Privacy Policy

1) Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the data controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2 The data controller for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is GYBE® Trading GmbH, Rheinstraße 39, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany, email: info@gybe-design.com. The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the data controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the padlock icon in your browser's address bar. When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When you simply use our website for informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you 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/referrer from which you accessed this page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (possibly in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 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 disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information, such as browser and location data, as well as IP addresses, to varying degrees. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which can vary depending on the cookie.

Some cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If any of the cookies we implement also process personal data, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible website functionality and a user-friendly and effective website experience.

Please note that you can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are being set, allowing you to decide whether to accept them individually, or to block cookies in certain cases or entirely. Each browser manages cookie settings differently. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. You can find this information for the respective browsers at the following links:

  • Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies 
  • Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen 
  • Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647 
  • Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE 
  • Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contacting Us:

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected via a contact form is indicated on the form itself. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, contacting you, and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter has been resolved and provided that no statutory retention obligations apply.

4) Contacting Us:

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected via a contact form is indicated on the form itself. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, contacting you, and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter has been resolved and provided that no statutory retention obligations apply.

4.1 - Smartsupp:

Smartsupp.com, sro, ID number: 036 68 681, with registered office at Šumavská 31, 602 00 Brno

We have a legitimate interest in providing customer support, which includes processing cookies or other data that you enter into the chatbox. Personal data in the chatbox is processed automatically. Extended features are only activated if you have explicitly consented to the use of analytics and/or marketing cookies.

5) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing:

In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. The specific data collected is evident from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller's address above. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After complete contract processing or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked in accordance with tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further use your data as permitted by law, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

6) Data Processing for Order Fulfillment

6.1 To process your order, we work with the following service providers, who support us in whole or in part in fulfilling concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

The personal data we collect will be shared with the transport company commissioned with delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will share your payment data with the commissioned bank as part of the payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

  • mPay 24: If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider mPAY 24 GmbH, Annagasse 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria, payment processing will be handled by this payment service provider. We will transmit the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency, and transaction number), to mPAY 24 in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR. Your data will be transmitted exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider mPAY 24 GmbH and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
  • PayPal: When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we forward your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") for payment processing. This transfer is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be forwarded to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default to decide whether to offer the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical method. Address data is among the information used to calculate the score values, but is not the only factor. For further information regarding data protection, including the credit reference agencies used, please see PayPal's Privacy Statement: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by contacting PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for processing payments in accordance with the contract.
  • SOFORT: When selecting the "SOFORT" payment method, payment processing is handled by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we transfer the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data is transferred exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. You can find further information about SOFORT's data protection policy at the following web address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz


7) Use of Social Media: Videos. Use of Vimeo videos:

Our website uses plugins from the Vimeo video portal, operated by Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Vimeo's servers. The plugin content is transmitted directly from Vimeo to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Vimeo, Vimeo can directly associate your visit to our website with your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as clicking the play button on a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Vimeo's legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the service.

If you do not want Vimeo to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Vimeo, as well as your related rights and privacy settings, please refer to Vimeo's privacy policy: http://vimeo.com/privacy

Videos from Vimeo embedded on our site automatically integrate the tracking tool Google Analytics. This is Vimeo's own tracking system, over which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by our site. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" for tracking; these are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Vimeo's legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

8) Analysis tools and advertising

  • Google (Universal) Analytics - This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your truncated IP address) will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncation and prevents direct identification of individuals. With this extension, your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Alternatively to the browser plugin, or for browsers on mobile devices, please click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics. Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully comply with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics. This website uses the "demographic characteristics" feature of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. This data comes from Google's interest-based advertising and from third-party visitor data. This data cannot be attributed to any specific person. You can deactivate this feature at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section "Objection to data collection." Data stored by Google at the user and event level that is linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User ID), or advertising IDs (e.g., DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) is anonymized or deleted after 14 months. Details can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=de
  • Hotjar: This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe (website: https://www.hotjar.com). Hotjar is a tool for analyzing your user behavior on this website. With Hotjar, we can, among other things, record your mouse movements, scrolling, and clicks. Hotjar can also determine how long you hovered your mouse over a specific area. From this information, Hotjar creates so-called heatmaps, which show which areas of the website are most frequently viewed by visitors. Furthermore, we can determine how long you stayed on a page and when you left it. We can also determine at which point you abandoned your entries in a contact form (so-called conversion funnels). In addition, Hotjar allows us to collect direct feedback from website visitors. This function serves to improve the website operator's online services. Hotjar uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. They serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. In particular, these cookies allow us to determine whether this website was visited with a specific device or whether Hotjar's functions have been deactivated for the browser in question. Hotjar cookies remain on your device until you delete them. You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to block cookies in certain cases or entirely, or to automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. The use of Hotjar and the storage of Hotjar cookies are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If consent has been requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; this consent can be revoked at any time. If you wish to deactivate data collection by Hotjar, click on the following link and follow the instructions there: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out. Please note that Hotjar must be deactivated separately for each browser and each device. Further information about Hotjar and the data collected can be found in Hotjar's privacy policy at the following link: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy
  • Google Analytics Remarketing: This website uses the features of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This feature allows advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked to the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages, which have been tailored to you based on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one device (e.g., mobile phone), can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g., tablet or PC). If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. This allows the same personalized advertising messages to be displayed on every device where you sign in with your Google account. To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs, which are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device advertising. You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/. The aggregation of collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can grant or withdraw at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection processes that are not aggregated in your Google account (e.g., because you do not have a Google account or have objected to aggregation), the data collection is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes. Further information and the data protection regulations can be found in Google's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.
  • Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking: This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. As part of Google AdWords, we use conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user's computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. 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 AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords 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 personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can easily deactivate the Google conversion tracking cookie in your browser's user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. The storage of conversion cookies and the use of this tracking tool are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. More information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to accept cookies in certain cases or generally reject them, and to automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
  • Facebook Pixel: This website uses the visitor action pixel from Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook") for conversion tracking. This allows us to track the behavior of website visitors after they have been redirected to the provider's website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This enables us to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and to optimize future advertising campaigns. The data collected is anonymous for us as the operator of this website; we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so 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 Policy. This allows Facebook to display ads on Facebook pages as well as outside of Facebook. We, as the website operator, have no influence over this use of data. The use of the Facebook pixel is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising measures, including those on social media. If the necessary consent has been obtained (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; this consent can be revoked at any time. You can find further information on protecting your privacy in Facebook's privacy policy: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can also deactivate the "Custom Audiences" remarketing function in the ad settings at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. You must be logged in to Facebook to do this. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can deactivate Facebook's interest-based advertising on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.
  • Leadinfo: We use the lead generation service from Leadinfo BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands. This service identifies visits from companies to our website based on IP addresses and displays publicly available information such as company names and addresses. Leadinfo also uses two first-party cookies to analyze user behavior on our website and processes domains from form entries (e.g., "leadinfo.com") to correlate IP addresses with companies and improve its services. Further information can be found at www.leadinfo.com. You can opt out at www.leadinfo.com/en/opt-out. If you opt out, your data will no longer be collected by Leadinfo.

9) Newsletter

  • Newsletter data: If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not share it with third parties. The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you provide to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter mailing list, your email address may be stored on a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
  • MailChimp: This website uses MailChimp for sending newsletters. The provider is Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. MailChimp is a service that, among other things, allows us to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. When you enter data for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g., email address), this data is stored on MailChimp's servers in the USA. MailChimp is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA. With the help of MailChimp, we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent via MailChimp, a file embedded in the email (a so-called web beacon) connects to MailChimp's servers in the USA. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked. Technical information is also collected (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system). This information cannot be linked to individual newsletter recipients. It is used solely 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 do not want your data analyzed by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a corresponding link for this purpose in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe directly on the website. Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The lawfulness of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by your withdrawal of consent. The data you provided to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored on a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to the storage of your data if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest. For more information, please see MailChimp's privacy policy at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.

10) Plugins and Tools:

Google Web Fonts: This website uses so-called web fonts, provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google servers is established.

More information on how user data is handled can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

11) Rights of the Data Subject

11.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:

  • Right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR: You have, in particular, the right to information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if they were not collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you, as well as your right to be informed of the safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR relating to the transfer of your data to third countries;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of inaccurate data concerning you and/or completion of incomplete data stored with us;
  • Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Article 17(1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you have contested, is being verified; if you object to the erasure of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data; if you need your data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims after we no longer need this data for the purposes for which it was collected; or if you have objected to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation, pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours.
  • Right to information pursuant to Article 19 GDPR: If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obligated to inform all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
  • Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned immediately, unless further processing is permitted by another legal basis that does not require consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

11.2 Revocation of your consent to data processing. Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data processing in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The specific legal basis for each processing operation can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be processed for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR).

  • Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

  • Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.

  • SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

  • Information, deletion and correction

Under applicable law, you have the right to request information, free of charge, about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice.

  • Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification process, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
  • If you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of interests between your interests and ours must be carried out. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from being stored – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

 12) Duration of storage of personal data:

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods). After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for the performance of a contract or the initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage.