Privacy Policy
1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.
1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is tradinio GmbH, Fahreschweg 42, 32257 Bünde, Germany, email: info@tradinio.com. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
1.3 The controller has appointed a data protection officer, who can be reached as follows: Tiemo Nolte, Fahreschweg 42, 32257 Bünde, info@tradinio.com
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
2.1 When you use our website purely for informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the time of access
- Source/referrer from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not shared or otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser address bar.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
For hosting our website and displaying page content, we use a provider that delivers its services either directly or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
4) Cookies
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the storage of page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can view the storage duration in the cookie settings overview of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
5) Contact
In the context of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is processed exclusively for the purpose of handling and responding to your inquiry and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter has been conclusively resolved and provided there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account
In accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, personal data is further collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can see which data is required for opening an account from the input form on our website.
You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller’s address stated above. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary, and we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store the data.
7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing
7.1 Registration for Our Email Newsletter
If you register for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For newsletter delivery, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters after you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. We store your IP address entered by your 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 email address at a later time. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for its intended purpose.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
7.2 Sending Email Newsletters to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers by email for similar goods or services to those already purchased from our range. We do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this in accordance with Section 7(3) UWG. The data processing is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send 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 sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs according to basic rates for this. After receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.
8) Data Processing for Order Fulfillment
8.1 To the extent necessary for contract fulfillment for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect is passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provided when placing the order (name, address, email address) in order to personally inform you about upcoming updates within the statutory period via a suitable communication channel (such as by post or email) as part of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Your contact data is used strictly for the purpose of communications about updates we owe and is only processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.
To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s) who support us in whole or in part in the performance of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
8.2 To the extent necessary for contract fulfillment for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect is passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provided when placing the order (name, address, email address) in order to personally inform you about upcoming updates within the statutory period via a suitable communication channel (such as by post or email) as part of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Your contact data is used strictly for the purpose of communications about updates we owe and is only processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.
To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s) who support us in whole or in part in the performance of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
8.3 Use of Payment Service Providers
– Apple Pay
If you choose the payment method “Apple Pay” from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, payment processing is carried out via the “Apple Pay” function of your device running iOS, watchOS, or macOS by debiting a payment card stored in “Apple Pay”. Apple Pay uses security features integrated into your device’s hardware and software to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you must enter a code you have previously set and verify using the “Face ID” or “Touch ID” function of your device.
For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, together with information about your order, is transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts this data with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to process the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm the payment’s success.
If personal data is processed in the transmissions described, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Apple retains anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, approximate date and time, and an indication of whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve “Apple Pay” and other Apple products and services.
If you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made via Safari on your Mac, your Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple’s servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone settings. Go to “Wallet & Apple Pay” and disable “Allow Payments on Mac”.
Further information on privacy with Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027
– Mollie
One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Mollie B.V., Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands
If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance (such as credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be transmitted to the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data is transmitted exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
– PayPal
One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg
If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance, your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be transmitted to the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data is transmitted exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
If you select a payment method where we pay in advance, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and if applicable, data for an alternative payment method).
In such cases, to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The provider checks, based on the personal data you have provided and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.
The credit information may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit information, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of score values includes, among other things but not exclusively, address data.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
8.4 Electronic Cancellation Option for Continuing Obligations with Consumers
Consumers who have entered into contracts for paid continuing obligations (such as subscription contracts) on this website have the option to cancel them via an electronic button in accordance with the applicable cancellation periods.
Clicking the button leads to a confirmation page where the consumer can provide further details about the cancellation, clearly identify themselves, and then electronically declare their cancellation.
The collection of personal data and its transmission to us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the proper processing of the cancellation. Also on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, the personal data provided is used to confirm receipt of the cancellation declaration and the cancellation date electronically in text form via a suitable communication channel. A further legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. We are legally obligated to provide an electronic cancellation option for consumer contracts for paid continuing obligations concluded by means of electronic commerce.
9) Web Analytics Services
9.1 Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables analysis of your use of our website.
By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are stored as small text elements on your device and collect certain information. This information includes your IP address, which is however shortened by Google by the last digits to exclude direct personal identification.
The information is transmitted to Google’s servers and processed there. Transmissions to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible.
Google uses the collected information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for us, and provide other services related to website usage and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your site visit. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Demographic Features
Google Analytics 4 uses the special “demographic features” function and can create statistics that make statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third-party providers. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after storage for a period of two months.
Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have enabled personalized ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google can, subject to your consent to use Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop cross-device analysis, you can disable the “Personalized Advertising” function in your Google account settings. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=en
User IDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the “User IDs” function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, set up an account on this website, and log in to this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
9.2 Google Tag Manager
This website uses “Google Tag Manager”, a service provided by the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: “Google”).
Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analysis services, and for calibrating, controlling, and linking them to conditions via a unified user interface. Google Tag Manager itself does not store information on user devices or read it. Nor does the service perform independent data analyses. However, when a page is accessed, your IP address is transmitted to Google via Google Tag Manager and may be stored there. Transmission to servers of Google LLC in the USA is also possible.
This processing is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your site visit. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Further legal information on Google Tag Manager can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/ and https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en
10) Retargeting/Remarketing and Conversion Tracking
10.1 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 using advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords). In relation to the data from the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. We pursue the aim of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.
The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on a Google Ads ad. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. 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 across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. As part of using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.
Details on the processing initiated by Google Ads Conversion Tracking and on Google’s handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
You can also permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available from Google at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=en
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Google’s privacy policy can be viewed here: https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
10.2 Google Marketing Platform
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“GMP”).
GMP uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Using a cookie ID, Google records which ads are served in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. In addition, GMP 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 GMP ad and later visits the advertiser’s website using the same browser and makes a purchase via this website. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google’s server.
We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and inform you accordingly to the best of our knowledge as follows: By integrating GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will obtain and store your IP address. As part of using GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
The privacy policy of GMP by Google can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
11) Site Functionalities
11.1 YouTube
This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA
When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the plugin. Certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.
If playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.
If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your site visit, your data will be directly assigned to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the assignment to your account, you must log out before clicking the play button.
All aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
11.2 Trustpilot
Graphic elements from the following provider are embedded on our website to display external customer reviews and/or an externally awarded quality seal: Trustpilot A/S, Pilestræde 58, 1112 Copenhagen, Denmark
When you access a page of our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the elements properly. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.
If personal data is also processed in this context, this is done in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offer and the appealing design of our website.
11.3 Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts from the following provider for the uniform display of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.
Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA
The processing of personal data in the course of establishing a connection with the font provider is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/
11.4 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website we use the CAPTCHA service from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA. For the visual design of the Captcha window, fonts loaded from the internet by the provider “Google Fonts,” i.e., by Google, are used. No processing of additional information beyond that already transmitted to Google via the functionality of ReCaptcha occurs in this context.
The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively through automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is performed by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit, and transmits this data to the provider’s servers for evaluation. Cookies may be used in this process—small text files that are stored in the browser of the device.
If the processing described above is based on cookies, these will only be set if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
If the processing described above is carried out without the use of cookies, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in establishing individual responsibility on the internet and preventing abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/
12) Tools and Other
Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a “Cookie Consent Tool” to obtain valid user consent for cookies requiring consent and cookie-based applications. The “Cookie Consent Tool” is displayed to users when they access the page in the form of an interactive user interface, on which consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by checking boxes. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user grants corresponding consent by checking the boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user’s device if consent has been given.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
A further legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically non-essential cookies dependent on the respective user’s consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the settings options of the Cookie Consent Tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
13) Rights of the Data Subject
13.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the cited legal basis for the respective conditions of exercise:
- Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to revoke consent given pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS DUE TO OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
14) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the processing purpose, and—where applicable—additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you revoke your consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided it is no longer required for contract performance or contract initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continued storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data is otherwise deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.