Privacy Policy

1) INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you.

1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Shop Name. The party responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the responsible party). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

2) DATA COLLECTION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

When using our website purely for informational purposes, meaning if you do not register or transmit any information to us in any other way, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you reached the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (possibly in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no sharing or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

3) COOKIES

To make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain features, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values.

Some cookies serve to simplify the order process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is processed by certain cookies we have implemented, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b GDPR, either for the performance of the contract or under Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f GDPR for safeguarding our legitimate interests in the optimal functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

We may collaborate with advertising partners who help us make our online offering more interesting for you. In this case, cookies from partner companies may be stored on your device (third-party cookies). If we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in the following sections.

Please note that you can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to 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 cookie settings. You can find descriptions of how to change your cookie settings in the help menu of each browser.

4) CONTACTING US

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form can be seen in the respective contact form. This data will be stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the related technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request according to Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f GDPR. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your request, if it is evident from the circumstances that the matter has been conclusively clarified and no legal retention obligations oppose this.

5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE

In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b GDPR, personal data is also collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen in the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the address of the responsible party mentioned above. We store and use the data you provide for contract performance. After the full processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked considering 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 is reserved.

6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING

6.1 Subscription to our Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The required information for sending the newsletter is only your email address. Providing other data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter once you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving the newsletter. We will send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters by clicking a link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data according to Article 6, paragraph 1, letter a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store the IP address registered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to track any misuse of your email address at a later time. The data we collect during newsletter registration will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the provided link in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible party mentioned above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be promptly removed from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and which we inform you about in this declaration.