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Data protection

The person responsible within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Tanya Canu

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Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Article 15 GDPR),

  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Article 16 GDPR),

  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Article 17 GDPR),

  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),

  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and

  • Data portability, provided you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with future effect.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. B. to the responsible supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence or to the authority responsible for us.

You can find a list of supervisory authorities (for non-public areas) with addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschrift/Laender/Laender-node.html.

 

Collection of general information when you visit our website

Type and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and similar.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring problem-free connection to the website,

  • Ensuring smooth use of our website,

  • Evaluation of system security and stability as well

  • to optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. Information of this type may be statistically evaluated by us anonymously in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

 

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

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Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as contract processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

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Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this is possible. In this case, the users' IP addresses are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.

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Provision required or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

 

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you can find the necessary information under the following links:

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Storage period and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

_acloggedin: January 1, 2025

_client_acloggedin: January 1, 2025

algoliasearch-client-js: Permanent

client_username: 1 year

Commerce-checkout-state: session

Crumb: Session

hasCart: 2 weeks

Locked: Session

PHPSESSID: 1 month

RecentRedirect: 30 minutes

remember_client: 365 days

siteUserCrumb: 3 years

SiteUserInfo: 3 years

SiteUserSecureAuthToken. 3 years

squarespace-announcement-bar: Permanent

squarespace-popup-overlay: Permanent

ss_cookieAllowed: 30 days

ss_sd: session

Test: Session

TZ: Permanent

ss_cid: 2 years

ss_cpvisit: 2 years

ss_cvisit: 30 minutes

ss_cvr: 2 years

ss_cvt: 30 minutes

 

Technically necessary cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For this it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

We need cookies for the following applications:

  • Customer accounts

  • Shopping cart and checkout

  • URL redirects

 

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

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Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

 

Provision required or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.

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contradiction

Please read the information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR below.

 

Cookies that are not technically necessary

We also use cookies to better tailor the offerings on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve them based on statistical evaluations.

To find out which providers set cookies, please see the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

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Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR.

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Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For additional recipients, please see the information listed below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

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Third country transfer:

Please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers for information on this.

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Provision required or required:

Of course, you can generally view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see revocation of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

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Revocation of consent:

You can revoke your consent at any time using our cookie consent tool.

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Profiling:

The extent to which we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles can be found in the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

 

Registration on our website

Type and purpose of processing:

To register on our website, we require some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input mask.

At the time of registration, the following additional data is collected: no additional data

Your registration is required to provide certain content and services on our website.

 

Legal basis:

The data entered during registration is processed based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

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Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

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Storage period:

Data will only be processed in this context as long as the relevant consent is given.

 

Provision required or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content we offer.

 

Provision of paid services

Type and purpose of processing:

In order to provide paid services, we request additional data, such as payment details, in order to be able to carry out your order.

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Legal basis:

The processing of the data required to conclude the contract is based on Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

 

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

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Storage period:

We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper accounting and tax requirements.

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Provision required or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content and services we offer.

 

contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid email address and your name. This is used to assign the request and then answer it. Providing further data is optional.

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Legal basis:

The data entered into the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

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Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

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Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods have expired.

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Provision required or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.

 

Use of Google Maps

On this website we use Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.
Further information about data processing by Google can be found in the Google data protection information: https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.

Detailed instructions on how to manage your own data in connection with Google products can be found here: https://www.dataliberation.org

By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account.

If you do not want your profile to be assigned to Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google saves your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its websites. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide tailored advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this you must contact Google.

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Revocation of consent:

The provider currently does not offer an option for a simple opt-out or blocking data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or for all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or may only be able to use it to a limited extent.

 

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

 

Information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR

Right to object on a case-by-case basis

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests); This also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

 

Recipient of an objection

Tanya Canu

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Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.

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Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

 

The data protection declaration was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officer (Version #2020-09-30).

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