Privacy Policy

Data Protection

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

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

1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is brand name. The responsible party for processing 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 sent to the responsible party), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

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

The website you visited.
Date and time of access.
Amount of data transmitted in bytes.
Source/reference from which you accessed the page.
Browser used.
Operating system used.
IP address used (if necessary, in anonymized form).

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

"By using our website, you (the visitor) agree that third parties may process your IP address to determine your location for currency conversion purposes. You also agree to have this currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie that is automatically removed when you close your browser). This is done to ensure that the selected currency remains consistent during your browsing experience, allowing prices to be displayed in your local currency."

3) Cookies

To make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called 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 the browser session, i.e., after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

Cookies collect and process certain user information 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.

In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the order process by saving 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 cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR to execute the contract or in accordance with Article 6(1)(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 page visit.

We may work with advertising partners who help us make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies (third-party cookies) are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website. You will be individually informed about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected within the respective sections below.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and individually decide whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific 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 to change your cookie settings. For the respective browsers, you can find the instructions at the following links:

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contact

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form is visible from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for responding to your request or 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 Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been fully processed if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter has been conclusively resolved and provided there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing

In accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, personal data is further collected and processed if you provide it to us to execute a contract or open a customer account. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the address of the responsible party mentioned above. We store and use the data you provide to process the contract. After the contract has been completed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with respect to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods expire unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further data use has been reserved by our site.

6) Use of Single Sign-On Procedure

Facebook Connect

On our website, you can create a customer account or register using the "Facebook Connect" social plug-in from the Facebook social network, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"), via the Single Sign-On technology, provided you have a Facebook profile. You can recognize the "Facebook Connect" social plug-ins on our website by the blue button featuring the Facebook logo and the words "Log in with Facebook," "Connect with Facebook," or similar.

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. This data processing takes place in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on Facebook's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising based on browsing behavior.

By using the "Facebook Connect" button on our website, you also have the option to log in or register on our website using your Facebook user data. Only if you explicitly consent to the exchange of data with Facebook prior to the registration process, in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, will we receive general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when you use the "Facebook Connect" button. This information includes your user ID, name, profile picture, age, and gender.

Please note that following changes to Facebook's data protection terms and conditions, your profile pictures, user IDs of your friends, and your friend list may also be transmitted to us if you have marked them as "public" in your privacy settings on Facebook. The data transmitted by Facebook will be stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data if you have approved this on Facebook (title, first name, last name, address, country, email address, date of birth). Conversely, based on your consent, data (e.g., information about your browsing or purchasing behavior) may be transferred from us to your Facebook profile.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the responsible party mentioned at the beginning of this declaration.

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Facebook plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, such as "Adblock Plus" (https://adblockplus.org/).

7) Use of Your Data for Direct Advertising

Subscription to Our Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The only required information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally.

We use the double opt-in procedure for sending newsletters. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed that you agree to receive newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future by clicking on a link.

By activating the confirmation link, you consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. When subscribing to the newsletter, we store your IP address as provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), along with the date and time of registration, to track any possible misuse of your email address at a later date.

The data we collect when you register for the newsletter will be used exclusively for promotional purposes through the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the responsible party mentioned above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately removed from our newsletter distribution list.

8) Data Processing for Order Handling

8.1 The personal data we collect will be passed on to the transport company responsible for delivery as part of the contract processing, provided this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the authorized credit institution as part of the payment processing, provided this is necessary for payment processing. If we use payment service providers, you will be explicitly informed below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

8.2 To fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We provide your name and delivery address to a selected shipping partner solely for the purpose of delivering the goods in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

8.3 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Services):

Amazon Pay
When selecting the "Amazon Pay" payment method, the payment is processed via Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A., 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg ("Amazon Payments"). Your data will be shared with Amazon Payments as part of the payment processing. Further information about Amazon Payments' privacy policies can be found here: Amazon Payments Privacy Policy.
PayPal
For payments via PayPal, we transmit your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. This transmission is necessary for processing payments. For more information, see PayPal’s Privacy Policy: PayPal Privacy Policy.
Stripe
When selecting a payment method via Stripe, the payment is processed via Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. Your payment data will be transmitted solely for the purpose of processing payments. More information can be found here: Stripe Privacy Policy.

9) Rights of the Data Subject

Under the applicable data protection laws, you have comprehensive rights regarding the processing of your personal data, including:

Right of access (Article 15 GDPR).
Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR).
Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR).
Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR).
Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR).
Right to withdraw consent (Article 7(3) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint (Article 77 GDPR).

10) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The storage duration of personal data is based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax-related retention periods). After the expiry of these periods, the relevant data will be routinely deleted unless further storage is required for fulfilling a contract or initiating one or if we have a legitimate interest in further storage.