Privacy Policy

DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION

SECTION 1 - INFORMATION ON THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE CONTROLLER

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

1.2 The data controller on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Aire-Melbourne. The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person. A person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3   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 string "https://" and the lock icon in your browser line.

SECTION 2 - DATA COLLECTION WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE

If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, 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 time 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)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (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 retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

SECTION 3 - COOKIES

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie.

In some cases, the cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (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.

We may work with advertising partners who help us to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (third-party cookies). If we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case within the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in each browser's help menu, which explains how to change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manag e-cookie
Firefox: Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop | Firefox Help
Chrome: Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome - Computer - Google Chrome Help
Safari: Manage cookies and website data in Safari on Mac - Apple Support (LK)
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

SECTION 4 - CONTACTING US

Personal data is collected when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). The data collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data will be stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed, this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

SECTION 5 - DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRACT

In accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the purpose of executing a contract or when opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Your customer account can be deleted at any time and can be deleted by sending a message to the above address of the customer. responsible. We store and use the information you provide Contract Processing Data. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked in consideration of retention periods under tax and commercial law and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further use of your data as permitted by law, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

SECTION 6 - USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING 

6.1 Signing up for our email newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of any further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to the sending of newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters in the future by clicking on a corresponding link. By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the Use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purposes of advertising by means 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 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 your data for a longer period of time, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

6.2 Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to periodically send you offers for similar goods or services to those you have already purchased from our assortment by e-mail. We do not have to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (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 the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by means of a notification to the controllers. For this, you only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.

SECTION 7 - 
DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING

7.1 The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment data to the commissioned bank as part of the payment processing process, if this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we provide explicit information about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.


7.2 Use of payment service providers

- PayPal

If you pay via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "payment in instalments" via PayPal, we give your payment details to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The transfer will take place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency.

The result of the credit check in relation to the statistical Payment Default Probability uses PayPal for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values.

For further information on data protection law, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

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

SECTION 8 - 
CONTACT FOR RATING REMINDER 

Own review reminder (not sent by a customer review system) We use your email address as a one-time reminder to submit a review of your order for the review system we use, provided you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing.


SECTION 9 - USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS

9.1 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution

Special additional customs clearance costs and/or import duties are not included in the price and are the responsibility of the customer.

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook").

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that no connection is established to the Facebook servers when you access a page on our website that contains such buttons. If you click on the button, a new browser window will open and call up the Facebook page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data).

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

9.2 Google+ plugins as a Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Google+, which is operated by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when a page of our website that contains such buttons is accessed, no connection to the Google+ servers is established. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Google+ page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data).

Google LLC, based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

9.3 Instagram plugin as a Shariff solution

On our website, so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the online service Instagram operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when a page of our website that contains such buttons is accessed, no connection to Instagram's servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window will open and call up the Instagram page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary after entering your login data).

Instagram LLC., based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

SECTION 10 - ONLINE-MARKETING

10.1  DoubleClick by Google

This website uses the operator's online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").

DoubleClick uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users and improve campaign performance reports or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

In addition, DoubleClick may use cookie IDs to track conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, if a user uses a DoubleClick ad and later use the same browser to view the website of the advertiser and buys something there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, 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 learn and store your IP address.

If you wish to opt-out of participation in this tracking process, you can disable conversion tracking cookies by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, which setting will be deleted when you change your Delete cookies. Alternatively, you can register with the Digital Advertising Alliance at Internet address www.aboutads.info inform about the setting of cookies and make settings for this. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European Data Protection Convention "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

You can find more information about DoubleClick by Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and, within the framework of Google AdWords, the conversion tracking of Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use Google Adwords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful each advertising measure is in relation to the data from the advertising campaigns. We are pursuing the interest of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an AdWords ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually expire 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 has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for AdWords customers who are interested in conversion tracking. Customers will learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and returned to an ad with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this use by entering the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser at Disable user settings. They will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Adwords on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. 

Google LLC, based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European Data Protection Convention. "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

You can find more information about the Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently disable cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain features of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have disabled the use of cookies.

SECTION 11 - WEB ANALYTICS SERVICES

Google (Universal) Analytics

- Google Universal Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC,

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the abbreviated IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes direct personal reference. As a result of the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a server of Google in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this is processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to carry out other information related to website and internet usage to provide services to us. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data held by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this

Opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will have to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics Google LLC, based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European Data Protection Convention "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. When a page is accessed for the first time, the user is assigned a unique, permanent and anonymized ID, which is set across devices. This makes it possible to assign interaction data from different devices and from different sessions to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not transmit such data to Google.

The collection and storage of data via the user ID can be objected to at any time with effect for the future. To do this, you must deactivate Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example in another browser or on your mobile device.

You can deactivate it using a browser plugin from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will have to click this link again):  Deactivate Google Analytics

You can find more information about Universal Analytics here:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376

SECTION 12 - RETARGETING/ REMARKETING/ REFERRAL ADVERTISING

12.1 Facebook Custom Audience via the pixel process

This website uses the "Facebook Pixel" of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). In the event of the granting of an explicit consent can be used to track the behavior of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This procedure is used to assess the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and statistical purposes.

This website is used for market research purposes and can help to optimise future advertising measures.

The data collected is anonymous to us, so it does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook's

Data Use Policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You can enable Facebook and its partners to run ads on and off Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations are carried out exclusively upon the granting of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Consent to the use of the Facebook pixel may only be given by users who are older than 13 years old. If you are younger, we ask you to ask your legal guardians for permission.

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

To deactivate the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser so that cookies can no longer be stored on your computer in the future or cookies that have already been stored are deleted. However, disabling all cookies may mean that some functions on our websites can no longer be performed. You can use the

Use of cookies by third-party providers such as Facebook also on the following websites:

Deactivate the Digital Advertising Alliance website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

12.2 Google AdWords Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing, with which we advertise this website in the Google search results, as well as on third-party websites.

The provider is Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For this purpose, Google places a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Any further data processing will only take place if you have agreed to Google that your Internet and app browsing 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. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data in order to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google to Google Analytics data in order to form target groups.

You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can find out more about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info and make settings for this. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. In the failure to accept cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is responsible for the US-European Data Protection Convention "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Further information and the privacy policy regarding advertising and Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

SECTION 13 - RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights of data subjects (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:

  • Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have a right to information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the duration of storage, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data, if it has not been collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such a process processing, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees provided for in art. 46 GDPR in the event of transfer of your data to third countries;
  • Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
  • Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR. However, this right does not exist in particular where the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data that you contest is verified, if you refuse to delete your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data if you use your data to assert,  exercise or defence of legal claims after we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved or if you have objected on grounds of your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
  • Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller, to the extent technically feasible;
  • Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to revoke consent to the processing of data at any time with the effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will inform the affected delete data without undue delay, unless further processing is based on a legal basis for processing without consent. Through the Withdrawal of consent will affect the lawfulness of the consent until revocation shall not be affected;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. 

13.2 Right to object

If, in the context of a balancing of interest, we process your personal data on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object at any time.

If you make use of your right to object, we will terminate the processing of data concerned. The right for further processing of your data remains reserved if we can demonstrate compelling reasons that protect your interests, fundamental rights interest, fundamental rights and freedoms prevail, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed by us in order to execute direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time. Objection of processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes can be exercised as described above. As a result, we will stop the processing of the data for direct marketing purposes. 

SECTION 14 - DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA

The duration of the storage of personal data is measured on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law). After the expiry of the period, the relevant data will be routinely deleted if it is no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or contract initiation and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in the further storage.