Data Protection at a Glance

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Who Is Responsible for Data Collection on This Website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the legal notice (Imprint) of this website.

How Do We Collect Your Data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, restriction, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting our website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is mainly done using cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior is usually anonymous; the browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you.

You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information About the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke consent already given at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to Lodge a Complaint With the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a common, machine-readable format, either for yourself or for a third party. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.

SSL / TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted Payment Transactions on This Website

If there is an obligation to provide your payment data (e.g. account number for direct debit) after concluding a paid contract, this data is required to process the payment.

Payment transactions via common means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. With encrypted communication, your payment data cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Restriction, Deletion

Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as a right to correction, restriction, or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice.

Objection to Promotional Emails

The use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam emails.

Cookies

Some of our web pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required for electronic communication or for providing certain functions requested by you are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Other cookies (e.g. cookies used to analyze your browsing behavior) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

Browser type and browser version

Operating system used

Referrer URL

Hostname of the accessing computer

Time of the server request

IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Registration on This Website

You may register on our website in order to use additional functions on the site. The data entered for this purpose will only be used to make use of the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as changes in the scope of services or technically necessary changes, we will use the email address provided during registration to inform you accordingly.

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)

We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary to establish, define, or modify the legal relationship (inventory data). This is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Personal data relating to the use of our website (usage data) is collected, processed, and used only to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill for it.

The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data Transfer Upon Conclusion of a Contract for Online Shops, Retailers, and Shipping of Goods

We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary within the scope of contract processing, for example to companies entrusted with the delivery of goods or the financial institution responsible for payment processing. Any further transfer of data does not take place unless you have expressly consented to it.

Your data will not be passed on to third parties for advertising purposes without your explicit consent.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies.” These are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and advertising.

IP Anonymization

IP anonymization is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide further services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
 https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to Data Collection

ou can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics

More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic Features in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising by Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers.

This data cannot be assigned to a specific individual. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described under “Objection to Data Collection.”

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This function enables advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the cross-device functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. This allows interest-based, personalized advertising messages that are adapted to your previous usage and browsing behavior on one device (e.g. smartphone) to also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google links your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. This enables the same personalized advertising messages to be displayed on every device on which you are logged into your Google account.

To support this function, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked with our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising in your Google account at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent, which you may grant or revoke at Google (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). For data collection processes that are not merged into your Google account, the collection of data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the website operator’s interest in anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis.

This data is used exclusively for sending the requested information and is not passed on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter subscription form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

The data stored by us for the purpose of newsletter delivery will be deleted once you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the members’ area) remain unaffected.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to correctly display texts and fonts.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address.

The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

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 Google Maps service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and easy findability of the locations specified on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

More information on how Google handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

PayPal

On our website, we offer, among other things, payment via PayPal. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22–24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”).

If you select PayPal as your payment method, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent) and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations carried out in the past.