Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

1) INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE DATA CONTROLLER

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all 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 the shop name. The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. 1.3 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 icon in your browser bar.

2) DATA COLLECTION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

When you visit our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser sends 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 of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you accessed the page
Used browser
Used operating system
Used IP address (if applicable, anonymized) The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no further disclosure or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) COOKIES

In order to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use 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 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). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to an individual extent, such as browser and location data and IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. Some cookies are intended to simplify the ordering process by storing 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 Article 6(1)(b) GDPR either to execute the contract or in accordance with Article 6(1)(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. We may work with advertising partners who help us to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies may also be stored on your hard drive during your visit to our website (third-party cookies). If we cooperate with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed separately and individually about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in the following paragraphs. Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to decide individually about their acceptance or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific 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. You can find this for the respective browsers via the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) CONTACT

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data 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 pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry, which is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal obligations to retain data.

5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION

According to 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. The data 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 address of the responsible party mentioned above. We store and use the data provided by you for contract processing. After complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after expiry of these periods, 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 will inform you accordingly below.

6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING

6.1 Registration for our email newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of further optional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to the sending of newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email in which you will be asked to click on a corresponding link to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters in the future.

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 registering 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 email address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when registering 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 for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person named at the beginning. After you have unsubscribed, 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.

6.2 Sending the email newsletter 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 for similar goods or services from our range by email. We do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. The data processing is carried out in this respect solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, no email will be sent by us. 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 the responsible person named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. After we have received your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.

7) DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING

7.1 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 delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is in this case Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

7.2 Use of payment service providers (payment service providers)

Paypal

If you pay via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or, if offered, "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only insofar as this is necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or, if offered, "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. The result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of default is used by PayPal for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as 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, flows into the calculation of the score values. For further data protection information, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

IMMEDIATELY

If you choose the payment method "IMMEDIATELY", the payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "IMMEDIATELY"), to whom we will pass on your information provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The transfer of your data is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.

You can find further information on the data protection regulations of SOFORT at the following Internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz

8) CONTACT FOR REVIEW REMINDER

Own review reminder (no dispatch by a customer review system) We use your email address for a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the review system we use, provided that you have given us your explicit consent for this 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 a message to the data controller.

9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS

9.1 Facebook Plugins with Shariff Solution Special additional customs clearance costs and/or import duties are not included in the price. Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established to Facebook's servers yet. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page on which you can interact with the plugins there, possibly after entering your login data. Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

9.2 Google+ Plugins as Shariff Solution Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Google+, which is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established to Google+'s servers yet. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Google+ page on which you can interact with the plugins there, possibly after entering your login data. Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

9.3 Instagram Plugin as Shariff Solution Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"). To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established to Instagram's servers yet. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Instagram page on which you can interact with the plugins there, possibly after entering your login data. Instagram LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

10) ONLINE MARKETING

10.1 DoubleClick by Google This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick"). DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from

"Google uses a cookie ID to track which ads are displayed in which browser, thereby preventing the same ads from being shown multiple times. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in optimal marketing of our website according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Moreover, DoubleClick can track conversions using cookie IDs, which are related to ad requests. For example, if a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later makes a purchase on the advertiser's website using the same browser. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server. We have no control over the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of these tools and therefore inform you to the best of our knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives 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 not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider may obtain and store your IP address.

If you wish to opt out of this tracking process, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by adjusting your browser settings to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com. However, please note that this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can obtain information about setting cookies and make adjustments through the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can configure your browser to notify you about setting cookies and individually decide whether to accept or reject cookies for specific cases or in general. Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if you do not accept cookies."

Google LLC, headquartered in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

For further information about the privacy policies of DoubleClick by Google, please visit the following website: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking
This website utilizes the online advertising program "Google AdWords," and within Google AdWords, the conversion tracking provided by Google LLC., located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites through advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords). By analyzing the data from advertising campaigns, we can determine the success of individual advertising measures. This is done with the aim of displaying advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on a Google AdWords advertisement. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually expire after 30 days and do not serve 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 AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Therefore, cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained through the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are provided with the total number of conversions.

Users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that allows them to be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this usage by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your internet browser settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Google LLC, headquartered in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. For further information about Google's privacy policies, please visit the following website: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them through the appropriate setting of your browser software or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may be restricted if you have disabled the use of cookies.

11) WEB ANALYSIS SERVICES
Google (Universal) Analytics

Google Universal Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address, which is truncated before being transmitted) is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncation and excludes direct personal reference. With this extension, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide us with other services related to website usage and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Alternatively to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent future collection by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again):

If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Google Analytics Deactivate

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic, which is carried out via a User-ID. Upon first accessing a page, the user is assigned a unique, permanent, and anonymized ID that is set across devices. This allows interaction data from different devices and sessions to be assigned to a single user. The User-ID does not contain any personally identifiable information and does not transmit such information to Google.

You can object to the collection and storage of data via the User-ID at any time with effect for the future. To do this, you must deactivate Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example, in a different browser or on your mobile device.

You can deactivate it using a browser plugin from Google
(https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). Alternatively, within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent future collection by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Google Analytics Deactivate

Further information on Universal Analytics can be found here:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=en&ref_topic=6010376

12 RETARGETING/ REMARKETING/ RECOMMENDATION ADVERTISING

Facebook Custom Audience via the Pixel Method

This website uses the "Facebook Pixel" of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). With explicit consent, this allows tracking of user behavior after visiting the website.

If you have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad, this procedure is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help optimize future advertising measures.

The data collected is anonymous to us, so it does not provide us with any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, Facebook stores and processes the data, enabling a connection to the respective user profile, and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook Data Policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

You can allow Facebook and its partners to display ads on and off Facebook. Additionally, a cookie may be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations only occur with the explicit consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Consent to the use of the Facebook Pixel may only be given by users who are older than 13 years. If you are younger, we ask you to seek permission from your legal guardian.

Facebook Inc. based in the USA is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

To disable the use of cookies on your computer, you can adjust your internet browser settings to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer in the future or delete already stored cookies. However, disabling all cookies may lead to some functions on our websites not being executed. You can also disable the use of cookies by third-party providers such as Facebook on the following website of the Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Google AdWords Remarketing
Our website uses the features of Google AdWords Remarketing, with which we advertise this website in Google search results as well as on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For this purpose, Google places a cookie in the browser of your device, which enables interest-based advertising based on the pages you have visited.

This part of the text addresses the use of Google AdWords Remarketing, which enables interest-based advertising based on pages you have visited, using a pseudonymous cookie ID. The processing is based on the legitimate interest in effectively marketing the website, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further data processing occurs only if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browser history with your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you view on the web. If you are logged into your Google account during your visit to our website, Google uses your data along with Google Analytics data to create and define cross-device remarketing audience lists. Your personal data is temporarily linked with Google Analytics data to create these audience lists.

You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/ Alternatively, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance website at www.aboutads.info to learn about setting cookies and make adjustments. Additionally, you can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and individually decide on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. However, not accepting cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, ensuring compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

For further information and privacy policies regarding advertising and Google, you can visit: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

13) Rights of the Data Subject

Section 13 of the text discusses the rights of data subjects concerning the processing of their personal data by the data controller.

Below, we inform you about the rights of data subjects (information and intervention rights):

Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the envisaged period of storage or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing, and your right to be informed about the safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;

Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and, if necessary, the completion of incomplete personal data stored by us;

Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;

Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data where the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead, if we no longer need the data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or if you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR pending the verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours.

Right to information according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing to each recipient to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.

Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or to request transmission to another controller, where technically feasible.

Right to revoke consent granted according to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to revoke at any time any consent you have given for the processing of data with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will immediately delete the affected data, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

13.2) RIGHT TO OBJECT
If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest in the context of a balancing of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, with effect for the future.

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data concerned. However, further processing may be reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising at any time. You can 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 the storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods). After the expiration of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or there is no longer a legitimate interest on our part in continued storage.