We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest! The protection of your privacy when using our website is important to us, so please take note of the following information about the handling of your data:

1) Principles of handling personal data

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time you access our website, usage data is transmitted by the respective Internet browser and stored in log files, the so-called server log files, such as the date and time of access, name of the page accessed, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. These data cannot be assigned to a specific person and serve exclusively to ensure the trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our services.

Personal data is collected when you voluntarily provide it to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can take place by a message to the contact possibility described below. We store and use the data provided by you for contract processing. After complete completion of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial retention periods, deleted after these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use.

We reserve the right to use the data on our part, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

Within the scope of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected, which data is collected in the case of a contact form, can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the answer of your request and/or for the establishment of contact and the technical administration connected with it. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, if you so wish and if there are no legal obligations to retain the data.

In addition, personal data is collected when you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter. These data are used by us for our own advertising purposes in the form of our e-mail newsletter, if you have expressly consented to this as follows:

“Please send me regular information about your product range by e-mail. I can unsubscribe from your newsletter at any time”.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending us a corresponding message. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list.

For our own advertising purposes, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and – insofar as we have received this additional information from you within the framework of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, branch or business name in summarized lists and to use them to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post. You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a message to the contact person described below.

The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 512 Means St., Suite 404 Atlanta, Georgia- 30318, USA (http://www.mailchimp.com/), to whom we forward your data for the purpose of creating and sending newsletters. The Rocket Science Group is subject to the Safe Harbor Agreement, which is intended to ensure a level of data protection that complies with European standards. The Rocket Science Group’s certification for the Safe Harbor Agreement can be viewed on the Internet at https://safeharbor.export.gov/companyinfo.aspx?id=23996. You can object to the storage and use of your data at any time with effect for the future by contacting us at the e-mail address provided in the imprint.

2) Passing on personal data for order processing

2.1 The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the framework of the execution of the contract, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of the processing of payments.

2.2 When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “PayPal”) within the framework of 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” via PayPal. PayPal will use the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding 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 have their basis in a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, is included in the calculation of the score values. Please refer to PayPal’s data protection declaration for further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

2.3 If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany), we shall forward your e-mail address to DHL prior to the delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing a delivery date or notifying the shipping status, provided that you have expressly consented to this as follows:

“I agree that my e-mail address may be forwarded to DHL (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany) so that DHL can contact me by e-mail prior to the delivery of the goods for the purpose of agreeing on a delivery date or provide status information on the delivery of the goods. I can revoke my consent given in this regard at any time”.

Otherwise we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or the transmission of status information of the shipment delivery is not possible.

3) Passing on personal data for creditworthiness or identity checks and scoring in the case of purchase on account

Should we make advance payment (e.g. delivery on account), we reserve the right to carry out a credit assessment based on mathematical-statistical procedures in order to safeguard our legitimate interests. We transmit the personal data necessary for a credit assessment to the following service providers:

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH

Hellersbergstraße 11

41460 Neuss

The creditworthiness information can contain probability values (score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit standing information, they have their basis in a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure; address data is included in the calculation of the score values. We use the result of the credit assessment about the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding on the establishment, execution or termination of a contractual relationship.

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting 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 end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies to recognize your browser during your next visit (persistent cookies). You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

5) How to contact us for a customer rating request

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order by activating a corresponding checkbox or clicking a button (“Rate later”), we will send your e-mail address to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Köln (www.trustedshops.de) to remind them of the opportunity to rate your order, so that they can send you an e-mail reminding you of the opportunity to rate your order. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

6) Use of social plugins

6.1 So-called social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”), are used on our website. An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are integrated into the page using a so-called “2-click” or “Shariff” solution. This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plug-ins, no connection is established with the Facebook servers. Your browser only establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers when you activate the plug-ins and thus give your consent to the data transfer. The content of the respective plugin is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the page. The plugin then transmits data (including your IP address) to Facebook. We have no influence on the extent of the data that Facebook collects with the help of the plugins. To the best of our knowledge, Facebook receives information about which of our websites you have currently and previously visited. By integrating the plugins, Facebook also receives the information that your browser has called the corresponding page of our website if you do not have a profile on Facebook or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “Like” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your contacts there.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you are a member of Facebook’s social network and wish to limit the collection of information about our websites and the merging of your user information with information about you stored on Facebook’s social network, you should unsubscribe from Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Facebook plugins with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the “Facebook Blocker”, available at http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/.

6.2 Our website uses so-called social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) of the social network Google+, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). For example, the plugins can be recognized by buttons with the character “+1” on a white or colored background. An overview of the Google plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.google.com/+/plugins

If you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through the integration, Google receives the information that your browser has called the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile on Google+ or are not currently logged on to Google+. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in at Google+, Google can assign the visit of our website directly to your Google+ profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “+1” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Google server and stored there. The information is also published on Google+ and displayed to your contacts there.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google’s data protection information: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

If you do not want Google to associate the data collected via our website directly with your profile on Google+, you must log out of Google+ before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Google plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

6.3 So-called social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) of the Google+ social network, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”), are used on our website. An overview of the Google plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.google.com/+/plugins

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are integrated into the page using a so-called “2-click” or “Shariff” solution. This integration ensures that when you access a page of our website that contains such plug-ins, no connection is established with the Google servers. Only when you activate the plugins and give your consent to the data transfer does your browser establish a direct connection to Google’s servers. The content of the respective plugin is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the page. The plugin then transmits data (including your IP address) to Google. We have no influence on the extent of the data that Google collects with the help of the plugins. To the best of our knowledge, Google will in any case receive information about which of our websites you have currently and previously accessed. By integrating the plugins, Google also receives the information that your browser has called the corresponding page of our website if you do not have a profile on Google+ or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “+1” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Google server and stored there. The information is also published on Google+ and displayed to your contacts there.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google’s data protection information at http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.

If you are a member of the Google+ social network and wish to limit the collection of information about our web pages and the aggregation of your user information with that stored about you on the Google+ social network, you should unsubscribe from Google+ before visiting our site. You can also completely prevent the Google plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

7) Use of Youtube videos

This website uses the Youtube embedding function to display and play videos of the provider “Youtube”. The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded Youtube videos is started, the provider uses “Youtube” cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information provided by “Youtube”, these cookies serve, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played or not, each time this website is accessed, a connection is established to the Google “DoubleClick” network, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence. Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

8) Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and conversion tracking as part of Google AdWords. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we may recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was directed to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. As a result, cookies cannot be tracked through AdWords customer websites. The information collected from the Conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for Conversion Tracking. Customers will know the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were directed to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they will not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out of this use by easily turning off the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser under User Preferences. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

You can find out more about Google’s privacy policy at the following Internet address: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

9) Web analysis service

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “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 will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it will be shortened. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services to website operators relating to website activity and internet usage.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, 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 the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

As an alternative 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 Google Analytics from collecting cookies from this site in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again):

Disable Google Analytics

It is pointed out that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude direct personal references.

10) Your rights and contact details

You have a right to free information about your stored data and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. If you have any further questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, please contact us. The same applies to information, blocking, deletion and correction requests regarding your personal data and for revocations of consents granted. You will find the contact address in our imprint.