1. Data protection at a glance

General notes

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

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected on the one hand by you informing us of it. For example, this might be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when visiting the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure a flawless provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to the processing of data, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. In addition, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for further questions on the subject of data protection.

Third-party analytics tools and tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and with so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. These may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated through a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional Provider (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to this data.

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our hoster.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Privacy Policy

The operators of these sites 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 data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note to the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Ing. Rainer Wess
Sandgrube 24
3500 Krems an der Donau

Phone: +43 2732 72389
Email: info@weingut-wess.at

The controller is the natural or legal person who decides, alone or together with others, on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of objection to data collection in special cases as well as direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

WHEN THE DATA PROCESSING ON BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, HAVE ANY RIGHT, FROM BACKGROUND, THE OUT OF YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION, AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO CHANGE; THIS ALSO FOR A ON THIS DETERMINATIONS SUPPORTED PROFILING. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU ARE IN ACTION, WE WILL NOT MORE YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, IT IS NOT, WE CAN USE THE GREEN FOR THE PROCESSING THAT WILL OVERSTATE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVICE OF THE DETERMINATION, EXPERIENCE OR DEFENSE OF RIGHT CLAIMS (WIDERSPRUCH TO ART. 21 ABS. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED TO DIRECT PROMOTION, SO HAVE THE RIGHT, ANY TIME AGAINST THE PERSONAL DATA TO THE COMPANY OF THE COMPANY THIS ALSO FOR THE PROFILING, IF IT IS WITH DIRECT ADVERTISING IN CONNECTION. IF YOU ARE AGAINST, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NOT BE USED MORE FOR DIRECT REGULATION (WIDERSPRUCH NACH ART. 21 ABS. 2 GDPR).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, the persons concerned shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of alleged infringement. The right of appeal shall be without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in the performance of a contract, either to itself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this is only done as far as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as a site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment transactions on this website

If, after the conclusion of a paid contract, there is an obligation to provide us with your payment data (e.g. account number in case of direct debit authorisation), this data will be required for payment processing.

Payment transactions via the usual means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

In the case of encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or deletion. of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data is done/happens illegally, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of the deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you object under Article 21(4) 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may only be used with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest in the European Union or of a Member State.

Objection to promotional emails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, e.g. by spam e-mails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic solution is provided by your web browser.

In some cases, third-party cookies may also be stored on your device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These allow us or you to use certain third-party services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. shopping cart function or display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertisements.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions that you wish to use (functional cookies, e.g. for shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are calculated on the basis of Article 6 paragraph. 1 lit. f GDPR unless otherwise stated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to automatically delete the cookies when you close the browser. to activate. When disabling cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately within the scope of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.

Cookie consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses Borlabs Cookie’s Cookie Consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser and to document them in compliance with data protection. The provider of this technology is Borlabs – Benjamin A. Bornschein, Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 17, 21107 Hamburg (hereinafter Borlabs).

When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, where the consents you give or the revocation of these consents are stored. This data will not be passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The collected data will be stored until you ask us to delete it or delete the Borlabs cookie itself or the purpose for data storage is omitted. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details on the data processing of Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/

Borlabs cookie consent technology is used to obtain statutory consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(6) of the 1 p. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing machine
• Time of server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the request form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for the data storage is omitted (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) for the purpose of processing your request, will be stored and processed by us. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data sent by you to us by contact enquiries shall remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage is omitted (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Registration on this website

You can register on this website to use additional features on the site. We will only use the data entered for this purpose for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will refuse registration.

For important changes, such as the scope of the offer or in the case of technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided at the time of registration in order to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration takes place for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, if necessary, for the initiation of further contracts (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b GDPR).

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Comment function on this website

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time of creation of the comment, your e-mail address and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored.

Storage of the IP address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we do not check comments on this website before unlocking it, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of violations of the law, such as insults or propaganda.

Memory duration of comments

The comments and related data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on this website until the annotated content is completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Legal basis

The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

5. Social media

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on this website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When you visit this website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Facebook. For more information, see Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to this website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

The use of the Facebook plugins is based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in increasing the visibility possible on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

Instagram Plugin

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These features are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA integrated.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the contents of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Instagram.

The storage and analysis of the data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information, see Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Pinterest Plugin

On this website we use social plugins of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”).

When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser connects directly to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the pinterest server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites visited, which also include Pinterest features, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

The storage and analysis of the data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and ways to protect your privacy, please see Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both its website offer and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. This will shorten your IP address from Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and other services relating to website activity and internet usage. to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opposition to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information on how to handle user data at Google Analytics, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for order processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographics at Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic characteristics” feature of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of page visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as from visitor data from third parties. This data cannot be associated with a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the item “Opposition to data collection”.

Memory duration

Data stored at the user and event level at the user and event level, which is linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. User ID) or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) will be anonymized or deleted after 14 months. Details can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=de

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of their use of the website. For this purpose, the information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage.

Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

The storage of Matomo cookies and the use of this analysis tool are carried out on the basis of Article 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymised analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both its website offer and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website will not be passed on to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent.

If you do not agree with the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. Deleting your cookies will also delete the Matomo opt-out cookie. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit this website again.

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Google Analytics Remarketing

This website uses the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

This feature allows the advertising audiences created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked to the cross-device functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been customized to you on one device (e.g. mobile phone) depending on your previous usage and browsing behavior can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. This allows you to display the same personalized advertising messages on any device you sign in to with your Google Account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The summary of the collected data in your Google Account is based exclusively on your consent, which you can submit or revoke with Google (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merge), the collection of the data is based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymised analysis of the website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the privacy policy can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.

Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser places on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers will find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and have been redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under User Settings. They are then not included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” and the use of this tracking tool are based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both its website offer and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking, see Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to automatically delete the cookies when you close the browser. to activate. When disabling cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Facebook Pixel

This website uses Facebook’s visitor action pixel to measure conversion. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.

This allows the behaviour of page visitors to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This allows the effectiveness of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and to optimize future advertising activities.

The collected data are anonymous for us as the operator of this website, we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook data usage policy. This allows Facebook to run ads on Facebook pages as well as outside facebook. This use of the data cannot be influenced by us as a site operator.

The use of Facebook pixels is based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising activities, including social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find further information on protecting your privacy in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also turn off the Custom Audiences remarketing feature in the Ad Settings section under https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable usage-based advertising from Facebook on the Website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you receive the newsletter. agree. Further data are not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for the sending of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The data entered in the newsletter registration form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data stored by you for the purpose of receiving the newsletter from us will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you are served and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after the newsletter has been unsubscribed. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

After you have been included in the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be blacklisted by us or the newsletter service provider in order to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will be used only for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in compliance with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR). Blacklist storage is not limited in time. You may object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

8. Plugins and tools

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website includes videos from YouTube. The site is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in advanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode prevents YouTube from storing information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. On the other hand, the extended data protection mode does not necessarily exclude the transfer of data to YouTube partners. This allows YouTube to connect to the Google DoubleClick network, regardless of whether you’re watching a video.

Once you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server will be informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

In addition, YouTube can store various cookies on your device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve usability and prevent fraud. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

If necessary, after starting a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about youTube’s privacy policy, see their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Vimeo

This website uses plugins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection is established to the Vimeo servers. The Vimeo server will be informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the United States.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(6) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how to handle user data, see Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Adobe Fonts

This website uses Adobe Web Fonts to display certain fonts in a consistent way. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).

When you visit this website, your browser loads the required fonts directly from Adobe in order to display them correctly to your device. Your browser connects to Adobe’s servers in the United States. This will make Adobe aware that this website has been accessed through your IP address. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when the fonts are provided.

Adobe is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the United States of America and the European Union to ensure compliance with European data protection standards. For more information, please visit: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.

The storage and analysis of the data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Adobe Fonts, please visit: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.

Adobe’s Privacy Policy can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html

Google Maps

This page uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The aim of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data is entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor on the basis of various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of stay of the website visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Site visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and against SPAM. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

9. eCommerce and payment providers

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent that it is necessary for the establishment, content or change of the legal relationship (stock data). This is done on the basis of Article 6(6) of the 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process and use personal data about the use of this website (use data) to the extent necessary to enable or charge the user for the use of the service.

The customer data collected will be deleted after the conclusion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Data transfer at the conclusion of the contract for online shops, retailers and dispatch of goods

We only transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the context of the contract processing, for example to the companies entrusted with the delivery of the goods or to the credit institution entrusted with the payment processing. Further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without express consent, for example for the purposes of advertising.

The basis for data processing is Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Stripe

On this website we offer, among other things, payment with the services of Stripe. The provider for customers within the EU is Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd.,1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter “Stripe”).

In the case of a payment via Stripe, your payment details will be forwarded to Stripe via an interface on our site in order to make the payment. Details can be found in Stripe’s privacy policy at the following link: https://stripe.com/de/privacy.

The transfer of your data to Stripe is based on Art. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract processing) and on the basis of our legitimate interest in the use of reliable and secure payment processes (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Paypal

On this website we offer, among other things, payment via PayPal. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.A.R.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”).

If you select the payment via PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

Your data will be transmitted to PayPal on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Directebanking

On this website we offer, among other things, payment by means of “immediate transfer”. The provider of this payment service is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter “Sofort GmbH”).

With the help of the “immediate transfer” procedure, we receive a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time and can immediately start fulfilling our liabilities.

If you have opted for the payment method “Immediate Transfer”, you will send the PIN and a valid TAN to Sofort GmbH, with which it can log into your online banking account. Sofort GmbH automatically checks your account balance after logging in and carries out the transfer to us with the help of the TAN sent by you. It then immediately sends us a transaction confirmation. After logging in, your sales, the credit limit of the MRP credit and the presence of other accounts and their holdings are also automatically checked.

In addition to the PIN and the TAN, the payment data you enter as well as personal data are also transmitted to Sofort GmbH. The data about you are first and last name, address, telephone number(s), email address, IP address and, if applicable, other data required for payment processing. The transmission of this data is necessary in order to establish your identity beyond doubt and to prevent fraud.

The transmission of your data to Sofort GmbH is based on Art. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Details of payment by instant bank transfer can be found in the following links: https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.