Privacy policy
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 08 October 2026
Man Up Differently operates this website and online store and provides the related products, services, content and features available through it (the “Services”).
Man Up Differently is operated by Michael Harness and Vincenzo Cavallo.
Our online store is powered by Shopify, which provides the ecommerce platform that enables us to offer our products and Services to you.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and disclose personal information when you visit our website, create an account, make a purchase, request a return or cancellation, subscribe to marketing, contact us or otherwise interact with Man Up Differently.
For the purposes of applicable data protection law, we are responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with Man Up Differently, we may collect or process the following categories of personal information:
Contact information, including your name, email address, telephone number, billing address and delivery address.
Order and transaction information, including products viewed or purchased, items placed in your basket, order history, returns, cancellations, refunds and delivery information.
Payment information, including information required to process your payment. Payment information is generally processed securely by Shopify and the relevant payment provider, and we do not directly store complete payment-card details.
Customer account information, including information associated with your Shopify customer account, preferences and account activity.
Communications, including information you provide when contacting us by email, through our website, customer service channels or return/cancellation system.
Marketing information, including your email address and marketing preferences if you subscribe to our newsletter or consent to receive promotional communications.
Device and technical information, including your IP address, browser type, device information, network information and other identifiers.
Website usage information, including information about how you interact with our website, pages viewed, products viewed and other activity on the Services.
We do not intentionally request health or medical information through our checkout or customer account system.
How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information:
- directly from you when you place an order, create an account, subscribe to marketing, request a return or contact us;
- automatically when you use our website, including through cookies and similar technologies;
- from Shopify and other companies that provide services on our behalf;
- from payment, fulfilment, shipping, analytics, advertising or customer-service providers where applicable; and
- from other third parties where permitted by law.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use personal information for purposes including:
Providing Our Services
We use your information to process orders and payments, provide customer accounts, arrange production and fulfilment, deliver products, provide order updates and manage returns, cancellations, refunds and customer-service requests.
Operating and Improving Our Store
We may use information to maintain, analyse, improve and personalise our website, products and customer experience.
Marketing and Advertising
Where permitted by law, we may use your information to send promotional emails or other marketing communications.
Where consent is required, we will obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies for advertising or marketing purposes.
You can unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in the email.
Security and Fraud Prevention
We may use personal information to authenticate users, protect our website and customers, prevent fraudulent or unlawful activity and maintain the security of our Services.
Communicating With You
We use personal information to answer enquiries, provide customer support and send information relating to your orders, account, returns or other transactions.
Legal and Regulatory Requirements
We may process information where necessary to comply with tax, accounting, consumer-protection, regulatory or other legal requirements, respond to lawful requests from authorities, resolve disputes or protect our legal rights.
Legal Bases for Processing
If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, we process personal information under one or more of the following legal bases, depending on the circumstances:
Performance of a contract: where processing is necessary to process your order, take payment, arrange production and delivery, provide your customer account, handle returns or refunds, or otherwise fulfil our agreement with you.
Legal obligations: where processing is necessary for us to comply with applicable tax, accounting, consumer-protection or other legal requirements.
Consent: where you have given us permission, including for certain marketing communications, cookies, analytics or advertising activities where consent is legally required. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in operating and improving our business, securing our website, preventing fraud, responding to enquiries and understanding how our Services are used, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies required for the operation of the store, including functions relating to checkout, shopping baskets, customer accounts, security and website preferences.
We may also use analytics, advertising or other non-essential technologies where permitted by law.
Where applicable, you will be given the opportunity to manage your cookie preferences through the consent tools available on our website.
You can also control certain cookies through your browser settings, although disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
How We Disclose Personal Information
We may disclose personal information to third parties where necessary to operate Man Up Differently and provide our Services.
These may include:
Shopify, which hosts and powers our ecommerce store.
Payment providers, which process customer payments.
Printify, Printful and their relevant fulfilment providers, where required to manufacture, fulfil and deliver your order.
Delivery and logistics companies, where necessary to deliver or return products.
IT, hosting, analytics and security providers that help us operate and protect our Services.
Marketing or advertising providers, where applicable and where permitted by law.
Professional advisers or authorities, where disclosure is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect our legal rights or respond to lawful requests.
We may also disclose information where you specifically request or consent to the disclosure.
If our business is reorganised, sold or transferred, relevant personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction in accordance with applicable law.
Shopify
Our online store is hosted by Shopify.
Shopify collects and processes information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide its ecommerce platform and related services.
Information submitted through our store may therefore be transmitted to and processed by Shopify and its service providers.
In some circumstances, Shopify may process certain personal information for its own purposes and is responsible for that processing.
You can learn more about Shopify's privacy practices through the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy and Shopify's Privacy Portal.
Fulfilment and Shipping
Because Man Up Differently uses third-party print-on-demand and fulfilment services, information necessary to fulfil an order may be shared with relevant production and shipping providers.
This may include your name, delivery address, contact information, order details and other information reasonably necessary to manufacture and deliver your purchase.
Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter or other promotional communications, we may use your contact information to send you news, product launches, campaigns, promotions and other information about Man Up Differently.
You can withdraw your marketing consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our marketing emails or by contacting us.
Withdrawal from marketing does not prevent us from sending necessary transactional messages relating to an order, return, refund or customer account.
Third-Party Websites and Social Media
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or social-media platforms.
These websites and platforms operate under their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their privacy or security practices.
We encourage you to review the privacy information provided by any third-party service you choose to use.
Children's Privacy
Our Services are not directed specifically at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children where doing so would be prohibited by applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
Security
We take reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal information.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Please avoid sending highly sensitive or confidential information through ordinary email or other unsecured communication channels.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Retention periods may depend on factors including:
- whether you maintain a customer account;
- our contractual relationship with you;
- order, payment and transaction records;
- tax and accounting requirements;
- consumer-protection obligations;
- fraud prevention;
- dispute resolution; and
- other applicable legal requirements.
When information is no longer required, we will delete, anonymise or otherwise securely dispose of it where appropriate.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information.
These may include:
Right of access: You may request information about the personal information we hold about you.
Right to correction: You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Right to deletion: You may request deletion of personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: You may have the right to receive certain information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to restriction: You may request that we restrict certain processing of your information.
Right to object: You may object to certain processing, including processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place lawfully before consent was withdrawn.
You will not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
To exercise your rights, contact us using the details provided below.
International Transfers
Shopify, Printify, Printful or other service providers used in operating our business may process information in countries outside the country where you live.
Where personal information is transferred outside the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, we will rely on legally recognised safeguards where required, such as adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent lawful transfer mechanisms.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how Man Up Differently handles your personal information, please contact us first using the details below so that we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right, where applicable, to lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.
Our competent supervisory authority in Brandenburg is:
Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und für das Recht auf Akteneinsicht Brandenburg
Stahnsdorfer Damm 77
14532 Kleinmachnow
Germany
You may also have the right to contact another competent supervisory authority in the country or region where you live.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, Services, legal obligations or privacy practices.
When we update the policy, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and provide any additional notice required by law.
Contact
For the purposes of applicable data-protection law, Man Up Differently is operated by:
Michael Harness
Vincenzo Cavallo
Angerstr. 23
12529 Schönefeld
Germany
Email: info@manupdifferently.com
Telephone: +49 176 62730428
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices or would like to exercise your data-protection rights, please contact us using the details above.