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Privacy policy

1) Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the Data Protection Basic Regulation (DSGVO) is Metamorph GmbH, Alexander-Meissner-Str. 77D, 12526 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: 0304004460, Fax: 03040044639, E-Mail: support@maskworld.com. The person responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 The responsible person has appointed a data protection officer for this website, who can be reached as follows: „Mr. Dr. Sebastian Kraska, attorney, Marienplatz 2, 80331 Munich“.

1.4 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential contents (e.g. orders or inquiries to the responsible person), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string „https://“ and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser sends to our server (so-called „server log files“). When you call up our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website:

Our visited website
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the site
Used Browser
Operating system in use
IP address used (if necessary: in anonymised form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO on the basis of our justified interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Cookies

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 end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again 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 or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser the next time you visit us (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to an individual extent, such as browser and location data and IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie.

In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

Under certain circumstances, we work together with advertising partners who help us to make our Internet offer more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (cookies from third parties). If we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case within the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how to set up your browser.

You will find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE

Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

More information on consent and setting options

4) Making contact

Personal data is collected when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your enquiry. This is the case if it can be concluded from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide us with this information for the purpose of executing a contract or opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above mentioned address of the responsible person. We store and use the data you provide us with to process the contract. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by us, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

6) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time of the comment’s creation and the commentator name you have chosen will be saved and published on the website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and saved. This storage of the IP address is done for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment submitted. We need your e-mail address in order to contact you if a third party should complain about your published content as illegal. The legal basis for the storage of your data is article 6 paragraph 1 lit.b and f DSGVO. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as illegal by third parties.

7) Use of your data for direct advertising

7.1 Registration for our e-mail newsletter

If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. Your e-mail address is the only mandatory information for sending the newsletter. The indication of further possible data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will not send you an e-mail newsletter until you have expressly confirmed that you agree to receive the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive future newsletters by clicking on a corresponding link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. When you register for the newsletter, we save your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising in the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned above. After you have cancelled your subscription, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes that are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular e-mail offers on similar goods or services from our range of products to those you have already purchased. In accordance with § 7 paragraph 3 UWG we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our justified interest in personalised direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning of this document. You will only be charged transmission costs in accordance with the basic rates. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be immediately discontinued.

7.3 Newsletter dispatch via MailChimp

Our e-mail newsletters are sent via the technical service provider The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA (http://www.mailchimp.com/), to whom we pass on the data you provide when you register for the newsletter. This disclosure is made in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO and serves our legitimate interest in the use of an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a MailChimp server in the USA and stored there.

MailChimp uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For evaluation purposes, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files stored on our website. In this way it can be determined whether a newsletter message was opened and which links were clicked on, if applicable. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is only collected pseudonymously and is not linked to your other personal data, a direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

Furthermore, MailChimp may use this data according to art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO itself due to its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service as well as for market research purposes, for example to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or pass them on to third parties.

To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement with MailChimp based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission to enable the transfer of your personal data to MailChimp. This Data-Processing-Agreement can be viewed at the following Internet address: http://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/.

MailChimp is also certified under the u.s.-European Data Protection Agreement „Privacy Shield“ and thus commits itself to comply with the EU data protection regulations.

The privacy policy of MailChimp can be viewed here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

7.4 Advertising by letter post

On the basis of our justified interest in personalised direct advertising, 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 name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO and to use this information to send you interesting offers and information on our products by post.

You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible.

7.5 Reminder e-mails for completed and uncompleted transactions

On the basis of our justified interest in personalised direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your e-mail address and – insofar as we have received this additional information from you in the course of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business designation in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO and to use it to send interesting reminders, offers and information on our products by e-mail on the basis of completed or uncompleted transactions.

You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible.

The relevant e-mails will be sent via the technical service provider Sendinblue SAS, 55 Rue d’Amsterdam, 75008 Paris, France (https://www.sendinblue.com/), to whom we will forward the data you have provided for processing. Your data will be stored exclusively on servers within the European Union.

Sendinblue uses this information to send and statistically evaluate e-mails on our behalf. For evaluation purposes, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files stored on the tracking servers. In this way it can be determined whether an e-mail was opened and which links were clicked on, if applicable. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The results of the evaluations can be used to better adapt future processes, information and e-mails to the interests of the recipients.

If you wish to object to the evaluation and analysis, you must unsubscribe from receiving these e-mails.

Furthermore, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, Sendinblue may use this data itself on the basis of its own legitimate interest in the design and optimisation of the service to meet requirements and for market research purposes in order to determine somewhat from which countries recipients come. However, Sendinblue shall not use the data of the recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties.

In order to protect your data we have entered into a Data-Processing-Agreement with Sendinblue based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission to enable the transfer of your personal data to Sendinblue.

Sendinblue’s Privacy Policy can be viewed here: https://de.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/

8) Data processing for order processing

8.1 In order to process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the scope of contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the assigned credit institute within the scope of the payment processing, as far as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

8.2 Use of special service providers for order processing and handling

– Ship Cloud

Shipping is carried out via the shipping portal „shipcloud“ (shipcloud GmbH, Lüdmoor 35a, 22175 Hamburg). In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, we pass on your data (name, address and any further information) to shipcloud exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order. We will only pass on your data to the extent that this is actually necessary for processing your order.

Details on data protection at shipcloud can be found on the shipcloud website under „shipcloud.io“.

8.3 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

– DHL

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany), we will pass on your e-mail address to DHL in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DSGVO before the goods are delivered for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to announce delivery.

– DPD

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DPD (DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg), we will pass on your e-mail address and/or your telephone number to DPD before the goods are delivered in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DSGVO for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification.

– GLS

If the delivery of the goods is carried out by the transport service provider GLS (General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein), we will pass on your e-mail address to GLS in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to announce delivery.

– UPS

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider UPS (United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss, Germany), we will pass on your e-mail address to UPS prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification.

8.4 Use of payment service providers (payment service providers)

– Amazon Pay

If you choose the payment method „Amazon Pay“, the payment is processed via the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as „Amazon Payments“), to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, together with the information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Amazon Payments and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. You can find more information about Amazon Payments‘ privacy policy at the following Internet address: https://pay.amazon.com/de/help/201751600

– ConCardis

If you choose to pay by credit card from the payment service provider ConCardis, the payment will be processed by the payment service provider ConCardis GmbH, Helfmann-Park 7, 65760 Eschborn, Germany, to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider ConCardis and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

– Payolution

If you have chosen the payment services „payolution invoice“, „payolution hire purchase“ or „payolution direct debit“ of payolution GmbH, Am Euro Platz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria („payolution“) as your payment option, you agree during the ordering process to the transmission of your data for the purpose of credit and account number verification to payolution. For the processing of these payment methods, personal data (first name, surname, address, email, telephone number, date of birth, IP address, gender) together with data required for the transaction processing (article, invoice amount, interest, installments, due dates, total amount, invoice number, taxes, currency, order date and order date) will be transmitted to payolution according to article 6 paragraph 1 lit.a DSGVO.

The transmission of this data is done so that payolution can assess whether the payment option you have chosen can be granted with regard to payment and/or bad debt risks. payolution obtains further information by transmitting the provided data from the following credit agencies for the purpose of identity and credit assessment:

– CRIF GmbH, Diefenbachgasse 35, A-1150 Vienna

– CRIF AG, Hagenholzstrasse 81, CH-8050 Zurich

– CRIF GmbH, Dessauerstrasse 9, 80992 Munich

– SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, D-65201 Wiesbaden

– KSV1870 Information GmbH, Wagenseilgasse 7, A-1120 Vienna

– CRIF Bürgel GmbH, Gasstraße 18, D-22761 Hamburg

– Creditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hellersbergstr. 11, D-41460 Neuss

– infoscore Consumer Data GmbH, Rheinstraße 99, D-76532 Baden-Baden

– ProfileAddress Direktmarketing GmbH, Altmannsdorfer Strasse 311, A-1230 Vienna

– Deutsche Post Direkt GmbH, Junkersring 57, D-53844 Troisdorf

– payolution GmbH, Am Euro Platz 2, A-1120 Vienna

The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. Your personal data will also be transmitted to Schufa (SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, 65201 Wiesbaden) for the purpose of identity verification in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Schufa will then inform payolution of the degree of correspondence between the personal data stored with it and the data you have provided in percentage values and, if applicable, a reference to a passport-based legitimacy check carried out at Schufa or another contractual partner. Payolution can thus recognize from the transmitted match rates whether a person is stored at the address you provided in the database of Schufa.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to payolution. However, payolution may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.

– Paypal

In the case of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – „purchase on account“ or „payment by instalments“ via PayPal, we will pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter „PayPal“) within the framework of the payment processing. The data will be passed on in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and only to the extent necessary for the processing of payments.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – „purchase on account“ or „payment by instalments“ via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit assessment with regard to the statistical probability of non-payment to decide on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. Further information on data protection, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary to process your payment in accordance with the contract.

– IMMEDIATELY

If you select the payment method „IMMEDIATELY“, the payment will be processed by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter „IMMEDIATELY“), to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The passing on of your data takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider IMMEDIATELY and only to the extent necessary. At the following Internet address you will find more information about the data protection regulations of SOFORT: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz

– SIX Payment Services/Saferpay

If you choose to pay by credit card from the payment service provider SIX Payment Services, the payment will be processed by the payment service provider SIX Payment Services (Europe) S.A., 10, rue Gabriel Lippmann, L-5365 Munsbach, to whom we will pass on the information you provide during the ordering process along with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SIX Payment Services and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

9) Contacting the evaluation reminder

Evaluation reminder through eKomi

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send your e-mail address to the eKomi evaluation platform of eKomi Ltd., Markgrafenstraße 11, 10969 Berlin, (www.ekomi.de), so that they can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail.

You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to the evaluation platform.

Evaluation reminder by Trusted Shops

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to transmit your e-mail address to the evaluation platform Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne (www.trustedshops.de), so that it can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to the evaluation platform.

Evaluation reminder by Trustpilot

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to transmit your e-mail address to Trustpilot’s evaluation platform Trustpilot A/S, Pilestræde 58, 1112 Copenhagen K, Denmark (www.trustpilot.com), so that it can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller or to the evaluation platform.

10) Use of social media: social plugins

10.1 Facebook as default plugin

Our website uses so-called social plugins („plugins“) from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA („Facebook“). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition „Social Plug-in from Facebook“ or „Facebook Social Plugin“. An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

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

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly assign your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the „Like“ button or submitting a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO, the data processing procedures described above are carried out on the basis of Facebook’s legitimate interest in the display of personalised advertising in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to design the service to meet your needs.

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also object to the loading of the Facebook plugins and thus the data processing procedures described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker „NoScript“ (http://noscript.net/).

Facebook Inc. with headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s data protection information:

http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

10.2 Instagram as default plugin

Our website uses so-called social plugins („Plugins“) of the Instagram online service, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA („Instagram“). The plug-ins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an „Instagram Camera“. An overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. This integration informs Instagram that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can immediately associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. When you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking the „Instagram Camera“ button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published to your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts.

The data processing procedures described above are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of Instagram’s legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to tailor the service to their needs.

If you do not want Instagram to associate the information collected through our web site directly with your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our web site. You may object to the loading of Instagram plugins and thus to the data processing procedures described above by using add-ons for your browser in the future, e.g. the script blocker „NoScript“ (http://noscript.net/).

Instagram LLC. with headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.

10.3 Pinterest as default plugin

On the Seller’s pages, 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“), are used. The plugins are marked with a Pinterest logo (e.g. „Pin it“ button). An overview of the Pinterest plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/getting-started/introduction/

If you visit a page of the seller that contains such a plugin, your browser will establish a direct connection to the servers of Pinterest. The plugin transfers so-called protocol data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This protocol data may include the IP address, the address of the websites visited that have Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by pressing the „Pin it“ button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Pinterest server and stored there. The information is also published on Pinterest and displayed on your Pinterest account.

The data processing procedures described above are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f DSGVO on the basis of Pinterest’s legitimate interest in the display of personalised advertising, in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to tailor the service to your needs.

If you do not want Pinterest to collect your data via our website and possibly merge it with your user data at Pinterest, you should log out of Pinterest before visiting our website.

You can also object to the loading of Pinterest’s plug-ins and thus to the data processing procedures described above by using add-ons for your browser in the future, e.g. the script blocker „NoScript“ (http://noscript.net/).

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

10.4 Twitter plugins with 2-click solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins („Plugins“) of the microblogging service Twitter, which is operated by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA („Twitter“).

In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page by means of a so-called „2-click“ solution. Deactivated plugins can be recognized by the fact that they are highlighted in grey. This integration ensures that no connection to the Twitter servers is established when a page of our website containing such plugins is called up. Only when you activate the plugins and thus give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, does your browser establish a direct connection to the Twitter servers. The content of the respective plugin is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the page. The plugin then transmits data (including your IP address) to Twitter. We have no influence on the amount of data that Twitter collects with the help of the plugins. To the best of our knowledge, Twitter does in any case receive information about which of our websites you have currently and previously visited. Through the integration of the plugins, Twitter also receives information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website even if you do not have a profile on Twitter or are not logged in. The information collected (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Twitter server in the USA and stored there. If you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Twitter server and stored there. The information is also published on Twitter and displayed to your contacts.

You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no effect on the data that has already been transmitted to Twitter.

Twitter Inc. with headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Twitter as well as your rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy

11) Use of social media: videos

11.1 Using Vimeo videos

Our website integrates plugins from the video portal Vimeo of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Vimeo servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Vimeo directly to your browser and integrated into the page. This integration informs Vimeo that your browser has called up the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Vimeo account. When you interact with the plugins (such as when you click on the start button of a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

The data processing procedures described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 letter f DSGVO based on Vimeo’s legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the service.

If you do not want Vimeo to assign the data collected through our website directly to your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Vimeo, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Vimeo privacy policy: http://vimeo.com/privacy

For videos from Vimeo that are integrated on our site, the tracking tool Google Analytics is automatically integrated. This is Vimeo’s own tracking, which we do not have access to and which cannot be influenced by our site. Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“ for tracking purposes. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO on the basis of Vimeo’s legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

11.2 Use of Youtube videos

This website uses the Youtube embedding feature to display and play videos from the provider „Youtube“, which is part of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“).

The extended data protection mode is used here, which according to the provider’s information, only starts to store user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider „YouTube“ uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from „Youtube“, these serve, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behaviour. If you are logged in to Google, your information is associated directly with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your profile to be associated with YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates them. Such evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f DSGVO on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in the display of personalised advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. You have a right of objection to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

Irrespective of any playback of the embedded videos, a connection to the Google „DoubleClick“ network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.

Google LLC, based in the United States, is certified under the U.S.-European „Privacy Shield“ agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Further information on data protection at „YouTube“ can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

12) Online marketing

12.1 Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). Google AdSense uses so-called „DoubleClick DART Cookies“ („Cookies“). These are text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called „web beacons“ (small invisible graphics) for the collection of information, through the use of which simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected and evaluated. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google uses the information thus obtained to evaluate your usage behaviour with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google AdSense is not merged with other data from Google. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is legally required and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.

The described processing of data is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO for the purpose of targeting the user by advertising third parties whose ads are displayed on this website based on the evaluated user behavior. At the same time, the processing serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our website by inserting personalised third-party advertising content in return for payment.

Google LLC, with its registered office in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

You can find more information about Google’s privacy policy at the following web address: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by making the appropriate setting in your browser software to prevent them or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:

http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be used to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

12.2 Use of Google AdWords conversion tracking

This website uses the online advertising program „Google AdWords“ and, in the context of Google AdWords, the conversion tracking of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). We use the Google Adwords service to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising material (so-called Google Adwords). In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. In this way, we pursue the interest in showing you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an AdWords ad served by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies generally expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. As a result, cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected through the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for advertisers who have opted in to conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you don’t want to participate in tracking, you can block this usage by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie from your web browser under User Preferences. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Adwords because of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

You can find more information about Google’s privacy policy at the following web address: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by making the appropriate setting in your browser software to prevent them or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:

http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be used to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

12.3 Use of affiliate programs

– AWIN Performance Advertising Network

We participate in the Performance Advertising Network of AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin (hereinafter „AWIN“). As part of its tracking services, AWIN stores cookies on end devices of users who visit or use websites or other online offers of its customers (e.g. register for a newsletter or place an order in an online shop) in order to document transactions (e.g. leads and sales). These cookies serve the sole purpose of correctly allocating the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within its network.

A cookie only contains information about when a particular advertising medium was clicked on by an end device. AWIN Tracking cookies contain an individual numerical sequence which cannot be assigned to the individual user and which documents the partner program of an advertiser, the publisher, the time of the user’s action (click or view). AWIN also collects information about the terminal device from which a transaction is carried out, e.g. the operating system and the calling browser. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is carried out on the basis of our justified financial interest in the processing of commission payments with AWIN in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If you do not wish cookies to be stored in your browser, you can do so by changing the appropriate browser settings. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your respective browser under Tools/Internet options, restrict it to certain websites or set your browser to notify you as soon as a cookie is sent. Please note, however, that in this case you must reckon with a restricted display of the online offers and a restricted user guidance. You can also delete cookies at any time. In this case, the information stored in them will be removed from your end device.

Further information on data use by AWIN can be found in the company’s data protection declaration: https://www.awin.com/de/rechtliches

– affilinet Performance Advertising Network

We participate in the performance advertising network of affilinet GmbH, Sapporobogen 6-8, 80637 Munich, Germany (hereinafter „affilinet“). Within the scope of its tracking services affilinet stores cookies on end devices of users visiting or using websites or other online offers of its customers (e.g. registering for a newsletter or placing an order in an online shop) for the documentation of transactions (e.g. of leads and sales). These cookies serve the sole purpose of correctly allocating the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within its network.

A cookie only contains information about when a particular advertising medium was clicked on by an end device. In the affilinet tracking cookies an individual numerical sequence, which cannot be assigned to the individual user, is stored, which documents the partner program of an advertiser, the publisher, the time of the user’s action (click or view). In this context affilinet also collects information about the end device from which a transaction is carried out, e.g. the operating system and the calling browser. If the information also contains personal data the described processing is based on our legitimate financial interest in the processing of commission payments with affilinet according to article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO.

If you do not wish cookies to be stored in your browser, you can do so by changing the appropriate browser settings. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your respective browser under Tools/Internet Options, restrict it to certain websites or set your browser to notify you as soon as a cookie is sent. Please note, however, that in this case you must reckon with a restricted display of the online offers and a restricted user guidance. You can also delete cookies at any time. In this case, the information stored in them will be removed from your end device.

Further information on data usage by affilinet can be found in the company’s privacy policy: https://www.affili.net/de/footeritem/datenschutz

12.4 Use of voucher marketing service providers

– Sovendus Sales

In order to select a voucher offer that is currently of interest to you, we will pseudonymise and encrypt the hash value of your e-mail address and your IP address and send it to Sovendus GmbH, Moltkestr. 11, 76133 Karlsruhe (Sovendus) (Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO). The pseudonymised hash value of the e-mail address is used to take into account a possible objection to advertising by Sovendus (Art. 21 para.3, Art. 6 para.1 c DSGVO). The IP address is used by Sovendus exclusively for purposes of data security and is anonymised as a rule after seven days (Art. 6 para.1 f DSGVO). In addition, we transmit the order number, order value with currency, session ID, coupon code and time stamp to Sovendus in pseudonymised form for billing purposes (Art. 6 para.1 f DSGVO). If you are interested in a voucher offer from Sovendus, if there is no objection to your e-mail address and if you click on the voucher banner, which is only displayed in this case, we will transmit the title, name and your e-mail address to Sovendus in encrypted form in preparation for the voucher (Art. 6 para. 1 b, f DSGVO).

For further information on the processing of your data by Sovendus, please refer to the online data protection information at www.sovendus.de/datenschutz

13) Web analysis services

13.1 Google (Universal) Analytics

– Google Universal Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). Google Analytics uses „cookies“, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension „_anonymizeIp()“, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes the possibility of direct personal reference. Through the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our justified interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide us with further services related to website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie 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 plugin available at the following link:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

As an alternative to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will have to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under „My Data“, „Personal Data“.

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

13.2 Jetpack (formerly WordPress.com-Stats)

This offering uses the Jetpack web analytics service (formerly WordPress.com-Stats) operated by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA, using tracking technology provided by Quantcast Inc. 201 3rd St, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103-3153, USA. With the help of Jetpack, pseudonymised visitor data is collected, evaluated and stored on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Jetpack uses so-called cookies, i.e. small text files which are stored locally in the cache of the visitor’s Internet browser. These cookies are used, among other things, to recognize the browser and thus enable a more precise determination of statistical data. The user’s IP address is part of the information collected, but is pseudonymised immediately after the collection and before it is stored in order to exclude the possibility of personal references.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the pseudonymised IP address) is transferred to a server in the USA and stored there in order to safeguard the above-mentioned interests.

Automattic Inc., located in the USA, is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

In order to object to the collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can obtain an opt-out cookie from Quantcast by clicking on the following link, which will ensure that no visitor data of your browser will be collected and stored by Jetpack in the future: http://www.quantcast.com/opt-out

The opt-out cookie is set by Quantcast.

14) Retargeting/ remarketing/ referral advertising

Bing Ads (Microsoft Corporation)

This website uses the conversion tracking technology „Bing Ads“ from Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA). Microsoft Bing Ads places a cookie on your computer if you came to our site from a Microsoft Bing ad. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies lose their validity after 180 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this site and the cookie has not expired, Microsoft and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page (conversion page). If personal data are processed in this process, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO due to our legitimate interest in effective marketing.

The information collected by means of the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics, i.e. to record how many users reach a conversion page after clicking on an advertisement. This tells us the total number of users who have clicked on our ad and been directed to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive information that personally identifies users.

Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in the United States, is certified for the U.S.-European „Privacy Shield“ agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can opt-out by easily disabling the Bing Ads Conversion Tracking cookie through your Internet browser under User Preferences. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Alternatively, you can use the EU consumer opt-out page http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ to check whether Microsoft advertising cookies are set in your browser and disable them.

For more information about the Microsoft Bing Ads privacy policy, visit the following Web address: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement

Criteo (Criteo SA)

On this website, the technology of Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, France („Criteo“), uses „cookie“ text files to collect, store and evaluate information on the surfing behaviour of website visitors based on our legitimate interest in the insertion of personalised advertising in pseudonymised form in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Criteo uses an algorithm to analyze the surfing behavior and can then display targeted product recommendations as personalized advertising banners on other websites (so-called publishers). Under no circumstances can the collected data be used to personally identify the visitor of this website. No other use or disclosure to third parties will take place.

In order to object to the collection of data and the creation of pseudonymised user profiles for the future, you can obtain the following so-called opt-out cookie:

Criteo cancellation (http://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/)

For more information about Criteo’s technology, please refer to the Criteo Privacy Policy:

www.criteo.com/de/privacy

Facebook Custom Audience on the pixel method

This website uses the „Facebook pixel“ of Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA („Facebook“). If explicit consent is given, this allows the behavior of users to be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes and may help to optimize future advertising efforts.

The collected data is anonymous for us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook Data Usage Guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Consent to the use of the Facebook pixel may only be given by users who are older than 13 years of age. If you are younger, we ask you to ask your legal guardian for permission.

Facebook Inc. with headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

In order to deactivate the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser so that no more cookies can be stored on your computer in the future or that already stored cookies are deleted. However, switching off all cookies may mean that some functions on our Internet pages can no longer be executed. You can also disable the use of cookies by third parties such as Facebook on the following Digital Advertising Alliance website: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Google AdWords Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing, hereby we advertise this website in Google search results, as well as on third party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Any further data processing will only take place if you have agreed with Google that your internet and app browsing history will be linked by Google to your Google Account and that information from your Google Account will be used to personalize ads you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your information along with Google Analytics data to create and define target audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to form target groups.

You can permanently disable the use of cookies for advertising preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can inform yourself about the setting of cookies and adjust the settings for them at the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Google LLC with its headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

Further information and the privacy policy regarding advertising and Google can be found here:

http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

15) Tools and others

15.1 Google Customer Reviews (formerly the Google Certified Reseller Program)

We are working with Google LLC under the Google Customer Reviews program, which is provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). The Program gives us the ability to collect customer reviews from users of our website. After making a purchase on our website, you will be asked whether you would like to participate in an email survey from Google. If you give your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will transmit your e-mail address to Google. You will receive an e-mail from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate your purchasing experience on our website. The rating you provide will then be combined with our other ratings and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and in our Merchant Center dashboard, and will also be used for Google seller ratings.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying the data controller or Google.

Google LLC, headquartered in the United States, is certified under the U.S. European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

For more information about Google’s privacy practices in connection with the Google Customer Reviews program, please visit the following link: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=de

For more information about the privacy of Google Seller Reviews, please see this link: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2375474

15.2 Google Maps

On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually present geographic information. By using this service, our location will be displayed to you and any approach will be made easier.

Already when you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in at Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be assigned to your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f DSGVO on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in the display of personalised advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. You have a right of objection to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google in order to exercise this right.

Google LLC, with its registered office in the USA, is certified for the US-European „Privacy Shield“ data protection agreement, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

If you do not agree with the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, there is also the possibility to completely deactivate the web service of Google Maps by switching off the application JavaScript in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website cannot then be used.

You can view Google’s terms of use at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html. The additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.

Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website („Google Privacy Policy“): http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

15.3 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“) for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Google LLC with its headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and read Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

15.4 Trusted Shops Trust Badge

To display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer the Trusted Shops membership to buyers after an order, the Trusted Shops trust badge is integrated on this website.

This serves the protection of our in the context of a balancing of interests predominant entitled interests in an optimal marketing of our offer, art. 6 exp. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The Trustbadge and the services advertised thereby are an offer of the 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 e.g. your IP address, date and time of the call, transferred data volume and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten at the latest seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Other personal data is only transmitted to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered for use. In this case the contractual agreement met between you and Trusted Shops applies.

15.5 Tawk.to chat widget

This site uses a so-called chat widget for live communication with visitors which is provided by tawk.to Inc., 187 East Warm Springs Rd, SB298, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119, USA („Tawk.to“).

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Tawk.to’s servers. This enables Tawk.to to know that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Tawk.to is in the interest of simple and direct communication with the visitors of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Tawk.to Inc. with headquarters in the USA operates under the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Further information on Tawk.to can be found at https://www.tawk.to/legal/ and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.tawk.to/privacy-policy/

15.6 Google Recaptcha

To avoid spam, this site uses so-called captchas „Google Recaptcha“ provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). When you call up a page, your browser loads the necessary captchas in order to be able to check the spam content of the transferred content.

To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. Through this, Google is informed that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Recaptcha is used in the interest of securing our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your browser does not support captchas, the use of the website may be limited.

Google LLC with headquarters in the USA is certified for the us-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

16) Rights of the data subject

16.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:

  • Right of access under Art. 15 DSGVO: In particular, you have a right of access to your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right of rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, opposition to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it has not been collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing on you, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees provided under Art. 46 DPA when your data is transferred to third countries;
  • Right to correction in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO: You have a right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
  • Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 para. 1 DSGVO are met. However, this right does not exist in particular if the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • Right to limit processing pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO: You have the right to request the limitation of the processing of your personal data for as long as the accuracy of your data which you dispute is verified, if you refuse to have your data deleted due to unauthorised data processing and instead request the limitation of the processing of your data, if you require your data for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, after we no longer require these data after the purpose has been achieved, or if you have lodged an objection for reasons relating to your particular situation, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh the objection;
  • Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 DSGVO: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or limitation of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the latter is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification, erasure or limitation of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients.
  • Right to data transfer in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party, insofar as this is technically feasible;
  • Right to revoke consents granted pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO: You have the right to revoke at any time, with effect for the future, any consent to the processing of data that you have once granted. In the event of revocation, we will immediately delete the data concerned, unless further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation;
  • Right of appeal under Art. 77 DSGVO: If you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you is in breach of the DPA, you have the right – without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy – to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State in which you are resident, your place of work or the place where the alleged breach occurs.

16.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A WEIGHING UP OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS FOR PROCESSING WORTHY OF PROTECTION WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

17) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods). After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted if it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract and/or if we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

18) Data protection information for our application procedure

Privacy policy for our job advertisements

We process the data of applicants for job advertisements and unsolicited applications only for the purpose and within the framework of the application procedure and in accordance with the legal requirements. We process the data to fulfil our legal and contractual (including pre-contractual) obligations. The relevant framework for this is defined by Article 6 paragraph 1 of the DSGVO.

By submitting your application to us, you agree that we may process the data for purposes of the application procedure. The required data is specified in the respective job description. As a rule, this includes data on the curriculum vitae, electronic and postal addresses, training certificates and similar, but often also other voluntary information.

If the data provided voluntarily or requested by us are special categories of personal data within the meaning of the DSGVO (e.g. data such as ethnic origin or health data), they will be processed additionally in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 paragraph 2.

We delete the data that we have been provided with during the application process after 4 months in the event of unsuccessful applications – on the one hand, in order to be able to clarify queries relating to the application process, and on the other hand, also to comply with the statutory retention periods. In the case of successful applications, we process the data further for the employment relationship.

Entry in our applicant database

In individual cases, we also offer the possibility of being included in our applicant database independently of the actual job advertisement, after consent, in order to be considered for later advertisements.

In this case, we keep the data for this purpose for 3 years and delete it after the expiry of this period if no consent for longer storage has been given. This data will be used exclusively for consideration in the case of job advertisements or job placements and only within the scope of this to establish contact.

Inclusion in our applicant database is voluntary, there is no claim to be included in our applicant database for future job postings and of course inclusion or willingness to include in the applicant database has no influence on the respective current job posting procedure.

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