Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
1) INFORMATION ON THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE DATA CONTROLLER
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the processing of your personal data when using our website. Personal data in this context is any information by which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The data controller of this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is The Online Society, The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines 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 questions to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in the bar of your browser.
2) COLLECTION OF DATA WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE
If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called server log files). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time at the 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 (if applicable in anonymized form).
The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to improve the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be transferred or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) COOKIES
To make your visit to our website more 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 devices. Some of the cookies used by us are deleted after the browser session has ended, i.e. when you close 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 (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information, such as browser and location data and IP address values, on an individual basis. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a certain period of time, which may vary for each cookie.
In part, cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (for example, by remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 b of the DSGVO in order to fulfill the contract or
according to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO to protect our legitimate interests of the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and efficient design of the website visit.
We may cooperate with advertising partners who help us to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (third party cookies). If we cooperate with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed separately and individually about the use of such cookies and the scope of information collected in each case within the framework of the paragraphs below.
Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and individually decide to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in how it handles cookie settings. This is described in each browser's help menu, which explains how to change your cookie settings. This is available for each browser under the following links:
Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manag e-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: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
4) CONTACTING US
When you contact us (for example through a contact form or email), personal data is collected. What data is collected in a contact form is stated in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively to answer your question or to contact you and for the corresponding technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest to answer your inquiry in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your request; this is the case if the circumstances show that the matter in question has been finally clarified and provided there are no conflicting legal retention obligations.
5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING.
In accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(b) DSGVO, personal data is further collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data will be collected is stated on the relevant form to be filled out. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the address of the responsible person above. We store and use the data you provide for the processing of the contract. After completion of the processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with respect to the tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after expiration of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data is reserved on our part, about which we will inform you below.
6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
6.1 Registration for our email newsletter
If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will send you information about our offers on a regular basis. The only data required for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of other data is voluntary and is used to contact you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you a newsletter if you have explicitly confirmed your consent to send newsletters. We then send you a confirmation e-mail in which we ask you to confirm that you want to receive future newsletters by clicking on an appropriate link.
By activating the confirmation link, you consent to our use of your personal data in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. When you sign up for the newsletter, we store your IP address, as provided by your internet service provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of registration, in order to later detect any misuse of your email address. The information we collect when you sign up for the newsletter is used solely to enable us to provide targeted advertising to you through the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the appropriate link in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person indicated at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address is immediately removed from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data in a manner that goes beyond and is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.
6.2 Sending email newsletters to existing customers.
If you have provided your email address to us when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular email offers for similar goods or services that you have already purchased from our range. This does not require us to obtain your consent.
Obtaining your consent. In this regard, data processing takes place solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) DSGVO. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you e-mails. You have the right to object to the use of your e-mail address for the above advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible person indicated at the beginning. This will only incur transmission costs for you at the basic rate. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
7) DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING
7.1 The personal data collected by us are passed on to the transport company making the delivery as part of order processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We transfer your payment data to the mandated credit institution as part of payment processing, to the extent necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we expressly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Article 6 (1) (b) DSGVO.
7.2 Use of payment service providers
- PayPal
In the event of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "partial payment" via PayPal, we transfer your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter: "PayPal") as part of payment processing. The transfer takes place in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the DSGVO and only to the extent necessary for the payment procedure.
For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "partial payment" via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to perform a credit check. For this purpose, your payment data may be provided to credit reference agencies in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the DSGVO based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. The result of the creditworthiness check for statistical purposes.
PayPal uses the result of the creditworthiness check regarding the statistical probability of non-payment to decide on the provision of the respective payment method. The creditworthiness information may include probability values (so-called score values), which, to the extent the score values are included in the credit check result, are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. For more information on data protection laws, including information on the credit reference agencies used, see PayPal's data protection statement: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
You may 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 for the contractual processing of payments.
- EMERGENCIES.
If you choose the payment method "SOFORT", the payment will be processed by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "SOFORT"), to whom we transfer the data provided by you during the ordering process together with 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). Your data will be transferred to the payment service provider SOFORT for payment processing only and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on SOFORT's data protection policy can be found at the following Internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.
8) CONTACT RATING REMINDER
Your own rating reminder (not sent by a customer rating system).
We use your e-mail address for a one-time rating reminder for your order for the rating system used by us, insofar as you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 lit. a DSGVO.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller.
9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS 9.1 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution.
Specific additional customs fees and/or import duties are not included in the price and must be paid by the customer.
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook").
To better protect your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only by means of an HTML link. This form of integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with the servers of Facebook. When you click the button, a new browser window opens and the Facebook page is called up, where you can interact with the plugins (possibly after entering your login data).
Facebook Inc. headquartered in the United States is certified for the American-European "Privacy Shield.
Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy can be found on Facebook's website.
Please see Facebook's privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
9.2 Google+ plugins as a Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Google+, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
To better protect your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only by means of an HTML link. This form of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, a connection to the servers of Google+ is not yet established. When you click the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Google+ page, where you can interact with the plugins (possibly after entering your login information).
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
9.3 Instagram plugin as Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC. 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").
To better protect your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are integrated into the page only through an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with Instagram's servers. When you click the button, a new browser window is opened and the Instagram page is called up, where you can interact (possibly after entering your login information) with the plugins there.
Instagram LLC. headquartered in the United States is certified to the US-European
Privacy Shield" data protection agreement, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy, can be found on Instagram's website.
Please refer to Instagram's privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and settings options in this regard to protect your privacy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.
10) ONLINE MARKETING
10.1 DoubleClick from Google
This website uses Google's online marketing tool DoubleClick from the operator Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").
DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once.
seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
In addition, DoubleClick may use the cookie ID to record so-called conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later calls up the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data that Google collects with this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or not logged in, the provider may obtain and store your IP address.
If you want to resist participating in this tracking procedure, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, this setting will be cleared when you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can obtain information about cookie setting and set them from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information about the data protection regulations of DoubleClick by Google can be found at the following Internet address:
https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
10.2 Use of Google AdWords conversion tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and as part of Google AdWords uses conversion tracking by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites via advertising media (so-called Google AdWords). The data on the advertising campaigns allow us to determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. In this way we pursue the interests of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an AdWords ad from Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each customer of Google AdWords receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked on the websites of all AdWords customers. The information obtained with the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers thus find out how many
of users who clicked on their ad and went to a website with a
conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that can be used to identify users personally. If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can block this use by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie through your browser under user settings. You will then not be included in conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Adwords on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (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 level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information about Google's data protection policy can be found at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can permanently disable advertising preference cookies by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser extension available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de
Please note that some features of this website may not work or only work to a limited extent if you have disabled the use of cookies.
11) WEB ANALYTICS SERVICES
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" (text files placed on your computer) to help the website analyze how users use the website. 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.
This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which anonymizes the IP address by shortening it and excluding direct personal reference. The extension means that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
Google will use this information on our behalf in order to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted from your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but please note that if you do so you may not be able to use all the features of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing cookie-generated data relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
As an alternative to the browser extension or in browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents Google Analytics from collecting data on 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 must click this link again).
If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
This website also uses Google Analytics for device-wide analysis of visitor flows, which is done via a user ID. When a page is accessed for the first time, the user is given a unique, permanent and anonymized ID that is set on different devices. This allows interaction data from different devices and from different sessions to be assigned to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not pass it on to Google.
You can object to the collection and storage of data via the user ID with effect for the future at any time. To do so, you must disable Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example in another browser or on your mobile device.
You can disable this by using a browser plug-in from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). As an alternative to the browser plug-in or in browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of Google Analytics on 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 must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics
More information about Universal Analytics can be found here:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376
12) RETARGETING/ REMARKETING/ RECOMMENDATION Facebook Custom Audience via the pixel process.
This website uses the "Facebook pixel" from Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). If explicitly authorized, this allows tracking of users' behavior after they
they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This procedure is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and may help to optimize future advertising measures.
The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of users from it. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a link to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook's data use policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You may allow Facebook and its partners to display advertisements on and outside Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations take place only if you have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
Consent for the use of the Facebook pixel can only be given by users who are over
13 years of age. If you are younger, please ask your guardians for consent.
Facebook Inc. headquartered in the U.S. has been certified for the American-European
Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
To disable the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your browser so that cookies will not be placed on your computer in the future or that cookies already placed will be deleted. However, disabling all cookies may result in the inability to perform certain functions on our website. You can also disable the use of cookies from third-party providers such as Facebook at the following Digital Advertising Alliance website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Google AdWords Remarketing.
Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing, through which we advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For this purpose, Google places a cookie in the browser of your end 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 Article 6 (1) (f) of the DSGVO.
Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your web and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize the advertisements you see on the web. In this case, if you are logged into Google when you visit our website, Google will use your data along with data from Google Analytics to create and define targeting lists for remarketing between different devices. For this purpose, your personal data will be temporarily linked by Google with data from Google Analytics to form target groups.
You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad targeting by downloading and installing the browser extension available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
Alternatively, you can get information on setting cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info and make these settings. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information and data protection regulations on advertising and Google can be found here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
13) DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
13.1 Applicable data protection law gives you extensive rights against the data controller in connection with the processing of your personal data.
Data subjects' rights (right of access and intervention), about which we inform you below:
Right of access under Article 15 of the DSGVO: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about 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 intended storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended consequences of such processing in relation to you, as well as your right to information on the safeguards in accordance with Article 46 of the GDPR in case of transfer of your data to third countries;
Right to rectification under Article 16 of the GDPR: you have the right to have inaccurate data relating to you rectified without delay and/or incomplete data stored by us completed;
Right to erasure under Article 17 of the DSGVO: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Article 17(1) of the DSGVO are met. However, this right shall notably not exist if the processing is necessary for the exercise of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 of the GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you dispute, is verified; if you refuse to have your data erased due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data; if you need your data for the confirmation, exercise or defense of legal claims after we no longer need it after the purpose has been achieved; or if you have objected on grounds related to your particular situation as long as it has not yet been established whether our legitimate grounds prevail;
Right to information under Article 19 of the GDPR: If you have invoked the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom personal data about you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to receive information about these recipients.
Right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 of the DSGVO: you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another processing controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
Right to withdraw consent in accordance with Article 7(3) of the DSGVO: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data that you have ever given at any time, with effect for the future. In case of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned immediately, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing that took place until the withdrawal based on consent;
Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data constitutes a violation of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you live, work or where the alleged violation occurs, without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ESTABLISH, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING AT ANY TIME. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
14) DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA.
The duration of the storage of personal data is measured according to the relevant statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods according to commercial and tax law). After expiration of the period, the relevant data are routinely deleted, insofar as they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or for the initiation of the contract and/or there is no further justified interest on our part in further storage.
1) INFORMATION ON THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE DATA CONTROLLER
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the processing of your personal data when using our website. Personal data in this context is any information by which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The data controller of this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is The Online Society, The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines 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 questions to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in the bar of your browser.
2) COLLECTION OF DATA WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE
If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called server log files). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time at the 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 (if applicable in anonymized form).
The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to improve the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be transferred or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) COOKIES
To make your visit to our website more 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 devices. Some of the cookies used by us are deleted after the browser session has ended, i.e. when you close 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 (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information, such as browser and location data and IP address values, on an individual basis. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a certain period of time, which may vary for each cookie.
In part, cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (for example, by remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 b of the DSGVO in order to fulfill the contract or
according to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO to protect our legitimate interests of the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and efficient design of the website visit.
We may cooperate with advertising partners who help us to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (third party cookies). If we cooperate with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed separately and individually about the use of such cookies and the scope of information collected in each case within the framework of the paragraphs below.
Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and individually decide to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in how it handles cookie settings. This is described in each browser's help menu, which explains how to change your cookie settings. This is available for each browser under the following links:
Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manag e-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: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
4) CONTACTING US
When you contact us (for example through a contact form or email), personal data is collected. What data is collected in a contact form is stated in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively to answer your question or to contact you and for the corresponding technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest to answer your inquiry in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your request; this is the case if the circumstances show that the matter in question has been finally clarified and provided there are no conflicting legal retention obligations.
5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING.
In accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(b) DSGVO, personal data is further collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data will be collected is stated on the relevant form to be filled out. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the address of the responsible person above. We store and use the data you provide for the processing of the contract. After completion of the processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with respect to the tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after expiration of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data is reserved on our part, about which we will inform you below.
6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
6.1 Registration for our email newsletter
If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will send you information about our offers on a regular basis. The only data required for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of other data is voluntary and is used to contact you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you a newsletter if you have explicitly confirmed your consent to send newsletters. We then send you a confirmation e-mail in which we ask you to confirm that you want to receive future newsletters by clicking on an appropriate link.
By activating the confirmation link, you consent to our use of your personal data in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. When you sign up for the newsletter, we store your IP address, as provided by your internet service provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of registration, in order to later detect any misuse of your email address. The information we collect when you sign up for the newsletter is used solely to enable us to provide targeted advertising to you through the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the appropriate link in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person indicated at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address is immediately removed from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data in a manner that goes beyond and is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.
6.2 Sending email newsletters to existing customers.
If you have provided your email address to us when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular email offers for similar goods or services that you have already purchased from our range. This does not require us to obtain your consent.
Obtaining your consent. In this regard, data processing takes place solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) DSGVO. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you e-mails. You have the right to object to the use of your e-mail address for the above advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible person indicated at the beginning. This will only incur transmission costs for you at the basic rate. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
7) DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING
7.1 The personal data collected by us are passed on to the transport company making the delivery as part of order processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We transfer your payment data to the mandated credit institution as part of payment processing, to the extent necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we expressly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Article 6 (1) (b) DSGVO.
7.2 Use of payment service providers
- PayPal
In the event of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "partial payment" via PayPal, we transfer your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter: "PayPal") as part of payment processing. The transfer takes place in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the DSGVO and only to the extent necessary for the payment procedure.
For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "partial payment" via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to perform a credit check. For this purpose, your payment data may be provided to credit reference agencies in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the DSGVO based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. The result of the creditworthiness check for statistical purposes.
PayPal uses the result of the creditworthiness check regarding the statistical probability of non-payment to decide on the provision of the respective payment method. The creditworthiness information may include probability values (so-called score values), which, to the extent the score values are included in the credit check result, are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. For more information on data protection laws, including information on the credit reference agencies used, see PayPal's data protection statement: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
You may 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 for the contractual processing of payments.
- EMERGENCIES.
If you choose the payment method "SOFORT", the payment will be processed by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "SOFORT"), to whom we transfer the data provided by you during the ordering process together with 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). Your data will be transferred to the payment service provider SOFORT for payment processing only and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on SOFORT's data protection policy can be found at the following Internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.
8) CONTACT RATING REMINDER
Your own rating reminder (not sent by a customer rating system).
We use your e-mail address for a one-time rating reminder for your order for the rating system used by us, insofar as you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 lit. a DSGVO.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller.
9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS 9.1 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution.
Specific additional customs fees and/or import duties are not included in the price and must be paid by the customer.
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook").
To better protect your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only by means of an HTML link. This form of integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with the servers of Facebook. When you click the button, a new browser window opens and the Facebook page is called up, where you can interact with the plugins (possibly after entering your login data).
Facebook Inc. headquartered in the United States is certified for the American-European "Privacy Shield.
Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy can be found on Facebook's website.
Please see Facebook's privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
9.2 Google+ plugins as a Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Google+, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
To better protect your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only by means of an HTML link. This form of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, a connection to the servers of Google+ is not yet established. When you click the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Google+ page, where you can interact with the plugins (possibly after entering your login information).
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
9.3 Instagram plugin as Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC. 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").
To better protect your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are integrated into the page only through an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with Instagram's servers. When you click the button, a new browser window is opened and the Instagram page is called up, where you can interact (possibly after entering your login information) with the plugins there.
Instagram LLC. headquartered in the United States is certified to the US-European
Privacy Shield" data protection agreement, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy, can be found on Instagram's website.
Please refer to Instagram's privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and settings options in this regard to protect your privacy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.
10) ONLINE MARKETING
10.1 DoubleClick from Google
This website uses Google's online marketing tool DoubleClick from the operator Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").
DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once.
seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
In addition, DoubleClick may use the cookie ID to record so-called conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later calls up the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data that Google collects with this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or not logged in, the provider may obtain and store your IP address.
If you want to resist participating in this tracking procedure, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, this setting will be cleared when you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can obtain information about cookie setting and set them from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information about the data protection regulations of DoubleClick by Google can be found at the following Internet address:
https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
10.2 Use of Google AdWords conversion tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and as part of Google AdWords uses conversion tracking by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites via advertising media (so-called Google AdWords). The data on the advertising campaigns allow us to determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. In this way we pursue the interests of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an AdWords ad from Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each customer of Google AdWords receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked on the websites of all AdWords customers. The information obtained with the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers thus find out how many
of users who clicked on their ad and went to a website with a
conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that can be used to identify users personally. If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can block this use by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie through your browser under user settings. You will then not be included in conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Adwords on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (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 level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information about Google's data protection policy can be found at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can permanently disable advertising preference cookies by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser extension available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de
Please note that some features of this website may not work or only work to a limited extent if you have disabled the use of cookies.
11) WEB ANALYTICS SERVICES
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" (text files placed on your computer) to help the website analyze how users use the website. 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.
This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which anonymizes the IP address by shortening it and excluding direct personal reference. The extension means that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
Google will use this information on our behalf in order to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted from your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but please note that if you do so you may not be able to use all the features of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing cookie-generated data relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
As an alternative to the browser extension or in browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents Google Analytics from collecting data on 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 must click this link again).
If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
This website also uses Google Analytics for device-wide analysis of visitor flows, which is done via a user ID. When a page is accessed for the first time, the user is given a unique, permanent and anonymized ID that is set on different devices. This allows interaction data from different devices and from different sessions to be assigned to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not pass it on to Google.
You can object to the collection and storage of data via the user ID with effect for the future at any time. To do so, you must disable Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example in another browser or on your mobile device.
You can disable this by using a browser plug-in from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). As an alternative to the browser plug-in or in browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of Google Analytics on 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 must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics
More information about Universal Analytics can be found here:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376
12) RETARGETING/ REMARKETING/ RECOMMENDATION Facebook Custom Audience via the pixel process.
This website uses the "Facebook pixel" from Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). If explicitly authorized, this allows tracking of users' behavior after they
they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This procedure is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and may help to optimize future advertising measures.
The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of users from it. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a link to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook's data use policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You may allow Facebook and its partners to display advertisements on and outside Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations take place only if you have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
Consent for the use of the Facebook pixel can only be given by users who are over
13 years of age. If you are younger, please ask your guardians for consent.
Facebook Inc. headquartered in the U.S. has been certified for the American-European
Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
To disable the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your browser so that cookies will not be placed on your computer in the future or that cookies already placed will be deleted. However, disabling all cookies may result in the inability to perform certain functions on our website. You can also disable the use of cookies from third-party providers such as Facebook at the following Digital Advertising Alliance website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Google AdWords Remarketing.
Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing, through which we advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For this purpose, Google places a cookie in the browser of your end 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 Article 6 (1) (f) of the DSGVO.
Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your web and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize the advertisements you see on the web. In this case, if you are logged into Google when you visit our website, Google will use your data along with data from Google Analytics to create and define targeting lists for remarketing between different devices. For this purpose, your personal data will be temporarily linked by Google with data from Google Analytics to form target groups.
You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad targeting by downloading and installing the browser extension available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
Alternatively, you can get information on setting cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info and make these settings. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC, based in the US, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information and data protection regulations on advertising and Google can be found here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
13) DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
13.1 Applicable data protection law gives you extensive rights against the data controller in connection with the processing of your personal data.
Data subjects' rights (right of access and intervention), about which we inform you below:
Right of access under Article 15 of the DSGVO: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about 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 intended storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended consequences of such processing in relation to you, as well as your right to information on the safeguards in accordance with Article 46 of the GDPR in case of transfer of your data to third countries;
Right to rectification under Article 16 of the GDPR: you have the right to have inaccurate data relating to you rectified without delay and/or incomplete data stored by us completed;
Right to erasure under Article 17 of the DSGVO: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Article 17(1) of the DSGVO are met. However, this right shall notably not exist if the processing is necessary for the exercise of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 of the GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you dispute, is verified; if you refuse to have your data erased due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data; if you need your data for the confirmation, exercise or defense of legal claims after we no longer need it after the purpose has been achieved; or if you have objected on grounds related to your particular situation as long as it has not yet been established whether our legitimate grounds prevail;
Right to information under Article 19 of the GDPR: If you have invoked the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom personal data about you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to receive information about these recipients.
Right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 of the DSGVO: you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another processing controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
Right to withdraw consent in accordance with Article 7(3) of the DSGVO: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data that you have ever given at any time, with effect for the future. In case of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned immediately, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing that took place until the withdrawal based on consent;
Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data constitutes a violation of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you live, work or where the alleged violation occurs, without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ESTABLISH, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING AT ANY TIME. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
14) DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA.
The duration of the storage of personal data is measured according to the relevant statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods according to commercial and tax law). After expiration of the period, the relevant data are routinely deleted, insofar as they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or for the initiation of the contract and/or there is no further justified interest on our part in further storage.