Privacy Policy

Data Protection

Privacy Policy
We are pleased about your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we provide you with detailed information about how we handle your data.

Storage of Access Data in Server Log Files
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. We only store access data in so-called server log files, such as the name of the requested file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is evaluated exclusively to ensure the trouble-free operation of the website and to improve our offer, and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about your person.

Data Collection and Use for Contract Processing and When Opening a Customer Account
We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order, when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email) or when opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you to process the contract and handle your enquiries. After complete fulfilment of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after expiry of the retention periods required under tax and commercial law, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this in a manner permitted by law and about which we inform you below. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be carried out either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

Disclosure of Data for Contract Fulfilment
For the fulfilment of the contract, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select during the ordering process, we pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, where applicable, to payment service providers commissioned by us or to the selected payment service. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account with them. In this case, you must log in to the payment service provider during the ordering process using your access data. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.

Use of Data When Registering for the Email Newsletter
If you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you in order to send you our email newsletter regularly in accordance with your consent. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter.

Use of Data for Email Advertising Without Newsletter Registration and Your Right to Object
If we receive your email address in connection with the sale of goods or services and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers by email for similar products from our range to those already purchased. You can object to this use of your email address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising email, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.

Use of Data for Postal Advertising and Your Right to Object
In addition, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and, insofar as we have received this additional information from you within the scope of the contractual relationship, your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business designation in compiled lists and to use them for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send interesting offers and information about our products by post. You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below.

Credit Check and Scoring
If we make advance deliveries, e.g. in the case of purchase on account, we reserve the right, in order to protect our legitimate interests, to obtain identity and credit information from service companies specialised in this field (credit agencies). For this purpose, we transmit the personal data required for a credit check to the following company/companies:

SCHUFA Holding AG
Kormoranweg 5
65201 Wiesbaden

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH
Hellersbergstraße 11
41460 Neuss

mediafinanz AG
Weiße Breite 5
49084 Osnabrück

Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG
Gasstraße 18
22761 Hamburg

arvato infoscore GmbH
Rheinstraße 99
76532 Baden-Baden

Deltavista GmbH
Freisinger
Landstraße 74
80939 Munich

The credit report may include probability values (score values), which are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedures and whose calculation may include, among other things, address data. We use the information received regarding the statistical probability of non-payment to make a balanced decision on the establishment, performance or termination of the contractual relationship. Your legitimate interests are taken into account in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Identity and Credit Check When Selecting Klarna Payment Services
If you choose Klarna’s payment services, we ask for your consent that we may transmit the data necessary for payment processing and for identity and credit checks to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies named in Klarna’s Privacy Policy may be used for the identity and credit check. You may revoke your consent to this use of personal data at any time vis-à-vis Klarna.

Other
PayPal, PayPal Express, PayPal Plus

Use of Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognise your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them, or so that you exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Use of 1&1 IONOS WebAnalytics for Web Analysis

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for Web Analysis
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (www.google.de). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer. The information generated about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymisation on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymised IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

Use of Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Instagram Plugins
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social networks Facebook and Google+, the microblogging services Twitter and Instagram. These services are offered by Facebook Inc., Google Inc., Twitter Inc. and Instagram LLC. (“providers”).

Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). An overview of Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
Google+ is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). An overview of Google plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.google.com/+/web/
Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103. An overview of Twitter buttons and their appearance can be found here: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons

Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). An overview of Instagram buttons and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.
When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by the respective provider to your browser and integrated into the page. By integrating the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile or are not currently logged in. This information, including your IP address, is transmitted directly by your browser to a server of the respective provider in the USA and stored there. If you are logged into one of the services, the providers can directly assign your visit to our website to your profile on Facebook, Google+, Twitter or Instagram. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Like”, “+1”, “Tweet” or “Instagram” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of the providers and stored there. The information is also published on the social network, on your Twitter or Instagram account, and displayed to your contacts there.

Please refer to the privacy policies of the providers for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy.
Facebook privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Google privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
Twitter privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy
Instagram privacy policy https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

If you do not want Google, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your profile in the respective service, you must log out of the corresponding service before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the plugins from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

Use of AddThis Plugins (e.g. “Share” Button)
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the bookmarking service AddThis, which is operated by AddThis LLC, Inc. 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 625, McLean, VA 2210, USA (“AddThis”). The plugins are usually marked with an AddThis logo, for example in the form of a white plus sign on an orange background. An overview of AddThis plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the AddThis servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by AddThis to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, AddThis receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website and stores a cookie on your device to identify your browser. This information, including your IP address, is transmitted directly by your browser to an AddThis server in the USA and stored there. AddThis uses the data to create anonymised user profiles, which serve as the basis for personalised and interest-based advertising to visitors of websites with AddThis plugins.

Please refer to the AddThis privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by AddThis: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy

If you wish to object to data collection by AddThis in the future, you can set a so-called opt-out cookie, which you can download under the following link: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out You can also completely prevent the AddThis plugins from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

Use of Pinterest Plugins
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Pinterest”). The plugins are marked with a Pinterest logo. An overview of Pinterest plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/getting-started/introduction/

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by Pinterest to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Pinterest receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Pinterest profile or are not currently logged into Pinterest. This information, including your IP address, is transmitted directly by your browser to a Pinterest server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Pinterest, Pinterest can directly assign your visit to our website to your Pinterest profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Pin it” button or leaving a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Pinterest server and stored there. The information may also be published on your Pinterest profile and displayed to your Pinterest followers.

Please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy.

If you do not want Pinterest to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Pinterest profile, you must log out of Pinterest before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Pinterest plugins from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g. the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

Use of Xing Plugins
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Xing, which is operated by Xing AG, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (“Xing”). The plugins are marked with a Xing logo. An overview of Xing plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://dev.xing.com/plugins/

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Xing servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by Xing to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Xing receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Xing profile or are not currently logged into Xing. This information, including your IP address, is transmitted directly by your browser to a Xing server.

If you are logged into Xing, Xing can directly assign your visit to our website to your Xing profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Share” button or leaving a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Xing server and stored there. The information may also be published on your Xing profile and displayed to your Xing contacts.

Please refer to Xing’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Xing, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy: If you do not want Xing to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Xing profile, you must log out of Xing before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Xing plugins from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g. the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/)."

YouTube Video Plugins
Content from third-party providers is integrated into this website. This content is provided by Google Inc. (“provider”).
YouTube is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

For YouTube videos embedded on our website, the enhanced privacy setting is activated. This means that no information from website visitors is collected and stored by YouTube unless they play the video.
Please refer to Google’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.

Vimeo Video Plugins
Content from third-party providers is integrated into this website. This content is provided by Vimeo LLC (“provider”).
Vimeo is operated by Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA (“Vimeo”).
For Vimeo videos embedded on our website, the Google Analytics tracking tool is automatically integrated. We have no influence over the tracking settings or the analysis results collected through them and cannot view them. In addition, web beacons are set for website visitors through the embedding of Vimeo videos.

To prevent the setting of Google Analytics tracking cookies, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.
Please refer to Vimeo’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy.

Review Reminder by Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent during or after your order by activating a corresponding checkbox or clicking a button provided for this purpose, we will transmit your email address for the purpose of reminding you to submit a review of your order to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne (www.trustedshops.de), so that they can remind you by email of the possibility to submit a review. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

Address Verification in the Webshop

On our website, we offer you the possibility to have certain entries in the address forms of our webshop checked in real time for input errors. This is intended to avoid problems with the delivery of the products you have ordered due to incorrect information.

In addition, we want to ensure that your contact details are valid so that we can send you information about your order or contact you in the event of any necessary queries.

To provide these functions, we use the service provider Endereco, Balthasar-Neumann-Straße 4b, 97236 Randersacker. The service provider processes the data exclusively according to our instructions.

The legal basis for the transmission, processing and temporary storage of the data by the service provider is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, since the verification of certain data entered by you in the input form is necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

The following data may be processed by the service provider:

• Address: country, city, postal code, street and, where applicable, house number
• Email address
• Telephone number

The data is processed separately by the service provider and is not merged. The requests are deleted by the service provider as soon as the status of the entered data has been determined and storage in the webshop has been completed, but no later than after 30 days.

Right of Access and Contact Option
You have the right to receive free information about the data stored by us concerning your person and, where applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or if you wish to request information, correction, blocking or deletion of data, or revoke consents granted or object to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our legal notice.

Privacy policy created with the Trusted Shops legal text generator in cooperation with Wilde Beuger Solmecke Rechtsanwälte.