Privacy policy
Privacy policy
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is not required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide data has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided in the following processing operations.
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Your data will be transferred to Canada, among other countries. The EU Commission has issued an adequacy decision for data transfers to Canada.
Contact us
Responsible person
Please contact us if you wish. The contact details of the data controller can be found in our legal notice.
Proactive contact of the customer by e-mail
If you contact us by e-mail on your own initiative, we will only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) to the extent provided by you. The purpose of data processing is to process and respond to your contact request.
If the purpose of the contact is to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the event of an interest in purchasing, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your inquiry. In this case, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Orders
Your data will be transferred to Canada, among other countries. The EU Commission has issued an adequacy decision for data transfers to Canada.
Ratings
Data collection when writing a comment
When you comment on an article or post, we only collect your personal data (name, email address, comment text) to the extent that you provide it. The processing serves the purpose of enabling comments to be made and comments to be displayed. By submitting the comment, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Your personal data will then be deleted.
When your comment is publishedthe name and e-mail address you have provided will be published. will be published.
Payment service provider Credit information
Use of PayPal
All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal privacy policy. This can be found at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Use of PayPal Express
We use the PayPal Express payment service of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The purpose of data processing is to be able to offer you payment via the PayPal Express payment service. To integrate this payment service, it is necessary for PayPal to collect, store and analyze data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you access the website. Cookies may also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable your browser to be recognized.
Your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in a customer-oriented offer of various payment methods.You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
By selecting and using PayPal Express, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Further information on data processing when using the PayPal Express payment service can be found in the associated privacy policy at www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE#Updated_PS.
Use of Amazon Payments
We use the Amazon Payments payment service of Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a. (38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg; "Amazon Payments") on our website.
The purpose of data processing is to be able to offer you payment via the Amazon Payments payment service.
To integrate this payment service, it is necessary for Amazon Payments to collect, store and analyze data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you access the website. Cookies may also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable your browser to be recognized.
Your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in a customer-oriented offer of various payment methods.You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
By selecting and using "Amazon Payments", the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to Amazon Payments in order to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Further information on data processing when using the Amazon Payments payment service can be found in the associated privacy policy at: https://pay.amazon.com/de/help/201212490
Use of personal data when selecting Klarna payment options
In order to be able to offer you Klarna's payment options, we will transmit personal data, such as contact details and order data, to Klarna. This enables Klarna to assess whether you can make use of the payment options offered via Klarna and to adapt the payment options to your needs. You can find general information about Klarna at: https://www.klarna.com/de/. Your personal data will be treated by Klarna in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna's privacy policy at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy.
Cookies
Internet Explorer: https: //support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Use of the GDPR Legal Cookie
We use the GDPR Legal Cookie consent management tool from beeclever GmbH (Universitätsstraße 3, 56070 Koblenz a. Rh.; "beeclever") on our website. The tool enables you to give your consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to exercise your right to withdraw consent you have already given.
The purpose of data processing is to obtain and document the necessary consent for data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The following information may be collected and transmitted to beeclever: anonymized IP address, date and time of consent, URL from which the consent was sent, anonymous, random, encrypted key, consent status. This data is not passed on to other third parties.
The data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at beeclever at: https://gdpr-legal-cookie.com/pages/terms-conditions and at https://gdpr-legal-cookie.com/pages/datenschutzerklarung.
Plug-ins and miscellaneous
We use Google Fonts from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google") on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of the uniform presentation of fonts on our website. In order to load the fonts, a connection to Google's servers is established when the page is accessed. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Among other things, your IP address and information about the browser you are using are processed and transmitted to Google. This data is not linked to your Google account.
Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as suitable guarantees for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
Your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in a user-friendly and aesthetic design of our website. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR by notifying us.
You can find more information on data processing and data protection at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ and at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.
Rights of data subjects and storage duration
Duration of storage
After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with statutory retention periods, in particular under tax and commercial law, and then 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 of access, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restriction of processing, right to data portability.
You also have the right to object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing in accordance with Article 21(1) GDPR.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully.
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can reach using the following contact details
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 384240
Fax: +49 211 38424999
E-mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Right to object
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Once you have objected, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
last update: 10.01.2022