Data protection
Privacy Policy
We are delighted that you are interested in our company. Data protection is of particular importance to the management of O.KOON GmbH. It is generally possible to use the O.KOON GmbH website without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use specific services provided by our company via our website, processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the data subject’s consent.
The processing of personal data, such as a data subject’s name, address, email address, or telephone number, always takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with country-specific data protection regulations applicable to O.KOON GmbH. Through this privacy policy, our company aims to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this privacy policy informs data subjects about their rights.
As the controller responsible for processing, O.KOON GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete possible protection of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can fundamentally have security vulnerabilities, meaning that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us through alternative means, for example, by telephone.
1. Definitions
O.KOON GmbH’s privacy policy is based on the terms used by the European legislator when enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
Among other things, we use the following terms in this privacy policy:
a) Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data subject
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
c) Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
d) Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
e) Profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing
Controller or controller responsible for the processing means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
h) Processor
Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient
Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
j) Third party
Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
k) Consent
Consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and address of the controller
The controller in the sense of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union, and other provisions with a data protection character is:
O.KOON GmbH
Am Germanenring 30
63486 Bruchköbel
Tel.: 06181-578220
Email: info@onokoon.de
Website: https://www.onokoon.shop
3. Cookies
The websites of O.KOON GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system via an internet browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string by which internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited internet pages and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognised and identified via the unique cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, O.KOON GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without setting the cookie.
By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimised in the user’s interest. Cookies enable us, as already mentioned, to recognise the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter their access data each time they visit the website, because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.
4. Collection of general data and information
The O.KOON GmbH website collects a series of general data and information with each call of the website by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information are stored in the log files of the server. The following can be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of an access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, O.KOON GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the permanent functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by O.KOON GmbH on the one hand statistically and furthermore with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Registration on our website
The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes. The controller may arrange for disclosure to one or more processors, for example a parcel service provider, who also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the controller.
By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the data subject’s internet service provider (ISP), the date, and the time of registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services, and if necessary, this data enables criminal offenses to be investigated. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to secure the controller. As a matter of principle, this data is not passed on to third parties, unless there is a legal obligation to do so or the disclosure serves criminal prosecution.
The registration of the data subject with the voluntary provision of personal data enables the controller to offer the data subject content or services that, due to their nature, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to modify the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have them completely deleted from the controller’s database.
The controller shall provide any data subject with information at any time upon request about what personal data relating to the data subject is stored. Furthermore, the controller shall correct or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, provided that no legal retention obligations oppose this. All employees of the controller are available to the data subject as contact persons in this context.
6. Subscription to our newsletter
On the O.KOON GmbH website, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company's newsletter. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller when ordering the newsletter is determined by the input mask used for this purpose.
O.KOON GmbH informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals about company offers by means of a newsletter. The newsletter of our company can generally only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for newsletter dispatch. For legal reasons, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address entered for the first time by a data subject for newsletter dispatch using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email serves to verify whether the owner of the email address, as the data subject, has authorised the receipt of the newsletter.
When subscribing to the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the computer system used by the data subject at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of a data subject’s email address at a later date and therefore serves to legally protect the controller.
The personal data collected as part of a registration for the newsletter will be used exclusively for sending our newsletter. Furthermore, newsletter subscribers could be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a related registration, as could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or a change in technical circumstances. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter can be terminated by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has given us for newsletter dispatch can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking consent, a corresponding link can be found in every newsletter. There is also the possibility to unsubscribe from newsletter dispatch directly on the controller’s website at any time or to inform the controller in another way.
7. Newsletter tracking
The newsletters of O.KOON GmbH contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such emails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns to be carried out. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, O.KOON GmbH can see whether and when an email was opened by a data subject and which links in the email were clicked by the data subject.
Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by the controller in order to optimize newsletter dispatch and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled to revoke the relevant separate declaration of consent given via the double opt-in procedure at any time. After a revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the controller. O.KOON GmbH automatically interprets an unsubscription from the newsletter as a revocation.
8. Contact possibility via the website
Due to legal regulations, the O.KOON GmbH website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be stored automatically.
9. Comment function in the blog on the website
O.KOON GmbH offers users the possibility to leave individual comments on individual blog posts on a blog located on the website of the controller. A blog is a portal maintained on a website, usually publicly accessible, in which one or more persons, called bloggers or web bloggers, can post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blog posts. Blog posts can usually be commented on by third parties.
If a data subject leaves a comment in the blog published on this website, in addition to the comments left by the data subject, information on the time of entry of the comments as well as the username (pseudonym) chosen by the data subject will be stored and published. Furthermore, the IP address assigned by the internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject will be logged. This storage of the IP address is for security reasons and in the event that the data subject violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment made. The storage of this personal data is therefore in the controller's own interest, so that the controller could exculpate himself in the event of a legal violation. This collected personal data will not be passed on to third parties, unless such disclosure is legally required or serves the legal defense of the controller.
10. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or as far as this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal provisions.
11. Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
b) Right to information
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain at any time and free of charge from the controller information about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:
- The purposes of the processing
- The categories of personal data being processed
- The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
- If possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
- The existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to object to such processing
- The existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: Any available information as to their source
the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
Furthermore, the data subject has the right to information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
c) Right to rectification
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have incomplete personal data completed – including by means of a supplementary statement.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to demand from the controller that personal data concerning them be deleted without delay, provided that one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:
The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.
The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
The personal data was processed unlawfully.
The erasure of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to initiate the erasure of personal data stored at O.KOON GmbH, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of O.KOON GmbH will arrange for the erasure request to be complied with without delay.
If O.KOON GmbH has made the personal data public and our company, as the controller, is obliged to erase the personal data pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, O.KOON GmbH shall take reasonable measures, including technical ones, considering the available technology and the costs of implementation, to inform other controllers who are processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such other controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, insofar as processing is not necessary. The employee of O.KOON GmbH will arrange for the necessary action in individual cases.
e) Right to restriction of processing
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to demand from the controller the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of its use.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored at O.KOON GmbH, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of O.KOON GmbH will arrange for the restriction of processing.
f) Right to data portability
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to receive the personal data concerning them, which they have provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, when exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR, the data subject has the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of O.KOON GmbH at any time.
g) Right to object
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
O.KOON GmbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If O.KOON GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such marketing. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to O.KOON GmbH processing for direct marketing purposes, O.KOON GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
Furthermore, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning them which is carried out by O.KOON GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact any employee of O.KOON GmbH or another employee directly. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing—including profiling—which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject's explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a controller, or (2) is based on the data subject's explicit consent, O.KOON GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert rights relating to automated decisions, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
12. Data protection in applications and the application process
The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website, to the controller. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal provisions. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant by the controller, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after the announcement of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller stand in the way of deletion. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
13. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Facebook
The controller has integrated components of the Facebook company on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community that generally allows users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for sharing opinions and experiences or enables the internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook allows users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, upload photos and network through friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. The controller for the processing of personal data, if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, is called up, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. An overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be accessed here. Within the scope of this technical procedure, Facebook gains knowledge of which specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is simultaneously logged into Facebook, Facebook recognizes with each call of our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the "Like" button, or if the data subject posts a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores this personal data.
Facebook always receives information via the Facebook component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged into Facebook at the time of calling up our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of this information to Facebook is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before calling up our website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which can be accessed here, provides information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains what settings Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, various applications are available that allow data transmission to Facebook to be suppressed. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
14. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Google Analytics (with anonymisation function)
The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymisation function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering and evaluation of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data about which website a data subject came from to a website (so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website were accessed or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimise a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.
The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The controller uses the "_gat._anonymizeIp" add-on for web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this add-on, the IP address of the data subject's internet connection is shortened and anonymised by Google if access to our websites takes place from a Member State of the European Union or from another contracting state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyse visitor flows on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services associated with the use of our website.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the data subject's information technology system. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. With each call of one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis.
Through the cookie, personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access originated, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used, as already described above, and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject's information technology system. Furthermore, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics related to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on (here). This browser add-on tells Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered an objection by Google. If the data subject's information technology system is deleted, formatted, or reinstalled at a later point in time, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person attributable to their sphere of influence, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
Further information and Google's current data protection provisions can be found here and here. Google Analytics is explained in more detail here.
15. Data protection provisions regarding the use and application of Instagram
The controller has integrated components of the Instagram service on this website. Instagram is a service that can be classified as an audiovisual platform and enables users to share photos and videos and also to disseminate such data in other social networks.
The operating company of Instagram's services is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
With each call of one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Instagram component to download a display of the corresponding Instagram component. Within the scope of this technical process, Instagram gains knowledge of which specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognizes, with each call of our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Instagram component and assigned by Instagram to the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted with it are assigned to the data subject's personal Instagram user account and stored and processed by Instagram.
Instagram always receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Instagram at the time of calling our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Instagram component or not. If the data subject does not want such a transmission of this information to Instagram, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Instagram account before calling our website.
Further information and Instagram's current data protection provisions can be found here and here.
16. Data protection provisions regarding the use and application of Pinterest
The controller has integrated components of Pinterest Inc. on this website. Pinterest is a so-called social network. A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community that usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in the virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences or enables the internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Among other things, Pinterest allows users of the social network to publish image collections and individual images as well as descriptions on virtual pinboards (so-called pinning), which can then in turn be shared by other users (so-called repinning) or commented on.
The operating company of Pinterest is Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With each call of one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Pinterest component (Pinterest plug-in) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Pinterest component to download a display of the corresponding Pinterest component from Pinterest. More information about Pinterest can be found here. Within the scope of this technical process, Pinterest gains knowledge of which specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Pinterest at the same time, Pinterest recognizes, with each call of our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Pinterest component and assigned by Pinterest to the respective Pinterest account of the data subject. If the data subject activates a Pinterest button integrated on our website, Pinterest assigns this information to the data subject's personal Pinterest user account and stores this personal data.
Pinterest always receives information via the Pinterest component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Pinterest at the time of calling our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Pinterest component or not. If the data subject does not want such a transmission of this information to Pinterest, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Pinterest account before calling our website.
The data protection policy published by Pinterest, which can be accessed here, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Pinterest.
17. Data protection provisions regarding the use and application of Twitter
The controller has integrated components of Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly accessible microblogging service on which users can publish and disseminate so-called tweets, i.e., short messages limited to 280 characters. These short messages are accessible to everyone, including people not registered with Twitter. However, the tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Furthermore, Twitter enables addressing a broad audience via hashtags, links, or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
With each call of one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a display of the corresponding Twitter component from Twitter. Further information about Twitter buttons can be found here. Within the scope of this technical process, Twitter gains knowledge of which specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to further disseminate the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world, and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in to Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognizes, with each call of our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned by Twitter to the respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted with it are assigned to the data subject's personal Twitter user account and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter always receives information via the Twitter component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Twitter at the time of calling our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Twitter component or not. If the data subject does not want such a transmission of this information to Twitter, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Twitter account before calling our website.
Twitter's current data protection provisions can be found here.
18. Data protection provisions regarding the use and application of YouTube
The controller has integrated components of YouTube on this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that allows video publishers to upload video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate, and comment on them, also free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television broadcasts, but also music videos, trailers, or videos created by users themselves can be accessed via the internet portal.
The operating company of YouTube is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
With each call of one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be found here. Within the scope of this technical process, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of which specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes, when calling a sub-page containing a YouTube video, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the data subject's respective YouTube account.
YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to YouTube at the time of calling our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on a YouTube video or not. If the data subject does not want such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before calling our website.
The data protection provisions published by YouTube, which can be accessed here, provide information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
19. Payment method: Data protection provisions for Klarna as a payment method
The controller has integrated components of Klarna on this website. Klarna is an online payment service provider that enables purchase on account or flexible installment payments. Furthermore, Klarna offers other services, such as buyer protection or identity and credit checks.
The operating company of Klarna is Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.
If the data subject selects either "purchase on account" or "installment purchase" as a payment option during the ordering process in our online shop, data of the data subject is automatically transmitted to Klarna. By selecting one of these payment options, the data subject consents to this transmission of personal data, which is necessary for the processing of the invoice or installment purchase or for identity and credit checks.
The personal data transmitted to Klarna typically includes first name, last name, address, date of birth, gender, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number, and other data necessary for processing an invoice or installment purchase. Personal data related to the respective order is also necessary for processing the purchase contract. In particular, there may be a mutual exchange of payment information, such as bank details, card number, validity date and CVC code, number of items, item number, data on goods and services, prices and tax charges, information on previous purchasing behavior or other information on the data subject's financial situation.
The transmission of data is intended in particular for identity verification, payment administration, and fraud prevention. The controller will transmit personal data to Klarna, especially if there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. The personal data exchanged between Klarna and the controller is transmitted by Klarna to credit agencies. This transmission is intended for identity and credit checks.
Klarna also passes on personal data to affiliated companies (Klarna Group) and service providers or subcontractors, insofar as this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or the data is to be processed on commission.
To decide on the establishment, execution, or termination of a contractual relationship, Klarna collects and uses data and information about the data subject's past payment behavior as well as probability values for their future behavior (so-called scoring). The calculation of the scoring is carried out on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical methods.
The data subject has the option to revoke consent to the handling of personal data at any time vis-à-vis Klarna. A revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transmitted for mandatory (contractual) payment processing.
Klarna's current data protection provisions can be accessed here.
20. Payment method: Data protection provisions for PayPal as a payment method
The controller has integrated components of PayPal on this website. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, which represent virtual private or business accounts. In addition, PayPal offers the possibility to process virtual payments via credit cards if a user does not maintain a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an email address, which is why there is no classic account number. PayPal allows online payments to be initiated to third parties or payments to be received.PayPal also assumes trustee functions and offers buyer protection services.
The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg.
If the data subject selects "PayPal" as a payment option during the order process in our online shop, data of the data subject will be automatically transmitted to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
The personal data transmitted to PayPal usually includes first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number, or other data necessary for payment processing. Personal data related to the respective order is also necessary for processing the purchase contract.
The purpose of transmitting the data is payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will transmit personal data to PayPal, in particular, if there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. The personal data exchanged between PayPal and the controller may be transmitted by PayPal to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness.
PayPal may pass on personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors, insofar as this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or if the data is to be processed on commission.
The data subject has the option to revoke their consent to the handling of personal data by PayPal at any time. A revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.
PayPal's applicable data protection provisions can be found here.
21. Payment method: Data protection provisions for Skrill as a payment method
The controller has integrated components of Skrill on this website. Skrill is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via the so-called Skrill wallet, which represents a virtual electronic wallet. Skrill also offers the option of processing virtual payments via credit cards. A Skrill wallet is managed via an email address. Skrill enables initiating online payments to third parties or receiving payments.
The operating company of Skrill is Skrill Limited, 25 Canada Square, London E14 5LQ, United Kingdom.
If the data subject selects "Skrill" as a payment option during the order process in our online shop, data of the data subject will be automatically transmitted to Skrill. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
The personal data exchanged with Skrill includes the purchase amount and the email address, which are necessary for payment processing. The purpose of transmitting the data is payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will also transmit other personal data to Skrill if there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. The personal data exchanged between Skrill and the controller may be transmitted by Skrill to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness.
Skrill may pass on personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors, insofar as this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or if the data is to be processed on commission.
The data subject has the option to revoke their consent to the handling of personal data by Skrill at any time. A revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.
Skrill's applicable data protection provisions can be found here.
22. Payment method: Data protection provisions for Sofortüberweisung as a payment method
The controller has integrated components of Sofortüberweisung on this website. Sofortüberweisung is a payment service that enables cashless payment for products and services on the internet. Sofortüberweisung provides a technical procedure through which the online merchant immediately receives payment confirmation. This enables a merchant to deliver goods, services, or downloads to the customer immediately after the order.
The operating company of Sofortüberweisung is Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.
If the data subject selects "Sofortüberweisung" as a payment option during the order process in our online shop, data of the data subject will be automatically transmitted to Sofortüberweisung. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
When processing a purchase via Sofortüberweisung, the buyer transmits the PIN and TAN to Sofort GmbH. Sofortüberweisung then, after technical verification of the account balance and retrieval of further data to check account coverage, executes a transfer to the online merchant. The execution of the financial transaction is then automatically communicated to the online merchant.
The personal data exchanged with Sofortüberweisung includes first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number, or other data necessary for payment processing. The purpose of transmitting the data is payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will also transmit other personal data to Sofortüberweisung if there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. The personal data exchanged between Sofortüberweisung and the controller may be transmitted by Sofortüberweisung to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness.
Sofortüberweisung may pass on personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors, insofar as this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or if the data is to be processed on commission.
The data subject has the option to revoke their consent to the handling of personal data by Sofortüberweisung at any time. A revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used, or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.
Sofortüberweisung's applicable data protection provisions can be found here.
23. Legal Basis for Processing
Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which the processing of personal data becomes necessary, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data might become necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He was of the opinion that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
24. Legitimate Interests in the Processing Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the performance of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.
25. Period for which the Personal Data will be Stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the expiration of the period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided that they are no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.
26. Statutory or Contractual Provisions for the Provision of Personal Data; Necessity for the Conclusion of a Contract; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide the Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Non-Provision
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes, it may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract for a data subject to provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Non-provision of the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences the non-provision of the personal data would have.
27. Existence of Automated Decision-Making
As a responsible company, we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.