privacy

Protecting your privacy is very important to us.


We appreciate your interest. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

1. Access Data and Hosting

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time a website is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call.

This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer, which predominate within the framework of a weighing of interests. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Third Party Hosting Services

As part of processing on our behalf, a third-party provider provides the services for hosting and displaying the website. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer within the framework of a balancing of interests. All data that is collected as part of the use of this website or in the forms provided for this purpose in the online shop as described below is processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the framework explained here.

This service provider is based in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

2. 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 the contact form or e-mail) or when opening a customer account. Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process the contract or to process your contact or opening of the customer account and you cannot complete the order and/or open an account or send the contact without providing them . Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR to process the contract and your inquiries. After the contract has been completed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the retention periods under tax and commercial law have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or using a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

3. Data Sharing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods ordered. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we will pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the payment service provider commissioned by us or to the selected payment service provider in order to process payments. Some of the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must register with the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.

We use payment service providers based in a country outside the European Union. The transmission of personal data to this company is only necessary to fulfill the contract.

4. Email Newsletter

E-mail advertising with registration for the newsletter

If you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After you have unsubscribed, we will delete your e-mail address, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

The newsletter is sent by a service provider as part of processing on our behalf, to whom we pass on your e-mail address for this purpose.

This service provider is based in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

5. Use of data for payment processing

hire purchase

If you select the "installment purchase" payment method and grant the necessary data protection consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, personal data (first name, last name, address, email, telephone number, date of birth, IP address, gender) together with the data required for transaction processing (article, invoice amount, due dates, total amount, invoice number, taxes, currency, order date and time of order) to our partner Klarna GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, for the purpose of processing this payment method.

To check the identity and creditworthiness of the customer, our partner carries out queries and information on publicly accessible databases and credit agencies. The providers from whom information and, if necessary, creditworthiness information is obtained on the basis of mathematical-statistical processes, as well as further details on the processing of your data after transmission to our partner Klarna GmbH, can be found in their data protection declaration, which you can find here: https://www.klarna .com/de/datenschutz/

Our partner Klarna GmbH uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You have the opportunity to present your point of view and to contest the decision by contacting our partner Klarna GmbH.

The consent given in the ordering process to the transfer of data can be revoked at any time, even without giving reasons, with effect for the future.

6. Integration of the Trusted Shops Trustbadge

The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and the collected reviews as well as to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after an order.

This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.

When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Other personal data will only be transmitted to Trusted Shops if you have given your consent, decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops applies.

7. Cookies and Web Analytics

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are automatically saved on your end 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 end device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). You can see the duration of storage in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. These can be found for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer™: Here
Safari™: Here
Chrome™: Here
Firefox™ Here
Opera™ : Here

If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

As part of the use of Google Analytics (see below), this website also uses the so-called DoubleClick cookie, which enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The information automatically generated by the cookie about your visit to this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address is shortened by activating IP anonymization on this website before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our website within the framework of a balancing of interests. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law or if third parties process this data on Google's behalf. After the end of our use of Google DoubleClick, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Google Double Click is an offer from Google LLC. (www.google.de).

Google LLC is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can disable the DoubleClick cookie via this link. You can also find out more about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance and make settings for this. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analysis

For website analysis, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (www.google.de). This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is generally not merged with other Google data. After the end of our use of Google Analytics, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Google LLC is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link : http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

You can click this link to prevent future collection by Google Analytics on this website. An opt-out cookie is stored on your end device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

8. Advertising via Marketing Networks

Google AdWords Remarketing

We use Google Adwords to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. For this purpose, when you visit our website, the so-called remarketing cookie is set by Google, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. After the end of our use of Google AdWords Remarketing, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Any further data processing will only take place if you have given your consent to Google linking your web and app browser history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads that you see on the web see. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google will temporarily link your personal data to Google Analytics data in order to form target groups.

Google AdWords Remarketing is an offer from Google LLC (www.google.de). Google LLC is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can disable the remarketing cookie via this link. You can also find out more about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance and make settings for this.

9. Sending review reminders by email

Rating reminder by Trusted Shops

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we will transmit your e-mail address to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str (www.trustedshops.de) so that they can send you a rating reminder by email.

This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

10. Contact options and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified there;
pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is required - to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information; – to fulfill a legal obligation; - is necessary for reasons of public interest or - to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as - the correctness of the data is disputed by you; – the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure; - we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or - you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible;
according to Art. 77 DSGVO the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters.
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, blocking or deletion of data, as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.

Right to object
Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of serves legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.