Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally or contractually required, nor for a Conclusion of a contract required. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it will have no consequences. This applies only insofar as no other indication is made in the subsequent processing operations. is made.
“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server Log Files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Whenever you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web hoster / IT service provider by your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data include, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our Overriding legitimate interest in ensuring trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer.

Customer account orders

Customer account
When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by communication to us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, processing and disclosure of personal data when ordering

When ordering, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the fulfillment and processing of your order and to process your requests. The provision of data is for the Conclusion of the contract required. Failure to provide it will result in no contract being concluded. The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you. necessary. A transfer of your data takes place thereby, for example, to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers selected by you, payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases we strictly observe the legal requirements. The scope of data transmission is limited to a minimum.

Contact Ratings Newsletters

Collection and processing when. Use of the contact form

When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of contacting you. By sending your message, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent.
You can withdraw your revoke your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will subsequently be deleted, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

Data collection when writing a comment

When commenting on an article or a a contribution, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, comment text) only to the extent provided by you. The purpose of the processing is to enable commenting and to display comments. display comments. By sending the comment, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by communication to us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. Your personal data will then be deleted.

On publication. of your comment will only the name given by you published.

Use of e-mail address for sending newsletters
We use your e-mail address independently of the contract processing exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. To do so, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the Newsletter or by notifying us. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.

 

Payment service provider

Use of PayPal

All PayPal transactions are subject to PayPal’s privacy policy. This can be found at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user’s computer system. If a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. We use these cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after a page change and to offer you to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change. . The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective Design of our offer. . Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can before the setting of Cookies be notified and decide on the acceptance individually, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data contained. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. We would like to point out However, we point out that you can then possibly not all functions of this website fully. . Under the links below you can find out how to manage (including disable) the cookies in the major browsers: . Chrome browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

Analysis advertising

The data processing outlined below in this section, in particular the setting of cookies, are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our predominant legitimate interest:

• in the demand-oriented and targeted design of the website, for example, in analysis and statistics tools
• to target the site visitors with interest-based advertising, for example, in conversion tracking

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, at any time this on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based processing of your personal data.

Use of Google Analytics

We use on our website the web analytics service Google Analytics of Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company associated with Google, which is responsible for processing your data and complying with the applicable Data Protection Laws.
The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors. For this purpose, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics transmitted by your browser will not be merged with other data from Google.
Google Analytics uses cookies that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies generated information about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. IP anonymization is activated on this website. This means that your IP address will not be Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area will be shortened beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
Google has been certified under the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and is thus obliged to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and your use of the website. generated and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de].
To prevent data collection and storage by Google Analytics across devices, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent future collection of your data when visiting this website. You must perform the opt-out on all systems and devices used for this to be fully effective. If you delete the opt-out cookie, requests will be sent to Google again. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics.
For more information on terms of use and privacy policy. You can find more detailed information on terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

Use of Google's Remarketing or "Similar Audiences" feature

We use on the remarketing or “similar target groups” function of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website.
If you have your usual place of residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Accordingly, Google Ireland Limited is the company affiliated with Google, which is responsible for the processing of your data and for compliance with applicable data protection laws.
The application serves the purpose of analyzing visitor behavior and visitor interests.
In order to Implementation of the analysis of website usage, which forms the basis for the creation of interest-based advertisements, Google uses cookies. The cookies are used to record visits to the website and anonymized data on the use of the website. use of the website. No personal data of the website visitors is stored. If you subsequently visit another website in the Google Display Network, you will be shown advertisements that are very likely to contain probability of previously accessed product and information areas.
Your data may be transmitted to the United States. Google has certified itself under the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and is thus You can permanently disable the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there. install the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de
Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third-party providers by using accessing the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and following the further implement further information on opting out.
For more detailed information on Google Remarketing and the associated privacy policy, please visit: https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking

We use on our website the online advertising program "Google Ads" and in this context. Conversion Tracking (visit action analysis). The Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google".
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data.

Accordingly, Google Ireland Limited is the company associated with Google Company, which is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with applicable data protection laws.
When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for the Conversion tracking stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no possibility that cookies can be tracked through the websites of Ads customers
The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie serves the purpose of creating conversion statistics. Here we learn the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. Google has certified itself in accordance with the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and is thus obliged to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
You can set in deactivate personalized advertising for you in Google’s advertising settings. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de.

Use of Facebook Remarketing

We use the remarketing function "Custom Audiences" of Facebook Inc. on our website (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; "Facebook").
The application serves the purpose of targeting visitors to the website with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook.

To this end, the website has implemented the Remarketing tag from Facebook has been implemented on the website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the social network Facebook, you will then be shown personalized, interest-related Facebook ads.
Your data may be transmitted to the USA. Facebook has certified itself in accordance with the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and has thus undertaken to comply with the European data protection guidelines.

You can use the "Custom Audiences" remarketing function disable it here.

For more information about Facebook's collection and use of data, about your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Use of Google AdSense

We use on our website the AdSense feature of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google, which is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with applicable data protection laws.
The data processing serves the purpose of renting advertising space on the website and to target visitors to the website with interest-based advertising on these.
By means of this function, the visitors to the website of the Provider personalized, interest-based advertising ads from the Google Display Network. In doing so, Google uses cookies that allow an analysis of your use of the website.
The cookie generated The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Google has certified itself according to the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and is thus obliged to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
You can permanently deactivate the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there. download and install the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de.
Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third party by third-party vendors by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative’s disable page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further opt-out information mentioned there.
For more detailed information and Google’s privacy policy, please visit: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/, https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

Use of Bing Ads

We use Bing Ads from Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA; "Microsoft").
When you click on an ad placed by Microsoft Bing Ads, a cookie for conversion tracking is placed on your computer. This cookie has a limited validity and does not serve to personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Microsoft and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page.
Information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used for the purpose of creating conversion statistics. We learn the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, this does not allow us to personally identify these users.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. Microsoft has signed up to the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and is thus obliged to comply with the European data protection guidelines.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software. browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics as a result. Statistics.
More detailed information on data protection and the cookies used by Microsoft Bing can be found at: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement

Plug-ins

Use of social plug-ins using "Shariff"

We use on Plug-ins of social networks on our website. So that you retain control over your data, we use the privacy-safe "Shariff" buttons.
Without your explicit consent, no links to the servers of the social networks and consequently no data is transmitted.
"Shariff" is a development of the specialists of the computer magazine c’t. It allows more privacy on the net and replaces the usual "share" buttons of the social networks. More information about the Shariff project can be found here https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html.
When you click on the buttons, a pop-up window appears in which you can log in to the respective provider with your data. can. Only after this active login by you, a direct connection to the social networks is established.
By logging in, you give your consent to the transfer of your data to the respective social media provider. In this among other things, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the collected information will also be assigned to your corresponding profiles. You can only prevent this assignment by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and before activating the buttons. The social networks named below are integrated by means of the "Shariff" function.
For more information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your Privacy can be found in the linked privacy notices of the providers.

Facebook of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Pinterest of Pinterest Inc. (635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA) https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Instagram by Instagram LLC. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA) https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388

Use of social plug-ins by means of the "2-click solution"

We use plug-ins of social networks on our website by means of the "2-click solution". In this case, no connections to the servers of the social networks are established without your explicit consent and consequently no data is transmitted.
With the standard integration of plug-ins, when you call up the pages of our website that contain such a pages of our website that contain such a plug-in, a link is established between your computer and the servers of the provider of the social network and the plug-in is displayed on the page by notifying your browser. displayed. In this process, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted to the provider servers. This applies regardless of whether you are registered or logged in to the social network. are logged in. Transmission also takes place for non-registered or non-logged-in users. If you are also logged into the social network Facebook, this information will be assigned to your personal user account. At using the plug-in functions (e.g. by pressing the button), this information is also assigned to your user account, which you can only prevent by logging out before using the plug-in. So that you retain control over your data, we have decided to deactivate the corresponding button for the time being. You can recognize this by the grayed-out button. Without your express consent – in the form of activating the button – no link to the server of the social network is established and consequently no data is transmitted.
Only when you activate the button, the button becomes active (highlighted) and a direct connection to the servers of the social network is established. By activating it, you give your consent to the transmission of your data to the respective provider of the social network. Here, among other things, both your IP address and the Information, which of our pages you have visited. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the information collected will also be assigned to your corresponding profiles. assigned. You can only prevent this assignment by logging out of your user accounts with the social networks before visiting our website and before activating the buttons.
Following named social Networks are integrated by means of the "2-click function". For more information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of data, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, see the linked data protection notices of the providers.

Facebook of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA)
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Pinterest by Pinterest Inc. (635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA):
https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
https://help.pinterest.com/de/articles/personalization-and-data

Instagram by Instagram LLC. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA):
http://instagram.com/legal/privacy/

Use of Facebook plug-ins

This website uses the plug-ins of the social network facebook.com, which is owned by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook" ). If you call up pages of our website that are provided with such a plug-in, a connection is established to the Facebook servers and the plug-in is displayed on the page by means of a message to your browser on the page. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a member of Facebook, Facebook will assign this information to your Facebook user account. When using the plug-in functions (e.g. clicking the "Like" button, submitting a comment), this information will also be assigned to your Facebook account, which you can only prevent by logging off before using the plug-in.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the collected information directly to your Facebook profile, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use a "Facebook block". block the loading of Facebook plug-ins on our pages by using a "Facebook blocker".
For more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook, about your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy Protection of your privacy can be found in the privacy notices of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Use of Pinterest plug-ins

This website uses plug-ins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc, 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA. ("Pinterest").
You can view the different logos containing the plug-in (e.g. "Pin-it button" or the "P″ button) at the following link: https://business.pinterest.com/pin-it-button/
When you call up a corresponding page of our website that contains such a plug-in, a link is established between your computer and the servers of Pinterest servers and the plug-in is displayed on the page by notifying your browser. Both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted to the Pinterest server in the USA. transmitted. This applies regardless of whether you are registered or logged in to Pinterest. Even for non-registered or non-logged-in users, a transmission takes place.
In addition, if you are a member of Pinterest and logged into Pinterest at the time you use the plug-in, the information collected about your visit to the site will be linked to your Pinterest account and disclosed to other users. Also in the case of interactions possible with the various Pinterest plug-ins, the corresponding information about you will be collected and transmitted to Pinterest and stored.
If you do not want Pinterest to combine the information linked and merged with the data of your Pinterest account, you must log out of Pinterest before visiting our website. For more information on the collection and use of data by Pinterest, please visit https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Use of Instagram plug-ins

This website uses plug-ins of the online service Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").
If you call up pages of our website provided with such a plug-in, a connection to the Instagram servers is established and the plug-in is displayed on the page by notifying your browser. This is sent to the Instagram servers both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into Instagram, Instagram assigns this information to your personal user account. At using the plug-in functions (e.g. clicking the "Instagram" button), this information will also be assigned to your Instagram account, which you can only prevent by logging out before using the plug-in.
If you do not want, that Instagram directly assigns the collected information to your Instagram account, you must either log out of Instagram before visiting our website or by using an add-on, for example the script blocker "NoScript" (noscript.net), for your browser to block the loading of the Instagram plug-in on our website.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Instagram, about your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.

Use of GoogleMaps

We use on our website the function to embed GoogleMaps maps of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is accordingly the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and for compliance with the applicable data protection laws. The function enables the visual display of geographical information and interactive maps. In the process, Google also collects, processes and uses data of the visitors of the Websites are collected, processed and used.
Your data may also be transmitted to the USA. Google has certified itself in accordance with the US-EU data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and is thus obligated to comply with the European data protection guidelines. Data protection guidelines.
The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from the legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of our website.
More detailed information on the collection and use of data by Google can be found in the privacy policy of Google at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. There you also have in the Privacy Center to change your settings so that you can manage and protect your data processed by Google.

Rights of data subjects and storage period

Duration of storage

After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then stored under consideration of legal, in particular tax and commercial retention periods and then deleted after expiry of the deadline, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the data subject

You are entitled to the following rights in accordance with Artt. 15 to 20 DSGVO if the legal requirements are met: right to information, to rectification, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO, as well as to processing for the purpose of direct advertising. purposes of direct marketing.
Contact us if you wish. The contact details can be found in our imprint.
Right of complaint to the supervisory authority
You have according to Art. 77. DSGVO the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of your personal data is not carried out lawfully.
Right of objection
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to these processing with effect for the future.
After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If the personal data processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us. After successful objection, we terminate the processing of the data concerned for the purpose of direct marketing.

Last update: 19.11.2018