Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Data Protection

Privacy Policy and information on any consent granted by you
As responsible person in the sense of the data protection regulations we inform you below about the processing of your personal data by us.

The term of personal data and other important terms
Personal data, in simple terms, is all information that relates to you personally as the data subject. Provisions as to what the term "personal data" means and what other terms mean for the subsequent data protection information are contained in Article 4 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

Name and contact details of the responsible person; Contact details of the data protection officers
In a simplified sense, the person responsible is the one who, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. The name and contact details of the person responsible (and as far as a data protection officer has been appointed, the contact details of the data protection officer) can be found in our provider identification / our imprint.

SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser's address bar changing from "http://" to "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser bar.

If SSL encryption is enabled, third parties cannot read the data you submit to us.

Purposes of processing your personal data; Legal basis for processing
We process your personal data as part of our activity for the following purposes in accordance with the respective legal basis.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in the maintenance of the proper functioning of our website, the provision of user-friendly functions and the analysis of the use of our website, your personal data are processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

For the execution of pre-contractual measures, which are based on a request from you, the processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b) GDPR.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in responding to requests and taking any other action that you may take based on a request, your personal data will be processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

For the performance of a contract of which you are a party, the processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b) GDPR.

For the purposes of advertising, your personal data will be processed either on the basis of your consent under Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

In order to fulfil legal obligations to which we are subject, your personal data are processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in the enforcement of our rights and in the defense against us, the processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Our systems are backed by state-of-the-art technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration or disclosure, loss or destruction.

For information on the processing of your personal data for each processing purpose, please refer to the relevant further information in the context of this Privacy Policy.

Transmission of your personal data to third parties; Categories of recipients of your personal data
If this is necessary to achieve the purpose of processing your personal data, we will transfer your personal data to third parties to the extent required by law. Detailed information on the transmission of your personal data to third parties for individual processing purposes can be found in the relevant further information in the context of this Privacy Policy. In cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required.

Scope of processing of your personal data for each processing purpose
In the following, we will inform you in detail about the processing of your personal data for the various processing purposes. Your personal data will be deleted if it is no longer needed for processing for the respective processing purpose, unless we may use the data for another purpose in the processing within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information contained in this privacy policy.

Use of our website for information purposes
If you visit our website without providing us with information, we will only process the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. These are the following data technically necessary to show you our website and to ensure stability and security:

– The page you requested
– Date and time of the request
– Transferred amount of data
– Source or reference from where you came to the page
– Browser used by you
– Operating system you use
– Your IP address

Your personal data will be processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f)
GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in maintaining the proper operation of our website, in providing as user-friendly functions as possible and in analyzing the use of our website.

Your personal data will be deleted after 6 months, unless they are still required for the assertion of rights or the enforcement of claims due to measures against the proper operation of our website. In this case, the deletion takes place immediately after completion of the corresponding procedure.

You are not required to provide your personal information. However, the non-provision of your personal data would mean that you cannot view our website.

Processing of inquiries
If you contact us with a request or request, we will process the personal data and information / documents you provide. Regardless of the way in which you submit your inquiry or concerns to us, they may include:

– Date and time of contact
– Name data
– Contact details
– Data on request/ inquiry
– Transmitted information/ documents

The processing of your personal data and the information/ documents provided will be based on Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR on the implementation of pre-contractual measures or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (c), depending on the content of your request or concern b) GDPR for the performance of a contract of which you are a party or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in answering requests/ requests and in carrying out other measures related to processing of inquiries/ concerns.

As far as this is necessary for the processing of your inquiry / your concern, we transfer your personal data within the scope of the legal requirements to third parties. In cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required.

Your personal data will be deleted if your request/concern is resolved, but at the earliest after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods of 6 or 10 years, unless we may use the data for another purpose in the context of legal requirements and continue to process according to the information contained in this Privacy Policy.

You are not required to provide your personal information. Failure to provide your personal information would result in your failure to process your request or concerns.

Fulfilment of contracts
If you provide us with personal data for the purpose of concluding a contract or in connection with a contract, we process the data you have provided for the execution of the contract. This is your customer information (for example, your name and address) and the contract information (such as details of the products in the agreement as well as payment and delivery information).

The processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b)
GDPR for the fulfilment of a contract of which you are a party.

As far as this is necessary for the fulfilment of the contract with you, we transfer your personal data within the scope of the legal requirements to third parties. This transfer is made to the service providers involved in the contract. These are the providers of the settlement tools we use, the transport companies and the payment service providers.

If you use the payment service provider PayPal for processing payment transactions, we expressly point out that the PayPal privacy policy applies to all PayPal transactions: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=en_EN

In cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required.

Your personal data will be deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods of 6 or 10 years, unless we continue to process the data for another purpose in the context of legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this Privacy Policy.

The conclusion of a contract with us requires the provision of your personal data. You are not required to provide your personal information. However, failure to provide your personal information would mean that we cannot conclude a contract with you.

Advertising by newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will process the email address provided by you - and if you provide other personal data - we will send you information about our offers by email. Obligatory is the specification of your email address. If you voluntarily submit further personal data, we process this data, if necessary, to personally address you in the newsletter.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you give consent with the following content: "I agree to be informed by e-mail about interesting offers and therefore consent to the processing of my e-mail address and the other personal information I have provided for the purpose sending the newsletter. I can revoke this consent at any time and without stating reasons with effect for the future. The legality of the processing up to the revocation remains untouched in case of revocation."

The registration for our newsletter takes place in the so-called Double-Opt-In procedure. This means: After logging in, you will first receive an e-mail with a message about the registration for the newsletter and a request for confirmation of the registration. Your confirmation of registration is required in order to document the required consent to the sending of the newsletter and to be able to recognize registrations on external e-mail addresses. In connection with the subscriptions to the newsletter and the confirmations, the IP address as well as the date and time are logged in order to be able to prove the grant of the consent in accordance with the legal requirements.

The processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of your consent given in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent at any time and without stating reasons with effect for the future. For this purpose, a corresponding message to the person responsible, whose contact details you can refer to the details of the person responsible. The legality of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in case of revocation.

If you revoke your consent or unsubscribe from our newsletter, you will immediately delete your email address and any other data transmitted, unless we may continue to use the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information contained in this Privacy Policy to process.

At least the provision of your email address is required to receive our newsletter. You are not required to provide your e-mail address. Failure to provide your e-mail address would result in your failure to order our newsletter.

Advertising by post
We process the personal data provided by you on first and last name and address, if necessary, for the transmission of information about our offers by post.

The processing of your personal data takes place in this respect on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in the implementation of advertising by letter.

You can object at any time to any processing of your personal data for the purpose of advertising by mail. For this purpose, a corresponding message to the person responsible, whose contact details you can refer to the details of the person responsible.

If you object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of advertising by mail, we will immediately delete the personal data you provide about your first and last name and address, unless we may use the data for another purpose Within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information contained in this privacy policy.

You are not required to provide your personal information by post for advertising purposes. However, failure to provide your personal information would mean that we will not be able to send you any advertising by post.

Fulfilment of legal obligations to which we are subject
We process your personal data to fulfil legal obligations to which we are subject within the framework of the corresponding requirements.

In order to fulfil legal obligations to which we are subject, your personal data are processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

Insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of legal obligations to which we are subject, we will transfer your personal data to third parties to the extent required by law. In cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required.

Your personal information will be erased if it is no longer needed to fulfil any of the legal obligations to which we are subject, unless we may continue to process the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information contained in this Privacy Policy.

Use of cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that are stored on your device and through which certain information is transmitted to us. The use of cookies serves to enable you to use certain functions and make our offer more user-friendly overall.

Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device even after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser, and allow our affiliate or us (third-party cookies) to recognize you on your next visit to our website (persistent cookies).

Some of the cookies we use are technically required to enable you to use certain features. This is the case, for example, with regard to the storage of entries in connection with the use of the shopping cart function. The processing of your personal data takes place in this respect on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b) GDPR to carry out pre-contractual measures, which are based on your request as a data subject or on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b) GDPR of a contract of which you are a party or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in providing user-friendly functions. To the extent that our affiliates or we use cookies for purposes of distance measurement or for marketing purposes, you may find detailed information on this subject, if applicable, in the relevant further information in the context of this Privacy Policy.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. Saved cookies can be deleted via the corresponding settings. If necessary, please refer to the program help for the browser you are using to find out how the corresponding settings can be made. We point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website in full. For example, we refer to the information for the following popular browsers:

– Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
– Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
– Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
– Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
– Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

A general objection to the use of cookies for marketing purposes can be found in a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU page http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") on our website.

The processing of your personal data takes place in this respect on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in the analysis of the use of our website.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of our website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We point out in this context that on our website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymizeIp". This ensures an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking) ensures that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area in order to exclude a personal reference. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other website and internet related services to us as website operators. The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. Saved cookies can be deleted via the corresponding settings. If necessary, please refer to the program help for the browser you are using to find out how the corresponding setting can be made. We point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of our website.

In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of our website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install. The current link is https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Alternatively, you can prevent the future collection of your data by Google Analytics by setting an opt-out-cookie. You set this cookie by clicking this link. Please note that the opt-out cookie only works in this browser and for this website. If you delete the cookies in your browser, you must click the link again.

For more information about Google's data usage and how to opt out and opt-out, see the Google Privacy Policy https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads and the Google Ads Settings https://adssettings.google.com/ authenticated.

Google is participating in the Privacy Shield Frameworks, ensuring compliance with European data protection law: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform representation of fonts. When you go on a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to correctly display texts and fonts. If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer will use a default font.

More information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Maps
This site uses the mapping service Google Maps via an API. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The provider of this page has no influence on this data transfer.
For more information about the handle of user data, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the Google-powered YouTube page. Site operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit any of our YouTube plug-in-enabled sites, you will be connected to the servers of YouTube. The Youtube server will know which of our pages you visited.
If you're logged into your YouTube account, YouTube will associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
For more information on the handle of user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy

Enforcement of our rights and defense against claims aimed against us
If necessary, we process your personal data in order to safeguard our legitimate interest in enforcing our rights and in defending against us.

In this case, your personal data will be processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Insofar as this is necessary to safeguard our legitimate interest, we will transfer your personal data to third parties within the scope of the legal requirements. This transfer is made to the debt collection service providers involved or our lawyers.

In cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required.

Your personal data will be deleted after completion of the procedure, but at the earliest after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods of 6 or 10 years, unless we may use the data for another processing purpose in accordance with legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this privacy policy continue to process.

Duration for which your personal data is stored or criteria for determining this duration
Your personal data will be deleted if it is no longer needed for processing for the respective processing purpose, unless we continue to process the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and according to the information contained in this privacy policy. For information on the duration of your personal data being stored or the criteria for determining this period, please refer to the information on the processing of your personal data for each processing purpose in this Privacy Policy.

Your rights
Overview
In order to ensure a fair and transparent processing of personal data, you as the data subject have the following rights according to the data protection regulations:
 
– Right of access by the data subject under Article 15 of the GDPR,
– Right to rectification under Article 16 of the GDPR,
– Right to erasure under Article 17 GDPR,
– Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 GDPR,
– Right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR,
– The right to withdraw a given consent at any time pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR,
– The right to object to the processing according to Article 21 GDPR, which we will inform you about separately below
– And the right to complain to the supervisory authority under Art. 77 GDPR, which we will inform you about separately below.

Your right to object to the processing
The processing of personal data is permitted where processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject requiring the protection of personal data prevail, in particular if: the person concerned is a child, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You, as the data subject, have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them arising from their particular situation, pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

If you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process your personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh their interests, rights and freedoms as the data subject, or the processing is for assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If we process your personal data in order to operate direct mail, you, the data subject, have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct mail. If you, as the data subject, object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Your right of appeal to the supervisory authority
As the data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your whereabouts, place of work or place of alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, if you believe that the processing of your personal data concerns you violates the provisions of the GDPR.

Information about the basis for the provision of your personal data and possible consequences of non-provision
To the extent necessary to ensure fair and transparent processing, you will find information about the basis for the provision of your personal information and possible consequences of not providing the information for the processing of your personal data for each processing purpose.