Privacy Policy

The responsible party for data processing is:

Jannes Rabe

Seibertzstraße 7

45144 Essen

We appreciate your interest in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide you with detailed information on how we handle your data.

1. Access Data and Hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a webpage is accessed, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of retrieval, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval.

This access data is evaluated exclusively to ensure a trouble-free operation of the site and to improve our offering. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offering in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

2. Data Processing for Contract Execution and Contact

2.1 Data Processing for Contract Execution

For the purpose of contract execution (including inquiries and processing of any warranty and performance claims, as well as any statutory update obligations) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order. Mandatory fields are marked as such because we need these data for contract processing and cannot send the order without them. The specific data collected can be seen from the respective input forms.

Further information on data processing, especially regarding disclosure to our service providers for order processing, payment, and shipping, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy. After the contract has been fully processed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiration of the tax and commercial law retention periods in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use the data, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this policy.

2.2 Customer Account

If you have given your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the customer account and storing your data for future purchases on our website. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact details described in this privacy policy or via a designated function in the customer account. After deleting your customer account, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use the data, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this policy.

2.3 Contact

As part of customer communication, we collect personal data to process your inquiries pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR if you voluntarily provide us with this data when contacting us (e.g., via contact form, live chat tool, or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such because we require this data to process your inquiry. The specific data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After fully processing your request, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use the data, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this policy.

3. Data Processing for Shipping Purposes

To fulfill the contract pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. If you have any questions regarding our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the address specified in this privacy policy.

The same applies to data transfer to our manufacturers or wholesalers in cases where they handle shipping for us (drop shipping). They are considered shipping service providers within the meaning of this privacy policy.

Data transfer to shipping service providers for shipping notifications

If you have given us your express consent during or after your order pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we pass on your email address to the selected shipping service provider so that they can contact you before delivery for shipping notifications or coordination.

Consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact details described in this privacy policy or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address provided below. After revocation, we delete the data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use the data, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this policy.

DHL Paket GmbH

Sträßchensweg 10

53113 Bonn

Germany

4. Data Processing for Payment Transactions

For the processing of payments in our online shop, we work with the following partners: technical service providers, financial institutions, and payment service providers.

4.1 Data Processing for Transaction Processing

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who act on our behalf within the framework of order processing, or to the commissioned financial institutions or the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment. This serves the fulfillment of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, payment service providers collect the necessary data for processing the payment themselves, e.g., on their own website or through technical integration in the ordering process. The respective privacy policy of the payment service provider applies in this case.

If you have any questions regarding our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the address specified in this privacy policy.

4.2 Data Processing for Fraud Prevention and Optimization of Payment Processes

If necessary, we provide our service providers with additional data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing payments as our processors for fraud prevention and to optimize our payment processes (e.g., invoicing, handling disputed payments, supporting accounting). This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in fraud prevention or efficient payment management in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

5. Advertising via Email

Email Newsletter with Subscription

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the required or separately provided data to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact details described below or via a designated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we delete your email address from the recipient list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use the data, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this policy.

6. Cookies and Other Technologies

General Information

To make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies on various pages, including so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again at the end of the browser session, meaning after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).

Protection of Privacy on Devices

When using our online services, we use strictly necessary technologies to provide the expressly requested telemedia service. The storage of information on your device or access to information already stored on your device does not require your consent in this respect.

For non-essential functions, the storage of information on your device or access to information already stored on your device requires your consent. We inform you that if consent is not granted, parts of the website may not be fully usable. Any consent you may have granted remains in effect until you adjust or reset the corresponding settings on your device.

Any Subsequent Data Processing by Cookies and Other Technologies

We use such technologies that are strictly necessary for the use of certain functions on our website (e.g., shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process IP addresses, the time of visit, device and browser information, as well as information about your use of our website (e.g., information about the contents of the shopping cart). This is done based on an overriding legitimate interest in an optimized presentation of our offering pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Additionally, we use technologies to fulfill legal obligations that we are subject to (e.g., to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.

Cookie Settings

You can find the cookie settings for your browser at the following links:

Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

If you have consented to the use of technologies pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the Privacy Policy.

7. Use of Cookies and Other Technologies

We use the following cookies and other technologies from third-party providers on our website. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies, this is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. After the purpose ceases to exist and we stop using the respective technology, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the section “Cookies and Other Technologies.” Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with individual providers, can be found under the respective technologies. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this Privacy Policy.

Use of Google Services

We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information about your use of our website automatically collected by Google’s technologies is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, and stored there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing is carried out based on an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. Further information on data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy notices.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA, for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by decision.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA. No adequacy decision by the European Commission exists for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on the European Commission’s standard data protection clauses.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, as well as information about your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored with Google Analytics, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. If you visit our website from the EU, your IP address will be stored on a server located in the EU to derive location data and then immediately deleted before traffic is forwarded for further processing on Google’s other servers. Data processing is based on an agreement with Google on order processing.

To optimize the marketing of our website, we have activated the data sharing settings for “Google Products and Services.” This allows Google to access and use data collected and processed by Google Analytics to improve Google’s services. Data sharing with Google under these settings is based on an additional agreement between joint controllers. We have no influence over the subsequent data processing by Google.

Google Ads

For advertising purposes in Google search results and on third-party websites, the so-called Google Remarketing Cookie is set when you visit our website. This allows interest-based advertising through the automatic collection and processing of data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, as well as information about your use of our website) and through a pseudonymous cookie ID based on the pages you have visited. Further data processing only occurs if you have enabled the “personalized advertising” setting in your Google account. In this case, if you are logged into Google while visiting our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, we measure your subsequent usage behavior via Google Ads Conversion Tracking when you arrive on our website through a Google Ads advertisement. Cookies may be used for this, and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, as well as information about your use of our website based on predefined events such as visiting a webpage or signing up for a newsletter) may be collected, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms.

8. Social Media

8.1 Social Buttons from Facebook (by Meta), Instagram (by Meta), Pinterest

Social buttons from social networks are used on our website. These are only embedded as HTML links in the page, so that no connection is established with the servers of the respective provider when you visit our website. If you click on one of the buttons, the respective social network’s website opens in a new window of your browser. There, you can, for example, press the Like or Share button.

9. Contact Options and Your Rights

9.1 Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• Right to Access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to request information about your processed personal data.

• Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect or completion of your stored personal data.

• Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You have the right to request the deletion of your stored personal data unless further processing is necessary for:

• Exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;

• Compliance with a legal obligation;

• Reasons of public interest; or

• The establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.