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Privacy Policy

1) Information about the collection of personal data 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 inform you about the handling of your personal data when using 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 VULCAN UG (limited liability), Königsallee 43, 71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany, email: info@vulcan21.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 the processing of personal data.

1.3  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 an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

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

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time at the time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if necessary: in anonymous form)

The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on 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.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

jet pack

On our website we use the Content Delivery Network (“CDN”) from Jetpack, a service of Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA (hereinafter “Automatic”). A content delivery network is an online service that is used to deliver large media files in particular (such as graphics, page content or scripts) through a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. Using Jetpack’s Content Delivery Network helps us to optimize our website’s loading speeds.

The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a secure and efficient provision, as well as improving the stability and functionality of our website. For more information, see Jetpack’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/de/privacy/

4) Cookies

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

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 for the execution of the contract, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of a given consent or according to 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 site visit.

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

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

5) Contact

When contacting 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 required for this. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified and provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required in each case if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in the input mask of the relevant form on our website. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded have been completed, there are no legal retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing

7.1  Sign up for our email newsletter

If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to be able 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 the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 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 possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data we collect when registering for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

7.2  – Newsletter dispatch via MailChimp

Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA ( http://www.mailchimp .com/ ), to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a MailChimp server in the USA and stored there.

MailChimp uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent one-pixel image files that are stored on our website. In this way it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. With the help of the web beacons, Mailchimp automatically creates general, non-personal statistics about the reaction behavior to newsletter campaigns. On the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of the newsletter campaigns to optimize advertising communication and better alignment with recipient interests, the web beacons in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit f GDPR but also data of the respective newsletter recipient (mail address, time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system) and used. This data allows an individual conclusion to be drawn about the newsletter recipient and is processed by Mailchimp to automatically generate statistics that show whether a specific recipient has opened a newsletter message.

If you want to deactivate the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

MailChimp can also use this data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO itself due to its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service and for market research purposes, for example to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them ourselves or to pass them on to third parties.

To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement (“Data Processing Agreement”) with MailChimp based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission in order to enable the transmission of your personal data to MailChimp. If you are interested, this data processing contract can be viewed at the following Internet address: https://mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/

You can view MailChimp’s privacy policy here:

https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

7.3  Product availability notification via email

For items that are temporarily unavailable, you can opt-in to receive email notifications of stock availability. We will send you a one-time email message about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending e-mails, which ensures that you only receive a notification if you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by clicking on a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 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 possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when you register for our email notification service about the availability of goods is used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the availability notifications at any time by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned above. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately 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 data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration .

8) Data processing for order processing

8.1  – Transmission of image files for order processing via upload function

On our website, we offer customers the option of ordering the personalization of products by sending image files via an upload function. The submitted image will be used as a template for personalizing the selected product.

Using the upload form on the website, the customer can transmit one or more image files from the memory of the end device used to us directly via automated, encrypted data transmission. We then record, store and use the transmitted files exclusively for the production of the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for the production and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. Any further transfer does not take place. If the transmitted files or the digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all the processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. After the order has been processed, the transmitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.

– Transmission of image files for order processing by e-mail

On our website, we offer customers the option of ordering the personalization of products by sending image files by email. The submitted image will be used as a template for personalizing the selected product.

The customer can send us one or more image files from the memory of the end device used via the e-mail address provided on the website. We then record, store and use the files transmitted in this way exclusively to manufacture the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for the production and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. Any further transfer does not take place. If the transmitted files or the digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all the processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. After the order has been processed, the transmitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.

8.2  Insofar as it is necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provide when ordering (name, address, e-mail address) in order to inform you within the framework of our legal information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para . 1 lit. c GDPR via a suitable communication channel (e.g. by post or e-mail) about upcoming updates in the legally stipulated period. Your contact details will be used strictly earmarked for notifications about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the information in question.

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

8.3  Use of payment service providers (payment services)

– Amazon Pay

If you select the “Amazon Pay” payment method, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe sca, 38 avenue JF Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter: “Amazon Payments”), to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with the Information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Amazon Payments and only to the extent that it is necessary for this. If cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on the end device, are set when using Amazon Pay, this is done exclusively on the basis of your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. This consent can be revoked at any time via the “Cookie Consent Tool” implemented on the website. You can find more information about the data protection provisions of Amazon Payments at the following Internet address: https://pay.amazon.de/help/82974

– Apple Pay

If you decide to use the “Apple Pay” payment method from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment will be processed using the “Apple Pay” function of your device running iOS, watchOS or macOS by debiting a payment card stored with “Apple Pay”. Apple Pay uses security features built into your device’s hardware and software to protect your transactions. In order to release a payment, it is therefore necessary to enter a code previously defined by you and to verify it using the “Face ID” or “Touch ID” function of your device.

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the ordering process, along with the information about your order, will be sent to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before the data is sent to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to carry out the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment details. After payment is made, Apple will send your device account number and a transaction-specific dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm payment success.

If personal data is processed in the transmissions described, the processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Apple retains anonymized transaction information, including approximate purchase amount, date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. The anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.

When you use Apple Pay on iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made through Safari on Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple’s servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that personally identifies you. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone’s settings. Go to Wallet & Apple Pay and turn off Allow Payments on Mac.

You can find further information on data protection with Apple Pay at the following Internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

– Google Pay

If you decide to use the “Google Pay” payment method from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), payment will be processed using the “Google Pay” application on your device with at least Android 4.4 (“KitKat”) operated mobile device with an NFC function by debiting a payment card stored with Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g. PayPal). To release a payment via Google Pay of more than €25, you must first unlock your mobile device using the verification measure set up (e.g. face recognition, password, fingerprint or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the ordering process, along with the information about your order, will be passed on to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a unique transaction number to the source website, which is used to verify that the payment has been made. This transaction number does not contain any information about the real payment data of your means of payment stored with Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a uniquely valid numeric token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google only acts as an intermediary to process the payment process. The transaction is carried out exclusively in the relationship between the user and the source website by debiting the means of payment stored with Google Pay.

If personal data is processed in the transmissions described, the processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store and evaluate certain process-specific information for every transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description provided by the merchant of the goods or services purchased, photographs you included with the transaction, the name and email addresses of the seller and buyer, or of the sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing takes place exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper accounting, the verification of transaction data and the optimization and functional maintenance of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to merge the processed transaction data with other information that is collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

The Google Pay Terms of Use can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de

Further information on data protection with Google Pay can be found at the following Internet address:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de

– giropay

When paying via “giropay”, the payment is processed by giropay GmbH, An der Welle 4, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order. Your data will be passed on in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO exclusively for the purpose of payment processing and only to the extent that it is necessary for this. You can find more information about the data protection regulations of giropay GmbH at the following Internet address: https://www.giropay.de/srechtales/datenschutzerklaerung

– Klarna

If a Klarna payment service is selected, the payment will be processed by Klarna Bank AB (publ), https://www.klarna.com/de/ , Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter “Klarna”). In order to enable the payment to be processed, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, gender, e-mail address, telephone number and IP address) as well as data relating to the order will be processed (e.g. invoice amount, item, type of delivery) for the purpose of identity and credit checks to Klarna, provided that you are hereby in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO have expressly consented to this during the ordering process. You can see here which credit agencies your data can be forwarded to:

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

The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment 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 person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

Your personal information will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna’s data protection regulations for data subjects based in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy

or for data subjects based in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy

treated.

– Pay directly

If you choose the paydirekt payment method, the payment will be made via the payment service provider paydirekt GmbH, Hamburger Allee 26-28, 60486 Frankfurt am Main. Your payment details (e.g. payment amount, information on the payee) and your confirmation that the payment details are correct will be used by paydirekt GmbH to carry out the paydirekt payment in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR collected, processed and transmitted to your bank. This processing only takes place to the extent that it is actually necessary for the execution of the payment. paydirekt GmbH then authenticates the payment using the authentication procedure stored for you at your bank. Further information about the transfer and processing of your data can be found in the paydirekt data protection declaration, which you can view under the following link: https://www.paydirekt.de/agb/index.html .

-Paypal

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “payment in installments” via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22- 24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”), continue. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “payment in installments” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be processed in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your solvency to credit agencies. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal’s data protection declaration: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

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

– IMMEDIATELY

If you select the “SOFORT” payment method, payment is processed via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “SOFORT”), to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent that it is necessary for this. You can find more information about SOFORT’s data protection regulations at the following Internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz .

– stripes

If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Stripe, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to which we will send the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, sort code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. For more information on Stripe’s privacy policy, visit the URL https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation .

Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check based on mathematical-statistical procedures in order to protect the legitimate interest in determining the user’s solvency. Stripe may transmit the personal data required for a credit check and received as part of payment processing to selected credit agencies, which Stripe discloses to users upon request. The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Stripe uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding whether to use the selected payment method.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to Stripe or the commissioned credit agencies.

However, Stripe may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

9) Web Analytics Services

– jet pack

This offer uses the web analytics service Jetpack (formerly WordPress.com-Stats) provided by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA, using tracking technology from Quantcast Inc., 201 3rd St, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103-3153, USA. With the help of Jetpack, pseudonymised visitor data is collected, evaluated and stored. Pseudonymised usage profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Jetpack uses so-called cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor’s Internet browser. These cookies are used, among other things, to recognize the browser and thus enable more precise determination of the statistical data. The data of the user’s IP address is also collected, but it is pseudonymised immediately after collection and before it is stored in order to exclude any personal reference. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the pseudonymised IP address) is transferred to a server in the USA and stored there to protect the interests mentioned above.

All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you inform us in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO have given your express consent to this. 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.

 

– Hotjar

This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe (website: https://www.hotjar.com).

Hotjar is a tool used to analyze your user behavior on this website. Hotjar allows us to record your mouse movements, scrolling movements and clicks, among other things. Hotjar can also determine how long you have remained with the mouse pointer on a certain place. From this information, Hotjar creates so-called heat maps, which can be used to determine which website areas are viewed preferentially by the website visitor.

Furthermore, we can determine how long you stayed on a page and when you left it. We can also determine at which point you abandoned your input in a contact form (so-called conversion funnels).

In addition, Hotjar can be used to obtain direct feedback from website visitors. This function serves to improve the website operator’s web offerings.

Hotjar uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. cookies or use of device fingerprinting).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Deactivating Hotjar

If you would like to deactivate the data collection by Hotjar, click on the following link and follow the instructions there: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out

Please note that deactivation of Hotjar must be done separately for each browser or terminal device.

For more information about Hotjar and the data it collects, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy at the following link: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

Contract on order processing

We have entered into an order processing contract with Hotjar to implement the strict European data protection regulations.

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10) Site Functionalities

Google Translate

This site uses the “Google Translate” translation service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”) via an API integration. In order for the translation to be automatically displayed after you have selected a national language, the browser you are using connects to the Google servers. Google uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the abbreviated IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This can also result in transmission to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.

You can see more information about Google Translate and Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

11) Tools and Miscellaneous

11.1  – WISO (Buhl Data Service GmbH)

We use the cloud-based accounting software “WISO” from Buhl Data Service GmbH, Am Siebertsweiher 3/5, 57290 Neunkirchen (Siegerland) (“WISO”) to do the accounting. WISO processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, if necessary, the bank transactions of our company in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions and create the financial accounting from them in a partially automated process.

If personal data is also processed here, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.

More information about WISO, the automated processing of data and the data protection regulations can be found at https://www.buhl.de/meinbuero/datenschutz/

11.2  Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies that require consent and cookie-based applications. The “Cookie-Consent-Tool” is displayed to users when the page is accessed in the form of an interactive user interface, on which consent can be given for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking the box. By using the tool, all cookies/services that require consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by ticking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective end device of the user if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and therefore in a legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As the person responsible, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie content tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

12) Rights of the data subject

12.1  The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis given for the respective exercise requirements:

  • Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to information according to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to revoke granted consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR.

12.2  RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS IN OUR PREVIOUS LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPREHENSIVE REASONS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE CERTIFICATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

13) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and – if relevant – also based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes their consent.

Are there statutory retention periods for data that are collected within the framework of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR are processed, these data are routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided they are no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

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