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Data Protection

PRIVACY POLICY
TERMS OF USE

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed under this text.


Data collection on this
website Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Its contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.


How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by informing us about it. For example, this may be data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when visiting the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (such as Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.


What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.


What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge. You also have a right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.


Third-party analysis tools and tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.


HOSTING AND CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website access and other data generated via a website.
The use of the hoster is for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR).
Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its obligations and to comply with our instructions regarding this data.


Conclusion of a data processing contract

To ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our hoster.


GENERAL NOTES AND MANDATORY INFORMATION

Privacy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We would like to point out that the transmission of data on the Internet (for example, when communicating via e-mail) may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.


Note on the responsible body

The data controller on this website is:
Nicole Buddenahalli
Georg-Treber-Str 50

65428 Rüsselsheim

E-mail: nicolebuddenahalli@web.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, e-mail addresses or the like).


Storage period

If no specific storage period has been specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you make a legitimate deletion request or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons have ceased to exist.


Information on data transfer to the USA

Our website includes tools from companies based in the USA. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a secure third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against them. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (such as secret services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.


Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.


Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Article 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING REASONS FOR PROCESSING, WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OPPOSITION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 PARAGRAPH 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO YOU AT ANY TIME FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEN NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 PARAGRAPH 2 GDPR).


Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right of appeal is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.


Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in the performance of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.


SSL or. TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses an SSL or SSL. TLS encryption. An encrypted connection is recognized by the browser’s address bar changing from http:/" to https://" and by the lock icon in your browser line.
If the SSL or. TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.


Information, deletion and correction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the processing of your personal data. a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this purpose and for further questions about personal data.


Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

 

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

  • If the processing of your personal data has happened/happens unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

  • If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Article 21.1 of the GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

  • If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may - apart from their storage - only with your consent or to assert exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.


Opposition to advertising emails

The use of contact data published under the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby rejected. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam e-mails.


DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

Cookies

Our websites use so-called "cookies", which are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you enter our website (third-party cookies). These allow us or you to use certain services of the third party company (for example, cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (for example, the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or to display advertising.
Cookies that are used to perform the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you want (functional cookies, for example for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the web publication) are required, are based on Art. 6 Paragraph 1 letter f of the GDPR, if no other legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the relevant cookies takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a GDPR); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, accept cookies in certain cases or exclude them in general and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately within the scope of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, inform you of this. request a consent.


Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
• Browser type and browser version
• operating system
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address
The collection of this data is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website - for this, the server log files must be recorded.


Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form including the contact details provided by you there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of Article 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to perform pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a
GDPR) if requested. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (for example, after processing your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.


Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of Article 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to perform pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a
GDPR) if requested. The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (for example, after processing your request has been completed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.


Communication via WhatsApp

We use the instant messaging service WhatsApp to communicate with our customers and other third parties. Provider is WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
The communication takes place via an end-to-end encryption (peer-to-peer) that prevents WhatsApp or other third parties from gaining access to the communication content. However, WhatsApp gets access to metadata that arises during the communication process (e.g., sender, recipient and time). We would also like to point out that WhatsApp claims to share personal data of its users with its US-based parent company Facebook. Further details on data processing can be found in WhatsApp’s privacy policy at: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy.
The use of WhatsApp is based on our legitimate interest in the fastest possible and most effective communication with customers, interested parties and other business and contractual partners (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f
GDPR). If a corresponding consent has been requested, data processing takes place exclusively on the basis of consent; this can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. The communication content exchanged between and on WhatsApp will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage ceases (for example, after processing your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.


E.ANALYSIS TOOLS AND ADVERTISING

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics allows the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, time spent, operating systems used and the user’s origin. This data may be combined by Google in a profile that is assigned to the respective user or his device.
Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The use of this analysis tool is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (for example, consent to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 letter a
GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.


IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide the website operator with further services related to website use and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.


Browser Plugin

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https:/tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/4245?hl=de.


Order processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for order processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.


Demographic characteristics of Google Analytics

This website uses the "Demographic Characteristics" function of Google Analytics to be able to display suitable advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. This allows reports to be created that contain information about the age, gender and interests of the page visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the point "Objection to data collection".


Storage period

User and event-level data stored on Google that is linked to cookies, user identifiers (such as User ID) or advertising IDs (such as DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) are anonymized or anonymized after 14 months. erased. Details can be found under the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=de


Google Ads

The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Ads allows us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms into Google (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted advertisements can be displayed based on the user data available at Google (e.g., location data and interests) (target group targeting). As a website operator, we can evaluate this data quantitatively by analyzing, for example, which search terms led to the display of our ads and how many ads led to corresponding clicks.
The use of Google Ads is based on article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in marketing its products as effectively as possible.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.


PLUGINS AND TOOLS

YouTube

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use comparable technologies for recognition (e.g., device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can receive information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve usability and prevent fraud attempts.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 letter a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information on how we handle user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform presentation of fonts.For more
information about Google Web Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


Google Maps

This site uses Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of Google Maps takes place in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and in an easy to find the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 letter a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details
can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterm/sccs/Moreinformation on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


ECOMMERCE AND PAYMENT PROVIDERS

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent that it is necessary for the establishment, content or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Article 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process and use personal data about the use of this website (usage data) to the extent necessary to enable or invoice the use of the service to the user.
The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

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