Data protection
declaration
Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your
personal data is neither legally nor contractually obligatory, nor required for
conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide your data. Not
providing it will have no consequences. This only applies as long as the
processing procedures below do not state otherwise. “Personal data” is any
information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files
You can use our websites without submitting personal data.
Every time you access our website, user data is transmitted by your internet
browser and stored in protocol files (server log files). This stored data
includes e.g. name of the site called up, date and time of the request, amount
of data transferred and the provider making the request. This data serves
exclusively to ensure smooth operation of our website and to improve our
offering. It is not possible to assign this data to a particular person.
Collection and
processing when using the contact form
When you use the contact form we will only collect your
personal data (name, email address, message text) in the scope provided by you.
The data processing is for the purpose of making contact. By submitting your
message you agree to the processing of your transmitted data. Processing will
be carried out on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.You can
withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us without affecting the
legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the withdrawal.
We will only use your email address to process your request. Finally your data
will be deleted, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.
Customer account
When you open a customer account, we will collect your
personal data in the scope given there. The data processing is for the purpose
of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. The
processing will be carried out on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your
consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us without
affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to
the withdrawal. Your customer account will then be deleted.
Collection,
processing, and use of personal data in orders
When you submit an order, we only collect and use your
personal data where this is necessary for the fulfilment and handling of your
requests. The provision of data is necessary for conclusion of a contract.
Failure to provide it will prevent the conclusion of any contract. The
processing will occur on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is required
for the fulfilment of a contract with you. We will not forward your data to
third parties without your explicit consent. This only excludes our service
partners which we require in order to handle the contractual relationship or
service providers we use to process an order. Along with the recipients named in
the clauses of this data protection declaration, these may be recipients in the
following categories: Shipping providers, payment service providers,
merchandise management service providers, service providers for order
processing, web hosts, IT service providers and dropshipping dealers. We will
comply strictly with legal requirements in every case. The scope of data
transmission is restricted to a minimum.
Use of your email
address for mailing of direct marketing
We use your email address, which we obtained in the course
of selling a good or service, for the electronic transmission of marketing for
our own goods or services which are similar to those you have already purchased
from us, unless you have objected to this use. You must provide your email address
in order to conclude a contract. Failure to provide it will prevent the
conclusion of any contract. The processing will be carried out on the basis of
art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our justified interest in direct marketing. You
can object to this use of your email address at any time by contacting us. You
will find the contact details for exercising your right to object in our
imprint. You can also use the link provided in the marketing email. This will
not involve any costs other than transmission costs at basic tariffs.
Using PayPal
All PayPal transaction are covered by the PayPal Data
Privacy Statement. You can find this at
https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-prev?locale.x=en_GB
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files which
are saved in a user’s internet browser or by the user’s internet browser on
their computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be saved on
the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character
string which allows the browser to be clearly identified when the website is
called up again. We use cookies to make our offering more user-friendly,
effective and secure. Cookies also allow our systems to recognise your browser
after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website
cannot be offered without the use of cookies. These services require the
browser to be recognised again after a page change.
Our website also uses cookies to allow us to analyse the
surfing behaviour of visitors to our website.
We also use cookies to address visitors to other websites
with targeted marketing relating to their interests.
Processing is carried out on the basis of § 15 (3) TMG
(Telemedia Act) as well as art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our justified interest
in the purposes above.
The data collected in this way is pseudonymised using
technological measures. It is therefore not possible to connect the data to
your person. The data will not be stored together with other personal data
pertaining to you. You have the right to
veto this processing of your personal data according to art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR
by contacting us, for reasons relating to your personal situation. Cookies
will be stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use
of cookies. By choosing corresponding technical settings in your internet
browser, you can prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data
they contain. Cookies which have already been saved may be deleted at any time.
We would, however, like to point out that this may prevent you from making full
use of all the functions of this website. Using the links below, you can find
out how to manage cookies (or deactivate them, among other things) in major
browsers:
Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Use of Google Analytics
Our website uses the web analysis service Google Analytics
by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;
“Google”). The processing of data serves to analyse this website and its
visitors. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this
website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website
activity and to provide other services to the website operator relating to
website and internet use. The IP address communicated by your browser as part
of Google Analytics is not associated with any other data held by Google.
Google Analytics uses cookies, which make it possible to analyse your use of
the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this
website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
IP anonymisation is activated on this website. Google uses this to shorten your
IP address beforehand within Member States of the European Union or in other
signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional
cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and
shortened there. Your data may be transmitted to the USA. Transmission of data
to the USA is covered by an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Processing is carried out on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our
justified interest in needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right to veto this processing
of your personal data according to art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us, for
reasons relating to your personal situation. You can prevent the storage of
cookies by choosing corresponding technical settings in your internet browser;
we would, however, like to point out that this may prevent you from making full
use of all the functions of this website. You can also prevent collection of
the data (including your IP address) generated by the cookies and related to your
use of the website by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google
by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following
link [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en]. You can set an opt-out
cookie to prevent collection by Google Analytics across devices. Opt-out
cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website.
You need to opt-out on all systems and devices in use for this to work
comprehensively. If you click here, the opt-out cookie is set: Disable Google
Analytics. You can find more detailed information on the terms and conditions
of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/ and at
https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.
Use of the
remarketing or “similar target groups” function by Google Inc.
Our website uses the remarketing or “similar target groups”
function by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043,
USA; “Google”). This function serves to analyse visitor behaviour and visitor
interests. Google uses cookies to analyse website use, forming the basis for
producing interest-related adverts. Cookies allow for the recording of website
visits as well as anonymised data on the use of the website. The personal data
of website visitors is not saved. If you then visit another website in the
Google display network you will then be shown adverts which are more likely to
take previous areas of product and information interest into account. Your data
may also be transmitted to the USA. Transmission of data to the USA is covered
by an adequacy decision by the European Commission. Processing is carried out
on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our justified interest in
addressing visitors to the website with targeted marketing by displaying personalised
interest-related adverts when they visit other websites in the Google display
network. You have the right to veto this processing of your personal data
according to art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us, for reasons relating to
your personal situation. For this purpose you can permanently deactivate the
use of cookies by following the link below and downloading and installing the
plug-in: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=en Alternatively, you
can deactivate the use of cookies by third parties by calling up the Network
Advertising Initiative deactivation page at
https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and following the opt-out
instructions. You can find more detailed information on Google remarketing as
well as the associated data protection declaration at: https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/
Use of Facebook
remarketing
Our website uses the remarketing function “Custom Audiences”
by Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA;
“Facebook”).This function serves to address the visitor to the website with
interest-related advertising on the social network Facebook. We have
implemented Facebook’s remarketing tag on our website for this purpose. This
tag sets up a direct connection to Facebook’s servers when you visit our
website. This informs the Facebook server which of our web pages you have
visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user
account. When you visit the social network Facebook you will then be shown
personalised, interest-related Facebook ads. Processing is carried out on the
basis of art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our justified interest in the above
purpose. You have the right to veto this processing of your personal data
according to art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us, for reasons relating to
your personal situation. For this purpose you can deactivate the remarketing
function “Custom Audiences” here. You can find more detailed information on
Facebook’s collection and use of data, your associated rights and options for protecting
your privacy in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Using Twitter plugins
The functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our
website. Twitter is a social media portal of the company Twitter Inc.,795
Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, (USA). We use Twitter plugins.
If you invoke a corresponding website that has such a plugin, the data is
exchanged with the Twitter servers located in the USA. Even in case of
interactions, which are possible with various Twitter plugins, the
corresponding information about you is collected and transmitted to Twitter and
stored there. Moreover, if you are a member of Twitter, and if your are logged
in on Twitter during the period in which you use the plugin, the information
collected about your website visit is linked to your Twitter account and
disclosed to other users. If you do not wish that Twitter links and combines
the information with the data of your Twitter account, you must log out from
Twitter before visiting our website. Log on to https://twitter.com/privacy for
more information on the collection and use of data through Twitter.
Using Pinterest
plugins
On these webpages, plugins of the social network, Pinterest,
are used, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA,
94301, USA ("Pinterest"). You can view the different logos which
contain the plugin (e.g. “Pin-it-Button” or the “P″-button), at the following
link: http://business.pinterest.com/pin-it-button/ If you invoke a corresponding
website of our Internet presence, which contains such a plugin, a link between
your computer and the servers of Pinterest is established, and the plugin is
displayed on the Internet page through a notification to your browser. Here,
your IP addresses as well as the information, as to which of our webpages you
have visited, is transmitted to the Pinterest server in the USA. This is
irrespective of whether you are registered with or logged in on Pinterest. Data
is transferred even in case of users who are not registered or logged in on
these sites. Moreover, if you are a member of Pinterest, and if you are logged
in on Pinterest during the period in which you use the plugin, the information
collected about your website visit is linked to your Pinterest account and
disclosed to other users. Even in case of interactions, which are possible with
various Pinterest plugins, the corresponding information about you is collected
and transmitted to Pinterest and stored there. If you do not wish that
Pinterest links and combines the information with the data of your Pinterest
account, you must log out from Pinterest before visiting our website. Log on to
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy for more information on the
collection and use of data through Pinterest.
Using Instagram
plug-ins
These websites use the plug-in from online service provider
Instagram, which is provided by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park,
CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"). If you access pages on our website that
contain this plug-in, this will generate a connection to the Instagram server
and indicate the plug-in on the site by means of message in your browser.
Information such as your IP address and which websites you have visited is
transmitted to the Instagram server. If you are logged into Instagram,
Instagram will assign this information to your personal user account. When
using the plug-in functions (e.g. clicking the “Instagram” button”) this
information is also assigned to your Instagram account, which you can only
prevent by logging out prior to using the plug-in. If you do not want Instagram
to directly add the information collected to your Instagram account, you must
either log out of Instagram prior to visiting our site or use an add-on or the
script blocker “NoScript” (noscript.net) to block the Instagram plug-in loading
on our websites. Further information on the data collected and used by
Instagram, your rights and privacy can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy:
help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Use of YouTube
Our website uses YouTube LLC’s function for the embedding of
YouTube videos. (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; “YouTube”). YouTube
is an affiliated company of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain
View, CA 94043, USA;“Google”).This feature shows YouTube videos in an iFrame on
the website. The option “advanced privacy mode” is enabled here. This prevents
YouTube from storing information on visitors to the website. It is only if you
watch a video that information is transmitted to and stored by YouTube.Further
information on the data collected and used by YouTube and Google, your rights
and privacy can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy ( https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy).
Use of GoogleMaps
Our website uses Google Inc.’s feature for the embedding of
Google Maps (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;
“Google”).This feature visually represents geographical information and
interactive maps. Google also collects, processes and uses data on visitors to
the website when they call up pages with embedded Google maps. Further
information on the data collected and used by Google, your rights and privacy
can be found in Google’s privacy policy at
https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. You also have the option of changing
your settings in the data protection centre, allowing you to administer and
protect the data processed by Google. Your data may also be transmitted to the
USA. Transmission of data to the USA is covered by an adequacy decision by the
European Commission. You have the right to veto this processing of your
personal data according to art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us, for reasons
relating to your personal situation.For this purpose you must turn off the
JavaScript application in your browser. However, we wish to point out that
doing this may prevent you from using all of the website’s functions, for
example the interactive map display, in full.
Duration of storage
After contractual processing has been completed, the data is
initially stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance
with the retention periods prescribed by law, especially tax and commercial
law, and then deleted after the period has elapsed, unless you have agreed to
further processing and use.
Rights of the
affected person
If the legal requirements are fulfilled, you have the
following rights according to art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information,
correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability. You also
have a right of objection against processing based on art. 6 (1) GDPR, and to
processing for the purposes of direct marketing, according to art. 21 (1) GDPR.
Contact us at any time. Our contact details can be found in our imprint.
Right to complain to
the regulatory authority
You have the right to complain to the regulatory authority
according to art. 77 GDPR if you believe that your data is not being processed
legally.