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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.
contractually required, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. A
Failure to provide data has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided in the subsequent processing operations.
is made.


“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files

You can visit our website without providing any personal data.

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 data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page
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 GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in the
ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and improving our offer.
Your data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Union for which an
adequacy decision of the EU Commission exists. If there is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission, e.g. for
transfers to the USA, the data transfers are based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as suitable guarantees for the protection of personal data.
personal data, which can be viewed at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-dataprotection/
standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en

ContaCt

Responsible person

Please contact us if you wish. The contact details of the data controller can be found in our legal notice.
Proactive contact of the customer by e-mail
If you contact us by e-mail on your own initiative, we will only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address,
message text) only to the extent provided by you. The purpose of data processing is to process and respond to
your contact request.
If the contact serves to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in the event of an interest in purchasing, 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 para. 1
lit. b GDPR.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR from
our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right
for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
processing of personal data concerning you.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory
retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Collection and processing when using the contact form
When you use the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you.
scope provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact.
If the purpose of the contact is to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice on an interest in purchasing, 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 para. 1
lit. b GDPR.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR from
our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right
for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
processing of personal data concerning you.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory
retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Orders

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 fulfillment and processing of your
order and to process your inquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. A
failure to provide the data means that no contract can be concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit.
b GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
Your data will be passed on, for example, to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers you have selected,
payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal
requirements. The scope of data transfer is kept to a minimum.
Your data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Union for which an adequacy decision
by the EU Commission. If there is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission, e.g. for transfers to the USA,
the data transfers are based on standard contractual clauses, among other things, as suitable guarantees for the protection of personal data.
can be viewed at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standardcontractual-
clauses-scc_en

Reviews Advertising


Website logo for Google customer reviews
On our website, the website logo for Google Customer Reviews of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View,
CA 94043, USA; “Google”) is integrated.
The purpose of the integration is to display the number and result of our reviews received via Google and to advertise our participation in this program.
to advertise participation in this program.
Google uses cookies to display the logo on our website and to show you personalized advertisements on Google.
Among other things, your IP address may be processed and transmitted to Google.
Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission for the USA.
The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as suitable guarantees for the protection of
personal data, which can be viewed at: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG. The processing of your
personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in the
optimal marketing of our offers by displaying the customer reviews we have already received. You have the right for
reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you.
data concerning you. You can deactivate personalized advertising for you in the Google advertising settings. You can find
instructions can be found at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de. Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies
by third-party providers by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at
https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further opt-out information provided there.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection when using Google customer reviews at
https://www.google.com/shopping/customerreviews/static/tos/de/1_01_tos.html and at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Use of the e-mail address for sending newsletters


We use your e-mail address exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, irrespective of the processing of the contract,
if you have expressly consented to this. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
processing is affected. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by
unsubscribe by sending us a message. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the mailing list.
Use of the e-mail address for sending direct advertising
We use your e-mail address, which we have received as part of the sale of goods or services, for the electronic sending of advertising for our own goods or services.
sending advertising for our own goods or services that are similar to those that you have already purchased from us,
unless you have objected to this use. The provision of the e-mail address is necessary for the conclusion of the contract.
Failure to provide it means that no contract can be concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para.
1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in direct advertising. You can object to this use of your e-mail
address at any time by notifying us. You can find the contact details for exercising your objection in the
Imprint. You can also use the link provided for this purpose in the advertising e-mail. This will not incur any costs other than the
transmission costs according to the basic rates.

Use of the mobile phone number for sending SMS advertising

We use your mobile phone number exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending SMS advertising, irrespective of contract processing,
if you have expressly consented to this.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by
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.
is affected. Your mobile phone number will then be removed from the mailing list.
Shipping service provider merchandise management
Forwarding the e-mail address to shipping companies for information about the shipping status
We pass on your e-mail address to the shipping company as part of the contract processing, provided that you have expressly consented to this in the
have agreed to this during the ordering process. The purpose of this disclosure is to inform you of the shipping status by e-mail. The
processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by
revoke your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until
revocation is affected.


Use of an external merchandise management system

We use a merchandise management system for contract processing as part of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data
personal data collected as part of the order to.


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Payment service provider

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 the
computer system of a user. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system.
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. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting
appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide whether to accept them or not.
decide whether to accept them individually and prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies already
stored cookies 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 cookies in the most important browsers (including how to
deactivate):
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 stated below in the privacy policy, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our
cookies for the purpose of making our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. 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
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 carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of 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 arising from your particular situation, to object to this processing of your personal data at any time.
of personal data concerning you.

Use of Complianz GDPR Cookie Consent

On our website we use the Complianz GDPR Cookie Consent plugin of Complianz B.V. (Atoomweg 6B 9743 AK Groningen,
Netherlands; “Complianz”).
The plug-in enables you to give your consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to exercise your right of revocation.
and to make use of your right to withdraw consent you have already given. The data processing serves the purpose of
to obtain and document the necessary consent for data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations.
Cookies may be used for this purpose. The following information may be collected and transmitted to Complianz:
uniquely assignable ID, consent status. This data is not passed on to other third parties.
Data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
You can find more information on data protection at Complianz at: https://complianz.io/legal/privacy-statement/?
cmplz_region_redirect=true&region=eu

Analysis

Use of Google Analytics

On our website we use the web analysis service Google Analytics from Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre 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 controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland
Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with the
applicable data protection laws.
The 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
compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
services to the website operator. The following information, among other things, may be collected: IP address,
date and time of the page view, click path, information about the browser you are using and the device you are using
device you use, pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data,
purchasing activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
merged.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and tracking pixels that enable your use of the website to be analyzed.
website by you. The information generated about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google server in the USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission for the USA.
is available. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as suitable guarantees for the protection of
personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks. Both Google and state US authorities
have access to your data. Your data may be combined by Google with other data, such as your search history, your personal
personal accounts, your usage data from other devices and any other data that Google has about you.
be linked.
IP anonymization is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address will be anonymized by Google within member states of the
European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in
cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG. The processing of your
personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in the
needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to
situation, to object to this processing of your personal data at any time.
You can object to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics 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: .
Download and install the 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 all devices, you can set an opt-out cookie
set. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must carry out the opt-out on all
systems and devices used for this to be fully effective. If you delete the opt-out cookie, requests will again be
requests will be sent to Google again. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Deactivate Google Analytics.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de.

Plug-ins and other

Use of Google reCAPTCHA
We use the reCAPTCHA service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on our website;
“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 controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google
company that is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with applicable data protection laws.
is responsible. The purpose of the query is to distinguish between input by a human and input 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 reCAPTCHA service will be transmitted to Google. This data is processed by Google
within the European Union and may also be transmitted to the USA. For the USA there is no
adequacy decision by the EU Commission. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses
as suitable guarantees for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG. The processing of your
personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in protecting our
website from automated spying, misuse and SPAM. You have the right, for reasons arising from your
particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
personal data concerning you.
You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy at
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and https://www.google.com/privacy.
Use of Google invisible reCAPTCHA
On our website, we use the invisible reCAPTCHA service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre 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 controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is
therefore the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with the applicable
data protection laws.
This serves the purpose of distinguishing between human input and automated, machine processing. In the
background, Google collects and analyzes usage data that is used by Invisible reCaptcha to distinguish regular users from bots.
distinguish bots. 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 Invisible reCAPTCHA service will be transmitted to Google.
This data is processed by Google within the European Union and possibly also in the USA. For the USA there is no
adequacy decision by the EU Commission. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses
as suitable guarantees for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG. The processing of your
personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in protecting our
website from automated spying, misuse and SPAM. You have the right, for reasons arising from your
particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
personal data concerning you.
You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy at
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and https://www.google.com/privacy
Use of GoogleMaps
On our website, we use the function for embedding GoogleMaps maps from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre 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 controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google
company that is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with applicable data protection laws.
is responsible.

Data subject rights and storage duration

Duration of storage

After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with
statutory retention periods, in particular under tax and commercial law, and then deleted after expiry of the period, unless
you have not consented to further processing and use.
Rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights in accordance with Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, to
rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability.
You also have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR.
and against processing for the purpose of direct marketing.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
In accordance with 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 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, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future.
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
reasons for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or
assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us.
to us. Once you have objected, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
last update: 27.10.2020