Privacy Policy at a Glance
GENERAL INFORMATION
The following notes give you a simple overview of what happens with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.
DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in this website's imprint.
How do we collect your data?
We collect some of your data when you share it with us, like when you fill out a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our systems when you visit our website. This mainly includes technical stuff like your internet browser, operating system, or the time you visited a page. This happens automatically as soon as you land on our site.
What do we use your data for?
Some of your data helps us make sure the website works perfectly. Other data might be used to understand how you use our site. And any info you send us through a contact form is used to answer your questions.
What are your rights about your data?
You always have the right to get free information about where your personal data came from, who receives it, and what we use it for. You can also ask us to correct, block, or delete this data. For these questions and anything else about data protection, feel free to contact us anytime at the address in our imprint. Plus, you have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority.
Analytics and Third-Party Tools
When you visit our website, we might analyze your browsing habits. This is mostly done using cookies and special analytics programs. This analysis is usually anonymous, so we can't trace your browsing back to you personally. You can object to this analysis or stop it by not using certain tools. You'll find more detailed info about this in the privacy policy below.
You can object to this analysis. We'll tell you how to do that in this privacy policy.
General Info and Important Details
PRIVACY
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially, following legal data protection rules and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, we collect various personal data. Personal data is any information that can identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also tells you how and why we do it.
Just so you know, sending data over the internet (like via email) can have security gaps. It's impossible to completely protect data from being accessed by others.
WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT FOR DATA PROCESSING
Many data processing activities are only possible with your clear consent. You can withdraw any consent you've already given at any time. Just send us an informal email. Withdrawing your consent won't affect the legality of any data processing that happened before you withdrew it.
RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO THE RELEVANT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
If there are any data protection breaches, you have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority.
YOUR RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically (either based on your consent or to fulfill a contract) in a common, machine-readable format. You can also have this data sent to someone else. If you ask us to directly transfer your data to another party, we'll do it as long as it's technically possible.
SSL/TLS ENCRYPTION
For security reasons and to protect sensitive stuff you send us (like orders or inquiries), this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You'll know it's encrypted because the browser's address bar will change from "http://" to "https://", and you'll see a little lock symbol there.
When SSL or TLS encryption is active, no one else can read the data you send us.
ACCESS, BLOCKING, DELETION
You always have the right, under current legal regulations, to get free information about your stored personal data, including its origin, who receives it, and why it's being processed. You also have the right to correct, block, or delete this data if needed. For this, and any other questions about your personal data, you can always reach out to us at the address listed in our legal notice.
Data Collection on Our Website
COOKIES
Our website uses what we call cookies. Don't worry, cookies won't harm your computer and they don't contain viruses. They just help us make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure for you. Basically, cookies are small text files that your browser saves on your computer.
Most of the cookies we use are called 'session cookies'. These are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies stay on your device until you delete them. These types of cookies help us recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser to notify you when cookies are being placed, or to only allow them in individual cases. You can also choose to block cookies for specific situations or completely, and even activate automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Just a heads-up: if you disable cookies, some features of this website might not work perfectly.
Cookies that are essential for our website to function smoothly, like those needed for electronic communication or for features you want (such as a shopping cart), are stored based on Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter f of the GDPR. We, as the website operator, have a legitimate interest in using these cookies to make sure our services run perfectly and are optimized for you. If we use any other types of cookies (like those that analyze how you browse our site), we'll explain those separately in this privacy policy.
SERVER LOG FILES
Our website provider automatically collects and stores information in what are called server log files. Your browser automatically sends this information to us. This includes:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
We don't combine this data with other data sources.
The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter f of the GDPR. This allows us to process data when it's necessary to fulfill a contract or to take steps before entering into a contract.
CONTACT FORM
If you send us an inquiry using our contact form, we'll store the information from your form, including your contact details, so we can process your request and handle any follow-up questions. We promise not to share this data without your consent.
The data you enter into our contact form is processed solely based on your consent (Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter a of the GDPR). You're free to withdraw this consent at any time – just send us an informal email. Please note that any data processing that happened before you withdrew your consent remains legal.
The data you enter in the contact form will stay with us until you ask us to delete it, you withdraw your consent for us to store it, or the reason for keeping the data is no longer valid (for example, after your inquiry has been fully processed). Don't worry, any mandatory legal requirements, especially retention periods, will still be followed.
Plugins and Tools
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This website uses Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service from Google Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses 'cookies' – these are small text files stored on your computer that help us understand how you use our website. Usually, the information generated by these cookies about your website usage is sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if we've activated IP anonymization on this website, Google will first shorten your IP address within member states of the European Union or other countries that are part of the European Economic Area agreement.
Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and then shortened there. Google uses this information, on behalf of our website operator, to evaluate how you use the site, create reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage to us. Rest assured, the IP address your browser sends as part of Google Analytics won't be merged with any other data Google has.
You can stop cookies from being saved by tweaking your browser settings. Just a heads-up though, if you do, some parts of this website might not work perfectly for you. Plus, you can prevent Google from collecting data from cookies about your website use (like your IP address) and processing it. Just download and install the browser plugin from this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
We've included Instagram features on our pages, which are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you're logged into your Instagram account, you can link our page content to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This lets Instagram connect your visit to our pages with your user account. Just so you know, as the website provider, we don't get any information about the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it.
You can find more info on this in Instagram's privacy policy here: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
YOUTUBE
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is run by Google. YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA operates the site. When you visit one of our pages with a YouTube plugin, a connection is made to YouTube's servers, letting them know which of our pages you've checked out. If you're logged into your YouTube account, you're allowing YouTube to link your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by simply logging out of your YouTube account.
You can find more info on how user data is handled in YouTube's privacy policy here: