Privacy

Thank you for your interest in our site. Your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide detailed information on the processing of your data.  

1. Data access and hosting
   You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time a Web site is called, the Web server automatically saves a server log file that contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transmitted and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call.
    
   These access data are evaluated exclusively in order to ensure the proper functioning of the site and to improve our services. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. All access data will be deleted at the latest 30 days after the end of your visit to the site.
   
   Third Party Hosting Services
   As part of the processing on our behalf, a third party provider provides hosting and website presentation services to us. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. All data collected in connection with the use of this website or in the forms provided for this purpose in the online shop as described in the legal notices are processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the framework described here.
   This service provider is located in a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.
   
   
2. Collection and use of data for contract processing and when opening a customer account.
   We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order, when you contact us (for example via the contact form or e-mail) or when you open a customer account. Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases, we need the data for processing the contract, or for processing your contact or opening the customer account, and you can not complete the order and/or opening the account or can not send the contact without their information. The collected data can be accessed from the respective data entry forms. We use the data you have provided us with to process contracts and to process your enquiries. After the complete processing of the contract or the deletion of your customer account, your data will be limited to further processing and deleted after the expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or if we reserve the right to use the data beyond what is permitted by law and of which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can take place either by means of a message to the possibility of contact described in the legal mentions. 
   
   
3. Data transmission
   In order to execute the contract, we will forward your data to the transport company responsible for delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the ordered goods. Depending on the payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we forward the payment data collected for payment processing to the credit institution responsible for the payment and, if applicable, to the payment service providers we have mandated or to the payment service selected. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must log in to the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. The data protection declaration of the payment service provider concerned shall apply in this respect.
   
   
4. E-mail and postal advertisingEmail advertising with newsletter subscription
   If the user agrees to the receipt of newsletters, they receive these - until cancellation of the service - at irregular intervals. In order to subscribe for the newsletter it is obligatory to enter your email address. Optionally, you can also submit your surname and family name to receive a more personalised newsletter. Our e-mail newsletters are distributed using "MailChimp", a service operated by the Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
   
   The email addresses of our newsletter recipients are stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA. MailChimp uses this information to send and evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. MailChimp however does not use the addresses of our newsletter recipients for its own mailings nor does it pass them on to third parties. We trust in the reliability and data security of MailChimp, a platform which is certified according to the global data protection agreement"Privacy Shield" (https://www.privacyshield.gov) and has committed to comply with the strict EU dataprotection guidelines. Furthermore, we have concluded a "Data-Processing-Agreement" (https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/) with MailChimp, a contract in which MailChimp has committed itself to protect the data of our users, to process them on our behalf in accordance with current data protection regulations and, in particular, not to pass them on to third parties. You can find more detailed information on the privacy policy of MailChimp under https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
   
   Our newsletter contains a so-called "web beacon" - a pixel-sized file which communicates with the MailChimp server when the newsletter is opened. Within the framework of this communication basictechnical information, such as the browser you are using, the operating system and also your IP address, are registered. The statistical analysis also includes the determination of whether the newsletter was opened, when it was opened, and which links were clicked. These evaluations serve exclusively to recognise the reading habits of our users and to allow us to adapt our content appropriately. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by using the link provided in the newsletter itself. Your data will then be deleted immediately.
   
   Email advertising without newsletter subscription and your right to object
   If we receive your e-mail address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you do not object, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar products, such as those already purchased, from our range by e-mail. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an advertising approach to our customers that outweighs our interests.
   You can object at any time to this use of your e-mail address by sending a message to the contact option in the legal notices or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising e-mail, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.
   The newsletter is sent as part of processing on our behalf by a service provider to whom we transmit your e-mail address for this purpose.
   This service provider is located in a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area. 
   
   Postal advertising and your right to object
   In addition, we reserve the right to use your first and last name and postal address for advertising purposes, for example to send interesting offers and information about our products by post. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an advertising approach to our customers that outweighs our interests. 
   
   
5. Cookies and Web Analysis
   In order to make our website attractive and to allow the use of certain functions, to display appropriate products or for market research purposes, we use cookies on various pages. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer, which prevail within the framework of a balance of interests. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the browser session has ended, i.e. after your browser has closed (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can see the recording time in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can configure your browser in such a way that you are informed of the configuration of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it handles cookie settings. This is described in each browser's help menu, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. 
   
   You will find them for the respective browsers under the following links :
   Internet Explorer™ :microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies 
   Safari™ : support.apple.com/kb/ph21411
   Chrome™ : support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en
   Firefox™ : support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
   Opera™ : help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
   If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.
   
   
6. Using Google (Universal) Analytics for Web Analytics
   For website analysis, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service from Google LLC (www.google.de). This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer, which prevail within the framework of a balance of interests. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods such as cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site. Information collected automatically about your use of this website is generally transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. By enabling anonymization of the IP address on this website, the IP address is reduced before transmission in European Union Member States or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to and shortened to a Google server in the United States. The anonymous IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with any other Google data. After the end of the use of Google Analytics by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. Google LLC is headquartered in the United States and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Thanks to this agreement between the US 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 data generated by the cookie about 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 at the following link: google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
   
   As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future. An exclusion cookie is stored on your mobile device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again. 
   
   
7. Social Media PlugIns
   
   Using AddThis social plugins using the "2-click solution".
   On our website, social plugins are used by social networks. In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plug-ins are integrated into the site by means of a solution called "2 clicks". This integration ensures that no connection to the respective social network servers is established when a page on our website containing such plug-ins is called. Only when you activate the plugins does your browser establish a direct connection to the servers of the respective social network. 
   
   The content of the corresponding plugin is then transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the page. By integrating the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has called up on the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile with the corresponding provider or if you are not currently connected. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a server of the respective provider (if applicable in the United States) and stored there. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the "Like" or "Share" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a provider server and stored there. The information is also published on the social network and displayed to your contacts. This serves the protection of our legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our offer, which predominate within the framework of a balance of interests.
   
   The purpose and extent of data collection, further processing and use of data by providers as well as the possibility of contact and your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy can be found in the providers' data protection information : 
   addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy
   
   
8. Using Web fonts
   External fonts are used on our website. 
   
   Google Fonts
   Google Fonts is a service of Google Inc ("Google"). These web fonts are integrated by a server call, usually a Google server in the United States. This transfers the web pages you have visited to the server. The IP address of the visitor's terminal browser is also stored by Google. You can find more information in Google's privacy policy, which you can access here:
   google.com/fonts 
   www.google.com/policies/privacy/
   
   Font Awesome
   Font Awesome, Inc. external fonts fontawesome.com
   The fonts are integrated by a server call to Font Awesome in the USA. 
   Privacy Policy: fontawesome.com/privacy 
   
   
9. Secure data transmission
   We transmit your personal data encrypted. This also applies to your order and your customer connection. For this purpose, we use the TLS (Transport Layer Security) or SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption system. In addition, we secure our site and other systems with technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or disclosure of your data by any unauthorized person. 
   
   
10. Contact possibilities and your rights
    As the person concerned, you have the following rights:
    
    • the right to request information about your personal data that we process to the extent specified therein;
    • the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored with us;
    • the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless it is further processed:
      - to exercise freedom of expression and information;
      - to fulfil a legal obligation;
      - for reasons of public interest, or to assert, exercise or defend legal actions is necessary;
    • the right to request the limitation of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
      - the accuracy of the data is refused by you;
      - the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;
      - we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal actions, or you have filed an objection to the treatment;
    • the right to receive the personal data you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request their transfer to another person in charge;
    • the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a general rule, you can contact the supervisory authority in your usual place of residence or work or our registered office.
      
      If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, rectification, blocking or deletion of data or revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly via contact data in our legal notices.

11. Right of objection
    Insofar as we process personal data as described above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balance of interests, you may object to such processing with effect for the future. If the data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing takes place for other purposes, you are only entitled to a right of objection if there are reasons arising from your particular situation.

    After exercising your right to object, we will not process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can prove compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing, which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal rights.
    This does not apply if the processing is intended for direct marketing purposes. In this case, we will not process your personal data for this purpose.