1. Access data and hosting

 

You can visit our websites without giving any personal information. Whenever you call up a website, the web server merely automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains e.g. the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of the call, transferred data volume and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call.

This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer in the context of a weighing of interests. All access data will be deleted at the latest seven days after the end of your visit to our website.

 

Hosting services by a third party provider
In the context of processing on our behalf, a third party provider provides us with the services for hosting and displaying the website. All data collected in the course of using this website or in forms provided for this purpose in the online store as described below are processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the scope described here.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

 

 

2. Data collection and use for contract processing, contacting and opening a customer account

 

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide us with this information as part of your order or when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data for the execution of the contract or for the processing of your contact and you cannot send the order or contact without their indication. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide us with in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO for contract processing and processing your inquiries.
As far as you have given your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account.
After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial law retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or by using a function in the customer account intended for this purpose.

3. Data transfer

 

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we will pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the payment service provider commissioned by us or to the selected payment service for the processing of payments. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves, if you open an account there. In this case you must log in to the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.

 

4. E-mail newsletter

 

E-mail advertising with newsletter subscription
If you register for our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to send you our e-mail newsletter on a regular basis on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and can either be done by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address from the list of recipients unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes that are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

The newsletter is sent by a service provider on our behalf, to whom we pass on your e-mail address for this purpose.

 

This service provider is located in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. On the basis of this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

 

5. Use of data for payment processing

 

Identity and credit checks when choosing Klarna payment services
If you choose Klarna's payment services, we ask you for your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO that we may transfer the data necessary for the processing of the payment and an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies mentioned in Klarna's privacy policy can be used for identity and credit checks.
Klarna will use the information obtained on the statistical probability of payment default to make a balanced decision on the establishment, execution or termination of the contractual relationship.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact information below. As a result, we may no longer be able to offer you certain payment options. You may also revoke your consent to this use of your personal data at any time, also to Klarna.

 

6. Integration of the Trusted Shop Trustbadge

 

For the display of our Trusted Shops seal of approval and the possibly collected ratings as well as for the offer of Trusted Shops products for buyers after an order, the Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website.

 

This serves the protection of our in the context of a balancing of interests predominant entitled interests in an optimal marketing by making possible a safe purchase in accordance with art. 6 exp. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The trust badge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne. The trust badge is made available by a CDN provider (Content Delivery Network) within the scope of order processing. Trusted Shops GmbH also uses service providers from the USA. An adequate level of data protection is guaranteed. Further information on data protection at Trusted Shops GmbH can be found here.

When you call up the Trustbadge, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, date and time of the call, transferred data volume and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. Individual access data is stored in a security database for the analysis of security incidents. The log files are automatically deleted 90 days after creation at the latest.

Further personal data is transferred to Trusted Shops GmbH if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered for use. It applies the contractual agreement met between you and Trusted Shops. For this an automatic collection of personal data from the order data takes place. Whether you are already registered as a buyer for a product use is automatically checked by means of a neutral parameter, the e-mail address hashed by cryptological one-way function. The e-mail address is converted before transmission in this hash value, which cannot be decrypted by Trusted Shops. After checking for a match, the parameter is automatically deleted.

This is necessary for the fulfilment of our and Trusted Shops' predominant legitimate interests in the provision of the buyer protection linked to the concrete order and the transactional evaluation services in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Further details, also on the objection, can be found in the Trusted Shops data protection declaration linked above and in the trust badge.

7. Cookies and web analysis

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your end device. 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 end device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit us (persistent cookies). You can see the duration of storage in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for each browser under the following links:

Internet Explorer™
Safari™
Chrome™
Firefox™
Opera™
If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

8. Online marketing

Google reCAPTCHA
For the purpose of protection against misuse of our web forms as well as against spam, we use the Google reCAPTCHA service in some forms on this website. Google reCAPTCHA is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under the laws of Ireland with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de). By verifying a manual entry, this service prevents automated software (so-called bots) from performing abusive activities on the website. In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in protecting our website from misuse as well as in ensuring that our online presence is displayed without disruption.

Google reCAPTCHA uses a code embedded in the website, a so-called JavaScript, to check methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website including your IP address is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In addition, other cookies stored in your browser by Google services are evaluated by Google reCAPTCHA.
A readout or storage of personal data from the input fields of the respective form does not take place.

As far as information is transferred to and stored on Google servers in the USA, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. On the basis of this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Please note that this may limit the functionality of our website for your use.

 

Google Fonts
On this website the script code "Google Fonts" is integrated. Google Fonts is an offer by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de). This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which outweigh our own interests, in a uniform presentation of the content on our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Within this framework, a connection is established between the browser you use and the servers of Google. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address.
As far as information is transferred to and stored on Google servers in the USA, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. On the basis of this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy.

9. Sending evaluation reminders by e-mail

 

Rating reminder through Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will transmit your e-mail address to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne (www.trustedshops.de), so that they can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

10. Contact possibilities and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights: in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent described therein; in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored with us; in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO the right to demand the deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless further processing is necessary. to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information; to fulfill a legal obligation; for reasons of public interest, or is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims; in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, provided that the correctness of the data is disputed by you; the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it; we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO in accordance with art. 20 of the DSGVO, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party; pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters for this purpose. 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 consents granted or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly via the contact data in our imprint.