PRIVACY
1. Access Data and Hosting
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a web page is accessed, the web server automatically stores a server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of retrieval, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the retrieval. This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offerings. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh conflicting interests, in presenting our offerings correctly in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
Hosting
The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise explained in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected in designated forms on this website will be processed on their servers. If you have questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact options described in this privacy policy.
2. Data Processing for Contract Fulfillment, Contacting Us, and Opening a Customer Account
We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such because in these cases we absolutely need the data for contract fulfillment or to process your contact request, and you cannot place the order or send the contact request without providing them. Which data is collected is evident from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide for contract fulfillment and processing your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the customer account. Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the disclosure to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of tax and commercial law retention periods in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.
3. Data Processing for Shipping Purposes
For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.
4. Data Processing for Payment Processing
When processing payments in our online shop, we work with the following partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.
4. Data Processing for Payment Processing
When processing payments in our online shop, we work with the following partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.
4.1 Data Processing for Transaction Processing
Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who work for us as part of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for payment processing themselves, e.g., on their own website or via technical integration in the order process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.
If you have questions about our partners for payment processing and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact options described in this privacy policy.
4.2 Data Processing for Fraud Prevention and Optimization of Our Payment Processes
If necessary, we pass on additional data to our service providers, which they use together with the data necessary for payment processing as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimizing our payment processes (e.g., invoicing, processing of disputed payments, accounting support). This serves, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR, to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh conflicting interests, in protecting ourselves against fraud or in efficient payment management.
4.3 Identity and Creditworthiness Check when Selecting Klarna Payment Services
Klarna Pay now (direct debit), Klarna Pay later (invoice purchase), Klarna Slice it (installment purchase)
If you choose the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter Klarna), we ask for your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, that we may transmit the data necessary for payment processing and an identity and creditworthiness check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies mentioned in Klarna's privacy policy can be used for the identity and creditworthiness check. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, execution or termination of the contractual relationship. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option mentioned in this privacy policy. This may result in us no longer being able to offer you certain payment options. You can also withdraw your consent to this use of personal data at any time directly with Klarna.
5. Email Advertising
Email Newsletter Registration
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by a message to the contact option described below or via a dedicated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from the recipient list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.