Data protection declaration

Data protection declaration

Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory, nor required for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide your personal data. Not providing your data will have no consequences. This only applies as long as the processing procedures below do not state otherwise. “Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files

You can use our websites without submitting personal data. Every time you access our website, user data is transmitted by your internet browser and stored in protocol files (server log files). This stored data includes e.g. the name of the site called up, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred and the provider making the request. This data is used exclusively to ensure smooth operation of our website and to improve our offering. It is not possible to assign this data to a particular person.

Collection and processing when using the contact form

The elicitation of your personal data (name, email address, message text), is solely based on the information you have made available by using our contact form. Data processing serves the exclusive purpose of making contact. By submitting your message, you agree to the processing of your transmitted data. Processing will be carried out with your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”). You have the right to revoke your consent at any time by written communication. Doing so does not affect the lawfulness of consent-based processing carried out up to the point of revocation. We will only use your email address to process your request. Finally, your data will be deleted, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

Collection, processing, and use of personal data in orders

When you submit an order, we collect and use your personal data only when this is necessary for processing and delivering your orders. The provision of data is necessary for the conclusion of a contract. The consequence of not providing your personal data is that you cannot submit your request and we cannot process it. The processing will take place in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is required for the conclusion of a contract with you. We will not forward your data to third parties without your explicit consent. This only excludes our service partners, which we require in order to handle the contractual relationship, or service providers we use to process an order. Along with the recipients named in the clauses of this data protection declaration, these may be recipients in the following categories: Shipping providers, payment service providers, merchandise management service providers, service providers for order processing, web hosts, IT service providers and dropshipping suppliers. We will comply strictly with legal requirements in every case. The scope of data transmission is restricted to a minimum.

Use of your email address for the mailing of newsletters

We exclusively use your email address outside of contractual processing to send you a newsletter for our own marketing purposes, if you have explicitly agreed to this. The processing will be carried out with your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of consent-based processing carried out up to the point of revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the relevant link in the newsletter or by contacting us. Your email address will then be removed from the distributor.

Using PayPal

All PayPal transaction are covered by the PayPal Data Privacy Statement. You can find this at: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-prev?locale.x=de_DE

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files, which are saved in or by the user’s internet browser on their computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be saved on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string, which allows the browser to be clearly identified when the website is called up again. We use cookies to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also allow 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 allow us to analyze the surfing behavior of visitors to our website.

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 15 (3) TMG (Telemedia Act) as well as Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our justified interest in the purposes above.
The data collected in this way is pseudonymized using technological measures. It is therefore not possible to connect the data to your person. The data will not be stored together with other personal data pertaining to you.
You have the right to veto this processing of your personal data according to Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us, for reasons relating to your personal situation.
Cookies will be stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By choosing corresponding technical settings in your internet browser, you can prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies, which have already been saved, may be deleted at any time. We would like to point out, however, that this may prevent you from making full use of some of the functions of this website. Using the links below, you can find out how to manage cookies (or deactivate them, among other things) in major browsers:

Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-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

Our website uses the web analysis service Google Analytics by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). The processing of data 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 to the website operator relating to website and internet use. The IP address communicated by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not associated with any other data held by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies, which make it possible to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is activated on this website. Google uses this to shorten your IP address beforehand within Member States of the European Union or in other signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Your data may be transmitted to the USA. Transmission of data to the USA is covered by an adequacy decision by the European Commission. Processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our justified interest in needs-based and targeted oriiented of the website. You have the right to veto this processing of your personal data according to Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR by contacting us, for reasons relating to your personal situation.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by choosing corresponding technical settings in your internet browser; we would like to point out, however, that this may prevent you from making full use of the functions of this website.
You can also prevent collection of the data (including your IP address) generated by the cookies and related to your use of the website by Google as well as 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].
You can set an opt-out cookie to prevent collection by Google Analytics across devices. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. You need to opt-out on all systems and devices in use for this to work comprehensively. If you click here, the opt-out cookie is set: Google Analytics deaktivieren.
You can find more detailed information on the terms and conditions of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html bzw. unter https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

Duration of storage 

After contractual processing has been completed, the data is initially stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with the retention periods prescribed by law, especially tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the period has elapsed, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

Rights of the affected person

If the legal requirements are fulfilled, you have the following rights according to Article 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability.
You also have a right of objection against processing based on Article 6 (1) GDPR, and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, according to Article 21 (1) GDPR.
Contact us at any time. Our contact details can be found in our imprint. Your contact person is Thomas Doll.

Right to complain to the regulatory authority

You have the right to complain to the regulatory authority according to Article 77 GDPR if you believe that your data is not being processed legally.

last update: April 25, 2018

[Translation! In case of any doubts, the German original version shall prevail.]