Privacy Policy

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy provided below this text.

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

Using our website is usually possible without providing personal data. If personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is done, where possible, always on a voluntary basis. This data will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication via email) can have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

The use of contact data published under the legal obligation to provide an imprint by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is expressly objected to. The operators of the pages reserve the right to take legal action in case of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

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. You can find their contact details in the imprint on this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This can include data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter our website.

For what purpose do we use your data?

Some 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 to request information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this and other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Analysis Tools & Third-Party Tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually done anonymously; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Plugins (Like Button)

Our pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the „Like Button“ („Gefällt mir“) on our page. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server through the plugin. This gives Facebook the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook „Like Button“ while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies.“ These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, 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 beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted 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, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator. 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 adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that you may not be able to use all features of this website fully in this case. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Demographic Features in Google Analytics

This website uses the „demographic features“ function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third parties. These 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 described in the „Objection to Data Collection“ section.

Order Data Processing

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

IP Address Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means 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 being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted 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, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics. More information on handling user data in Google Analytics can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Instagram

Our pages include functions of the Instagram service. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign your visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Pinterest

On our page, we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA („Pinterest“). When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin transmits log data to Pinterest’s server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the addresses of the visited websites that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies. For more information on the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of data by Pinterest as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

Privacy Policy for the Use of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of your browser changing from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Cookies

Some of our webpages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called „session cookies.“ They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can configure your browser to notify you about the use of cookies, to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude cookies in certain cases or in general, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Browser

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

Comment Function on This Website

In addition to your comment, the comment function on this site also stores details about the time the comment was created, your email address, and, if you are not posting anonymously, the username you have chosen.

Subscribing to Comments

As a user of this site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address. You can unsubscribe from this feature at any time via a link in the notification emails. The data provided when subscribing to comments will be deleted if you unsubscribe; however, if you have provided this data for other purposes (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter), it will remain with us.

Storage Period of Comments

Comments and the associated data (e.g., email address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be removed for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).

Legal Basis

The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Objection to Advertising Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

Use of Affiliate Links & the rewardStyle Affiliate Program

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the economic operation of our online offering in the sense of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), we participate in the rewardStyle affiliate program, which is designed to provide a medium for websites to earn advertising fees by placing advertisements and links to various online shops (so-called affiliate systems). rewardStyle uses cookies to track the origin of orders. Among other things, rewardStyle can recognize that you clicked the partner link on this website and subsequently purchased a product from an online shop.

For more information on rewardStyle’s data usage and opt-out options, please see the company’s privacy policy: https://www.rewardstyle.com/privacy#eu-users

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent that has already been given at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Information, Deletion, Blocking

You have the right to receive free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice for further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of a data protection violation, the person concerned has the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/EN/Home/home_node.html

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, for example, when introducing new services. Your new visit will be subject to the new privacy policy.