Privacy Policy

Below is Signed’s privacy policy.

Name and contact of the controller according to Article 4 (7) GDPR

Georgios Amarantidis – Signed

Rheinallee 15

40549 Düsseldorf

E-mail: info@signedshop.com

Security and protection of your personal data

We consider it our primary responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of the personal data you provide and to protect it from unauthorized access. Therefore, we apply the utmost care and the latest security standards to ensure maximum protection of your personal data.

As a private company, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the regulations of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have implemented technical and organizational measures to ensure that both we and our external service providers comply with data protection regulations.

Definitions

The law requires that personal data be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a manner that is transparent to the data subject ("lawfulness, fairness, transparency"). To ensure this, we inform you about the individual legal definitions that are also used in this privacy policy:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Restriction of processing

“Restriction of processing” means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.

4. 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.

5. Pseudonymization

“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 cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

6. File system

‘Filing system’ means any structured set of personal data accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or organised according to functional or geographical criteria.

7. Person responsible

"Controller" means a 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.

8. Processor

“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

9. Recipient

"Recipient" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which 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 considered recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules and in accordance with the purposes of the processing.

10. Third

“Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons authorised to process personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor.

11. Consent

“Consent” of the data subject is 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.

Lawfulness of processing

The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. The legal basis for the processing may be Article 6 (1)
lit. a – f GDPR in particular:

  1. The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for one or more specific purposes;
  2. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
  3. processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
  4. processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
  5. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  6. processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

Information about the collection of personal data

(1) Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data includes, for example, name, address, email addresses, and user behavior.

(2) If you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, your name, and your telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context once storage is no longer required, or we will restrict processing if statutory retention periods apply.

Collection of personal data when visiting our website

If you use the website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR):

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • amount of data transferred
  • Website from which the request comes
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software.

Use of cookies

(1) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard disk associated with the browser you use. They allow certain information to be sent to the location that placed the cookies. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are designed to make the internet more user-friendly and effective.

(2) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see a.)
  • Persistent cookies (see b.).
  1. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This includes, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
  1. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time using your browser's security settings.
  1. You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called "third-party cookies" are cookies that are set by a third party, and therefore not by the actual website you are currently visiting. Please note that by deactivating cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of this website.
  2. We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again for each visit.
  3. The Flash cookies used are not recorded by your browser, but by your Flash plug-in. We also use HTML5 storage objects that are stored on your device. These objects store the required data regardless of the browser you use and do not have an automatic expiration date. If you do not wish to process Flash cookies, you must install an appropriate add-on, e.g., "Better Privacy" for Mozilla Firefox or the Adobe Flash Killer Cookie for Google Chrome. You can prevent the use of HTML5 storage objects by using private mode in your browser. We also recommend that you regularly delete your cookies and browser history manually.

Further features and offers on our website

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you may use if you are interested. To do so, you will generally be required to provide additional personal data, which we will use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) We sometimes use external service providers to process your data. These providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.

(3) Furthermore, we may share your personal data with third parties if we offer participation in promotions, competitions, contract conclusions, or similar services together with partners. You will receive further information about this when you provide your personal data or in the description of the offer below.

(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

Use of our webshop

(1) If you would like to order from our online shop, it is necessary for the conclusion of the contract that you provide your personal data, which we need to process your order. Mandatory information required for the processing of contracts is marked separately; further information is voluntary. We process the data you provide to process your order. For this purpose, we may pass on your payment details to our house bank. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. You can voluntarily create a customer account through which we can save your data for future purchases. When you create an account under “My Account”, the data you provide will be saved revocably. You can delete all other data, including your user account, at any time in the customer area.

(2) Due to commercial and tax law, we are obligated to store your address, payment, and order data for a period of ten years. However, after two years, we restrict processing, meaning your data will only be used to comply with legal obligations.

(3) To prevent unauthorized access by third parties to your personal data, in particular financial data, the ordering process is encrypted using TLS technology.

Data protection regulations when using external payment service providers

(1) We offer several payment methods for using the web shop and use different payment service providers. Depending on the payment method you choose, different data will be transmitted to the respective payment service provider. The legal basis for this transmission is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Our payment service providers are listed below.

  1. Klarna

If you choose Klarna as your payment method, including SOFORT transfer, your personal data will be transmitted to Klarna's operator. The legal basis for this data transfer is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (consent) and Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract).

The operator of the Klarna payment service is:

Klarna Bank AB (publ)
Sveavägen 46
111 34 Stockholm
Sweden

Phone: 0046 8-120 120 00
Fax: 0046 8-120 120 99
Contact: info@klarna.de

Klarna collects the following data:

  • Name, date of birth, title, billing and delivery address, email address, mobile phone number
  • Information about ordered products
  • Information on income, credit obligations and payment notes
  • Location-based information
  • IP address

Detailed information on the privacy policy of Klarna Bank AB (publ) can be found at klarna.com/de/datenschutz/

  1. Apple Pay

If you choose Apple Pay as your payment method, your personal data will be transmitted to the operator of Apple Pay. The legal basis for this data transfer is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (consent) and Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract).

The operator of the payment service Apple Pay is:

Apple Inc.

Infinite Loop, Cupertino,

CA 95014,

Phone: +1 408 996 1010

represented in Europe by Apple Distribution International Ltd.

Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Republic of Ireland

contactus.de@euro.apple.com

Detailed information on the privacy policy for payments with Apple Pay can be found at:

support.apple.com/de-de/HT201469

support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

apple.com/legal/privacy/de-ww/

apple.com/de/privacy/

Newsletter

(1) With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which will inform you about our current, interesting offers. The advertised goods and services are listed in the consent form.

(2) We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to register for our newsletter. This means that after your registration, we will send you an email to the email address you provided, asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to verify your registration and, if necessary, to investigate any possible misuse of your personal data.

(3) The only mandatory information required to receive the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional, separately marked data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your email address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 ( 1 ) (a) GDPR.

(4) You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can do so by clicking on the link provided in each newsletter email, via this form on the website, or by sending an email to info@signedshop.com or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the imprint.

(5) We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. For this evaluation, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website. For the evaluation, we link the above-mentioned data and the web beacons with your e-mail address and an individual ID. The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymous form, i.e. the IDs are not linked to your other personal data, and direct personal reference is excluded. You can object to this tracking at any time by clicking on the separate link provided in every e-mail or by informing us via another contact method. The information is stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we store the data purely statistically and anonymously.

(6) We use an external service provider to send newsletters. A separate data processing agreement has been concluded with this service provider to ensure the protection of your personal data. The processing of the data specified in this section is neither legally nor contractually required. Without your consent and the transmission of your personal data, we cannot send you a newsletter. We currently work with the following service provider:

  1. MailChimp

The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp

675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000

Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Phone: +1 404 806-5843

Email: legal@mailchimp.com

The following data is transmitted to MailChimp:

- Name

- E-mail address

- IP address

Further information can be found in MailChimp’s privacy policy, which is available at mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ .

Mailchimp has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all global activities in which Stripe processes personal data of individuals in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Further information can be found at: mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/

We have a legitimate interest in using services for automated newsletter distribution to ensure fast and reliable delivery. Therefore, pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, we are authorized to transfer the aforementioned data to MailChimp.

  1. Customer.io

Peaberry Software Inc.,
921 SW Washington St, Suite #820,
Portland, OR 97205

The following data is transmitted to Customer.io:

- Name

- E-mail address

- IP address

Further information can be found in customer.io’s privacy policy, which is available at customer.io/privacy-policy.html.

Your data will also be stored by customer.io. Customer.io offers analysis options based on how the newsletter is opened and used. Your data will not be shared with third parties for the purpose of receiving the newsletter, and customer.io does not acquire any right to share your data.

Your data will not be shared with third parties for advertising purposes. You can revoke your consent to the use of your data for our own advertising purposes at any time, free of charge, without forfeiting our services.

E-mail advertising without registration for the newsletter and your right of objection

If we receive your email address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not objected, we reserve the right, pursuant to Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), to regularly send you offers for products from our range similar to those you have already purchased. This serves to protect our legitimate interest in addressing our customers with advertising, which prevails within the framework of a balancing of interests. You can object to this use of your email address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising email, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.

Individual advertising

Information that we receive from you helps us to continuously improve your shopping experience and to make it more customer-friendly and personalized for you. The information you submit and which is automatically generated is used to create advertising tailored to you and your interests. For this purpose, we use existing information, such as confirmations of receipt and read of emails, information about your computer and internet connection, operating system and platform, your order history, service history, the date and time you visited the homepage, and the products you viewed. We use this information exclusively in pseudonymized form. By analyzing and evaluating this information, we are able to improve our websites and our internet offerings and to send you personalized advertising. If you do not wish to receive personalized advertising, you can object to this at any time, either in whole or in relation to specific measures.

Competitions, market and opinion research

For competitions, we use your data to notify you of your winnings and to advertise our offers. Detailed information can be found in our terms and conditions for the respective competition. We also use your data for market and opinion research. Naturally, we use this data exclusively in an anonymized form for statistical purposes. Your survey responses will not be shared with third parties or published. You can object to the use of your data for market and opinion research at any time, either entirely or for specific purposes.

Rights of the data subject

(1) Revocation of consent

If the processing of personal data is based on consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. Revoking your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until the revocation.

You can contact us at any time to exercise your right of withdrawal.

(2) Right to confirmation

You have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether we process personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details provided above.

(3) Right to information

If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time:

  1. the purposes of processing;
  2. the categories of personal data being processed;
  3. 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 organisations;
  4. where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, where not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
  5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  7. where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
  8. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. We will provide a copy of the personal data undergoing processing. For any further copies you request, we may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs. If you make the request electronically, the information must be provided in a commonly used electronic format, unless you specify otherwise. The right to receive a copy pursuant to paragraph 3 must not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

(4) Right to rectification

You have the right to request that we immediately correct any inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing,

You have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

(5) Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)

You have the right to request the controller to

personal data will be deleted immediately and we are obliged

to delete personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

  1. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  2. The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  3. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.
  4. The personal data was processed unlawfully.
  5. The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  6. The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8(1) GDPR.

Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, to inform controllers which process the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) does not apply if processing is necessary:

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • to fulfill a legal obligation required by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  • for reasons of public interest in the area of ​​public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) of the GDPR;
  • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of that processing impossible or seriously compromises it, or
  • to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

(6) Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.

request if one of the following conditions is met:

  1. 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,
  2. the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
  3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
  4. the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, as long as it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

Where processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, such personal data shall – with the exception of storage – only be processed with the consent of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

To exercise the right to restriction of processing, the data subject may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.

(7) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format and you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that:

  1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR and
  1. the processing is carried out using automated procedures.

When exercising your right to data portability pursuant to paragraph 1, you have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The exercise of the right to data portability shall not affect your right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"). This right shall not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

(8) Right of objection

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data unless they can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, you may exercise your right of objection by means of automated procedures using technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

You have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1), unless the processing is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest, for reasons related to your particular situation.

You can exercise your right of objection at any time by contacting the respective controller.

(9) Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling

You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision:

  1. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller,
  1. is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, or
  1. with the express consent of the data subject.

The controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

The data subject may exercise this right at any time by contacting the respective controller.

(10) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Furthermore, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes this Regulation.

(11) Right to an effective judicial remedy

Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR, you shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy if the supervisory authority considers that your rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of your personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.

Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data held by Google.

(3) You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:

tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the "anonymizeIp" extension. This means that IP addresses are truncated and processed, thus preventing any personal reference. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, this will be immediately excluded and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. Using the statistics obtained, we can improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

(6) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of use:

google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, as well as the privacy policy: /policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de.

(7) This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic, which is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My Data," "Personal Data."

Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") for the consistent display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must establish a connection to Google's servers. This allows Google to know that our website was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a consistent and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Opt out: adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Google Ads

(1) This website uses Google Adwords to draw attention to our offers on external websites with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine the success of the individual advertising measures in relation to the data from the advertising campaigns. In doing so, we pursue the interest of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs. These advertising materials are delivered by Google via so-called "ad servers". For this purpose, we use ad server cookies, which can be used to measure certain parameters for measuring success, such as the display of ads or clicks by users. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Adwords will store a cookie on your PC. These cookies usually expire after 90 days and, according to Google, are not intended to be used to identify you personally. The analysis values ​​stored for this cookie are usually the unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view conversions) and opt-out information (marking that the user no longer wishes to be contacted).

These cookies enable Google to recognize your internet browser. If a user visits certain pages of an Adwords customer's website and the cookie stored on their computer has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Adwords customer is assigned a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across Adwords customers' websites. We ourselves do not collect or process any personal data in the aforementioned advertising measures. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. Based on these evaluations, we can recognize which of the advertising measures used are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of advertising material; in particular, we cannot identify users based on this information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected through the use of this tool by Google and therefore inform you according to our current state of knowledge: By integrating AdWords Conversion, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will learn and save your IP address.

(2) You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways:

  • by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular the suppression of third-party cookies will prevent you from receiving third-party advertisements
  • by deactivating cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”, google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies.
  • by deactivating interest-based ads from providers who are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign via the link aboutads.info/choices. This setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies.
  • by permanently deactivating it in your Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome browsers at google.com/settings/ads/plugin. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all the features of this website.

(3) The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Further information provided by Google on data protection can be found here: google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy and services.google.com/sitestats/de.html. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at networkadvertising.org.

Google Tag Manager

(1) This website uses Google Tag Manager. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags via a single interface. The tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookieless domain and does not store any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been performed at the domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

(2) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Standard contractual clauses pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR have been concluded with this service provider as appropriate safeguards. Further information can be found here: ec.europa.eu/data-transfers-outside-eu_de

(3) The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest)

Retargeting tools

(1) In order to offer you an even better experience on our website and to address relevant interested parties for our website, we use the following tools / pixels:

AdRoll, AdRoll Pixel, AdRoll Roundtrip

DoubleClick

Outbrain Amplify, Outbrain Pixel

(2) The data will not be transferred to providers or storage locations in countries outside the European Union, or if a provider has its headquarters or storage locations outside the European Union, written agreements / contract data processing agreements (ADV, according to Art. 28 Para. 3 GDPR) have been concluded with the provider.

Use of social media links

We currently use various links to various social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, and Twitter. These are not social media plugins, but merely links. If you click on one of the links, you will be redirected to the respective website provider, and your IP address will be transmitted. If you are logged in to the respective social media account at the same time, additional data may be collected by the respective provider.

Existence of automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.