DATA PROTECTION
Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.
STORAGE OF ACCESS DATA IN SERVER LOGS
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. We only store access data in so-called server logs, such as the name of the requested file, date and time of retrieval, transferred data volume, and the requesting provider. These data are used exclusively to ensure the trouble-free operation of the site as well as to improve our services. They do not allow us to identify you personally.
This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring a trouble-free operation of the site and improving our services. 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 as part of a weighing of interests.
DATA COLLECTION AND USE FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING AND OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT
We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide us with it in connection with your order, when contacting us (e.g., via contact form or e-mail) or when opening a customer account. Mandatory fields are marked as such because in these cases we require the data to process the contract, respectively to process your contact request or to open a customer account and you cannot complete the order and/or open the account or send the contact request without providing this information. The respective input forms show which data is collected. We use the data provided by you under Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. B DSGVO to process contracts and your inquiries. After the complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted at the end of the tax and commercial retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use more data permitted by law and about which we inform you below. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can take place either by a message to the contact described below or via a designated function in the customer account.
DATA TRANSFER FOR CONTRACT FULFILLMENT
In order to fulfill the contract under Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. B DSGVO, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar 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 and payment service provider commissioned by us or to the selected payment service in order to process payments. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must log on to the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. In this regard, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.
DATA TRANSFER TO SHIPPING SERVICE PROVIDERS
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will forward your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. A DSGVO so that the latter can contact you before delivery for the purpose of announcing or coordinating delivery.
The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to us using the contact details below or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete your data unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or unless we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
DHL
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
USE OF DATA WHEN SUBSCRIBING TO THE E-MAIL NEWSLETTER
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or provided separately by you in order to send you our e-mail newsletter regularly in accordance with your consent under Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. A DSGVO. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact details described below or via a link provided in the newsletter. After you unsubscribe, we will delete your e-mail address unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data or unless we reserve the right to use further data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
USE OF DATA FOR E-MAIL ADVERTISING WITHOUT NEWSLETTER REGISTRATION AND YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION
If we receive your e-mail address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to send you regular offers for similar products to those already purchased from our assortment by e-mail. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by sending a message to the contact details described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising mail without having to pay any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.
USE OF DATA FOR POSTAL ADVERTISING AND YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION
Furthermore, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and – as far as we have received this additional information from you within the framework of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, branch or business name in summarized lists and to use them for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send you interesting offers and information about our products by mail. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in advertising to our customers in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. F DSGVO within the scope of a weighing of interests. You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact details described below.
CREDIT ASSESSMENT AND SCORE
If we make an advance delivery, e.g., in the case of a purchase on account, we reserve the right to obtain identity and credit information from specialized service providers (credit agencies) in order to safeguard our legitimate interests. For this purpose, we transmit your personal data required for a credit assessment to the following company(s):
SCHUFA Holding AG
Kormoranweg 5
65201 Wiesbaden
Creditreform Boniversum GmbH
Hellersbergstraße 11
41460 Neuss
Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG
Gasstraße 18
22761 Hamburg
coface
Am Coloneum 2
50829 Köln
The credit report can contain probability values (score values) which are calculated based on scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedures and which include address data, among other things, in their calculation. We use the information obtained on the statistical probability of non-payment to make a well-considered decision on the establishment, performance, or termination of the contractual relationship. Your protectable interests are taken into account in accordance with the statutory provisions.
IDENTITY AND CREDIT ASSESSMENT WHEN SELECTING KLARNA PAYMENT SERVICES
If you decide to use Klarna’s payment services, we ask for your consent that we may send Klarna the data necessary for the processing of the payment and an identity and credit assessment. In Germany, the credit agencies mentioned in Klarna’s data protection declaration can be used for identification and credit checks. You can revoke your consent to this use of your personal data at any time.
USE OF COOKIES
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 safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. F DSGVO as part of a weighing of interests. These are small text files that are automatically saved on your 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 during your next visit (persistent cookies). You can find the duration of the storage in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies in some instances or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. These can be found for each browser under the following links:
Internet Explorer™: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Chrome™: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Firefox™ https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Opera™: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html
If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
USE OF GOOGLE (UNIVERSAL) ANALYTICS FOR WEB ANALYSIS
If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. A DSGVO, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC (www.google.de), for the purpose of website analysis. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that allow an analysis of your use of the website, such as “cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer. The information generated about your use of this website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in special cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymous IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the purpose and end of the use of Google Analytics by us.
You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data from this website in the future. An opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click on the link again.
USE OF GOOGLE ADWORDS REMARKETING
We use Google AdWords to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. If you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. A DSGVO, the so-called remarketing cookie will be set by Google when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the end of the use of Google AdWords Remarketing by us.
Additional data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your web and app browsing history to your Google Account and using information from your Google Account to personalize ads you see on the internet. In this case, if you are logged in to Google during your visit to our website, Google will use your information in conjunction with Google Analytics data to create and define target audience lists for cross-device remarketing. Google will temporarily link your personal data to Google Analytics data to create target groups.
Google AdWords Remarketing is a service provided by Google LLC (www.google.de). Google LLC has its headquarters in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating the remarketing cookie via this link. You can also contact the Digital Advertising Alliance to find out about the use of cookies and to configure your settings.
USE OF INSTAGRAM SOCIAL PLUGINS
Our website uses social plugins (“plugins”) from Instagram, operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera.” An overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.
When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. This integration provides Instagram with the information that your browser has accessed the appropriate page on our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged into Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transferred directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “Instagram” button, this information is also sent directly to and stored on an Instagram server. The information is also published to your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. F DSGVO.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your related rights and privacy settings can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.
If you do not want Instagram to associate the data collected through our website directly with your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also prevent the Instagram plugins from loading completely by using add-ons for your browser, e.g., using the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).
USE OF FACEBOOK PLUGINS
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition “Social Plug-in from Facebook” or “Facebook Social Plugin.” You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance here: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins. If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not logged on to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Like” button or commenting, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The data is also published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. F DSGVO.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your related rights and privacy settings can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to associate the data collected through our website directly with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also prevent the Facebook plugins from loading completely by using add-ons for your browser, e.g., the “Facebook Blocker” (http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/) or the “NoScript” script blocker (http://noscript.net/).
YOUTUBE VIDEO PLUGINS
This website contains content from third parties. This content is provided by Google LLC (“Provider”). YouTube is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
Videos from YouTube that are integrated on our site have the extended data protection setting activated. This means that YouTube does not collect and store information from website visitors unless they play the video. The integration of the videos serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. F DSGVO.
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.
RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND CONTACT DETAILS
You have the right to receive free information about your personal data stored by us and, if applicable, the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted.
As the party concerned, you have the following rights:
- Pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, you have the right to request information on the personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
- Pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, you have the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
- Pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO the right to demand the deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless further processing
– for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
– to fulfill a legal obligation;
– for reasons of public interest or
– to assert, exercise or defend legal claims is required; - Pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
– the correctness of the data is denied 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 against the processing under Article 21 DSGVO; - Pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another responsible party;
- Pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.
If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, blocking or deletion of data as well as for the revocation of consents given or objections to a specific use of data, please contact us directly via the contact details in our imprint.
