Data Protection Declaration

1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are delighted that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data by which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Acqua Alpes GmbH, Dr. Gustav-Markt-Weg 16, 6401 Inzing, Austria, Tel.: +43 512 327788, Fax: +43 512 32778840, E-Mail: parfum@acquaalpes.com. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When using our website for informational purposes only, that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

- Our website visited

- Date and time at the moment of access

- Amount of data sent in bytes

- Source/reference from which you reached the page

- Browser used

- Operating system used

- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

3) Hosting

Hosting by Shopify

We use the shop system of the service provider Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify") for the purpose of hosting and displaying the online shop on the basis of processing on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Shopify’s servers. As part of the aforementioned services provided by Shopify, data may also be transferred, within the scope of further processing on our behalf, to Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc., or Shopify (USA) Inc. In the event that data is transferred to Shopify Inc. in Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by the adequacy decision of the European Commission. Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc., and Shopify (USA) Inc. in the USA are certified under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Further information on Shopify’s data protection practices can be found on the following website: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz

Further processing on servers other than those aforementioned by Shopify only takes place within the scope communicated below.

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to an individual extent, such as browser and location data as well as IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can find the duration of the respective cookie storage in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.

In some cases, cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by storing 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 used by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the event consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

Please note that you can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. Each browser differs in how it manages cookie settings. This is described in each browser’s help menu, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en

Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14

Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contact

5.1 When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been fully processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent this.

5.2 WhatsApp Business

We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to contact us via the WhatsApp messaging service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. For this purpose, we use the so-called “Business version” of WhatsApp.

If you contact us via WhatsApp in connection with a specific business matter (for example, an order you have placed), we store and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp and—if provided—your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of processing and responding to your request. On the basis of the same legal basis, we may also ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer number, address or email address) in order to assign your enquiry to a specific process.

If you use our WhatsApp contact for general enquiries (for example about our range of services, availability, or our website), we store and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp and—if provided—your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the requested information.

Your data will be used exclusively to respond to your inquiry via WhatsApp. It will not be shared with third parties.

Please note that WhatsApp Business has access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers the telephone numbers stored in the address book to a server of its parent company, Facebook Inc., in the USA. To operate our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device whose address book stores only the WhatsApp contact details of users who have also contacted us via WhatsApp.

This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has already, upon first using the app on their device, consented to the transfer of their WhatsApp telephone number from the address books of their chat contacts by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The transfer of data of users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by WhatsApp, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to WhatsApp’s privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy

6) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract fulfillment

In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. You may delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller’s address stated above. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After the contract has been fully performed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with regard to retention periods required 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 use data further as permitted by law.

7) Use of your data for direct advertising

7.1 Subscription to our email newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information required for sending 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 the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm, by clicking on 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 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store the IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later time. The data we collect when you subscribe to the newsletter is used exclusively for promotional communication via the newsletter. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list without delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this as permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

7.2 Sending the email newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular offers by email for similar goods or services from our range to those you have already purchased. For this purpose, we are not required to obtain any separate consent from you pursuant to Section 7 para. 3 UWG. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with future effect by notifying the controller named at the beginning. For this, you will incur only transmission costs according to the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be discontinued without delay.

7.3 Newsletter dispatch via Klaviyo

Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider “Klaviyo”, 225 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110, USA (http://www.klaviyo.com/), to whom we pass on the data you provided when subscribing to the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure, and user-friendly newsletter system. Please note that your data is generally transferred to and stored on a Klaviyo server in the USA.

Klaviyo uses this information to send the newsletters on our behalf. Klaviyo does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them itself or to pass it on to third parties.

To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement (“Data Processing Agreement”) with Klaviyo, in which Klaviyo undertakes to protect our users’ data, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection provisions, and in particular not to pass it on to third parties.

In addition, Klaviyo is certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and thereby undertakes to comply with EU data protection requirements.

You can view Klaviyo’s privacy policy here: https://www.klaviyo.com/privacy

7.4 WhatsApp Newsletter

If you subscribe to our WhatsApp newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers via WhatsApp. The only mandatory information required for sending the newsletter is your mobile phone number.

To receive the newsletter, please save the mobile phone number we provide in the address contacts of your mobile device and send us the message “Start” via WhatsApp. By sending this WhatsApp message, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for the purpose of sending the newsletter. We will then add you to our newsletter distribution list.

The data we collect when you register for the newsletter will be processed exclusively for promotional communication by means of the newsletter. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending us the message “Stop” via WhatsApp. Once you have unsubscribed, your mobile phone number will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list without undue delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this scope as permitted by law and as explained in this policy.

Please note that WhatsApp gains access to the address book of the mobile device we use to send the newsletter and automatically transfers telephone numbers stored in the address book to a Facebook server in the USA.

For this reason, we use a mobile device for sending our WhatsApp newsletter whose address book stores only the WhatsApp contact details of our newsletter recipients. This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has already consented, upon first using the app on their device by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use, to the transmission of their WhatsApp telephone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The transfer of data of users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

Facebook Inc., the owner of WhatsApp and based in the USA, is certified under the EU-U.S. data protection framework “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Please refer to WhatsApp’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection, the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy

7.5 Advertising by post

On the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and—if we have received this additional information from you within the scope of the contractual relationship—your title, academic degree, year of birth, and your professional, industry, or business designation in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, and to use this data to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post.

You may object at any time to the storage and use of your data for this purpose by sending a corresponding message to the controller.

7.6 - CleverPush

You can sign up to receive our push notifications. We use the delivery service “CleverPush,” operated by CleverPush UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Tondernstr. 1, 22049 Hamburg (“CleverPush”), to send our push notifications. Through our push notifications, you will regularly receive information about the goods we offer.

To subscribe, you must confirm your browser’s request to receive notifications. This process is documented and stored by CleverPush. This includes storing the time of registration as well as your browser ID or your device ID. The collection of this data is necessary so that, in the event of misuse, we can trace the processes involved and therefore serves our legal protection. In order to display push notifications to you, CleverPush collects and processes your browser ID on our behalf and, in the case of mobile access, your device ID.

By subscribing to our push notifications, you agree to receive them. The legal basis for processing your data after subscribing to our push notifications is, where you have given your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

CleverPush also evaluates our push notifications statistically. CleverPush can therefore determine whether and when our push notifications were displayed and clicked by you.

You may revoke your consent to the storage and use of your personal data for receiving our push notifications and for the statistical analysis described above at any time with effect for the future. For the purpose of revoking your consent, you can change the setting provided for receiving push notifications in your browser. If you use our push notifications on a desktop PC with the “Windows” operating system, you can also unsubscribe from our push notifications by right-clicking the respective push notification and using the setting that appears there.

Your data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. Your data will therefore be stored for as long as the subscription to our push notifications remains active. The opt-out process is explained in detail at the following link: https://cleverpush.com/faq

7.7 Email notification of product availability

If, in our online shop, we offer for selected items that are temporarily unavailable the option of informing you by email when they become available again, you may subscribe to our email notification service for product availability. If you subscribe to our email notification service for product availability, we will send you a one-time email informing you of the availability of the item you selected. The only mandatory information required to send this notification is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send this notification. This means that we will only send you such a notification once you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving such a message. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm, by clicking on a corresponding link, that you wish to receive such a notification.

By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for our email notification service for product availability, we store the IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later time. The data we collect when you register for our email notification service for product availability is used exclusively for the purpose of informing you about the availability of a specific item in our online shop. You may unsubscribe from the email notification service for product availability at any time by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be deleted immediately from our distribution list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this scope where legally permitted and as explained in this statement.

8) Data processing for order handling

8.1 To process your order, we work together with the following service providers, 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 collected by us will be passed on, within the scope of contract processing, to the transport company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for delivering the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the scope of payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. Where payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

8.2 In order to fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We share your name, delivery address and, where required for delivery, your telephone number exclusively for the purpose of delivering the goods with a shipping partner selected by us pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

8.3 Use of special service providers for order processing and fulfillment

- SendCloud

Shipping is handled via the shipping portal "SendCloud" (SendCloud GmbH, Kanalstr. 10, 80538 Munich). Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, we share your data with SendCloud exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order. Your data is only shared to the extent actually necessary for processing. Details on SendCloud's data protection practices can be found on SendCloud's website at www.sendcloud.de/datenschutz/.

- Shopify Digital Download

Order processing is carried out via the service "Digital Downloads" of Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify"). The customer's email address and, where applicable, first and last name are shared with Shopify exclusively for the purpose of processing online orders pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data is only shared to the extent actually necessary for processing the order. Details on data protection and Shopify's privacy policy can be found on the website at https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz.

8.4 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

- Deutsche Post

If the goods are delivered by Deutsche Post (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn), we will share your email address with Deutsche Post prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, provided that you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only share the recipient's name and delivery address with Deutsche Post pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The data is only shared to the extent necessary for the delivery of goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Deutsche Post or delivery notification is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with future effect vis-à-vis the controller identified above or vis-à-vis Deutsche Post.

- DHL

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will share your email address with DHL prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, provided that you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only share the recipient's name and delivery address with DHL pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The data is only shared 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 may be revoked at any time with future effect vis-à-vis the controller identified above or vis-à-vis the transport service provider DHL.

- DPD

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DPD (DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg), we will pass on your email address and your telephone number to DPD prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing a delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only pass on the recipient's name and the delivery address to DPD in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DPD or a delivery notification is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with effect for the future by notifying the controller named above or the transport service provider DPD.

- FedEx

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider FedEx (FedEx Express Germany GmbH, Langer Kornweg 34 k,65451 Kelsterbach), we will pass on your email address and your telephone number to FedEx prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing a delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only pass on the recipient's name and the delivery address to FedEx in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with FedEx or a delivery notification is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with effect for the future by notifying the controller named above or the transport service provider FedEx.

- GLS

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider GLS (General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein), we will pass on your email address to GLS prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing a delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process.-Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only pass on the recipient's name and the delivery address to GLS in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with GLS or the transmission of status information regarding shipment delivery is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with effect for the future by notifying the controller named above or the transport service provider GLS.

- Hermes

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Hermes (Hermes Logistik Gruppe Deutschland GmbH, Essener Straße 89, 22419 Hamburg), we will pass on your email address to Hermes prior to delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to Hermes in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Hermes or the transmission of status information regarding shipment delivery is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with effect for the future by contacting the controller named above or the transport service provider Hermes.

- Austrian Post

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Austrian Post (Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft, Rochusplatz 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria), we will pass on your email address to Austrian Post prior to delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to Austrian Post in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Austrian Post or the transmission of status information regarding shipment delivery is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with effect for the future by contacting the controller named above or the transport service provider Austrian Post.

- Post CH

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Post CH (Swiss Post AG, Switzerland, Wankdorfallee 4, 3030 Bern), we will pass on your email address to Post CH prior to delivery for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent during the ordering process.-Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to Post CH. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Post CH or the transmission of status information regarding shipment delivery is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with effect for the future by contacting the controller named above or the transport service provider Post CH.

- UPS

If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider UPS (United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss), we will pass on your email address to UPS prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery and in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, we will only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to UPS. The transfer will only take place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with UPS or the transmission of status information regarding the shipment delivery is not possible.

Consent may be revoked at any time with future effect by notifying the controller named above or the transport service provider UPS.

8.5 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Apple Pay

If you choose the “Apple Pay” payment method of Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, payment will be processed via the “Apple Pay” function of your device operated with iOS, watchOS, or macOS by charging a payment card stored with “Apple Pay.” Apple Pay uses security features integrated into your device’s hardware and software to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you are therefore required to enter a code previously defined by you and verify it using your device’s “Face ID” or “Touch ID” function.

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the ordering process, together with information about your order, is transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay for execution of the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm the success of the payment.

Insofar as personal data is processed during the transmissions described, such processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Apple stores anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was completed successfully. Anonymization fully excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve “Apple Pay” and other Apple products and services.

If you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made through Safari on your Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate via an encrypted channel on Apple’s servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you personally. You can disable the option to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone settings. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and disable "Allow Payments on Mac".

Further information on privacy with Apple Pay can be found at the following website: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

- Google Pay

If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application on your mobile device, which must run at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and have an NFC function, by charging a payment card stored with Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g. PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay of more than €25.00, your mobile device must first be unlocked using the verification method you have set up (such as facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the order process, together with the information about your order, is transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay to the originating website in the form of a uniquely assigned transaction number, which is used to verify that payment has been made. This transaction number contains no information whatsoever about the actual payment details of the payment methods stored in Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a one-time valid numerical token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts solely as an intermediary for processing the payment. The transaction is carried out exclusively in the relationship between the user and the originating website by charging the payment method stored in Google Pay.

Insofar as personal data is processed in the course of the transmissions described, such processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain transaction-specific information for every transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the purchased goods or services provided by the merchant, photos you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or the sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, where applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and the optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with additional information collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

Google Pay’s terms of use can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de

Further information on data protection at Google Pay can be found at the following web address:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de

- giropay

If payment is made via “giropay”, payment processing is carried out by giropay GmbH, An der Welle 4, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, to which we forward the information you provided during the order process together with the information about your order. Your data is disclosed in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR exclusively for the purpose of payment processing and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on the data protection provisions of giropay GmbH can be found at the following web address: https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/datenschutzerklaerung

- Klarna

If a Klarna payment service is selected, payment processing is carried out by Klarna Bank AB (publ) [https://www.klarna.com/de], Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter “Klarna”). In order to enable payment processing, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, 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 transmitted to Klarna for the purpose of identity and creditworthiness checks, provided that you have expressly consented to this during the ordering process in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can view 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). Where score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things but not exclusively, is included in the calculation of the score values. Klarna uses the information obtained about the statistical probability of a payment default to make a balanced decision on the establishment, performance, or termination of the contractual relationship.

You may revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still remain entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

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

or for data subjects based in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy

treated.

- Mollie

If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider Mollie, payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider Mollie B.V., Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands, to whom we will transmit the information you provide during the order process, together with the information relating to your order (name, address, IBAN, BIC, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be shared solely for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Mollie and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

- PayPal

In the event of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "payment by instalments" via PayPal, we will transmit 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 transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "payment by instalments" via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check. For this purpose, your payment data may be transmitted to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit check, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things but not exclusively, are included in the calculation of the score values. For further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

You may object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still remain entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

- Shopify Payments

We use the payment service provider "Shopify Payments", 3rd Floor, Europa House, Harcourt Building, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. If you choose a payment method offered through the payment service provider Shopify Payments, payment processing will be carried out via the technical service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we will transmit the information you provide during the order process together with the information relating to your order (name, address, account number, bank sort code, if applicable credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be shared solely for the purpose of payment processing with Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on data protection at Shopify Payments can be found at the following website: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

Data protection information on Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. can be found here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy

- SOFORT

If you select the “SOFORT” payment method, payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “SOFORT”), to whom we transmit the information you provide during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data is disclosed exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on SOFORT’s data protection provisions can be found at the following website: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

- Stripe

If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider Stripe, payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we transmit the information you provide during the ordering process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, where applicable credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data is disclosed exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. More detailed information on Stripe’s data protection can be found at https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation.

9) Contact for review reminders

Our own review reminder (no dispatch via a customer review system)

We use your email address for a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the review system used by us, provided that you have given us your express consent for this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing.

10) Use of social media: Social plugins

Instagram as a standard plugin

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the online service Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”. An overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged into Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly by your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Instagram, Instagram can directly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Instagram Camera” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts there.

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of Instagram’s legitimate interests in displaying personalized advertising, informing other users of the social network about your activities on our website, and tailoring the Instagram service to users’ needs.

If you do not want Instagram to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also object to the loading of the Instagram plugins and thus to the data processing operations described above for the future by using add-ons for your browser, for example the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

Instagram LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

11) Use of Social Media: Videos

11.1 Use of Vimeo Videos

Our website integrates plugins from the video portal Vimeo, operated by Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Vimeo’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by Vimeo to your browser and embedded into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged into Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly by your browser to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Vimeo, Vimeo can directly associate your visit to our website with your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as by pressing a video’s start button), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of Vimeo’s legitimate interest in market research and in designing the Vimeo service to meet users’ needs.

If you do not want Vimeo to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

Please refer to Vimeo’s privacy policy for information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of the data by Vimeo, and your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Vimeo, Inc., headquartered in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

For Vimeo videos embedded on our website, the tracking tool Google Analytics of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, is automatically integrated. This is Vimeo’s own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by us. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” for tracking; these are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server; in this context, it may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC., headquartered in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Vimeo’s legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

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

11.2 Use of YouTube Videos

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”).

This uses the extended data protection mode, which according to the provider only initiates the storage of user information once 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 information provided by "YouTube," these serve, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent abusive practices. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish this assignment to your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interests in displaying personalized advertising, conducting market research, and/or tailoring its website to users' needs. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. In the context of using 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 each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC., based in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

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 for the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the option for making an objection described above.

12) Online Marketing

12.1 Facebook Pixel for the creation of Custom Audiences

Within our online offering, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook is used, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").

If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us that is displayed on Facebook, an addition is appended to the URL of our linked page by Facebook Pixel. If our page allows the sharing of data with Facebook via Pixel, this URL parameter is written into the user's browser by means of a cookie, which our linked page itself sets. This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.

With the help of the Facebook Pixel, Facebook is able, on the one hand, to identify visitors to our online offering as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook Ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel to display the Facebook Ads we place only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g. interests in specific topics or products, determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook Ads correspond to the potential interests of users and do not appear intrusive. In this way, we can further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook advertisement (so-called "conversion").

The data collected is anonymous to us and therefore does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook may use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook's Data Policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data may enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook.

The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook Pixel is carried out on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest in the analysis, optimization, and economically sound operation of our online offering and our advertising measures in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The information generated by Facebook is generally transmitted to a Facebook server and stored there; in this context, it may also be transferred to the servers of Facebook Inc. in the USA. Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

To object to the collection by the Facebook Pixel and the use of your data for the display of Facebook Ads altogether, you can set an opt-out cookie by clicking the link below, which will deactivate Facebook Pixel tracking:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="if (typeof fbpOptOut == 'function') { fbpOptOut(); } else { alert(atob('QUNIVFVORzogRmVobGVuZGVyIEZhY2Vib29rLVBpeGVsIE9wdE91dC1Db2RlIQ==')); }">Deactivate Facebook Pixel<\/a>

This opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click the above link again.

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the data processing described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke the consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option for lodging an objection described above.

12.2 Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information, through the use of which simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected, and analyzed. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon about your use of this website (including your IP address) is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there. In this process, data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google AdSense is not merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and/or insofar as third parties process this data on Google's behalf.

The data processing described takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the purpose of targeted advertising to the user by third-party advertisers whose ads are displayed on this website based on the analyzed user behavior. This processing also serves our financial interest in fully leveraging the economic potential of our online presence through the paid display of personalized third-party advertising content.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC., based in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the EU-US data protection agreement known as the “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently disable cookies for ad preferences by preventing them through a corresponding setting in your browser software, or you can download and install the browser plug-in available 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.

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the option for lodging an objection described above.

12.3 Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, as part of Google Ads, the conversion tracking service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use Google Ads in order to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites by means of advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords). In relation to the data from the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. Our aim is to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more appealing to you, and to ensure a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google Ads. 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 therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that could personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this use by disabling 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 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the course of using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

In the event that personal data is transmitted to Google LLC., based in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the EU-US data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently disable cookies for ad preferences by preventing them through an appropriate setting in your browser software or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available 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.

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may withdraw the consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the option for lodging an objection described above.

12.4 Google Marketing Platform

This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform of the operator Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GMP").

GMP uses cookies to display ads relevant to users, to improve reports on campaign performance, or to avoid showing the same ads to a user multiple times. By means of a cookie ID, Google records which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being shown repeatedly. The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

In addition, GMP can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later visits the advertiser's website using the same browser and makes a purchase via that website. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence over the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our current state of knowledge as follows: Through the integration of GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a Google service, Google may associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is possible that the provider may obtain and store your IP address. As part of the use of GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

If you wish to object to participation in this tracking procedure, you can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com (see https://www.google.de/settings/ads), although this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can find out about the setting of cookies and make your desired settings at the Digital Advertising Alliance website at www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can 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 limited.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC., headquartered in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the US-European data protection framework known as the “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information on GMP by Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

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

13) Web analytics services

Google (Universal) Analytics

Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google (Universal) Analytics uses so-called "cookies", which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there; this may also involve transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the "_anonymizeIp()" extension, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncation and excludes any direct personal reference. Through this extension, your IP address is shortened by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a server of Google LLC.in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with further services related to website use and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google (Universal) Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly. However, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You may also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

As an alternative to the browser plug-in or when using browsers on mobile devices, please click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): <a onclick="alert('Google Analytics has been deactivated');" href="javascript:gaOptout() ">Deactivate Google Analytics</a>

Further information on Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC, based in the USA, Google LLC has certified itself under the US-European data protection agreement known as the “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the option for lodging an objection described above.

14) Retargeting/ Remarketing/ Recommendation Advertising

Google Ads Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing; with this, we advertise this website in Google search results as well as on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit. The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Any further data processing only takes place if you have agreed with Google that your Internet and app browsing history may be linked by Google to your Google account and that information from your Google account may be used to personalize ads that you view on the web. If, in this case, you are logged in to Google while visiting 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 audiences. In the context of using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info to learn about the use of cookies and adjust your settings accordingly. You may also configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC, based in the USA, Google LLC has certified itself under the EU-US data protection agreement “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information and Google’s privacy policy regarding advertising can be found here:

https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the option for lodging an objection described above.

15) Use of a Live Chat System

TidioChat (Tidio Ltd.)

This website uses technologies provided by Tidio Ltd., 220C Blythe Road, W14 0HH, London, United Kingdom (www.tidiochat.com), to collect and store anonymized data for the purposes of web analytics and operating the live chat system used to respond to live support requests. These anonymized data may be used to create usage profiles under a pseudonym. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files stored locally in the cache of the website visitor’s internet browser. The cookies enable the internet browser to be recognized. Insofar as the information collected in this way can be linked to an individual, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer support and the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.

The data collected using TidioChat technologies will not be used, without the separately granted consent of the data subject, to personally identify visitors to this website, nor will it be merged with personal data relating to the holder of the pseudonym. To prevent the storage of TidioChat cookies, you can configure your internet browser so that no cookies can be stored on your computer in the future or so that cookies already stored are deleted. However, disabling all cookies may result in some functions on our website no longer being available. You may object at any time, with effect for the future, to the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymized user profile by sending us your objection informally by email to the email address stated in the legal notice.

Zendesk (formerly Zopim)

On this website, pseudonymized data is collected and stored using technologies of Zendesk Inc., 1019 Market St, San Francisco, USA (www.zendesk.com) for the purpose of web analysis and operating the live chat system used to respond to live support requests. Usage profiles may be created under a pseudonym from this pseudonymized data. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor’s internet browser. Among other things, cookies enable the internet browser to be recognized. Insofar as the information collected in this way can be linked to a person, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer support and the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.

The data collected using Zendesk technologies will not be used, without the separately granted consent of the data subject, to personally identify the visitor to this website and will not be merged with personal data relating to the holder of the pseudonym. To prevent the storage of Zendesk cookies, you may configure your internet browser so that no cookies can be stored on your computer in the future or so that cookies already stored are deleted. However, disabling all cookies may result in some functions on our website no longer being available. You may object to the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymized user profile at any time with effect for the future by sending us your objection informally by email to the email address stated in the legal notice.

Zendesk Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

16) Tools and Miscellaneous

16.1 CookieBot

This website uses the cookie consent tool of Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark (“CookieBot”), which sets technically necessary cookies in order to store your cookie preferences. This data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing a cookie consent management service for website visitors.

16.2 - Adobe Fonts (Typekit)

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (“Adobe”) for the consistent display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Adobe’s servers. In this process, personal data may also be transmitted to Adobe’s servers in the USA. In this way, Adobe becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Adobe Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Adobe, which is based in the USA, Adobe has certified itself under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information on Adobe Fonts can be found at https://fonts.adobe.com/ and in Adobe’s privacy policy: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy.html

- Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”) for the consistent display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. In this process, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. In this way, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC., which is based in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

16.3 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Shops Program)

We work with Google במסגרת the “Google Customer Reviews” program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). This program gives us the opportunity to obtain customer reviews from users of our website. After a purchase on our website, you will be asked whether you would like to participate in an email survey from Google. If you give your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will transmit your email address to Google. You will receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to evaluate the purchase experience on our website. The review you submit will then be aggregated with our other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and in our Merchant Center dashboard. Your review will also be used for Google Seller Ratings. As part of the use of Google Customer Reviews, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

You may revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing or to Google.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC., based in the USA, Google LLC. has certified itself under the US-European data protection framework “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

Further information on Google’s data protection practices in connection with the Google Customer Reviews program can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=de

Further information on data protection relating to Google Seller Ratings can be found at this link: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375474

16.4 Applications for job postings by email

On our website, we publish currently vacant positions in a separate section, for which interested parties may apply by email to the contact address provided.

Participation in the application process requires applicants to provide us by email, together with their application, with all personal data necessary for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection.

The required information includes general personal details (name, address, telephone or electronic contact details) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for the position. Where applicable, health-related information may also be required if, in the interest of social protection, it must be given special consideration under employment and social law in relation to the applicant.

The relevant job posting specifies which components an application must contain in each individual case in order to be considered, and in what form these components must be submitted by email.

Upon receipt of an application sent using the email contact address provided, we store the applicant’s data and evaluate it exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. For any follow-up questions arising during processing, we will use, at our discretion, either the email address provided by the applicant with the application or a telephone number indicated.

The legal basis for this processing, including contact for follow-up questions, is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 para. 1 BDSG, under which the application process is regarded as the initiation of an employment contract.

Where, within the scope of the application process, special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as information on severe disability status) are requested from applicants, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR so that we may exercise the rights arising from employment law and the law on social security and social protection and comply with our related obligations.

Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of special categories of data may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for the purposes of preventive healthcare or occupational medicine, for assessing the applicant’s working capacity, for medical diagnosis, for healthcare or social care treatment or provision, or for the management of systems and services in the healthcare or social care sector.

If, in the course of the evaluation described above, the applicant is not selected, or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the data transmitted by email as well as all electronic correspondence, including the original application email, will be deleted no later than 6 months after a corresponding notification has been sent. This period is determined on the basis of our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and, where applicable, to comply with our obligations to provide evidence under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the data provided will continue to be processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 para. 1 BDSG for the purposes of carrying out the employment relationship.

16.5 Online applications via a form

On our website, we offer job applicants the opportunity to apply online via a corresponding form. Inclusion in the application process requires applicants to provide us, via the form, with all personal data necessary for a sound and informed assessment and selection.

The required information includes general details about the person (name, address, a telephone or electronic means of contact) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In addition, health-related information may also be required where, in the interest of social protection, it must be given special consideration under labor and social law in relation to the applicant.

When the form is submitted, the applicant data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state of the art, stored by us, and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application.

The legal basis for this processing is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 para. 1 BDSG, within the meaning of which completion of the application process is deemed to constitute the initiation of an employment contract.

Where special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as information on severe disability status) are requested from applicants as part of the application process, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR so that we may exercise the rights arising from labor law and the law on social security and social protection and comply with our related obligations.

Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of special categories of data may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for the purposes of preventive healthcare or occupational medicine, for assessing the applicant's working capacity, for medical diagnosis, for the provision of care or treatment in the health or social sector, or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector.

If, in the course of the evaluation described above, the applicant is not selected or an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the data submitted via the form will be deleted no later than 6 months after a corresponding notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in answering any follow-up questions regarding the application and, where applicable, in being able to comply with our evidentiary obligations under the provisions on equal treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the data provided will continue to be processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 para. 1 BDSG for the purposes of implementing the employment relationship.

16.6 - Google Maps

On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive maps in order to present geographical information visually. 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; in this process, data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google 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. The collection, storage, and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, conducting market research, and/or tailoring Google websites to user needs. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC. based in the USA, Google LLC. has certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

If you do not agree to the future transfer of your data to Google within the framework of using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps, and therefore 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 can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html

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 for the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option for lodging an objection described above.

16.7 Shopsync for Shopify

This website uses the Shopify app “Shopsync” provided by ShopSync LLC, PO Box 252, Jefferson City, TN 37760, USA.

With the help of ShopSync, the newsletter service “Mailchimp” is synchronized with our Shopify account so that, on the one hand, updates in Mailchimp email lists (such as a newsletter recipient opting out) are automatically also recorded in Shopify and, on the other hand, new contact data generated through contract conclusions on Shopify are automatically transferred to Mailchimp’s email lists.

In the first case, data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the effective, cross-system maintenance of advertising recipient files and the efficient observance of legally relevant status changes.

In the second case, solely on the basis of the user’s express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, after a contract has been concluded on Shopify, their first and last name, address, and email address, together with transaction-related information (purchase amount, time and date of purchase), are transferred by ShopSync to Mailchimp for inclusion in the Mailchimp list.

Data transferred in this way is not stored or retained by ShopSync after synchronization. All information synchronized between Shopify and Mailchimp is transmitted using SSL technology (Secure Socket Layer), and all transmitted information remains encrypted during the synchronization process.

The synchronization process requires the transfer of information via a secure connection to servers hosted by Amazon Web Services in the USA. Amazon Web Services, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TOWQAA4

Further data protection information on ShopSync can be found here: https://shopsync.io/privacy-policy

17) Rights of the Data Subject

17.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights 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 the personal data we process concerning you, the purposes of 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, lodging a complaint with 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 where your data is transferred to third countries;

- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you and/or the 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 where 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 defence of legal claims;

- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data while the accuracy of your data, which you contest, is being verified, if you oppose the erasure of your data due to unlawful processing and instead request the restriction of the use of your data, if you require your data for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims after we no longer need this data for the purposes pursued, or if you have objected on grounds relating to your particular situation, pending the verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours;

- Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing to all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about those recipients.

- Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its 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 your consent 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 undue delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal ground that does not require consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal;

- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you consider 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 residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

17.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING 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, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ESTABLISH, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

18) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - where applicable - additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, such data will be stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed within the framework of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or there is no longer any legitimate interest on our part in continued storage.

When personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises their right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises their right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information contained in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.