data protection

1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we will inform you about how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Chronos M GmbH, Helene-Voigtländer-Straße 7, 55543 Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Tel.: +49(0)671 – 20277790 , email : privacy@chronosmanufaktur.com The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

2) Data collection when you visit our website

If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time at the time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if necessary: ​​in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable you to recognize your browser the next time you visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values ​​on an individual basis. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can find out how long each cookie is stored in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.

In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed through individual cookies we use, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either to implement the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehne
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

4) Contact us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when a contact form is used can be seen in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This is the case if it can be seen from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and if there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing

In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us to execute a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Your customer account can be deleted at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. We store and use the data you provide to process the contract. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked in consideration of tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or reserve the right to further use of your data as permitted by law on our part became.

6) Use of customer data for direct advertising

6.1 Registration for our email newsletter

If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to receive the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you want to receive the newsletter in the future by clicking on a corresponding link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we save your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter will be used exclusively for advertising purposes via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

6.2 Sending the email newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers by email for goods or services similar to those you have already purchased from our range. In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 3 UWG, we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send emails. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with future effect by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning. For this you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Once your objection has been received, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.

6.3 Goods availability notification via email

If we offer the option of informing you by email about the time of availability for selected, temporarily unavailable items in our online shop, you can register for our email notification service for product availability. If you register for our email notification service for product availability, we will send you a one-time email message about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send this notification. This means that we will only send you a corresponding notification if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receive such a message. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive such notification by clicking on an appropriate link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for our email notification service about product availability, we store your IP address registered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to prevent possible misuse of your email address at a later date to be able to understand. The data we collect when you register for our email notification service about product availability is used solely for the purpose of informing you about the availability of a specific item in our online shop. You can unsubscribe from the e-mail notification service about product availability at any time by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration .

7) Data processing for order processing

7.1 Transmission of image files for order processing by email
On our website we offer customers the opportunity to order product personalization by sending image files via email. The submitted image motif is used as a template for personalizing the selected product.
The customer can send one or more image files from the memory of the device used to us via the email address provided on the website. We then collect, store and use the files transmitted in this way exclusively to produce the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for the preparation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. No further transfer will take place. If the transmitted files or the digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all of the processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. After the order has been processed, the transmitted image files will be automatically and completely deleted.

7.2 To process your order, we work with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

The personal data we collect will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, to the extent that this is necessary to deliver the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of payment processing, provided this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly about this below. The legal basis for passing on the data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

7.3 In order to fulfill our contractual obligations towards our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We will pass on your name and delivery address and, if necessary for delivery, your telephone number to a shipping partner selected by us exclusively for the purpose of delivering goods in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

7.4 Use of special service providers for order processing and processing

- Shopify
Orders are processed via the service provider “Shopify”

Company: Shopify International Limited, Company Identification Number: 560279, Address:

Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor

1-2 Haddington Road

Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

Support: hilfe@shopify.de

Name, address and, if applicable, other personal data will be passed on to Shopify exclusively for the purpose of processing the online order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR. Your data will only be passed on to the extent that this is actually necessary to process the order. Details about Shopify's data protection and the data protection declaration of Shopify International Limited can be viewed at the following link: https://www.shopify.com/de/legal/datenschutz

7.5 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

- German postal service
If the goods are delivered by Deutsche Post (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn), we will provide your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods to Deutsche Post for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to Deutsche Post for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Deutsche Post or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from Deutsche Post.
- DHL
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will provide your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordination of a delivery date or delivery announcement to DHL, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the transport service provider DHL.
- DHL Freight
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Freight GmbH, Godesberger Allee 102-104, 53175 Bonn, Germany), we will provide your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery The goods will be passed on to DHL for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the transport service provider DHL.
- GLS
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider GLS (General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein), we will provide your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO before delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing on a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we will give this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR only forwards the name of the recipient and the delivery address to GLS. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, it is not possible to coordinate the delivery date with GLS in advance or to transmit status information about the shipment delivery.
The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the transport service provider GLS.
- Donor
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Schenker (Schenker Deutschland AG, Lyoner Straße 15, 60528 Frankfurt am Main), we will provide your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods To coordinate a delivery date or to announce delivery to Schenker, provided you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the donor. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Schenker or delivery notification is not possible. The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from Schenker.

7.6 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

-Adyen
If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Adyen, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider Adyen, Simon Carmiggeltstraat 6 - 50, 1011 DJ Amsterdam, Netherlands, to whom we will send the information you provided during the ordering process, along with the information about your order (name, Address, IBAN, BIC, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing payments with the payment service provider Adyen and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose.
- Klarna
If you select a Klarna payment service, payment is processed via Klarna Bank AB (publ) [https://www.klarna.com/de], Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter “Klarna”). In order to enable payment to be processed, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, zip code, city, gender, email address, telephone number and IP address) as well as data relating to the order are used (e.g. invoice amount, item, delivery type) will be passed on to Klarna for the purpose of identity and creditworthiness checks, provided that you have expressly consented to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR as part of the ordering process. You can see which credit agencies your data can be forwarded to here:
https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies
The credit report can contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). To the extent that score values ​​are included in the results of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, but is not limited to, address data. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default to make a balanced decision about the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
Your personal information will be used in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna's data protection regulations for those affected based in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy
or for those affected based in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy
treated.
-Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment in installments" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22- as part of the payment processing. 24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”), further. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment in installments" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). To the extent that score values ​​are included in the results of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, but is not limited to, address data. Further data protection information, including information about the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's data protection declaration: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

8) Contact for review reminder

Own review reminder (not sent by a customer review system)
We use your email address as a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the review system we use, provided you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing.

9) Use of social media: Social plugins

9.1 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but rather simply using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that no connection is established to the Facebook servers when you access a page on our website that contains such buttons. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data).

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 setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

9.2 Instagram plugin as a Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland (“Facebook”).

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but rather simply using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that no connection is established to Instagram's servers when you access a page on our website that contains such buttons. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Instagram page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data).

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 setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Instagram's data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

9.3 Pinterest plugin as a Shariff solution

So-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the Pinterest social network are used on the seller’s website, which is operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Pinterest”).

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but rather simply using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that no connection is established to Pinterest's servers when you access a page on our website that contains such buttons. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Pinterest page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data).

The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Pinterest's data protection information: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

10) Use of Social Media: Videos

Use of YouTube videos

This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “Youtube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only starts saving user information when the video(s) are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from “YouTube”, these serve, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want it to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interests in displaying personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this you must contact YouTube. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come to the USA.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established every time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence.

Further information on data protection at “Youtube” can be found in the YouTube terms of use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms and in Google’s data protection declaration at https://www.google.de/intl/ de/policies/privacy.

To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

11) Online Marketing

11.1 Facebook pixels for creating custom audiences (without cookie consent tool)
Our online offering uses the so-called “Facebook pixel” from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).
If a user clicks on an advertisement we have placed on Facebook, an addition is added to the URL of our linked page by Facebook Pixel. If our site allows sharing data with Facebook via pixels, this URL parameter is written into the user's browser via a cookie, which our linked site sets itself. This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is able to determine the visitors to our online offering as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called “Facebook Ads”). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to only show the Facebook ads we place to those Facebook users who have shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products) based on the information they visit websites) which we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not appear annoying. This allows us to further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook advertisement (so-called “conversion”).
The data collected is anonymous to us, so it does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook.
The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook Pixel is based on our overriding legitimate interest in the evaluation, optimization and economic operation of our online offering and our advertising measures in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR.
The information generated by Facebook is usually transmitted to a Facebook server and stored there; this may also be transmitted to the Facebook Inc. servers in the USA. To object to the collection by the Facebook pixel and the use of your data to display Facebook ads as a whole, you can set an opt-out cookie, which deactivates Facebook pixel tracking, by clicking on the link below:
Disable Facebook Pixel
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 on the link above again.
To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.

11.2 Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called “web beacons” (small invisible graphics) to collect information. Simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected and evaluated. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This may also result in a transmission to the Google LLC servers. come to the USA.

Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to the AdSense advertisements. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense is not combined with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.

The described processing of data is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR for the purpose of targeted advertising targeting of the user by advertising third parties, whose advertisements are displayed on this website based on the evaluated user behavior. This processing also serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our website by displaying personalized third-party advertising content for a fee.

You can find further information about Google's data protection regulations at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly, or you can download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be possible or may only be used to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.

11.3 Use of Google Ads conversion tracking

This website uses the online advertising program “Google Ads” and, as part of Google Ads, conversion tracking from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites using advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords). We can use the data from the advertising campaigns to determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. Our aim is to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an Ads ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies usually 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 Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads 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 with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under the keyword “User Settings”. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. When using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come to the USA.

You can find further information about Google's data protection regulations at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be possible or may only be used to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website or, alternatively, follow the option described above to object.

12) Web analytics services

12.1 Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google (Universal) Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files that are stored on your device and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there; this may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come to the USA.
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes any direct reference to a person. Through the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google (Universal) Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
Google Analytics also enables the creation of statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors based on an evaluation of interest-based advertising and with the use of third-party information via a special function, the so-called “demographic characteristics”. This allows the definition and differentiation of user groups of the website for the purpose of target group-optimized targeting of marketing measures. However, records collected using “demographic characteristics” cannot be assigned to a specific person.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies to read information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR. Without this consent, Google Analytics will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Google relies on so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the USA.
Further information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

12.2 Google (Universal) Analytics without cookies
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively without the use of cookies, which means that the service never sets cookies on your device.
Instead, your browser's local storage is used to store an individual ID assigned by Google (Universal) Analytics, which enables your use of the website to be analyzed. For this purpose, certain user information is processed via the ID.
The information generated by the ID about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there; this may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come to the USA.
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes any direct reference to a person. Through the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google LLC server. broadcast in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google (Universal) Analytics is combined with other data from Google.
Google Analytics also enables the creation of statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors based on an evaluation of interest-based advertising and with the use of third-party information via a special function, the so-called “demographic characteristics”. This allows the definition and differentiation of user groups of the website for the purpose of target group-optimized targeting of marketing measures. However, records collected using “demographic characteristics” cannot be assigned to a specific person.
All processing described above will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR. Without this consent, Google Analytics will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, you can download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, you can revoke your consent by clicking on the following link to set an opt-out cookie, which will prevent future collection by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out -Out-Cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again):
Deactivate Google Analytics
We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Google relies on so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the USA.
Further information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

12.3 TikTok conversion tracking and remarketing

We use TikTok conversion tracking and remarketing to measure the effectiveness of our advertisements and to show you personalized advertising. You can object to tracking on TikTok via your TikTok settings.

12.4 PayPal

We use PayPal for payments on our website. Certain personal information is transmitted to PayPal to complete the transaction. Further information can be found in PayPal's privacy policy.

12.5 Cloudflare and jsDelivr

We use Cloudflare and jsDelivr to improve the performance and security of our website. These services may collect certain anonymized information about your use of our website.

12.6 Font Awesome and Bunny CDN

Our website uses Font Awesome and Bunny CDN to load and display content efficiently. Data such as your IP address may be collected to ensure that the content is displayed correctly.

12.7 Pinterest Ads

We advertise on Pinterest to promote our products. Pinterest may collect certain data about your usage behavior in order to show you targeted advertising.

12.8 Meta Ads (Meta Pixels) and Meta Events Manager

Our website uses Meta Pixel and Meta Events Manager for conversion tracking and optimization of our Facebook advertising campaigns. These tools collect information about your interactions on our website.

12.9 Shopify

Our online store is hosted on the Shopify platform. Shopify processes your data to process online sales, including payments and delivery.

12.10 Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4 to analyze user behavior on our website. You can object to data collection by Google Analytics by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

12.11 Contact form and direct registration

Through our contact form and direct registration, we collect personal information such as your name and email address in order to respond to your inquiries or to provide you with access to certain services.

12.12 Mailing list or newsletter

If you sign up for our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you regular updates. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each newsletter.

12.13 Online sales of goods and services

When selling goods and services online, we collect information such as your name, address and payment information in order to process and deliver the order."

13) Retargeting/remarketing/recommendation advertising

Google Ads Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing, with which we advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Any further data processing will only take place if you have agreed to Google that your internet and app browser history will be linked by Google to your Google account and that information from your Google account will be used to personalize ads that you display on the web regard. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to form target groups. As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come to the USA.
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
You can find further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website or, alternatively, follow the option described above to object.

14) Use of an email ticketing system

Zendesk
To process customer inquiries, we use the email ticket system Zendesk, a customer service platform from Zendesk International Ltd., 55 Charlemont Place, Saint Kevin's, Dublin D02 F985, Ireland (“Zendesk”). If users of our website make contact requests by email, these are stored and organized in the ticket system to enable chronological processing and improve the service experience. Users can always see the current status of the processing of their request via the individually assigned ticket number.
Personal data as provided in the request, but in any case last name, first name and email address, is collected, transmitted to Zendesk, stored there and read exclusively for the organization of inquiries and their processing.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in the efficient design of our customer service, in answering your request as quickly as possible and in optimizing our service offering in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR
We have entered into an order processing agreement with Zendesk by which we oblige Zendesk to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
Personal data may be transmitted to Zendesk Inc. servers in the USA. For such data transfers, Zendesk follows Binding Corporate Rules (BCR), which have been recognized by the Irish Data Protection Authority as appropriate safeguards for compliance with European data protection standards.
Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This is the case if it can be seen from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and if there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.
Further information about Zendesk's data protection can be found at https://www.zendesk.de/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/.

15) Tools and miscellaneous

- Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts for the uniform display of fonts, which are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. This may also result in personal data being transmitted to the Google LLC servers. come to the USA. In this way, Google becomes aware that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

16) Rights of the person concerned

16.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of information and rights of intervention) vis-à-vis the person responsible for the processing of your personal data, about which we will inform you below:

  • Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned Storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you by us, that Existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing affecting you, as well as your right to be informed about what guarantees exist in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR when your data is forwarded to third countries;
  • Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of incomplete data stored by us;
  • Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 Paragraph 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular if the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data you dispute is checked, if you refuse to delete your data due to unlawful data processing and instead Request restriction of the processing of your data if you need your data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims after we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved or if you have lodged an objection for reasons relating to your particular situation as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate interests are reasons predominate;
  • Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, deletion or restriction of processing against the person responsible, the person responsible is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed 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 in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible, to the extent that this is technically feasible;
  • Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will delete the data concerned immediately unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before its revocation;
  • Right to complain in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR: If you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

16.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS BASED ON OUR OVERWHELMING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE PROTECTED, WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR OPT-OUT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

17) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if relevant - additionally based on the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR, this data will be stored until the person concerned revokes their consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal or transaction-like obligations on the basis of Article 6 Para. 1 lit and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 1 of the GDPR, unless we can provide compelling legitimate reasons provide evidence for the processing that outweighs the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 2 of the GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.