Privacy at a Glance

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis, if possible. This data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

1. Access Data and Hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access. This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offerings. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in a correct presentation of our offerings in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your page visit.

Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise explained in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected in designated forms on this website are processed on their servers. For questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this privacy policy.

2. Data Processing for Contract Fulfillment, Contacting, and Account Creation

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we absolutely need the data for contract fulfillment or to process your contact request, and you cannot send the order or contact request without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide for contract fulfillment and processing your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the customer account. Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the disclosure to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment, and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of tax and commercial law retention periods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further data use, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

3. Data Processing for Shipping Fulfillment

For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

Data Transfer to Shipping Service Providers for Shipping Notification

If you have given us your express consent during or after your order, we will pass on your email address to the selected shipping service provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, so that they can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.
Consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.

Hermes Germany GmbH
Essener Straße 89
D-22419 Hamburg
Germany

DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Germany

4. Data Processing for Payment Processing

When processing payments in our online shop, we work with the following partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

4.1 Data Processing for Transaction Processing

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who act as processors for us, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for payment processing themselves, e.g., on their own website or via technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.
For questions about our partners for payment processing and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this privacy policy.

4.2 Data Processing for Fraud Prevention and Optimization of Our Payment Processes

If necessary, we provide our service providers with additional data, which they use together with the data necessary for payment processing as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimizing our payment processes (e.g., invoicing, processing of disputed payments, accounting support). This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in our protection against fraud and in efficient payment management, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

4.3 Identity and Credit Check when Selecting Klarna Payment Services

Klarna Direct Debit, Purchase on Invoice via Klarna
If you choose the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter Klarna), we request your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR to transmit the data necessary for processing the payment and conducting an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies named in Klarna’s Privacy Policy may be used for the identity and credit check. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of payment default to make a balanced decision regarding the establishment, execution, or termination of the contractual relationship. You may revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact options specified in this Privacy Policy. This may result in our no longer being able to offer you certain payment options. You may also revoke your consent to this use of personal data directly to Klarna at any time.

5. Cookies and Other Technologies

General Information

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies, including so-called cookies, on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).
We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g., shopping cart function). Through these technologies, IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website (e.g., information about the content of the shopping cart) are collected and processed. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in an optimized presentation of our offerings in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

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

The cookie settings for your browser can be found under the following links: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

Insofar as you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.

6. Use of Cookies and Other Technologies for Web Analysis and Advertising Purposes

Insofar as you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other technologies from third-party providers on our website. After the purpose ceases and the respective technology is no longer used by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the section “Cookies and other technologies”. Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, can be found under the individual technologies. For questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this privacy policy.

6.1 Use of Google Services

We use the technologies of Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”) described below. The information about your use of our website automatically collected by Google technologies is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it will be truncated before being stored on Google’s servers by activating IP anonymization. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server and truncated there. Unless otherwise specified for individual technologies, data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR for the respective technology. Further information on data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy notices.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored with Google Analytics, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Your IP address is generally not merged with other Google data. Data processing is carried out on the basis of a data processing agreement with Google.

Google Ads

For advertising purposes in Google search results and on third-party websites, the so-called Google Remarketing cookie is set when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you have visited. Further data processing only takes place if you have activated the “personalized advertising” setting in your Google account. If you are logged into Google during your visit to our website in this case, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, we measure your subsequent usage behavior via Google Ads Conversion Tracking if you have reached our website via a Google Ads advertisement. For this purpose, cookies can be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) can be collected, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms.

Google Maps

For the visual representation of geographical information, data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular the IP address and location data, are collected by Google Maps, transmitted to Google, and then processed by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

Google reCAPTCHA

For the purpose of protection against misuse of our web forms and against spam by automated software (so-called bots), Google reCAPTCHA collects data (IP address, time of visit, browser information, and information about your use of our website) and performs an analysis of your use of our website by means of a so-called JavaScript and cookies. In addition, other cookies stored by Google services in your browser are evaluated. No reading or storing of personal data from the input fields of the respective form takes place.

Google Fonts

For the uniform display of content on our website, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected by the script code “Google Fonts”, transmitted to Google, and then processed by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

6.2 Use of Facebook Services

Use of Facebook Pixel

We use the Facebook Pixel within the framework of the technologies of Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”) described below. With the Facebook Pixel, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) is automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. For this purpose, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook Pixel when you visit our website, which automatically enables recognition of your browser on visits to other websites by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID. Facebook will merge this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activities and to provide other services related to website usage, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.
The information about your use of our website automatically collected by Facebook technologies is usually transferred to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. If the data transfer to the USA falls within our responsibility, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Further information on data processing by Facebook can be found in Facebook’s privacy notices.

Facebook Analytics

Within the framework of Facebook Analytics, statistics on visitor activities on our website are created from the data collected by the Facebook Pixel about your use of our website. Data processing is carried out on the basis of a data processing agreement with Facebook. Your analysis serves the optimal presentation and marketing of our website.

Facebook Ads

Through Facebook Ads, we advertise this website on Facebook and other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. Facebook is responsible for the exact implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of ads for individual users. Unless otherwise specified for individual technologies, data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Joint responsibility is limited to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook Ireland. The subsequent data processing by Facebook Ireland is not covered by this.

Based on the statistics on visitor activities on our website created via Facebook Pixel, we conduct group-based advertising on Facebook via Facebook Custom Audience by determining the characteristics of the respective target group.

Based on the pseudonymous cookie ID set by the Facebook Pixel and the collected data about your usage behavior on our website, we conduct personalized advertising via Facebook Pixel Remarketing.

Via Facebook Pixel Conversions, we measure your subsequent usage behavior for web analysis and event tracking if you have reached our website via a Facebook Ads advertisement. Data processing is carried out on the basis of a data processing agreement with Facebook.

Use of Adobe Fonts for Content Display

For the uniform display of content on our website, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected by the script code “Adobe Fonts” from Adobe, Inc., 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (“Adobe”), transmitted to Adobe, and then processed by Adobe. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR.

7. Social Media

Social Plugins from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest

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

8. Contact Options and Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, the right to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is
  • for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • for compliance with a legal obligation;
  • for reasons of public interest or
  • for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims is necessary;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of processing of your personal data, if
  • the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
  • the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure;
  • we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or
  • you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;
• in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.

For questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, for information, rectification, restriction, or erasure of data, as well as revocation of granted consents or objection to a specific data use, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.

Right to Object Insofar as we process personal data as explained above to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you have a right to object only if there are reasons arising from your particular situation. After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. In that case, we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

 

Disclaimer

Liability for Content

As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general laws pursuant to Section 7 (1) TMG. However, according to Sections 8 to 10 TMG, we as a service provider are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity.

Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general laws remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific legal infringement. Upon becoming aware of corresponding legal infringements, we will immediately remove this content.

Liability for Links

Our offering contains links to external third-party websites, over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking.

However, a permanent content control of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal infringement. Upon becoming aware of legal infringements, we will immediately remove such links.

Copyright

The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. The reproduction, editing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this page are only permitted for private, non-commercial use.

Insofar as the content on this page was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are observed. In particular, third-party content is marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we ask for a corresponding notice. Upon becoming aware of legal infringements, we will immediately remove such content.