Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit this website. Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you personally. For more detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy, which is set out below this text.

Information collected on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the website operator in the “Information about the responsible party” section of this privacy statement.

How do we collect your information?

Firstly, your information is collected when you provide it to us. For example, this could be information that you enter into a contact form.
Other information is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This information is collected automatically when you enter this website.

What do we use your information for?

Some information is collected to ensure that the website operates correctly. Other information may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What are your rights regarding your data?

You have the right to be informed at any time, free of charge, about the source, recipient and purpose of the personal data we hold about you. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected or deleted. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
Please feel free to contact us at any time with any of these or other privacy related questions.

Analytics and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done using so-called analysis tools.

Detailed information about these analysis tools can be found in the following privacy statement.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal information collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website traffic and other data generated by a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfilment vis-à-vis our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, if the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal equipment (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

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

We use the following hoster(s):

netcup GmbH
Daimlerstrasse 25
D-76185 Karlsruhe

Contractual Processing

We have entered into an order processing agreement (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a data protection contract which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General and mandatory information

Privacy Policy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, certain personal data is collected. Personal information is information that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose we do this.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may not be secure. It is not possible to provide complete protection against access by third parties.

Contact details

The responsible party for the processing of data on this website is:

Steuerfink
Pflügerstr. 18
12047 Berlin
Deutschland

E-Mail:

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Period of retention

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, your personal information will be kept by us until the purpose for which it was processed no longer applies. If you make a legitimate 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 retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

General information about the legal basis for 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) DSGVO or Art. 9(2)(a) DSGVO if special categories of data are processed pursuant to Art. 9(1) DSGVO. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 (1) a DSGVO. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG. This consent may be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the execution of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Furthermore, if your data are necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, we process them on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. In addition, data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

WHEN DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F OF THE DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED IS SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) OF THE DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF PROFILES IN RELATION TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of a breach of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged breach. The right of appeal is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically with your consent or in performance of a contract, supplied to you or to a third party in a commonly used machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, erasure and rectification

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the personal data stored about you, its origin and recipient, as well as the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the right to have this data corrected or deleted. You can contact us at any time for this purpose and for any other questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal information held by us, we will normally need time to review it. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request that the processing be restricted instead of erased.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may be processed – apart from storage – only with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the information you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Information collected on this website

Cookies

Our web pages use “cookies”. Cookies are small pieces of data that do not harm your terminal device. They are stored on your terminal either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them or your web browser automatically deletes them.

In some cases, cookies from third parties may also be stored on your device when you visit our site (third party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third party (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website features would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertisements.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically faultless and optimised provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and comparable identification technologies, the processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that it informs you before cookies are set and only allows cookies in individual cases, excludes the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally, and activates the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Where cookies are used by third parties or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately in this privacy policy and ask for your consent where necessary.

Server Log Files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores in server log files information that your browser automatically sends to us. These are:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically correct presentation and optimisation of its website – for this purpose the server log files must be collected.

Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your enquiry, including all personal data (name, enquiry), for the purpose of dealing with your enquiry. We will not pass on this information without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your inquiry is related to the execution of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), if this has been requested; consent may be revoked at any time.

The data you send us in the context of contact enquiries will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, until you revoke your consent to storage or until the purpose for which the data was stored no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). This is without prejudice to any mandatory legal requirements, in particular statutory retention periods.

5. Analytics tools and advertising

Matomo

This website uses Matomo, an open source web analytics service.

Matomo enables us to collect and analyse data about the use of our website by visitors. Among other things, this enables us to find out which pages were accessed when and from which region. We also collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser and operating system used) and may measure whether our website visitors take certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising. If consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal equipment (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymisation

We use IP anonymisation for analysis with Matomo. In this case, your IP address is truncated before analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.

Cookie-less analysis

We have configured Matomo not to store cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so all analytics data remains with us and is not shared.

6. Plugins and Tools

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This site uses Google Fonts, provided by Google, to display fonts in a consistent manner. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to the Google servers.

More information about Google Fonts can be found under https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

7. Online marketing and affiliate programmes

Affiliate programmes on this website

We participate in affiliate programmes. In affiliate programmes, advertisements from one company (the advertiser) appear on the websites of other companies in the affiliate network (the publisher). If you click on one of these affiliate advertisements, you will be taken to the advertised offer. If you then make a specific transaction (conversion), the publisher receives a payment. In order to calculate this remuneration, it is necessary for the affiliate network operator to be able to track which advertisement led you to the relevant offer and to carry out the pre-defined transaction. Cookies or similar recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting) are used for this purpose.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the correct calculation of its affiliate remuneration. If consent has been obtained, the processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal equipment (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

We participate in the following affiliate programmes:

AWIN

The operator of the affiliate network is AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin (hereinafter referred to as “AWIN”).

AWIN and the Publisher are jointly responsible for data processing in connection with the Affiliate Programme. Their joint obligations have been set out in a Joint Data Processing Agreement. In accordance with this agreement, you may contact either data controller with your data protection concerns. The first controller you contact will respond to your request. Each data controller independently maintains data protection information in accordance with Art. 13, 14 and 26 GDPR and takes the necessary measures to protect personal data and comply with the other GDPR provisions in its organisation. The Joint Processing Agreement can be found in AWIN’s General Terms and Conditions at the following link:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.awin.com/Legal/Publisher+Terms/2020/DE+Publisher+Terms+GDPR+Annex.pdf.