Terms of Service
Data protection
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law nor by contract or required for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide your data. Non-observance has no consequences. This only applies as long as the following processing methods do not provide otherwise.
means any information about an identified or identifiable natural person.
In principle, you can use our website without providing any personal data. Every time you access our website, user data is transmitted from your Internet browser and stored in log files (server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page called up, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is used exclusively for the smooth operation of our website and to improve our offer. It is not possible to assign this data to a specific person.
Collection and processing when using the contact form
If you use the contact form, we only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) to the extent specified by you. The data is processed for the purpose of establishing contact. By sending your message you agree to the processing of your transmitted data. The processing is based on art. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out with your consent up to the point of withdrawal. We only use your email address to process your request. Finally, your data will be deleted unless you have consented to further processing and use.
customer account
When you open a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The purpose of data processing is to improve your shopping experience and to simplify order processing. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out with your consent up to the point of revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.
Data collection when posting a comment on our social media channels
If you comment on an article or a contribution, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, comment text) only to the extent specified by you. The processing serves to enable you to make comments and display comments. By submitting the comment, you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out with your consent up to the point of revocation. Your personal data will then be deleted.
When your comment is published, the name and email address you entered will be published.
When you submit your comment, your IP address will also be saved to prevent misuse of the comment function and to ensure the security of our IT systems. By submitting the comment, you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out with your consent up to the point of revocation. Your IP address will then be deleted.
Collection, processing and use of personal data in orders
When you place an order, we only collect and use your personal data to the extent necessary to fulfill and process your requests. The provision of data is necessary for the conclusion of a contract. The non-provision prevents the conclusion of a contract. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you. We will not pass on your data to third parties without your express consent. The only exceptions to this are our service partners that we need to process the contractual relationship or service providers that we use to process an order. In addition to the recipients named in the clauses of this data protection declaration, these can also be recipients in the following categories: freight forwarders, payment service providers, merchandise management service providers, service providers for order processing, web hosts, IT service providers and dropshipping dealers. In any case, we will strictly adhere to the legal regulations. The scope of data transmission is kept to a minimum.
Using your email address to send newsletters
We only use your e-mail address outside of contractual processing to send you a newsletter for our own marketing purposes if you have expressly consented to this. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the point of revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the relevant link in the newsletter or by contacting us. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.
Using your email address to send direct marketing emails
We use your e-mail address, which we received as part of the sale of a good or service, for the electronic delivery of marketing for our own goods or services that are similar to those that you have already purchased from us, unless because you have objected to this use. In order to conclude a contract, you must provide your e-mail address. The non-provision prevents the conclusion of a contract. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in direct marketing. You can object to this use of your email address at any time by contacting us. The contact details for exercising your right of objection can be found in our imprint. You can also use the link provided in the marketing email. There are no other costs than the transmission costs at the basic tariffs.
Forwarding of your e-mail address to shipping companies for information about the shipping status
As part of the contract processing, we will pass on your e-mail address to the forwarding agent if you have expressly agreed to this during the ordering process. The forwarding serves to inform you by e-mail about the shipping status of your order. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by contacting us or the transport company, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the point of revocation.
Use of an external payment system
For payment by credit card/debit card/Sofort and Paypal we use a payment system as part of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data collected as part of the order will be sent to the following address
All Stripe transactions are covered by the Stripe Privacy Policy, which can be found here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy
Using PayPal
All PayPal transactions are covered by PayPal's Privacy Policy. You can find this at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-prev?locale.x=de_GB.
Using Klarna/Sofort
cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in a user's web browser or in the user's web browser on their computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string that makes it possible to clearly identify the browser the next time the website is accessed. We use cookies to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize 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 recognized again after a page change.
Our website also uses cookies to analyze the surfing behavior of visitors to our website.
We also use cookies to target visitors on other websites with targeted marketing related to their interests.
The processing takes place on the basis of Section 15 (3) TMG (Telemedia Act) and Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the above-mentioned purposes.
The data collected in this way is pseudonymised using technical measures. It is therefore not possible to link the data to your person. The data will not be stored together with other personal data concerning you. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us for reasons relating to your personal situation. Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By making the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can prevent the storage of cookies and the transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website if you do so.
You can use the following links to find out how you can manage (or deactivate, among other things) cookies in the most common 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 analytics service Google Analytics from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Googlet;). The data processing serves to analyze 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 related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not linked to any other data held by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is activated on this website. Google will use this information to truncate your IP address in advance in member states of the European Union or other signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Your data can be transmitted to the USA. The transfer of data to the US is subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in a needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us for reasons relating to your personal situation. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser; we would like to point out to you however that in this case you can if applicable not use all functions of this website in full. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookies (including your IP address) and the associated use of the website and from processing this data by Google by clicking on the following link[https://tools. google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de] and install the available browser plug-in. You can set an opt-out cookie to prevent tracking by Google Analytics on all devices. Opt-out cookies prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must opt-out of all systems and devices used for this to work comprehensively. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics.
You can find more information about the terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/ and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.
Use of Google Adwords conversion tracking
Our website uses the online marketing program ;Google AdWords; including conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is a service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Google;). When you click on ads served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie will be placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and therefore cannot be used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a separate cookie. Therefore, it is not possible to track cookies related to AdWords advertisers' websites. The information collected with the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. This allows us to determine the total number of users who clicked on our ads and were redirected to a page equipped with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which they could personally identify users. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in targeted marketing and the analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of this marketing.
You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us for reasons relating to your personal situation. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser. However, we would like to point out that you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website if you do so. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics and you can also deactivate personalized advertising in Google's advertising settings. For an introduction, see https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922. You can also disable the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org Go to /choices/ and follow the instructions to log out.
Further information and Google's data protection declaration can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Use of YouTube
Our website uses the YouTube LLC function to embed YouTube videos. (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; Google;).
YouTube is an affiliated company of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Google;) This function shows YouTube videos in an iFrame on the website. The Enhanced data protection mode option is activated here. This prevents YouTube from storing information about visitors to the website. You can find more information about the data collected and used by YouTube and Google, your rights and your privacy in YouTube's data protection declaration (https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy).
Use of Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Inc. function for embedding Google Maps (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Google;), which visually displays geographic information and interactive maps. Google also collects, processes and uses data about website visitors when they visit pages with embedded Google Maps.
For more information about the data collected and used by Google, your rights and your privacy, see Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. You also have the option to change your settings in the privacy center so that you can manage and protect the data processed by Google.
Your data can also be transmitted to the USA. The transfer of data to the US is subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us for reasons of your personal situation; for this purpose you must deactivate the JavaScript application in your browser. However, we would like to point out that you may not be able to fully use all functions of the website, such as the interactive map display.
Duration of storage
After the contract has been processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with the statutory retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law, and deleted after the period has expired, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability. You also have a right to object to processing based on art. 6 (1) GDPR and processing for direct marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR.
You can contact us at any time. Our contact details can be found in our imprint.
Right to complain to the regulator
You have the right to complain to the regulatory authority under Art. 77 GDPR if you believe that your data is not being processed lawfully.
last update: 04/25/2018
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