Data Protection

Privacy statement
Thank you for your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. The following provides detailed information about how we use your data.

Storage of access data in server log files
You can visit our webpages without disclosing any personal information. We only store access data in so-called server log files, such as the name of the requested file, the date and time of access, the volume of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is used solely to ensure the trouble-free operation of the site and to improve our offers, and cannot be traced back to you.

Data collection and use for contract execution and when opening an account
We collect personally identifiable information when you provide it, after contact with us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail) or when you freely disclose opening an account. The type of data that is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data that you have provided to process contracts and to handle your requests. After completion of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after the mandatory storage periods defined in tax and commercial legislation, unless you have given your express consent for the further use of your data, or unless we have reserved the right to a more extensive use of the data which is legally permissible and about which we inform you below. Deletion of your customer account is possible and can be carried out at any time, either by sending a message using one of the contact methods given below or by using the feature designed for this in your customer account.

Data dissemination for contract performance
To be able to fulfil the contract, we share your data with the carrier assigned with the delivery to the extent that this is required for the delivery of the goods ordered. Depending on which payment service you select during the ordering process, we pass on teh data collected for the settlement of payments to the authorised credit institute and any payment service commissioned by us or to the selected payment service. Some of the selected payment service providers collect this data as far as you open an account there. In this case, you have to sign in during the ordering process with your new login for the payment service provider. The privacy statements of each payment service apply.

Data use in signing up for e-mail newsletters
If you sign up to our newsletter, we use the data that is necessary, or separately provided by you, to send you our e-mail newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and this can be done either by a message to the contact point appearing below, or via a link provided for this in the newsletter.

Data use for e-mail advertising without registration for the newsletter and your right of cancellation.
When we get your e-mail address in connection with the sale of goods or services and you have not opted out of this, we reserve the right to send you regularly offers for products that are similar to those already purchased, via email. You can always opt out of this use of your e-mail address by an email to the contact point described below or via a link provided in the advertising mail, without incurring costs other than transmission costs at the basic rates.

Use of cookies
In order to make your visit to our website more attractive, and to enable you to use certain functions, we use so-called cookies on certain pages. These are small text files that are stored on your computer. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your computer and enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can set your browser so that you are informed about the use of cookies and decide individually on whether to accept them or to deactivate acceptance of cookies, in certain cases or completely. If cookies are not accepted, our site may have limited functionality.

Use of Google Analytics for web analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (Google). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that allow analysis of your use of the website, such as so-called. “Cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored in a Google server in the USA. Through the activation of the IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is thereby reduced before transmission within the Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a complete IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with any other data held by Google.

You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) being passed to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Alternatively to the browser plug-in, you can click on this link to prevent the acquisition by Google Analytics on this website in the future. This stores an opt-out cookie on your device. If you ever delete your cookies, you will need to click on the link again.

Using social plugins from Facebook, Instagram using Shariff solution
On our site social plugins ( “plugins”) are used by social networks. To increase your privacy when you visit our site, the plug-ins are not absolute, but only using an HTML links (so-called “Shariff solution” of c’t) included in the page. This integration ensures that no connection to the servers of the provider of the respective social network is established when you access a page of our website that contains such plugins. Click on one of the buttons to open a new window of your browser and retrieve the page of the respective service provider on where you can actuate (possibly after entering your login information) the Like or Share button. For the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by the providers as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please see the privacy policies of the providers. http://www.facebook.com/policy.php https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388

Right to Information and Contact Point
You have a right to free information about the data relating to you that is stored by us, as well as, if need be, the right to correct, block or delete this data. If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or if you wish to inquire about, correct, block or delete data or revoke a consent, or opt out of a particular use of your data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our legal notice.