Privacy
Through this privacy policy, our company seeks to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal information we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights under this privacy policy. Personal information is information that can be used explicitly to discover your identity. This includes information such as your real name, Your mailing address or your telephone number. Information that can not be directly related to your real identity, such as username, comments, or favorite news, is not covered here. We store and use your personal data exclusively for statistical evaluations of the website, for contact via the form and for sending our newsletter.
A use of our internet pages is basically possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use our company’s special services through our website, personal data processing may be required. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally seek the consent of the data subject.
Privacy Notice Key Points
The key points listed below are presented in further detail throughout this Privacy Notice. These key points do not substitute the full Privacy Notice.
Personal Data We Collect. When you visit our Site or use our Services, we collect Personal Data provided by you, such as your name, email and home address, and telephone number. If you contact us for questions or complaints, we will collect the information related to your inquiry. We also (automatically) collect information about your use of the Site. We or our third parties also automatically collect your IP address, subject to your consent as may be required under applicable law, geo location, Android ID/IDFA and operating system.
How We Use the Information We Collect. We use the information (including Personal Data) we collect mainly to administer and provide the Site and/or Services, contact you with administrative information, provide you with our newsletter and/or contact you with marketing offers and/or promotional material, and improve the Site and Services.
Basis for Processing Your Personal Data. Processing your Personal Data is necessary for the provision of the Site and Services to you. Processing for the purposes of developing and enhancing features and our Services, for analytics and usage analysis, for provision of newsletters, promotional materials and marketing offers, for fraud prevention and security and for our record keeping and protection of our legal rights – are all necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests that we pursue.
Sharing the Personal Data We Collect. We may share the Personal Data we collect with our service providers and subcontractors who assist us in the operation of the Site and/or Services and process the information on our behalf and under our instructions. If you are an end-user of a Customer, we may also share Personal Data with such relevant Customer.
International Transfer.
We may use service providers and/or subcontractors and/or cooperate with or have business partners and affiliates located in countries other than your own, and send them your Personal Data. We will ensure to have agreements in place with such parties ensuring the same level of privacy and data protection as set forth in this Privacy Notice. You hereby consent to such international transfer.
Your Rights. Subject to applicable law and additional rights as set forth below, you may have a right to access, update and/or delete your Personal Data and obtain a copy of the Personal Data we have collected about you. You can change your mind at any time about your election to receive marketing communications from us and/or having your Personal Information processed for direct marketing purposes. You also have the right to object at any time to processing your personal data for marketing purposes.
Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies. We use cookies and similar technologies to help personalize your experience. You can adjust your settings to determine which cookies you do or do not allow. Changing your settings and/or deleting existing cookies may affect your use of the Site.
Retention. We retain information for as long as necessary for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Notice.
Security. We implement industry standard measures aimed at reducing the risks of damage and unauthorized access or use of Personal Data, but they do not provide absolute information security.
Basis for Processing Your Personal Data
Processing your Personal Data is necessary for the provision of the Site and Services to you, including responding to your inquiries or requests, contacting and communicating with you and providing customer support.
Processing for the purposes of analytics and usage analysis, for fraud detection and prevention, for our record keeping and protection of our legal rights, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, marketing of our services, network and information security, and product development and enhancements – are all necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests that we pursue.
Disclosure of Information
We may share your information, including Personal Data, as follows:
Business Partners, Service Providers, Affiliates, and Subcontractors
We may disclose information, including Personal Data we collect from and/or about you, to our trusted service providers, business partners, affiliates, subcontractors, who may use such information to: (1) help us provide you with the Site and/or Services; (2) help us contact you with informational newsletters and promotional materials relating to our Site and Services and (3) aid in their understanding of how users are using our Site and Services. If you are an end-user of a Customer, we may also share your Personal Data with such Customer.
International Transfer
We may use subcontractors and service providers and have business partners and affiliates who are located in countries other than your own and send them information we receive (including Personal Data). We will ensure that these third parties will be subject to written agreements ensuring the same level of privacy and data protection as set forth in this Privacy Notice. You hereby consent to such international transfer.
Business Transfers
We may transfer our databases containing your Personal Data if we sell our business or part of it, including in cases of liquidation. Information about our users, including Personal Data, may be disclosed as part of, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets or acquisition and shall continue being subject to the provisions of this Privacy Notice.
NO TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA
We do not share your personal information with third parties. Only the service partners required to process your orders will receive their address. In these cases, the transmission takes place in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the required minimum.
How We Use Your Personal Data General
We and any of our trusted third-party subcontractors and service providers may use the Personal Data we collect from and about you for any of the following purposes: (1) to provide you with the Site and/or Services; (2) to respond to your inquiries or requests, contact and communicate with you; (3) to develop new products or services and conduct analyses to improve our current content and Services; (4) to contact you with informational newsletters and promotional materials relating to our Site and Services; (5) to review the usage and operations of our Site and Services; (6) to use your data in an aggregated, non-specific format for analytical purposes (as detailed below); (7) to prevent fraud, protect the security of our Site and Services, and address any problems with the Site and/or Services and (8) to provide customer support.
Statistical Information
By analyzing all information we receive, including all information concerning users, we may compile statistical information across a variety of platforms and users (“Statistical Information“). Statistical Information helps understand trends and customer-needs so that new products and services can be considered and so existing products and services can be tailored to customer desires. Statistical Information is anonymous and aggregated and we will not link Statistical Information to any Personal Data. We may share such Statistical Information with our partners, without restriction, on commercial terms that we can determine in our sole discretion.
Analytics
We, or our service providers or subcontractors, may use analytics tools (“Tools“), including “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of the Site and/or Services. Such Tools collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites and mobile applications they used prior to visiting the Site. We use the information we get from the Tools to improve our Site and Services. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use located at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html and the Google Privacy Policy located at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Legal Uses
We may use your Personal Data as required or permitted by any applicable law.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change the privacy policy in order to adapt it to changed legal situations or to changes in the service or the data processing.
Users are therefore asked to inform themselves regularly about the content.