Data Protection

Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to inform you about our company’s data protection practices. We naturally comply with the legal provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the Telemedia Act (TMG) and other data protection regulations. You can trust us with your personal data! It is encrypted using digital security systems before being transmitted to us. Our websites are protected by technical measures against damage, destruction or unauthorised access.

Scope of data protection

Data protection applies to personal data. According to Section 3(1) of the BDSG, this comprises specific details regarding the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, details such as your name, postal address, email address or telephone number, but may also include usage data such as your IP address.

General Data Protection Notice

(1) When you access the website of (company) or download data from these pages, information relating to this is stored and processed by us in a log file. This process is carried out anonymously. It is not possible to identify you personally. (2) The following data is stored: your IP address, the date and time the page was accessed, the page accessed or the name of the file retrieved, the amount of data transferred, and a record of whether the access or retrieval was successful. (3) This data is not used for commercial purposes. The analysis serves solely to compile statistics and improve our website. To this end, we will create user profiles using a pseudonym. No link is established between the person behind the pseudonym and the usage data collected. Following this use, your data will be deleted. Permanent storage is excluded. You may object to this collection, storage and processing of data at any time. (4) Your data will be used exclusively by us. It will not be passed on to third parties. (Where applicable: Processing for the purpose of analysing user behaviour takes place in [location], [country], a country outside the scope of Directive 95/46/EC, by … (e.g. Google Analytics). You may object to this use and processing by using the opt-out add-on (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). (5) We also use so-called cookies to collect and store data. Cookies are small data packets that your browser stores on your device at our request. They cause no harm there. They do not contain any viruses and do not allow us to spy on you. We use two types of cookies. Temporary cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (session cookies). Persistent cookies, on the other hand, have a maximum lifespan of up to ... (period). This type of cookie enables us to recognise you when you return to the website after leaving it. Cookies enable us to track your usage behaviour for the purposes mentioned above and to the extent necessary. They are also intended to optimise your browsing experience on our website. We also collect this data only in anonymised or pseudonymised form. You can configure your web browser so that our cookies cannot be stored on your device or so that cookies already stored are deleted. To do this, you can use the opt-out function of the following programmes: ...

Scope of data collection and storage

Generally speaking, it is not necessary for you to provide personal data in order to use our website. However, in order for us to actually provide our services, we may require your personal data. This applies both to the dispatch of information material or goods you have ordered and to responding to individual enquiries. If you commission us to provide a service or dispatch goods, we generally collect and store your personal data only to the extent necessary for the provision of the service or the fulfilment of the contract. To this end, it may be necessary to pass on your personal data to companies which we engage to provide the service or to fulfil the contract. These include, for example, transport companies or other service providers. If we carry out any of the actions described below or perform any other services, we would like to collect and store your personal data and will ask for your explicit consent at the relevant point on our website: - Sending the newsletter - Participation in competitions - Creditworthiness or age checks to enable our services or payment methods - Personalisation of our website - Other services and offers for which your express consent is required for data collection. or other service providers. Once the contract has been fully processed, your data will be blocked and deleted in accordance with tax and commercial law regulations, unless you have expressly consented to any further use of your data. If you have subscribed to our newsletter using your email address, we will continue to use your email address for our own advertising purposes even after the contract has been fulfilled, until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.

Data collection through the use of Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses so-called ‘cookies’. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information collected includes, for example, details of your operating system, browser, IP address, the website you previously visited (referrer URL), and the date and time of your visit to our website. The information generated by these text files regarding your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide other services relating to website and internet usage. Where required by law, or where third parties process this data on Google’s behalf, Google will also pass this information on to such third parties. This data is used in an anonymised or pseudonymised form. Further information on this can be found directly on Google’s website at http://www.google.com/intl/de/privacypolicy.html#information Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie. Users can disable the use of the DART cookie by accessing the privacy policy of Google’s advertising network and content advertising network. No direct personal data relating to the user is stored in this process; only the Internet Protocol (IP) address is recorded. This information is used to automatically recognise you the next time you visit our websites and to make navigation easier for you. Cookies allow us, for example, to tailor a website to your interests or to save your password so that you do not have to re-enter it each time. Naturally, you can also view our websites without cookies. If you do not wish us to recognise your computer, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting ‘do not accept cookies’ in your browser settings. Please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions for details on how this works. However, if you do not accept cookies, this may lead to restrictions on the functionality of our services. You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings in your web browser. To do this, you must disable the storage of cookies in your web browser. For further information on this, please refer to the user guide for your web browser.

Collection and storage of usage data

To optimise our website, we collect and store data such as the date and time of your visit, the page from which you accessed our site, and similar information. This is done anonymously, without personally identifying the user of the site. Where applicable, user profiles may be created using a pseudonym. Here, too, no link is established between the natural person behind the pseudonym and the usage data collected. We also use cookies to collect and store usage data. These are small text files that are stored on your computer and are used to record statistical information such as your operating system, your web browser, your IP address, the website you visited previously (referrer URL) and the time of your visit. We collect this data exclusively for statistical purposes, in order to further optimise our website and make our online services even more attractive. The collection and storage take place exclusively in anonymised or pseudonymised form and do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you as a natural person.

Purpose-Limited Use of Data

We adhere to the principle of purpose-limited data use and collect, process and store your personal data only for the purposes for which you have provided it to us. Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent, unless this is necessary for the provision of the service or the performance of the contract. Similarly, disclosure to government institutions and authorities entitled to receive such information takes place only within the framework of statutory disclosure obligations or if we are required to disclose information by a court order. We also take internal data protection very seriously. Our employees and the service providers we engage have been bound by us to maintain confidentiality and to comply with data protection regulations.

Right of access and right to withdraw consent

You may, at any time and free of charge, request information about the data we hold on you without having to state a reason. You may at any time have your data that we have collected blocked, rectified or deleted. You may also withdraw the consent you have given us for the collection and use of your data at any time without giving reasons. To do so, please contact us at the address provided in the legal notice. We are always happy to answer any further questions you may have regarding our data protection policy and the processing of your personal data. Please note that data protection regulations and data protection practices, e.g. at Google, are subject to change at any time. It is therefore advisable and necessary to keep yourself informed of changes to legal provisions and the practices of companies, such as Google.