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Privacy Policy

1) Information about the collection of personal data 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 will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Bao Long Nguyen, Breslauer Platz 7a, 85221 Dachau (email: info@besmalasboutique.com). The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

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

2) Data collection when visiting our website

If you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, 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/reference from which you came to the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The 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 will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

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

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website more 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 when you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for longer and enable you to save page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find out how long they are stored in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contact us

5 .1 When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering 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 periods to the contrary.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

In accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR, personal data will continue 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 to open an account in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website. You can delete your customer account at any time and can do so by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the person responsible. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store the data.

7) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time the comment was created and the commentator name you chose will be saved and published on this website. In addition, your IP address will be saved for security reasons in order to enable an assignment to the author in the event of illegal comments. Your email address will be saved so that we can contact you if a third party complains that your published content is illegal.

8) Use of customer data for direct marketing

8.1 Registration for our email newsletter

If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information required to send the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. We save your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration so that we can trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. 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 use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

8.2 Sending the email newsletter 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 to those you have already purchased. In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 3 of the Unfair Competition Act, we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. If you have 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 effect for the future by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. Once your objection has been received, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.

8.3 - Newsletter dispatch via Klaviyo
Our e-mail newsletters are sent via the technical service provider »Klaviyo«, 225 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110, USA ( http://www.klaviyo.com/ ), to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a Klaviyo server in the USA and stored there.
Klaviyo uses this information to send newsletters on our behalf. Klaviyo does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them directly or to pass it on to third parties.
To protect your data in the USA, we have a data processing agreement with Klaviyo (“Data Processing Agreement”) in which Klaviyo undertakes to protect our users’ data, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection regulations and, in particular, not to pass it on to third parties.
You can view Klaviyo’s privacy policy here: https://www.klaviyo.com/privacy
- Newsletter dispatch via Shopify Email
Our email newsletters are sent via Shopify Email, a service of Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify"), to which we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter to receive the newsletter (e.g. email address) is generally stored on Shopify's servers in the EU.
As part of the aforementioned Shopify services, data may also be transmitted to Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc. or Shopify (USA) Inc. as part of further processing on behalf of Shopify. In the event that data is transmitted to Shopify Inc. in Canada, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision.
Shopify uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the emails sent may contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymized form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better tailor future newsletters to the interests of the recipients. If you wish to object to data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Furthermore, Shopify can use this data itself in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service as well as for market research purposes, for example to determine which countries the recipients come from. However, Shopify does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them directly or to pass the data on to third parties.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Shopify, which requires Shopify to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
You can view Shopify’s privacy policy here: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz

8. 4 Product availability notification by email

For items that are temporarily unavailable, you can register 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 required to send this notification is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send emails, which ensures that you only receive a notification once you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. 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 email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register 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 person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing 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 in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

9) Data processing for order processing

9.1 To the extent necessary for the execution of the contract 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 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details you provided when ordering (name, address, email address) in order to inform you personally about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period by suitable communication channels (e.g. by post or email) within the scope of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying you about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the respective information.

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

9.2 Use of special service providers for order processing and handling

- Order Printer Pro
For the accounting and logistical organization of orders, we use the “Order Printer Pro” service from FORSBERG+TWO, Tranegårdsvej 74, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark, for the automated creation of invoices, receipts, shipping labels and other business documents. If personal order data is processed via the service to prepare these documents, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR exclusively for the proper processing of online orders.
- Shopify Order Printer
For the accounting and logistical organization of orders, we use the “Order Printer” service of Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland (“Shopify”), for the automated creation of invoices, receipts, shipping labels and other business documents. If personal order data is processed via the service to prepare these documents, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR exclusively for the proper processing of online orders.

9.3 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

- German postal service
If the goods are delivered by Deutsche Post (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn), we will pass on your e-mail address to Deutsche Post in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to notify you of the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to Deutsche Post for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Deutsche Post or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to Deutsche Post.
- DHL
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will pass on your e-mail address to DHL in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to notify you of the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to the transport service provider DHL.
- DHL Freight
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Freight GmbH, Godesberger Allee 102-104, 53175 Bonn, Germany), we will pass on your e-mail address to DHL in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to notify you of the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to the transport service provider DHL.
- Austrian Post
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Österreichische Post (Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft, Rochusplatz 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria), we will pass on your e-mail address to Österreichische Post prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to notify you of delivery, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to Österreichische Post for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Österreichische Post or the transmission of status information on the delivery of the shipment is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to the transport service provider Österreichische Post.
- UPS
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider UPS (United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss), we will pass on your e-mail address to UPS before delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or to notify you of the delivery, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to UPS for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The information will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with UPS or the transmission of status information on the shipment delivery is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect to the person responsible named above or to the transport service provider UPS.

9.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Amazon Pay
If you select the payment method "Amazon Pay", payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe sca, 38 avenue JF Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter: "Amazon Payments"), to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Amazon Payments and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose. If cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on the end device, are set when using Amazon Pay, this is done exclusively on the basis of your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. This consent can be revoked at any time using the "Cookie Consent Tool" implemented on the website. You can find further information about Amazon Payments' data protection provisions at the following internet address: https://pay.amazon.de/help/82974
- Apple Pay
If you choose the payment method “Apple Pay” from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment will be processed using the “Apple Pay” function on your iOS, watchOS or macOS device by charging a payment card stored with “Apple Pay”. Apple Pay uses security features that are integrated into the hardware and software of your device to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you must enter a code that you have previously specified and verify it using the “Face ID” or “Touch ID” function on your device.
For the purpose of processing the payment, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be passed on to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to process the payment. 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 source website to confirm the payment was successful.
If personal data is processed during the transmissions described, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Apple stores anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was completed successfully. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.
When you use Apple Pay on iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made through Safari on Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you. You can turn off the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone's settings. Go to Wallet & Apple Pay and turn off 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 payment method “Google Pay” from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), the payment will be processed via the “Google Pay” application on your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 (“KitKat”) and with an NFC function by charging a payment card stored with Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g. PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay of more than €25, your mobile device must first be unlocked using the verification measure set up in each case (e.g. facial recognition, password, fingerprint or pattern).
For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be passed on to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay to the source website in the form of a unique transaction number, which is used to verify that the payment has been made. This transaction number does not contain any information about the actual payment data of your payment method stored with Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a one-time numerical token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts only as an intermediary to process the payment process. The transaction is carried out exclusively in the relationship between the user and the source website by charging the payment method stored with Google Pay.
If personal data is processed during the transmissions described, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Google reserves the right to collect, store and evaluate certain transaction-specific information for each transaction made through Google Pay. This includes the date, time and amount of the transaction, the merchant location and description, a description of the goods or services purchased provided by the merchant, photos that you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or the sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of 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 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper accounting, the verification of transaction data and the optimization and maintenance of the functionality of the Google Pay service.
Google also reserves the right to merge the processed transaction data with other information that is 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
- giropay
When paying via “giropay”, the payment is processed by giropay GmbH, An der Welle 4, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order. Your data is passed on in accordance with Art. 6 paragraph 1 letter b of the GDPR exclusively for the purpose of payment processing and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose. You can find further information about the data protection provisions of giropay GmbH at the following internet address: https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/ privacy policy
- Klarna
If you select a Klarna payment service, payment processing will be carried out via Klarna Bank AB (publ), https://www.klarna.com/de/ , Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna"). In order to enable payment processing, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, gender, email address, telephone number and IP address) as well as data related to the order (e.g. invoice amount, article, delivery method) will be passed on to Klarna for the purpose of identity and credit checks, provided that you have expressly consented to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR as part of the ordering process. You can see which credit agencies your data can be forwarded to here:
https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies
The credit report may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). 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, but is not limited to: Klarna only collects address data. The information received about the statistical probability of a payment default is used by Klarna to make a balanced decision about the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna's data protection provisions for data subjects based in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy
or for data subjects based in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy
treated.
- Mollie
If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Mollie, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider Mollie BV, Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands, to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order (name, address, IBAN, BIC, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Mollie and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose.
- Paydirect
If you choose the paydirekt payment method, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider paydirekt GmbH, Hamburger Allee 26-28, 60486 Frankfurt am Main. Your payment data (e.g. payment amount, details of the payee) and your confirmation that the payment data is correct will be collected, processed and transmitted to your bank by paydirekt GmbH to carry out the paydirekt payment in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. This processing only takes place if it is actually necessary to carry out the payment. paydirekt GmbH then authenticates the payment using the authentication process stored for you at your bank. Further information about the transfer and processing of your data can be found in the paydirekt data protection declaration, which you can view at the following link: https://www.paydirekt.de/agb/index.html .
- Ratepay
If you have chosen the payment methods Ratepay prepayment, Ratepay invoice, Ratepay SEPA direct debit or Ratepay installment purchase as a payment option, you will be asked to provide your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number and, in the case of SEPA direct debit, the specified bank account details) during the ordering process. This data will be forwarded to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") for the purpose of a risk analysis. Ratepay checks on the basis of the personal data you have provided and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience) whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks. By processing your data for risk analysis, we protect you from possible over-indebtedness, fraudulent use of your personal data and ourselves from the risk of default. This data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interests mentioned.
For the purpose of risk assessment, credit reports can also be obtained from credit agencies. For this purpose, your personal data may be transmitted to a credit agency in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. A list of the credit agencies that Ratepay can use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/
The credit report may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). If 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. This processing is in the interest of all participants in economic life, the avoidance of late payment and over-indebtedness of consumers and debtors and is therefore based on Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Ratepay. However, Ratepay may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
Further details on Ratepay’s data protection provisions can be found in the Ratepay payment terms ( https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-terms/ ) and the Ratepay data protection provisions ( https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-dataprivacy/ ).
- IMMEDIATELY
If you select the payment method “SOFORT”, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “SOFORT”), to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose. You can find further information about SOFORT’s data protection provisions at the following internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz .

10) Online Marketing

10.1 Facebook Pixel for creating custom audiences with advanced data matching (with cookie consent tool)
Our online offering uses the so-called “Facebook pixel” of the social network Facebook in extended data matching mode, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).
Based on their express consent, when a user clicks on an ad displayed on Facebook and placed by us, an addition is added to the URL of our linked page by Facebook Pixel. This URL parameter is then written into the user's browser via a cookie after forwarding, which our linked page itself sets. In addition, this cookie records specific customer data such as the email address that we collect on our website linked to the Facebook ad during processes such as purchases, account registrations or registrations (extended data comparison). The cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data, including the specific customer data, to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel with extended data matching, Facebook is able to precisely determine the visitors to our online offering as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel with extended data matching to only display the Facebook ads placed by us to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined based on the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "custom audiences"). With the help of the Facebook pixel with extended data matching, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interests of users and do not appear annoying. In this way, we can further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook advertisement (so-called "conversion"). Compared to the standard Facebook Pixel, the enhanced matching feature helps us better measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns by capturing more attributed conversions.
All transmitted data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage policy ( https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ ). The data can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook.
These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
The information generated by Facebook is usually transferred to a Facebook server and stored there; this may also involve transmission to the servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. 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.

11) Web analytics services

Further information can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

12) Retargeting/ Remarketing/ Recommendation Advertising

TikTok Pixel
This website uses the “TikTok Pixel”, a tracking technology of the social network “TikTok” of TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland (“TikTok”).
With the help of cookies (small text files that are stored on the device used), information about surfing behavior on our website is collected in pseudonymized form, transmitted to TikTok, stored there and evaluated in order to then enable the display of interest-based and personalized product recommendations on TikTok. The information collected in this way and processed pseudonymously generally includes the device ID, device type, time stamp, operating system used and IP address. The information can be assigned to the user's person with the help of other information that TikTok has stored about the user, e.g. due to the ownership of an account on the social network "TikTok". TikTok can also combine the information collected via the pixel with other information that TikTok has collected via other websites and / or in connection with the use of the social network "TikTok" and thus create pseudonymized user profiles. Under no circumstances can the information collected be used to personally identify visitors to this website.
The TikTok pixel also enables us to track the effectiveness of advertisements on TikTok. If the user is redirected from an ad on TikTok to pages on this website and the cookies have not yet expired, the pixel records certain user actions predefined by us and can track them (e.g. completed transactions, leads, search queries on the website, views of product pages). When such an action is carried out, your browser sends an HTTP request from the cookie to the TikTok server via the TikTok pixel, with which certain information about the action is transmitted. Through this transmission, TikTok can create statistics about usage behavior on our website after redirection from a TikTok ad, which we use to optimize our offering.
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 express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of 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. We have concluded a data processing agreement with TikTok for the use of the TikTok Pixel, which obliges TikTok to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties. TikTok generally transmits information collected outside the European Economic Area and relies on so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level.

13) Page functionalities

13.1 Use of YouTube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “Youtube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only starts saving user information when the video(s) is played. If embedded YouTube videos are started, the provider "Youtube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from "Youtube", these are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want to be assigned to your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
All processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the device used via the tracking pixel, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. Without this consent, YouTube videos will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website via alternative options communicated to you on the website.
Further information on data protection at “Youtube” can be found in the YouTube terms of use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

13. 2 Login With Amazon
On our website, you can create a customer account or register using the “Login with Amazon” service provided by Amazon EU Sa rl, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (“Amazon”) using the so-called single sign-on technology if you have an Amazon account. You can recognize the Amazon login function on our website by the “Login with Amazon” or “Log in with Amazon” button.
When you visit a page on our website that contains an Amazon login function, your browser establishes a direct connection to Amazon's servers. The content of the login button is sent directly to your browser by Amazon and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Amazon receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have an Amazon profile or are not currently logged into Amazon. This information (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to an Amazon server and stored there. These data processing operations are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Amazon's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising based on surfing behavior.
By using the Amazon login button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Amazon user data. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Amazon, when you use the Amazon button, we will receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile from Amazon, depending on your personal data protection settings on Amazon. This information includes the user ID, name, address, email address, age and gender.
The data transmitted by Amazon will be stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address details, country, email address, date of birth) if you have given Amazon permission to do so. Conversely, based on your consent, we can transfer data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) to your Amazon profile.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Amazon, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please see Amazon's privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010
If you do not want Amazon to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Amazon profile, you must log out of Amazon before visiting our website.

13. 3 Facebook Connect
On our website, you can create a customer account or register using the social plugin "Facebook Connect" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), using the so-called single sign-on technology if you have a Facebook profile. You can recognize the social plug-ins of "Facebook Connect" on our website by the blue button with the Facebook logo and the inscription "Log in with Facebook" or "Connect with Facebook" or "Log in with Facebook" or "Sign in with Facebook".
If you visit a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Meta Platforms Inc. server in the USA and stored there. This data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Facebook's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising based on your surfing behavior.
By using this "Facebook Connect" button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Facebook user data. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Facebook, we will receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when using the "Facebook Connect" button from Facebook, depending on your personal data protection settings on Facebook. This information includes the user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.
We would like to point out that following changes to Facebook's data protection conditions and terms of use, your profile pictures, your friends' user IDs and your friends list may also be transferred if you give your consent if these have been marked as "public" in your privacy settings on Facebook. The data transmitted by Facebook is stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address details, country, email address, date of birth) if you have given Facebook permission to do so. Conversely, we may transfer data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) to your Facebook profile based on your consent.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please see Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Facebook plugins using add-ons for your browser, e.g. with "Adblock Plus" ( https://adblockplus.org/de/ ).

13. 4 Google Sign In
On our website, you can create a customer account or register using the “Google Sign-In” service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”) using the so-called single sign-on technology if you have a Google profile. You can recognise the Google login function on our website by the button “Sign in with Google”, “Sign in with Google account” or “Sign in with Google”.
When you visit a page on our website that contains a Google login function, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google's servers. The content of the login button is transmitted directly from Google to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Google receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have a Google profile or are not currently logged in to Google. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Google server and stored there; this may also involve transmission to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. This data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising based on surfing behavior.
By using the Google login button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Google user data. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Google, we will receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when you use the Google button from Google, depending on your personal data protection settings with Google. This information includes the user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.
We would like to point out that following changes to Google's privacy policy and terms of use, your profile pictures, your friends' user IDs and your friends list may also be transferred if you give your consent if these have been marked as "public" in your privacy settings on Google. The data transmitted by Google is stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address details, country, email address, date of birth) if you have given Google permission to do so. Conversely, we can transfer data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) to your Google profile based on your consent.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
The terms of use for using “Google Sign-In” can be viewed here: https://policies.google.com/terms
If you do not want Google to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Google profile, you must log out of Google before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Google plug-ins using add-ons for your browser, e.g. with "Adblock Plus" ( https://adblockplus.org/de/ ).

13. 5 Google reCAPTCHA

On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA function from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an input has been made by a natural person or has been misused by machine and automated processing. The service includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and avoiding misuse and spam. When using Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR for the processing of your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option for making an objection described above.

14) Tools and Others

14. 1 Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they visit the page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services that require consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by ticking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user's respective device if consent has been given.
The tool uses technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.
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 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 Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. As the responsible party, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
Further information about the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

15) Rights of the data subject

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

  • Right to information 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 information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR.

15.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA 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 ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

16) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration for which personal data is stored is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if applicable – also on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When personal data is processed on the basis of an explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject revokes his or her consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that they are no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store them.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.