Privacy

Data protection

We appreciate your visit to our website and your interest in our company and products. We take the protection of your private information very seriously and want to ensure that you feel comfortable when visiting our website. The protection of your private sphere during the processing of personal data is an important concern for us, which is taken into account in our business processes. We process personal data that is collected during visits to our websites in accordance with the provisions under data protection laws. Our web pages may contain links to the web pages of other providers, which are not covered by this data privacy policy.

Collection and processing of personal information

When you visit our website, our web servers automatically store the IP address assigned to you by your internet service provider, the website from which you are visiting, the web pages that you visit on our site, and the date and duration of your visit. Personal information is only stored if you provide this information of your own accord, e.g., during registration or contractual transactions.

Use and disclosure of personal data and appropriation

We use your personal data for the technical administration of the website, customer management, product surveys and marketing, but only at the scope that is required for this purpose.
Personal data will only be forwarded to government institutions and authorities in line with the mandatory national regulations. Our employees have been committed to confidentiality.

Option

We want to use your data to inform you about our products and services, and to request your opinion of these if applicable. Of course, participation in such activities is voluntary. If you do not agree with this action, you can notify us at any time, so that we may block your data accordingly. Additional information is available on the respective web page.

Cookies

Our web shop uses temporary cookies for processing sales transactions.  Temporary cookies are small files that are stored on your hard drive and deleted after completion of the order process. Of course you can also view our website without the use of cookies. Most browsers will automatically accept cookies. You can prevent the storage of cookies on your hard drive by selecting *do not accept cookies* in your browser settings. Please view your browser manufacturer’s instructions for details of how this works. You can also delete existing cookies from your computer at any time. Please note that the functionality of our offerings may be restricted if you do not accept cookies.

Security

We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect the data that is managed by us against manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorized access. Our security measures are continuously improved in accordance with technological developments.

Right of information

On request, we will inform you, as soon as possible in writing and in accordance with the applicable laws, whether and which personal data relating to you is stored in our systems. If you are registered as a user, you also have the option of viewing the data yourself as well as deleting or modifying it if required. In the event that incorrect information has been stored despite our efforts to maintain correct and up-to-date data, we will correct this at your request.

For questions, requests for information, suggestions or complaints regarding the processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact our data protection officer.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“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 IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics

Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “anonymizeIp” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

Your data protection officer:

Michael Gall