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. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is SCHOLZ MECHANIK GmbH, Cuxhavener Str. 42, 21149 Hamburg, Germany, Tel.: +49(40)7970020, Fax: +49(40)79700222, E-Mail: service@scholz-mechanik.de. The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/referral from which you accessed the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out 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 for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are 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 string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

Amazon Web Services

For hosting our website and displaying page content, we use the system of the following provider: Amazon Web Services, Inc., 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

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

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

4) Cookies

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

If personal data is processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of granted consent, or in accordance with 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.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally.

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

5) Contacting Us

5.1 Userlike

This website uses a live chat system from the following provider: Userlike UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Deisterweg 7, 51109 Cologne, Germany

The processing of personal data transmitted via chat is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, because it is necessary for the initiation or performance of a contract, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the effective support of our site visitors.
Your data transmitted in this way will be deleted, subject to any legal retention periods, once the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified.

Additionally, for the purpose of creating pseudonymized usage profiles, further information may be collected and evaluated with the help of cookies, which, however, do not serve to personally identify you and are not merged with other data sets. If this information has a personal reference, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.

The setting of cookies can be prevented by appropriate browser settings. In this case, however, the functionality of our website may be limited. You can object to the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymized usage profile at any time with future effect.

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

5.2 WhatsApp Business

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

If you contact us via WhatsApp regarding a specific transaction (e.g., an order placed), we store and use the mobile number you use on WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for processing and responding to your request. Based on the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer number, address, or email address) to assign your inquiry to a specific process.

If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g., about our range of services, availability, or our website), we store and use the mobile number you use on WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in providing the requested information efficiently and promptly.

Your data will always only be used to respond to your inquiry via WhatsApp. No disclosure to third parties will take place.

Please note that WhatsApp Business gains access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers phone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. For the operation of our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device whose address book only stores the WhatsApp contact data of users who have also contacted us via WhatsApp.

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

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

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

Within the scope of the aforementioned processing, data transfers to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA may occur.

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

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that no legal retention obligations conflict with this.

6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account

In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in 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 through it have been fully processed, no legal retention periods conflict with this, and we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing

7.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter

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

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In doing so, we store your IP address registered by the 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 email address at a later date. The data collected by us during newsletter registration is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email 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 further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Sending Email Newsletters to Existing Customers

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range that you have already purchased, via email. For this purpose, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you in accordance with § 7 para. 3 UWG. Data processing in this respect is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails.

You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with future effect by notifying the controller mentioned at the beginning. For this, you will only incur transmission costs at the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be immediately discontinued.

7.3 Email Notification of Product Availability

For temporarily unavailable items, you can sign up to receive email product availability notifications. We will send you a one-time email notification about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your email address. The provision of further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. For sending the email, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive a notification after you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by clicking a verification link sent to the email address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In doing so, we store your IP address registered by the 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 email address at a later date. The data collected by us when you sign up for our email notification service for product availability is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from availability notifications at any time by sending a corresponding message to the controller mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our dedicated distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.

8) Data Processing for Order Fulfillment

8.1 Transmission of Image Files for Order Processing via Upload Function

On our website, we offer customers the possibility to commission the personalization of products by transmitting image files via an upload function. The submitted image motif is used as a template for the personalization of the selected product.

Via the upload form on the website, the customer can directly transmit one or more image files from the memory of the used device to us via automated, encrypted data transfer. We then collect, store, and use the transmitted files exclusively for the production of the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for production and order processing, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. No further disclosure takes place. If the transmitted files or digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

After final processing of the order, the transmitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.

8.2 To the extent necessary for contract fulfillment for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If, based on a corresponding contract, we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products, we process the contact data you provided during the order to inform you personally within the scope of our legal information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Your contact data will be used strictly for the purpose of communicating updates owed by us and will only be processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s) who support us fully or partially in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.3 Disclosure of Personal Data to Shipping Service Providers

- UPS

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

We pass on your email address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or announcing delivery, provided you have given your express consent for this in the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery, we only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer only takes place to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery announcement is not possible.

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

8.4 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Services)

- Apple Pay

If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, payment processing is carried out via the "Apple Pay" function of your iOS, watchOS, or macOS device by debiting a payment card stored with "Apple Pay". Apple Pay uses security features integrated into your device's hardware and software to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you must enter a code you previously set and verify it using your device's "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function.

For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, is transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts this data with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay for payment execution. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm successful payment.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Apple retains anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization completely excludes personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve "Apple Pay" and other Apple products and services.

If you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made via Safari on your Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple's servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone settings. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and disable "Allow Payments on Mac".

Further information on data protection at Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027
- Google Pay

If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application of your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and equipped with an NFC function, by debiting a payment card stored with Google Pay or a verified payment system there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay exceeding €25, you must first unlock your mobile device using the respective verification measure (e.g., facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, is transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a uniquely assigned transaction number to the originating website, with which a successful payment is verified. This transaction number contains no information about the real payment data of your payment method stored in Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a uniquely valid numerical token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts merely as an intermediary for processing the payment. The transaction is carried out exclusively between the user and the originating website by debiting the payment method stored in Google Pay.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain transaction-specific information for each transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the purchased goods or services provided by the merchant, photos you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description for the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to merge the processed transaction data with other information collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

The Google Pay terms of use can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de
Further information on data protection at Google Pay can be found at the following internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- PayPal

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

If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance, your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be transmitted to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transmission of your data in this case is exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this.

If you select a payment method where we pay in advance, 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, email address, telephone number, and, if applicable, data for an alternative payment method).

In such cases, to protect our legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness, this data will be forwarded by us to the provider for a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider checks whether the payment option you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

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.

8.5 Credit Check

Should we provide services in advance (e.g., delivery on account), we reserve the right to carry out a credit check based on mathematical-statistical procedures to protect our legitimate interest in determining the creditworthiness of our customers. We transmit the personal data necessary for a credit check to the following service provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR:

Creditreform Hamburg von der Decken KG, Wandalenweg 8, 20097 Hamburg

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. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. We use the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding on the establishment, execution, or termination of a contractual relationship.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to the controller for data processing or to the aforementioned credit agency. However, we may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

8.6 We reserve the right to pass on your data to the debt collection service provider Creditreform Hamburg von der Decken KG, Wandalenweg 8, 20097 Hamburg, if our payment claim has not been settled despite a previous reminder. In this case, the claim will be collected directly by the debt collection service provider.

The disclosure of your data serves the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, as well as the protection of our overriding legitimate interests in an effective assertion or enforcement of our payment claim in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

8.7 Sanctions List Screening

In the context of initiating business relationships and processing orders, we reserve the right to compare the personal data you provide to us with data from sanctions lists of the European Union and/or its individual member states and to decide on the establishment of the business relationship or the execution of the order based on the results of this comparison.

This data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR due to our legal obligation to check and ensure that we do not enter into business relationships with sanctioned natural or legal persons and thus prevent the provision of resources to such persons.

9) Online Marketing

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information, through which simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected, and evaluated. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This may also involve a transfer to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Google uses the information thus obtained to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense is not merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is legally required and/or insofar as third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
All processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the device used via cookies and/or web beacons, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, Google AdSense will not be used during your visit to the site.

You can revoke your given consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10) Web Analytics Services

10.1 Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics 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, which 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 truncated by Google by the last digits to exclude direct personal identifiability.

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

Google uses the collected information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities for us, and provide other services related to website and internet usage. The truncated IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of 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, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Without your consent, Google (Universal) Analytics will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your given consent at any time with future effect. 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, which 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

Demographics
Google (Universal) Analytics uses the special function "demographic features" and can generate statistics that provide information about the age, gender, and interests of website 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 any specific person and will be deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

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

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

10.2 Google Analytics 4

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

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

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

Google uses the collected information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities for us, and provide other services related to website and internet usage. The truncated IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. 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, only takes place if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your given 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, which 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

Demographics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special function "demographic features" and can generate statistics that provide information about the age, gender, and interests of website 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 any specific person and will be deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

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

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

10.3 Google Tag Manager

This website uses the "Google Tag Manager," a service from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: "Google").

Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analysis services, and for calibrating, controlling, and linking them to conditions via a uniform user interface. Google Tag Manager itself does not store information on user devices or read it out. The service also does not perform independent data analyses. However, when a page is accessed, Google Tag Manager transmits your IP address to Google, where it may be stored. A transfer to servers of Google LLC in the USA is also possible.

This processing will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

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

Further legal information on Google Tag Manager can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

10.4 Shopware Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service of the following provider: shopware AG, Ebbinghoff 10, 48624 Schöppingen

Based on a joint responsibility between us and the service provider within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR, the service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data using cookies and/or similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading out device and browser information), including information about the device used, such as browser information, to evaluate it for statistical analyses of user behavior on our website and to create pseudonymized usage profiles. Among other things, this allows for the evaluation of movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g., text input, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization generally excludes direct personal identifiability. A merging with clear data about your person collected in other ways does not take place.

All processing described above, in particular the reading or storing of information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

11) Retargeting/ Remarketing and Conversion Tracking

11.1 Google Ads Remarketing

This website uses retargeting technology from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in your device's browser, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. Further data processing only takes place if you have agreed with Google that your internet and app browsing history will be linked to your Google account and that information from your Google account will be used to personalize ads you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged into Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked with Google Analytics data to form audiences. Within the scope of using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, retargeting technology will not be used during your visit to the site.

You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

Details on the processing initiated by Google and Google's handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

11.2 Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, within Google Ads, conversion tracking from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. Our aim is to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you, and to achieve a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an Ads ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies usually expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across Google Ads customers' websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. Within the scope of using Google Ads, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

Details on the processing initiated by Google Ads Conversion Tracking and Google's handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

You can also permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155656?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may be limited if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Google's privacy policy can be viewed here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

12) Site Functionalities

12.1 Facebook Plugins

Plugins of the social network from the following provider are used on our website: 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 using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

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

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

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be 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. However, the revocation does not affect the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

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

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

12.2 Instagram Plugins

Plugins of the social network from the following provider are used on our website: 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 using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

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

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

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

12.3 LinkedIn Plugins

Plugins of the social network from the following provider are used on our website: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, 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 using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

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

Data may also be transferred to: LinkedIn Inc., USA

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

For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

12.4 YouTube

This website uses plugins for displaying and playing videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

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

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers at the latest when the video playback begins, in order to load the content. In this process, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to the site, your data will be directly assigned to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish for this assignment to your account, you must log out before activating the playback button.

All aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

12.5 Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called Web Fonts from the following provider for the uniform display of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

When you access a page, your browser loads the necessary Web Fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this process, certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transferred to: Google LLC, USA

The processing of personal data in the course of establishing a connection with the font provider will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

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

12.6 - Google reCAPTCHA

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

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

For the visual design of the CAPTCHA window, the provider uses "Google Fonts," i.e., fonts loaded from the internet by Google. No further information beyond that already transmitted to Google via the reCAPTCHA functionality is processed here.

The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is performed 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 for evaluation to the provider's servers. Cookies, i.e., small text files stored in the device's browser, may be used here.

If the processing described above is based on cookies, these will only be set if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given 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 preventing abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

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

12.7 Job Applications via Email

On our website, we advertise currently vacant positions in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply by email to the provided contact address.

Applicants must provide all personal data necessary for a sound assessment, including general information such as name, address, and contact details, as well as performance-related evidence and, if applicable, health-related information. Details on the application can be found in the job advertisement.

Upon receipt of the application by email, the data will be stored and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. For queries, we will use either the applicant's email address or phone number. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (or § 26 para. 1 BDSG), within the meaning of which the application process is considered as initiating an employment contract.

Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information on severe disability) are requested from applicants within the scope of the application process, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, so that we can exercise the rights arising from labor law and the law of social security and social protection and fulfill our corresponding obligations.

Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of special data categories may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the applicant's working capacity, for medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services.

If an applicant is not selected or withdraws their application prematurely, their submitted data and all electronic correspondence, including the application email, will be deleted at the latest after 6 months following a corresponding notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in answering any follow-up questions regarding the application and, if necessary, fulfilling our obligations to provide proof under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the provided data will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in the case of processing in Germany in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG) for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship.

12.8 Online Applications via a Form

On our website, we advertise currently vacant positions in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply via a corresponding form.

When the form is submitted, the applicant data is transmitted to us encrypted using state-of-the-art technology, stored by us, and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (or § 26 para. 1 BDSG), within the meaning of which the application process is considered as initiating an employment contract.

If an applicant is not selected or withdraws their application prematurely, their data submitted via the form and all electronic correspondence, including the application email, will be deleted at the latest after 6 months following a corresponding notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in answering any follow-up questions regarding the application and, if necessary, fulfilling our obligations to provide proof under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants.

13) Tools and Miscellaneous

13.1 - DATEV

For accounting purposes, we use the cloud-based accounting software service from the following provider: DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, if applicable, our company's bank transactions to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions, and create financial accounting from this in a semi-automated process.

If personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in efficient organization and documentation of our business processes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

13.2 Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies that require consent and cookie-based applications. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they access the page in the form of an interactive user interface, where consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by checking a box. By using this tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by checking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user's respective end device if consent has been granted.

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

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 done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a 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 processing is 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's consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

13.3 Doofinder

This website uses the search technology service of the following provider: DooFinder S.L., Madrid 28037, Rufino González 23 bis, 1º 1, Spain

To provide the search function for items via the search field and for navigation and filters, the provider collects and stores certain user information (such as the user or session ID) in anonymized form.

Insofar as personal data is also processed here, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing a fault-tolerant search for items and thus in the optimal marketing of our offer.

14) Rights of the Data Subject

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

Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

14.2 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, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

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

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

15) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed within the framework of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided it is no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

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

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

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

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