Privacy Policy

1. Access data and hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time you call up a website, the web server only automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call.

This access data is evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our services. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offer, which outweigh our interests in the context of a balancing of interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. All access data is deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise explained in this privacy policy, all access data as well as all data collected in forms provided for this purpose on this website are processed on their servers.

If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

2. Data processing for contract handling and for contacting us

2.1 Data processing for contract handling

For the purpose of contract processing (including inquiries about and processing of any existing warranty and performance claims as well as any statutory update obligations) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO, we collect personal data if you provide it to us voluntarily in the context of your order. Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data to process the contract and we cannot send the order without their information. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. 

Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy. After complete processing of the contract, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DSGVO, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

2.2 Customer account

Insofar as you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account as well as for storing your data for further future orders on our website. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or by using a function provided for this purpose in the customer account. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

2.3 Contacting

In the context of customer communication, we collect personal data to process your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b DSGVO if you voluntarily provide us with this data when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we absolutely need the data to process your contact. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After complete processing of your request, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

3. Data processing for the purpose of shipment processing.

For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

Data transfer to shipping service providers for the purpose of shipping notification

If you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order, we will pass on your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider on the basis of this consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, so that the shipping service provider can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination. The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete your data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

United Parcel Service Germany
S.à r.l. & Co. OHG
Görlitzer Street 1
41460 Neuss
Germany

DHL Parcel GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Germany

4. Data processing for payment processing

When processing payments in our online store, we work with these partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

4.1 Data processing for transaction handling

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who work for us within the framework of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment. This serves the fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for processing the payment themselves, e.g. on their own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies. If you have any questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

4.2 Data processing for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimization of our payment processes.

Where applicable, we provide our service providers with further data, which they use together with the data necessary for the processing of the payment as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing of contested payments, accounting support). Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in our protection against fraud or in efficient payment management, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests.

4.3 Credit assessment

If we make an advance payment (in the case of purchase on account), we obtain an identity and credit check from specialized service providers (credit agencies). For this purpose, we transmit your personal data required for a credit check to:

SCHUFA Holding AG
Kormoranweg 5
65201 Wiesbaden
Germany

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH
Hammfelddamm 13
41460 Neuss
Germany

This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, in assessing the creditworthiness and willingness to pay of our potential customers in the run-up to the conclusion of the contract and thus to avoid purchase price defaults, and is necessary for the conclusion of the contract pursuant to Art. 22 (2) lit. a DSGVO. Reasonable measures to protect your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests will be taken into account here. You have the opportunity to express your point of view and contest the decision by contacting the contact option described in this privacy policy. After complete execution of the contract, your data processed for this purpose will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

4.4 Involvement of collection service providers

We pass on your data to a commissioned collection service provider Creditreform Bonn Rossen KG, Graurheindorfer Str. 92, 53117 Bonn, Germany, insofar as our payment claim has not been settled despite previous reminders. In this case, the debt will be collected directly by the collection service provider. This serves the fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO as well as the protection of our legitimate interests in an effective assertion or enforcement of our payment claim according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

5 Cookies and other technologies

5.1 General information

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). When you use our online services, we use absolutely necessary technologies in order to be able to provide the explicitly requested telemedia service. The storage of information in your terminal device or access to information that is already stored in your terminal device does not require consent in this respect. 

For functions that are not absolutely necessary, the storage of information in your terminal device or access to information that is already stored in your terminal device requires your consent. We would like to point out that if you do not give your consent, parts of the website may not be available for unrestricted use. Any consent you may have given will remain valid until you adjust or reset the respective settings in your end device.

Any downstream data processing through cookies and other technologies We use such technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping cart function). Through these technologies, IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, as well as information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the contents of the shopping cart) are collected and processed. In the context of a balancing of interests, this serves overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. 

In addition, we use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. For more information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, please see the following sections of this Privacy Policy.

Where appropriate, we may also use technologies that are not individually listed in this Privacy Policy. You can find more information about these technologies, including the respective legal basis for data processing, on the Usercentrics platform.

You can access this by clicking on the fingerprint button in the lower right or left corner of the page.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser at the following links: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™.

Insofar as you have consented to the use of the technologies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.

Alternatively, you can click on the fingerprint button in the lower right or left corner of the page. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5.2 Use of GDPR EU privacy guard Consent management.

On our website, we use GDPR EU privacy guard Consent Management to inform you about the cookies and the other technologies we use on our website, as well as to obtain, manage and document your consent to the processing of your personal data by these technologies, as may be required by law. This is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. c DSGVO to comply with our legal obligation under Art. 7 (1) DSGVO to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject.

GDPR EU privacy guard is an offer of clever+zöger GmbH, Am Roggenfeld 46, 86156 Augsburg, Germany which processes your data on our behalf. When you visit our website, the web server stores a so-called server log file, which also contains your anonymized IP address, date and time of the visit, device and browser information, and information about your consent behavior. Your data will be deleted after three years, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

6. Use of cookies and other technologies for web analysis and advertising purposes.

Insofar as you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we use the following cookies and other technologies from third-party providers on our website. After the end of the purpose and the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the section "Cookies and other technologies". For more information including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, please refer to the individual technologies. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

Use of Google services for web analysis and advertising purposes

We use the technologies of Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), as described below. The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.  If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it is shortened by activating IP anonymization before being stored on Google's servers. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server and shortened there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, the data processing is based on an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. As a matter of principle, your IP address will not be merged with other data from Google. Data processing is carried out on the basis of an order processing agreement by Google.

Google Maps

For the visual presentation of geographical information, Google Maps collects data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular the IP address and location data, transmits this data to Google and subsequently processes it. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

7. Integration of the Trusted Shops trustbadge/ other widgets

Trusted Shops widgets (e.g. Trusted Shops Trustbadge) are integrated on this website to display Trusted Shops services (e.g. seal of approval, collected ratings) and to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after they have placed an order.

This serves to protect our legitimate interests in optimal marketing by enabling secure shopping, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne (Trusted Shops), with which we are jointly responsible under data protection law pursuant to Art. 26 DSGVO. In the following, we inform you about the essential contractual contents according to Art. 26 (2) DSGVO within the scope of this data protection notice. Within the framework of the joint responsibility existing between us and Trusted Shops GmbH, please contact Trusted Shops GmbH, whose contact details you can find here, if you have any data protection questions or wish to assert your rights. Further information on data protection can be found in the following link here. Independently of this, you can also always contact us using the contact option described in this privacy policy. Your inquiry will then be passed on to the further responsible party for answering, if necessary.

7.1 Data processing when integrating the trust badge/other widgets 

The trust badge is provided as part of a joint responsibility by a US CDN provider (content delivery network). An appropriate level of data protection is ensured by standard data protection clauses and other contractual measures. Further information on the data protection of Trusted Shops GmbH can be found here. When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, the date and time of the call-up, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call-up. The IP address is anonymized immediately after collection so that the stored data cannot be assigned to you personally. The anonymized data is used in particular for statistical purposes and for error analysis.

7.2 Data processing after order completion 

After order completion, your email address, which is hashed using a cryptological one-way function, is transmitted to Trusted Shops GmbH. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. This serves to check whether you are already registered for services with Trusted Shops GmbH and is therefore necessary for the fulfillment of our and Trusted Shops' overriding legitimate interests in the provision of the buyer protection linked to the specific order in each case and the transactional evaluation services pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If this is the case, further processing will be carried out in accordance with the contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops. If you are not yet registered for the services, you will subsequently be given the opportunity to do so for the first time. Further processing after registration also depends on the contractual agreement with Trusted Shops GmbH. If you do not register, all transmitted data is automatically deleted by Trusted Shops GmbH and a personal reference is then no longer possible. 

Trusted Shops uses service providers in the areas of hosting, monitoring and logging. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation. Processing may take place in third countries (USA and Israel). An adequate level of data protection is ensured in the case of the USA by standard data protection clauses and further contractual measures, and in the case of Israel by an adequacy decision.

8. Contact options and your rights

8.1 Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights: pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein; pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, the right to request without undue delay the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us; pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you; the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure; we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims; or you object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO to object to the processing; pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller; pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose. 

Right to object Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you will only have the right to object if there are grounds arising from your particular situation. After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not further process your personal data for this purpose.    

8.2 Contact options

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, restriction or deletion of data, as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a particular use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.

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