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Our Commitment to Privacy (Privacy Policy)

Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our partners and clients. This Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you provide and help you make informed decisions when using our website, our products, and services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices, and customer needs.

What Information Do We Collect?

When you visit www.ixxocart.com, you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Website.

Using the Internet pages of the IXXO is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject, shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the IXXO. Using this data protection declaration, our enterprise wants to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, utilizing this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, IXXO has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, in principle, Internet-based data transmissions may have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject can transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g., by telephone.

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of the IXXO is based on the terms used by the European legislator for adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable to the general public, customers, and business partners. To ensure this, we would like first to explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:

a) Personal data
Personal data is any information about an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person 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
The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible.

c) Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations that is performed on personal data or sets of 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 to limit their processing in the future.

e) Profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular, to 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 the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

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

h) Processor
The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient
The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry by Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall comply with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

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

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

2. Name and Address of the controller

Controller for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union, and other provisions related to data protection is:

IXXO Cart Ltd
90, Arch. Makarios Avenue
7060 Larnaca, Cyprus
Phone: + 357 24637228
Email: info@ixxo.com | Website: www.ixxo.com

3. Cookies

The Internet pages of the IXXO use cookies. Cookies are text files stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other web browsers containing different cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Through cookies, the IXXO can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

Using a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g., does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed because the website takes this over, and the cookie is thus stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles a customer places in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website using a corresponding set of the Internet browser used and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted anytime via an Internet browser or other software. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the cookies settings in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.

4. Collection of general data and information

The website of IXXO collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, the IXXO does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Instead, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, the IXXO analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically to increase our enterprise's data protection and security and 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 can register on the controller's website by indicating personal data. The personal data transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for his purposes. The controller may request the transfer to one or more processors (e.g., a parcel service) that also uses personal data for an internal purpose attributable to the controller.

By registering on the controller's website, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject and the date and time of the registration is also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our services and, if necessary, to make it possible to investigate committed offenses. Insofar as the storage of this data is required to secure the controller, this data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a statutory obligation to pass on the data or if the transfer serves the aim of criminal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject, with the voluntary indication of personal data, is intended to enable the controller to offer the data subject contents or services that may only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the matter. Registered persons are free to change the personal data specified during the registration or delete them entirely from the controller's data stock.

The data controller shall, at any time, provide information upon request to each data subject as to what personal data are stored about the data subject. In addition, the data controller shall correct or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject insofar as there are no statutory storage obligations. The entirety of the controller’s employees are available to the data subject as contact persons in this respect.

6. Subscription to our newsletters

On the IXXO website, users can subscribe to our enterprise’s newsletter. The input mask used for this purpose determines what personal data are transmitted and when the controller orders the newsletter.

The IXXO regularly informs its customers and business partners through a newsletter about enterprise offers. The enterprise’s newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter shipping. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address registered by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons, in the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to prove whether the owner of the e-mail address as the data subject is authorized to receive the newsletter.

During the registration for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the computer system assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject at the time of the registration, as well as the date and time of the registration. The collection of this data is necessary to understand the (possible) misuse of the e-mail address of a data subject at a later date, and it, therefore, serves the aim of the legal protection of the controller.

The personal data collected as part of registration for the newsletter will only be used to send our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail, as long as this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or registration in question, as this could be the case in the event of modifications to the newsletter offer, or the event of a change in technical circumstances. There will be no transfer of personal data from the newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given for shipping the newsletter, may be revoked at any time. A corresponding link for the revocation of consent is found in each newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the controller's website or to communicate this to the controller differently.

7. Newsletter-Tracking

The IXXO newsletter contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such e-mails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, the IXXO may see if and when a data subject opened an e-mail and which links in the e-mail were called up by data subjects.

Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and analyzed by the controller to optimize the shipping of the newsletter and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. These personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects are at any time entitled to revoke the separate declaration of consent issued using the double-opt-in procedure. After a revocation, the controller will delete these personal data. The IXXO automatically regards a withdrawal from receiving the newsletter as a revocation.

8. Contact possibility via the website

The website of the IXXO contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our enterprise and direct communication with us, including a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the controller are stored for processing or contacting the subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

9. Comments function in the blog on the website

The IXXO allows users to leave individual comments on individual blog contributions on a blog on the controller's website. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal through which one or more people called bloggers or web bloggers may post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blog posts. Third parties may usually comment on Blog posts.

Suppose a data subject leaves a comment on the blog published on this website. In that case, the comments made by the subject are also stored and published, as well as information on the date of the commentary and the user’s (pseudonym) chosen by the data subject. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject is also logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons and in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a given comment. Therefore, storing these personal data is in the interest of the data controller so that he can exculpate in the event of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defense of the data controller.

10. Subscription to comments in the blog on the website

Third parties may subscribe to the comments made in the IXXO blog. In particular, there is the possibility that a commenter subscribes to the comments following his comments on a specific blog post.

Suppose a data subject decides to subscribe to the option. In that case, the controller will send an automatic confirmation e-mail to check the double opt-in procedure to see whether the owner of the specified e-mail address decided in favor of this option. The option to subscribe to comments may be terminated at any time.

11. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data

The data controller shall process and store the subject's data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased by legal requirements.

12. Rights of the data subject

a) Right of confirmation
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may contact any controller employee at any time.

b) Right of access
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain free information about his or her data stored at any time and a copy from the controller. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant 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;
  • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
  • 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 the right to complain 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) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information on whether personal data are transferred to a third country or 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 avail himself of this right of access, he or she may contact any controller employee at any time.

c) Right to rectification
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including providing a supplementary statement.

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

d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:

  • Personal data are no longer necessary for collecting or otherwise processing purposes.
  • The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, nor does the data subject object to the processing under Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
  • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  • The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  • Personal data was collected about the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the reasons above applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the IXXO, he or she may, at any time, contact any controller employee. An employee of IXXO shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged under Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. Employees of the IXXO will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) The right of restriction of processing
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • 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 instead of restricting their use.
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for processing, but the data subject for establishing, exercising, or defense of legal claims requires them.
  • The data subject has objected to processing under Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification of whether the controller's legitimate grounds override those of the subject.

Suppose one of the conditions above is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the IXXO. In that case, he or she may contact any controller employee at any time. The employee of the IXXO will arrange the processing restriction.

f) Right to data portability
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent under point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract under point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

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

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

g) Right to object
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiles based on these provisions.

The IXXO shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Suppose the IXXO processes personal data for direct marketing purposes. In that case, the data subject shall have the right to object to processing personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it relates to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the IXXO processing for direct marketing purposes, the IXXO will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by the IXXO for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes under Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the 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 the IXXO. In addition, the data subject is free in using information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Each data subject shall have 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, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, the IXXO shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the IXXO.

i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to the processing of his or her data at any time.

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

13. Data protection for applications and application procedures

The data controller shall collect and process applicants' data to process the application procedure. The processing may also be carried out electronically. This is the case, particularly if an applicant submits corresponding application documents by e-mail or using a web form on the website to the controller. If the data controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted data will be stored to process the employment relationship in compliance with legal requirements. Suppose no employment contract is concluded with the applicant by the controller. In that case, the application documents shall be automatically erased two months after notification of the refusal decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller are opposed to the erasure. Another legitimate interest in this relation is, e.g., a burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

14. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network.

A social network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an online community that usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows social network users to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests.

The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If someone lives outside the United States or Canada, the controller is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook component. An overview of all the Facebook Plug-ins may be accessed under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. During this technical procedure, Facebook knows that the data subject visited a specific sub-site of our website.

Suppose the data subject is logged in simultaneously on Facebook. In that case, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which the data subject visited a specific sub-site of our Internet page. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g., the “Like” button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

Through the Facebook component, Facebook always receives information about a visit to our website by the data subject whenever the data subject is logged in simultaneously on Facebook during the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component. If such a transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, they may prevent this by logging off from their account before a call-up to our website is made.

The data protection guideline published by Facebook, available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about Facebook's collection, processing, and use of personal data. In addition, it explains what settings Facebook offers to protect the data subject's privacy. In addition, different configuration options have been made available to eliminate data transmission to Facebook. The data subject may use these applications to eliminate data transmission to Facebook.

15. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used to optimize a website and carry out cost-benefit analyses of Internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.

For the web analytics through Google Analytics, the controller uses the application “_gat. _anonymizeIp”. Using this application, the IP address of the data subject's Internet connection is abridged by Google and anonymized when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, provide online reports that show the activities on our websites, and provide additional services concerning the use of our Internet site.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the cookie settings, Google can analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, among other things, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently create commission settlements.

The cookie stores personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the data subject's frequency of visits to our website. With each visit to our Internet site, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. Google stores these personal data in the United States of America. Google may pass the personal data collected through technical procedures to third parties.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time using a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such a change to the Internet browser would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. Also, cookies already used by Google Analytics may be deleted anytime via a web browser or other software programs.

In addition, the data subject can object to a collection of data generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics, through JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. Google considers the installation of the browser add-ons an objection. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. Suppose the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person attributable to their sphere of competence or is disabled. In that case, executing the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons is possible.

Further information and Google's applicable data protection provisions may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link: https://www.google.com/analytics/.

16. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google+

The controller has integrated the Google+ button on this website as a component. Google+ is a so-called social network. A social network is a social meeting place on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Google+ allows users of the social network to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests.

The operating company of Google+ is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google+ button has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject automatically downloads a display of the corresponding Google+ button of Google through the respective Google+ button component. During this technical procedure, Google knows that the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our website. More detailed information about Google+ is available at https://developers.google.com/+/.

Suppose the data subject is logged in at the same time to Google+. In that case, Google recognizes with each call-up to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of his or her stay on our Internet site, which the data subject visited specific sub-pages of our Internet page. This information is collected through the Google+ button, and Google matches this with the respective Google+ account associated with the data subject.

Suppose the data subject clicks on the Google+ button integrated into our website and thus gives a Google+ 1 recommendation. In that case, Google assigns this information to the personal Google+ user account of the data subject and stores the personal data. Google stores the Google+ 1 recommendation of the data subject, making it publicly available by the terms and conditions accepted by the data subject. Subsequently, a Google+ 1 recommendation given by the data subject on this website, together with other personal data, such as the Google+ account name used by the data subject and the stored photo, is stored and processed on other Google services, such as search engine results of the Google search engine, the Google account of the data subject or in different places, e.g., on Internet pages, or about advertisements. Google can also link the visit to this website with other personal data stored on Google. Google further records this personal information to improve or optimize the various Google services.

Through the Google+ button, Google receives information that the data subject visited our website if the data subject at the time of the call-up to our website is logged in to Google+. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks or doesn’t click on the Google+ button.

If the data subject does not wish to transmit personal data to Google, he or she may prevent such transmission by logging out of his Google+ account before calling up our website.

Further information and Google's data protection provisions may be retrieved at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. More references from Google about the Google+ 1 button may be obtained at https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy.

17. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Instagram

The controller has integrated service components on this website, such as Instagram. Instagram is a service that may qualify as an audiovisual platform, which allows users to share photos and videos and disseminate such data on other social networks.

The operating company of the services offered by Instagram is Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14, First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, UNITED STATES.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding Instagram component of Instagram. During this technical procedure, Instagram becomes aware of what the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our website.

Suppose the data subject is logged in simultaneously on Instagram. In that case, Instagram detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our Internet page. This information is collected through the Instagram component and is associated with the respective Instagram account of the data subject. Suppose the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated into our website. In that case, Instagram matches this information with the personal Instagram user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the time of the call to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks the Instagram button. If such a transmission of information to Instagram is not desirable for the data subject, they can prevent this by logging off from their Instagram account before a call-up to our website is made.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram may be retrieved under https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

18. Data protection provisions about the application and use of LinkedIn

The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is a web-based social network that enables users with existing business contacts to connect and make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people in more than 200 countries use LinkedIn. Thus, LinkedIn is currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world.

The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, UNITED STATES. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for privacy matters outside the UNITED STATES.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding LinkedIn component of LinkedIn. Further information about the LinkedIn plug-in may be accessed under https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. During this technical procedure, LinkedIn learned that the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our website.

Suppose the data subject is logged in simultaneously on LinkedIn. In that case, LinkedIn detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our Internet page. This information is collected through the LinkedIn component and associated with the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. Suppose the data subject clicks on one of the LinkedIn buttons integrated into our website. In that case, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in at LinkedIn at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks the LinkedIn button. If such a transmission of information to LinkedIn is not desirable for the data subject, they may prevent this by logging off from their LinkedIn account before a call-up to our website is made.

LinkedIn provides, under https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls, the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages, and targeted ads and the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The settings for such cookies may be denied under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.

19. Data protection provisions about the application and use of X

On this website, the controller has integrated X components. X is a multilingual, publicly accessible microblogging service on which users may publish and spread so-called ‘tweets,’ e.g., short messages, which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available for everyone, including those not logged on to X. The tweets are also displayed to so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other X users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore, X allows you to address a broad audience via hashtags, links, or retweets.

The operating company of X is X, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, UNITED STATES.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which an X component (X button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding X component of X. Further information about the X buttons is available at https://about.X.com/de/resources/buttons. During this technical procedure, X learned the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject. The purpose of integrating the X component is to retransmit the contents of this website to allow our users to introduce this web page to the digital world and increase our visitor numbers.

Suppose the data subject is logged in simultaneously on X. In that case, X detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site, which the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our Internet page. This information is collected through the X component and associated with the respective X account of the data subject. Suppose the data subject clicks on one of the X buttons integrated into our website. In that case, X assigns this information to the personal X user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

X receives information via the X component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in on X at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the X component. If such a transmission of information to X is not desirable for the data subject, they may prevent this by logging off from their X account before a call-up to our website is made.

The applicable data protection provisions of X may be accessed at https://X.com/privacy?lang=en.

20. Data protection provisions about the application and use of YouTube

On this website, the controller has YouTube-integrated components. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, providing free viewing, review, and commenting. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos to access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.

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

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube may be obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During this technical procedure, YouTube and Google learned what data subjects visited on specific sub-pages of our website.

Suppose the data subject is logged in on YouTube. In that case, YouTube recognizes with each call-up a sub-page containing a YouTube video, in which the data subject visited a specific sub-page of our Internet site. YouTube and Google collected this information and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.

YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject at the time of the call to our website is logged in on YouTube; this occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video. Suppose such transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject. In that case, the delivery may be prevented if the subject logs off from their YouTube account before a call-up to our website.

YouTube’s data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

21. Payment Method: Data protection provisions about the use of PayPal as a payment processor

On this website, the controller has integrated PayPal components. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, representing virtual private or business accounts. PayPal can also handle virtual payments through credit cards when a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an e-mail address, which is why there are no classic account numbers. PayPal makes it possible to trigger online payments to third parties or to receive payments. PayPal also accepts trustee functions 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 chooses “PayPal” as the payment option in the online shop during the ordering process, we automatically transmit the data subject's data to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data subject agrees to transfer personal data required for payment processing.

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

The transmission of the data is aimed at payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will transfer personal data to PayPal, particularly if a legitimate interest in the transmission is given. The personal data exchanged between PayPal and the controller for processing the data will be transmitted by PayPal to economic credit agencies. This transmission is intended for identity and creditworthiness checks.

PayPal will, if necessary, pass on personal data to affiliates and service providers or subcontractors to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or for data to be processed in the order.

The data subject can revoke PayPal's consent to handle personal data anytime. A revocation shall not affect personal data, which must be processed, used, or transmitted by (contractual) payment processing.

The applicable data protection provisions of PayPal may be retrieved under https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

22. Payment Method: Data protection provisions about the use of Skrill as a payment processor

On this website, the controller has integrated components by Skrill. Skrill is an online payment service provider. Payments are made via the so-called Skrill wallet, a virtual electronic wallet. Skrill also offers the possibility of making virtual payments via credit cards. A Skrill wallet is managed via an e-mail address. Skrill makes it possible to trigger online payments to third parties or to receive payments.

The operating company of Skrill is Skrill Limited, Floor 27, 25 Canada Square, London, E14 5LQ, United Kingdom.

If the data subject chooses “Skrill” as the payment option during the ordering process in our online shop, the data will be transmitted automatically to Skrill. By selecting this payment option, the data subject agrees to transmit personal data required for payment processing.

The personal data exchanged with Skrill is the purchase sum and e-mail address necessary for payment processing. The transmission of data is aimed at payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will also provide Skrill with other personal data if a legitimate interest in the transmission exists. Skrill shall transmit the personal data exchanged between Skrill and the data subject to the financial agencies. This transmission is intended for identity and creditworthiness checks.

If necessary, Skrill will pass on personal data to affiliates and service providers or subcontractors to the extent required to fulfill contractual obligations or to process the data in the order.

The data subject can revoke Skrill's consent to handle personal data anytime. A revocation shall not affect personal data, which must be processed, used, or transmitted by (contractual) payment processing.

The applicable data protection provisions of Skrill may be retrieved under https://www.skrill.com/en/footer/privacypolicy/.

23. The legal basis for the processing

Art. 6(1) lit. A GDPR is the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. Suppose the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is the party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary to supply goods or provide any other service. In that case, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. B GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations, which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example, concerning inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. C GDPR.
In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be 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, his name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or another third party. Then, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. D GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds if processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because the European legislator specifically mentions them. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

24. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

25. The period for which the personal data will be stored

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted as long as it is no longer necessary to fulfill the contract or initiate a contract.

26. Provision of personal data as a statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g., information on the contractual partner).

Sometimes, it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which we must subsequently process. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of personal data would result in the agreement with the data subject being unable to be concluded.

Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the agreement, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

27. The existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decisions or profiling.
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted.

Last updated 01 February 2025

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