Privacy

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 it has no consequences.

This only applies insofar as no other indication is made in the subsequent processing operations.

"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.

Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web hoster / IT service provider by your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files).

This stored data includes, 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 due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website as well as for the improvement of our offer.

Contact

Responsible

Contact us if you wish. The contact details of the data controller can be found in our imprint.

Initiating contact with the customer by e-mail

If you initiate business contact with us by e-mail, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you.

The data processing serves the purpose of handling and answering your contact request.

If the contact serves to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us,

this data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your enquiry.

In this case, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data relating to you based on Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO for reasons arising from your particular situation.

We only use your e-mail address to process your enquiry. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with legal retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection and processing when using the contact form

When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you.

The data processing serves the purpose of contacting you.

If the contact serves to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us,

this data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your enquiry.

In this case, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO on grounds relating to your particular situation.

We will only use your e-mail address to process your enquiry. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.

WhatsApp Business

If you contact us via WhatsApp, we use the WhatsApp Business version of WhatsApp IrelandLimited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; "WhatsApp").

If you are located outside the European Economic Area, this service is provided by WhatsApp Inc. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA).

The data processing serves the purpose of handling and answering your contact request. For this purpose, we collect and process your mobile phone number stored on WhatsApp,

if provided, your name and other data to the extent provided by you.

We use a mobile device for the service, the address book of which only contains data of users who have contacted us via WhatsApp.

Personal data will not be passed on to WhatsApp without your prior consent.

Your data will be transmitted by WhatsApp to servers of Facebook Inc. in the USA.

There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA.

The data transfer is carried out, among others, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, available at

at:https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.

If the contact serves the purpose of carrying out pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer)

or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO.

If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the

Providing a quick and easy way to contact and respond to your enquiry.

In this case, you have the right to withdraw your consent on grounds relating to your particular situation,

to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

We only use your personal data to process your enquiry. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with legal retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

For more information on the terms of use and data protection when using WhatsApp, please go to

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#terms-of-service and

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy.

Customer account orders

Customer account

When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there.

The purpose of the data processing is to improve your shopping experience and to simplify the order processing.

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 lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Your customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, processing and forwarding of personal data for orders

When you place an order, we collect and process your personal data only insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment and processing of your order and for dealing with your enquiries.

The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract.

Failure to provide will result in no contract being concluded.

The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

Your data is passed on, for example, to the shipping 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 scope of the data transfer is limited to a minimum.

Advertising

Use of the e-mail address for sending newsletters

We use your e-mail address, irrespective of the processing of the contract, exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this.

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 lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us.

Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.

Shipping service provider

Forwarding of the e-mail address to shipping companies for information about the shipping status

We pass on your e-mail address to the transport company as part of the contract processing, provided you have expressly agreed to this in the order process.

The purpose of this transfer is to inform you by e-mail about the shipping status.

The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us or the carrier without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal.

Payment service provider

Use of PayPal

All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy.

You can find these at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Cookies

Our website only uses technically necessary 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 are stored.

When a user accesses 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.

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 decide whether to accept them individually

and prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain.

Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time.

However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

You can find out how to manage (including disabling) cookies in the main browsers by following the links below:

Technically necessary cookies

Unless otherwise stated in the privacy policy below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognise 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 this, it is necessary that the browser is also recognised after a page change.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on § 25 para. 2 TTDSG.

The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website

as well as a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.

You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to processing operations at any time.

of the personal data concerned.

Data subject rights and storage period

Duration of storage

After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, and then in accordance with legal requirements,

stored and then deleted after expiry of the deadline, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the data subject

If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights according to Art. 15 to 20 DSGVO: the right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.

In addition, you have the right to object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing in accordance with Article 21(1) of the GDPR.

Right of appeal to the supervisory authority

In accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.

You can lodge a complaint with, among others, the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can reach at the following contact details:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg

Königstrasse 10 a

70173 Stuttgart

Tel.: +49 711 6155410

Fax: +49 711 61554115

E-mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de

Right of objection

If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, you have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation,

to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future.

After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms,

or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

last update: 01.12.2021