data protection

We are pleased about your interest in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we will inform you in detail about how your data is handled.

1. Access data and hosting

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

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

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

This service provider is located in a country outside the European Union for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by decision.

2. Data collection and use for contract processing  

We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such because in these cases we absolutely need the data to process the contract or to process your contact and you cannot send the order or contact us without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR to process the contract and process your inquiries. If you have given your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the tax and commercial law retention periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or using a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

3. Data sharing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution responsible for the payment and, if applicable, the payment service provider commissioned by us, or to the selected payment service, in order to process payments. 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 respective payment service provider applies.

4. Email newsletter

Email advertising with registration for the newsletter
If you register for our newsletter, we will use the data required for this or provided separately by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and can do so either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided in the newsletter. After you unsubscribe, we will delete your email address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

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

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

5. Integration of the Trusted Shop Trustbadge

The Trusted Shops trust badge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of quality and to offer Trusted Shops membership to buyers after an order.

This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, in the optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.
When you access the trust badge, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your site visit.
Further personal data will only be transferred to Trusted Shops if you have consented to this, decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies.

6. Cookies and web analytics

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). The duration of storage can be found in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can 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
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Firefox™ https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-allow-und-reject
Opera™ : https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analysis
If you have given your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (www.google.de), for the purpose of website analysis. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is generally not combined with other Google data. Once we no longer use Google Analytics, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

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

You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This prevents the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google.

As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can  this link  Click to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you will be asked to give your consent again.

7. Online Marketing

Google AdWords Remarketing
We use Google Adwords to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. If you have given us your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit Pages enable interest-based advertising. Once we no longer use Google AdWords Remarketing, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

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

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

You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by using the remarketing cookie  this link  deactivate. You can also register at the  Digital Advertising Alliance  inform you about the setting of cookies and make settings for this.

8. Sending review reminders via email

Review reminder by Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art (www.trustedshops.de) so that they can send you a review reminder by email.

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

9. Contact options and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us;
• In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is required
  - to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  - to fulfill a legal obligation;
  - for reasons of public interest or
  - to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
  is required;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, to the extent that
  - you dispute the accuracy of the data;
  - the processing is unlawful but you object to its deletion;
  - we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or
  - you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible;
• in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters.

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our legal notice.

Purchase on account (Klarna):

In order to be able to offer you Klarna's payment options, we will transmit personal data, such as contact details and order details, to Klarna. In this way, Klarna can assess whether you can use the payment options offered through Klarna and adapt the payment options to your needs. General information about Klarna can be found here . Your personal information will be treated by Klarna in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna's data protection regulations .