Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. On the following pages, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Kraus GmbH, Industriestraße C 2, 2345 Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, Phone: +43 2236 379 680, Fax: +43 2236 379 680 - 90, E-Mail: office@kraus-gmbh.at. The controller in charge of the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website

2.1 When using our website for information only, 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 visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time at the moment of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/Reference from which you came to the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently, if there are any concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string https:// and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Cookies

In order to make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device. In some cases, these cookies are automatically deleted again after the browser is closed (so-called "session cookies"), in other cases, these cookies remain on your end device for longer and allow page settings to be saved (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the duration of the storage in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies set by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and you can decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

4) Contact

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified, provided there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

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

Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required in each case if you provide us with this data when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded via it have been fully processed, no legal retention periods are opposed and no legitimate interest on our part in the continued storage exists.

Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded contracts have been fully processed, there are no statutory retention periods and we have no legitimate interest in the continued legitimate interest in further storage on our part.

6) Using of Client Data for Direct Advertising

6.1 Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter

If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory data for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter once you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in future by clicking on an appropriate link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GPPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration for the purpose of tracing any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter is used exclusively for the promotional purposes by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data, or we reserve the right to a more extensive use your data which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

6.2 Sending the newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing products, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for products similar to those already purchased by e-mail. Pursuant to Section 7 (3) German law against unfair competition, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you an e-mail. You are entitled to object to the future use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time by notifying the controller named at the beginning of this document. In this regard, you only have to pay the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.

6.3 SuperMailer

Our e-mail newsletters are sent via this provider: Mirko Böer, Malachitstraße 16, 04319 Leipzig

On the basis of our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR so that they can send the newsletter on our behalf.

Subject to your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical analysis of the success of newsletter campaigns by means of web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, which can measure opening rates and specific interactions with the newsletter content. In the process, end device information (e.g. time of page view, IP address, browser type and operating system) is also collected and analysed, but not combined with other data records.
You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which safeguards the data of our website visitors and prohibits a transfer to third parties.

6.4 Advertising by post
Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct mail, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and - if we have received this additional information from you within the framework of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business name in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR and to use this data for sending interesting offers and information on our products by letter post.
You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending an appropriate message to the controller.

7) Processing of Data for the Purpose of Order Handling

7.1 Insofar as necessary for the processing of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact data (name, address, e-mail address) provided by you when placing the order in order to inform you personally by suitable means of communication (e.g. by post or e-mail) about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period of time within the framework of our statutory duty to inform pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of informing you about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent necessary for the respective information.

In order to process your order, we also work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

7.2 Passing on Personal Data to Shipping Service Providers

- GLS

We use the following provider as transport service provider: General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein, Germany

We pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, if you have given your express consent in the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the supplier for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. The transmission only takes place to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the supplier or the delivery announcement is not possible.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the responsible person named above or vis-à-vis the provider.

7.3 Use of Payment Service Providers

- PAYONE

Online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: PAYONE GmbH, Lyoner Straße 9, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment (e.g. credit card payment), your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

- Klarna

Online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden

When selecting a payment method of the provider with which the provider makes advance payments (such as invoice purchase or instalment purchase or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first name and surname, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, if applicable data on alternative means of payment) during the ordering process.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the solvency of our customers, this data is passed on to the provider by us for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. On the basis of the personal data provided by you as well as further data (such as shopping cart, invoice total, order history, payment history), the provider checks whether the payment option selected by you can be granted with regard to payment and/or bad debt risks.

In addition to internal provider criteria, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may also be included in the decision-making process as part of the application review in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR:

https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies

DThe credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they have their basis in a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.

- Paypal

Online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method of the provider for which you make an advance payment, your payment data provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. In this case, your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

When selecting a payment method of the provider with which the provider makes advance payments, you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first name and surname, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, if applicable data on alternative means of payment) during the ordering process.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they have their basis in a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.

8) Online-Marketing

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, i.e. text files that are are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website by you. In addition, Google AdSense uses Google AdSense also uses so-called “web beacons” to collect information (small invisible graphics), through the use of which simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected and can be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon information (including your IP address) generated by the cookie and/or web beacon about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. and stored there. This may also result in a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Google uses the information obtained in this way to analyze your your usage behavior regarding the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense IP address is not merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and/or and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
All the processing described above, especially reading information on the device used via cookies and/or web beacons, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, the use of Google AdSense during your visit to the site will be omitted.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

Google's privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

9) Web Analysis Services

9.1 Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when visiting the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are small text files placed on your device, collecting certain information. This information includes your IP address, which, however, is truncated by Google to exclude direct personal identification.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed there. This may also involve transfers to Google LLC located in the USA.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for us, and provide other services related to website usage and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All the processing described above, especially the setting of cookies on the device used, only occurs if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Without your consent, the use of Google Analytics 4 will not take place during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please disable this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have entered a data processing agreement with Google to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Additional legal notices regarding Google Analytics 4 can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de und unter https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special feature "demographic characteristics" to create statistics about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. This enables target groups to be identified for marketing activities. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to any specific individual and will be deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals may be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have enabled personalized ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google, subject to your consent to use Google Analytics pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, may analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you wish to stop cross-device analysis, you can disable the "Personalized advertising" feature in your Google account settings. Follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de. For more information on Google Signals, please visit the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de.

UserIDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the "UserIDs" feature may be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, have set up an account on this website, and sign in to this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, may be analyzed across devices.

9.2 Google Tag Manager

This website uses the "Google Tag Manager," a service provided by the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: "Google").

The Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analysis services, and calibrating, controlling, and linking them to conditions via a unified user interface. The Google Tag Manager itself does not store any information on user devices or retrieve such information. The service also does not conduct independent data analysis. However, when the Google Tag Manager is called up, your IP address may be transmitted to Google and possibly stored there. Transmission to servers of Google LLC in the USA is also possible.

This processing is only carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, the use of Google Tag Manager will not occur during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please disable this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

The provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework for data transfers to the USA, ensuring compliance with the European level of data protection based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

9.3 FAST Tracking

9.3.1 General Scope and Description of Data Processing

We use FAST to accurately attribute the success of an advertising medium. The data is automatically deleted after 90 days. No profiling takes place. FAST uses a unique key that third parties cannot assign, thus making users untraceable. Personalized advertising is not possible with FAST.

FAST establishes a connection between clicking on an advertising medium, such as an ad, and an action, such as a purchase or registration.

The information transmitted to us is solely for the purpose of correctly attributing the success of an advertising medium and corresponding billing.

FAST does not store cookies or cookie-like data on your device.

Only non-personal parameters are combined during the generation of the device fingerprint (browser settings, timezone, CPU class, color depth, browser language, etc.).

9.3.2 Scope and Description of Data Processing when using Google Ads / Microsoft Ads

With an action, usually the order number and the shopping cart value of the order are transmitted and stored by us for 90 days. Personal data such as name, phone number, or address is explicitly not collected or stored.

In addition, the following values can be transmitted:

ID (sequential number)
ClickID
Time of purchase
Currency
Conversion Name (shop order or lead)

The processing of the device fingerprint takes place on the server of the respective customer. If integration is done via Google Tag Manager, then the device fingerprint processing is done via the Smarketer Host-Europe server in Strasbourg.

Due to high security standards, such as an HTTPS connection, the transmission of conversion data occurs on our HOST-Europe server located in Strasbourg. The transfer of the export file and the processing of data (ClickID, Conversion Name, timestamp, order value, currency) are carried out by Google Ads / Microsoft Ads on an American server.

The software is configured so that no profiling takes place.

9.3.3 Purposes of Processing

The information transmitted to us is solely for the purpose of correctly attributing the success of an advertising medium and corresponding billing and is justified by our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

9.3.4 Duration of Storage

The data processed as described here is automatically deleted after a storage period of up to 90 days.

Operator: Name: Smarketer GmbH Mailing address: Alte Jakobstraße 83/84, 10179 Berlin Email: info@smarketer.de

10) Retargeting/ Remarketing und Conversion-Tracking

10.1 Google Ads Remarketing

This website uses retargeting technology from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising based on a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you have visited. Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google that your internet and app browser history will be linked by Google to your Google account and that information from your Google account will be used to personalize ads that you view on the web. If you are logged into Google during your visit to our website in this case, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target audience lists for cross-device remarketing. Your personal data is temporarily linked to Google Analytics data to create target audiences. In the context of using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

All the processing described above, especially the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, only occurs if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, the use of retargeting technology will not occur during your visit to the site.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please disable this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

10.2 Microsoft Advertising

This website utilizes retargeting technology from the following provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA.

This enables us to target visitors to our websites with personalized, interest-based advertising, who have already shown interest in our shop and products. The display of advertising material is based on a cookie-based analysis of past and current usage behavior, although no personal data is stored. In cases of retargeting technology, a cookie is stored on your computer or mobile device to capture pseudonymized data about your interests and customize advertising based on the stored information. These cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device. As a result, you will be shown advertisements that are highly likely to match your product and information interests.

All the processing described above, especially the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. Without this consent, the use of retargeting technology will not occur during your visit to the website.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please disable this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

10.3 Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, within the scope of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use the offer of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. In this way, we pursue the concern of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. 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 Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have chosen conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and who were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. The use of Google Ads may also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Details on the processing operations initiated by Google Ads conversion tracking and on Google's handling of data collected from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website.

You can also permanently object to the setting of cookies for Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

To address users whose data we have received in the course of business or business-like relationships more interest-specifically through advertising, we use a customer matching function within the framework of Google Ads. For this purpose, we electronically transmit one or more files with aggregated customer data (mainly email addresses and phone numbers) to Google. Google does not gain access to plain data but automatically encrypts the information in the customer files using a special algorithm during the transmission process. Google can then only use the encrypted information to match it to existing Google accounts that the data subjects have set up. This allows personalized advertising to be displayed across all Google services linked to the respective Google account.

The transmission of customer data to Google only takes place if you have given us your explicit consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on Google's data protection measures with regard to the customer matching function can be found here: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6334160?hl=de&ref_topic=10550182

Google's privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

10.4 Google Ads Conversion Tracking without Cookies

We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. In this way, we pursue the concern of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

This website uses Google Ads conversion tracking exclusively without the use of cookies, which means that the service does not set cookies on your device at any time.

Instead, your browser's local storage is used to store an individual ID assigned by Google, which allows for an analysis of your use of the website. Certain user information is processed via this ID.

The ID is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. If the user visits certain pages of this website, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was directed to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different ID. IDs cannot therefore be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained in this way is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads 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 be used to personally identify users. The use of Google Ads may also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. Details on the processing operations initiated by Google Ads conversion tracking and Google's handling of data collected from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

If the information collected is personally identifiable, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of the success of our advertising campaigns. Google's privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10.5 Google Marketing Platform

This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GMP").

GMP uses cookies to serve ads relevant to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Using a cookie ID, Google records which ads are served in which browser, and can prevent them from being shown multiple times. Additionally, GMP can use cookie IDs to track conversions related to ad requests. This happens, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later, using the same browser, visits the advertiser's website and makes a purchase. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server.

We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by the use of this tool by Google and therefore inform you according to our knowledge as follows: By integrating GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will obtain and store your IP address. The use of GMP may also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

The privacy policy of GMP by Google can be found here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10.6 Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking

This website uses conversion tracking technology from the following provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA

To use Universal Event Tracking, a tag is placed on each page of our website that interacts with the conversion cookie set by Microsoft. This interaction makes user behavior on our website traceable and sends the information collected in this way to Microsoft. This serves the purpose of statistically capturing and evaluating certain predefined goals, such as purchases or leads, in order to make the alignment and content of our offers more interest-oriented. The tags never serve to personally identify users.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, retargeting technology will not be used during your visit to the site.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website.

11) Site Functionalities

11.1 Facebook Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network.

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established with the provider's servers.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to data transmission in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this process, information about your device (including your IP address), your browser, and your browsing history is transmitted to the provider and may be processed there, regardless of whether you have a user profile with the provider.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions through the plugins will also be published and displayed to your contacts. You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, the revocation does not affect data that has already been transmitted to the provider.

Data can also be transmitted to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prevent unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

11.2 Instagram Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network.

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established with the provider's servers.

Data can also be transmitted to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prevent unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

11.3 YouTube

This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC., USA

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers to load the plugin. During this process, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If you start playing embedded videos using the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your data to be associated with your account, you must log out before clicking the play button.

All the aforementioned processing operations, particularly the setting of cookies to read information on the device used, are carried out only if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service using the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website.

11.4 Google Maps

This website uses an online map service from the following provider: Google Maps (API) by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually present geographical information. By using this service, our location is displayed to you and any journey is made easier.

When you access subpages that include the Google Maps map, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. This may also involve transmission to Google LLC. servers in the USA. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not want your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them.

Collection, storage, and evaluation occur in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on Google's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or tailoring Google's websites to users' needs. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google within the scope of using Google Maps, there is also the possibility to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website cannot be used in this case.

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR for the aforementioned processing of your data. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for submitting an objection.

11.5 Yumpu

We use the service "Yumpu" provided by i-magazine AG ("Yumpu"), Gewerbestrasse 3, 9444 Diepoldsau, Switzerland, for displaying PDF files on our website.

Yumpu allows the content of PDF files to be displayed directly in the web browser as a so-called flip catalog, accessible and easy to read without needing to download the files first. To execute the service, your web browser retrieves the content directly from Yumpu. Yumpu receives information about your web browser and operating system, as well as your IP address. Yumpu uses this data solely for the purpose of online displaying the files. If personal data is collected and transmitted to Yumpu during this process, it is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in providing a user-friendly and optimal integration of PDF files on our website. In the case of data transmission to Yumpu in Switzerland, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by the adequacy decision of the European Commission.

12) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie consent tool

This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users when they access the website in the form of an interactive user interface, on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking a box. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by ticking the appropriate box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user's end device if consent has been granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is not processed in this process.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

13) Rights of the Data Subject

13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following comprehensive rights of data subjects (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data:

Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw a given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON THE GROUNDS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING REASONS WORTHY OF PROTECTION FOR PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHICH ARE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

14) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if relevant – on the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

If personal data is processed basis on an express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject revokes his consent.

If there are legal storage periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the storage periods if it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or if we no longer have a justified interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can provide compelling grounds for processing worthy of protection which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing based on Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the information contained in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

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