Privacy Policy

PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods of credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or—if offered—"purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be transmitted to credit agencies based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default to decide whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report may include probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the credit report result, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, may be included in the calculation of score values. For further data protection information, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. You can object to this data processing at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if it is necessary for the contractual payment processing.

• SOFORT
  If you choose the payment method "SOFORT", the payment will be processed via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we transmit the information you provide during the ordering process, along with 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 is transmitted exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. For further information on SOFORT's privacy policy, please visit: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

8) CONTACTING FOR REVIEW REMINDER
Own review reminder (no dispatch via a customer review system)

We use your email address for a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the review system we use, provided that you have expressly consented to this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing.

9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS

9.1 Facebook Plugins with Shariff Solution
Special additional customs clearance fees and/or import duties are not included in the price and are the customer’s responsibility.

On our website, social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"), are used.

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins but only as an HTML link on the page. This type of integration ensures that no connection to Facebook’s servers is established when you access a page on our website containing such buttons. If you click the button, a new browser window opens and directs you to the Facebook page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login details).

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified for the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

9.2 Google+ Plugins as Shariff Solution

On our website, social plugins ("plugins") of the Google+ social network, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"), are used.

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins but only as an HTML link on the page. This type of integration ensures that no connection to Google+ servers is established when you access a page on our website containing such buttons. If you click the button, a new browser window opens and directs you to the Google+ page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login details).

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

9.3 Instagram Plugin as Shariff Solution

On our website, social plugins ("plugins") of the online service Instagram, operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"), are used.

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins but only as an HTML link on the page. This type of integration ensures that no connection to Instagram servers is established when you access a page on our website containing such buttons. If you click the button, a new browser window opens and directs you to the Instagram page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login details).

Instagram LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.

10) ONLINE MARKETING

10.1 DoubleClick by Google

This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").

DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads that are relevant to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ad multiple times.

Repeatedly seeing the same ads.
Using a cookie ID, Google tracks which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent these ads from being shown multiple times. The processing is carried out based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

In addition, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions related to ad requests. This happens, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later visits the advertiser’s website using the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server. We have no control over the extent and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool, and we inform you according to our current knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives information that you have accessed the relevant part of our online presence or clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is possible for the provider to obtain and store your IP address.

If you wish to opt out of this tracking process, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by adjusting your browser settings to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, available at https://www.google.com/settings/ads. Please note that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can find out about the setting of cookies and make adjustments at the Digital Advertising Alliance under www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to notify you when cookies are being set, allow you to accept cookies individually, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Google LLC, headquartered in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For more information about the privacy policies of DoubleClick by Google, visit the following URL:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

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10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and, within Google AdWords, the conversion tracking of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use the offer of Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites through advertising media (so-called Google AdWords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. Our goal is to display ads that are of interest to you, make our website more interesting for you, and ensure a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google AdWords. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies generally expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Therefore, cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can block this usage by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie in your Internet browser settings. In this case, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Google LLC, headquartered in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For more information about Google’s privacy policy, visit:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

You can permanently disable cookies for ad preferences by preventing them in your browser settings or by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=en

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may be limited if you disable the use of cookies.

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11) WEB ANALYSIS SERVICES

Google (Universal) Analytics

• Google Universal Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files stored on your computer, to help analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your truncated IP address) is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()," which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncating it and excludes a direct personal reference. With this extension, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage to us. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website fully. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie 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:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Alternatively, for browsers on mobile devices, click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent future tracking by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain).

If you need to reset your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again: Disable Google Analytics
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield Framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is conducted through a User ID. When a page is first accessed, a unique, permanent, and anonymized ID is assigned to the user, set across devices. This allows interaction data from different devices and sessions to be attributed to a single user. The User ID does not contain personal data and does not transmit such data to Google.
The data collection and storage through the User ID can be objected to at any time with effect for the future. For this purpose, you must disable Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example, in another browser or on your mobile device.
You can disable it using a browser plugin from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). Alternatively, for mobile devices within browsers, please click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents Google Analytics from capturing data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics.
Further information on Universal Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=en&ref_topic=6010376

12. RETARGETING/REMARKETING/RECOMMENDATION ADVERTISING
    Facebook Custom Audience via the Pixel Method
    This website uses the “Facebook Pixel” from Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”). With explicit consent, this can track users' behavior after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This process serves to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help optimize future advertising measures.
    The collected data is anonymous to us, providing no conclusions about users' identities. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, allowing a connection to the respective user profile, and Facebook may use the data for its own advertising purposes according to Facebook’s data usage policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

You can allow Facebook and its partners to display ads on and off Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations only occur with explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Consent to the use of the Facebook Pixel may only be declared by users over the age of 13. If you are younger, please ask your guardians for permission.
Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield Framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
To disable the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser to prevent future cookies from being stored on your computer or to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, disabling all cookies may mean that some features on our websites can no longer be executed. You can also disable the use of cookies by third parties such as Facebook at the following Digital Advertising Alliance website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

Google AdWords Remarketing
Our website uses the features of Google AdWords Remarketing, allowing us to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in your device’s browser, which automatically allows interest-based advertising based on a pseudonymous cookie ID and the pages you have visited. The processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history with your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you see online. If you are logged into Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data to form audiences.
You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad preferences by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
Alternatively, you can learn about cookie setting through the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info and make settings there. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield Framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
Further information and the privacy policies regarding advertising and Google can be viewed here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

13) RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT
13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject regarding the processing of your personal data by the controller (information and intervention rights), which we inform you about below:

Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of processed personal data, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration or the criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and intended consequences of such processing for you, as well as your right to be informed about the guarantees according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;

Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete data stored by us;

Right to deletion according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist, in particular, if processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims;

Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your disputed data is being verified, if you refuse the deletion of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of processing of your data, if you need your data for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims after we no longer need this data for the purposes of processing, or if you have objected to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation, as long as it is not yet determined whether our legitimate grounds override;

Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted your right to rectification, deletion, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom your personal data have been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the data or restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.

Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;

Right to withdraw consent given according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the affected data immediately, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal;

Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your residence, your workplace, or the place of the alleged violation, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS DUE TO OUR PREPONDERANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

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

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.