Privacy Policy

We appreciate your visit on our website. To protect your privacy and your personal data is important to us. On this page we explain how such information provided by you is used.

1. Access data and hosting
You can visit our websites without giving any personal information. Each time a web page is called, the web server merely automatically stores a so-called server log file, which, for example, contains the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the retrieval, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the retrieval.

The access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring a trouble-free operation of the site as well as the improvement of our offer. In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO the preservation of our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing up of interests in a correct presentation of our offer. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your page visit.

Hosting services by a third party
In the context of a processing on our behalf, a third party provider provides the services for hosting and displaying the website. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominantly justified in the interests of weighing up our interests, in order to correctly present our offer. All data collected as part of the use of this website or in designated forms in the online shop as described below will be processed on its servers. Processing on other servers takes place only in the frame explained here.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

2. Data collection and use for contract processing and opening a customer account
We collect personal information if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order, when contacting us (for example, by contact form or e-mail) or when opening a customer account. Obligatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data obligatory for the execution of the contract, or for the processing of your contact or opening of the customer account and you can not complete the order and / or the account opening without their specification, or can not send the contact. Which data are collected, can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data communicated by you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO for contract handling and processing of your inquiries. After completion of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, as long as it is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by a message to the contact option described below or via a designated function in the customer account.

3. Data transfer
For fulfillment of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO we pass on your data to shipping companies commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the order process, we will forward payment data collected to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and any payment service providers commissioned by us to process the payments or to the selected payment service. In part, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves, provided that you create an account there. In this case, you must log in to the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.

Data transfer to shipping service providers
Insofar as you have given us your express consent during or after your order, we will, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO, forward your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider so that they can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or reconciliation.

The consent can be withdrawn at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete your data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

United Parcel Service Deutschland S.à r.l. & Co. OHG
Görlitzer Straße 1
41460 Neuss
Germany

DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Germany

Data transfer to collection agencies
For fulfilment of contract in accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 S, 1 lit. b DSGVO we will transfer your data to a commissioned collecting company if our payment request will not have been fulfilled despite of previous reminder. In this case the receivables will be collected directly by the collection agency. Furthermore, the transfer serves to safeguard our prevailing legitimate interests, within the frame of a balancing of interests, in an effective assertion respectively enforcement of our claim in accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 S, 1 lit. f DSGVO.

4. Postal advertising and your right to object
In addition, we reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send interesting offers and information about our products by letter. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominantly justified in the context of a weighing up of interests, in a promotional approach by our customers in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

5. Data usage in payment processing

credit check
If we are in advance, e.g. you choose invoice payment, it is for the conclusion of the contract in accordance with Art. 22 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO required to obtain identity and credit information from specialized service providers (credit reference agencies). For this purpose, we will transfer your personal data required for a credit check to the following company:

CRIF Bürgel GmbH
Radlkoferstraße 2
81373 München
Germany

Appropriate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests will be taken into account. You have the opportunity to express your point of view and to challenge the decision by making contact with the contact options described below. After completion of the contract, your data processed for this purpose will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data usage, which is permitted by law and which we inform you in this statement.

6. Integration of the Trusted Shops Trustbadge

To display our Trusted Shops Quality Seal and, if available, the collected ratings as well as to offer the Trusted Shops products to customers after having placed an order, theTrusted Shops Trustbadge has been integrated in this website.

This serves to safeguard our prevailing legitimate interests, within the frame of a balancing of interests, in an optimal marketing by ensuring a secure shopping in accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 S, 1 lit. f DSGVO. The Trustbadge and the products advertised with it are an offer of the Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Köln. The Trustbadge is made available within the frame of an order processing through CDN provider (Content Delivery Network). The Trusted Shops GmbH also use USA providers. An adequate level of data protection is ensured. For further information see here.

When calling up the Trustbadge, the web server automatically safes a so-called server logfile which also contains your IP address, date and time of the call, data volume transferred and the inquiring provider (access data) documenting the call. Individual access data is saved to analyse security anomalies in a security data base. The Logfiles are erased automatically latest 90 days after creation.

Further personal data is transferred to the Trusted Shops GmbH if after completion of an order you decide to use Trusted Shops products or you are already registered for the use. The agreed contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies. This is done by an automatic collection of personal data from the order data. It is automatically checked if you are already registered for product use by means of a neutral parameter, which checks by an automated process through an e-mail address which is hashed by a cryptological one-way function. Before transferring the e-mail address it is converted into a hash value which cannot be decrypted by Trusted Shops. After checking for a match, the parameter is automatically erased.

This is required for the fulfilment of our and Trusted Shops' prevailing legitimate interests in providing customer protection linked to the specific order and the transactional valuation services in accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 S, 1 lit. b DSGVO. Further details also regarding objection can be taken from the above Trusted Shops privacy statement which is also linked with the Trustbadge.


7. Cookies
In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing up of interests, in order to optimize the presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, ie after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). The duration of the storage can be found in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the Help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. These can be found for the respective browser under the following links:

Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?locale=nl_NL&viewlocale=en_US
Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/?hl=en&%3Bhlrm=en&%3Banswer=95647#topic=7438008
Firefox™ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Opera™ : http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html

Failure to accept cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Renew or change your cookie consent

Google Fonts
The Script Code „Google Fonts“ is embedded in this website. Google Fonts is an offer of Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated according to Irish law based in Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.de). This serves to safeguard our prevailing legitimate interests, within the frame of a balancing of interests , in a uniform presentation of contents of our website according to article 6, paragraph 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Within this framework a connection is made between the browser used by you and the Google servers. Hereby Google obtains knowledge on the fact that our website has been called up by you IP address. If information is transferred to servers of Google in the USA and stored there, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be seen here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has stated an adequate data protection level for companies certified by the Privacy Shield. Further information on the data processing through Google can be found in the Google data protection notices.

Our online presence in Facebook, Google
Our presence in social networks and platforms serves for a better active communication with our customers and prospects. There we inform you about our products and current promotions. During your visit in our online presence in social media your data can be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes. By using pseudonyms , so-called usage profiles can be created. They can be used for example to place advertisements within and out of the platforms, which might presumably correspond with your interests. As a rule, for this purpose cookies are inserted in your terminal device. Visitor behaviour and the interests of the users are stored in these cookies . In accordance with article 6, paragraph 1 lit. F. DSGVO this serves to safeguard our prevailing legitimate interests, within the frame of a balancing of interests, in an optimised presentation of our offers and an effective communication with customers and prospects. In case you should be asked by the respective social media platform operators for consent to data processing, for example by means of a check box, the legal basis is article 6, paragraph 1 lit. a DSGVO. If the before mentioned social media platforms have their headquarters in the USA the following applies: An adequacy decision of the European Commission exists for the USA which goes back to the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate for the respective company can be seen here. Please take detailed information from the below linked privacy notices of the providers on data processing and data use by these providers on their sites as well as a contact and your respective rights and your settings options for protecting your privacy, especially opt-out options. Should you still require any assistance, please contact us.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Data processing is made on the basis of an agreement between collectively responsible parties according to article 26 DSGVO, which you can see here.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
Google/YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Opt-Out
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
Google/YouTube: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

8. Sending evaluation reminders by e-mail through Trusted Shops
If you give us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will forward your e-mail address to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne, Germany (www.trustedshops.de), so that they can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail. This consent can be withdrawn at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

9. Contact and your rights
As the person concerned, you have the following rights:

  • according to Art. 15 DSGVO, the right to demand information on the personal data processed by us in the scope specified therein;
  • according to Art. 16 DSGVO the right to demand without delay the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored with us;
  • according to Art. 17 DSGVO the right to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing
    - to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
    - to fulfill a legal obligation;
    - for reasons of public interest or
    - to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
    as required;
  • according to Art. 18 DSGVO the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as
    - the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
    - the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion;
    - we no longer need the data, but you need it for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or
    - you filed an objection against the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;
  • according to Art. 20 DSGVO the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided us, in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another person responsible;
  • according to Art. 77 DSGVO the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters.

10. Security
Your personal information given in the purchase order process are encrypted using SSL 256-bit technology during transmission on the internet. Credit card information will not be stored, but sent directly to the corresponding payment provider for direct processing via secure transmission. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control.

11. Embedded YouTube videos
On some of our websites we embed Youtube videos. The corresponding plug-ins are operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, it will connect to Youtube™ servers. Youtube will be informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your Youtube account, Youtube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. This can be prevented by logging out of your Youtube account beforehand. If a Youtube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior. Anyone who has disabled the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program will not have to expect such cookies when watching YouTube videos. Youtube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser. Further information on data protection at "Youtube" can be found in the privacy policy of the provider under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB

12. Creation of pseudonymous user profiles for web analytics with Google Analytics
Usage profiles are used to analyze visitor behavior and to improve and to customize our product presentation.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website are usually transferred to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. In the case of activation of the IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened within Member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases is the complete IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other website and internet related services to the website owner. The IP address transferred using Google Analytics is not associated with any other data stored by Google.

Given the debate about the use of analytical tools with full IP addresses, we would like to point out, that this site uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp ()" and therefore IP addresses will be processed only shortened to exclude the possibility to directly identify your personal data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, we point out that you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent in this case. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of these data by Google, if you download and install the browser plugin linked here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
You can also prevent the tracking of Google Analytics.



If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, blocking or deletion of data as well as the revocation of any given consent or objection to a particular use of data, please contact our company

data protection commissioner
Langenharmer Weg 223-225
22844 Norderstedt
Germany
datenschutzbeauftragter@coba.de

right to object
To the extent that we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominant in the context of a weighing up of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for the purpose of direct marketing, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. Insofar as the processing takes place for other purposes, you are only entitled to a right of objection if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

After exercising your right to object, we will not further process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing of the assertion, exercise or defense of Legal claims serves.

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not process your personal data for this purpose.
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