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. In the following we will inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data are 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 PowerBaseTec GmbH, Hauptstrasse 8, 37434 Bodensee, Germany, Tel .: 055079194797, E-Mail: info@powerbasetec.de. 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  The person responsible has appointed a data protection officer who can be reached as follows: “Jonas Nachtwey”

1.4  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 character string “https: //” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when you visit our website

If you only use our website for informational purposes, 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 visit 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 applicable: in anonymous form)

The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f 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 check the server log files retrospectively 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 again 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 your browser to be recognized 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, which can differ depending on the cookie. The duration of the respective cookie storage can be found in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.

In some cases, the cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and 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 to 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 every browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browser 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-ablehnen
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

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

4.2  WhatsApp business

We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to contact us via the WhatsApp messaging service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland. We use the so-called “business version” of WhatsApp for this.

If you contact us via WhatsApp about a specific transaction (for example, an order placed), we will save and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b. GDPR to process and answer your request. On the same legal basis, we will ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer number, address or email address) so that we can assign your request to a specific process.

Use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g. about the range of services, availability or our website) and we will use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the desired information.

Your data will only ever be used to answer your request via WhatsApp. A disclosure to third parties does not occur.

Please note that WhatsApp Business has access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and the phone numbers stored in the address book are automatically sent to a server of the parent company Facebook Inc. broadcasts in the US. To operate our WhatsApp business account, we use a mobile device whose address book only stores the WhatsApp contact details of those users who have also contacted us via WhatsApp.

This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book, already when using the app on their device for the first time, by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use in the transmission of their WhatsApp telephone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR has consented. A transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and / or who have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in WhatsApp’s data protection information: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1# privacy-policy

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

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide them to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. We save 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 with due regard to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use your data as permitted by law became.

6) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the name of the commentator you have chosen will be saved and published on this website. Your IP address is also recorded and saved. The IP address is stored for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by submitting a comment. We need your e-mail address in order to contact you if a third party should object to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for the storage of your data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if third parties complain that they are illegal.

7) Use of customer data for direct mail

7.1  Registration for our e-mail newsletter

If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will send you information about our offers on a regular basis. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used in order to be able 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 e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to click on a link to confirm that you want to receive the newsletter in the future.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of 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 e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter are used exclusively for the purpose of advertising 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 above. After you have unsubscribed, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

7.2  Sending the email newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range by e-mail. For this we have to according to § 7 Abs. 3 UWG do not obtain separate consent from you. In this respect, data processing takes place solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct mail in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you an e-mail. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning. For this you only have to pay transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.

7.3  Sending newsletters via CleverReach

Our e-mail newsletters are sent via the technical service provider CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede (“CleverReach”), to whom we pass on the data you provided when you registered for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) will be stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany or Ireland.

CleverReach uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the newsletters sent by email contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent one-pixel image files that are stored on our website. In this way it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking it can also be analyzed whether a previously defined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on such links. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymised form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyzes can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

If you want to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

We have concluded an order processing contract with CleverReach, with which we oblige CleverReach to protect our customers’ data and not to pass them on to third parties.

You can read more information about data analysis by CleverReach here:
https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/
You can view CleverReach’s privacy policy here:
https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.

7.4  WhatsApp newsletter

If you register for our WhatsApp newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers via WhatsApp. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your mobile phone number.

To send the newsletter, add our mobile phone number to the address contacts of your mobile phone and send us the message “Start” via WhatsApp. By sending this WhatsApp message, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of sending newsletters. We will then add you to our newsletter mailing list.

The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter are processed exclusively for the purpose of advertising via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending us the message “Stop” via WhatsApp. After you have unsubscribed, your mobile phone number will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

Please note that WhatsApp has access to the address book of the mobile device we use to send the newsletter and that the phone numbers stored in the address book are automatically transferred to a Facebook server in the USA.

To send our WhatsApp newsletter, we therefore use a mobile device whose address book only stores the WhatsApp contact details of our newsletter recipients. This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book, already when using the app on their device for the first time, by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use in the transmission of their WhatsApp telephone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR has consented. A transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and / or who have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in WhatsApp’s data protection information: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1# privacy-policy

7.5  Notification of availability of goods by email

If we offer the option in our online shop of selected, temporarily unavailable articles to inform you of the time of availability by e-mail, you can register for our e-mail notification service for the availability of goods. If you register for our e-mail notification service for the availability of goods, we will send you a one-time e-mail about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your email address. The provision of further data is voluntary and may be used in order to be able 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 receiving such a message. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive such a notification by clicking on a corresponding link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for our e-mail notification service for the availability of goods, we save your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to prevent possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time to be able to understand. The data collected by us when registering for our e-mail notification service about the availability of goods are used exclusively for the purpose of informing you about the availability of a certain article in our online shop. You can unsubscribe from the e-mail notification service for the availability of goods at any time by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned above. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately 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 data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration .

8) Data processing for order processing

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

The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, if this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

8.2  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 give your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR to Deutsche Post prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR only forward the name of the recipient and the delivery address to Deutsche Post. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Deutsche Post or the delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the person in charge named above or vis-à-vis Deutsche Post.
– DHL
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will give your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR to DHL prior to the delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO only forward the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or the delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis 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 give your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR to DHL prior to the delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO only forward the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or the delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the transport service provider DHL.
– DPD
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DPD (DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg), we will give your email address and telephone number before the goods are delivered in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery to DPD, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR only forwards the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DPD. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DPD or the delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the transport service provider DPD.
– FedEx
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider FedEx (FedEx Express Germany GmbH, Langer Kornweg 34 k, 65451 Kelsterbach), we will give your email address and telephone number before the goods are delivered in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR to FedEx for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR only forwards the name of the recipient and the delivery address to FedEx. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with FedEx or the delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the transport service provider FedEx.
– 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 give your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery to GLS, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process DSGVO only forwards the name of the recipient and the delivery address to GLS. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with GLS or the transmission of status information of the shipment delivery is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the person responsible or vis-à-vis the transport service provider GLS.
– Giver
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Schenker (Schenker Deutschland AG, Lyoner Straße 15, 60528 Frankfurt am Main), we will give your email address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR to Schenker before delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, only the name of the recipient and the delivery address are passed on to the donors. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Schenker or the delivery notification is not possible. The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the person responsible or Schenker.
– TNT
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider TNT (TNT Express GmbH, Haberstraße 2, 53842 Troisdorf), we will give your email address before the goods are delivered in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce delivery to TNT, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, only the name of the recipient and the delivery address are passed on to TNT. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with TNT or the transmission of status information of the shipment delivery is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the person responsible or vis-à-vis the transport service provider TNT.
– UPS
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider UPS (United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss), we will give your email address before the goods are delivered in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or to announce the delivery to UPS, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR only forwards the name of the recipient and the delivery address to UPS. The transfer takes place only as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with UPS or the transmission of status information of the shipment delivery is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the transport service provider UPS.

8.3  Use of payment service providers (payment services)

– Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “installment payment” via PayPal, we give your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22- 24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”), continue. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only insofar as 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 processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR passed on to credit agencies on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result 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. For more information on data protection, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this 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.
– IMMEDIATELY
If the payment method “SOFORT” is selected, the payment will be processed by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “SOFORT”), to whom we will send the information you provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data is passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing payments with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent that it is necessary for this. You can find more information about SOFORT’s data protection provisions at the following Internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

9) Contact for evaluation reminder

Evaluation reminder by Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will send your email address to the rating platform Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str.15c, 50823 Cologne (www.trustedshops.de) so that they can send you a rating reminder by email.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to the rating platform.

10) Use of rating and seal of approval graphics

Trusted Shops Trustbadge

The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer Trusted Shops membership to buyers after placing an order.

This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing up of interests, in the optimal marketing of our offer, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are offered by Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str.15C, 50823 Cologne.

When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the website.

Further personal data is only transferred to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered to use them. In this case, the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops applies.

11) Use of social media: social plugins

11.1  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 Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not unrestrictedly integrated into the page as plug-ins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with the Facebook servers. If 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 the 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

11.2  Instagram plug-in as a Shariff solution

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

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not unrestrictedly integrated into the page as plug-ins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with the Instagram servers. If 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 the 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/

11.3  LinkedIn plug-in as a Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the online service LinkedIn operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”).

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

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in LinkedIn’s data protection information: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

11.4  Twitter plug-in as a Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the micro-blogging service Twitter, operated by the Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street
Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland (“Twitter”).

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not unrestrictedly integrated into the page as plug-ins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with the Twitter servers. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Twitter page, on which you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data). Please note that when you interact with the plugin, information collected (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a Twitter Inc. transmitted to the USA and stored there.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Twitter’s data protection information: https://twitter.com/privacy

11.5  Xing plugins

The “XING Share Button” is used on this website. When you call up this website, a short-term connection to the XING AG servers (“XING”) is established via your browser, with which the “XING Share Button” functions (in particular the calculation / display of the counter value) are performed. XING does not save any of your personal data when you access this website. In particular, XING does not save any IP addresses. There is also no evaluation of your usage behavior via the use of cookies in connection with the “XING Share Button”. The current data protection information on the “XING Share Button” and additional information can be found on this website: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

12) Use of Social Media: Videos

12.1  Use of Vimeo Videos

Our website includes plugins from the Vimeo video portal from Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you call up a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Vimeo servers. Vimeo transmits the content of the plugin directly to your browser and integrates it into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged into Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as pressing the start button of a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Vimeo’s legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the Vimeo service.

If you do not want Vimeo to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Vimeo as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Vimeo’s data protection information: https://vimeo.com/privacy

The tracking tool Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, is automatically integrated into videos from Vimeo that are integrated on our site. This is Vimeo’s own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by our side. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” for tracking, these are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there; it can also be transferred to the Google LLC server. come in the US.

This processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Vimeo’s legitimate interest in statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

12.2  Use of Youtube Videos

This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play back 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, does not start storing user information until 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 are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. 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 the assignment to your profile on YouTube, 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 Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google’s legitimate interests in displaying personalized advertising, market research and / or needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Regardless of whether or not the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations beyond our control.

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.

As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

13) Online Marketing

LinkedIn Insight

This website uses the retargeting and conversion tool from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, with the help of which visitors to this website can be shown personalized advertisements on the “LinkedIn” platform.
For this purpose, when you visit our website, a cookie, a small text file, is set on the browser of your end device, which is no longer valid after 120 days. If the user visits certain pages on this website and is logged into his LinkedIn account at the same time, a connection to the LinkedIn servers is established, via which interest-based advertising can be displayed on the platform. At the same time, the cookie enables anonymous reports on the performance of the advertisements on LinkedIn and information on website interaction to be generated that are provided to us and LinkedIn.
The display of advertising and the creation of statistical reports will not take place if the user is not logged into his LinkedIn account at the same time when visiting this website.
The information obtained with the help of the cookie never allows a personal identification of the respective user.
The information is transmitted in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the statistical evaluation of the success of product advertisements on LinkedIn and thus serves to optimize our online offer.

You can deactivate the LinkedIn Insight Tool and the display of interest-based advertising on LinkedIn by setting an opt-out cookie under the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

This opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will have to click the link above again.

You can find more information about LinkedIn’s data protection provisions at the following Internet address: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy#choices-oblig

As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option outlined above to make an objection.

14) Tools and miscellaneous

14.1  Best Currency Converter
This website uses the “Best Currency Converter” service from Grizzly Apps SRL, Muresului Street 7 Bloc E23, Scara B, Apartament 15, Brasov, Romania (“Best Currency Converter”). Based on our legitimate interest in displaying prices in the local currency of your location, Best Currency Converter collects data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR your IP address and evaluates it in order to adapt the price displays on the website to your location. The IP address is not stored permanently. In addition, Best Currency Converter sets a functional cookie in the browser of the device you are using after the currency has been adjusted for the first time in order to save the currency setting for the duration of a session. After this session has expired, the cookie is automatically deleted.
Further information on data protection from “Best Currency Converter” can be found at https://currency.grizzlyapps.com/privacy-policy

14.2  – Collmex
We use the cloud-based accounting software from Collmex GmbH, Lilienstr. 37, 66119 Saarbrücken (“Collmex”). Collmex processes incoming and outgoing invoices as well as, if necessary, the bank movements of our company in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions and use them to create the financial accounting in a partially automated process.
If personal data is also processed here, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.
You can find more information about Collmex, the automated processing of data and the data protection provisions at https://www.collmex.de/datenschutz.html

14.3  – Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”) for the uniform representation of fonts. When you call up 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 are using must connect to the Google servers. This can also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US. In this way, Google learns that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts takes place in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on 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/

14.4  Google reCAPTCHA

On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA function from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an input is made by a natural person or is improperly made by machine and automated processing. The service includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and avoiding abuse and spam. When using Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s data protection declaration can be viewed at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option outlined above to make an objection.

14.5  – Microsoft Teams
We use the “Microsoft Teams” service from Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA (hereinafter “Microsoft Teams”) to hold online meetings, video conferences and / or webinars.
When using Microsoft Teams, different data is processed. The scope of the processed data depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. When using Microsoft Teams, data of the communication participants are processed and stored on Microsoft Teams servers. This data can include, in particular, your login data (name, email address, telephone (optional) and password) and meeting data (subject, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). In addition, visual and auditory contributions from the participants as well as voice input in chats can be processed.
When processing personal data that are required to fulfill a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR as the legal basis. If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Incidentally, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the effective implementation of the online meeting, webinar or video conference. Further information on data usage by Microsoft Teams can be found in the data protection declaration of Microsoft Teams at https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
– zoom
We use the “Zoom” service from Zoom Video Communications Inc., 55 Almaden Blvd, Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA (hereinafter “Zoom”) to conduct online meetings, video conferences and / or webinars.
When using Zoom, different data is processed. The scope of the processed data depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. When using Zoom, data of the communication participants are processed and stored on Zoom’s servers. This data can include, in particular, your login data (name, email address, telephone (optional) and password) and meeting data (subject, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). In addition, visual and auditory contributions from the participants as well as voice input in chats can be processed.
When processing personal data that are required to fulfill a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR as the legal basis. If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Incidentally, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the effective implementation of the online meeting, webinar or video conference. Further information on the use of data by Zoom can be found in Zoom’s privacy policy at https://zoom.us/docs/de-de/privacy-and-legal.html

15) rights of the data subject

15.1  The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data protection rights (information and intervention rights) vis-à-vis the person responsible with regard to 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 a 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 we have not collected them from you, the Existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and the intended effects of such processing, as well as your right to be informed about the guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR when your data is forwarded in D rittlands exist;
  • Right to correction according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and / or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
  • Right to deletion according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to have your personal data deleted if the requirements of Art. 17 Para. 1 of the GDPR. However, this right does not exist 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 that the processing of your personal data be restricted as long as the correctness of your data is being checked, if you refuse to delete your data due to inadmissible data processing and instead request the 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 objected to reasons of your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate Reasons outweigh;
  • Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to correction, deletion or restriction of processing against the person responsible, the person responsible is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or To communicate restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or is associated with a 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 your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another person responsible, insofar as 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, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent up to the point of withdrawal;
  • Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR: If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

15.2  RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR MAIN LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE EVERY TIME TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A CONSIDERATION OF YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL END THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPULSORY REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING, THAT OUTSIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING OR EXPRESSION OF THE EXPRESSION APPLIES.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY OBJECTIVE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL END THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

16) Duration of storage of personal data

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

When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes his consent.

Are there statutory retention periods for data that are required within the framework of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR are processed, this data is routinely deleted after the retention period has expired, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and / or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh 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 Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.

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

 
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