Privacy

Privacy Policy

Unless otherwise specified below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide the data will have no consequences. This applies only insofar as no other information is provided in the following processing operations. 

“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. 

Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time 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). 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 (1) lit. f GDPR from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the smooth operation of our website and improving our offering. 

Contact

Responsible 

Please contact us if you wish. The contact details of the person responsible for data processing can be found in our legal notice.

Proactive contact by the customer via email

If you proactively contact us via email, we will only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) to the extent that you provide it. The data processing serves to process and respond to your contact request. 

If the contact serves to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g., advice on purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or relates to a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation. 

We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in accordance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Orders

Collection, processing, and disclosure of personal data when placing orders

When you place an order, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary to fulfill and process your order and to handle your inquiries. The provision of data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide data will result in the contract not being concluded. Processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

Your data will be transferred, for example, to the shipping companies and drop shipping providers you have selected, payment service providers, service providers for order processing, and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly adhere to the legal requirements. The scope of data transfer is limited to a minimum.

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 

Use of PayPal Express

We use the PayPal Express payment service from PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; “PayPal”) on our website. The purpose of data processing is to enable us to offer you payment via the PayPal Express payment service. In order to integrate this payment service, it is necessary for PayPal to collect, store, and analyze data (e.g., IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you visit the website. Cookies may also be used for this purpose. Cookies enable your browser to be recognized.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG. Your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in offering customer-oriented payment methods. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.

When you select and use PayPal Express, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to PayPal in order to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. For more information on data processing when using the PayPal Express payment service, please refer to the corresponding privacy policy at www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE#Updated_PS.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user's computer system. 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 accessed 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 individually whether to accept them, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and the 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 not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

The following links provide information on how to manage (including deactivate) cookies in the most popular browsers: 

Chrome: 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

Technically necessary cookies

Unless otherwise specified in the privacy policy below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize your browser even after you have changed pages 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 page change. 

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offer. 

You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Rights of data subjects and storage period 

Duration of storage

After complete contract processing, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with statutory retention periods, in particular those under tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the expiry of the retention period, 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 under Articles 15 to 20 of the GDPR: right to information, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restriction of processing, right to data portability. In addition, pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR and to processing for the purpose of direct marketing. 

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority 

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.

Right to object

 If the processing of personal data listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future for reasons arising from your particular situation. 

Once you have objected, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. 

Last update: October 27, 2020