Privacy Policy

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY

        1. We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified. 
        2. The responsible party for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is STAPLE. The responsible party for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
        3. For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the responsible party), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

  • DATA COLLECTION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

    • When you merely use our website for informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect such data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

    • Our visited website
    • Date and time of access
    • Amount of data sent in bytes
    • Source/referrer 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 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no further disclosure or use of the data. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are specific indications of illegal use.


  •  COOKIES

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    To make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, 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). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to an individual extent such as browser and location data as well as IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. 

    In some cases, cookies are used 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 individual cookies implemented by us also process personal data, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

    We may work with advertising partners who help us make our internet offer more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies may also be stored on your hard drive during your visit to our website (third-party cookies). If we cooperate with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected within the following paragraphs.

    Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in how 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:

    Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our

    website may be limited.


  •  CONTACT

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    As part of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in case of a contact form is evident from the respective contact form. This data is  stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering 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 pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry; this is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

  • DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING

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    In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. The data collected is evident 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 address of the responsible party mentioned above. We store and use the data provided by you 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 expiry of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use the data in a manner permitted by law, about which we will inform you accordingly below.


  • USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING

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      1.  Registration for our email newsletter

    If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is 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 if you have explicitly confirmed that you consent to the sending of newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters in the future by clicking on a corresponding link. By activating the confirmation link, you consent to the use of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address as well as the date and time of registration entered by the Internet service provider (ISP) in order to trace any misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected by us during the registration for the newsletter will be used exclusively for advertising purposes via the  newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using 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 immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use the data, which is permitted by law, and about which we will inform you in this declaration.


    1.  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 from our range by email. For this purpose, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you. The data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails. You are entitled 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. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be immediately discontinued.



  • DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING

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      1. The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
      2. Use of payment service providers.
    • PayPal

    If you pay via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we will pass on your payment data as part of the payment processing to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The transfer is made in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the payment processing.

    PayPal reserves the right to carry out 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 transmitted to credit agencies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit check, they have their basis in a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, is included in the calculation of the score values. For further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, please refer to 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 still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

    • SOFORT

    If you select the payment method "SOFORT," the payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, together with the information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 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 made exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. For further information on SOFORT's privacy policy, please visit the following website: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

  • CONTACT FOR REVIEW REMINDER

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    Internal review reminder (no shipment through a customer review system)

    We use your email address for a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the review system we use, provided you have given us your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR during or after your order. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller responsible for data processing.


  • USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS

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      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") of the social network Facebook, which is 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 as plugins without restrictions but only as HTML links in the page. This type of integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such buttons is called up, no connection is made to Facebook's servers. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the page from Facebook, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).

    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.

    For the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

    1.  Google+ Plugins as Shariff Solution

    On our website, so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Google+ are used, operated by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

    To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated as plugins without restrictions but only as HTML links in the page. This type of integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such buttons is called up, no connection is made to Google+'s servers. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the page from Google+, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).

    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.

    For the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/


    1.  Instagram Plugin as Shariff Solution

    Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the online service Instagram, operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").

    To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated as plugins without restrictions but only as HTML links in the page. This type of integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such buttons is called up, no connection is made to Instagram's servers. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the page from Instagram, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).

    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.

    For the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/


  •  ONLINE MARKETING

      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 display ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google collects data via a cookie ID to track which ads are displayed in which browser and prevent them from being shown multiple times. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    In addition, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to record conversions related to ad requests. This occurs, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later visits the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any 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 level of knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. 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 have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will obtain and store your IP address.

    If you wish to opt out of this tracking procedure, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, although this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can inform yourself about setting cookies and make settings through the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to notify you when cookies are set and decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them or to reject them in certain cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, 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.

    For further information about DoubleClick by Google's privacy policy, please visit the following website: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.


    1.  Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

    This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and, as part of Google AdWords, the conversion tracking of Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords) on external websites. We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. We are thus interested in showing you advertisements that are of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.

    The conversion tracking cookie 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 through the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained through the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this usage by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie through your Internet browser under User Preferences. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords because of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 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.

    For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit the following website: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

    You can permanently disable cookies for ad preferences by preventing them from being set by adjusting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.

    Please note that certain features of this website may not be available or may be restricted if you have disabled the use of cookies.

  •  WEB ANALYSIS SERVICES


    • Google (Universal) Analytics - Google Universal Analytics


    This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address, which is shortened using the "_anonymizeIp()" extension before being transmitted to Google's servers in the USA) is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.


    This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncation and excludes direct personal reference. By means of this extension, Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.


    On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.


    You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en


    Alternatively, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics


    Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with EU data protection standards.


    This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic conducted through a user ID. When you first visit a page, a unique, permanent, and anonymized ID is assigned to you, which is set across devices. This allows interaction data from different devices and sessions to be assigned to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personally identifiable information and does not transmit such information to Google.


    You can object to the collection and storage of data via the user ID at any time with future effect. To do this, you must deactivate Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example, in a different browser or on your mobile device.


    The deactivation can be carried out using a browser plugin from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). Alternatively, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics


    Further information on Universal Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=en&ref_topic=6010376


  •  RETARGETING / REMARKETING / RECOMMENDATION ADVERTISING


    • Facebook Custom Audience via Pixel Procedure


    This website uses the "Facebook Pixel" of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). With the explicit consent, this allows tracking of user behavior after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and may help to optimize future advertising campaigns.


    The data collected is anonymous to us and does not provide us with any conclusions about the identity of users. However, Facebook stores and processes the data, enabling a connection to the respective user profile and allowing Facebook to use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook's data usage policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).


    You can enable Facebook and its partners to display advertisements both on and off Facebook. For this purpose, a cookie may also be stored on your computer. These processing operations are only carried out with the express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.


    Consent to the use of the Facebook Pixel may only be given by users who are older than 13 years. If you are younger, we ask you to obtain permission from your legal guardian.


    Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with EU data protection standards.


    To disable the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser so that cookies can no longer be stored on your computer in the future or already stored cookies are deleted. However, turning off all cookies can lead to some functions on our website not being executed. You can also disable the use of cookies by third-party providers such as Facebook on 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, allowing us to advertise this website in Google 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 enables interest-based advertising based on pseudonymous cookie IDs 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.


    Further data processing only takes place if you have given your consent to Google, that your Internet and app browsing history is linked by Google to your Google account and information from your Google account is used to personalize ads that you see on the web. If you are logged into Google during your visit to our website in this case, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define cross-device remarketing audience lists. For this purpose, your personal data will be temporarily linked with Google Analytics data to create target groups.


    You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for advertising preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/


    Alternatively, you can obtain information about the setting of cookies and make settings through the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide on their acceptance individually or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.


    Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with EU data protection standards.


    For further information and the privacy policy regarding advertising and Google, please visit: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/


  • RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

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      1. The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject (information and intervention rights) vis-à-vis the data controller, about which we inform you below:

    Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain 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 or will be disclosed, the envisaged 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, the scope, and the envisaged consequences of such processing, as well as your right to be informed about the guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR relating to the transfer of data to third countries.


    Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to request the immediate correction of inaccurate data concerning you and/or completion of incomplete data stored by us.


    Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to demand the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising the right of 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 pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data contested by you is verified, if you oppose the erasure of your data due to unlawful processing and request the restriction of their use instead, if you require your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, after we no longer need these data after achieving the purpose, or if you have objected to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation, pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours.


    Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate to each recipient to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed the rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.


    Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another controller, to the extent technically feasible.


    Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will immediately erase the data concerned unless further processing can 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 lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.


    1. Right to Object

    If we process your personal data as part of a balance of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time on grounds arising from your particular situation.


    If you make use of your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, further processing is reserved if we can prove compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.


    If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. You can exercise the objection as described above.


    If you make use of your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.



  • DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA


    • The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods). After the expiry of the period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no longer any legitimate interest on our part in the further storage.