Privacy Policy

1. An over­view of data protec­tion

Gene­ral infor­ma­tion

The follo­wing infor­ma­tion will provide you with an easy to navi­gate over­view of what will happen with your perso­nal data when you visit this website. The term “perso­nal data” compri­ses all data that can be used to perso­nally iden­tify you. For detai­led infor­ma­tion about the subject matter of data protec­tion, please consult our Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion, which we have inclu­ded bene­ath this copy.

Data recor­ding on this website

Who is the respon­si­ble party for the recor­ding of data on this website (i.e., the “control­ler”)?

The data on this website is proces­sed by the opera­tor of the website, whose contact infor­ma­tion is avai­la­ble under section “Infor­ma­tion about the respon­si­ble party (refer­red to as the “control­ler” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be infor­ma­tion you enter into our contact form.

Other data shall be recor­ded by our IT systems auto­ma­ti­cally or after you consent to its recor­ding during your website visit. This data compri­ses prima­rily tech­ni­cal infor­ma­tion (e.g., web brow­ser, opera­ting system, or time the site was acces­sed). This infor­ma­tion is recor­ded auto­ma­ti­cally when you access this website.

What are the purpo­ses we use your data for?

A portion of the infor­ma­tion is gene­ra­ted to guaran­tee the error free provi­sion of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your infor­ma­tion is concerned?

You have the right to receive infor­ma­tion about the source, reci­pients, and purpo­ses of your archi­ved perso­nal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclo­su­res. You also have the right to demand that your data are recti­fied or eradi­ca­ted. If you have consen­ted to data proces­sing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data proces­sing. More­over, you have the right to demand that the proces­sing of your data be restric­ted under certain circum­stan­ces. Further­more, you have the right to log a complaint with the compe­tent super­vi­sing agency.

Please do not hesi­tate to contact us at any time if you have ques­ti­ons about this or any other data protec­tion rela­ted issues.

2. Hosting

We are hosting the content of our website at the follo­wing provi­der:

Exter­nal Hosting

This website is hosted exter­nally. Perso­nal data collec­ted on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These may include, but are not limi­ted to, IP addres­ses, contact requests, meta­data and commu­ni­ca­ti­ons, contract infor­ma­tion, contact infor­ma­tion, names, web page access, and other data gene­ra­ted through a web site.

The exter­nal hosting serves the purpose of fulfil­ling the contract with our poten­tial and exis­ting custo­mers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the inte­rest of secure, fast, and effi­cient provi­sion of our online servi­ces by a profes­si­o­nal provi­der (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If approp­ri­ate consent has been obtai­ned, the proces­sing is carried out exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, inso­far the consent inclu­des the stor­age of cookies or the access to infor­ma­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­prin­ting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revo­ked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent neces­sary to fulfil its perfor­mance obli­ga­ti­ons and to follow our instruc­ti­ons with respect to such data.

We are using the follo­wing host(s):

Sven Frank & Elke Schus­ter GbR
Borren­straße 14
41352 Korschen­broich

Data proces­sing

We have conclu­ded a data proces­sing agree­ment (DPA) with the above-menti­o­ned provi­der. This is a contract manda­ted by data privacy laws that guaran­tees that they process perso­nal data of our website visi­tors only based on our instruc­ti­ons and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

3. Gene­ral infor­ma­tion and manda­tory infor­ma­tion

Data protec­tion

The opera­tors of this website and its pages take the protec­tion of your perso­nal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your perso­nal data as confi­den­tial infor­ma­tion and in compli­ance with the statu­tory data protec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion.

Whene­ver you use this website, a vari­ety of perso­nal infor­ma­tion will be collec­ted. Perso­nal data compri­ses data that can be used to perso­nally iden­tify you. This Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion explains which data we collect as well as the purpo­ses we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the infor­ma­tion is collec­ted.

We here­with advise you that the trans­mis­sion of data via the Inter­net (i.e., through e‑mail commu­ni­ca­ti­ons) may be prone to secu­rity gaps. It is not possi­ble to comple­tely protect data against third-party access.

Infor­ma­tion about the respon­si­ble party (refer­red to as the “control­ler” in the GDPR)

The data proces­sing control­ler on this website is:

Gieß- Tech­ni­sche- Sonder­ke­ra­mik GmbH & Co. KG
Koppers­straße 29
40549 Düssel­dorf

Phone: +49 211 50 19 29
E‑mail: home@gts-keramik.de

The control­ler is the natu­ral person or legal entity that single-hand­edly or jointly with others makes deci­si­ons as to the purpo­ses of and resour­ces for the proces­sing of perso­nal data (e.g., names, e‑mail addres­ses, etc.).

Stor­age dura­tion

Unless a more speci­fic stor­age period has been speci­fied in this privacy policy, your perso­nal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collec­ted no longer applies. If you assert a justi­fied request for dele­tion or revoke your consent to data proces­sing, your data will be dele­ted, unless we have other legally permis­si­ble reasons for storing your perso­nal data (e.g., tax or commer­cial law reten­tion peri­ods); in the latter case, the dele­tion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

Gene­ral infor­ma­tion on the legal basis for the data proces­sing on this website

If you have consen­ted to data proces­sing, we process your perso­nal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, if special cate­go­ries of data are proces­sed accor­ding to Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the case of expli­cit consent to the trans­fer of perso­nal data to third coun­tries, the data proces­sing is also based on Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have consen­ted to the stor­age of cookies or to the access to infor­ma­tion in your end device (e.g., via device finger­prin­ting), the data proces­sing is addi­ti­o­nally based on § 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revo­ked at any time. If your data is requi­red for the fulfill­ment of a contract or for the imple­men­ta­tion of pre-contrac­tual measu­res, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further­more, if your data is requi­red for the fulfill­ment of a legal obli­ga­tion, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)© GDPR. Further­more, the data proces­sing may be carried out on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest accor­ding to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Infor­ma­tion on the rele­vant legal basis in each indi­vi­dual case is provi­ded in the follo­wing para­g­raphs of this privacy policy.

Desig­na­tion of a data protec­tion offi­cer

We have appoin­ted a data protec­tion offi­cer.

Andreas Müller
Gieß- Tech­ni­sche- Sonder­ke­ra­mik GmbH & Co. KG
Koppers­str. 29
40549 Düssel­dorf

Phone: +49 211 50 19 29
E‑mail: andreas.mueller@gts-keramik.de

Infor­ma­tion on data trans­fer to the USA and other non-EU coun­tries

Among other things, we use tools of compa­nies domi­ci­led in the United States or other from a data protec­tion perspec­tive non-secure non-EU coun­tries. If these tools are active, your perso­nal data may poten­ti­ally be trans­fer­red to these non-EU coun­tries and may be proces­sed there. We must point out that in these coun­tries, a data protec­tion level that is compa­ra­ble to that in the EU cannot be guaran­teed. For instance, U.S. enter­pri­ses are under a mandate to release perso­nal data to the secu­rity agen­cies and you as the data subject do not have any liti­ga­tion opti­ons to defend yourself in court. Hence, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. agen­cies (e.g., the Secret Service) may process, analyze, and perma­nently archive your perso­nal data for surveil­lance purpo­ses. We have no control over these proces­sing acti­vi­ties.

Revo­ca­tion of your consent to the proces­sing of data

A wide range of data proces­sing trans­ac­ti­ons are possi­ble only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shall be without preju­dice to the lawful­ness of any data collec­tion that occur­red prior to your revo­ca­tion.

Right to object to the collec­tion of data in special cases; right to object to direct adver­ti­sing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the compe­tent super­vi­sory agency

In the event of viola­ti­ons of the GDPR, data subjects are entit­led to log a complaint with a super­vi­sory agency, in parti­cu­lar in the member state where they usually main­tain their domi­cile, place of work or at the place where the alle­ged viola­tion occur­red. The right to log a complaint is in effect regard­less of any other admi­ni­stra­tive or court proceedings avai­la­ble as legal recour­ses.

Right to data porta­bi­lity

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we auto­ma­ti­cally process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine reada­ble format. If you should demand the direct trans­fer of the data to another control­ler, this will be done only if it is tech­ni­cally feasi­ble.

Infor­ma­tion about, recti­fi­ca­tion and eradi­ca­tion of data

Within the scope of the appli­ca­ble statu­tory provi­si­ons, you have the right to at any time demand infor­ma­tion about your archi­ved perso­nal data, their source and reci­pients as well as the purpose of the proces­sing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data recti­fied or eradi­ca­ted. If you have ques­ti­ons about this subject matter or any other ques­ti­ons about perso­nal data, please do not hesi­tate to contact us at any time.

Right to demand proces­sing restric­ti­ons

You have the right to demand the impo­si­tion of restric­ti­ons as far as the proces­sing of your perso­nal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand restric­tion of proces­sing applies in the follo­wing cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correct­ness of your data archi­ved by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this inves­ti­ga­tion is ongo­ing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the proces­sing of your perso­nal data.
• If the proces­sing of your perso­nal data was/is conduc­ted in an unlaw­ful manner, you have the option to demand the restric­tion of the proces­sing of your data in lieu of deman­ding the eradi­ca­tion of this data.
• If we do not need your perso­nal data any longer and you need it to exer­cise, defend or claim legal entit­le­ments, you have the right to demand the restric­tion of the proces­sing of your perso­nal data instead of its eradi­ca­tion.
• If you have raised an objec­tion pursu­ant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weig­hed against each other. As long as it has not been deter­mi­ned whose inte­rests prevail, you have the right to demand a restric­tion of the proces­sing of your perso­nal data.

If you have restric­ted the proces­sing of your perso­nal data, these data – with the excep­tion of their archi­ving – may be proces­sed only subject to your consent or to claim, exer­cise or defend legal entit­le­ments or to protect the rights of other natu­ral persons or legal enti­ties or for impor­tant public inte­rest reasons cited by the Euro­pean Union or a member state of the EU.

SSL and/or TLS encryp­tion

For secu­rity reasons and to protect the trans­mis­sion of confi­den­tial content, such as purchase orders or inqui­ries you submit to us as the website opera­tor, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryp­tion program. You can recog­nize an encryp­ted connec­tion by chec­king whether the address line of the brow­ser swit­ches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appe­a­rance of the lock icon in the brow­ser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryp­tion is acti­va­ted, data you trans­mit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Rejec­tion of unso­li­ci­ted e‑mails

We here­with object to the use of contact infor­ma­tion publis­hed in conjunc­tion with the manda­tory infor­ma­tion to be provi­ded in our Site Notice to send us promo­ti­o­nal and infor­ma­tion mate­rial that we have not expres­sly requested. The opera­tors of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unso­li­ci­ted sending of promo­ti­o­nal infor­ma­tion, for instance via SPAM messa­ges.

4. Recor­ding of data on this website

Cookies

Our websi­tes and pages use what the indu­stry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small data pack­a­ges that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored tempo­ra­rily for the dura­tion of a session (session cookies) or they are perma­nently archi­ved on your device (perma­nent cookies). Session cookies are auto­ma­ti­cally dele­ted once you termi­nate your visit. Perma­nent cookies remain archi­ved on your device until you acti­vely delete them, or they are auto­ma­ti­cally eradi­ca­ted by your web brow­ser.

In some cases, it is possi­ble that third-party cookies are stored on your device once you enter our site (third-party cookies). These cookies enable you or us to take advan­tage of certain servi­ces offe­red by the third party (e.g., cookies for the proces­sing of payment servi­ces).

Cookies have a vari­ety of func­ti­ons. Many cookies are tech­ni­cally essen­tial since certain website func­ti­ons would not work in the absence of the cookies (e.g., the shop­ping cart func­tion or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analy­sis of user patterns or the display of promo­ti­o­nal messa­ges.

Cookies, which are requi­red for the perfor­mance of elec­tro­nic commu­ni­ca­tion trans­ac­ti­ons, or for the provi­sion of certain func­ti­ons you want to use (e.g., for the shop­ping cart func­tion) or those that are neces­sary for the opti­mi­za­tion (requi­red cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measu­ra­ble insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a diffe­rent legal basis is cited. The opera­tor of the website has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the stor­age of requi­red cookies to ensure the tech­ni­cally error free and opti­mi­zed provi­sion of the operator’s servi­ces. If your consent to the stor­age of the cookies and simi­lar recog­ni­tion tech­no­lo­gies has been requested, proces­sing occurs exclu­si­vely on the basis of the consent obtai­ned (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG); this consent may be revo­ked at any time.

You have the option to set up your brow­ser in such a manner that you will be noti­fied any time cookies are placed and to permit the accep­tance of cookies only in speci­fic cases. You may also exclude the accep­tance of cookies in certain cases or in gene­ral or acti­vate the delete func­tion for the auto­ma­tic eradi­ca­tion of cookies when the brow­ser closes. If cookies are deac­ti­va­ted, the func­ti­ons of this website may be limi­ted.

In the event that third-party cookies are used or if cookies are used for analy­ti­cal purpo­ses, we will sepa­ra­tely notify you in conjunc­tion with this Data Protec­tion Policy and, if appli­ca­ble, ask for your consent.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the Borlabs consent tech­no­logy to obtain your consent to the stor­age of certain cookies in your brow­ser or for the use of certain tech­no­lo­gies and for their data privacy protec­tion compli­ant docu­men­ta­tion. The provi­der of this tech­no­logy is Borlabs GmbH, Rüben­kamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany (herein­af­ter refer­red to as Borlabs).

Whene­ver you visit our website, a Borlabs cookie will be stored in your brow­ser, which archi­ves any decla­ra­ti­ons or revo­ca­ti­ons of consent you have ente­red. These data are not shared with the provi­der of the Borlabs tech­no­logy.

The recor­ded data shall remain archi­ved until you ask us to eradi­cate them, delete the Borlabs cookie on your own or the purpose of storing the data no longer exists. This shall be without preju­dice to any reten­tion obli­ga­ti­ons manda­ted by law. To review the details of Borlabs’ data proces­sing poli­cies, please visit https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/

We use the Borlabs cookie consent tech­no­logy to obtain the decla­ra­ti­ons of consent manda­ted by law for the use of cookies. The legal basis for the use of such cookies is Art. 6(1)© GDPR.

Server log files

The provi­der of this website and its pages auto­ma­ti­cally collects and stores infor­ma­tion in so-called server log files, which your brow­ser commu­ni­ca­tes to us auto­ma­ti­cally. The infor­ma­tion compri­ses:

• The type and version of brow­ser used
• The used opera­ting system
• Refer­rer URL
• The host­name of the acces­sing compu­ter
• The time of the server inquiry
• The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sour­ces.

This data is recor­ded on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The opera­tor of the website has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the tech­ni­cally error free depic­tion and the opti­mi­za­tion of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recor­ded.

Contact form

If you submit inqui­ries to us via our contact form, the infor­ma­tion provi­ded in the contact form as well as any contact infor­ma­tion provi­ded therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further ques­ti­ons. We will not share this infor­ma­tion without your consent.

The proces­sing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is rela­ted to the execu­tion of a contract or if it is neces­sary to carry out pre-contrac­tual measu­res. In all other cases the proces­sing is based on our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the effec­tive proces­sing of the requests addres­sed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your agree­ment (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revo­ked at any time.

The infor­ma­tion you have ente­red into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradi­cate the data, revoke your consent to the archi­ving of data or if the purpose for which the infor­ma­tion is being archi­ved no longer exists (e.g., after we have conclu­ded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without preju­dice to any manda­tory legal provi­si­ons, in parti­cu­lar reten­tion peri­ods.

Request by e‑mail, telep­hone, or fax

If you contact us by e‑mail, telep­hone or fax, your request, inclu­ding all resul­ting perso­nal data (name, request) will be stored and proces­sed by us for the purpose of proces­sing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

These data are proces­sed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is rela­ted to the fulfill­ment of a contract or is requi­red for the perfor­mance of pre-contrac­tual measu­res. In all other cases, the data are proces­sed on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the effec­tive hand­ling of inqui­ries submit­ted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtai­ned; the consent can be revo­ked at any time.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the stor­age or the purpose for the data stor­age lapses (e.g. after comple­tion of your request). Manda­tory statu­tory provi­si­ons – in parti­cu­lar statu­tory reten­tion peri­ods – remain unaf­fec­ted.

Regi­stra­tion on this website

You have the option to regis­ter on this website to be able to use addi­ti­o­nal website func­ti­ons. We shall use the data you enter only for the purpose of using the respec­tive offer or service you have regis­tered for. The requi­red infor­ma­tion we request at the time of regi­stra­tion must be ente­red in full. Other­wise, we shall reject the regi­stra­tion.

To notify you of any impor­tant chan­ges to the scope of our port­fo­lio or in the event of tech­ni­cal modi­fi­ca­ti­ons, we shall use the e‑mail address provi­ded during the regi­stra­tion process.

We shall process the data ente­red during the regi­stra­tion process on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

The data recor­ded during the regi­stra­tion process shall be stored by us as long as you are regis­tered on this website. Subse­quently, such data shall be dele­ted. This shall be without preju­dice to manda­tory statu­tory reten­tion obli­ga­ti­ons.

5. Analy­sis tools and adver­ti­sing

Google Ads

The website opera­tor uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online promo­ti­o­nal program of Google Ireland Limi­ted (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Ads enables us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websi­tes, if the user enters certain search terms into Google (keyword targe­ting). It is also possi­ble to place targe­ted ads based on the user data Google has in its posses­sion (e.g., loca­tion data and inte­rests; target group targe­ting). As the website opera­tor, we can analyze these data quan­ti­ta­ti­vely, for instance by analy­zing which search terms resul­ted in the display of our ads and how many ads led to respec­tive clicks.

The use of these servi­ces occurs on the basis of your consent pursu­ant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG. You may revoke your consent at any time.

Data trans­mis­sion to the US is based on the Standard Contrac­tual Clau­ses (SCC) of the Euro­pean Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

6. Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube with expanded data protec­tion inte­gra­tion

Our website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website opera­tor is Google Ireland Limi­ted (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protec­tion mode. Accor­ding to YouTube, this mode ensu­res that YouTube does not store any infor­ma­tion about visi­tors to this website before they watch the video. Nevert­he­less, this does not neces­sa­rily mean that the sharing of data with YouTube part­ners can be ruled out as a result of the expanded data protec­tion mode. For instance, regard­less of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always esta­blish a connec­tion with the Google Double­Click network.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on this website, a connec­tion to YouTube’s servers will be esta­blis­hed. As a result, the YouTube server will be noti­fied, which of our pages you have visi­ted. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allo­cate your brow­sing patterns to your perso­nal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further­more, after you have star­ted to play a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or compa­ra­ble tech­no­lo­gies for recog­ni­tion (e.g. device finger­prin­ting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain infor­ma­tion about this website’s visi­tors. Among other things, this infor­ma­tion will be used to gene­rate video statis­tics with the aim of impro­ving the user friend­liness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.

Under certain circum­stan­ces, addi­ti­o­nal data proces­sing trans­ac­ti­ons may be trig­ge­red after you have star­ted to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.

The use of YouTube is based on our inte­rest in presen­ting our online content in an appea­ling manner. Pursu­ant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legi­ti­mate inte­rest. If approp­ri­ate consent has been obtai­ned, the proces­sing is carried out exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, inso­far the consent inclu­des the stor­age of cookies or the access to infor­ma­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­prin­ting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revo­ked at any time.

For more infor­ma­tion on how YouTube hand­les user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Word­fence

We have inclu­ded Word­fence on this website. The provi­der is Defi­ant Inc, Defi­ant, Inc, 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104, USA (herein­af­ter “Word­fence”).

Word­fence is desig­ned to protect our website from unwan­ted access or mali­cious cybe­rat­tacks. To accom­plish this, our website esta­blis­hes a perma­nent connec­tion with Wordfence’s servers, which check and block their data­ba­ses against access to our website.

The use of Word­fence is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website opera­tor has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the most effec­tive protec­tion of his website against cybe­rat­tacks. If approp­ri­ate consent has been obtai­ned, the proces­sing is carried out exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, inso­far the consent inclu­des the stor­age of cookies or the access to infor­ma­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­prin­ting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revo­ked at any time.

Data trans­mis­sion to the USA is based on the standard contrac­tual clau­ses of the EU Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/.

Data proces­sing

We have conclu­ded a data proces­sing agree­ment (DPA) with the above-menti­o­ned provi­der. This is a contract manda­ted by data privacy laws that guaran­tees that they process perso­nal data of our website visi­tors only based on our instruc­ti­ons and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

7. eCom­merce and payment service provi­ders

Proces­sing of Custo­mer and Contract Data

We collect, process, and use perso­nal custo­mer and contract data for the esta­blish­ment, content arran­ge­ment and modi­fi­ca­tion of our contrac­tual rela­ti­ons­hips. Data with perso­nal refe­ren­ces to the use of this website (usage data) will be collec­ted, proces­sed, and used only if this is neces­sary to enable the user to use our servi­ces or requi­red for billing purpo­ses. The legal basis for these proces­ses is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

The collec­ted custo­mer data shall be dele­ted upon comple­tion of the order or termi­na­tion of the busi­ness rela­ti­ons­hip and upon expi­ra­tion of any exis­ting statu­tory archi­ving peri­ods. This shall be without preju­dice to any statu­tory archi­ving peri­ods.

Credit checks

We may conduct a credit check in the event that purcha­ses are made on account or based on other payment terms that require us to extend credit (scoring). For this purpose, we trans­mit the data you have ente­red (e.g., name, address, age, or banking infor­ma­tion) to a credit infor­ma­tion agency. Based on this data, the proba­bi­lity of non-payment is deter­mi­ned. If the like­li­hood of non-payment is exces­sive, we may reject the respec­tive payment term.

The credit check is perfor­med on the basis of contrac­tual fulfill­ment (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and to avert non-payment (justi­fied inte­rest pursu­ant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If consent has been obtai­ned, the credit check shall be perfor­med on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); the consent may be revo­ked at any time.