Privacy policy
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is not required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide has no consequences. This only applies insofar as no other indication is made in the subsequent processing operations. “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web hoster / IT service provider by your internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and improving our offering.
Contact
Responsible
Contact us if you wish. The contact details of the data controller can be found in our imprint.
Initiating contact with the customer by e-mail
If you initiate business contact with us by e-mail, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of handling and answering your contact request.
If contacting us serves to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) DSGVO.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is based on Art. 6 para. (1) (f) DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to exercise this right at any time on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO to the processing of personal data relating to you.
We will only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Collection and processing when using the contact form
When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of contacting you.
If contacting us serves to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) DSGVO.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is based on Art. 6 para. (1) (f) DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to exercise this right at any time on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO to the processing of personal data relating to you.
We will only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Customer account / Orders
Customer account
When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The purpose of the data processing is to improve your shopping experience and to simplify the order processing. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.
Advertising reviews
Käufersiegel customer review
We use the Käufersiegel customer rating tool of Händlerbund Management AG (Torgauer Straße 233 B, 04347 Leipzig) on our website. After you have placed your order, we would like you to rate and comment on your purchase with us.
For this purpose, you will be contacted by us by e-mail, whereby we use the technical system of the provider of the buyer seal rating tool within the scope of order processing.
In doing so, the processing of your data takes place either with your consent or on the basis of our legitimate interest.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO with your consent, provided that you have expressly agreed to receive the evaluation request. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the corresponding link in the email without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.
Processing without explicit consent is based on Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO from the legitimate interest in truthful, verified assessments of our services in the context of direct advertising. For this purpose, we will send out an evaluation request in electronic form for your own goods or services that you have already purchased from us. The dispatch is made to the e-mail address that we have received from you in the context of the sale of a good or service. The sending of the evaluation request is subject to the proviso that you have not objected to this use of your e-mail address.
The objection is possible at any time by notifying us. The contact details for exercising the objection can be found in the imprint. You can also use the link provided in the assessment prompt. This does not incur any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.
The personal data stored in this context in the technical system of the Buyer Seal Rating Tool shall be deleted 3 months after the delivery of goods recorded for rating.
Use of the email address for sending newsletters
We use your e-mail address, irrespective of the processing of the contract, exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.
Your data will be passed on to a service provider for e-mail marketing within the framework of order processing. The data will not be passed on to other third parties.
Payment service provider
Use of PayPal
All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy. You can find this under https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Cookies
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
We use the “Real Cookie Banner” consent tool to manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. You can find details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works at https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/” rel=”noreferrer” target=”_blank”>https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context is Art. 6 para. (1) c GDPR and Art. 6 para. (1) f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.
Analysis / Advertising tracking
Use of Google Analytics
We use the Google Analytics web analytics service provided by Google LLC on our website. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; „Google“). If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.
The data processing serves the purpose of analysing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The following information, among others, may be collected: IP address, date and time of page view, click path, information about the browser you are using and the device you are using, pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data, purchase activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and tracking pixels, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by this about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks. Both Google and US government agencies have access to your data. Your data may be linked by Google to other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices and any other data Google may have about you.
IP anonymisation is activated on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 (3) p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ and https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de.
Use of the Facebook Pixell
We use the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function of Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland “Facebook”) on our website.
Facebook Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data and the transmission of this data to Facebook when the service is integrated. This is based on an agreement between us and Facebook Ireland on the joint processing of personal data, which sets out the respective responsibilities. The agreement can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Thereafter, we are in particular responsible for complying with the information obligations pursuant to Art. 13, 14 GDPR, for complying with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with regard to the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service, and for complying with the obligations pursuant to Art. 33, 34 GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects our obligations under the joint processing agreement. Facebook Ireland has the responsibility to enable data subject rights under Art. 15 – 20 GDPR, to comply with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with respect to the security of the Service, and to comply with the obligations under Art. 33, 34 GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects Facebook Ireland’s obligations under the Joint Processing Agreement.
The application serves the purpose of targeting visitors to the website with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the remarketing tag from Facebook was implemented on the website. A direct connection to the Facebook servers is established via this tag when visiting the website. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. Facebook associates this information with your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the social network Facebook, you will then be shown personalised, interest-based Facebook ads. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 (3) p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
We use the online advertising programme “Google Ads” on our website and in this context conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.
When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that you have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to this page. Each Google Ads client receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no possibility that cookies can be tracked through Ads clients’ websites.
The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that personally identifies users.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 (3) p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
You can find more information and Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Use of Google AdSense
We use the AdSense function of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website. If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws. The data processing serves the purpose of renting advertising space on the website and targeting visitors to the website with interest-based advertising on these. By means of this function, visitors to the provider’s website are shown personalised, interest-based advertisements from the Google Display Network. Google uses cookies to analyse your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 (3) p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
You can find more information and Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Plug-ins and other
We use the Google Tag Manager of Google LLC on our website. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; „Google“). If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.
This application is used to manage JavaScript tags and HTML tags that are used to implement tracking and analysis tools in particular. The data processing serves the purpose of designing and optimising our website in line with requirements.
The Google Tag Manager itself neither stores cookies nor does it process personal data. However, it enables the triggering of other tags that can collect and process personal data.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection here.
Use of social plug-ins
We use plug-ins of social networks on our website. The integration of social plug-ins and the data processing that takes place serves the purpose of optimising advertising for our products.
When social plug-ins are integrated, a link is established between your computer and the servers of the social network providers and the plug-in is displayed on the page by notifying your browser, provided you have expressly consented to this. In this process, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted to the provider servers. This applies regardless of whether you are registered or logged in to the social network. Transmission also takes place for users who are not registered or logged in. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the information collected may also be associated with your respective profiles. When using the plug-in functions (e.g. by pressing the button), this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and before activating the buttons.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 (3) p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
The social networks named below are integrated into our website by means of social plug-ins. You can find more information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data as well as on your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in the linked data protection notices of the providers.
Facebook of Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland)
Facebook Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data and the transmission of this data to Facebook when the service is integrated. This is based on an agreement between us and Facebook Ireland on the joint processing of personal data, which sets out the respective responsibilities. The agreement can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Thereafter, we are in particular responsible for complying with the information obligations pursuant to Art. 13, 14 GDPR, for complying with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with regard to the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service, and for complying with the obligations pursuant to Art. 33, 34 GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects our obligations under the joint processing agreement. Facebook Ireland has the responsibility to enable data subject rights under Art. 15 – 20 GDPR, to comply with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with respect to the security of the Service, and to comply with the obligations under Art. 33, 34 GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects Facebook Ireland’s obligations under the Joint Processing Agreement.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.
LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation (2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA)
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA.
https://www.xing.com/privacy
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.
Use of social plug-ins by means of “Shariff
We use plug-ins of social networks on our website. To ensure that you retain control over your data, we use the privacy-safe “Shariff” buttons.
Without your express consent, no links are established to the servers of the social networks and consequently no data is transmitted.
“Shariff” is a development by the specialists of the computer magazine c’t. It enables more privacy on the net and replaces the usual “share” buttons of social networks. You can find more information about the Shariff project here https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html.
When you click on the buttons, a pop-up window appears in which you can log in to the respective provider with your data. Only after this active login by you will a direct connection to the social networks be established.
By logging in, you consent to the transfer of your data to the respective social media provider. Among other things, your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the information collected will also be associated with your respective profiles. You can only prevent this assignment by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and activating the buttons. The social networks named below are integrated by means of the “Shariff” function.
You can find more information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data as well as on your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in the linked data protection notices of the providers.
Facebook of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
Instagram of Instagram LLC. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA) https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.
LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation (2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA)
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA.
Xing of XING SE (Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg)
https://www.xing.com/privacy
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws. The purpose of the query is to distinguish the input by a human or by automated, machine processing. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. In addition, the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service will be transferred to Google. This data is processed by Google within the European Union and may also be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
We use the invisible reCAPTCHA service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website. If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.
This is for the purpose of distinguishing input by a human or by automated, machine processing. In the background, Google collects and analyses usage data, which is used by Invisible reCaptcha to distinguish regular users from bots. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. In addition, the IP address and any other data required by Google for the Invisible reCAPTCHA service will be transmitted to Google.
This data is processed by Google within the European Union and, where applicable, also in the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO for the legitimate interest of protecting our website from automated spying, misuse and SPAM. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to exercise this right at any time on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO to the processing of personal data relating to you.
You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and https://www.google.com/privacy.
Use of GoogleMaps
We use the GoogleMaps map embedding feature of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website.
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the Google affiliate responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.
The function enables the visual display of geographical information and interactive maps. In doing so, Google also collects, processes and uses data of the visitors of the websites when calling up the pages in which GoogleMaps-Maps are integrated.
Your data may also be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or similar technologies is based on § 15 para. 3 P. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Google, please refer to Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html . There you also have the option in the Privacy Center to change your settings so that you can manage and protect your data processed by Google.
YouTube use
We use the YouTube video embedding feature of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “YouTube”) on our website.YouTube is a company affiliated with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
The function displays videos stored on YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The “Enhanced privacy mode” option is activated. As a result, YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video, information about it is transmitted to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or similar technologies is based on § 15 para. 3 P. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
For more information about the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, about your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy.
Data subject rights and storage period
Duration of storage
After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, thereafter taking into account statutory, in particular tax and commercial law retention periods and then deleted after expiry of the period, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights according to Art. 15 to 20 DSGVO: the right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, according to Article 21 (1) DSGVO a right to object to processing based on Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, as well as against processing for the purpose of direct marketing.
Right of complaint to the supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
Right of objection
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. (1) (f) DSGVO, you have the right to object to this processing with effect for the future at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
last update: 27.10.2020