2. Data processing for contract handling and for contacting us

2.1 Data processing for contract handling

For the purpose of contract handling (including enquiries about and handling of any existing warranty and service disruption claims, as well as any statutory updating obligations) in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (b) GDPR, we collect personal data if you provide it to us voluntarily as part of your order. Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we require the data compulsorily for contract handling and without this information we cannot send the order. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms.

Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on disclosure to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping handling, can be found in the following sections of this Privacy Policy. After complete handling of the contract, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (c) GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to any further use of data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this policy.

Merchandise management system

For order and contract handling, we use merchandise management systems of external service providers. Our service providers act for us within the framework of processing on our behalf. If you have questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this Privacy Policy.

2.2 Customer account

Insofar as you have given your consent pursuant to Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the customer account and for storing your data for further future orders on our website. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can either be done by sending a message to the contact option described in this Privacy Policy or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to any further use of data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this policy.

2.3 Microsoft 365 including Outlook and Microsoft 365 Copilot

We use “Microsoft 365” including Outlook and Microsoft 365 Copilot. The provider is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Microsoft”).

Microsoft 365 is a platform for communication, collaboration, appointment management, file storage, document editing and organisation of business processes. As part of the use of Microsoft 365, in particular master data, contact data, communication data, content data, email data, file and document contents, appointment and calendar data, contract data, usage data, technical data and metadata may be processed. When using Outlook, in particular names, email addresses, contents of emails, email attachments, subject lines, sending and receiving times as well as further communication metadata may be processed.

We also use Microsoft 365 Copilot to support our work with Microsoft 365. Depending on use, configuration and authorisation concept, Microsoft 365 Copilot may process content from Microsoft 365. This may include in particular emails, calendar information, contacts, files, document contents, meeting contents, chat and communication data as well as further information from Microsoft 365. Processing takes place in particular for searching for information, summarising content, creating and revising texts, preparing work processes and supporting internal organisation. Microsoft 365 Copilot processes content within the framework of the configured authorisation concept and in principle can only take into account content to which the respective user may have access.

The processing of personal data may also take place in third countries, in particular in the USA. This may be the case in particular for support services, security and error analyses, telemetry, the use of subprocessors or depending on the configuration of individual Microsoft services. With Microsoft 365 Copilot, depending on settings and availability of functions, individual processing operations, in particular processing by large language models, may also take place outside the EU Data Boundary. In this respect, Microsoft describes for EU and EFTA customers the possibility of so-called Flex Routing, in which LLM inferencing may take place outside the EU Data Boundary under certain conditions.

Insofar as personal data is transferred to Microsoft in the USA or processed there, Microsoft bases the data transfer to the USA on the European Commission’s EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Insofar as Microsoft transfers personal data to further third countries or has it processed by subprocessors in further third countries, Microsoft states that it additionally bases these transfers on appropriate safeguards, in particular standard contractual clauses within the meaning of Article 46 GDPR.

Processing takes place, insofar as it is necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures or a contract with you, on the basis of Article 6(1) point (b) GDPR. Insofar as processing takes place for safeguarding our legitimate interests, it takes place on the basis of Article 6(1) point (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests lie in efficient communication, secure organisation of our business processes, structured collaboration, documentation of business transactions, handling of enquiries as well as supporting our employees in handling business tasks. Insofar as we are legally obliged to retain certain communication, documents or business transactions, processing takes place on the basis of Article 6(1) point (c) GDPR. Insofar as special categories of personal data are processed in individual cases, this only takes place if there is a legal basis for this under Article 9 GDPR.

Microsoft processes personal data, insofar as this processing takes place on our behalf for the provision and operation of Microsoft 365 including Outlook and Microsoft 365 Copilot, as a processor within the meaning of Article 4 no. 8 GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Microsoft within the meaning of Article 28(3) GDPR. In this, Microsoft undertakes in particular to process personal data only in accordance with our instructions and for providing the agreed services, to implement suitable technical and organisational protective measures and to use subprocessors only in accordance with the contractual provisions.

Further information on data processing by Microsoft can be found at https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/privacy/privacystatement . Further information on the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum can be found at https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA

2.4 Contacting us

As part of customer communication, we collect personal data for processing your enquiries in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (b) GDPR if you voluntarily provide this to us when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we compulsorily require the data for processing your contact request. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After your enquiry has been fully processed, your data will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to any further use of data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this policy.

3. Data processing for the purpose of shipping handling

For contract fulfilment in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (b) GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

Transfer of data to shipping service providers for the purpose of shipping notification

If you have given us your express consent for this during or after your order, we will, on this basis and in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR, pass on your email address to the selected shipping service provider so that they can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.
Consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this Privacy Policy or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation we will delete your data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to any further use of data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this policy.

DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Germany

DPD Deutschland GmbH
Wailandtstraße 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
Germany

4. Data processing for payment handling

When processing payments in our online shop, we work with these partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

4.1 Data processing for transaction handling

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for handling the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who act for us within the framework of processing on our behalf, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for handling the payment. This serves the fulfilment of the contract in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (b) GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers themselves collect the data required for handling the payment , e.g. on their own website or via technical integration in the order process. In this respect, the Privacy Policy of the respective payment service provider applies.
If you have questions about our partners for payment handling and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this Privacy Policy.

4.2 Data processing for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimisation of our payment processes

If necessary, we provide our service providers with further data, which they use together with the data required for handling the payment as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimisation of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, handling of disputed payments, support for accounting). This serves, in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 point (f) GDPR, to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests within the framework of a balancing of interests in protecting ourselves against fraud or in efficient payment management.

4.3 Identity and credit check when selecting purchase on account via PayOne

If you choose the payment method purchase on account (offered via PayOne GmbH, Lyoner Str. 9, 60528 Frankfurt a. M., Germany (hereinafter PayOne)), we ask for your consent in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR that we may transfer the data necessary for handling the payment and an identity and credit check to PayOne. In Germany, for the identity and credit check, the credit agencies named in the Privacy Policy of PayOne may be used. PayOne uses the information received about the statistical probability of payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option named in this Privacy Policy . This may result in us no longer being able to offer you certain payment options.

5. Advertising by email

5.1 Email newsletter with registration, newsletter tracking with separate consent

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to send you our regular email newsletter on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can either be done by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from the recipient list, unless you have not expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to any further use of data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this policy.

If you have additionally given us your consent in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR to analyse our newsletter, we also analyse your handling of our newsletter by measuring, storing and evaluating opening rates and click rates for the purpose of designing future newsletter campaigns (“newsletter tracking”).

For this evaluation, the emails sent contain single-pixel technologies (e.g. so-called web beacons, tracking pixels), which are stored on our website. For the evaluations, we link in particular the following “newsletter data”

• the page from which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL),
• the date and time of the access,
• the description of the type of web browser used,
• the IP address of the requesting computer,
• the email address,
• the date and time of registration and confirmation

and the single-pixel technologies with your email address or your IP address and, if applicable, an individual ID. Links contained in the newsletter may also contain this ID.

Unsubscribing from newsletter tracking is possible at any time and can either be done by sending a message to the described contact option or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter.

The information is stored as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter.

5.2 Email advertising without newsletter registration and your right to object

If we receive your email address in connection with the sale of a good or service and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to send you regular vouchers or offers from our range. You can object to this use of your email address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising email, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.

5.3 Newsletter dispatch

The newsletter and the newsletter tracking presented above are possibly also sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this Privacy Policy.

5.4 Sending review requests by email

If you have given us your express consent for this during or after your order in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR, we use your email address for the request to submit a review of your order via the review system used by us. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this Privacy Policy or via a link provided for this purpose in the review request.

The review requests may also be sent by our service provider Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne (Trusted Shops) .

In the process, as part of sending review requests, we receive information on the respective status from Trusted Shops (e.g. whether the review request was sent and whether it was received). This takes place in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (f) GDPR for fulfilment of our legitimate interest in receiving information about the review invitations so that optimisations can be made on this basis if necessary, as well as for fulfilment of the legitimate interest of Trusted Shops in being able to offer this service.

For the sending of review requests and for the collection and display of review and status information, we are jointly responsible with Trusted Shops .

Within the framework of the joint responsibility existing between us and Trusted Shops GmbH, please contact Trusted Shops GmbH first if you have data protection questions and for asserting your rights; their contact options can be found here . Further information on data protection can be found at the following link here . Regardless of this, you can also always contact us using the contact option described in this Privacy Policy. Your enquiry will then , if necessary, be forwarded to the other controller for response.

6. Cookies and other technologies

6.1 General information

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use on various pages technologies including so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognise your browser on the next visit (persistent cookies).

Privacy protection for end devices
When using our online offer, we use technologies that are absolutely necessary in order to provide the telemedia service expressly requested . The storage of information on your end device or access to information already stored on your end device does not require consent in this respect.

For functions that are not absolutely necessary, the storage of information on your end device or access to information already stored on your end device requires your consent. We would like to point out to you that if consent is not given, parts of the website may not be fully usable. Any consent you may have given remains in place until you adjust or reset the respective settings in your end device.

Any downstream data processing by cookies and other technologies
We use such technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping basket function). Through these technologies, IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website (e. g. information on the contents of the shopping basket) are collected and processed. This serves overriding legitimate interests within the framework of a balancing of interests in an optimised presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (f) GDPR.

In addition, we use technologies to fulfil the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to prove consents to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this Privacy Policy. Where applicable, we also use technologies that are not individually listed in this Privacy Policy . More detailed information on these technologies including the respective legal basis for data processing can be found on the Usercentrics platform. You can reach this by clicking the fingerprint button in the lower right or left corner of the page.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser at the following links: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the Privacy Policy . Alternatively, you can click the fingerprint button in the lower right or left corner of the page. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

6.2 Consent Manager Platform (CMP)

On our website, we use a consent management service (“Consent Manager Platform (CMP)”) in order to inform you about the cookies and the other technologies that we use on our website, as well as to obtain, manage and document your consent to the processing of your personal data by these technologies where necessary. This is necessary in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (c) GDPR to fulfil our legal obligation pursuant to Article 7(1) GDPR to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject. 

The Consent Manager Platform (CMP) used is a service of ACRIS E-Commerce GmbH, Am Pfenningberg 60, 4040 Linz, Austria, which processes your data on our behalf. After submitting your cookie declaration on our website, the web server stores the following data: IP address, device information, browser information, set language, website accessed or its URL, date and time of your declaration of consent as well as information on your consent behaviour. In addition, the following technologies are used, which contains / contain information on your consent behaviour: cookies The data is stored exclusively on the end device; no transfer of personal data to the provider of the Consent Manager Platform (CMP) takes place. 

Your data will be deleted after 30 days, unless you have not expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to any further use of data permitted by law and about which we inform you in this policy .

7. Use of cookies and other technologies

If you have given your consent for this in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR , we use the following cookies and other technologies from third-party providers on our website. Once the purpose no longer applies and the use of the respective technology by us has ended, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the section "Cookies and other technologies". Further information including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers can be found with the individual technologies. If you have questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this Privacy Policy.

Adcell Retargeting
Through the advertising partner Firstlead GmbH, Rosenfelder Str. 15-16, 10315 Berlin (“adcell”), we advertise this website in search results as well as on third-party websites. When visiting our website, a retargeting cookie is automatically set by adcell or its partners, which by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages visited by you enables interest-based advertising. Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. adcell is responsible for the precise implementation (e.g. the decision on the placement of the individual advertisements). The data automatically collected by adcell (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) may possibly be combined by adcell with information from other sources and transmitted to adcell advertising partners.

advanced store Retargeting
Through the advertising partner advanced store GmbH, Alte Jakobstr. 79/80, 10179 Berlin (“advanced store”), we advertise this website in search results as well as on third-party websites. When visiting our website, a retargeting cookie is automatically set by advanced store or its partners, which by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages visited by you enables interest-based advertising. Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. advanced store is responsible for the precise implementation (e.g. the decision on the placement of the individual advertisements). The data automatically collected by advanced store (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) may possibly be combined by advanced store with information from other sources and transmitted to advanced store advertising partners.

Customa
On this website, technologies from customa are used to collect and store data for marketing and optimisation purposes. The provider of this technology is trust in dialog Services GmbH, Merkurring 33-35, 22143 Hamburg, https://www.customa.de. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are text files that are stored locally in the cache of the internet browser of the site visitor. The cookies enable the internet browser to be recognised.

7.1 Use of Google services

We use the technologies presented below of Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by the Google technologies about your use of our website is generally transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there . For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses.  If your IP address is collected via the Google technologies, it will be shortened before storage on Google's servers by activating IP anonymisation . Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a server of Google and shortened there. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies , data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement concluded for the respective technology between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. Further information on data processing by Google can be found in the Google Privacy Policy.

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA, for which the European Commission has by decision determined an adequate level of data protection. Our service providers are based and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses.   

Google Analytics
For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored by Google Analytics, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Your IP address is generally not combined with other Google data. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on processing on behalf by Google.

Google Ads
For advertising purposes in Google search results as well as on third-party websites , when visiting our website the so-called Google Remarketing cookie is set, which automatically through the collection and processing of data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages visited by you enables interest-based advertising. Any further data processing only takes place if you have activated the setting “personalised advertising” in your Google account. If you are in this case logged in to Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, via Google Ads Conversion Tracking we measure your subsequent user behaviour, if you arrived at our website via a Google Ads advertisement. Cookies may be used for this purpose and data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website on the basis of events specified by us such as e.g. visit to a website or newsletter registration) may be collected, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms.

Google Maps
For the visual display of geographical information, by Google Maps data about your use of the maps functions, in particular the IP address as well as location data, are collected, transmitted to Google and subsequently processed by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

Google Fonts
For uniform presentation of the contents on our website, by the script code “Google Fonts” data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information) are collected, transmitted to Google and subsequently processed by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

Google Tag Manager
Through Google Tag Manager, we can manage various codes and services on our website. When implementing the individual tags, Google may under certain circumstances also process personal data (e.g. IP address, online identifiers (including cookies)). Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on processing on behalf by Google.

By using Google Tag Manager, integration of various services/technologies can be achieved.
If you do not wish to use individual tracking services and have therefore deactivated them, the deactivation remains in place for all affected tracking tags integrated by Google Tag Manager.

YouTube Video Plugin
For integrating third-party content, via the YouTube Video Plugin in the enhanced privacy mode used by us data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information) are collected, transmitted to Google and subsequently processed by Google, only if you play a video.

7.2 Use of Facebook services

Use of Facebook Pixel
We use Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies presented below of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook (by Meta)” or “Meta Platforms Ireland”). With Facebook Pixel, data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website based on events specified by us such as e.g. visit to a website or newsletter registration) is automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. For this purpose, when visiting our website, a cookie is automatically set by Facebook Pixel, which automatically by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID enables recognition of your browser when visiting other websites . Facebook (by Meta) will combine this information with further data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services connected with website use , in particular personalised and group-based advertising .

The information automatically collected by Facebook (by Meta) technologies about your use of our website is generally transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. For the USA there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Insofar as the data transfer to the USA falls within our responsibility, our cooperation is based on European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses. Further information on data processing by Facebook can be found in the Privacy Policy of Facebook (by Meta).

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in the following countries, for which the European Commission has determined by decision an adequate level of data protection : USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Argentina. There is a decision by the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as the basis for a transfer to a third country, provided that the respective service provider is certified.A certification is in place. Our service providers are based and/or use servers in these countries: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission . Our cooperation with them is based on these safeguards:  European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses.

Facebook Ads (Ads Manager)
Through Facebook Ads, we advertise this website on Facebook (by Meta) as well as on other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. For the precise implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of the advertisements with individual users, Facebook (by Meta) is responsible. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies , data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. Joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Meta Platforms Ireland. The subsequent data processing by Meta Platforms Ireland is not covered by this.

7.3 Other providers of web analysis and online marketing services

Use of AdCell Retargeting for online marketing
Through the advertising partner Firstlead GmbH, Rosenfelder Str. 15-16, 10315 Berlin (“adcell”), we advertise this website in search results as well as on third-party websites. When visiting our website, a retargeting cookie is automatically set by adcell or its partners, which by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages visited by you enables interest-based advertising. Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. For the precise implementation (e.g. the decision on the placement of the individual advertisements) adcell is responsible. The data automatically collected by adcell (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) may possibly be combined by adcell with information from other sources and transmitted to adcell advertising partners.

Use of Vimeo Video Plugin for integrating third-party content
For integrating third-party content, via the video plugin of Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA (“Vimeo”) data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information) are collected, transmitted to Vimeo and subsequently processed by Vimeo. Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. Google Analytics is automatically integrated in the Vimeo Video Plugin. For the purpose of website analysis, with Google Analytics data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Google Analytics is a service of Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our website is generally transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there . Your IP address will be shortened before storage on the servers of Google by activating IP anonymisation. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a server of Google in the USA and shortened there. We have no influence and access to the data processing by Vimeo including the settings and the results of Google Analytics. For the USA there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses. 

8. Integration of the Trusted Shops Trustbadge/ other widgets

8.1 Data processing when integrating the Trustbadge/ other widgets

The Trustbadge is provided by a US CDN provider (Content-DeliveryNetwork). An adequate level of data protection is ensured in each case by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, which for the USA can be accessed here. Service providers used from the USA are generally certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information is available here. If service providers used are not certified under the DPF, standard contractual clauses have been concluded as an appropriate safeguard. When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, date and time of access, transmitted data volume and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access . The IP address is anonymised immediately after collection, so that the stored data cannot be assigned to your person. The anonymised data is used in particular for statistical purposes and for error analysis.

8.2 Data processing after completion of the order

9. Social media

9.1 Social plugins from Facebook (by Meta), Instagram (by Meta)

Social buttons from social networks are used on our website. These are merely integrated into the page as HTML links, so that when our website is called up no connection with the servers of the respective provider is yet established. If you click one of the buttons, the website of the respective social network opens in a new window of your browser. There you can e.g. press the Like or Share button .

9.2 Our online presence on Facebook (by Meta), Instagram (by Meta), Youtube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Xing

If you have given your consent for this in accordance with Article 6(1) sentence 1 point (a) GDPR to the respective social media operator, when visiting our online presences on the above-mentioned social media your data is automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used to place e.g. advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests . Cookies are generally used for this purpose. The detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the providers' Privacy Policies linked below. Should you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook (by Meta) is a service of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta Platforms Ireland”). The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook (by Meta) is generally transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. For the USA there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission . Our cooperation with them is based on European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses.  Data processing within the framework of visiting a Facebook (by Meta) fan page takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in the following countries, for which the European Commission has determined by decision an adequate level of data protection : USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Argentina. There is a decision by the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as the basis for a transfer to a third country, provided that the respective service provider is certified. A certification is in place. Our service providers are based and/or use servers in these countries: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission . Our cooperation with them is based on these safeguards:  European Commission Standard Data Protection Clauses.

10. Contact options and your rights

10.1 Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• in accordance with Article 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us within the scope specified there;
• in accordance with Article 16 GDPR, the right to request without undue delay the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
• in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, insofar as further processing is not
• for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
• for fulfilment of a legal obligation;
• for reasons of public interest or
• for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims is necessary;
• in accordance with Article 18 GDPR, the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
• the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
• the processing is unlawful but you oppose its deletion;
• we no longer need the data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or
• you have objected pursuant to Article 21 GDPR to the processing;
• in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;
• in accordance with Article 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you may contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.

10.2 Contact options

If you have questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, restriction or deletion of data as well as revocation of granted consents or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly via the contact data in our legal notice.

Data Protection Officer:
SHIELD GmbH Martin Vogel
Ohlrattweg 5
25497 Prisdorf
Germany

info@shield-datenschutz.de

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