Data Protection
§ 1 General
Your personal data (e.g., title, name, address, email address, telephone number, bank details, credit card number) will only be processed by us in accordance with the provisions of German data protection law and the data protection law of the European Union (EU). The following provisions inform you about the processing purposes, recipients, legal bases, and retention periods, as well as your rights and the person responsible for your data processing. This privacy policy applies only to our websites. If you are redirected to other websites via links on our pages, please inform yourself there about how your data is handled.
§ 2 Data Processing for Contract Fulfillment
(1) Purpose of Processing
The personal data you provide to us during the ordering process is required to conclude a contract with us. You are not obligated to provide your personal data. However, without providing your address, we cannot send you the goods. For some payment methods, we require the necessary payment data in order to pass it on to a payment service provider commissioned by us. The data you enter during the ordering process is therefore processed for the purpose of fulfilling the contract.
If you send us an inquiry by email, via a contact form, etc., prior to the conclusion of the contract, we will process the data received in this way to carry out pre-contractual measures and, for example, answer your questions about our products.
(2) Legal Basis
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
(3) Recipient Categories
Payment service providers, shipping service providers, hosting providers, if applicable, merchandise management systems, if applicable, suppliers (dropshipping).
(4) Storage Period
We store the data required to process the contract until the expiration of the statutory warranty and, if applicable, contractual guarantee periods.
We retain the data required by commercial and tax law for the legally specified periods, usually ten years (cf. Section 257 of the German Commercial Code (HGB), Section 147 of the German Fiscal Code (AO).
Data processed to carry out pre-contractual measures will be deleted as soon as the measures have been carried out and it is evident that no contract will be concluded.
§ 3 Comments
(1) Purpose of Processing
You have the option of leaving a comment. Your data (e.g., name/pseudonym, email address, website) will then be processed only for the purpose of publishing your comment.
(2) Legal Basis
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
(3) Legitimate Interest
Our legitimate interest is the public exchange of user opinions on specific topics and products. Publication serves, among other things, to promote transparency and opinion-forming. Your interest in data protection is preserved, as you can publish your comment under a pseudonym.
(4) Storage Period
There is no specific storage period. You can request the deletion of your comment at any time.
(5) RIGHT OF OBJECTION
You have the right to object to data processing based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR that is not for direct marketing purposes at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation.
In the case of direct advertising, however, you can object to the processing at any time without giving reasons.
§ 4 Web analysis with Google Analytics
(1) Purpose of processing
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
(2) Legal Basis
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
(3) Legitimate Interest
Our legitimate interest is the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. To protect your interest in data protection, this website uses
Google Analytics uses the extension "anonymizeIP()" so that IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form to prevent direct personal reference.
(4) Recipient categories
Google, partner companies
(5) Transfer to a third country
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
(6) Storage period
Unlimited
(7) RIGHT OF OBJECTION
You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as from processing this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: optout
You can also prevent the collection of data by setting an opt-out cookie. If you wish to prevent future collection of your data when visiting this website, please click here: Deactivate Google Analytics
§ 5 Social Plugins
(1) We use social plugins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plugins can be identified by the Facebook logo or the addition "Facebook Social Plugin." If, for example, you click the "Like" button or leave a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Furthermore, Facebook makes your preferences public for your Facebook friends. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our page with your Facebook account. Even if you are not logged in or do not have a Facebook account, your browser transmits information (e.g., which website you visited, your IP address) that is stored by Facebook. For details on how Facebook handles your personal data and your rights in this regard, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy. If you do not want Facebook to associate the data collected about you via our websites with your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our websites. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plug-in from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g., the "Facebook Blocker" (Facebook).
(2) With Twitter and the retweet functions, we use so-called "social plug-ins" from twitter.com, operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The plug-ins are marked with a Twitter logo, such as the blue "Twitter bird." When you use the retweet functions, the websites you visit are disclosed to third parties and linked to your Twitter account. Details on how Twitter handles your data, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your personal data, can be found in Twitter's privacy policy. If you do not want Twitter to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Twitter account, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Twitter plug-in from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g., the script blocker (NoScript).
(3) Social Plugins from Google+ Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Google+, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). The plugins can be recognized, for example, by buttons with the "+1" symbol on a white or colored background. An overview of Google plugins and their appearance can be found here.
When you access a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google's servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Google to your browser and integrated into the page. Through the integration, Google receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Google+ profile or are not currently logged in to Google+. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Google+, Google can directly associate your visit to our website with your Google+ profile. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example, by clicking the "+1" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Google server and stored there. The information is also
Published on Google+ and displayed to your contacts on Google+.
For information about the purpose and scope of data collection, the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy.
If you do not want Google to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Google+ profile, you must log out of Google+ before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Google plug-in from loading using add-ons for your browser.
(4) Instagram This website uses the plug-in of Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"). An overview of the Instagram buttons and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/Pinterest This website uses the plugin from Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Pinterest"). An overview of the Pinterest buttons and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/widgets/pin-it/ Pinterest's privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
§ 6 Newsletter
(1) Purpose of processing
When you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address will be used for advertising purposes, i.e., within the scope of the newsletter, we will inform you in particular about products from our range. For statistical purposes, we may evaluate which links in the newsletter are clicked. We cannot determine which specific person clicked. You have expressly granted the following consent separately or, if applicable, during the ordering process: "Subscribe to newsletter."
(2) Legal basis
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
(3) Recipient categories
Newsletter distribution provider, if applicable
(4) Storage period
Your email address will be stored for newsletter distribution only for the duration of your desired subscription.
(5) Right of withdrawal
You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe as follows: "Via an unsubscribe link in the newsletter" or on the homepage under "Newsletter"
§ 7 Rights of the Data Subject
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis us:
1. Right to Information
You can request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
If such processing occurs, you can request information from us about the following:
(1) the purposes for which the personal data is being processed;
(2) the categories of personal data being processed;
(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
(4) the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not available, the criteria for determining the storage period;
(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you. a right to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing;
(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(7) all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information about whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
2. Right to rectification
You have the right to have your personal data rectified and/or completed if the personal data concerning you that are processed are incorrect or incomplete. We must carry out the rectification immediately.
3. Right to restriction of processing Processing
You may request the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:
(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data
to review your personal data;
(2) if the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction of their use;
(3) if we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or
(4) if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds to which we are entitled outweigh your grounds.
If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, we will inform you before the restriction is lifted.
4. Right to Erasure
a) Obligation to Erasure
You can request that we delete the personal data concerning you immediately, and we are obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
(4) The personal data concerning you were processed unlawfully.
(5) The deletion of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which we are subject.
(6) The personal data concerning you were collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
b) Information to third parties
If we have made the personal data concerning you public and are obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, we shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform the data controllers who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the deletion of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data.
c) Exceptions
The right to deletion does not apply if processing is necessary
(1) for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
(2) for compliance with a legal obligation requiring processing by Union or Member State law to which we are subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9 (2) (h) and (i) and Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously compromise the achievement of the objectives of this processing, or
(5) for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
5. Right to Information
If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing vis-à-vis us, we are obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, unless doing so proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
You have the right to be informed of these recipients.
6. Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance, provided that
(1) the processing
Processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and
(2) the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from us to another controller, where technically feasible. This shall not affect the freedoms and rights of others.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
7. Right of Objection
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
We will then no longer process the personal data concerning you unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
If the personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing.
If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
In connection with the use of information society services, you have the option of exercising your right of objection by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications, regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC.
8. Right to withdraw your consent to data protection
You have the right to withdraw your consent to data protection at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to its revocation.
9. Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling
You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This shall not apply if the decision
(1) is necessary for entering into or fulfilling a contract between you and us,
(2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which we are subject, and this law contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, or
(3) is made with your explicit consent.
However, these decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2)(a) or (g) applies and appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests have been taken.
With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), we will take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
10. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right 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, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.
The supervisory authority with which the complaint was submitted will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Art. 78 GDPR.
Data Controller
SANVI Official
Peer Anders
Maschinenstrasse 14
01900 Großröhrsdorf