to object to any new version of our Terms and Conditions within six weeks after notification hereof. If you object to the applicability of a new version of our Terms and Conditions (via email or letter) within six weeks, the version of our Terms and Conditions remains in full effect, which have been accepted by you at the time the Agreement was concluded. If you do not object, the new version of our Terms and Conditions applies.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms and conditions or our Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Responsible party pursuant to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt), (https://circular.fashion), Skalitzer Strasse 97, D-10997 Berlin, Germany, ("us", "we", or „our").
Contact: team@circular.fashion

Terms & Conditions for Material Suppliers

using the circular.fashion platform (Software as a Service)

Last updated: 18.03.2021

Please read these Terms and Conditions ("Terms") carefully before using the https://circular.fashion website (the "Service") operated by circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt), (https://app.circular.fashion), Skalitzer Strasse 97, D-10997 Berlin, Germany, ("us", "we", or „our").

Contact: team@circular.fashion
Tax ID Number: DE 317619011
Phone +49 30 40 3679170
Managing Director: Ina Budde
Commercial Register Number: HRB 195158 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin)

Once you register as a user on our platform you will be asked to accept these terms and conditions. By accepting these Terms you agree to use the Service compliant with these Terms. These Terms & Conditions apply to all users who enter into a legally binding Agreement with us governing the use of the circular.fashion platform within the framework of a Software as a Service Agreement by registering for these Services and by using the Circular Material Library. Our offer is addressed to Material Suppliers, e.g. producers and/or suppliers of materials applied in clothing, footwear or accessories such as but not limited to fabrics, additionals, trims, yarns, leathers and leather alternatives, who are entering into such an Agreement with circular.fashion in exercise of their trade, business or profession within the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code BGB. Material Suppliers use the Circular Material Library with the intention to check their own materials for recyclability and to promote them through the Circular Material Library to Fashion Brands.
Our offer is not addressed to consumers within the meaning of Section 13 BGB.

Further and detailed information on circular.fashion’s processing of personal data of our user can be found in our Privacy Policy.

1. Registering user account

The user must complete the registration process by accepting these Terms and Conditions and after providing us with:

Name;
Email address;
Password;
Phone number (optional);
Company sector;
Company name and address;
Company department (optional); and
Company website
Chosen user group

Once registered the user will be able to use our online services to access the Circular Material Library to register their products and check them for their recyclability.

2. Security

The user is requested not to share the login credentials with any third party. We will never ask the user for it by phone, email or mail. The user is requested to keep login details safe and confidential.

In the event that the user’s login details have been compromised without permission, the user is requested to contact us immediately on cml@circular.fashion or to reset their login details online. We will assume that any activity within a user’s account was completed by the user unless we have been notified of a security breach by the user.

In order to ensure a high level of data security the user is requested to use a personal device to log into their circular.fashion account. They must not use publicly accessible devices like hotel computers or internet cafes.

3. Disabling online accounts

We reserve the right to disable access to any or all elements of our online services without prior notification if elements of user’s account violate any applicable laws and/or conflict with these Terms.

We reserve the right to delete or remove online accounts and their data if we believe they’ve been misused or unused for two years. We will notify the user before we delete or remove the account in order to clarify the facts of the mis- or un-use of the account.

In the event that circular.fashion considers that the user is not using its service in an appropriate manner for instance by downloading content of the platform and distributing it publicly without circular.fashion’s consent, circular.fashion reserves the right to terminate the subscription immediately with no refund if user does not cease any unlawful activities after being notified herewith by circular.fashion.

4. Functions

4.1 Circular Material Library

circular.fashion offers Material Suppliers to register their materials in the Circular Material Library visible for the registered users of the platform. In order for a material to be eligible for being registered it needs to fulfill the sustainability criteria/Approved Materials Guideline of circular.fashion available here.
Furthermore a Material Supplier can conduct Circular Material Checks to assess whether a material is technically recyclable with at least one recycler of the partner network of circular.fashion. For a material to be listed at the Circular Material Library it does not need to qualify as recyclable. It can be listed regardless of whether it is approved recyclable or not, it only needs to fulfill the sustainability criteria.
By registering a material in the Circular Material Library Material Suppliers agree to be contacted by prospective clients interested in their offer. Furthermore they agree that in case a Fashion Brand will use a material as component in a product that material information specified in 6. Data Protection is shared publicly on a circularity.ID product site.
By registering a material in the Circular Material Library, the Material Supplier confirms that this material complies with REACH and all other regulations necessary to offer to the global market.

4.2 Circular Material Check

circular.fashion offers the service of the Circular Material Check. The Circular Material Check of textiles and other materials verifies the recyclability according to the requirements of recyclers from the partner network of circular.fashion. Materials that have passed the Circular Material Check will be labelled accordingly. To conduct the check, Material Suppliers register their materials on the Circular Material Library or send information via mail or other chosen channels. The Circular Material Check for materials can be conducted in two ways:

1) Circular Material Check - Document-based
The Material Supplier hands over the required material information and data sheets to circular.fashion. circular.fashion checks the information provided and evaluates its recyclability based on the recycling requirements which circular.fashion received from recyclers of the partner network. circular.fashion might need to share the data provided with one or multiple recyclers (according to 6. Data Protection) in case an evaluation cannot be sufficiently conducted.
2) Circular Material Check - Lab-based
If the Material Supplier cannot deliver the information in the required level of detail, circular.fashion may offer to conduct a lab test. In this case circular.fashion will ask the Material Supplier to send a swatch of the material to one or more recycler(s) (or to circular.fashion who would forward it to one or more recycler(s). The recycler(s) will then conduct an assessment or lab test to identify whether the facility has the technical ability to regenerate the material into fibres or other valuable raw materials and will provide a confirmation or refusal to circular.fashion.

Result of Circular Material Check
The material can be added to the Circular Material Library in both cases, if recyclability is confirmed or declined by a recycler. The result will be specified and made visible through labeling the registered materials with one or more icon(s) visible to the Material Supplier as well as specific users defined below. If recyclability is confirmed by at least one recycler, circular.fashion will mark the registered textile with the icon(s) representing the identified recycling cycle and promote it as recyclable material that fulfills requirements to be taken back by recyclers for regeneration. If the material does not fulfill the recycling requirements of circular.fashion’s recycling partners, the material will not receive a respective icon.
The result of the check is online only visible for premium users and offline also for basic users that order a Swatch of the material which is delivered with a Circular Material Passport displaying the result of the Circular Material Check.
If the Material Supplier would like to know which recycler(s) their material(s) where matched to e.g. in order to recycle production waste or buy recycled materials for their own production this is an additional service upon a separate agreement with circular.fashion. Please contact cml@circular.fashion for further information.

4.3 Swatch Service

circular.fashion offers Material Suppliers to conduct a Swatch Service for their materials sending material samples to platform users (e.g. fashion labels or designers) with a basic or premium membership.
Once the Material Supplier has uploaded information on their materials to the Circular Material Library, circular.fashion will invite the Material Supplier to send a specific amount of the materials (variable upon product showcased) to circular.fashion office in Berlin, Germany, to be able to fulfill swatch orders coming from potential clients.
The Swatch Service includes cutting the materials provided by the client in samples of appropriate size and attaching it to a Circular Material Passport. This Circular Material Passport contains detailed material information including the recycling cycle in case circular.fashion conducted a Circular Material Check for the material already.
Once a brand ordered a swatch, it will be dispatched from circular.fashion’s office in Berlin, Germany. Material Suppliers will be notified in quarterly intervals when a Swatch Card has been sent to a potential client. However, the name of the potential client will not be revealed to the Material Supplier unless the Fashion Brand shows interest and gives circular.fashion permission to share their contact information with the Material Supplier.
In case the Fashion Brand shows interest and gives circular.fashion permission to contact the supplier, circular.fashion will establish the introduction through an introductory email. In upcoming versions of the Circular Material Library, Fashion Brands might also send Material Suppliers a request as email directly via the Circular Material Library.

The following volumes of samples will be requested by circular.fashion to Material Suppliers according to the material category.

fabrics and leather alternatives: 3 meters
yarns: 300 grams
trims: 50 pcs
leather 4.5 m2

5. Pricing

5.1 Circular Material Library

Registration - Free of Charge
The Material Supplier may create a company and user account free of charge as well as register materials without any incurring fees.

First year upon registration - Free of Charge
The first year from the date of registration no commission fees will incur.

Use of Beta Version - Free of Charge
While the Circular Material Library is still in beta version no commission fees will incur.

Chargeable Services subject to commission fees
As soon as the Circular Material Library exceeds the beta version, commission fees on orders initiated through business relations established via the Circular Material Library will incur.
The Material Supplier will be notified 60 days before the Circular Material Library exceeds the beta version and thus, our Services becomes subject to commission fees.
The Material Supplier hereby agrees to pay circular.fashion a commission on the proceeds incurred from all orders by Fashion Brands with whom the business relationship was initiated through the circular.fashion platform, for as long as the Material Supplier offers materials on our library.

A 2.5 % commission will be applied to all orders made on ‘non circular materials’

As ‘non circular materials’ we define materials that either were not conducted a Circular Material Check by circular.fashion or that received a Circular Material Check that resulted in not being recyclable.

A 1,5 % commission will be applied to all orders made on ‘circular materials’ approved by circular.fashion.

As ‘circular materials’ we define materials approved for their recyclability by Circular Material Check of circular.fashion.
Material Suppliers are obligated to accurately and correctly report all sales to clients which came through the Circular Material Library quarterly to circular.fashion upon request, by providing copies of invoices or any other suitable document providing proof of all sales generated or initiated through circular.fashion. Commissions to circular.fashion are billed quarterly based on clients’ reports. Material Supplier’s failure to accurately, correctly and completely report all sales that are subject to commission payments to circular.fashion and/or to provide copies of invoices or other suitable proof hereof constitutes a material breach of the Agreement, which entitles circular.fashion to terminate the Agreement with the Material Supplier with immediate effect and to demand compensation payments, unless Material Supplier immediately remedies such breach upon notice by circular.fashion within five working days, commencing with service of notice (email suffices).

5.2 Circular Material Check

Material Suppliers can request ten (10) Circular Material Checks on materials registered at the Circular Material Library free of charge. Afterwards, costs are applied for each check. An overview of costs are displayed on our Pricing page. In case the Circular Material Check requires additional lab test further cost might apply that will only be charged upon prior approval by the Material Supplier.

5.3 Swatch Service

The Swatch Service is free of charge for the Material Suppliers to the extent described in 4.3. Material Suppliers are asked to cover their own cost of the material provided as well as of shipment to circular.fashion’s office in Berlin, Germany.
There are no further service fees charged to the Material Supplier
circular.fashion will charge a service fee to users of the Circular Material Library (e.g. Fashion Brands or designers) for delivering the material swatch. The fee for the Fashion Brand varies depending on the membership type and includes circular.fashion handling and shipment costs as well as the service of the creation of the Circular Material Passport providing detailed information on the materials (specified under 6. Data Protection)

5.4 Payment methods

Any and all of circular.fashion’s services under Agreements with the Material Supplier will be invoiced and indicated in EURO and have to be paid in EURO. Statutory value added tax (VAT) may apply and may be additionally invoiced, depending on the country the customer is ordering from. Our current prices at the time of the respective order apply.
Any additional transfer costs incurred (e.g. service fees for transfers from outside of Germany or the European Union) shall be borne by the customer.
Payment is settled by invoicing and bank transfer. Material Suppliers will receive an invoice via email with all relevant payment information and details.

6. Data protection

6.1 circular.fashion offers personalised services to registered Material Suppliers

A scope of the services offered to Material Suppliers only can be found in our Terms and Conditions for Material Suppliers which need to be accepted upon registration. Personal data need to be submitted by Material Suppliers in the respective registration form and will be processed and collected by circular.fashion. The following data are required for us to grant access to Material Suppliers to our personalised services:

Personal name and last name
Contact phone number
Email address
Username and password
User group
Company name
Company address
Company website
Company department
Company VAT number
Commercial registry number
Number of employees
Billing address
Company Logo

Billing information:

Name
Company name
Billing address
Company VAT number
Yearly turnover

Registration information which are visible for registered users of the Circular Design Software:

Company name
Company website
Company address
Company email address
Phone number

circular.fashion handles the swatch service between Material Suppliers and Fashion Brands. If a Fashion Brand shows interest to place an order after purchasing the swatch, circular.fashion will establish the connection between the Fashion Brand and the Material Supplier or share the above mentioned contact information of the Material Supplier with the Fashion Brand.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data as described in this paragraph is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR.

6.2 circular.fashion will collect the following data via the Circular Material Library

and share with third parties for the purpose of the circular.fashion platform, i.e. Library users, in order to provide and offer a full range Circular Material Library within the scope of our services and contractual performance obligations“:
Suppliers will provide data while registering materials on the Circular Material Library and potentially conducting Circular Material Check(s). In order to make transparent which information is shared with which stakeholder group circular.fashion displays one or more icons at each relevant field of the upload form that represent specific stakeholder groups having access to the information entered in the field.
The user can un-publish their materials from the Circular Material Library at any time so it is not visible to users of the platform anymore. However, a material cannot be deleted on the circular.fashion platform once it has been published to the Circular Material Library and/or once it has been used for a product for which a circularity.ID has been issued, in order to ensure lifelong access to product data for recycling partners and thereby recyclability of products. Furthermore, we deem information on materials to be commonly and publicly known so that there is a legitimate public interest in archiving these information in the Circular Material Library and/or the circularity.ID. Still, circular.fashion will delete personal data of the Material supplier from its platform upon request, if the statutory provisions of the „right to be forgotten“ according to Art. 17 of the GDPR are met. circular.fashion reserves the right to keep material information available to partners for as long as needed, i.e. for the duration of potential recycling processes.

6.2.1 Data shared via Circular Material Library and Swatch Service to registered users (e.g. Fashion Brands or designers)

circular.fashion will publish specific data to the users of the Circular Material Library via the online tool as well as via the Swatch Service. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, colour way, dyeing method etc. (non-exhaustive list) and all fields will be market with the icon (t-shirt)
By registering information of materials on the Circular Material Library a Material Supplier confirms that circular.fashion is allowed to share the uploaded information publicly with the users of the platform as well as to share specific information with recyclers for the purpose of the Circular Material Check.
Furthermore circular.fashion is authorized to publish the results of the Circular Material Check on the Circular Material Library and the Swatch Service.

6.2.2 Data shared via circularity.ID publicly

A material which has been published to the Circular Material Library by a user, may be used by a Fashion Brand in their products which might receive a circularity.ID.. Specific material information will then be accessible to anyone scanning the circularity.ID of a product which uses the registered material. This data includes information such as but not limited to material composition, production country (non-exhaustive list) and data fields are be labeled with the icon (public). For your reference, please check this example circularity.ID product site.

6.2.3 Data shared via circularity.ID and Sorting Software to sorting and recycling companies

Once a material was used in a garment that received a circularity.ID circular.fashion is authorized to save the material information provided, unlimited in time, and process the information as well as the result of the Circular Material Check with the Sorting Software.
This data processed by sorting and recycling companies includes information such as but not limited to material composition, dye stuff, certificates etc. (non-exhaustive list) and respective data fields will be labeled with the icon (recycling). For some data points, sorting partners do not receive the actual data but a processed result of processed data in form of the Circular Material Check evaluation based on the provided data.

7. Rights of use

The membership of the Circular Material Library provides the user with access to the online platform including but not limited to forms, methods, material, specific information, pictures, graphics and text.
The user agrees to use this site only for lawful purposes.

By granting access to circular.fashion‘s databases, such as the Circular Material Library circular.fashion does not grant any other right to these databases itself, the information contained therein and/or to the materials provided to the user, than the non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use our services to the extent necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations and perform our services in a duly manner, limited to the duration of the Agreement.

All rights are reserved and remain with circular.fashion, the respective proprietor and/or copyright owner. All provided materials (including but not limited to all designs, text, graphics, product examples and their selection and arrangement) relating to circular.fashion are the copyright of circular.fashion and any information obtained by the user from the online services remains property of circular.fashion.

By registering to circular.fashion’s services on our platform with your company name and logo(s) you expressly grant a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to circular.fashion to use, publish, publicly display and make publicly available your company name and/or logo(s) limited to the duration of the Agreement, free of any charge, license fees or any other monetary compensation for the following purposes:

Presenting, self-advertising and reporting on the existing partnership with your company on our website(s), social media channels and other promotional material(s) (print or digital)

8. Disclaimer of liability

8.1 Material Information provided

Material Suppliers are responsible for the accuracy of all information provided on the library for each material that is provided to Fashion Brands and Recyclers.

8.2 Circular Material Check

When circular.fashion conducts a Circular Material Check of a material, the material is saved with the information to which recycling cycle it is validated to be processed at the end of use. Therefore, Material Suppliers agree to provide only correct and accurate information and are obliged to keep information up to date.
The approval that a material is recyclable does not include any contractual obligations to assure that those materials are in fact recycled at the end of use. In case material was matched to a recycler that would not exist anymore in the future this might change the status of the Circular Material Check of the material. circular.fashion reserves the right to make changes to the Circular Material Check evaluation but has neither has the obligation to conduct those changes nor to propose an alternative recycler in case the prior match is not existing anymore.

8.3 Third party websites

circular.fashion may contain links to third party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by circular.fashion.

circular.fashion has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites or services.

The user further acknowledges and agrees that circular.fashion shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such third party websites or services.

8.4 Shipment of material

circular.fashion accepts no responsibility for the execution of shipments of materials, or the damage or loss thereof during shipment, to or between the user and any third party.

9. Changes

Revision of our terms and conditions and privacy policy
circular.fashion expressly reserves the right to alter these terms and conditions e.g. when introducing new services and/or to amend our privacy policy e.g. to always comply with current legal requirements. We will make the latest version available at all times on our website, notify you of any alterations, amendments and/or changes and ask you for your confirmation of the new version.

You have the right to object to any new version of our Terms and Conditions within six weeks after notification hereof. If you object to the applicability of a new version of our Terms and Conditions (via email or letter) within six weeks, the version of our Terms and Conditions remains in full effect, which have been accepted by you at the time the Agreement was concluded. If you do not object, the new version of our Terms and Conditions applies.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms and conditions or our Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Responsible party pursuant to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is circular.fashion UG (haftungsbeschränkt), (https://circular.fashion), Skalitzer Strasse 97, D-10997 Berlin, Germany, ("us", "we", or „our").
Contact: team@circular.fashion