Privacy policy

Important to know:

In principle, you can visit our website without leaving any personal data. In some cases, however, we need information from you:

• for orders
• when you contact us
• when you register as a customer

Personal data

We only process personal data for order processing and may forward the data required for this purpose to service providers (e.g. delivery service). You will not receive any advertising emails from us.

Privacy policy

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance to the management of ARTYLUX. Use of the Internet pages of ARTYLUX is in principle possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, is always in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to ARTYLUX. With this privacy policy, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this privacy policy.

ARTYLUX, as the controller responsible for processing, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can fundamentally have security gaps, and absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of ARTYLUX is based on the terms used by the European legislator when adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for both the public and for our customers and business partners. In order to ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.

We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy:

• a)    Personal data

  Personal data means all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

• b)    Data subject

  Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

• c)    Processing

  Processing is any operation or set of operations performed upon personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

• d)    Restriction of processing

  Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.

• e)    Profiling

  Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

• f)     Pseudonymization

  Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

• g)    Controller or controller responsible for processing

  Controller or controller responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for their nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

• h)    Processor

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

• i)      Recipient

  Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law are not regarded as recipients.

• j)      Third party

  Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process the personal data.

• k)    Consent

  Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the wishes of the data subject by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Name and address of the controller responsible for processing

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

ARTYLUX Owner Christoph Orgassa

Proskauer Str. 29

10247 Berlin

Germany

Tel.: 030-23930351

E-mail: info@artylux.de

Website: www.artylux.de

3. Cookies

The Internet pages of ARTYLUX use cookies. Cookies are text files which are placed and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain what is known as a cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string by which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the Internet pages and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers which contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, ARTYLUX can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the setting of cookies.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies enable us, as already mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, a user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter his or her access data each time he or she visits the website because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie in a shopping basket of an online store. The online store remembers the items a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, it is possible that not all functions of our website can be used to their full extent.

4. Collection of general data and information

The website of ARTYLUX collects a series of general data and information each time the website is called up by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. The following can be recorded: (1) used browser types and versions, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system arrives at our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, ARTYLUX does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by ARTYLUX both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Registration on our website

The data subject has the possibility to register on the controller's website by entering personal data. Which personal data is transmitted to the controller, results from the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for their own purposes. The controller may arrange for the data to be passed on to one or more processors, for example a parcel service provider, who will also use the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the controller.

By registering on the controller's website, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject, the date as well as the time of registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that only this way the misuse of our services can be prevented, and these data make it possible, if necessary, to clarify committed offences. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to safeguard the controller. This data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to pass it on or the transfer serves the purpose of criminal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject with the voluntary provision of personal data serves the controller to offer the data subject content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have it completely deleted from the database of the controller.

The controller shall provide any data subject at any time upon request with information about which personal data about the data subject is stored. Furthermore, the controller shall rectify or erase the personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. All employees of the controller are available to the data subject in this context as contact persons.

6. Contact option via the website

The website of ARTYLUX contains, on the basis of legal regulations, information that enables fast electronic contact to our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller will be stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no disclosure of these personal data to third parties.

7. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller processes and stores the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or if this is provided for by the European legislator or other legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the purpose of storage ceases to apply or a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

8. Rights of the data subject

• a)    Right to confirmation

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

• b)    Right of access

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain, at any time and free of charge, information from the controller about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

  • the purposes of the processing
  • the categories of personal data concerned
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
  • if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration
  • the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing
  • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: any available information as to their source
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and ? at least in those cases ? meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject

  Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right to be informed as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

• c)    Right to rectification

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

• d)    Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to require the controller to erase personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, where one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
  • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
  • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  • The erasure of personal data is required for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  • The personal data have been collected in relation to information society services referred to in Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

  If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the deletion of personal data stored by ARTYLUX, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller. The employee of ARTYLUX will ensure that the request for erasure is complied with immediately.

  If the personal data have been made public by ARTYLUX and our company, as the controller, is obliged pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR to erase the personal data, ARTYLUX shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform other controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested deletion by such controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data, insofar as processing is not required. The employee of ARTYLUX will arrange what is necessary in individual cases.

• e)    Right to restriction of processing

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to require the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
  • The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead.
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

  If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by ARTYLUX, he or she may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of ARTYLUX will arrange for the restriction of processing.

• f)     Right to data portability

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which has been provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, to the extent that processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority vested in the controller.

  Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability under Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

  To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact an employee of ARTYLUX.

• g)    Right to object

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 letters e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

  ARTYLUX will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

  If ARTYLUX processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to processing of personal data for such marketing; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to ARTYLUX for purposes of direct marketing, ARTYLUX will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out by ARTYLUX for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

  To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of ARTYLUX or another employee directly. The data subject also has the right, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

• h)    Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing ? including profiling ? which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and such law provides for appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, or (3) takes place with the explicit consent of the data subject.

  If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) takes place with the explicit consent of the data subject, ARTYLUX shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, which at least include the right to obtain intervention on the part of a person from the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise rights concerning automated decisions, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

• i)      Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw consent, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

9. Privacy policy on the use and application of Facebook

The controller has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.

A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community which generally enables users to communicate with each other and to interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences, or enables the Internet community to provide personal or company information. Facebook enables users of the social network to create private profiles, upload photos, and connect via friend requests, among other things.

The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a data subject lives outside the U.S. or Canada, the controller for the processing of personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

With each call to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) is integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be viewed at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. In the course of this technical procedure, Facebook receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes with each call to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of each stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, for example the "Like" button, or submits a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores this personal data.

Via the Facebook component, Facebook receives information every time that the data subject has visited our website, if the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the time of accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of this information to Facebook is not desired by the data subject, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of his or her Facebook account before accessing our website.

The data policy published by Facebook, available at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. Furthermore, it is explained there which options Facebook offers for protecting the privacy of the data subject. In addition, different applications are available that make it possible to suppress the transmission of data to Facebook. Such applications may be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.

10. Privacy policy on the use and application of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analytics service collects data on the website from which a data subject has accessed a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analytics is used primarily for optimizing a website and for cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The controller uses the add-on "_gat._anonymizeIp" for web analytics via Google Analytics. By means of this add-on, the IP address of the data subject's Internet connection is abbreviated and anonymized by Google if our Internet pages are accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another contracting state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor traffic to our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our Internet pages, and to provide other services related to the use of our Internet pages.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google is able to analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website, operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component is integrated, is called up, the Internet browser on the data subject's information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analytics. As part of this technical procedure, Google receives knowledge of personal data such as the IP address of the data subject, which is used by Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements.

By means of the cookie, personal information such as the time of access, the location from which an access took place, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject are stored. Each time our website is visited, these personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, are transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may disclose these personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as described above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject's information technology system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do so, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on notifies Google Analytics via JavaScript that data and information about website visits may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered as an objection by Google. If the data subject's information technology system is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later time, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within their sphere of control, there is the option of reinstalling or reactivating the browser add-on.

Further information and the Google privacy policy can be viewed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

11. Privacy policy on the use and application of Google AdWords

The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads both in Google's search engine results and in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to predefine certain keywords by means of which an ad in Google's search engine results is only displayed when the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed using an automatic algorithm and taking into account the previously defined keywords on relevant Internet sites.

The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The purpose of Google AdWords is to advertise our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third parties and in the search engine results of Google and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.

If a data subject reaches our website via a Google advertisement, a so-called conversion cookie is set on the data subject's information technology system by Google. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. The conversion cookie is used, as long as it has not expired, to track whether certain subpages, such as the shopping cart of an online shop system, have been accessed on our website. The conversion cookie enables us and Google to track whether a data subject who has reached our website via an AdWords ad has generated sales, i.e. completed or cancelled a purchase.

The data and information collected through the use of conversion cookies is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used by us to determine the total number of users referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could be used to identify the data subject.

The conversion cookie stores personal information, such as the Internet sites visited by the data subject. Each time our website is visited, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may disclose these personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time, as described above, by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the data subject's information technology system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each Internet browser used and make the desired settings there.

Further information and Google's applicable privacy policy can be viewed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

12. Privacy policy on the use and application of Pinterest

The controller has integrated components of Pinterest Inc. on this website. Pinterest is a so-called social network. A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community that generally enables users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for sharing opinions and experiences or enables the Internet community to provide personal or company information. Pinterest enables users of the social network, among other things, to publish collections of images and individual images as well as descriptions on virtual pinboards (so-called pinning), which can then be shared (so-called repinning) or commented on by other users.

The operating company of Pinterest is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

With each call to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Pinterest component (Pinterest plug-in) is integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Pinterest component to download a display of the corresponding Pinterest component from Pinterest. More information on Pinterest can be accessed at https://pinterest.com/. In the course of this technical procedure, Pinterest receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to Pinterest at the same time, Pinterest recognizes with each call to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of each stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Pinterest component and assigned by Pinterest to the respective Pinterest account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Pinterest buttons integrated into our website, Pinterest assigns this information to the personal Pinterest user account of the data subject and stores this personal data.

Via the Pinterest component, Pinterest receives information every time that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Pinterest at the same time as accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Pinterest component or not. If the data subject does not want such a transmission of this information to Pinterest, the transmission may be prevented if the data subject logs out of their Pinterest account before accessing our website.

The privacy policy published by Pinterest, available at https://about.pinterest.com/privacy-policy, provides information on the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Pinterest.

13. Privacy policy on the use and application of YouTube

The controller has integrated components of YouTube on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to upload video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on these videos, also free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and TV shows, but also music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the portal.

The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

With each call to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) is integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information on YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. In the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google receive information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time, when a subpage containing a YouTube video is called up, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.

YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component every time that the data subject has visited our website, if the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the time of accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of information to YouTube and Google is not desired by the data subject, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of his or her YouTube account before accessing our website.

The data privacy policy published by YouTube, which can be viewed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provides information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

14. Payment method: Privacy policy for PayPal as payment method

The controller has integrated components from PayPal on this website. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, which are virtual personal or business accounts. In addition, PayPal offers the option of processing virtual payments via credit card if a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an email address, which is why there is no classic account number. PayPal enables online payments to third parties or to receive payments. PayPal also acts as trustee and offers buyer protection services.

The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

If the data subject selects "PayPal" as the payment option during the order process in our online store, data of the data subject will be automatically transmitted to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transmission of personal data required for payment processing.

The personal data transmitted to PayPal are usually first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number or other data necessary for payment processing. Data related to the respective order are also necessary for the processing of the purchase contract.

The transmission of the data is intended for payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will in particular transmit personal data to PayPal if there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. The personal data exchanged between PayPal and the controller may be transmitted by PayPal to credit reporting agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to verify identity and creditworthiness.

PayPal may pass on the personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors if this is necessary to fulfill the contractual obligations or the data is to be processed on behalf of PayPal.

The data subject has the option to revoke consent to the handling of personal data at any time from PayPal. Revocation does not affect personal data that must necessarily be processed, used or transmitted for contractual payment processing. 

The applicable privacy policy of PayPal can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

15. Legal basis of processing

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the rendering of any other service or consideration, processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, such as in cases of inquiries concerning our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires processing of personal data, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, processing of personal data may become necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information had to be given to a doctor, hospital, or other third party. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by our company or a third party, unless the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject override them. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this regard, it considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).

16. Legitimate interests in processing pursued by the controller or a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to conduct our business activities for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders.

17. Duration for which the personal data are stored

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

18. Statutory or contractual requirements for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual regulations (e.g. details of the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that a data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data are provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will clarify on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide personal data, and what consequences failure to provide the personal data would have.

19. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

This privacy policy was created by the privacy policy generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as External Data Protection Officer Landshut in cooperation with the Attorney for IT and Data Protection Law Christian Solmecke.