Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Sabine Anna Gela Becker, SmartPhoneZubehör.com, Im Ring 3, 29342 Wienhausen, Germany, Tel.: 05149 2699296, E-mail: edvandmore@t-online.de. 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 The controller has appointed a data protection officer, who can be reached as follows: "Sabine Anna Gela Becker"

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you came to 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. No disclosure or other use of the data takes place. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if concrete indications of illegal use should arise.

2.2 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 string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 Shopify

For hosting our website and displaying its content, we use the system of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland (“Shopify”)

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

3.2 Cloudflare

We use a Content Delivery Network from the following provider: Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts faster via a network of regionally distributed servers. Processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place either for the execution of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of a granted consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally.

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

5) Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations conflict with this.

6) Data Processing for Opening a Customer Account

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required if you provide us with this data when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the controller's address mentioned above. After deleting your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded through it have been completely processed, no statutory retention periods conflict with this, and there is no continued legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing

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 for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters if you have explicitly confirmed your consent to receive newsletters by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In this context, we store your IP address registered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace a possible misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected by us during newsletter registration is used strictly for its intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller mentioned at the beginning. After successful unsubscription, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data usage that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.

8) Data Processing for Order Fulfillment

8.1 To the extent necessary for contract fulfillment for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If, based on a corresponding contract, we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products, we will process the contact details you provided during the order to inform you personally within the framework of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Your contact details will be used strictly for the intended purpose of communicating updates owed by us and will only be processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s), who assist us wholly or partially in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.2 Disclosure of Personal Data to Shipping Service Providers

- Deutsche Post

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany

We transmit your email address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your explicit consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we only transmit the recipient's name and delivery address to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer only takes place to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, a prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or the delivery notification is not possible.

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future towards the controller mentioned above or towards the provider.
- DHL

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future towards the controller mentioned above or towards the provider.
- DHL Express

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: DHL Express Germany GmbH, Heinrich-Brüning-Str. 5, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future towards the controller mentioned above or towards the provider.

8.3 Use of Payment Service Providers

- Apple Pay

If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment will be processed via the "Apple Pay" function of your iOS, watchOS or macOS device by debiting 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 will need to enter a code you previously set and verify it using your device's "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function.

For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple will then re-encrypt this data with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay for the purpose of carrying out 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.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing takes place 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, approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve "Apple Pay" and other Apple products and services.

When you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made via Safari on your Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple's servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that could identify you. You can disable the ability 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 data protection at Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027
- Google Pay

If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application of your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and equipped with an NFC function, by debiting a payment card stored in Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay exceeding €25, prior unlocking of your mobile device via the respective configured verification measure (e.g., facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern) is required.

For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, is transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a uniquely assigned transaction number to the originating website, which verifies a completed payment. This transaction number contains no information about the real payment data of your payment methods stored in Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a unique numeric token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts only as an intermediary for processing the payment. The transaction is carried out exclusively in the relationship between the user and the originating website by debiting the payment method stored in Google Pay.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. 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 sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing takes place exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and the optimization and functional maintenance of the Google Pay service.

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

The terms of use for Google Pay can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de
For more information on data protection at Google Pay, please refer to the following internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- Klarna

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden

If you choose a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data communicated during the order process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In this case, your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you choose a payment method where the provider pays in advance (e.g. invoice or instalment purchase or direct debit), you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and possibly data for an alternative payment method).

To protect our legitimate interest in determining the creditworthiness of our customers, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider will check whether the payment option you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

In addition to internal provider criteria, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may be included in the decision-making process for the application review in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR:

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). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- Paypal

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance, your payment data communicated during the order process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In this case, your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you choose a payment method where we pay in advance, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and possibly data for an alternative payment method).

To protect our legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness in such cases, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider will check whether the payment option you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system by PayPal, which consists of PayPal's own payment methods and local third-party payment methods.

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "Pay Later" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data within the framework of payment processing to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "Pay Later" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

If the PayPal payment method "invoice purchase" is available and selected, your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal for payment preparation, after which PayPal will forward it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") for payment processing. The legal basis in each case is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In this case, RatePay carries out an identity and credit check on its own behalf to determine creditworthiness in accordance with the principle already mentioned above and passes on your payment data to credit agencies due to its legitimate interest in determining creditworthiness in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. A list of credit agencies that Ratepay may use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/

When using a local third-party payment method, your payment data will first be passed on to PayPal for payment preparation in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal will then transmit your payment data to the corresponding provider for payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR:

- Apple Pay (Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland)
- Google Pay (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland)
- iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
- Blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z o.o., ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
- eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
- MyBank (PRETA S.A.S, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
- Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)

Further data protection information can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full
- Shopify Payments

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

9) Web analysis services

9.1 Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), which allows an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when visiting the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are stored as small text modules on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which Google, however, truncates by the last digits to exclude direct personal identifiability.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed there. This may also involve transfers to Google LLC, based in the USA.

Google uses the collected information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for us, and to provide other services related to website and internet use. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. The data collected within the framework of Google Analytics 4 will be stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special function "demographic characteristics" and can use it to create statistics that provide information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after storage for a period of two months.

Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have enabled personalized ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google can, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, analyze your user behavior across devices and create database models, including cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the "Personalized advertising" function in your Google account settings. Follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de
Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

UserIDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the "UserIDs" function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, have created an account on this website and log in to this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

9.2 Shopify Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

Using cookies and/or similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data, including information about the device used, such as the IP address and browser information, to evaluate it for statistical analysis of user behavior on our website and to create pseudonymized user profiles. Among other things, this makes it possible to evaluate movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g., text input, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization generally excludes direct personal identifiability. No merging with clear data collected elsewhere about your person takes place.

All processing described above, in particular the reading or storing of information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfer to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

10) Page functionalities

10.1 Google Maps

This website uses an online map service from the following provider: 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 (country) maps to visually display geographical information. By using this service, our location is displayed to you and any directions are made easier.

Already when accessing the 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; this may also involve a transfer to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This happens 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 directly assigned to your account. If you do not wish for your profile to be associated with your Google account, 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.

The collection, storage and evaluation take place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google within the framework of using Google Maps, it is also possible to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.

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

Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

10.2 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called Web Fonts from the following provider for the uniform display of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transferred to: Google LLC, USA

The processing of personal data during the connection with the font provider is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

11) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users as an interactive interface when they access the page, allowing them to give consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking a box. Through the use of this tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by checking the appropriate box. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user's end device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies, and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As the data controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user's consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

12) Rights of the Data Subject

12.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) against the controller regarding the processing of your personal data, with reference to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise conditions:

Right of access in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to notification in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw granted consents in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

12.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE THE PROCESSING OF 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 FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF 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 CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

13) 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 – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

When personal data is processed on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed within the framework of legal transactions or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

When personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

When personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information of this declaration about 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.

Stand: 13.01.2026, 14:09:39 Uhr

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