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 will not result. This only applies if no other information is provided during subsequent processing operations. “Personal data” is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files
You can visit our web pages without providing any information about yourself. Usage data is transmitted by your Internet browser each time you access our website and stored in log data (server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of retrieval, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is intended solely to ensure the smooth operation of our website and to improve our offerings. It is not possible to assign this data to a specific person. Collection and processing when using the contact form When using the contact form, we only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) to the extent that you have made available. Data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact. By sending your message, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal. We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will subsequently be deleted unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Customer account
When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent stated therein. Data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal. Your customer account will then be deleted.Collection, processing and use of personal data on orders When placing an order, we only collect and use your personal data to the extent necessary to fulfill and process your order and to process your requests. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Non-provision has the effect that no contract can be concluded. Processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. The only exceptions to this are our service partners, whom we need to process the contractual relationship or service providers whom we use as part of order processing. In addition to the recipients named in the respective clauses of this privacy policy, these include, for example, recipients of the following categories: shipping service providers, payment service providers, merchandise management service providers, order processing service providers, web hosts, IT service providers, and dropshipping merchants. In all cases, we strictly comply with legal requirements. The scope of data transmission is limited to a minimum.
Using the email address to send newsletters
We use your email address exclusively for our own promotional purposes for sending newsletters, regardless of the contract processing, provided you have expressly agreed to this. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until withdrawal. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the relevant link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will be removed from the mailing list afterwards.
Passing the email address to shipping companies for information about the shipping status
We will share your email address with the transport company as part of the contract processing, provided you have expressly agreed to this during the ordering process. The sharing is for the purpose of informing you via email about the shipping status. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of consent until withdrawal. If we enter into advance payments, e.g. B. in the case of payment on account or direct debit, we reserve the right, if necessary, to obtain credit information on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures using the.To do this, we transfer the personal data required for a credit check there and use the information we receive about the statistical probability of default for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report may include probability values (score values) calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical and statistical methods, the calculation of which includes, among other things, address data. Their concerns worthy of protection are taken into account in accordance with the law. Data processing serves the purpose of credit check for contract initiation. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR out of the legitimate interest in protection against default when we go into advance payment. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by notifying us. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the type of payment you want. Failure to provide will result in the contract not being able to be concluded with the type of payment you have chosen.
We also use cookies on our website for the purpose of enabling an analysis of the browsing behavior of our site visitors. Furthermore, we use cookies for the purpose of subsequently addressing page visitors on other websites with targeted, interest-based advertising. The processing is carried out on the basis of § 15 (3) TMG and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR out of the legitimate interest in the above-mentioned purposes. The data collected by you in this way will be pseudonymised by technical arrangements. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to you personally. The data will not be stored together with any other personal data of yours. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6 (1) f GDPR. Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting appropriate technical settings for your Internet browser, you can prevent the storage of cookies and the transmission of the data contained. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may not be able to fully use all of the features of this website. You can find out how to manage cookies in the most important browsers (including deactivating them) at the links below: Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-deletemanage- cookies Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics web analytics service from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; „Google“) on our website. Data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors. To do this, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide other services related to website use and internet use to the website operator. The IP address submitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. Google Analytics uses cookies that allow you to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is enabled on this website. This will shorten your IP address from Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Your data will be transmitted to the USA if necessary. An adequacy decision of the European Commission is in place for data transfers to the USA. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR out of the legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right at any time against your particular situation on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR based processing of personal data concerning you. To do this, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting appropriate technical settings of your browser software; however, we would like to point out that if this happens, you may not be able to fully use all the features of this website. You can further prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de]. To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data across devices, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must perform the opt-out on all systems and devices in use to make this work comprehensively. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics. For more information on terms of use and data protection, see https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.
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Using Google Adwords Conversion Tracking
We use the online advertising program „Google AdWords“ on our website and, within this framework, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; „Google“). When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not intended for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we can see that you have clicked on the ad and been redirected to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no possibility that cookies can be tracked through AdWords customers‘ websites. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie serves the purpose of generating conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.
Analysis of the impact and efficiency of this advertising.
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6 (1) f GDPR. To do this, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting appropriate technical settings of your browser software. However, we would like to point out that if this happens, you may not be able to fully use all of the features of this website. They are then not included in the conversion tracking statistics. Furthermore, you can deactivate personalized advertising for you in Google’s advertising settings. For instructions on how to do this, see https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de In addition, you can disable the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative (Network Advertising Initiative) disable page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the additional opt-out information mentioned there. For further information and Google’s privacy policy, please visit: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Google Adwords Remarketing
We use the Google Remarketing app in conjunction with Adwords Conversion. This is a process we’d like to use to get back to you. This app allows you to see our advertisements if you continue to use the Internet after visiting our website. Which is done with cookies stored in your Internet browser.
These cookies are used by Ggolge to detect and analyze your behavior when visiting various websites. This allows Google to diagnose your visit to our website. According to Google, there will be no integration of the data collected in remarkleting with your personal data, which may be stored by Google. According to Google, pseudonymization is used in remarketing.
Use of lead info
We use the lead generation service of Leadinfo BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands. This detects visits by companies to our website based on IP addresses and shows us publicly available information here, such as company names or addresses.
In addition, Leadinfo sets two first-party cookies to evaluate user behavior on our website and processes domains from form inputs (e.g. „leadinfo.com“) to correlate IP addresses with companies and improve services. For more information, visit www.leadinfo.com. You have an opt-out option on this page: www.leadinfo.com/en/opt-out. In the event of an opt-out, your data will no longer be collected by Leadinfo.
When you interact with our communications or features, such as submitting a form, opening our emails, or using our content, we may process personal information such as your name, email address, and interaction data. This information is used to optimize our communications and tailor our services to your needs.“
Using YouTube
We use the YouTube video embedding feature on our website from YouTube LLC. (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; „YouTube“). YouTube is a company affiliated with Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
The function displays videos stored on YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The „Advanced Privacy Mode“ option is enabled. This means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is information about it transmitted to YouTube and stored there. For more information about YouTube and Google’s collection and use of data, your rights in this regard, and ways to protect your privacy, please see YouTube’s privacy policy (https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy).
Duration of storage
After the contract has been fully processed, the data will be stored first for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account legal, in particular tax and commercial, retention periods, and then deleted after the deadline has expired, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.
Rights of the data subject If the legal requirements are met, you are entitled to the following rights under Articles 15 to 20 GDPR: right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability. In addition, under Article 21(1) GDPR, you have the right to object to processing based on Article 6(1)f GDPR and to processing for the purpose of direct mail.
Analysis by wiredminds
Our website uses the counting pixel technology of WiredMinds GmbH (www.wiredminds.de) to analyze visitor behavior. This involves processing a visitor’s IP address. The processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of providing company-relevant information such as: B. to collect the company name.
IP addresses of natural persons are excluded from further use (whitelist procedure). The IP address is never stored in LeadLab. When processing the data, it is our particular interest to safeguard the data protection rights of natural persons. Our interest is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR. At no time does the data we collect allow us to draw any conclusions about an identifiable person. WiredMinds GmbH uses this information to create anonymous usage profiles related to visiting behavior on our website. The data obtained will not be used to personally identify the visitor to our website.
Exclude from tracking (To permanently exclude you from tracking by WiredMind’s LeadLab on this website, a technically necessary cookie is set)
Use of Cloudflare turnstiles (bot protection and spam prevention)
We use the Cloudflare Turnstile service on our website. This is a security service to detect and defend against automated access and to protect against misuse. The provider of this service is Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94107, USA.
As part of the use of Cloudflare Turnstile, technical information required to distinguish between human users and automated access can be processed. In particular, these may include IP address, information about the terminal used, browser data, operating system, referrer URL and timestamp.According to the provider, there is no creation of user profiles or advertising use of this data.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in protecting our website from abusive access, automated attacks, and spam, as well as in ensuring the technical security and stability of our online offerings.
Cloudflare also processes personal data in so-called third countries, especially in the USA. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, ensuring an appropriate level of data protection for data transfers from the European Union to the US.
In addition, Cloudflare relies on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission under Article 46 GDPR to ensure a level of protection comparable to European data protection law.
For more information about Cloudflare’s data processing and the protective measures implemented, please see Cloudflare’s privacy policy on the provider’s website.
Contact us if you wish. You can find the contact details in our imprint.
Right to complain to the supervisory authority You have the right to complain to the supervisory authority under Article 77 GDPR if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
last updated: 29.07.2020