Privacy Policy

1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller

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We are pleased 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 any data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2

The controller responsible for the data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is [Shop Name]. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

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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 bar.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

When using our website purely for informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide information to us, we collect only the data 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:

  • Our visited website

  • Date and time at the time of access

  • Amount of data sent in bytes

  • Source/referrer from which you accessed the page

  • Browser used

  • Operating system used

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

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. These are small text files stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of your browser session (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data, as well as IP address values, to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie.

In some cases, cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance of a contract or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

We may work with advertising partners who help us make our internet offering more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive during your visit to our website (third-party cookies). If we cooperate with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case individually and separately in the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to decide individually on their acceptance or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings.

Cookie management instructions for major browsers:

If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

4) Contacting Us

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form is specified in the respective form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with 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 once your inquiry has been fully processed, provided that it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

The policy continues with:

  • 5) Data processing when opening a customer account

  • 6) Use of your data for direct marketing

  • 7) Data processing for order fulfillment

  • 8) Review reminders

  • 9) Social media plugins

  • 10) Online marketing

  • 11) Web analytics services

  • 12) Retargeting/Remarketing

  • 13) Rights of the data subject

  • 14) Duration of storage