Privacy policy
Privacy policy
Thank you for visiting our website. The protection of your person details is very important to us. With the following information, we would like to give you detailed information on how we use this information. We will ensure that when handling your personal information, we will comply with the legal provisions contained in the Federal Data Protection Act, the Telemedia Act and other data protection rules.
Data collection and processing
In general you do not need to divulge your personal details in order to use our website. The only information which will be saved is access data, which has no personal link. These could include, but are not limited to, the name of the internet service provider, the name of the website you visited before visiting our website, the name of data accessed and the date on which it was accessed. These data will be collected solely with the aim of improving our internet services and are in no way linked to your personal details. Your personal details will only be collected if you freely disclose them to us. This may take place through the placement of an order, when opening a membership account or through subscribing to our newsletter.
Use and passing on of personal data
If you purchase one of our products your personal details will only be used to the extent needed in order to permit the service to be carried out, unless you give special permission for any other use. Use of your personal data in this context includes passing on your data to a third party vendor, credit companies or other service providers relevant for the completion of the order. Unless you specifically permit your personal data to be used for further purposes, after completion of the required service any further use of your data will be blocked and after expiry of the data retention periods set by tax and commerce regulations your details deleted. If you have subscribed to receive our newsletter, your personal details will be used for our own advertising purposes until you unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Use of cookies
In order to understand how you use our website and to improve your experience, we use cookies on some of our webpages. Cookies are text files which are stored on your computer. After you have finished your session and closed your browser many of the text files are deleted (“session cookies”). So-called “persistent cookies” are also stored and these allow us to recognise you when you next visit our website. Our partner companies are not permitted to collect, process or use personal data stored in the form of cookies on our website. You can prevent cookies being saved on your computer by changing your browser settings. This may result in some functions used by our website being restricted. The cookies referred to here are often used by online-shops (for example by the “shopping basket” function). Express permission should be obtained from a visitor, if you intend to use persistent cookies for other purposes, such as to monitor the visitor’s shopping habits.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service operated by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google analytics uses cookies (text files) which are stored on your computer and which allow for analysis of your visit to be conducted. Information concerning your visit produced through cookies (including your IP address) will be transferred to and stored on a server in the USA operated by Google. Google will analyse this information to produce a report for the operator on website usage and online usage of associated services. Google may also transfer this information to third parties either where this is required by law or where third parties are contracted by Google to process data. Google will not allow your IP address to be linked to any other personal data. You can prevent cookies being installed on your computer by changing your browser settings; however, if you choose to do this, your visit to our website and use of some functionalities may be impaired. By using this website you are deemed to have expressly consented to the use and processing of your data collected by Google as described above. You can withdraw consent to your data been collected and processed at any time. This withdrawal concerns consent to future activities. Please be advised that to avoid personal data being collected through IP addresses, we use Google Analytics ad-on “_anonymizeIp()”. As a result a shortened (or anonymous) IP address is sent to Google.
Right to disclosure
In accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act you have a right to free disclosure of the information stored about you. You also have a right to correct, block or delete this data.
Data protection contact person
If you have any questions concerning the collection, processing and use of your personal data, disclosure, correction or deletion of data, or if you wish to withdraw consent to data being collected, please get in touch as per the contact information set forth in our "Imprint" section.