Privacy policy

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Data protection
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1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Stefanie Kalis, Hafenstr. 49, 45731 Waltrop, Germany, Tel.: 0162 3091740, Email: service@puppyrope.com. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website
If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the 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 anonymous form)
The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Hosting
Hosted by Shopify
We use the shop system of the service provider Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2. Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify") for the purpose of hosting and displaying the online shop on the basis of processing on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Shopify's servers. As part of the aforementioned Shopify services, data may also be processed as part of further processing on behalf of Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc .or Shopify (USA) Inc. In the case of the transmission of data to Shopify Inc. in Canada, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision. Further information on Shopify's data protection is available on the following website: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz
Further processing on servers other than those of Shopify mentioned above only takes place within the scope communicated below.

4) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called. session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable your browser to be recognized on your next visit (so-called cookies). persistent Cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which can vary depending on the cookie. The duration of the respective cookie storage can be found in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.
In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of a given consent or according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 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.
Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them 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. These can be found for the respective browsers under the following links:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

5) Contact
When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request. stored and used for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your request has been processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified and provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing
According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us to execute a contract or open a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. We store and use the data you provide to process the contract. After the contract has been completed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with regard to retention periods under tax and commercial law and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or have reserved the right to further data use permitted by law on our part became.

7) Use of single sign-on procedures
7.1 Facebook Connect
On our website you can register to create a customer account or for registration using the social plugin "Facebook Connect" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), as part of the so-called. Sign up for single sign-on technology if you have a Facebook profile. You can recognize the social plugins of "Facebook Connect" on our website by the blue button with the Facebook logo and the inscription "Log in with Facebook" or "Connect with Facebook" or "Log in with Facebook" or "Sign in with Facebook".
If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook Inc. server in the USA and stored there. These data processing operations are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Facebook's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising based on your surfing behavior.
By using this "Facebook Connect" button on our website, you also have the option of logging in to our website using your Facebook user data or to register. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when using the "Facebook Connect" button from Facebook, depending on your personal data protection settings on Facebook. This information includes user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.
We would like to point out that after changes to Facebook's data protection conditions and terms of use, your profile pictures, the user IDs of your friends and the friends list may also be transferred if you mark them as "public" in your privacy settings on Facebook became. The data transmitted by Facebook is stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address data, country, e-mail address, date of birth), if you have approved this on Facebook. Conversely, based on your consent, data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) are transferred by us to your Facebook profile.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
If you do not want Facebook to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with "Adblock Plus" (https://adblockplus.org/de/).
7.2 Google Sign-In
On our website you can register to create a customer account or to register via the "Google Sign-In" service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") as part of the so-called. Sign up for Single Sign On technology if you have a Google profile. You can recognize the Google sign-in function on our website by the button "Sign in with Google", "Sign in with Google account" or "Sign in with Google".
If you call up a page on our website that contains a Google login function, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Google servers. The content of the registration button is transmitted directly to your browser by Google and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Google receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Google profile or are not currently logged in to Google. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Google server and stored there. It may also be transmitted to the Google LLC servers. come in the US. These data processing operations are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising based on surfing behavior.
By using the Google login button on our website, you also have the option of logging in to our website using your Google user data. to register. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when using the Google button from Google, depending on your personal data protection settings at Google. This information includes user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.
We would like to point out that after changes to Google's data protection conditions and terms of use, your profile pictures, the user IDs of your friends and the friends list may also be transferred if you mark them as "public" in your privacy settings on Google became. The data transmitted by Google will be stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address data, country, e-mail address, date of birth), if you have approved this with Google. Conversely, based on your consent, data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) are transferred by us to your Google profile.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Google's data protection information: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
You can view the terms of use for using "Google Sign-In" here: https://policies.google.com/terms
If you do not want Google to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Google profile, you must log out of Google before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Google plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with "Adblock Plus" (https://adblockplus.org/de/).

8) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing
8.1 Subscribing to our email newsletter
If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. To send the newsletter, we use what is known as Double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to click on a link to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we save your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for advertising purposes by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned above. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.
8.2 Newsletterversand via Shopify Email
Our email newsletters are sent via Shopify Email, a service provided by Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor. Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify"), to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) is generally stored on Shopify's servers in the EU.
As part of the aforementioned Shopify services, data can also be processed as part of further processing on behalf of Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc. or Shopify (USA) Inc. In the case of the transmission of data to Shopify Inc. in Canada, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision.
Shopify uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the e-mails sent can be web beacons or Contain tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website. In this way it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, were clicked. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is only collected in a pseudonymised form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyzes can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients. If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Furthermore, Shopify can use this data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO itself due to its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service and for market research purposes, for example to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, Shopify does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them themselves or to pass the data on to third parties.
We have entered into an order processing agreement with Shopify, with which we oblige Shopify to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
You can view Shopify's privacy policy here: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz

9) Data processing for order processing
9.1 To process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institute as part of the payment process, provided this is necessary for the payment process. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
9.2 In order to fulfill our contractual obligations towards our customers, we work together with external shipping partners. We give your name and your delivery address and, if necessary for the delivery, your telephone number, exclusively for the purpose of delivering the goods Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR to a shipping partner selected by us.
9.3 Disclosure of personal data to shipping service providers
- German postal service
If the goods are delivered by Deutsche Post (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn), we will provide your e-mail address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to Deutsche Post for the delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO only the name of the recipient and the delivery address to Deutsche Post. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Deutsche Post or the delivery notice is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future to the person responsible or to Deutsche Post.
- DHL
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will provide your e-mail address in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to DHL for the delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO only the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or the delivery notice is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future to the person responsible mentioned above or to the transport service provider DHL.
9.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)
- Klarna
If a Klarna payment service is selected, the payment will be processed by Klarna Bank AB (publ) [https://www.klarna.com/de], Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna"). In order to enable the payment to be processed, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, gender, e-mail address, telephone number and IP address) as well as data relating to the order will be processed (e.g. B. Invoice amount, item, delivery method) for the purpose of identity and creditworthiness check to Klarna, provided that you hereby according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO have expressly consented to this during the ordering process. You can see here which credit agencies your data can be forwarded to:
https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies
The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment for a balanced 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 person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may remain continues to be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
Your personal information will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna's data protection regulations for data subjects based in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy
or. for data subjects based in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy
treated.
- Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment by installments" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, SCA, 22- 24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"), continue. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment in installments" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency to credit agencies. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's data protection declaration: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may remain continues to be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- Shopify Payments
We use the payment service provider "Shopify Payments", 3rd Floor, Europa House, Harcourt Building, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. If you decide to use a payment method offered by the payment service provider Shopify Payments, the payment will be processed by the technical service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to which we will send your information during the ordering process Information along with the information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly Credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only insofar as it is necessary for this. For more information about Shopify Payments' privacy policy, visit the following web address: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
Data protection information on Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. can be found here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy
- INSTANTLY
If you select the "SOFORT" payment method, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we will forward the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent that it is necessary for this. You can find more information about SOFORT's data protection regulations at the following Internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

10) Contacting for Review Reminder
Rating reminder by Trusted Shops
If you give us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will send your email address to the rating platform Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne (www.trustedshops.de) so that they can send you a rating reminder by email.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to the rating platform.

11) Use of rating and seal of approval graphics
11.1 Provenexpert-Widget
We use the Provenexpert seal on our website, a widget from Expert Systems AG, Quedlinburger Straße 1, 10589 Berlin ("Provenexpert"). When you visit our website, dynamic content (current rating of the shop, certificate, etc.) loaded into the widget. Information about the website you previously visited, date and time of retrieval, the amount of data transferred, the type of browser used, the operating system you are using and the requesting provider (referrer data) can be transmitted to the Provenexpert servers. If this also includes personal data, the processing takes place on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest in optimizing our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 f DSGVO.
Further information on data protection at Provenexpert can be found at: https://www.provenexpert.com/de-de/datenschutzbedingungen/
11.2 Trusted Shops Trustbadge
The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer Trusted Shops membership for buyers after an order.
This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.
When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
Further personal data is only transmitted to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops applies.

12) Use of Social Media: Social Plugins
12.1 Facebook as a default plugin
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Social Plugin from Facebook" or "Facebook Social Plugin". An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins
If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook Inc. server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Like" button or making a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be published on your Facebook profile and shown to your Facebook friends.
The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Facebook's legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to design the Facebook service to meet their needs.
If you do not want Facebook to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also object to the loading of the Facebook plugins and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information:
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
12.2 Instagram as default plugin
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an "Instagram camera". You can find an overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.
If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook Inc. server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the "Instagram Camera" button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts there.
The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of Instagram's legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to design the Instagram service to meet their needs.
If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also object to the loading of the Instagram plugins and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Instagram's data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

13) Use of Social Media: Videos
Use of Youtube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider "Youtube", which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider "Youtube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from "Youtube", these are used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played back, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
Further information on data protection at "Youtube" can be found in the YouTube terms of use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms and in Google's data protection declaration at https://www.google.de/intl/ de/policies/privacy.
As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

14) Online-Marketing
Facebook Pixel for creating Custom Audiences (with Cookie Consent Tool)
Within our online offer, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook is used, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us, which is played on Facebook, the URL of our linked page is added by Facebook Pixel. If our site allows data to be shared with Facebook via pixels, this URL parameter is written to the user's browser via a cookie, which our linked site sets itself. This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook Ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to only display the Facebook ads we have placed to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products, which are based on the visited website). websites are determined), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interests of users and are not annoying. This allows us to further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by understanding whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "conversion").
The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook.
The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook pixel will only take place if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, remove the tick next to the setting for the "Facebook Pixel" in the "Cookie Consent Tool" integrated on the website.

15) Use of a live chat system
TidioChat (Tidio Ltd.)
This website uses technologies from Tidio Ltd. 220C Blythe Road, W14 0HH, London, United Kingdom (www.tidiochat.com) collects and stores anonymized data for web analytics purposes and to operate the live chat system used to respond to live support requests. User profiles can be created from this anonymous data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor's Internet browser. Cookies enable recognition of the Internet browser. If the information collected in this way has a personal reference, it will be processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer care and the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.
The data collected with the TidioChat technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website and will not be combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without the separate consent of the person concerned. In order to avoid the storage of TidioChat cookies, you can set your Internet browser so that no more cookies can be stored on your computer in the future or Cookies that have already been stored will be deleted. However, switching off all cookies can mean that some functions on our website can no longer be executed. You can object to the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymised user profile at any time with effect for the future by sending us your objection informally by e-mail to the e-mail address given in the imprint.

16) Tools and Miscellaneous
16.1 - Lexoffice
We use the cloud-based accounting software "lexoffice" from Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg to do the accounting.
Lexoffice processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, if necessary, also the bank transactions of our company in order to automatically record invoices, to match them to the transactions and to create the financial accounting from this in a partially automated process.
If personal data is also processed here, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.
You can find more information about lexoffice, the automated processing of data and the data protection regulations at https://www.lexoffice.de/datenschutz/
16.2 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an entry is made by a natural person or whether it is misused by machine and automated processing. The service includes sending the IP address and, if applicable, further data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining individual personal responsibility on the Internet and avoiding abuse and spam. When using Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google's data protection declaration can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
16.3 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Reseller Program)
We work 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 gives us the opportunity 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 take part in a Google email survey. If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will transmit your e-mail address to Google. You will receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate the shopping experience on our website. The review you submit will then be aggregated with our other reviews and displayed on our Google Customer Reviews logo and on our Merchant Center dashboard. Your rating will also be used for Google seller ratings. As part of the use of Google customer reviews, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Google.
Further information on Google's data protection in connection with the Google customer reviews program can be found under the following link: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=de
For more information about Google Seller Ratings privacy, please visit this link: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375474

17) Rights of the data subject
17.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we will inform you below:
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have a right to information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data was or will be disclosed planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if they were not collected from you by us, the existence of an automated decision-making including profiling and Meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing on you, as well as your right to information about the guarantees under Art. 46 GDPR when your data is forwarded to third countries;
- Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
- Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist in particular if the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
- Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you dispute, is being checked, if you refuse to delete your data because of inadmissible data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data if you need your data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims after we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved or if you have lodged an objection for reasons of your particular situation, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to correction, deletion or restriction of processing against the person responsible, the person responsible is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data relating to you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible ;
- Right to revoke granted consent in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will delete the data concerned immediately, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you live, work or where the alleged infringement took place.
17.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS IN OUR PREVIOUS LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED. FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPREHENSIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

18) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and - if relevant - also based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes their consent.
Are there legal retention periods for data that are collected within the framework of legal transactions or obligations similar to legal transactions on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR are processed, these data are routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided they are no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object under Article 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned exercises his or her 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.