Datenschutz gillie

Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the responsible person

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 refers to 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 Gillie GmbH, Carl-Miele-Straße 14, 33330 Gütersloh, Germany, Tel.: upon request, Email: hello@gillie-shop.com. The controller 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.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the website 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 of access

Amount of data sent in bytes

Source/reference from which you came to the page

Browser used

Operating system used

IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be shared or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal 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 character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

Shopify

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland (“Shopify”)

Data will also be transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

When data is transferred to Canada, an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website more attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing your browser (so-called "session cookies"); others remain on your device for a longer period and allow you to save page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find out how long cookies are stored in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR either to execute the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the event of consent being given, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

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 in certain cases or in general.

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

5) Contact

5.1 Reviews.io

For review reminders, we use the services of the following provider: REVIEWS.io 2020 GmbH, Skalitzer Str. 104, 10997 Berlin, Germany

Solely on the basis of your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we will transmit your email address and, if applicable, other customer data to the provider so that they can contact you by email with a review reminder.

You can revoke your consent to us or the provider at any time with future effect.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

5.2 Trustpilot

For review reminders, we use the services of the following provider: Trustpilot A/S, Pilestræde 58, 1112 Copenhagen, Denmark

You can revoke your consent to us or the provider at any time with future effect.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

5.3 When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is related to a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required to open an account in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller's address above. After deleting 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 that prevent this, and we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

7) Use of customer data for direct marketing

7.1 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 required to receive the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional information is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in process to send the newsletter, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter after you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you consent to the use of 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 date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible mentioned above. 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 the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Klaviyo

Our email newsletter is sent via this provider: Klaviyo, Inc., 125 Summer St., Ste 600, Boston, MA 02110, USA

Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we will pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR so that they can send the newsletter on our behalf.

Subject to your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the provider also conducts a statistical evaluation of the success of newsletter campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, which can measure opening rates and specific interactions with the newsletter content. Device information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and evaluated, but not merged with other data sets.

You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with future effect.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits its transfer 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 level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

7.3 Product availability notification by email

For temporarily unavailable items, you can sign up to receive email product availability notifications. We will send you a one-time email notification about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information required to receive this notification is your email address. Providing additional information is voluntary and may be used to contact you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in process to send emails, which ensures that you will only receive a notification after you have expressly confirmed your consent by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you consent to the use of 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 date. The data we collect when you register for our email notification service regarding product availability is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from availability notifications at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this statement.

7.4 Shopping cart reminders by email

If you cancel your purchase with us before completing your order, you have the option of receiving a one-time email reminder of the contents of your virtual shopping cart.

The only mandatory information required to send this reminder is your email address. Providing additional information is voluntary and may be used to contact you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in process to send emails, which ensures that you will only receive a notification after you have expressly confirmed your consent by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to send you a shopping cart reminder. 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 date. The data we collect when you register for our email notification service is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from shopping cart reminders at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this policy.

8) Data processing for order processing

8.1 To the extent necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be 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 based on a corresponding contract, we will process the contact information you provided when placing your order in order to inform you personally within the scope of our statutory information obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Your contact information will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying you of updates owed by us and will only be 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 execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.2 Post & DHL Shipping (official)

For shipping preparation, we use the services of the following provider: Deutsche Post DHL Research And Innovation GmbH, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 1, 53113 Bonn
In accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, we transmit digital shipping labels containing your delivery information from our order processing system to the provider solely for the purpose of processing your online order. The provider then sends them to our local printers for printing. Data will only be shared to the extent absolutely necessary for processing.

8.3 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

- DHL

We use the following provider as our transport service provider: DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany

We will pass on your email address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or providing delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to the provider for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. This information will only be passed on to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or a delivery notification is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect by contacting the person responsible named above or the provider.

8.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Paypal

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to make an advance payment, the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including your name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number), as well as information about the content of your order, will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method for which we make advance payments, you will also be asked to provide certain personal information (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and, if applicable, details of an alternative payment method) during the ordering process.

In such cases, in order to protect our legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The provider will check, based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, and payment experience), whether the payment option you have selected can be granted in view of payment and/or default risks.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called scores). To the extent that scores are included in the credit report results, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, is used in the calculation of the scores.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending us a message or contacting the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- Paypal Checkout

This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal that combines PayPal's own payment methods and local payment methods from third parties.

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “Pay Later” via PayPal, we will pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”) as part of the payment processing. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for the payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “Pay later” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of default to decide whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values (so-called score values). To the extent that score values are included in the result of the credit check, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the 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 PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.

If the PayPal payment method "Purchase on account" is available and selected, your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal to prepare the payment, after which PayPal will forward it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") to process the payment. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, RatePay will conduct an identity and credit check in its own name to determine your solvency in accordance with the principle already mentioned above and will forward your payment data to credit agencies based on its legitimate interest in determining your solvency in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. A list of credit agencies that Ratepay can access can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/

If you use a local third-party payment method, your payment data will initially be transferred to PayPal in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR to prepare the payment. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal will then transfer your payment data to the relevant provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR to process the payment:

- Apple Pay (Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland)
- Google Pay (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland)
- iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
- blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z oo, ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
- eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
- MyBank (PRETA SAS, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
- Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)

For further information on data protection, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
- Shopify Payments

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to make an advance payment (e.g., credit card payment), the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including your name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number), as well as information about the content of your order, will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

9) Web analysis services

Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when you visit the website, Google (Universal) Analytics sets cookies. These cookies are stored on your device as small text blocks and collect certain information. This information also includes your IP address, which Google truncates to prevent it from being directly linked to your personal information.

The information is transferred to Google servers and processed there. This may also involve transferring data to Google LLC, based in the USA.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for us, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted and abbreviated by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google (Universal) Analytics will be stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Without your consent, Google (Universal) Analytics will not be used during your visit to the website. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service using 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 (Universal) Analytics can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ , https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics
Google (Universal) Analytics uses the special "demographic characteristics" feature to create statistics that provide information about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. This allows target groups to be identified for marketing activities. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after a storage period of two months.

Google Signals
As an extension to Google (Universal) Analytics, 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 analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including for cross-device conversions, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you would like to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the "Personalized Advertising" function in your Google Account settings. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de Further information about Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

User IDs
As an extension to Google (Universal) Analytics, the "UserIDs" function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google (Universal) Analytics in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, have set up an account on this website, and log in with this account on multiple devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.

10) Retargeting/remarketing and conversion tracking

Meta Pixel with advanced data comparison

Within our online offering, we use the "Meta Pixel" service of the following provider in the extended data matching mode: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta")

If a user clicks on an ad placed by us on Facebook or Instagram, a parameter is added to the URL of our linked page using "Meta Pixel." This URL parameter is then entered into the user's browser after redirection via a cookie set by our linked page. Furthermore, this cookie records specific customer data, such as the email address, which we collect on our website linked to the Facebook or Instagram ad during transactions such as purchases, account registrations, or registrations (extended data matching). The cookie is then read and enables the transmission of the data, including the specific customer data, to Meta.

We use "Meta Pixel" with enhanced data matching to make our advertisements (so-called "ads") on Facebook and/or Instagram more effective and to ensure that they correspond to the interests of users or have certain characteristics (e.g., interests in certain topics or products determined based on the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (so-called "custom audiences").

In addition, we analyze the effectiveness of our ads by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on an ad (conversion). Compared to the standard "Meta Pixel" variant, the enhanced data matching feature helps us better measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns by tracking more attributed conversions.

All transmitted data is stored and processed by Meta so that it can be assigned to the respective user profile and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Meta's data usage guidelines ( https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ ). The data may enable Meta and its partners to place ads on and off Facebook.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, will only be 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 future effect by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

The information generated by Meta is generally transferred to a Meta server and stored there; in this context, it may also be transferred to Meta Platforms Inc. servers in the USA.

11) Page functionalities

11.1 Instagram plugins

Our website uses social network plugins from the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network.

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the site using the so-called “2-click” or “Shariff” solution.

This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established with the provider's servers.

Only when you activate the plug-ins and thus consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR will your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. Regardless of whether you log in to an existing user profile, a certain amount of information about your device (including your IP address), your browser, and your page browsing history will be transmitted to the provider and, if necessary, further processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions carried out via the plug-ins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts.
You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, this revocation will not affect the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

Data may also be transferred to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

11.2 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Retailer Program)

We partner with Google through the Google Customer Reviews program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This program allows us to collect customer reviews from users of our website. After making a purchase on our website, you will be asked whether you would like to participate in an email survey from Google.

If you give your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we will transmit your email address to Google. You will receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate your purchase experience on our website. The rating you submit will then be summarized with our other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and on our Merchant Center dashboard. Your rating will also be used for Google Seller Ratings. Using Google Customer Reviews may also result in the transmission of personal data to Google LLC's servers in the USA.

You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller or to Google.

Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

12) Tools and Other

12.1 - DATEV

For accounting purposes, we use the cloud-based accounting software service of the following provider: DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, if applicable, our company's bank transactions in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions, and create financial accounting in a semi-automated process.

If personal data is also processed, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the efficient organization and documentation of our business transactions in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
- weclapp

For the completion of accounting, we use the cloud-based accounting software service of the following provider: weclapp GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 28, 97318 Kitzingen

12.2 Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they visit the website in the form of an interactive user interface, where consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by checking the boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services that require consent are only loaded if the respective user grants the corresponding consent by checking the boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user's device if consent has been granted.

The tool uses technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.

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 legally obliged to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user's consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the setting 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 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis stated for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:

Right to information 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 information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;

Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;

Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR;

Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

13.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH FUTURE EFFECT FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data in question. However, we reserve the right to continue processing if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

If we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. You can exercise your right of objection as described above.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

14) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing and – where applicable – also on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal transactions or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that they are no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store them.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

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