Gene­ral

The fol­lo­wing gives a simp­le over­view of what hap­pens to your per­so­nal infor­ma­ti­on when you visit our web­site. Per­so­nal infor­ma­ti­on is any data with which you could be per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fied. Detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on on the sub­ject of data pro­tec­tion can be found in our pri­va­cy poli­cy found below.

Data coll­ec­tion on our website

Who is respon­si­ble for the data coll­ec­tion on this website?

The data coll­ec­ted on this web­site are pro­ces­sed by the web­site ope­ra­tor. The ope­ra­tor’s cont­act details can be found in the web­site’s requi­red legal notice.

How do we coll­ect your data?

Some data are coll­ec­ted when you pro­vi­de it to us. This could, for exam­p­le, be data you enter on a cont­act form.

Other data are coll­ec­ted auto­ma­ti­cal­ly by our IT sys­tems when you visit the web­site. The­se data are pri­ma­ri­ly tech­ni­cal data such as the brow­ser and ope­ra­ting sys­tem you are using or when you acces­sed the page. The­se data are coll­ec­ted auto­ma­ti­cal­ly as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is coll­ec­ted to ensu­re the pro­per func­tio­ning of the web­site. Other data can be used to ana­ly­ze how visi­tors use the site.

What rights do you have regar­ding your data?

You always have the right to request infor­ma­ti­on about your stored data, its ori­gin, its reci­pi­ents, and the pur­po­se of its coll­ec­tion at no char­ge. You also have the right to request that it be cor­rec­ted, blo­cked, or dele­ted. You can cont­act us at any time using the address given in the legal noti­ce if you have fur­ther ques­ti­ons about the issue of pri­va­cy and data pro­tec­tion. You may also, of cour­se, file a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent regu­la­to­ry authorities.

Ana­ly­tics and third-par­ty tools

When visi­ting our web­site, sta­tis­ti­cal ana­ly­ses may be made of your sur­fing beha­vi­or. This hap­pens pri­ma­ri­ly using coo­kies and ana­ly­tics. The ana­ly­sis of your sur­fing beha­vi­or is usual­ly anony­mous, i.e. we will not be able to iden­ti­fy you from this data. You can object to this ana­ly­sis or pre­vent it by not using cer­tain tools. Detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on can be found in the fol­lo­wing pri­va­cy policy.

You can object to this ana­ly­sis. We will inform you below about how to exer­cise your opti­ons in this regard.

2. Gene­ral infor­ma­ti­on and man­da­to­ry information

Data pro­tec­tion

The ope­ra­tors of this web­site take the pro­tec­tion of your per­so­nal data very serious­ly. We tre­at your per­so­nal data as con­fi­den­ti­al and in accordance with the sta­tu­to­ry data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this pri­va­cy policy.

If you use this web­site, various pie­ces of per­so­nal data will be coll­ec­ted. Per­so­nal infor­ma­ti­on is any data with which you could be per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fied. This pri­va­cy poli­cy explains what infor­ma­ti­on we coll­ect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what pur­po­se this happens.

Plea­se note that data trans­mit­ted via the inter­net (e.g. via email com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on) may be sub­ject to secu­ri­ty brea­ches. Com­ple­te pro­tec­tion of your data from third-par­ty access is not possible.

Revo­ca­ti­on of your con­sent to the pro­ces­sing of your data

Many data pro­ces­sing ope­ra­ti­ons are only pos­si­ble with your express con­sent. You may revo­ke your con­sent at any time with future effect. An infor­mal email making this request is suf­fi­ci­ent. The data pro­ces­sed befo­re we recei­ve your request may still be legal­ly processed.

Right to file com­plaints with regu­la­to­ry authorities

If the­re has been a breach of data pro­tec­tion legis­la­ti­on, the per­son affec­ted may file a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent regu­la­to­ry aut­ho­ri­ties. The com­pe­tent regu­la­to­ry aut­ho­ri­ty for mat­ters rela­ted to data pro­tec­tion legis­la­ti­on is the data pro­tec­tion offi­cer of the Ger­man sta­te in which our com­pa­ny is head­quar­te­red. A list of data pro­tec­tion offi­cers and their cont­act details can be found at the fol­lo­wing link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we pro­cess based on your con­sent or in ful­fill­ment of a con­tract auto­ma­ti­cal­ly deli­ver­ed to yours­elf or to a third par­ty in a stan­dard, machi­ne-rea­da­ble for­mat. If you requi­re the direct trans­fer of data to ano­ther respon­si­ble par­ty, this will only be done to the ext­ent tech­ni­cal­ly feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryp­ti­on for secu­ri­ty reasons and for the pro­tec­tion of the trans­mis­si­on of con­fi­den­ti­al con­tent, such as the inqui­ries you send to us as the site ope­ra­tor. You can reco­gni­ze an encrypt­ed con­nec­tion in your brow­ser­’s address line when it chan­ges from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is dis­play­ed in your brow­ser­’s address bar.

If SSL or TLS encryp­ti­on is acti­va­ted, the data you trans­fer to us can­not be read by third parties.

Encrypt­ed pay­ments on this website

If you enter into a con­tract which requi­res you to send us your pay­ment infor­ma­ti­on (e.g. account num­ber for direct debits), we will requi­re this data to pro­cess your payment.

Pay­ment tran­sac­tions using com­mon means of pay­ment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are only made via encrypt­ed SSL or TLS con­nec­tions. You can reco­gni­ze an encrypt­ed con­nec­tion in your brow­ser­’s address line when it chan­ges from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon in your brow­ser line is visible.

In the case of encrypt­ed com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on, any pay­ment details you sub­mit to us can­not be read by third parties.

Infor­ma­ti­on, blo­cking, deletion

As per­mit­ted by law, you have the right to be pro­vi­ded at any time with infor­ma­ti­on free of char­ge about any of your per­so­nal data that is stored as well as its ori­gin, the reci­pi­ent and the pur­po­se for which it has been pro­ces­sed. You also have the right to have this data cor­rec­ted, blo­cked or dele­ted. You can cont­act us at any time using the address given in our legal noti­ce if you have fur­ther ques­ti­ons on the topic of per­so­nal data.

Oppo­si­ti­on to pro­mo­tio­nal emails

We her­eby express­ly pro­hi­bit the use of cont­act data published in the con­text of web­site legal noti­ce requi­re­ments with regard to sen­ding pro­mo­tio­nal and infor­ma­tio­nal mate­ri­als not express­ly reques­ted. The web­site ope­ra­tor reser­ves the right to take spe­ci­fic legal action if unso­li­ci­ted adver­ti­sing mate­ri­al, such as email spam, is received.

3. Data coll­ec­tion on our website

Coo­kies

Some of our web pages use coo­kies. Coo­kies do not harm your com­pu­ter and do not con­tain any viru­s­es. Coo­kies help make our web­site more user-fri­end­ly, effi­ci­ent, and secu­re. Coo­kies are small text files that are stored on your com­pu­ter and saved by your browser.

Most of the coo­kies we use are so-cal­led “ses­si­on coo­kies.” They are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted after your visit. Other coo­kies remain in your device­’s memo­ry until you dele­te them. The­se coo­kies make it pos­si­ble to reco­gni­ze your brow­ser when you next visit the site.

You can con­fi­gu­re your brow­ser to inform you about the use of coo­kies so that you can deci­de on a case-by-case basis whe­ther to accept or reject a coo­kie. Alter­na­tively, your brow­ser can be con­fi­gu­red to auto­ma­ti­cal­ly accept coo­kies under cer­tain con­di­ti­ons or to always reject them, or to auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­te coo­kies when clo­sing your brow­ser. Dis­ab­ling coo­kies may limit the func­tion­a­li­ty of this website.

Coo­kies which are neces­sa­ry to allow elec­tro­nic com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons or to pro­vi­de cer­tain func­tions you wish to use (such as the shop­ping cart) are stored pur­su­ant to Art. 6 para­graph 1, let­ter f of DSGVO. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the sto­rage of coo­kies to ensu­re an opti­mi­zed ser­vice pro­vi­ded free of tech­ni­cal errors. If other coo­kies (such as tho­se used to ana­ly­ze your sur­fing beha­vi­or) are also stored, they will be trea­ted sepa­ra­te­ly in this pri­va­cy policy.

Ser­ver log files

The web­site pro­vi­der auto­ma­ti­cal­ly coll­ects and stores infor­ma­ti­on that your brow­ser auto­ma­ti­cal­ly trans­mits to us in “ser­ver log files”. The­se are:

• Brow­ser type and brow­ser version
• Ope­ra­ting sys­tem used
• Refer­rer URL
• Host name of the acces­sing computer
• Time of the ser­ver request
• IP address

The­se data will not be com­bi­ned with data from other sources.

The basis for data pro­ces­sing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest to ensu­re an opti­mi­zed ser­vice pro­vi­ded free of tech­ni­cal errors. The­r­e­fo­re ser­ver log files have to be stored.

Pro­ces­sing of data (cus­to­mer and con­tract data)

We coll­ect, pro­cess, and use per­so­nal data only inso­far as it is neces­sa­ry to estab­lish, or modi­fy legal rela­ti­onships with us (mas­ter data). This is done based on Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO, which allows the pro­ces­sing of data to ful­fill a con­tract or for mea­su­res preli­mi­na­ry to a con­tract. We coll­ect, pro­cess and use your per­so­nal data when acces­sing our web­site (usa­ge data) only to the ext­ent requi­red to enable you to access our ser­vice or to bill you for the same.

Coll­ec­ted cus­to­mer data shall be dele­ted after com­ple­ti­on of the order or ter­mi­na­ti­on of the busi­ness rela­ti­onship. Legal reten­ti­on peri­ods remain unaffected.

Data trans­mit­ted when ente­ring into a con­tract with online shops, retail­ers, and mail order

We trans­mit per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fia­ble data to third par­ties only to the ext­ent requi­red to ful­fill the terms of your con­tract, for exam­p­le, to com­pa­nies ent­rus­ted to deli­ver goods to your loca­ti­on or banks ent­rus­ted to pro­cess your pay­ments. Your data will not be trans­mit­ted for any other pur­po­se unless you have given your express per­mis­si­on to do so. Your data will not be dis­c­lo­sed to third par­ties for adver­ti­sing pur­po­ses wit­hout your express consent.

The basis for data pro­ces­sing is Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO, which allows the pro­ces­sing of data to ful­fill a con­tract or for mea­su­res preli­mi­na­ry to a contract.

4. Social media

Face­book plug­ins (Like & Share buttons)

Our web­site includes plug­ins for the social net­work Face­book, Face­book Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Men­lo Park, Cali­for­nia 94025, USA. The Face­book plug­ins can be reco­gni­zed by the Face­book logo or the Like but­ton on our site. For an over­view of Face­book plug­ins, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our site, a direct con­nec­tion bet­ween your brow­ser and the Face­book ser­ver is estab­lished via the plug­in. This enables Face­book to recei­ve infor­ma­ti­on that you have visi­ted our site from your IP address. If you click on the Face­book “Like but­ton” while you are log­ged into your Face­book account, you can link the con­tent of our site to your Face­book pro­fi­le. This allows Face­book to asso­cia­te visits to our site with your user account. Plea­se note that, as the ope­ra­tor of this site, we have no know­ledge of the con­tent of the data trans­mit­ted to Face­book or of how Face­book uses the­se data. For more infor­ma­ti­on, plea­se see Face­boo­k’s pri­va­cy poli­cy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Face­book to asso­cia­te your visit to our site with your Face­book account, plea­se log out of your Face­book account.

5. Ana­ly­tics and advertising

Goog­le Analytics

This web­site uses Goog­le Ana­ly­tics, a web ana­ly­tics ser­vice. It is ope­ra­ted by Goog­le Inc., 1600 Amphi­theat­re Park­way, Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA.

Goog­le Ana­ly­tics uses so-cal­led “coo­kies”. The­se are text files that are stored on your com­pu­ter and that allow an ana­ly­sis of the use of the web­site by you. 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.

Goog­le Ana­ly­tics coo­kies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in ana­ly­zing user beha­vi­or to opti­mi­ze both its web­site and its advertising.

IP anony­miza­ti­on

We have acti­va­ted the IP anony­miza­ti­on fea­ture on this web­site. Your IP address will be shor­ten­ed by Goog­le within the Euro­pean Uni­on or other par­ties to the Agree­ment on the Euro­pean Eco­no­mic Area pri­or to trans­mis­si­on to the United Sta­tes. Only in excep­tio­nal cases is the full IP address sent to a Goog­le ser­ver in the US and shor­ten­ed the­re. 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 regar­ding web­site acti­vi­ty and Inter­net usa­ge for the web­site ope­ra­tor. The IP address trans­mit­ted by your brow­ser as part of Goog­le Ana­ly­tics will not be mer­ged with any other data held by Google.

Brow­ser plugin

You can pre­vent the­se coo­kies being stored by sel­ec­ting the appro­pria­te set­tings in your brow­ser. Howe­ver, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full func­tion­a­li­ty of this web­site. You can also pre­vent the data gene­ra­ted by coo­kies about your use of the web­site (incl. your IP address) from being pas­sed to Goog­le, and the pro­ces­sing of the­se data by Goog­le, by down­loa­ding and instal­ling the brow­ser plug­in available at the fol­lo­wing link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objec­ting to the coll­ec­tion of data

You can pre­vent the coll­ec­tion of your data by Goog­le Ana­ly­tics by cli­cking on the fol­lo­wing link. An opt-out coo­kie will be set to pre­vent your data from being coll­ec­ted on future visits to this site: Disable Goog­le Ana­ly­tics.

For more infor­ma­ti­on about how Goog­le Ana­ly­tics hand­les user data, see Goo­g­le’s pri­va­cy poli­cy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Out­sour­ced data processing

We have ente­red into an agree­ment with Goog­le for the out­sour­cing of our data pro­ces­sing and ful­ly imple­ment the strict requi­re­ments of the Ger­man data pro­tec­tion aut­ho­ri­ties when using Goog­le Analytics.

Demo­gra­phic data coll­ec­tion by Goog­le Analytics

This web­site uses Goog­le Ana­ly­tics’ demo­gra­phic fea­tures. This allows reports to be gene­ra­ted con­tai­ning state­ments about the age, gen­der, and inte­rests of site visi­tors. This data comes from inte­rest-based adver­ti­sing from Goog­le and third-par­ty visi­tor data. This coll­ec­ted data can­not be attri­bu­ted to any spe­ci­fic indi­vi­du­al per­son. You can disable this fea­ture at any time by adjus­ting the ads set­tings in your Goog­le account or you can for­bid the coll­ec­tion of your data by Goog­le Ana­ly­tics as descri­bed in the sec­tion “Refu­sal of data collection”.

6. Plug­ins and tools

You­Tube

Our web­site uses plug­ins from You­Tube, which is ope­ra­ted by Goog­le. The ope­ra­tor of the pages is You­Tube LLC, 901 Cher­ry Ave., San Bru­no, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages fea­turing a You­Tube plug­in, a con­nec­tion to the You­Tube ser­vers is estab­lished. Here the You­Tube ser­ver is infor­med about which of our pages you have visited.

If you’­re log­ged in to your You­Tube account, You­Tube allows you to asso­cia­te your brow­sing beha­vi­or direct­ly with your per­so­nal pro­fi­le. You can pre­vent this by log­ging out of your You­Tube account.

You­Tube is used to help make our web­site appe­al­ing. This con­sti­tu­tes a jus­ti­fied inte­rest pur­su­ant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on about hand­ling user data, can be found in the data pro­tec­tion decla­ra­ti­on of You­Tube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Goog­le Web Fonts

For uni­form repre­sen­ta­ti­on of fonts, this page uses web fonts pro­vi­ded by Goog­le. When you open a page, your brow­ser loads the requi­red web fonts into your brow­ser cache to dis­play texts and fonts correctly.

For this pur­po­se your brow­ser has to estab­lish a direct con­nec­tion to Goog­le ser­vers. Goog­le thus beco­mes awa­re that our web page was acces­sed via your IP address. The use of Goog­le Web fonts is done in the inte­rest of a uni­form and attrac­ti­ve pre­sen­ta­ti­on of our web­site. This con­sti­tu­tes a jus­ti­fied inte­rest pur­su­ant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

If your brow­ser does not sup­port web fonts, a stan­dard font is used by your computer.

Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on about hand­ling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Goo­g­le’s pri­va­cy poli­cy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

7. Pay­ment ser­vice providers

Pay­Pal

Our web­site accepts pay­ments via Pay­Pal. The pro­vi­der of this ser­vice is Pay­Pal (Euro­pe) S.à.r.l & Cie, S.C.A. (22–24 Bou­le­vard Roy­al, L‑2449 Luxembourg.

If you sel­ect pay­ment via Pay­Pal, the pay­ment data you pro­vi­de will be sup­pli­ed to Pay­Pal based on Art. 6 (1) (a) (Con­sent) and Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO (Pro­ces­sing for con­tract pur­po­ses). You have the opti­on to revo­ke your con­sent at any time with future effect. It does not affect the pro­ces­sing of data pre­vious­ly collected.