Privacy policy

Privacy Policy
We appreciate your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide detailed information about how we handle your data.

Storage of access data in server log files
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. We only store access data in so-called server log files, such as the name of the requested file, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider. This data is evaluated exclusively to ensure the smooth operation of the site and to improve our offerings, and does not allow us to identify you personally.

Data Collection and Use for Contract Processing and When 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 the contact form or email), or when opening a customer account. The data collected is indicated in the respective input forms. We use the data you provide to process the contract and handle your inquiries. After the contract has been fully executed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after the expiration of the retention periods required by tax and commercial law, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this scope, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you below. You may delete your customer account at any time by either sending a message to the contact information provided below or using the function provided for this purpose in your customer account.

Data Transfer for Contract Fulfilment
To fulfil the contract, we transfer your data to the shipping company responsible for delivery, to the extent necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select during the ordering process, we will pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the financial institution responsible for processing the payment and, if applicable, to payment service providers commissioned by us or to the selected payment service. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account with them. In this case, you must log in to the payment service provider with your login credentials during the ordering process. The privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies in this regard.

Use of Data When Subscribing to the Email Newsletter
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to send you our email newsletter on a regular basis in accordance with your consent. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by either sending a message to the contact option described below or by using a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter.

Use of Data for Direct Mail and Your Right to Object
In addition, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your mailing address, and—to the extent we have received this additional information from you within the scope of the contractual relationship — your title, academic degree, year of birth, and your professional, industry, or business designation—in aggregated lists and to use them for our own advertising purposes, e.g., to send you interesting offers and information about our products via regular mail. You may object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact information provided below.

Credit Check and Scoring
If we provide advance payment, e.g., for purchases on account, we reserve the right to obtain identity and credit information from specialized service providers (credit bureaus) to protect our legitimate interests. For this purpose, we will transmit your personal data required for a credit check to the following company:

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH
Hellersbergstraße 11
41460 Neuss

The credit report may contain probability values (score values) calculated using scientifically recognized mathematical and statistical methods, which incorporate address data, among other factors. We use the information received regarding the statistical probability of a payment default to make a balanced decision regarding the establishment, execution, or termination of the contractual relationship. Your legitimate interests are taken into account in accordance with legal provisions.

Use of Cookies
To make visiting our website an enjoyable experience and to enable the use of certain features, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your 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 device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for Web Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (www.google.de). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as so-called “cookies,” which are text files stored on your computer. The information generated about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is truncated within the member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent future collection by Google Analytics on this website. This will place an opt-out cookie on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

Right to Information and Contact Information
You have the right to receive information free of charge regarding the personal data we have stored about you, as well as the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted, if applicable. If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, or if you wish to request information, correction, blocking, or deletion of data, or to revoke consent or object to a specific use of your data, please contact us directly using the contact information provided in our legal notice.