We are delighted by your interest in our company. Data protection is of particularly high importance to the management of Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt). Use of the Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) websites is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a person wishes to use specific services of our company via our website, the processing of personal data may be required. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the person concerned.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Carrotees UG (limited liability). Through this privacy policy, our company wishes to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this privacy policy informs data subjects about their rights.
Carrotees UG (limited liability) as the controller has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.
1. Definitions
The privacy policy of Carrotees UG (limited liability) is based on the terminology used by the European legislators and regulators when enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easy to read and understand for the general public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
We use the following terms in this privacy policy, among other things:
- a) Personal data Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”). A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
- b) Data subject A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
- c) Processing: Processing is any operation or set of operations performed with or without the aid of automated means in connection with personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
- d) Restriction of processing Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.
- e) Profiling Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
- f) Pseudonymization Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
- g) Controller or processor The controller or processor is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
- h) Processor A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
- i) Recipient A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
- j) Third party A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor, and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.
- k) Consent Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and address of the controller
The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union, and other provisions of a data protection nature is:
Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Hannah-Arendt-Str. 10
45144 Essen, Germany
Germany
Tel.: +491707078090
Email: info@carrotees.de
Website: www.carrotees.de
3. Name and address of the data protection officer
The Data Protection Officer for the party responsible for processing is:
Philip Roschat
Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Hannah-Arendt-Str. 10
45144 Essen, Germany
Germany
Tel.: +491707078090
Email: info@carrotees.de
Website: www.carrotees.de
Any individual concerned can contact our Data Protection Officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
4. Cookies
The Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) websites use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a string of characters that allows websites and servers to be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the person concerned from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.
By using cookies, Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the use of cookies.
Cookies enable us to optimize the information and offers on our website for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, users of a website that uses cookies do not have to re-enter their login details each time they visit the website, as this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie used for a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop uses a cookie to remember the items that a customer has placed in their virtual shopping cart.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable under certain circumstances.
We use the “CookieYes” consent tool to manage cookies and similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. Details on how “CookieYes” works can be found here https://app.cookieyes.com.
The legal bases for processing personal data in this context are Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is managing the cookies and similar technologies used, as well as the related consents.
Providing personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary to enter into a contract. You are under no obligation to provide your personal data. If you do not provide this data, we will be unable to manage your consents.
5. Collection of general data and information
The website of Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) records a series of general data and information with every visit to the website by an individual or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. The following may be recorded: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the subpages accessed on our website via an accessing system, (5) the date and time of a visit to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used for threat prevention in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required in order to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) on the one hand statistically and on the other hand with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
6. Registration on our website
The data subject has the option of registering on the website of the controller by providing personal data. The personal data transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes. The controller may arrange for the data to be passed on to one or more processors, for example a parcel service provider, who also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the controller.
By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject, the date, and the time of registration are also stored. This data is stored because it is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable criminal offenses to be investigated. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to protect the controller. This data will not be passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so or the disclosure serves the purpose of criminal prosecution.
The registration of the data subject, who voluntarily provides personal data, enables the controller to offer the data subject content or services that, due to their nature, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have it completely deleted from the controller’s database.
The controller shall provide any data subject with information about the personal data stored about them at any time upon request. Furthermore, the controller shall correct or delete personal data at the request or upon notification of the data subject, provided that this does not conflict with any legal retention obligations. All employees of the controller are available to the data subject as contact persons in this regard.
7. Subscription to our newsletter
On the website of Carrotees UG (limited liability), users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company’s newsletter. The personal data transmitted to the controller when ordering the newsletter is determined by the input mask used for this purpose.
Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals about the company’s offers by means of a newsletter. The newsletter of our company can only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter. For legal reasons, a confirmation email is sent to the email address entered by a data subject for the first time for the newsletter dispatch using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email serves to verify that the owner of the email address has authorized the receipt of the newsletter as the data subject.
When registering for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the computer system used by the data subject at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace any (possible) misuse of the email address of a data subject at a later date and therefore serves to provide legal protection for the controller.
Personal data collected during newsletter registration will be used exclusively to send our newsletter. Furthermore, subscribers may be informed via email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or related registration, such as in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or technical requirements. Personal data collected through the newsletter service will not be shared with third parties. You can cancel your newsletter subscription at any time. Consent to the storage of personal data provided for newsletter delivery can be revoked at any time. A corresponding link for revoking consent can be found in every newsletter. Additionally, you may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the website of the party responsible for processing or notify them in another way.
8. Newsletter Tracking
Newsletters from Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) contain what are known as tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a tiny graphic embedded in emails sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows for a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Using the embedded tracking pixel, Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) can identify whether and when an email was opened by a user and which links within the email were clicked.
Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters is stored and evaluated by the controller in order to optimize the newsletter dispatch and to tailor the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled to revoke their separate declaration of consent given via the double opt-in procedure at any time. After revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the controller. Carrotees UG (limited liability) automatically interprets unsubscribing from the newsletter as revocation.
9. Contact details via the website
Due to legal requirements, the website of Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general email address. If a data subject contacts the controller via email or through a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically stored. Such personal data, provided voluntarily by a data subject to the controller, will be stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.
10. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or as provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a by European directives and regulatory authority or another competent legislative authority prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely and in accordance with legal requirements blocked or deleted.
11. Rights of the affected person
- a) Right to confirmation Every data subject has the right, granted by European regulatory and legislative bodies, to request from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
- b) Right to access Every data subject has the right to obtain from the controller free of charge, at any time, information concerning the personal data concerning him or her, and a copy of such data. Furthermore, the European directive and regulatory body has granted the data subject information regarding the following:
- the purposes of the processing
- the categories of personal data processed
- the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or in international organisations
- where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
- the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her or the restriction of processing by the controller or the right to object to such processing
- the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: any available information as to their source
- the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and — at least in such cases — meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
- c) Right to rectification Every individual whose personal data is being processed has the right, as granted by European directives and regulations, to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the individual has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data — including through a supplementary statement. If an individual wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact an employee of the party responsible for the processing at any time.
- d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten) Every data subject has the right, granted by European directives and regulations, to request that the controller erase personal data concerning them without undue delay, provided one of the following grounds applies and processing is not required:
- The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. The data subject withdraws consent to processing pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR. The personal data have been unlawfully processed. The erasure of personal data is required to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. The personal data have been lawfully collected in relation to the provision of information society services pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR.
- e) Right to restriction of processing Every person whose personal data is being processed has the right, granted by European directives and regulations, to request that the controller restricts the processing if one of the following conditions applies:
- The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period that allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data. The processing is unlawful, and the data subject requests the restriction of use of the personal data instead of its erasure. The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, and it is not yet certain whether the controller’s legitimate grounds override those of the data subject.
- f) Right to data portability: Every data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning them, which they have provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from that controller, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) or on contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, and that the processing is carried out by automated means, unless processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller requires otherwise. Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and provided that it does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others, in the exercise of their right to data portability under Art. 20(1) GDPR. To exercise the right to data portability, the data subject may contact an employee of the Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) at any time.
- g) Right to object
Every data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on those provisions.
In the event of an objection, Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or unless the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them for such marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) to the processing for direct marketing purposes, Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject shall have the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them by Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) or another employee directly. Furthermore, in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, the data subject is free to exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications. - h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling. Every data subject has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, unless the decision: (1) is necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which provides for suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision, or (3) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent. If the decision is (1) necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, the Carrotees UG (haftungsbeschränkt) shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision. If the data subject wishes to exercise their rights regarding automated decisions, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
- i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law: Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by European directives and regulations, to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If a person wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they can contact an employee of the party responsible for the processing at any time.
12. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Facebook
The controller has integrated components from the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community that generally enables users to communicate with one another and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enable the online community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook enables users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, upload photos, and connect with others through friend requests.
The operator of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For the processing of personal data, the controller is, if a data subject resides outside the USA or Canada, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Every time you visit an individual page on this website—which is operated by the Data Controller and features an integrated Facebook component (Facebook Plug-In)—your web browser will automatically be instructed by that Facebook component to download content from Facebook onto your device. An overview of all Facebook Plug-Ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. As part of this technical process, Facebook will receive information about which specific page on our website you are visiting.
If the data subject is logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits each time the data subject accesses our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the person clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, for example the “Like” button, or if the person posts a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the person’s personal Facebook user account and stores this personal data.
Facebook receives information via the Facebook component that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged into Facebook at the same time as visiting our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before visiting our website.
Facebook’s privacy policy, which can be accessed at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, explains how Facebook collects, processes, and uses personal data. It also details the privacy settings Facebook offers to protect individuals’ privacy. Additionally, various applications are available that allow you to prevent data transmission to Facebook. These applications can be used by individuals to block data transfer to Facebook.
13. Privacy policy regarding the use and application of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)
The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) into this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data about which website a data subject came to a website from (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed, or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The controller uses the addition “_gat._anonymizeIp” for web analysis via Google Analytics. This addition is used by Google to shorten and anonymize the IP address of the data subject’s Internet connection when accessing our website from a Member State of the European Union or from another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor traffic on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us showing the activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the data subject’s information technology system. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis.
As part of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission settlements.
Cookies store personal information, such as access time, location of access, and the frequency of visits to our website by the individual. Every time you visit our website, this personal data—including the IP address used by the individual—is transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may share the personal data collected through these technical processes with third parties.
As described above, the data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option to object to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website, as well as to the processing of this data by Google, and to prevent such processing. For this purpose, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data or information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is regarded by Google as an objection.
If the data subject’s information technology system is later deleted, formatted, or reinstalled, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or disabled by the data subject or by another person attributable to their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
Further information and Google’s applicable data protection provisions can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link: https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
14. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Instagram
The controller has integrated components of the Instagram service on this website. Instagram is a service that qualifies as an audiovisual platform and allows users to share photos and videos and also to redistribute such data on other social networks.
The operator of Instagram’s services is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Every time an individual page of this website, which is operated by the Data Controller and has an Instagram component (Insta-Button) integrated, is accessed, the web browser on the individual’s IT system is automatically prompted by the respective Instagram component to download a display of that Instagram component. As part of this technical process, Instagram becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website is being visited by the individual.
If the data subject is logged into Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognizes which specific subpage the data subject visits each time the data subject accesses our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Instagram component and assigned by Instagram to the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted will be assigned to the data subject’s personal Instagram user account and stored and processed by Instagram.
Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that a user has visited our website whenever they are logged into Instagram at the time of the visit; this occurs regardless of whether the Instagram component is clicked or not. If you do not wish for such information to be transmitted to Instagram, you can prevent this by logging out of your Instagram account before visiting our website.
Further information and Instagram’s applicable privacy policy can be found at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
15. Privacy Policy regarding the deployment and use of Jetpack for WordPress
The controller has integrated Jetpack into this website. Jetpack is a WordPress plug-in that offers additional functions to the operator of a website based on WordPress. Among other things, Jetpack allows the website operator to view an overview of the visitors to the site. By displaying related posts and publications or offering the option to share content on the site, it is also possible to increase visitor numbers. Jetpack also has built-in security features, so websites that use Jetpack are better protected against brute force attacks. Jetpack also optimizes and speeds up the loading of images integrated into the website.
The operator of the Jetpack plug-in for WordPress is Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., Business Centre, No. 1 Lower Mayor Street, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Jetpack places a cookie on the data subject’s information technology system. What cookies are has already been explained above. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Jetpack component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Jetpack component to transmit data to Automattic for analysis purposes.
As part of this technical procedure, Automattic obtains knowledge of data which is subsequently used to create an overview of website visits. The data obtained in this way is used to analyse the behaviour of the data subject who has accessed the controller’s website and is evaluated for the purpose of optimising the website.
The data collected via the Jetpack component is not used to identify the data subject without first obtaining the data subject’s separate express consent. The data also becomes known to Quantcast. Quantcast uses the data for the same purposes as Automattic.
As described above, the data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the Internet browser used would also prevent Automattic/Quantcast from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already set by Automattic can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by the Jetpack cookie relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Automattic/Quantcast. To do this, the data subject must click on the opt-out button at https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/, which sets an opt-out cookie. The opt-out cookie set with the objection is stored on the information technology system used by the data subject. If the cookies are deleted from the data subject’s system after an objection, the data subject must call up the link again and set a new opt-out cookie.
However, by setting the opt-out cookie, there is a possibility that the websites of the party responsible for processing may no longer be fully functional for the data subject.
Automattic’s current privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Quantcast’s current privacy policy is available at https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/.
16. Privacy Policy regarding the use and application of Pinterest
The controller has integrated components of Pinterest Inc. on this website. Pinterest is a so-called social network. A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community that generally enables users to communicate with one another and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enable the online community to provide personal or business-related information. Pinterest enables users of the social network, among other things, to publish image collections and individual images, as well as descriptions, on virtual pinboards (so-called pinning), which can in turn be shared by other users (so-called repinning) or commented on.
The operating company of Pinterest is Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Pinterest component (Pinterest plug-in) has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Pinterest component to download a representation of the corresponding Pinterest component from Pinterest. More information about Pinterest is available at https://pinterest.com/. As part of this technical process, Pinterest receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.
If you are logged into Pinterest at the same time, Pinterest recognizes which specific subpage of our website you are visiting with every visit to our site and throughout your entire stay on our website. This information is collected by the Pinterest component and assigned to your respective Pinterest account by Pinterest. If you click a Pinterest button integrated on our website, Pinterest assigns this information to your personal Pinterest user account and stores this personal data.
Pinterest receives information via the Pinterest component that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged into Pinterest at the same time as visiting our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Pinterest component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Pinterest, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Pinterest account before visiting our website.
The privacy policy published by Pinterest, which is available at https://about.pinterest.com/privacy-policy, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Pinterest.
17. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Twitter
The controller has integrated components from Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly accessible microblogging service on which users can publish and distribute so-called tweets, i.e. short messages limited to 280 characters. These short messages are accessible to everyone, including people who are not registered with Twitter. However, the tweets are also displayed to the respective user’s followers. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore, Twitter enables a broad audience to be addressed via hashtags, links, or retweets.
Operating company of Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the corresponding Twitter component from Twitter. Further information on Twitter buttons is available at https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. As part of this technical process, Twitter receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to disseminate the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world, and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged into Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits each time the data subject accesses our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned by Twitter to the respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted will be assigned to the data subject’s personal Twitter user account and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter receives information via the Twitter component that the user has visited our website whenever the user is logged into Twitter at the time of visiting our website; this occurs regardless of whether the Twitter component is clicked or not. If such transmission of this information to Twitter is not desired, the user can prevent it by logging out of their Twitter account before visiting our website.
The applicable privacy policy of Twitter is available at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de .
18. Payment method: Privacy policy for Klarna as a payment method
The controller has integrated components from Klarna on this website. Klarna is an online payment service provider that enables purchases on account or flexible installment payments. Klarna also offers other services, such as buyer protection and identity and credit checks.
The operating company of Klarna is Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.
If the data subject selects either “purchase on account” or “installment purchase” as a payment option during the ordering process in our online shop, data relating to the data subject will be automatically transmitted to Klarna. By selecting one of these payment options, the data subject consents to the transfer of personal data required for processing the purchase on account or installment purchase or for identity and credit checks.
The personal data transmitted to Klarna usually includes first name, last name, address, date of birth, gender, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number, and other data necessary for processing an invoice or installment purchase. Personal data related to the respective order is also necessary for processing the purchase contract. In particular, this may involve the mutual exchange of payment information such as bank details, card number, expiration date, and CVC code, number of items, item number, data on goods and services, prices and taxes, information on previous purchasing behavior, or other information on the financial situation of the data subject.
The purpose of the data transfer is, in particular, identity verification, payment administration, and fraud prevention. The controller will transfer personal data to Klarna in particular if there is a legitimate interest in the transfer. The personal data exchanged between Klarna and the controller will be transferred by Klarna to credit agencies. The purpose of this transfer is to verify identity and creditworthiness.
Klarna also shares personal data with affiliated companies (Klarna Group) and service providers or subcontractors, insofar as this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or the data is to be processed on behalf of Klarna.
In order to decide on the establishment, implementation, or termination of a contractual relationship, Klarna collects and uses data and information about the data subject’s previous payment behavior as well as probability values for their future behavior (known as scoring). The scoring is calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical methods.
The data subject has the option to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data by Klarna at any time. Revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transmitted for the purpose of (contractual) payment processing.
Klarna’s current privacy policy can be found at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/data/de_de/data_protection.pdf.
19. Payment method: Privacy policy for PayPal as a payment method
The controller has integrated components from PayPal on this website. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, which are virtual private or business accounts. PayPal also offers the option of processing virtual payments via credit cards if a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an email address, which is why there is no traditional account number. PayPal enables online payments to be made to third parties or payments to be received. PayPal also performs trustee functions and offers buyer protection services.
The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg.
If you select “PayPal” as your payment method during checkout in our online shop, your data will be automatically transferred to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, you consent to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
The personal data transmitted to PayPal usually includes first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number, or other data necessary for payment processing. Personal data related to the respective order is also necessary for the execution of the purchase contract.
The transmission of data is for the purpose of payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will transfer personal data to PayPal, particularly when there is a legitimate interest in doing so. Personal data exchanged between PayPal and the controller may be transferred by PayPal to credit agencies. This transfer is intended for identity and creditworthiness checks.
PayPal may disclose personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors to the extent necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or to process the data on behalf of PayPal.
The data subject has the option of revoking their consent to the processing of personal data by PayPal at any time. Revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transmitted for the purpose of (contractual) payment processing.
The applicable PayPal data protection provisions can be found at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
20. Payment method: Privacy policy for instant bank transfer as a payment method
The data controller has integrated components of Sofortüberweisung on this website. Sofortüberweisung is a payment service that enables cashless payments for products and services online. Sofortüberweisung provides a technical process through which the online retailer receives immediate payment confirmation. This allows retailers to deliver goods, services, or downloads to customers immediately after an order is placed.
The operating company of Sofortüberweisung is Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.
If you select “Sofortüberweisung” as your payment method during checkout in our online shop, your data will be automatically transmitted to Sofortüberweisung. By choosing this payment option, you consent to the transfer of personal data necessary for processing the payment.
When completing a purchase via Sofortüberweisung, the buyer transmits their PIN and TAN to Sofort GmbH. After a technical check of the account balance and retrieving additional data to verify sufficient funds, Sofortüberweisung then executes a transfer to the online retailer. The completion of the financial transaction is then automatically communicated to the online retailer.
The personal data exchanged with Sofortüberweisung includes first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number or other data necessary for payment processing. The transfer of data is intended for payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will also transfer other personal data to Sofortüberweisung if there is a legitimate interest for the transfer. The personal data exchanged between Sofortüberweisung and the controller may be transferred by Sofortüberweisung to credit agencies. This transfer is intended for identity and creditworthiness checks.
SOFORT transfers personal data to affiliated companies, service providers, or subcontractors where necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or if the data is to be processed on their behalf.
The individual concerned has the right to withdraw their consent regarding the processing of personal data from Sofortüberweisung at any time. Revoking consent does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transferred for (contractual) payment processing.
The applicable privacy policy for Sofortüberweisung can be found at https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz/.
21. Legal basis for processing
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries concerning our products or services.
If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured on our premises and their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis applies to processing operations which are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases, where processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests, fundamental rights, and fundamental freedoms of the data subject. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).
22. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the performance of our business activities for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders.
23. Duration, for which the personal data will be stored
The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the initiation of a contract.
24. Legal or contractual requirements for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide the data
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information about the contractual partner). In some cases, it may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract that a data subject provides us with personal data which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would result in the contract not being able to be concluded with the data subject.
Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract, or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what the consequences of not providing the personal data would be.
25. Existence of an automated decision-making process
As a responsible company, we refrain from automated decision-making or profiling.
