Data protection

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. Non-provision of the data has no consequences. This applies only insofar as no other information is given in the following processing procedures.
"Personal data" means all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.

Whenever you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host / IT service provider by your Internet browser and stored in log files (so-called server log files). These stored data include, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO out of our predominant legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer.

Customer account orders

Customer account
When you open a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent stated there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO 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 customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, processing and disclosure of personal data in connection with orders

When you place an order, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary to fulfil and process your order and to deal with your enquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide the data means that no contract can be concluded. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract with you.

Your data will be passed on, for example, to the mail-order companies and dropshipping providers you have chosen, payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases we strictly observe the legal requirements. The extent of the data transfer is limited to a minimum.

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Collection and processing when using the contact form
When using the contact form, we only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) to the extent that you have provided it. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact. By sending your message you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO 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. We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

Data collection when writing a commentary
When commenting on an article or a contribution, we only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, comment text) to the extent that you have provided it. The processing serves the purpose of enabling commentary and displaying comments. By sending the comment, you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO 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.

Upon publication of your comment the name and e-mail address you have provided published.

In addition, your IP address is stored when you submit your comment for the purpose of preventing misuse of the comment function and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. By sending the comment you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO 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 IP address will then be deleted.

Use of the e-mail address for the sending of newsletters
We use your e-mail address, regardless of the contract execution, exclusively for our own advertising purposes for newsletter dispatch, provided you have expressly agreed to this. The processing is carried out on the basis of article 6 paragraph 1 letter a DSGVO with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing that has taken place on the basis of the consent until revocation. To do so, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.

Your data will be forwarded to a service provider for e-mail marketing as part of an order processing. Your data will not be passed on to other third parties.

WhatsApp newsletter
We will use your mobile phone number exclusively for sending our own advertising via WhatsApp, provided you have expressly consented to this. By subscribing to our WhatsApp newsletter, you consent to the storage of your mobile phone number and to receiving advertising via WhatsApp. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing that has taken place on the basis of the consent until revocation. To do so, you can cancel the newsletter at any time by notifying us or by unsubscribing from the WhatsApp list. We do not pass on your mobile phone number to third parties and use it exclusively for sending our own advertising. The other subscribers to our newsletter will not see your mobile phone number and will not be able to send you WhatsApp messages, as this is not a group, but a broadcast list.

Merchandise management

Use of an external merchandise management system
We use a merchandise management system for contract processing within the framework of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data collected in the context of the order are sent to
JTL-Software-GmbH, Rheinstr. 7, 41836 Hückelhoven
transmitted.

Payment service provider

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.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the computer system of a user. If a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

We use these cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and safer. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a change of page.

The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO out of our predominant legitimate interest in guaranteeing the optimal functionality of the website as well as a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.

Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and can decide individually whether to accept them or not, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and the transmission of the data they contain. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Under the following links you can find out how you can manage the cookies of the most important browsers (including deactivating them):

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

Analysis

The data processing operations described below in this section, in particular the setting of cookies, are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO out of our overriding legitimate interest:

- the needs-based and target-oriented design of the website, e.g. analysis and statistics tools

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you, based on Art. 6, paragraph 1, letter f, DSGVO.

Use of Google Analytics
We use the web analysis service Google Analytics of Google LLC on our website. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
Insofar as you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the person responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google which is responsible for processing your data and for ensuring compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
The data processing serves the purpose of analysing this website and its visitors. To this end, 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 activity and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of 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 anonymisation is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
Google has certified itself under the US-EU Privacy Shield Agreement and is thus committed to complying with the European data protection guidelines.
You can 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 data collection and storage by Google Analytics across devices, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must opt-out on all systems and devices in use to be fully effective. If you delete the opt-out cookie, requests will again be sent to Google. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics.
For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

Plug-ins

Use of GoogleMaps
We use on our website the function for embedding GoogleMaps maps of the Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the data controller. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google which is responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.

The feature enables the visual display of geographical information and interactive maps. Google also collects, processes and uses data of visitors to the website when they call up the pages in which GoogleMaps maps are integrated.
Your data may also be transferred to the USA. Google has certified itself in accordance with the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and has thus undertaken to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from the legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of our website.
Further information on the collection and use of data by Google can be found in Google's data protection information at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. There you also have the opportunity to change your settings in the data protection centre so that you can manage and protect the data processed by Google.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use on our website the service reCAPTCHA of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
If you are habitually resident in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the data controller. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google which is responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.The purpose of the query is to distinguish between input by a human being or by automated, machine processing. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and used there. In addition, the IP address and any other data required by Google for the service reCAPTCHA will be transmitted to Google. This data is processed by Google within the European Union and may also be transmitted to the USA. Google has certified itself in accordance with the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and has thus undertaken to comply with the European data protection guidelines.

The processing is carried out on the basis of article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO out of the legitimate interest to protect our website from automated spying, abuse and SPAM.

You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and its privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and https://www.google.com/privacy.

Rights of data subjects and storage period

Duration of storage
After complete contract implementation, the data will be stored initially for the duration of the warranty period, thereafter taking into account statutory, in particular tax and commercial law retention periods, and then deleted after expiry of the period, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the person concerned
If the legal requirements are met, you are entitled to the following rights in accordance with Art. 15 to 20 DSGVO: right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data transferability.
In addition, according to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO, as well as to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.

Please contact us if you wish. You can find the contact details in our imprint.

Right of appeal to the supervisory authority
You have the right to complain to the supervisory authority under Art. 77 DSGVO if you believe that your personal data are being processed unlawfully.

Right of objection
If the personal data processing activities listed here are based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 Par. 1 letter f DSGVO, you have the right to object to these processing activities at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, with effect for the future.
After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purposes of direct advertising, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us. Once you have done so, we will stop processing the data concerned for the purpose of direct marketing.

last update: 19.11.2018