Data protection

Privacy Policy

The responsible body in the sense of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Ms. Nicole Crespo
Hackenberg 8
42897 Remscheid

Your Data Subject Rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Restriction of data processing, if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
  • Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with future effect.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g., the supervisory authority responsible for your federal state of residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Type and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, general information is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address, and similar data. This is exclusively information that does not allow conclusions to be drawn about your person.

It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
  • Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability, and
  • For other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us to optimize our internet presence and the underlying technology.

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and features may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system, and your connection to the Internet.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation and enable the correct display of our web pages.

Under no circumstances will the data collected by us be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can generally view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to find out how you can change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Storage period and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Shopping cart cookies
480 hours

Insofar as these cookies (also) concern personal data, we will inform you about this in the following sections.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Registration on our website

Type and purpose of processing:

When registering to use our personalized services, some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data (e.g., telephone number and email address). If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we offer only to registered users. Registered users also have the option to change or delete the data provided during registration at any time if required. Of course, we also provide you with information about the personal data stored by us about you at any time.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

Data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent exists. After that, they will be deleted, unless there are legal retention obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details provided at the end of this privacy policy.

Provision prescribed or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content and services.

Provision of paid services

Type and purpose of processing:

To provide paid services, we request additional data, such as payment information, to be able to execute your order.

Legal basis:

The processing of data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage period:

We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper accounting and tax law requirements.

Provision prescribed or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content and services.

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires the provision of a valid email address and your name. This serves to assign the request and then answer it. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we want to enable you to contact us easily. Your information will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered into the contact form will be processed for the purpose of carrying out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.

If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision prescribed or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.

Use of script libraries (Google Webfonts)

Type and purpose of processing:

To display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") on this website for font display.

The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Webfonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipients:

Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the operator of the library. It is theoretically possible – but currently unclear whether and, if so, for what purposes – that the operator, in this case Google, collects data.

Storage period:

We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Webfonts.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision prescribed or necessary:

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without it, the correct display of content using standard fonts cannot be enabled.

Revocation of consent:

JavaScript programming language is regularly used to display content. You can therefore object to data processing by deactivating the execution of JavaScript in your browser or installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may lead to functional restrictions on the website.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS.

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your renewed visit.

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

This privacy policy was created using the Privacy Policy Generator of activeMind AG (Version 2018-06-22).

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