Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide detailed information about how we handle your data.

1. Controller

Comazo GmbH + Co. KG

Martin-Luther-Straße 1

72461 Albstadt-Tailfingen Germany

Phone+49 7432 7019-168

Fax +49 7432 7019-211

www.comazo.de

Email: info(at)comazo.de

You can contact our data protection officer Stefan Löffler as follows:

Email: datenschutz(at)comazo.de

2. Access Data and Hosting

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

This access data is evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the site and improving our offering. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offering, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data is deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Hosting Services by a Third-Party Provider

As part of processing on our behalf, a third-party provider supplies hosting and website display services for us. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offer, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. All data collected as part of the use of this website or in forms provided for this purpose in the online shop, as described below, is processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the framework explained here.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

Cloudflare

We use a content delivery network provided by the following provider: Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, website content, or scripts more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. Processing is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our website visitors’ data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

3. Data Collection and Use for Contract Processing

Contact by Email, Telephone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent. Mandatory fields are marked as such because, in these cases, we absolutely need the data to process the contract or your inquiry, and without this information you cannot complete the order or send the inquiry.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries remains with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Comment Function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and, if applicable, the commenter name you selected will be stored and published on this website. Your IP address is also logged and stored. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons and in case the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by submitting a comment. We require your email address in order to contact you if a third party objects that your published content is unlawful. The legal basis for storing your data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.

Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing

Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, personal data continues to be collected and processed when you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be carried out by sending a message to the address of the controller stated above. We store and use the data you provide to process the contract. After full processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to retention periods under tax and commercial law and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to make any other use of data that is permitted by law.

4. Data Processing for Order Handling

To process your order, we work together with the service providers listed below, who support us in whole or in part in the performance of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

The personal data we collect is passed on to the transport company commissioned with delivery as far as this is necessary for the delivery of goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution for payment processing as far as this is necessary. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for passing on the data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

We disclose customer accounts and personal customer data if we are legally obliged to do so or if such disclosure is necessary to enforce our general terms and conditions or other agreements or to protect our rights and the rights of our customers and third parties.

Transfer of Personal Data to Shipping Service Providers

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will pass on your email address to DHL before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or announcing the delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, provided that you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process.

Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. The data will only be passed on to the extent necessary for the delivery of goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible.

Consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to make any further use of data that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

DHL Paket GmbH

Sträßchensweg 10

53113 Bonn

5. Email Newsletter

Email Advertising with Newsletter Subscription

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to send you our email newsletter regularly with information about offers based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

The only mandatory information required to receive the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter once you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm by clicking a corresponding link that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future.

By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet service provider (ISP) and the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used exclusively for advertising by means of the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to make any further use of data that 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.

Newsletter Delivery via ActiveCampaign

Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider ActiveCampaign, LLC, 1 North Dearborn Street, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602, US, USA (“ActiveCampaign”), to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure, and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. email address) is stored on ActiveCampaign’s servers in the USA.

ActiveCampaign uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. For evaluation purposes, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files stored on our website. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message was opened and which links may have been clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a predefined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) took place after clicking the link in the newsletter. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system). The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymized form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data serves exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of recipients.

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

We have concluded a data processing agreement with ActiveCampaign in which we oblige ActiveCampaign to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties.

You can view ActiveCampaign’s privacy policy here: https://www.activecampaign.com/privacy-policy

6. External Sources

YouTube

This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “YouTube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

The enhanced privacy mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only starts storing user information when the video(s) are played. If playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to YouTube, these serve, among other things, to compile video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged into Google, your data is assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want this assignment with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. As part of the use of YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established every time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.

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

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, disable this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

YouTube is registered under the Privacy Shield and undertakes to comply with EU data protection rules. Further information on your rights can be found at www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

Google Maps

On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), on the basis of our legitimate interest in a technically flawless online offer and its economically efficient design and optimization pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive maps in order to visually present geographical information. By using this service, our location is shown to you and any directions are made easier.

As soon as you access those subpages into which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there, and may also be transferred to Google LLC servers in the USA. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged into Google, your data is assigned directly to your account. If you do not want this assignment to your profile at Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates them. Collection, storage, and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on Google’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transfer of your data to Google as part of the use of Google Maps, you can also completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by disabling JavaScript in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website can then no longer be used.

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

Google has submitted to the Privacy Shield Framework. Further information on your rights can be found at: www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

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

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option for objection described above.

7. Social Media Links

Facebook

Our website uses links to our presence on the social network Facebook operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. This is only a normal link, so if you access our site, Facebook does not learn about your visit to our website. However, if you click the link, you will be redirected to Facebook, and Facebook will then also learn that you have visited our site.

As a result, your data is transferred to the USA, but Facebook is registered under the Privacy Shield and undertakes to comply with EU data protection rules. Further information on your rights can be found at www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have no knowledge of and no influence over the possible collection and use of your data by Facebook after clicking the link. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at www.de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

Instagram

Our website uses links to our presence on the social network Instagram operated by Instagram LLC, represented by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA. This is only a normal link, so if you access our site, Instagram does not learn about your visit to our website. However, if you click the link, you will be redirected to Instagram, and Instagram will then also learn that you have visited our site.

As a result, your data is transferred to the USA, but Instagram is registered under the Privacy Shield and undertakes to comply with EU data protection rules. Further information on your rights can be found at www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have no knowledge of and no influence over the possible collection and use of your data by Instagram after clicking the link. Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy at www.help.instagram.com/155833707900388.

Twitter

Our website uses links to our presence on the social network Twitter operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. This is only a normal link, so if you access our site, Twitter does not learn about your visit to our website. However, if you click the link, you will be redirected to Twitter, and Twitter will then also learn that you have visited our site.

As a result, your data is transferred to the USA, but Twitter is registered under the Privacy Shield and undertakes to comply with EU data protection rules. Further information on your rights can be found at www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have no knowledge of and no influence over the possible collection and use of your data by Twitter after clicking the link. Further information can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at www.twitter.com/privacy?lang=de.

YouTube

Our website uses links to our presence on the social network YouTube operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This is only a normal link, so if you access our site, YouTube does not learn about your visit to our website. However, if you click the link, you will be redirected to YouTube, and YouTube will then also learn that you have visited our site.

As a result, your data is transferred to the USA, but YouTube is registered under the Privacy Shield and undertakes to comply with EU data protection rules. Further information on your rights can be found at www.ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have no knowledge of and no influence over the possible collection and use of your data by YouTube after clicking the link. Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

8. Use of Data for Payment Processing

Use of Payment Service Providers

giropay

If payment is made via “giropay”, payment is processed through giropay GmbH, An der Welle 4, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with information about your order. Your data is passed on in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR solely for the purpose of payment processing and only to the extent necessary for this. Further information on giropay GmbH’s data protection provisions can be found at: https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/datenschutzerklaerung

Klarna

If you select a Klarna payment service, payment will be processed through Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter “Klarna”). To enable payment processing, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, gender, email address, telephone number, and IP address) as well as data related to the order (e.g. invoice amount, items, delivery method) are passed on to Klarna for the purpose of identity and credit assessment, provided that you have expressly consented to this during the ordering process in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

You can find out which credit agencies your data may be forwarded to here: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included in the calculation of the score values, among other things, but not exclusively. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation, or termination of the contractual relationship.

You may revoke your consent at any time by notifying the controller responsible for data processing or Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for contractually compliant payment processing.

Your personal information will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in line with the information in Klarna’s privacy policy for data subjects based in Germany at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy or for data subjects based in Austria at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy.

PayPal

In the case of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “payment by installments” via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”) as part of payment processing. The data is passed on in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and only insofar as this is necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “payment by installments” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included in the calculation of the score values, among other things, but not exclusively. Further data protection information, including information about the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for contractually compliant payment processing.

SOFORT

If you select the “SOFORT” payment method, payment is processed via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “SOFORT”), to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data is passed on solely for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this.

Further information on SOFORT’s data protection provisions can be found at: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

Credit Check / Schufa Holding

If we make advance payments (e.g. purchase on account), we reserve the right to carry out a credit check based on mathematical-statistical procedures by specialized service providers (credit agencies) in accordance with Art. 22 (2) lit. a GDPR in order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the creditworthiness of our customers. We transmit the personal data necessary for a credit check to the following service provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR:

SCHUFA Holding AG

Kormoranweg 5

65201 Wiesbaden

Appropriate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests are taken into account. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included in the calculation of the score values, among other things, but not exclusively. We use the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding on the establishment, implementation, or termination of a contractual relationship.

You have the option of presenting your point of view and contesting the decision by contacting the contact option described below. You may object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing or to the aforementioned credit agency. However, we may still be entitled to process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for contractually compliant payment processing.

9. Integration of Trusted Shops

Trustbadge

The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and the collected reviews, as well as to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after an order.

This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the optimal marketing of our offer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.

When the Trustbadge is accessed, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the access. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site. Further personal data is only transferred to Trusted Shops if you have given your consent to this, decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order, or have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement concluded between you and Trusted Shops applies.

10. Cookies and Web Analysis

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. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If 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 specified duration, which may vary depending on the cookie.

You can find the storage period in the overview in your web browser’s cookie settings. In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit. Under certain circumstances, we work with advertising partners who help us 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 work together with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected within the following paragraphs. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance 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™: www.windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Safari™: www.support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Chrome™: www.support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Firefox™ www.support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Opera™ : www.help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

As part of the use of Google Analytics (see below), this website also uses the so-called DoubleClick cookie, which enables your browser to be recognized when visiting other websites. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The information automatically generated by the cookie about your visit to this website is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address is shortened by activating IP anonymization on this website before transmission within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the optimal marketing of our website. 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. After the purpose no longer applies and after we stop using Google DoubleClick, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Google DoubleClick 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 be viewed here. Based on 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 deactivate the DoubleClick cookie via this link. In addition, you can obtain information from the Digital Advertising Alliance about the setting of cookies and make settings in this regard. Finally, you can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for Web Analysis

For website analysis, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC (www.google.de). This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. 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 generally transferred 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 member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is generally not merged with other Google data. After the purpose no longer applies and after we stop using 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 be viewed here. Based on 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 prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can prevent future collection by Google Analytics on this website. An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again. Click here to deactivate Google Analytics.

11. Advertising via Marketing Networks

Google AdWords Remarketing

Through the functions of Google Ads Remarketing, we advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, the so-called remarketing cookie is set by Google when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you have visited. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. After the purpose no longer applies and after we stop using Google AdWords Remarketing, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Any further data processing only takes place if you have agreed with Google that your web and app browser history will be linked by Google with your Google account and that information from your Google account will be used to personalize ads that you see on the web. If, in this case, you are logged into Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data in order to form target groups. As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. This company is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on 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 permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the browser plug-in provided by Google at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Further information and Google’s privacy policy regarding advertising can be viewed here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program “Google Ads” and, as part of Google Ads, conversion tracking from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising material (so-called Google AdWords). In relation to the data from the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. We pursue the interest of showing you advertising that is relevant to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies generally lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of 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 Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers receive the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser under the keyword “user settings”. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

We use Google Ads on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. As part of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

Further information on Google’s data protection provisions can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the browser plug-in provided by Google at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

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

12. Contact Options and Your Rights

Applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), about which we inform you below:

Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned 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 from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and intended consequences of such processing for you, as well as your right to be informed of the safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of inaccurate data concerning you and/or completion of incomplete data stored by us;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist in particular where processing is necessary for exercising the right 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 pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data while the accuracy of your data is being verified, if you refuse deletion of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request restriction of the processing of your data, if you need your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims after we no longer need this data once the purpose has been achieved, or if you have objected for reasons relating to your particular situation as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds prevail;
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification, erasure of data, or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw consent once given to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned without delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR, you have the right – without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy – to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.

Right to Information, Erasure, and Blocking

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to rectification, blocking, or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

If you have questions that this privacy policy could not answer, or if you have questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer, who is also available in the event of requests for information, suggestions, or complaints.

SSL Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Data Security

We maintain various security measures within the meaning of Art. 32 GDPR (technical and organizational measures) to protect your personal data. If you contact us by email, please note that the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be guaranteed. The content of emails may be viewed by third parties under certain circumstances. We therefore recommend that you send us confidential information by post.

13. Applicant Management

Upon receipt of your application, your personal data is stored only for the intended purpose, namely within the framework of an application procedure for the vacancy specified by the applicant. Data from rejected applicants is deleted after the position has been filled. This takes place either by returning the application by post or by deleting the digital incoming email. Applicant data is not passed on to third parties.

14. Voucher Offers from Sovendus GmbH

For the selection of a voucher offer that may currently be of interest to you, the hash value of your email address and your IP address are transmitted by us in pseudonymized and encrypted form to Sovendus GmbH, Hermann-Veit-Str. 6, 76135 Karlsruhe (Sovendus) (Art. 6 (1) f GDPR). The pseudonymized hash value of the email address is used to take into account any objection to advertising from Sovendus that may exist (Art. 21 (3), Art. 6 (1) c GDPR). Sovendus uses the IP address exclusively for data security purposes and anonymizes it after seven days as a rule (Art. 6 (1) f GDPR). In addition, for billing purposes, we transmit the order number, order value with currency, session ID, coupon code, and timestamp to Sovendus in pseudonymized form (Art. 6 (1) f GDPR). If you are interested in a voucher offer from Sovendus, there is no objection to advertising for your email address, and you click on the voucher banner displayed only in this case, we transmit your salutation, name, postal code, country, and email address to Sovendus in encrypted form for the preparation of the voucher (Art. 6 (1) b, f GDPR).

Further information on the processing of your data by Sovendus can be found in the online privacy policy at www.sovendus.de/datenschutz.

15. Use of findologic

For product discovery, particularly search and navigation, we use the services of FINDOLOGIC GmbH, Jakob-Haringer-Str. 5a, 5020 Salzburg, a technology company that uses data analysis to address personal needs and preferences. Cookies are used to store information about the website user and various data is transmitted to the service provider, including in particular the user’s IP address and browser identification, as well as associated behavioral data such as search queries, visited categories, selected filters, viewed products, and purchased products. This helps us understand which products are of greatest interest to our users and optimize the shopping experience accordingly.

This information may be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of FINDOLOGIC.

A data processing agreement has been concluded with FINDOLOGIC.

If you have any further questions on this topic, simply send an email to our data protection coordinator at [email protected].

16. Duration of Storage

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law). After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we no longer have any legitimate interest in continued storage.

Right of withdrawal

If we process your personal data as part of a balancing of interests on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future on grounds relating to your particular situation.

If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, we reserve the right to continue processing if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such marketing.