Privacy policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data by which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Sina Pötzl, animalracing, Bahnhofsallee 18, 35606 Solms, Germany, Tel.: 01608151215, E-Mail: info@animalracing.de. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When using our website for merely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect such data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called "server log files"). When you access 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 moment of access Amount of data sent in bytes Source/reference from which you reached the page Browser used Operating system used IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

Shopify

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

Data is also transmitted to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

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

For data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted again after you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for longer and enable the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

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

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

5) Contacting us

5.1 WhatsApp Business

You have the option of contacting us via the messaging service WhatsApp of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. For this we use the so-called "Business version" of WhatsApp.

If you contact us via WhatsApp on the occasion of a specific transaction (for example an order placed), we store and use the mobile phone number you use with WhatsApp as well as – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR to process and respond to your request. On the basis of the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer number, address or e-mail address) in order to be able to assign your request to a specific transaction.

If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g. about the range of services, availability or our website), we store and use the mobile phone number you use with WhatsApp as well as – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the desired information.

Your data is always used only to respond to your request via WhatsApp. It is not passed on to third parties.

Please note that WhatsApp Business receives access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transmits phone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. To operate our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device in whose address book only the WhatsApp contact details of users who have also contacted us via WhatsApp are stored.

This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has already consented to the transmission of their WhatsApp phone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR when first using the app on their device by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use. A transmission of data of such users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is thus excluded.

Please refer to WhatsApp's data protection notices for the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits disclosure to third parties.

As part of the above-mentioned processing, data may be transferred to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

5.2 As part of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary for this.

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

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

In accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, personal data continues to be collected and processed to the extent required if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required for opening an account from the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded via it have been fully processed, no statutory retention periods stand in the way, and there is no continuing legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

7) Use of customer data for direct advertising

7.1 Subscribing to our e-mail newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. In doing so, we store your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when subscribing to the newsletter is used strictly for the purpose intended.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Shopping cart reminders by e-mail

In the event that you abandon your purchase with us before completing the order, you have the option of being reminded once by e-mail of the contents of your virtual shopping cart.

The only mandatory information for sending this reminder is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and may be used to be able to address you personally. For sending the e-mail, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive a notification once you have expressly confirmed your consent in this regard by clicking a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for sending a shopping cart reminder. In doing so, we store your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when registering for our e-mail notification service is used strictly for the purpose intended.

You can unsubscribe from the shopping cart reminders at any time by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from the distribution list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

8) Data processing for order processing

8.1 Insofar as necessary for the performance of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us is passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Insofar as we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact data transmitted by you when placing the order in order to inform you personally within the scope of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Your contact data is used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates owed by us and is processed by us for this purpose only to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s), who support us wholly or partly in the performance of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.2 Shopify Order Printer

For order processing, we use the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

Name, address and, if applicable, further personal data is passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of processing the online order. Your data is only passed on insofar as this is actually necessary for processing the order. The provider is also used for accounting. The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices as well as, if applicable, the bank movements of our company in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions and use this to create the financial accounting in a partly automated process.

Insofar as personal data is also processed in this context, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business transactions.

8.3 Disclosure of personal data to shipping service providers

Deutsche Post

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany

We pass on your e-mail address and/or phone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of arranging a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, we only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The disclosure only takes place insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior arrangement of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller designated above or vis-à-vis the provider.

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller designated above or vis-à-vis the provider.

DHL Express

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: DHL Express Germany GmbH, Heinrich-Brüning-Str. 5, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller designated above or vis-à-vis the provider.

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller designated above or vis-à-vis the provider.

8.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

PayPal

On this website, one or more online payment methods of the following provider are available: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

When selecting a payment method of the provider in which you make advance payment, the payment data communicated by you within the scope of the ordering process (including name, address, bank and card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order is passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data is passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this.

When selecting a payment method in which we make advance payment, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, e-mail address, phone number, if applicable data on an alternative payment method).

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining your solvency in such cases, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. On the basis of the personal data provided by you as well as further data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider checks whether the payment option selected by you can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values.

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

PayPal Checkout

This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal that consists of PayPal's own payment methods and local payment methods from third-party providers.

In the case of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "Pay Later" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data within the scope of payment processing to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The disclosure is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only insofar as this is necessary for payment processing.

For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "Pay Later" via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit report. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

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

When using the payment method of a local third-party provider, your payment data is first passed on to PayPal to prepare the payment in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal then transmits your payment data to carry out the payment to the respective provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR:

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

For further data protection information, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full

Shopify Payments

On this website, one or more online payment methods of the following provider are available: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

When selecting a payment method of the provider in which you make advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), the payment data communicated by you within the scope of the ordering process (including name, address, bank and card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order is passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data is passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only insofar as it is necessary for this.

9) Web analysis services

9.1 Google (Universal) Analytics

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

By default, when you visit the website, Google (Universal) Analytics sets cookies that are stored as small text modules on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude direct personal identifiability.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed there. Transmissions to Google LLC, based in the USA, are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide further services associated with website use and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics and shortened is not merged with other data from Google. The data collected within the scope of using Google (Universal) Analytics is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent for this in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google (Universal) Analytics is not used during your site visit. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google (Universal) Analytics can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics Google (Universal) Analytics uses the special function "demographic characteristics" and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third-party providers. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals As an extension to Google (Universal) Analytics, Google Signals may be used on this website to have cross-device reports created. If you have activated personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including for cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop the cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the "Personalized advertising" function in the settings of your Google account. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de You can find further information on Google Signals at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

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

9.2 Google Analytics 4

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

By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies that are stored as small text modules on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude direct personal identifiability.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed there. Transmissions to Google LLC, based in the USA, are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide further services associated with website use and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics and shortened is not merged with other data from Google. The data collected within the scope of using Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent for this in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 is not used during your site visit. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics Google Analytics 4 uses the special function "demographic characteristics" and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third-party providers. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals may be used on this website to have cross-device reports created. If you have activated personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including for cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop the cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the "Personalized advertising" function in the settings of your Google account. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de You can find further information on Google Signals at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

UserIDs As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the "UserIDs" function may be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, have set up an account on this website and log in with this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.

10) Site functionalities

10.1 Facebook plugins

On our website, plugins of the social network of the following provider are used: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

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

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page by means of a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed, no connection is yet established with the provider's servers.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transmission in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this case, regardless of a login to an existing user profile, information about the device you use (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider to a certain extent and, where applicable, further processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information on interactions carried out via the plugins is also published there and displayed to your contacts. You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin again by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no effect on the data that has already been transmitted to the provider.

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

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

10.2 Instagram plugins

On our website, plugins of the social network of the following provider are used: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

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

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page by means of a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed, no connection is yet established with the provider's servers.

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

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

10.3 Google Maps API

In order to enable the checking of certain entries in the address form of the ordering process of our web shop for input errors in real time, we use the services of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC., USA

The provider validates the entered address, verifies the spelling and supplements any missing data if necessary. In the case of ambiguous addresses, correct alternative suggestions are displayed. For this purpose, the address data entered by you is transmitted to the provider, stored there and evaluated.

This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the proper recording of the customer's correct address data for the conscientious fulfillment of our contractual delivery obligations and for the prevention of contract performance problems.

The provider processes the affected data separately and does not merge it with other data sets, and deletes it as soon as its status or correctness has been confirmed, but at the latest after 30 days.

Further information on Google's data protection provisions can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

10.4 Google reCAPTCHA

On this website, we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA.

For the visual design of the CAPTCHA window, the provider uses "Google Fonts", i.e. fonts loaded by Google from the internet. Processing of information beyond that mentioned above, which is already transmitted to Google via the functionality of reCAPTCHA, does not take place here.

The service checks whether an entry is made by a natural person or improperly by mechanical and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is carried out by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used as well as the date and duration of the visit and transmits this to the provider's servers for evaluation. Cookies may be used here, i.e. small text files that are stored in the browser of the device.

Insofar as the processing described above is carried out on the basis of cookies, these are only set if you have given us your express consent for this in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

If the processing described above is carried out without the use of cookies, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the internet and in avoiding misuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

10.5 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Shops program)

We work with Google within the scope of 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 obtain customer reviews from users of our website. In doing so, after a purchase on our website, you will be asked whether you would like to participate in an e-mail survey by Google.

If you give your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, we transmit your e-mail address to Google. You will receive an e-mail from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate the purchase experience on our website. The rating you give is then summarized with our other ratings and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo as well as in our Merchant Center dashboard. In addition, your rating is used for Google seller ratings. Within the scope of using Google Customer Reviews, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

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

Further information on Google's data protection provisions can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

11) Tools and miscellaneous

Cookie consent tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consents for cookies requiring consent and cookie-based applications. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when accessing the page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consents for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking boxes. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives the corresponding consents by ticking boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective device of the user in the case of consent given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

A further legal basis for the processing is also Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically non-necessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

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

You can find further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

12) Rights of the data subject

12.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis cited for the respective conditions of exercise:

Right of access in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR; Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR; Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR; Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR; Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR; Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR; Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR; Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

12.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

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

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

13) Duration of storage of personal data

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

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

If statutory retention periods exist for data that is processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for the performance of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or there is no continuing legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

In the case of processing of personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

In the case of processing of personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated from the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data is otherwise deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.