Privacy Policy

The hosting services we utilize serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services, and technical maintenance services, which we use for the purpose of operating the Website. Here, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties, and visitors to this Website based on our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of our Website pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR.

IP address and the requesting provider
We use this log data without assigning it to your person or otherwise profiling for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security, and optimization of our Website, but also for the anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our Website (traffic) and the extent and type of use of our Website and services, as well as for billing purposes to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. Based on this information, we can provide personalized and location-based content and analyze traffic, troubleshoot, and improve our services. This is also our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 f) GDPR. We reserve the right to check the log data retrospectively if there are concrete indications of a justified suspicion of illegal use. We store IP addresses for a limited period in the log files if this is necessary for security purposes or for the provision of services or the billing of a service, e.g., if you use one of our offers. We also store IP addresses if we have a concrete suspicion of a crime in connection with the use of our Website. Furthermore, we store the date of your last visit as part of your account (e.g., when registering, logging in, clicking links, etc.).

We use so-called session cookies to optimize our Website. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent from the respective servers when visiting an Internet page and stored temporarily on your hard drive. This file as such contains a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our Website. These cookies are deleted after you close your browser. They serve, for example, to use the shopping cart function across several pages.

We also use a small extent of persistent cookies (also small text files that are stored on your end device) that remain on your end device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. These cookies are stored on your hard drive and delete themselves after the specified time. Their lifespan is from 1 month to 10 years. This way, we can present our offer in a user-friendly, effective, and secure manner and show you information specifically tailored to your interests on the site, for example.

Information about the number of visits to our Website and use of individual functions of our Internet presence.
When the cookie is activated, it is assigned an identification number, and no assignment of your personal data to this identification number is made. Your name, IP address, or similar data that would allow the cookie to be assigned to you are not placed in the cookie. On the basis of cookie technology, we only receive pseudonymized information, for example, about which pages were visited, which products were viewed, etc. You can set your browser to inform you in advance about the setting of cookies and decide in individual cases whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, or to prevent cookies completely. This may limit the functionality of the Website.

We process personal data needed to fulfill our contractual obligations, such as name, address, email address, ordered products, billing, and payment data. The collection of these data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. The data will be deleted after the warranty periods and legal retention periods have expired. Data linked to a user account (see below) will be retained in any case for the duration of the account's existence. The legal basis for the processing of these data is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 b) GDPR, as these data are needed for us to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.

If you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), we process your information to handle the inquiry and in case follow-up questions arise. If the data processing is carried out to conduct pre-contractual measures upon your request or, if you are already our customer, to execute the contract, the legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 b) GDPR. We only process further personal data if you consent to this (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 a) GDPR) or if we have a legitimate interest in processing your data (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 f) GDPR). A legitimate interest lies, for example, in responding to your email.

We have activated IP anonymization on this Website. This means that your IP address is truncated 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 is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Website, to compile reports on Website activity, and to provide other services related to Website use and Internet use to us. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this Website fully.