This data protection information applies to data processing by Etalon Vert GmbH, Siegbruger Straße 231, 50679 Cologne, Germany, Managing Director: Julia Vogel.

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data:

1. 1. ACCESS DATA AND HOSTING

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time you access a website, the web server only automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (Access data) and documents the request. This information is used by us exclusively to improve our offer and to ensure trouble-free operation of our online store and does not allow any conclusions about your person. In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offer, which outweigh our interests in the context of a balancing of interests. All access data is deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

1.1 HOSTING

Hosting services by a third-party provider As part of processing on our behalf, a third-party provider provides us with the services for hosting and displaying the website. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer, which are outweighed in the context of a balancing of interests. All data collected in the course of using this website or in forms provided for this purpose in the online store as described below are processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the framework explained here. This service provider is located within Germany and therefore within the European Economic Area.

1.2 CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK

For the purpose of a shorter loading time, we use a so-called Content Delivery Network ("CDN") for some offers. With this service, content, e.g. large media files, are delivered via regionally distributed servers of external CDN service providers. Therefore, access data is processed on the servers of the service providers. Our service providers work for us within the framework of order processing. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

Our service providers are located in these countries: USA There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on these guarantees: Standard data protection clauses of the European Commission  

2. 2. DATA PROCESSING FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING, CONTACTING AND OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order, when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail) or when opening a customer account. Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data to process the contract, or to process your contact or opening a customer account and without their information you can not complete the order and / or the account opening, or send the contact. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO for contract processing and processing your requests. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law, 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 statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

3. DATA SHARING

3.1 DATA PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHIPMENT FULFILLMENT

For the fulfillment of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

3.2 DATA PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT PROCESSING

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who work for us as part of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment. This serves the fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for processing the payment themselves, e.g. on their own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.

If you have any questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our relationship with them, please use the contact method described in this Privacy Policy.

3.3 DATA PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF FRAUD PREVENTION AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF OUR PAYMENT PROCESSES

If necessary, we provide our service providers with further data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing the payment as our order processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing of contested payments, accounting support). Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in our protection against fraud or in efficient payment management, which outweigh our interests in the context of a balancing of interests.

4. E-MAIL NEWSLETTER AND POSTAL ADVERTISING

E-MAIL ADVERTISING WITH NEWSLETTER REGISTRATION

E-mail advertising with registration for the newsletter and your right to object On our website, we give you the opportunity to register for a newsletter. In order to avoid mistakes when entering the data or data misuse, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. Here we send an email with a link to confirm the registration. If you do not confirm your registration within 48 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. Only when you click on this confirmation link will your e-mail address be added to our mailing list. The processing of your electronic contact information at this point is based solely on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) DSGVO). By registering, you consent to us collecting and processing the customer master data stored for your customer account and information on purchasing behavior. Based on this information, we will send you personalized advertising in the form of a newsletter. This appears on a regular basis and informs about new products, promotions and discounts, as well as opportunities to win. If we receive your e-mail address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right, on the basis of Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), to regularly send you e-mail offers for similar products to those you have already purchased from our range. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in addressing our customers in an advertising manner, which are outweighed in the context of a balancing of interests. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising e-mail.

The newsletter is sent as part of a processing on our behalf by a service provider, to whom we pass on your e-mail address for this purpose. We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. Via tracking pixels, we collect information on the opening and click-through rates of newsletter issues as standard. You have the option to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. For this purpose, we provide you with a corresponding link at the end of each advertising email. You can also contact us at the following email address: [email protected] to request information about or the deletion of your data. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses in the context of purchase processing) remains unaffected by this. Your revocation does not affect the legality of the processing of your data for the respective purpose based on your consent until revocation. Postal advertising and your right to object In addition, we reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send you interesting offers and information about our products by letter post. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in addressing our customers in an advertising manner in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The advertising mailings are provided as part of processing on our behalf by a service provider, to whom we pass on your data for this purpose. You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below.

5. DATA USE FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING

IDENTITY AND CREDIT CHECK WHEN CHOOSING KLARNA PAYMENT SERVICES

If you decide to use Klarna's payment services, we ask for your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO that we may transfer the data necessary for the processing of the payment and an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies mentioned in Klarna's privacy policy may be used for the identity and credit check. The information received about the statistical probability of non-payment is used by Klarna for a weighed decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact details below. This may result in us no longer being able to offer you certain payment options. You can also revoke your consent to this use of personal data at any time vis-à-vis Klarna.

6. CUSTOMER SERVICE EMAIL AND FORMS

We use the ticket system Zendesk, a customer service platform of Zendesk Inc., 989 Market Street #300, San Francisco, CA 94102, to process customer inquiries. For this purpose, necessary data such as surname, first name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address are collected via our website in order to be able to answer your information request. Zendesk is a certified participant of the so-called "Privacy Shield Framework" and thus fulfills the minimum requirements for legally compliant commissioned data processing. You can find more information about data processing by Zendesk in Zendesk's privacy policy at http://www.zendesk.com/company/privacy. If you have any questions, you can also contact Zendesk's data protection officer directly at [email protected] If you contact us by e-mail or via the form on the website, we will use the personal data you provide only to process your specific inquiry. The data provided will be treated confidentially. The data provided and the message history with our service desk will be stored for follow-up questions and subsequent contact. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). We have concluded an order data processing contract with Zendesk and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Zendesk.

7. INTEGRATION OF THE TRUSTED STORES TRUSTBADGE

The Trusted Shops trust badge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and any ratings collected, as well as to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after they have placed an order.

This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimal marketing by enabling a safe purchase in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. The trust badge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne. The Trustbadge is provided by a CDN provider (Content-Delivery-Network) as part of an order processing. Trusted Shops GmbH also uses service providers from the USA. An appropriate level of data protection is ensured. Further information on the data protection of Trusted Shops GmbH can be found here.;hier.

When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. Individual access data are stored in a security database for the analysis of security anomalies. The log files are automatically deleted no later than 90 days after creation.

Further personal data is transferred to Trusted Shops GmbH if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered to use them. The contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies. For this purpose, personal data is automatically collected from the order data. Whether you as a buyer is already registered for product use is checked automatically using a neutral parameter, the e-mail address hashed by cryptological one-way function. The e-mail address is converted into this hash value, which cannot be decrypted by Trusted Shops, before it is transmitted. After checking for a match, the parameter is automatically deleted.

This is necessary for the fulfillment of our and Trusted Shops' overriding legitimate interests in the provision of the buyer protection linked to the specific order in each case and the transactional evaluation services pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Further details, including the objection, can be found in the Trusted Shops privacy policy linked above and in the Trustbadge.

8. COOKIES AND WEB ANALYTICS

In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). The duration of storage can be found in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer™: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies

Safari™: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE

Chrome™: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647

Firefox™ https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Opera™ : http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited. Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analysis For website analysis, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC (www.google.de). This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. After the end of the purpose and the end of the use of Google Analytics by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. Google LLC has its headquarters in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield. You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

8.1 Cookiebot Consent Management Platform

On our website, we use a plugin from the company Acris to inform you about the cookies and the other technologies we use on our website, as well as to obtain, manage and document your consent, if required, to the processing of your personal data by these technologies. Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. c DSGVO, this is necessary to fulfill our legal obligation under Art. 7 (1) DSGVO to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject. The plugin EU Cookie Directive Pro is an offer of the company Acris E-Commerce GmbH, Am Pfenningberg 60, 4040 Linz, Austria, which processes your data on our behalf.

After you submit your cookie declaration on our website, Cookiebot's web server stores your anonymized IP address, the date and time of your declaration, browser information, the URL from which the declaration was sent, information about your consent behavior, and an anonymous random key. In addition, a cookie is used that contains the information about your consent behavior and the key. Your data will be deleted after twelve months, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

9. USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES

Insofar as you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the end of the purpose and the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the section "Cookies and other technologies". For more information including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, please refer to the individual technologies. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

9.1  USE OF GOOGLE SERVICES

We use the technologies of Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), as described below. The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it will be shortened before being stored on Google's servers by activating IP anonymization. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server and shortened there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, the data processing is based on an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy .

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. As a matter of principle, your IP address will not be merged with other data from Google. Data processing is carried out on the basis of an order processing agreement by Google.

For the purpose of optimized marketing of our website, we have activated the data sharing settings for "Google products and services". This allows Google to access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and subsequently use it to improve Google services. Data sharing with Google under these data sharing settings is based on an additional agreement between responsible parties. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.

To create and run tests, we also use the Google Analytics Google Optimize extension feature.

For web analysis and advertising purposes, the extension function of Google Analytics the so-called DoubleClick cookie enables recognition of your browser when visiting other websites. Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage.

Google Tag Manager

We use "Google Tag Manager" on our website, a service of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Tag Manager enables us as marketers to manage website tags via an interface. The Google Tag Manager tool that implements the tags is a cookie-less domain and does not itself collect any personal data. Google Tag Manager takes care of triggering other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. Google has submitted to the Privacy Shield agreement concluded between the European Union and the USA and has certified itself. This means that Google undertakes to comply with the standards and regulations of European data protection law. You can find more information in the entry linked below: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active Third Party Provider Information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. For more information about privacy, please see the Google web pages below: Privacy Policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy FAQ Google Tag Manager: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html - Terms of Use Google Tag Manager: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

GOOGLE ADSENSE

Our website markets space for third-party ads through Google AdSense. These ads are displayed to you in various places on this website. Via the so-called DoubleClick cookie, the display of interest-based advertising is made possible by the collection and processing of data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website) and the automatic assignment of a pseudonymous UserID, which is used to determine interests based on visits to this and other websites.

GOOGLE ADS

For advertising purposes in Google search results as well as on third-party websites, the so-called Google Remarketing Cookie is set when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous CookieID and based on the pages you visit. Data processing beyond this only takes place if you have activated the "personalized advertising" setting in your Google account. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, we measure your subsequent usage behavior via Google Ads Conversion Tracking when you have arrived at our website via an advertisement from Google Ads. For this purpose, cookies may be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) may be collected, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms.

GOOGLE MAPS

For the visual presentation of geographical information, Google Maps collects data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular the IP address and location data, transmits this data to Google and subsequently processes it. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

GOOGLE FONTS

For the uniform presentation of the content on our website, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected by the script code "Google Fonts", transmitted to Google and subsequently processed by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

YOUTUBE VIDEO PLUGIN

To integrate third-party content, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected via the YouTube video plugin in the extended data protection mode used by us, transmitted to Google and subsequently processed by Google only when you play a video.

9.2 USE OF MICROSOFT SERVICES FOR WEB ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

We use the technologies set out below provided by Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland ("Microsoft"). The data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. The information automatically collected by Microsoft technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. For further information on data processing by Microsoft, please refer to  Microsoft's privacy policy.

MICROSOFT ADVERTISING

For advertising purposes in the Bing, Yahoo and MSN search results and on third party websites, when you visit our website, the so-called Microsoft Advertising Remarketing Cookie is set, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous CookieID and based on the pages you visit.

For website analytics and event tracking, we use Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) to measure your subsequent usage patterns when you have accessed our website through a Microsoft Advertising ad. For this purpose, cookies may be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a web page or signing up for a newsletter) may be collected, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. If your Internet-enabled devices are linked to your Microsoft account and you have not deactivated the "Interest-based advertising" setting in your Microsoft account, Microsoft may generate reports on usage behavior (in particular, cross-device user numbers), even if you change your terminal device, so-called "cross-device tracking". We do not process personal data in this respect, we only receive statistics based on Microsoft UET.

9.3  USE OF FACEBOOK SERVICES

USE OF FACEBOOK PIXEL

We use the Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies outlined below provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"). The Facebook Pixel automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. In addition, as part of the so-called extended data matching, information is collected and stored hashed for matching purposes, with which individuals can be identified (e.g. names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers). For this purpose, when you visit our website, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook Pixel, which automatically enables recognition of your browser when you visit other websites by means of a pseudonymous CookieID. Facebook will combine this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.

The information automatically collected by Facebook technologies about your use of our website is generally transmitted to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission for the USA. Insofar as the transfer of data to the USA falls within our responsibility, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. For further information on data processing by Facebook, please refer to  Facebook's privacy policy.

FACEBOOK ANALYTICS

As part of Facebook Analytics, statistics on visitor activity on our website are created from the data collected with the Facebook Pixel about your use of our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of an order processing agreement by Facebook. Their analysis serves the optimal presentation and marketing of our website.

FACEBOOK ADS

Through Facebook Ads, we advertise this website on Facebook as well as on other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. Facebook is responsible for the exact implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of the ads with individual users. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, the data processing is based on an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Art. 26 DSGVO. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Facebook Ireland. The subsequent data processing by Facebook Ireland is not covered by this.

On the basis of the statistics on visitor activity on our website generated via Facebook Pixel, we operate group-based advertising on Facebook via Facebook Custom Audience by determining the characteristics of the respective target group. Within the scope of the extended data matching that takes place to determine the respective target group (see above), Facebook acts as our processor.

Based on the pseudonymous cookie ID set by the Facebook Pixel and the data collected about your usage behavior on our website, we conduct personalized advertising via Facebook Pixel remarketing.

Through Facebook Pixel Conversions, we measure for web analytics and event tracking your subsequent usage behavior when you have reached our website through an ad from Facebook Ads. The data processing takes place on the basis of an order processing agreement by Facebook.

9.4  OTHER PROVIDERS OF WEB ANALYTICS AND ONLINE MARKETING SERVICES

USE OF HOTJAR FOR WEB ANALYTICS

For the purpose of website analysis, technologies provided by   Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 3155, Malta ("Hotjar") are used to automatically collect and store data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The pseudonymized usage profiles are not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without a separate, explicit consent. Hotjar acts on our behalf.

USE OF PINTEREST TAG FOR WEB ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES

For web analytics and advertising purposes on Pinterest as well as on third party websites, when you visit our websit  Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Irland („Pinterest“) automatically enables interest-based advertising by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) and using a pseudonymous CookieID and based on the pages you visit. From the collected data, usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Pinterest will combine this information with other data from your Pinterest account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage. We have no influence on the data processing by Pinterest and only receive statistics generated on the basis of Pinterest Tag. Through this, we measure your subsequent usage behavior for website analysis and event tracking if you have arrived at our website via an advertisement from Pinterest. The information automatically collected by Pinterest is usually transmitted to a server of Pinterest, Inc., 505 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO.

USE OF VIMEO VIDEO PLUGIN TO INTEGRATE THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

To integrate third-party content, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected via the video plugin of Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA („Vimeo“) transmitted to Vimeo and subsequently processed by Vimeo. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties pursuant to Art. 26 DSGVO. Google Analytics is automatically integrated in the Vimeo video plugin. For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Google Analytics is a service provided by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. Your IP address is shortened before being stored on Google's servers by activating IP anonymization. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We have no influence and access to the data processing by Vimeo including the settings and results of Google Analytics. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

10. SOCIAL MEDIA

10.1 Social Plugins by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Whatsapp

Social buttons from social networks are used on our website. These are only integrated into the page as HTML links, so that when you call up our website, no connection is yet established with the servers of the respective provider. If you click on one of the buttons, the website of the respective social network opens in a new window of your browser There you can, for example, press the Like or Share button.

10.2  OUR ONLINE PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, PINTEREST, LINKEDIN

Insofar as you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes when you visit our online presences on the social media mentioned above, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are generally used for this purpose. For detailed information on the processing and use of data by the respective social media operator, as well as a contact option and your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy notices of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook  is an offer of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook Ireland") The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook is usually transmitted to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing in the context of a visit to a Facebook Fanpage is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. You can find more information (Insights data information) here.

Twitter  is a service of Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland ("Twitter"). The information automatically collected by Twitter about your use of our online presence on Twitter is usually transmitted to a server of Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Instagram  is an offer of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook Ireland") The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually transmitted to a server of Facebook, Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing in the context of a visit to an Instagram fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties pursuant to Art. 26 DSGVO. You can find more information (Insights data information) here.

YouTube  is an offer of Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our online presence on YouTube is usually transmitted to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Pinterest is an offer of Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Irland („Pinterest“). The information automatically collected by Pinterest about your use of our online presence on Pinterest is usually transmitted to a server of Pinterest, Inc., 505 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

LinkedIn is an offer of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland („LinkedIn“). The information automatically collected by LinkedIn about your use of our online presence on LinkedIn is generally transmitted to a server of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA and stored there. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

11. SENDING OF RATING REMINDERS BY E-MAIL

RATING REMINDER BY TRUSTED STORES

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will transmit your e-mail address to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne, Germany (www.trustedshops.de) so that they can send you a rating reminder by e-mail. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

12. CONTACT OPTIONS AND YOUR RIGHTS

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

- pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;

- pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, the right to request without undue delay the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;

- in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary

   - for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;

   - for the fulfillment of a legal obligation;

   - for reasons of public interest; or

   - is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims;

- in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as

   - the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;

   - the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure;

   -  we no longer need the data, but you require it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims; or

   - you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;

- pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller;

- pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, blocking or deletion of data, as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a particular use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.

13. CHANGES AND UPDATES

We reserve the right to change the privacy policy in order to adapt it to changes in the service as well as data processing or also to a changed legal situation.

14. REVOCATION

Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you will only have the right to object if there are grounds arising from your particular situation.

After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not further process your personal data for this purpose.