Data protection
1 Anonymous data collection
We're pleased that you're visiting our store and thank you for your interest in our company, our products, and our website. Protecting your privacy when using our website is important to us. Therefore, please note the following information:
2 Collection, processing and use of personal data
You can generally visit our website without us collecting any personal data from you. Personal data is only collected if you voluntarily provide it to us for the purpose of executing a contract, opening a customer account, or contacting us. Without your express consent, this data will be used solely for contract execution and processing your inquiries. After the contract has been fully processed and the purchase price has been paid in full, your data will be stored in compliance with tax and commercial retention periods. However, it will be deleted after these periods have expired.
In addition, personal data is collected when you subscribe to our email newsletter. We use this data for our own advertising purposes in the form of our email newsletter, provided you have expressly consented to this as follows:
"I would like to subscribe to the newsletter. I can unsubscribe at any time."
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending us a message. Once you unsubscribe, your email address will be deleted immediately.
3 Disclosure of personal data
3.1 Order processing
Order processing is handled by the service provider "plentymarkets" (plentySystems GmbH, Bürgermeister-Brunner-Str. 15, 34117 Kassel). Personal data is transferred to plentymarkets solely for the purpose of processing the customer's online order. Details on data protection at plentymarkets and the privacy policy of plentySystems GmbH can be viewed on the plentymarkets website at "plentysystems.de."
The personal data we collect will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment details to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing.
3.2 Credit check or identity check
If you select the "Purchase on account" payment method, you will be asked by Klarna AB, Norra Stationsgatan 61, 11343 Stockholm, (Klarna) during the order process to provide your personal information (first and last name; place of residence [street, house number, postal code, city]; date of birth, email address, and telephone number) for the purpose of a credit check based on mathematical and statistical procedures. Klarna obtains information about your previous payment history, taking into account your respective legitimate interests in excluding the transmission or use of data from the following credit agencies that store data for the purpose of providing information:
- Schufa Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, D-65201 Wiesbaden,
Phone: +49 (0)1805 - 724832
- Bürgel, Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG, Gasstraße 18, D-22761 Hamburg,
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 - 89 80 3-0, Fax: -777
- Creditreform Bremen Seddig KG, Contrescarpe 17, D-28203 Bremen ,
Tel.: +49 (0)421 - 32 90-20, Fax: +49 (0)421 ? 32 79-22
- arvato infoscore GmbH, Rheinstraße 99, 76532 Baden-Baden,
Tel.: +49 (0)7221 ? 5040? 1000, Fax: -1001
The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). To the extent that score values are included in the credit report results, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Klarna uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding whether to establish, implement, or terminate a contractual relationship. Further information about Klarna's privacy policy can be found at the following website address: http://klarna.com/pdf/Datenschutz_DE.pdf
3.3 Newsletter creation, management and dispatch via CleverReach
For the purpose of newsletter creation, administration, and distribution, your data (first and last name and email address) will be transmitted to our online email marketing service provider, CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Felix-Wankel-Str. 16, 26125 Oldenburg.
4 cookies
Among other things, our online shop uses so-called "cookies," which serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure overall – for example, by accelerating navigation on our platform. Cookies also enable us to measure the frequency of page views and general navigation. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer system. We would like to point out that some of these cookies are transferred from our server to your computer system; these are usually so-called "session cookies." "Session cookies" are characterized by the fact that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive after the end of the browser session. Other cookies remain on your computer system and enable us to recognize your computer system on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). Of course, you can reject cookies at any time, provided your browser permits this. Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if your browser is set to not accept cookies (from our website).
5 Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("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 the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the data on Google's behalf. Google will never associate your IP address with any other data held by 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can withdraw your consent to the collection and storage of data at any time with future effect. You can do so by using the Google Analytics opt-out add-on (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de), if available for your browser.
Please note that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()" and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form to prevent direct personal reference.
6 Use of Facebook plugins
We have integrated plug-ins from the social network facebook.com (hereinafter "Facebook") into our website. Facebook is a company of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Each time you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, the plugin causes your browser to download and display the visual representation of the plugin from the Facebook server. The Facebook server is informed which specific page on our website you are currently visiting.
If you are a Facebook member and logged into Facebook while visiting our website, Facebook recognizes which specific page of our website you are currently visiting through the information sent by the plugin and assigns this information to your personal Facebook account. If you then activate one of the plug-ins, for example, by clicking the "Like" button or by leaving a comment, this information is sent to your personal Facebook account and stored there. Furthermore, the information that you have visited our website is transmitted to Facebook, regardless of whether you activate one of the plug-ins or not.
To prevent Facebook from transmitting and storing data about you and your browsing behavior, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. At the following website address, you will find Facebook's privacy policy with more detailed information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard, and the settings options for protecting your privacy:
http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
7 Further information and contacts
You have the right to free information about your stored data, as well as the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted. If you have any further questions about the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, please contact us. The same applies to requests for information, blocking, deletion, or correction of your personal data, as well as to revocations of consents granted. You can find the contact details in our legal notice.