Data protection information in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation for "natural persons" on the website www.thebeautyofsound.com
Status: May 2022
Nice to have you here. On this website we inform you about how we collect, process, pass on or delete data and what rights and obligations exist with regard to your data.
Person responsible for data processing
The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the Privacy General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is
The Beauty of Sound GmbH
Collection and use of your data
The scope and type of collection and use of your data differs depending on whether you visit our website only to retrieve information or whether you make use of the services we offer.
If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes. Otherwise, your data will only be passed on to other third parties if we are legally obliged to do so.
Data security
We also use technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data that is generated or collected, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or attack by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
Among other things, this website uses TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
Data collection when visiting our website
If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit 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 at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will only be passed on or otherwise used as described below. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
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 again at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data and IP address values to an individual extent. 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 saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 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 page visit or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR as a result of your consent.
We may work with advertising partners who help us to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard disk when you visit our website (third-party cookies). If we work together 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 in each case in the following paragraphs.
Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
Contact, communication
Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
In favor of our legitimate interest in fast and customer-friendly communication and technical administration, we use the following partner application in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR:
Name CRM system or similar
Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing
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 execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. We store and use the data provided by you to process the contract. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to retention periods under tax and commercial law and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further use of your data as permitted by law, about which we will inform you accordingly below.
Call live chat or similar bot systems
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Comment function
If we offer a comment function on our website, in addition to your comment, details of the time the comment was created and the commentator name you have chosen will be saved and published on the website. Your IP address will also be logged and stored. The IP address is stored for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by posting a comment. We need your e-mail address in order to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for the storage of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as unlawful.
Direct advertising
Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter
If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of any other data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to the newsletter being sent. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive future newsletters by clicking on a corresponding link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising by means of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
In order to make the content of the newsletter meaningful for you, we use the preferences collected on the basis of a pseudonymous user profile and merge your e-mail address with the user profile solely for the purpose of sending you a personalized newsletter. No further analysis or use takes place.
Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers
If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services to those already purchased from our range by e-mail. In accordance with Section 7 (3) UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you have 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 us. You will only incur transmission costs for this in accordance with the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
Newsletter dispatch via tool
Our e-mail newsletters are sent via the technical service provider xxxxx, to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and aims to use an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. xxxxxxx uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf.
For evaluation purposes, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files stored on our website. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. Technical information is also collected (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system).
You can view xxxxx's privacy policy here: link.
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Advertising by letter post
On the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, 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 as part of the contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and to use it 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 us a corresponding message.
Contact for the valuation reminder
We may use your email address as a one-off reminder to submit an evaluation of your order for the evaluation system we use, provided that you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending us a message.
Order and returns processing
Cooperation with service providers
In order to process your order, we work together with service providers who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
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 (return) delivery of the goods. In the event of a complaint, your device may be forwarded to a service partner. The data is passed on for the purpose of fulfilling legal or contractual obligations arising from the purchase contract, Art. 6 para. 1 lt. b GDPR, and for the purpose of our interest in effective error checking and rectification, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the scope of payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will provide explicit information about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
We work together with external shipping partners to fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers. We pass on your name and your delivery address to a shipping partner selected by us exclusively for the purpose of delivering goods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider NNNNNN in the case of a forwarding delivery, we will also pass on your e-mail address and telephone number to the service provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification.
Use of payment service providers (payment service providers)
Credit card or MasterPass
Payment by credit card is processed via the payment service provider xxxxxxxx. xxxxxxxx reserves the right to carry out a credit check. The data provided by you during the purchase process may be used to process the payment.
Use of YouTube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider "YouTube", which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). 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 "YouTube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from "YouTube", these are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit.f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google "DoubleClick" network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
Further information about Privacy on "YouTube" can be found in the provider's privacy policy.
Online marketing
Google Ads conversion tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, as part of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising material (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the advertising campaign data. We are interested in showing you advertising that is 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 placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies generally 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 yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads on the basis of your consent to targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
In the context of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.
Please also note Google's privacy policy.
You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de. Please note that you may not be able to use certain functions of this website, or only to a limited extent, if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Google Ad Manager
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Ad Manager 360 from the operator Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GAM", formerly: DoubleClick for Publishers) to deliver and optimize advertisements. GAM uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Statistical information about visits to our website is collected (e.g. browser used, operating system, previously visited page, IP address, date/time). We have activated IP anonymization at Google. This means that your IP address will be shortened beforehand 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 and truncated there. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once.
In addition, GAM can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, 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, GAM cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server. We have no influence on the scope 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: Through the integration of GAM, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement 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 find out your IP address and store it.
As part of the use of GAM, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Google based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.
You can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted if you deactivate your cookies. In addition, you can obtain information about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info and make settings for this. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
You can obtain further information about the data protection provisions of DoubleClick by Google at the following Internet address: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Web analysis
It is important to us to design our websites as optimally as possible and thus make them attractive for our visitors. To do this, it is necessary for us to know which parts of it are received by our visitors and how. To this end, we use the following technologies in our interest.
Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("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 this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes direct personal reference. The extension means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your consent to this form of statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
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 from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data within 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):
You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de. Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Google Tag Manager
We use "Google Tag Manager" on our website, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Tag Manager enables us as marketers to manage website tags via an interface. The Google Tag Manager tool, which implements the tags, is a cookie-free domain and does not itself collect any personal data. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been carried out at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags that are implemented with Google Tag Manager.
Further information on Privacy can be found on the following Google websites:
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
FAQ Google Tag Manager: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html
Google Tag Manager Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html
Jetpack (formerly WordPress.com-Stats)
This website uses the web analysis service Jetpack (formerly WordPress.com-Stats) operated by Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA, using the tracking technology of Quantcast Inc, 201 3rd St, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103-3153, USA. With the help of Jetpack, pseudonymized visitor data is collected, evaluated and stored on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. Pseudonymized user profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Jetpack uses so-called cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor's Internet browser. These cookies serve, among other things, to recognize the browser and thus enable a more precise determination of the statistical data. The user's IP address is included in the information collected, but is pseudonymized immediately after collection and before it is stored in order to prevent it from being linked to a specific person.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the pseudonymized IP address) is transferred to a server in the USA and stored there in order to safeguard the above-mentioned interests.
To object to the collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can obtain an opt-out cookie from Quantcast at the following link, which will prevent Jetpack from collecting and storing any visitor data from your browser in the future: http://www.quantcast.com/opt-out.
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Retargeting/ remarketing/ referral advertising
Criteo (Criteo SA)
This website uses the technology of Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, France ("Criteo") to collect, store and evaluate information about the surfing behavior of website visitors in pseudonymized form with the help of "cookie" text files. Criteo uses an algorithm to analyze the surfing behavior and can then display targeted product recommendations as personalized advertising banners on other websites (so-called publishers). Under no circumstances can the data collected be used to personally identify visitors to this website.
Criteo OneTag is a JavaScript tag that allows Criteo to track the behavior of users as they browse your website. Criteo OneTag comprises two elements:
The Criteo Loader is a JavaScript library that must be declared on every page on which a Criteo OneTag is implemented. The Criteo Loader is responsible for creating and passing calls to the Criteo server.
The tracker allows Criteo to capture your visitors' browsing events (products viewed and purchased, etc.), which are then used to calculate relevant and personalized recommendations for delivery in your ad banners.
An overview of all publishers and networks partnered with Criteo from which pixels can be loaded, as well as the respective privacy policies, can be found here: https://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/our-partners/. On our website, we contractually limit the use to a maximum of three partners.
It will not be used for any other purpose or passed on to third parties.
To object to the collection of data and the creation of pseudonymized user profiles for the future, you can download the following opt-out cookie:
Criteo delivery (http://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/)
Further information about Criteo's technology can be found in Criteo's privacy policy: http://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/.
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above to make an objection or use the settings of our tool under the link https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/#uc-corner-modal-show.
Google Ads Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your end device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit. The processing takes place on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
Any further data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.
For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data in order to create target groups.
As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
You can permanently deactivate 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 from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info about the setting of cookies and make settings for this. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
Further information and the data protection provisions regarding advertising and Google can be found here: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
Tools and miscellaneous
Google reCAPTCHA
On this website, we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function is primarily used to differentiate whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The service includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of express consent with regard to the determination of the individual intent of actions on the Internet and the prevention of abuse and spam.
As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Our services use Content Delivery Networks (CDN). CDNs have the effect of shortening the loading time of common Java script libraries and fonts. They are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Since the retrieval is carried out by your browser, your IP address is transmitted, among other things.
Among them
- Akamai
Our websites use web and security analysis technologies from Akamai Technologies, Inc. ("Akamai"). These technologies use "cookies", text files, and "beacons" that are stored on your computer and enable Akamai to (i) perform security analysis and thereby prevent unauthorized access to our websites and (ii) analyze your use of the websites. The information generated by the cookies or beacons about access to our websites, including your IP address and other data from log files, is transferred to Akamai servers located in the USA, among other places, where it is stored and processed. To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Akamai on the basis of the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission to enable the transfer of your personal data to Akamai. Akamai will use this information for the purpose of preventing unauthorized access to the websites, compiling reports on website activity for us, providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage and evaluating your use of our websites. Akamai may also transfer this data to third parties if Akamai is legally obliged to do so or if these third parties process this data on behalf of Akamai. Akamai will not use the data to identify natural persons. You may refuse the use of cookies or beacons 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 view the exact storage period of the cookie in the cookie itself; you can access this information via your respective browser. You can find more information on the terms of use for the processing of personal data by Akamai and on the Akamai Privacy guidelines at https://www.akamai.com/de/de/privacy-policies/.Rechtsgrundlage is a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f GDPR, namely the pursuit of our business purposes and the protection of our websites.
Google Maps
On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps in order to visualize geographical information.
Using this service makes it easier for you to fill out the form in our checkout and display the map there. Information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there as soon as you access the subpages in which Google Maps is integrated; this information may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists.
If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them. The collection, storage and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right: https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?sig=ACi0TChE0V3UjX58KGHIwdnNGct8EQjrFSeIhTziBwIDczLEYJ6mtOOaywypQNrXt2xKWfEHYPRJIFXWYyethK_EZ8P7-j-q1sgYV-pCTG1DJKqdn4Vwpe0&hl=de or https://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/. You can contact Google's data protection officer here: https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the autocomplete function and map display on this website can then not be used.
You can view Google's terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html. Detailed information on Privacy in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on Google's website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Social media links
Our websites contain links to various social media with the corresponding logos. These are not social media plugins, but merely a link to our offers within these media. If you click on one of these links, your IP address will always be transmitted to the operators of the various platforms. If you use one of these services and are also logged in with your specific account, information about your surfing behavior may also be collected by the operators of the social media. The transmission of your IP address to the operators of the websites accessed is technically necessary and applies to all websites.
Applications
If you apply to us electronically, i.e. by email or via our web form, we will collect and process your personal data for the purpose of handling the application process and implementing pre-contractual measures in accordance with Section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG as amended). By submitting an application on our recruiting page, you express your interest in taking up employment with us. In this context, you transmit personal data to us, which we use and store exclusively for the purpose of your job search/application.
In particular, the following data is collected: personal master data (first and last name, address, date of birth), e-mail address, telephone number, availability, salary expectations. You also have the option of uploading informative documents such as a cover letter, your CV and references. These may contain further personal data.
Only authorized employees from the HR department or department or team leaders involved in the application process have access to your data. Personal data is stored exclusively for the purpose of filling the vacant position for which you have applied.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWe use the services of a personnel administration and applicant management software from Personio GmbH, Buttermelcherstr. 16, 80469 Munich for the processing of applicant data. The data transmitted as part of your application will be transmitted in encrypted form and stored and processed in a database operated by Personio. For more information, please refer to Personio's privacy policy at: https://www.personio.de/ueber-uns/Privacy/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Your data will be stored for a maximum period of six months after the end of the application process. This is usually done to fulfill legal obligations or to defend against any claims arising from legal regulations. We are then obliged to delete or anonymize your data. In this case, the data will only be available to us as so-called metadata without direct personal reference for statistical evaluations (e.g. proportion of women or men in applications, number of applications per period, etc.).
In addition, we reserve the right to store your data for inclusion in our "talent pool" for up to twelve months after the end of the application process in order to identify any other interesting positions for you. The storage for this purpose is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time. If you exercise your right of withdrawal, we will no longer be able to contact and consider you for future vacancies. The lawfulness of the processing based on your consent until revocation remains unaffected.
If you receive an offer of employment with us during the application process and accept it, we will store the personal data collected during the application process for at least the duration of the employment relationship.
Data transfer to third countries
As our servers may be located at the headquarters of one of our subsidiaries or at a cloud provider, the storage of data abroad cannot be ruled out. The cloud provider used is xxxxxxxx.
As explained in this privacy policy, we use services whose operators have their registered office or server location partly in so-called (insecure) third countries (such as the USA), i.e. countries whose level of data protection does not correspond to that of the European Union. If this is the case and the European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for these countries (Art. 45 GDPR), we have taken appropriate precautions to ensure an adequate level of data protection for any data transfers. These include, among others, the standard contractual clauses of the European Union or binding internal data protection regulations (so-called "Binding Corporate Rules"). Where this is not possible, we base the data transfer on exceptions under Art. 49 GDPR, in particular your express consent. If your consent is obtained via the cookie consent tool, you will also be informed of this.
If a transfer to a third country is planned and no adequacy decision or suitable guarantees exist, it is possible and there is a risk that authorities in the respective third country (e.g. secret services) may gain access to the transferred data in order to collect and analyze it, and that the enforceability of your data subject rights cannot be guaranteed.
Your rights
Overview of the rights of data subjects (your rights) in connection with data processing within our websites in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations.
Right to information
You have the right to information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing at any time.
Right to rectification
You have the right to correct your stored data at any time. If you notice any discrepancies, you can also correct your data yourself in your customer account.
Right to erasure / blocking
You have the right to have your stored data deleted or blocked for further processing at any time if we are obliged to retain your data (e.g. invoices) due to statutory retention obligations, see also Restriction of data processing.
Right to restriction of data processing
You have the right to restrict data processing,
- if you dispute the accuracy of your data and cannot correct it yourself;
- if the processing is unlawful but you yourself do not wish it to be erased;
- if we, as the controller, no longer need your data in principle, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or
- if you have lodged an objection to data processing and it is not yet certain whether our legitimate reasons for further data processing outweigh your reasons for the objection.
Right to object to the processing
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw it at any time. Such a revocation affects the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have given it to us.
If we send you (also in the future) direct advertising (e.g. newsletters), you have the right to object to this data processing at any time. You will also be informed of your right to object as part of your consent and will also be able to implement this easily via technical means (e.g. opt-out link in a newsletter); this also applies to any profiling that may be directly related to direct advertising.
Should we ever use your data for purposes other than ordering in the web store on the basis of a weighing of interests (generally no), you have the right to object to this data processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. If such data processing occurs, we will inform you immediately.
This also applies to possible pseudonymized or anonymized data processing for statistical purposes. Therefore, you can also object to any web analysis technology used by us (e.g. Google Analytics), e.g. with an opt-out cookie, see the relevant section.
Right to data portability
If requested by you, we will provide you with the data that you have provided to us personally in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or transfer it to another controller (e.g. another web store), the latter insofar as this is technically possible.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authorities
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us at Privacy at any time.
Right to withdraw consent
If you have given us your consent for certain data processing, you can revoke this at any time. In principle, we only require consent in special cases, e.g. when sending newsletters.
Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if relevant - additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Communication by e-mail
We cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating by e-mail, so we recommend that you send information requiring a high level of confidentiality by post.
