privacy policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Pesttanz Klangschmiede, c/o IP-Management #26455*, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18, 20459 Hamburg, email: info@pesttanz.com. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

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

·         The website you visited

·         Date and time of access

·         Amount of data sent in bytes

·         Source/reference from which you accessed the site

·         Browser used

·         Operating system used

·         IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing takes place 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. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Cookies

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

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

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

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

4) contact

4.1 - Function for price suggestions

On our website, we offer customers the opportunity to use an electronic form to submit a price suggestion for selected items at which they would purchase the item.

In accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR, when the form is sent electronically, we collect and store certain personal data of the person making the request (such as name and email address) for processing the price suggestion and use this to subsequently inform the person making the request of a rejection or acceptance of the suggestion or to make a counter-proposal. The data provided via the form is used strictly for the purpose of collecting and allocating the price suggestion and for a decision on its acceptance in order to prepare for the conclusion of a contract. After a price suggestion request has been finally processed, the personal data is deleted unless there are any statutory retention periods to the contrary.

- Make an offer

On this website you have the option of submitting price suggestions for items for sale via the "Make an Offer" service of Buraleo Limited, Suite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House, Edinburgh, Eh4 2hs, United Kingdom ("Make an Offer").

The user's name, email address, telephone number if applicable and delivery address are requested and, if the price suggestion is sent, are first sent to Make an Offer and then to the person responsible named above so that they can respond to the price suggestion, i.e. accept it, reject it or contrast it with a counter offer.

The data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that it is actually necessary for the purpose of initiating and processing the contract. After a price suggestion request has been finally processed, your data will be deleted unless there are any statutory retention periods to the contrary.

In the event that data is transmitted to Buraleo Limited in the United Kingdom, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision.

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

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary.

5) comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time the comment was created and the commentator name you have chosen will be saved and published on this website. Your IP address will also be logged and saved. This IP address is saved for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment. We need your email address in order to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as being illegal.

The legal basis for storing your data is Art. 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as being illegal by third parties.6)

Data processing when opening a customer account

According to Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required to open an account in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

You can delete your customer account at any time and can do so by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the person responsible. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

7) Use of customer data for direct marketing

7.1 Registration for our email newsletter

If you register for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter if you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. We store your IP address entered by the Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

 

7.2 Sending the email newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range, as those you have already purchased, by email. In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 3 of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG), we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you emails.

You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. Once your objection has been received, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.

 

7.3 Mailjet

Our email newsletters are sent via this provider: Mailjet GmbH, c/o Workrepublic, Berliner Allee 26, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany

Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR so that they can send the newsletter on our behalf.

Subject to your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical evaluation of the success of newsletter campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, which can measure opening rates and specific interactions with the content of the newsletter. Device information (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system) is also collected and evaluated, but not merged with other data sets.

You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits the transfer to third parties.

 

7.4 WhatsApp-Newsletter

If you sign up for our WhatsApp newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers via WhatsApp. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your mobile phone number.

To send the newsletter, add our mobile phone number to the address contacts of your mobile device and send us the message "Start" via WhatsApp. By sending this WhatsApp message, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR for the purpose of sending newsletters. We will then add you to our newsletter mailing list.

The data we collect when you sign up for the newsletter will be processed exclusively for the purposes of advertising in the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending us the message "Stop" via WhatsApp. After unsubscribing, your mobile phone number will be deleted immediately from our newsletter mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

Please note that WhatsApp Business receives access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers telephone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA.

To send our WhatsApp newsletter, we therefore use a mobile device in whose address book only the WhatsApp contact details of our newsletter recipients are stored. This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has consented to the transmission of their WhatsApp telephone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR when using the app for the first time on their device by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use. The transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in WhatsApp's privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy

We have concluded a data processing agreement with WhatsApp that protects the data of our newsletter recipients and prohibits it from being passed on to third parties.

As part of the processing mentioned above, data may be transferred to Meta Platforms Inc. servers in the USA.

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

7.5 Shopping cart reminders by email

If you cancel your purchase with us before completing the order, you have the option of being reminded of the contents of your virtual shopping cart by email.

The only mandatory information required to send this reminder is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send emails, which ensures that you only receive a notification once you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to send a shopping cart reminder. We store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for our email notification service is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the shopping cart reminders at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

 

7.6 advertising by mail
Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and - if we have received this additional information from you as part of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business name in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and to use it to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post.

You can object to us storing and using your data for this purpose at any time.

8) data processing for order processing

8.1 To the extent necessary for the contract processing for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details you provided when ordering (name, address, email address) in order to inform you personally about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period by suitable communication channels (e.g. by post or email) within the scope of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent necessary for the respective information.

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

 

8.2 BaseLinker

We use the following provider to process orders: BaseLinker Sp. Z o.o., Plac Solny 15, 50-062 Wrocław, Poland

Your name, address and any other personal data will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR solely for the purpose of processing the online order. Your data will only be passed on if this is actually necessary to process the order.

 

8.3 Weitergabe personenbezogener Daten an Versanddienstleister

- Deutsche Post

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

We will pass on your email address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to the provider.

- DHL

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

We will pass on your email address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future to the person responsible named above or to the provider.
- DHL Express

We use the following provider as our transport service provider: DHL Express Germany GmbH, Heinrich-Brüning-Str. 5, 53113 Bonn, Germany

We will pass on your email address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to the provider.

 

8.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Klarna

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden

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

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

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

In addition to provider-internal criteria in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies can also be included in the decision as part of the application review:

https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies

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

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

- Paypal

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

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

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

In order to protect our legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay in such cases, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. The provider will check on the basis of the personal data you have provided and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience) whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

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

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

- Skrill

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Skrill Ltd., Floor 27, 25 Canada Square, London, E14 5LQ, England

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to pay in advance (such as credit card payment), the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to them in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. In this case, your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose.

If data is transmitted to the provider's location, an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

- SOFORT

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to pay in advance (such as credit card payment), the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to them in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. In this case, your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose.

- Stripe

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland

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

If you select a payment method where the provider pays in advance (such as purchase on account or in installments or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, if applicable, data on an alternative payment method) during the ordering process.

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

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

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

9) Retargeting/remarketing and conversion tracking

Meta Pixel

Within our online offering, we use the "Meta Pixel" service from the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta")

If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us on Facebook and/or Instagram, the URL of our linked page is extended by a parameter using "Meta Pixel". This URL parameter is then entered into the user's browser after forwarding via a cookie that our linked page itself sets.

This enables Meta to determine the visitors to our online offering as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "ads"). Accordingly, we use the service to only display the Facebook and/or Instagram ads placed by us to users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined based on the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (so-called "custom audiences").

On the other hand, the “Meta Pixel” can be used to track whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on an advertisement and what actions they perform there (so-called “conversion tracking”).

The data collected is anonymous to us, so it does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Meta so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes.

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

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

The information generated by Meta is usually transferred to a Meta server and stored there; in this context, data may also be transferred to Meta Platforms Inc. servers in the USA.

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

10) page functionalities

10.1 Facebook-Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

These plugins enable direct interaction with content on the social network.

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established with the provider's servers.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this case, regardless of whether you log in to an existing user profile, a certain amount of information about the device you are using (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider and may be further processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions carried out via the plug-ins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts.

You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plug-in by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no effect on the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

Data can also be transferred to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized transfer to third parties.

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

 

10.2 Instagram-Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland

These plugins enable direct interaction with content on the social network.

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established with the provider's servers.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this case, regardless of whether you log in to an existing user profile, a certain amount of information about the device you are using (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider and may be further processed there.

 

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions carried out via the plug-ins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts.

You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plug-in by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no effect on the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

Data can also be transferred to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized transfer to third parties.

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

10.3 Pinterest-Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

These plugins enable direct interaction with content on the social network.

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established with the provider's servers.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this case, regardless of whether you log in to an existing user profile, a certain amount of information about the device you are using (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider and may be further processed there.

 

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions carried out via the plug-ins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts.

You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plug-in by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no effect on the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

Data can also be transferred to: Pinterest Inc., USA

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized transfer to third parties.

For the transmission of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level.

 

10.4 Vimeo

This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Vimeo.com, Inc., 330 West 34th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

If you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers in order to load the plugin. Certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to the site, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the data to be assigned to your account, you must log out before pressing the play button.

All of the aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

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

 

10.5 Youtube

This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC., USA

If you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers in order to load the plugin. Certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to the site, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the data to be assigned to your account, you must log out before pressing the play button.

All of the aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

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

 

10.6 SoundCloud

This website includes functions from the following music service provider for playing music tracks: SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany

When you visit this site, this integration can establish a direct connection between your browser and the provider's servers, even if you do not have an account with the provider or are not logged into one.

The provider thus receives the information that you have visited our site. The information collected in this process (possibly including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a server of the provider and stored there. However, the information is not used to identify you personally and is not passed on to third parties.

If you play a music track using the corresponding function while you are logged into a user account of the provider, the provider can assign the visit to our site to this account. If you do not want this to be assigned to your account, you must log out before pressing the play button.

The data processing described above is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in an appealing acoustic design of the visit to our website.

You can also object to the loading of the provider's playback functions and thus the data processing operations described above in the future with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (https://noscript.net/).

 

10.7 Spotify

This website includes functions from the following music service provider for playing music tracks: Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden

When you visit this site, this integration can establish a direct connection between your browser and the provider's servers, even if you do not have an account with the provider or are not logged into one.

The provider thus receives the information that you have visited our site. The information collected in this process (possibly including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a server of the provider and stored there. However, the information is not used to identify you personally and is not passed on to third parties.

If you play a music track using the corresponding function while you are logged into a user account of the provider, the provider can assign the visit to our site to this account. If you do not want this to be assigned to your account, you must log out before pressing the play button.

The data processing described above is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in an appealing acoustic design of the visit to our website.

You can also object to the loading of the provider's playback functions and thus the data processing operations described above in the future with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (https://noscript.net/).

 

10.8 Google reCAPTCHA

On this website we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA. The provider uses "Google Fonts", i.e. fonts downloaded from the Internet by Google, for the visual design of the Captcha window. No further information other than that mentioned above, which is already transmitted to Google via the ReCaptcha functionality, is processed here.

The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is carried out by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the end device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit and transmits these to the provider's servers for evaluation. Cookies can be used here, i.e. small text files that are stored in the browser of the end device.

If the processing described above is based on cookies, these will only be set if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

If the processing described above is carried out without the use of cookies, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and avoiding misuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

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

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

11) Tools and Others

- sevDesk

To handle accounting, we use the cloud-based accounting software service of the following provider: sevDesk GmbH, Hauptstraße 115, 77652 Offenburg, Germany

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, if applicable, our company's bank transactions in order to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions and use this to create financial accounting in a partially automated process.

If personal data is also processed in this process, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the efficient organization and documentation of our business transactions.

12) Rechte des Betroffenen

12.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis stated for the respective conditions for exercising them:

·         Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;

·         Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;

·         Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;

·         Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;

·         Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR;

·         Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;

·         Right to withdraw consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;

·         Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

 

12.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

13) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if applicable - also by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data that is processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations indicates otherwise, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.