Data Privacy
Data protection
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither 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 has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is given in the subsequent processing operations.
"Personal data" is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files
You can visit our website without providing any personal information.
Every time our website is accessed, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host / IT service provider through your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). These stored data include, for example, the name of the page called up, the date and time of the call, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and in improving our offer.
Customer account orders
Account
When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. Data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent until you revoke it. Your customer account will then be deleted.
Collection, processing and transfer of personal data during orders
When ordering, we only collect and process your personal data insofar as this is necessary to fulfill and process your order and to process your inquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to make this available means that no contract can be concluded. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and is required for the performance of a contract with you.
Your data will be passed on, for example, to the shipping companies and providers, payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers you have selected. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The amount of data transmission is limited to a minimum.
Contact Reviews Newsletter
Collection and processing when using the contact form
When using the contact form, we only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) to the extent that you provide. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact. By submitting your message, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent until you revoke it. We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Use of the email address for sending newsletters
We use your email address, regardless of the contract, only for our own advertising purposes for sending the newsletter, provided you have expressly agreed to this. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent until you revoke it. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.
Your data will be passed on to a service provider for email marketing as part of order processing. It will not be passed on to other third parties.
Your data will be transmitted to a third country for which an adequacy decision by the European Commission is available.
payment service
Use of PayPal
All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal privacy policy. You can find this 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 a user's computer system. If a user calls up a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is called up again.
Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore 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 cookies from being stored and the data they contain from being transmitted. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may then 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 (and also deactivate) cookies in the most important browsers:
Chrome browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/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 stated in the data protection declaration below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after changing pages 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 recognized even after a page change.
Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on 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 for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data.
Analysis advertising
Use of Google Analytics
We use the web analysis service Google Analytics from Google LLC on our website. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If 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 the processing of your data and compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
Data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. For this purpose, 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 other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The following information can be collected: IP address, date and time of the page visit, click path, information about the browser and device you are using, pages visited, referrer URL (website via which you access our website) ), Location data, purchase activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and tracking pixels, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by this about 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. As a result, Google will shorten your IP address beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transferred to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases.
Google has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and thus committed to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
Data processing, in particular the setting of cookies, takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our predominantly legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data.
You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by Google Analytics and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpag... class="s2">
To prevent data collection and storage by Google Analytics across devices, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must perform the opt-out on all systems and devices used for this to have a comprehensive effect. If you delete the opt-out cookie, requests will be sent to Google again. If you hereclick, the opt-out cookie is set: Deactivate Google Analytics.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analyti... or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/... and at https: / /policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de.
Use of the Facebook Pixel
We use the remarketing function "Custom Audiences" from Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; "Facebook") on our website. The application serves the purpose of targeting visitors to the website with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the remarketing tag from Facebook was implemented on the website. This tag connects directly to the Facebook servers when you visit the website. This tells the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the social network Facebook, you will then be shown personalized, interest-related Facebook ads. Your data may be transferred to the United States. Facebook has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and thus committed to comply with the European data protection guidelines. Data processing, in particular the setting of cookies, takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest to target site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data. You can deactivate the remarketing function "Custom Audiences" here. You can find more information on Facebook's collection and use of data, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in Facebook's data protection information at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. The deactivation of the "Facebook Custom Audiences" function is for users who are not logged in herepossible and possible for logged in users under this link: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#.
Use Google Ads Conversion Tracking
We use the "Google Ads" online advertising program on our website and, in this context, conversion tracking (visit campaign evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If 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 associated with Google, which is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with the
applicable data protection laws.
If you click on an advertisement placed by Google, a cookie for the conversion tracking is placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the advertisement and were forwarded to this page. Every Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. There is therefore no possibility that cookies can be traced via the websites of Ads customers.
The information that is obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. Here we find out the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. Your data may be transferred to the United States. Google has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and thus committed to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
Data processing, in particular the setting of cookies, takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest to target site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data.
You can deactivate personalized advertising for you in the Google advertising settings. Instructions for this can be found at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de
Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third parties by calling up the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising... and implementing the further information on opt-out mentioned there. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. You can find more information and Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Using Google AdSense
We use the Google LLC AdSense function on our website (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If 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 the processing of your data and compliance with the applicable data protection laws. The data processing serves the purpose of renting advertising space on the website and targeting visitors to the website with interest-based advertising. This function is used to display personalized, interest-based advertising ads from the Google Display Network to visitors to the provider's website. Google uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. 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 may transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will Google link your IP address with other Google data. Google has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and thus committed to comply with the European data protection guidelines. Data processing, in particular the setting of cookies, takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest to target site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data. You can permanently deactivate the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de. Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third parties by calling up the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising... and implementing the further information on opt-out mentioned there. You can find more information and Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policie... and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Use of the remarketing or "similar target group" function of Google Inc.
We use the remarketing or "similar target group" function of Google LLC on our website (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If 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 the processing of your data and compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
The application serves the purpose of analyzing visitor behavior and visitor interests. Google uses cookies to carry out the analysis of website use, which forms the basis for the creation of interest-based advertisements. Cookies are used to record visits to the website and anonymized data on the use of the website. There is no storage of personal data of the visitors of the website. If you visit another website in the Google Display Network below, you will see advertisements that are very likely to take account of previously accessed product and information areas.
Your data may be transferred to the United States. Google has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and thus committed to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
Data processing, in particular the setting of cookies, takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest to target site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data.
You can permanently deactivate the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de
Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third parties by calling up the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising... and implementing the further information on opt-out mentioned there.
You can find more information on Google remarketing and the associated data protection declaration at: https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/
Plug-ins
Use of the Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager from Google LLC on our website. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If 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 the processing of your data and compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
This application manages JavaScript tags and HTML tags that are used to implement tracking and analysis tools in particular. The data processing serves the purpose of the needs-based design and optimization of our website.
The Google Tag Manager itself does not save cookies nor does it process personal data. However, it enables the triggering of further tags that can collect and process personal data.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection here.
Use of YouTube
We use the function for embedding YouTube videos from Google Ireland Limited on our website (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "YouTube"). YouTube is one with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA) 94043, USA; “Google”) affiliate.
The function displays videos stored on YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The option "Extended data protection mode" is activated. As a result, YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video, information about it is transmitted to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transferred to the United States. Google has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and thus committed to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
Data processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of our website. You have the right for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. to object to processing based on the GDPR relating to your personal data.
You can find more information on the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in YouTube's data protection information at https://www.youtube.com/t/priv....
Pinterest Conversion Tracking
Our website uses the conversion tracking technology of the social network Pinterest (Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland), which enables us to show our website visitors who have already taken an interest in our website and our content/offerings and are Pinterest members, Pinterest relevant advertisements and offers on Pinterest. For this purpose, a so-called conversion tracking pixel from Pinterest is integrated into our pages, which tells Pinterest when you visit our website that you have visited our website and which parts of our offers you are interested in.
You can opt-out of the collection of data for the display of interest-based advertising on Pinterest at any time in your Pinterest account settings at https://www.pinterest.de/setti... (where you can disable the "Use information from our partners to better tailor recommendations and ads on Pinterest to you" button under "Customization") or at https://help.pinterest.com/de/... (where you can disable the checkbox under "Disable Customization").
Social plug-ins
In order to give our website visitors the opportunity to interact with social networks/platforms (e.g. through share, like, tweet and pin buttons) and to make our offer more interesting and user-friendly for you, we use so-called social plug-ins from the following social networks/platforms:
-Facebook (Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland; information on data protection: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation)
-Instagram (Instagram Inc., 181 South Park Street, Suite 2, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; information on data protection: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875)
-Pinterest (Pinterest Inc., 808 Brennan St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; information on data protection: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy)
-Google+ (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; information on data protection: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de)
We would like to point out that calling up our website leads to a connection being established with the above-mentioned social networks/platforms and that these will receive, among other things, the information that the user has called up the corresponding subpage of our website. If you interact with one of the integrated plug-ins, e.g. click on it and are logged in to the respective social network/platform, your data may be directly assigned to your user account existing with the respective social network/platform.
We have no influence on the data and data processing procedures collected by the social networks/platforms, nor are we aware of the full scope of data collection, the purposes of processing or the storage periods of the social networks/platforms. We also have no information on the deletion of the collected data.
We recommend that you inform yourself about the types of data covered by this, as well as the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the social networks/platforms, and about your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy in this respect, by reading the data protection information linked above.
You can prevent the loading of plug-ins and thus the collection of data by installing add-ons (so-called browser extensions) / script blockers in your browser.
Presence on social media platforms
We maintain so-called fan pages or accounts on the social networks Facebook (facebook.com), Instagram (instagram.com), Pinterest (pinterest.com) in order to provide you with information and offers also within social networks and to offer you further ways to contact us and to inform yourself about our media and offers. In the following, we inform you about the data we or the respective social network process in connection with your access and use of our fan pages/accounts.
a) Data that we process from you
aa) Participation in competitions/promotions
If you have a user account with the respective social network and, for example, on Facebook or Instagram, wish to take part in a competition or similar action organized by us and/or contact us via the messenger functions offered, we will collect the data from you that is necessary for participation and execution of the competition, including notification of the prize and its dispatch. This is usually the user name of the participant, and the winners are additionally required to query the user name of the winner after sending the prize notification.
Affected rights and storage duration
Duration of storage
After completion of the contract, the data will be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking legal, in particular tax and commercial, retention periods into account and then deleted after the deadline, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Rights of the person concerned
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR on: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability.
Furthermore, according to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, you are entitled to a right of objection to the processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO as well as the processing for the purpose of direct mail.
Contact us on request. The contact details can be found in our imprint.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
right to
The personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with future effect for reasons that arise from your particular situation.
After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
If personal data processing takes place for the purposes of direct advertising, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us. After the objection has been made, we stop processing the data concerned for the purpose of direct advertising.
