Privacy Policy

 

Thank you for expressing your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below you will find detailed information about how your data is handled.

Recording your input data on server logfiles

You can visit our websites without providing any personal data. We only record data in so-called server logfiles, such as the name of the file accessed, the date and time of access, the data volume transferred and the requesting provider. This data will only be used to ensure the proper functioning of the page and to improve our service, but cannot be traced back to you.

Data collection and utilisation for contract administration purposes and for opening a customer account

We collect personal data when it is freely provided by you within the context of placing an order, making contact with us (e.g. via the contact form or by e-mail) or when opening a customer account. The specific data gathered is that provided on the various information forms. We use the data provided by you for contract administration purposes and to process your queries. Once the contract has been processed in full or your customer account has been deleted, your data is blocked to prevent any further utilisation and will be deleted on expiry of the mandatory retention periods set out in fiscal and commercial regulations, provided you have not expressly agreed to the further use of your data or we retain the right to further exploit your data in accordance with the law, of which we are obliged to inform you. You may cancel your customer account at any time via the contact facility set out below or via the function provided for this purpose within your customer account.

Data transfer for contract completion purposes

For the fulfilment of contract, we will transfer your data to the shipping company commissioned with delivery if necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on the payment service provider selected during the order process, we will pass on the payment data required for payment to the financial institution and possibly the payment service provider commissioned by us or the payment service provider selected by you. In part, the selected payment service providers may collect the data directly should you open an account with them. In such a case, you will have to register with your login data of the payment service provider during the order process. The data protection declaration of each respective payment service provider shall apply in such cases.

Data usage for e-mail advertising without subscription to the newsletter and your right to objectIf we receive your e-mail address within the context of the sale of goods or services and have not received any objection from you to the contrary and you are not a consumer who has his habitual residence in Poland, we reserve the right to regularly inform you by e-mail about products similar to those already purchased from our range. You may at any time refuse such use of your e-mail address via the contact facility set out below or via a link provided for this purpose within the advertising e-mail without costs arising other than the basic costs of transmission.

Information about the newsletter and consent

With the following information, we will inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, shipping and statistical evaluation procedures as well as your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to the receipt and the procedures described.

Content of the newsletter

We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications with advertising information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipient or a legal permission. Insofar as the contents of a newsletter are concretely described, they are authoritative for the consent of the users. Incidentally, our newsletters contain information on legal topics, in particular in the area of ​​marketing law, data protection and our law firm (this may in particular include references to blog posts, lectures or workshops, our services or online presence).

Double opt-in and logging

The registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double opt-in procedure. That After registration, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses.

The registration for the newsletter will be logged in order to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the login and the confirmation time, as well as the IP address. Similarly, the changes to your data stored with MailChimp will be logged.

Use of the shipping service provider “MailChimp”

The newsletter is distributed via “MailChimp”, a newsletter shipping platform of Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave # 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

The e-mail addresses of our Newsletter recipients, as well as their other information described in these notes, are stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA. MailChimp uses this information to send and evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. Furthermore, MailChimp may, according to its own information, use this data to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. for the technical optimization of the shipping and the presentation of the newsletter or for economic purposes, to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write them down or to pass them on to third parties.

We rely on the reliability, IT and data security of MailChimp. MailChimp is certified under the US-EU privacy shield “Privacy Shield” and is committed to complying with EU data protection requirements. Furthermore, we have concluded a data processing agreement with MailChimp. This is a contract in which MailChimp pledges to protect the data of our users, to process it in accordance with its privacy policy on our behalf and, in particular, not to disclose it to third parties. The privacy policy of MailChimp can be viewed here.

Credentials

To subscribe to the newsletter, it is sufficient to enter your e-mail address.

Optionally, we ask you to provide your first and last name. This information is only for the personalization of the newsletter. We also ask you optionally to include your date of birth, gender and your industry. We only use this information to adapt the content of the newsletter to the interests of our readers.

Statistical survey and analyzes

The newsletters contain a so-called “web-beacon”, i. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from the MailChimp server when the newsletter is opened. This call will initially collect technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval. This information is used to improve the technical performance of services based on their specifications or audience and their reading habits, based on their locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or access times.

Statistical surveys also include determining if the newsletters will be opened, when they will be opened and which links will be clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our desire nor that of MailChimp to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users

Online call and data management

There are cases in which we direct the newsletter recipients to the MailChimp websites. For example, Our newsletters contain a link that allows newsletter recipients to retrieve newsletters online (for example, in the case of display problems in the e-mail program). Furthermore, newsletter recipients can store their data, such as correct the e-mail address later. Similarly, the privacy policy of MailChimp is only available on their page.

In this context, we pointed out that on the websites of MailChimp cookies are used and thus personal data processed by MailChimp, their partners and service providers used (such as Google Analytics). We have no influence on this data collection. For more information, see the privacy policy of MailChimp. Please also refer to the possibility of objecting to the data collection for advertising purposes on the websites http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ (for the European area).

Termination / Revocation

You can terminate the receipt of our newsletter at any time, ie. Revoke your consent. At the same time, your consent to sending it via MailChimp and the statistical analyzes will lapse. A separate revocation of the dispatch via MailChimp or the statistical evaluation is unfortunately not possible.

A link to cancel the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter.

Legal basis Data protection regulation

In accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), which will apply from 25 May 2018, we inform you that the consents to the sending of e-mail addresses based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, 7 DSGVO and § 7 (2) no. 3 and (3) UWG. The use of the mail service provider MailChimp, carrying out the statistical surveys and analyzes as well as logging the registration process, are based on our legitimate interests in accordance with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We are interested in using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and the expectations of our users.

We further point out that you are the future processing of your personal data in accordance with the statutory requirements. Art. 21 DSGVO can contradict at any time. The objection may in particular be made against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Data usage for advertising by post and your right to object

Unless you have not opted-out or you are a consumer who consumer has his habitual residence in Spain, we also reserve the right to store and use your data (surname, first name, postal address and, to the extent that we have received such additional information from you within the context of our commercial relationship, your title, academic qualifications, year of birth and professional or business name) for our own promotional purposes on compiled lists, e.g. for the forwarding by post of interesting offers and information about our products. You may at any time refuse such storage and exploitation of your data for purposes via the contact facility set out below.

Use of cookies

On many pages we use cookies in order to enhance the attractiveness of our website and to enable the proper utilisation of certain functions. This incorporates the use of small text files which are stored on your device. Some of the cookies used by us will be deleted at the end of your browser session, i.e. once your browser has been closed (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You may configure your browser such that you are informed when any cookies are placed and decide in individual cases whether or not you wish to accept them, or you may reject cookies for specific cases or in general. Should you reject any cookies the functionality of our website may be compromised.

Use of Google Analytics for web analysis purposes

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google Inc. (www.google.co.uk). Google Analytics uses text files known as cookies which are stored on your computer, enabling your use of the website to be analysed. The information obtained via the cookie about your use of the website in generally transferred to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored. Should IP anonymisation be activated on this website, your IP address will be abbreviated in advance by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other signatory states within the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to Google and abbreviated in the USA. IP anonymisation has been activated on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to assess your use of the website in order to compile reports about the website activity and to produce services for the website operator related to website and internet use. The IP address transferred from your browser through Google Analytics will not be consolidated by Google with other data. You may prevent cookies being stored via a particular configuration of your browser software; we would like to point out, however, that in such cases you will not be able to use all of the functions of the website.

You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future [google_analytics_optout]Click here to opt-out.[/google_analytics_optout] .

You may also prevent Google from acquiring and using the data produced from the cookie or the data associated with your website use (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin via the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Alternatively to the browser plugin, you may click on this link to prevent future acquisition by Google Analytics from this website. In doing so, an opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. Should you delete your cookies, you must re-click on the link.

Use of Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Instagram plug-ins

Social plug-ins (“Plug-ins”) of the social networks Facebook and Google+ and of the microblogging service Twitter and Instagram are used on this website. These services are provided by Facebook Inc., Google Inc., Twitter Inc. and Instagram LLC (the “Provider”).

Facebook is provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). Information about the plug-ins of Facebook and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.
Google+ is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Information about the plug-ins of Google and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.google.com/+/web/.
Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 (“Twitter”). Information about the Twitter buttons and their appearance can be found here: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons.
Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). Information about the Instagram buttons and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.

When you call up a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser creates a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram. The content of the plug-ins will be transmitted by the associated provider directly to your browser and incorporated into the page. Through the incorporation of plug-ins, the provider will receive the information that your browser has called up on the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile or are not logged in. This information (including your IP address) will be sent by your browser directly to a server of the associated provider in the USA, and stored there. If you are logged in to one of the services, the provider can directly associate the visit to our website with your profile on Facebook, Google+, Twitter or Instagram. When interacting with plug-ins, for example the “Like”- the “+1” -, “Twitter” or “Instagram” buttons, the corresponding information will be sent directly to a server of the provider, and stored there. The information will also be published on the social networks, on your Twitter or Instagram account, and displayed to your contacts.

For information about the purpose and extent of the data collection, and the further processing and use of data by the provider, and your rights and data protection settings, please see the provider’s data protection policy.

Data protection policy of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Data protection policy of Google: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
Data protection policy of Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy
Data protection policy of Instagram https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

If you do not want Google, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to display the data collected from the visit to our web page on your profile on the respective service, you must log out from the respective account, before visiting our website. You can block the plug-ins completely, using add-ons for your browser, for example with the “NoScript” script blocker (http://noscript.net/).

Use of Pinterest plugins

Our website uses social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Pinterest which is operated by Pinterest INC., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Pinterest”). The plugins are marked with a Pinterest logo. You can find an overview of the Pinterest plugins and their appearance here: https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/getting-started/introduction/    If you visit one of the pages on our website containing such a plugin, your browser will create a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The content of the plugin is transferred from Pinterest directly to your browser and incorporated into the page. This incorporation enables Pinterest to receive the information that your browser called up this web page even if you do not have a Pinterest profile or are logged into Pinterest. This information (including your IP address) is transferred from your browser directly to Pinterest in the US and stored there.

If you are logged into Pinterest, Pinterest is able to assign your visit of our website to your Pinterest profile. When interacting with Plugins, for example using the “Pin it” button or commenting, this information will also be transferred to a Pinterest server and stored there. The information will also possibly be published in your Pinterest profile and displayed to your Pinterest followers.

The purpose and scope of data collection and additional processing and use of data by Pinterest as well as the rights and setting options for privacy protection can be found in the privacy policy of Pinterest. [link to: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy]

If you do not want Pinterest to assign the data collected through your web visit on our pages, you will have to log out of Pinterest before visiting our website. You can prevent Pinterest plugins from loading by using add-ons for your browser, for example the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

Right of access and contact facility

You are entitled to access your personal information stored by us at no charge, including the right to correct, block or delete such data. Please use the contact details provided in our legal notice should you have any queries concerning the collection, processing or exploitation of your personal data, or should you wish to access, correct, block or delete any data, or should you wish to withdraw any approval provided for or object any use of such data.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]