Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
1) INFORMATION ON THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data that can be used to personally identify you.
1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Vaalido. The entity responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the responsible party). You can recognize a secured connection by the string "https://" and the padlock symbol in your browser's address bar.
2) DATA COLLECTION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE
When you use our website for informational purposes only, that is, if you do not register or transmit information to us in any other way, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data that are technically necessary for us to display the website:
- Our visited website
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no disclosure or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively should specific indications suggest unlawful use.
3) COOKIES
To make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain features, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your 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 device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process, to an individual extent, certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predetermined duration, which can vary depending on the cookie.
Some cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data are processed through individual cookies we implement, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
We may work with advertising partners to help us make our internet offering more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies may also be stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (third-party cookies). If we collaborate with aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the respective collected information in the following paragraphs.
Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find this for the respective browsers at the following links:
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
4) CONTACTING US
When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data are collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, then an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been conclusively processed, provided that it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT IMPLEMENTATION
In accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, personal data will be further collected and processed if you provide us with this data for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data are collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the responsible party. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after the expiration of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by us, of which we will inform you accordingly below.
6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING
6.1 Subscription to our Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The mandatory information for sending the newsletter is solely your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter after you have explicitly confirmed to us that you consent to the receipt of the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation email, asking you to confirm by clicking on a corresponding link that you want to receive newsletters in the future.
By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. When you sign up for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to trace possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect during newsletter registration will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising communication via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible party mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve a legally permissible further use of data, which we inform you about in this declaration.
6.2 Sending the Email Newsletter to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services, such as those already purchased, from our range via email. We do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. The data processing is carried out solely based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, there will be no email sent by us. You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible party mentioned at the beginning. Only transmission costs according to basic tariffs will be incurred for you. After we receive your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be immediately discontinued.
7) DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING
7.1 The personal data we collect will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, as far as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
7.2 Use of Payment Service Providers
- PayPal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. The transmission takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to perform a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. The result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default is used by PayPal for the purpose of decision-making on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other factors, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of score values. Further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may continue to be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- SOFORT
If the payment method "SOFORT" is selected, the payment processing is carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to which we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The transmission of your data is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on the data protection provisions of SOFORT can be found at the following internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.
8) CONTACTING US FOR REVIEW REMINDERS
Own Review Reminder (no dispatch via a customer rating system)
We use your email address for a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the rating system we use, provided you have given us your explicit consent for this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the responsible party for data processing.
9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS
9.1 Facebook Plugins with Shariff Solution
Special additional customs clearance costs and/or import duties are not included in the price and are borne by the customer.
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook").
To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated unconditionally as plugins but solely using an HTML link on the page. This type of integration ensures that when you access a page of our website containing such buttons, no connection to Facebook's servers is established yet. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page where you can (possibly after entering your login data) interact with the plugins there.
Facebook Inc. based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights and settings options in this regard to protect your privacy, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
9.2 Google+ Plugins as Shariff Solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Google+, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
To enhance the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated unconditionally as plugins but solely using an HTML link on the page. This type of integration ensures that when you access a page of our website containing such buttons, no connection to Google+'s servers is established yet. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and retrieves the Google+ page where you can (possibly after entering your login data) interact with the plugins there.
Google LLC based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights and options for settings regarding your privacy, can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
9.3 Instagram Plugin as Shariff Solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Instagram, operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").
To enhance the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated unconditionally as plugins but solely using an HTML link on the page. This type of integration ensures that when you access a page of our website containing such buttons, no connection to Instagram's servers is established yet. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and retrieves the Instagram page where you can (possibly after entering your login data) interact with the plugins there.
Instagram LLC based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights and options for settings regarding your privacy, can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.
10) ONLINE MARKETING
10.1 DoubleClick by Google
This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").
DoubleClick uses cookies to serve relevant ads to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Through a cookie ID, Google captures which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
In addition, DoubleClick can capture so-called conversions using cookie IDs related to ad requests. This is the case when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later calls up the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the extent and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our internet presence or have clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is possible that the provider will find out and store your IP address.
If you would like to object to participating in this tracking procedure, you can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can inform yourself about the setting of cookies and make settings at the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
Further information about DoubleClick by Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and in the context of Google AdWords, the conversion tracking of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use the offer from Google AdWords to attract attention to our attractive offers on external websites using advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. We pursue the interest of displaying advertisements that are of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad served by Google AdWords. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained through the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that would allow personal identification of users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this use by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie through your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
Google LLC based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
Further information about Google's privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad settings by preventing them through a corresponding setting of your browser software or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de.
Please note that certain features of this website may not be available or may only be limited if you deactivate the use of cookies.
11) WEB ANALYSIS SERVICES
Google (Universal) Analytics
- Google Universal Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the truncated IP address) is usually transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there.
This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncation and prevents direct personal reference. By the extension, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide us with further services related to website usage and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Alternatively to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Google Analytics deactivate.
Google LLC based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. When you first visit a page, a unique, permanent, and anonymized ID is assigned to the user, which is set across devices. This allows interaction data from different devices and from different sessions to be assigned to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not transmit such data to Google.
The data collection and storage via the user ID can be objected to at any time with effect for the future. To do this, you must deactivate Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example, in another browser or on your mobile device. You can deactivate it using a browser plugin from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Alternatively to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Google Analytics deactivate.
Further information on Universal Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376.
12) RETARGETING/REMARKETING/RECOMMENDATION ADVERTISING
Facebook Custom Audience via Pixel Method
This website uses the "Facebook Pixel" from Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). In the event of explicit consent, user behavior can be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This process serves to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and can help optimize future advertising measures.
The data collected are anonymous to us, providing no conclusions about the identity of users. However, the data are stored and processed by Facebook, thus allowing a connection to the respective user profile and enabling Facebook to use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
You can enable Facebook and its partners to serve ads on and off Facebook. Furthermore, a cookie may be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations only occur if explicit consent is granted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
Consent to the use of the Facebook Pixel may only be declared by users who are older than 13 years. If you are younger, please ask your guardians for permission.
Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
To deactivate the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer in the future or delete cookies that have already been stored. Disabling all cookies may, however, result in some features on our websites no longer being executed. You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third parties such as Facebook at the following website of the Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Google AdWords Remarketing
Our website uses the features of Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise this website in Google's search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically allows interest-based advertising based on a pseudonymous cookie ID and the pages you have visited. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
Any further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history with your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads that you view on the web. In this case, while visiting our website, Google uses your data along with Google Analytics data to create and define target lists for cross-device remarketing. Your personal data will be temporarily linked with Google Analytics data by Google to create target groups.
You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad settings by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
Alternatively, you can inform yourself about the setting of cookies at the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info and make settings there. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Google LLC based in the USA is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
Further information and the privacy policy regarding advertising and Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
13) RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT
13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) against the responsible party regarding the processing of your personal data, of which we inform you below:
- Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration or the criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing concerning you, as well as your right to be informed about which guarantees exist according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;
- Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to have inaccurate data concerning you rectified without delay and/or to have incomplete data completed;
- Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data when the requirements of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. This right does not exist in particular if the processing is necessary for the exercise of 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;
- Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data contested is verified, if you refuse the erasure of your data due to unlawful processing and instead request the restriction of processing of your data, if you need your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims after we no longer need this data for the purposes of processing or if you have objected to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate grounds override;
- Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the responsible party, they are obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another responsible party, as far as this is technically feasible;
- Right to withdraw consents granted according to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the affected data immediately, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
- Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your residence, your workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS DUE TO OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION TO THIS PROCESSING WITH FUTURE EFFECT.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
14) DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA
The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods). After the retention period has expired, the relevant data will be routinely deleted, provided that they are no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or for the initiation of a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
