Privacy Policy

The person responsible for data processing is:
Cornelius Huber
Poststr. 38
75210 Keltern
Deutschland
hello@circulawatches.com

Thank you for your interest in our online shop. Protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below you will find extensive information about how we handle your data.

1. ACCESS DATA AND HOSTING

You may visit our website without revealing any personal information. With every visit on the website, the web server stores automatically only a so-called server log file which contains e.g. the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the request, the volume of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the request. These access data are analysed exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the website and improving our offer. This serves according to art. 6 (1) 1 lit f GDPR the protection of our legitimate interests in the proper presentation of our offer that are overriding in the process of balancing of interests. All access data are deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit on our website.

HOSTING

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partially provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in the present data protection declaration, all access data and all data that are collected in the forms provided on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

2. DATA PROCESSING FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING AND CONTACTING

2.1 DATA PROCESSING FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING

For the purpose of contract processing (including inquiries about and processing of any existing warranty and non-performance claims as well as any statutory updating obligations) in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we collect personal data if you provide it to us as part of your Submit your order voluntarily. Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process the contract and we cannot send the order without providing it. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms.

Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. After the contract has been completed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the tax and commercial retention periods in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM

We use an enterprise resource planning system from external service providers to process orders and contracts. Our service providers work for us as part of order processing. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

2.2. CUSTOMER ACCOUNT

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account and storing your data for further future orders on our website. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a about which we inform you in this statement.

2.3 CONTACT

As part of customer communication, we collect personal data to process your inquiries in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR if you voluntarily provide us with this when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process your contact. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After your request has been fully processed, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR about which we inform you in this statement.

LIVE CHAT TOOL SMARTSUPP

For the purpose of customer communication, we use the live chat tool Smartsupp.com, s.r.o., Šumavská 31, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in effective and improved customer communication in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Smartsupp works for us on our behalf.

3. DATA PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHIPPING PROCESSING

We disclose your data to the shipping company in the scope required for the delivery of the ordered goods according to art. 6 (1) 1 lit. b GDPR.

DATA TRANSFER TO SHIPPING COMPANIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHIPPING NOTIFICATION

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will pass on your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, so they can contact you for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination. The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you have provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data that goes beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

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

DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Deutschland

4. DATA PROCESSING FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING

When processing payments in our online shop, we work together with these partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

4.1 DATA PROCESSING FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers who work for us in the context of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary to process the payment. This serves to fulfil the contract in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required to process the payment themselves, e.g. on their own website or through a technical integration in the ordering process. The data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies in this respect.

If you have any questions about our partners for payment processing and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

4.2 DATA PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF FRAUD PREVENTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF OUR PAYMENT PROCESSES

If necessary, we give our service providers further data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing the payment as our contract processors, for the purpose of fraud prevention and the optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing of contested payments, support for accounting). In accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. f GDPR, this serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominant in the context of a weighing of interests, in our protection against fraud and in efficient payment management.

4.3 IDENTITY AND CREDIT CHECK WHEN SELECTING KLARNA PAYMENT SERVICES

Klarna Pay now (direct debit), Klarna Pay later (purchase on account), Klarna Slice it (installment purchase)

If you opt for the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter Klarna), we ask for your consent in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR, that we are allowed to transmit the data necessary for the processing of the payment and an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit reporting agencies named by Klarna in the data protection declaration can be used for identity and credit checks. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option specified in this data protection declaration. As a result, we may no longer be able to offer you certain payment options. You can also revoke your consent to this use of personal data at any time by contacting Klarna.

5. ADVERTISING BY E-MAIL, POST

5.1 E-MAIL NEWSLETTER WITH REGISTRATION AND NEWSLETTER-TRACKING

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent according to art. 6 (1) 1 lit a GDPR, using the data required or disclosed by you separately for this purpose. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter service at any time. For this purpose, you can either send a message to the contact option specified below or use the opt-out link in the newsletter. Upon unsubscription, we will delete your email address unless you expressly consent to the further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use your personal data in the scope and manner permitted by law, of which we inform you in this notice.

We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. For this purpose, we also analyze how you use our newsletter by measuring, storing and evaluating opening rates and click rates for the purpose of designing future newsletter campaigns (“newsletter tracking”).

For this evaluation, the e-mails sent contain one-pixel technologies (e.g. so-called web beacons, tracking pixels), which are stored on our website. For the evaluations, we link in particular the following “newsletter data”

  • the page from which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL), the date and time of the call,
  • the description of the type of web browser used,
  • the IP address of the requesting computer,
  • the E-Mail adress,
  • the date and time of registration and confirmation

and the One-Pixel Technologies with your email address or your IP address and possibly a unique ID. Links contained in the newsletter may also contain this ID.

If you do not wish to receive newsletter tracking, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time – as described above.

The information is stored as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter.

5.2 EMAIL NEWSLETTER WITHOUT REGISTRATION AND YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT

If we receive your e-mail address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not opted out, we reserve the right to regularly email you offers for products from our product range that are similar to those you have already purchased on the basis of § 7 (3) UWG. This serves the protection of our legitimate interests in promoting and advertising our products to customers that are overriding in the process of balancing of interests. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided in the advertising e-mail, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.

After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address from the list of recipients, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

5.3 NEWSLETTER SENDING

The newsletter may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

The newsletter and the newsletter tracking shown above may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

Our service providers are based and / or use servers in the USA and in other countries outside the EU and the EEA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

5.4 SENDING EVALUATION REQUESTS BY E-MAIL

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR, we use your e-mail address for the request to submit a rating of your order via the rating system we use. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided in the review request.

The evaluation requests may also be sent by our service providers Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne, Germany (Trusted Shops) or Trustpilot A/S, Pilestraede 58, 5th floor, 1112 Copenhagen K, Denmark (Trustpilot), as part of processing on our behalf.

When sending review requests, we receive information on the respective status from Trusted Shops or Trustpilot (e.g. whether the review request has been sent and whether it has arrived). This is done in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR to fulfill our legitimate interest in receiving information about the review invitations in order to carry out optimizations based on this, as well as to fulfill Trusted Shops’ and Trustpilots’ legitimate interest to be able to offer this service.

Together with Trusted Shops and Trustpilot, we are responsible for sending review requests and for collecting and displaying review and status information.

As part of the joint responsibility between us and Trusted Shops GmbH or Trustpilot A/S, please contact Trusted Shops GmbH or Trustpilot A/S with data protection issues and to assert your rights. You can find Trusted Shops’ contact options here, Trustpilots’ here. Further information on data protection can be found at the following link for Trusted Shops and here for Trustpilot. Irrespective of this, you can always contact us using the contact option described in this data protection declaration. If necessary, your request will then be forwarded to the other person responsible for an answer.

Trustpilot also uses service providers from the USA. An adequate level of data protection is ensured. Further information on the data protection of Trustpilot here. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

5.5 MAIL ADVERTISING AND YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT
In addition, we reserve the right to use your first and last name and your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g. for sending interesting offers and information about our products by post. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing of interests, in addressing our customers with advertising in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. f GDPR. You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

The advertising mailings are provided as part of processing on our behalf by a service provider to whom we pass on your data for this purpose.

6. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

6.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. A cookie is a small text file which is stored automatically on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after you close the browser session, i.e. when you close the browser (that’s the so-called session cookies). Other cookies are stored in your end-user device and enable us to recognise your browser when you visit us again (persistent cookies). We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process the IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the content of the shopping cart). In the context of a weighing of interests, this serves predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. f GDPR.

In addition, we use technologies to fulfil the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser under the following links:
Microsoft Edge™: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en
Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Opera™ : https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

6.2 USE OF BORLABS TO ADMINISTRATE CONSENT

We use Borlabs Consent Management (“Borlabs”) on our website to inform you about the technologies we use on our website and to obtain, manage and document your consent to the processing of your personal data using these technologies. This is necessary according to art. 6 (1) 1 lit. c GDPR to fulfil our legal obligation according to art. 7 (1) GDPR to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject. The Borlabs consent management service is an offer from Borlabs – Benjamin A. Bornschein Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 17, 21107 Hamburg, Germany. When you visit our website, the Borlabs web server saves a so-called Borlabs-Cookie, which contains information about cookie runtime and version, device and browser information as well as information about your consent behavior. There is no transfer of personal data to Borlabs. Your data will be deleted after one year, unless you expressly consent to the further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use your personal data in the scope and manner permitted by law, of which we inform you in this notice.

7. USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the end of the purpose and the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can find more information about your cancellation options in the section “Cookies and other technologies”. For more information, including the basis of how we work with each service provider, see each technology. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

7.1 USE OF GOOGLE SERVICES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES

We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to and stored on a server operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected using Google technologies, it will be shortened by activating IP anonymization before it is saved on Google’s servers. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server and shortened there in exceptional cases. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies, the data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible persons in accordance with art. 26 GDPR. You can find more information about data processing by Google in Google’s data protection information.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website) are automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used. As a matter of principle, your IP address will not be merged with other Google data. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.

For the purpose of optimized marketing of our website, we have activated the data release settings for “Google products and services”. In this way, Google can access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and then use it to improve Google services. The data release to Google within the scope of these data release settings takes place on the basis of an additional agreement between those responsible. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.

GOOGLE ADS

For advertising purposes in the Google search results and on the websites of third parties, the so-called Google remarketing cookie is set when you visit our website, which is automatically collected and processed by data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information for your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous CookieID and based on the pages you have visited, enables interest-based advertising. Any further data processing will only take place if you have activated the “personalized advertising” setting in your Google account. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, we use Google Ads Conversion Tracking to measure your subsequent usage behavior when you have reached our website via a Google Ads advertisement. For this purpose, cookies can be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) are recorded, from which usage profiles are created, using pseudonyms.

YOUTUBE VIDEO PLUGIN

To integrate third-party content, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected via the YouTube video plugin in the extended data protection mode we use, transmitted to Google and then processed by Google, only if you play a video.

7.2 USE OF FACEBOOK SERVICES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES

USE OF FACEBOOK PIXEL

We use the Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland („Facebook (by Meta)“ bzw. “Meta Platforms Ireland“). With the Facebook pixel, data (IP address, time of the visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) are automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created by using pseudonyms. For this purpose, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook pixel when you visit our website, which automatically enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites using a pseudonymous CookieID. Facebook (by Meta) will combine this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.

The information automatically collected by Facebook (by Meta) technologies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to and stored on a server operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. If the data transfer to the USA is our responsibility, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. You can find more information about data processing by Facebook in Facebook’s (by Meta) data protection information.

FACEBOOK ANALYTICS

As part of Facebook Business Tooles, statistics about visitor activities on our website are created from the data collected with the Facebook Pixel about your use of our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Facebook (by Meta). Their analysis serves the optimal presentation and marketing of our website.

FACEBOOK ADS

We use Facebook Ads to advertise this website on Facebook (by Meta) and other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. Facebook (by Meta) is responsible for the exact implementation, in particular the decision about the placement of the advertisements with individual users. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, the data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with art. 26 GDPR. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Meta Platforms Ireland. The subsequent data processing by Meta Platforms Ireland is not covered by this.

Based on the statistics on visitor activities on our website created via Facebook Pixel, we operate group-based advertising on Facebook (by Meta) via Facebook Custom Audience by determining the characteristics of the respective target group.

Based on the pseudonymous cookie ID set by the Facebook Pixel and the data collected about your usage behavior on our website, we operate personalized advertising via Facebook Pixel Remarketing.

Via Facebook Pixel Conversions, we measure your subsequent usage behavior for web analysis and event tracking if you have reached our website via an advertisement from Facebook Ads. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Facebook.

8. INTEGRATION OF THE TRUSTED SHOPS TRUSTBADGE/ OTHER WIDGETS AND TRUSTPILOT

Trusted Shops and Trustpilot widgets (e.g. Trusted Shops Trustbadge) are integrated on this website to display Trusted Shops and Trustpilot services (e.g. seal of approval, collected reviews) and to offer Trusted Shops and Trustpilot products to buyers after an order.

This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing by enabling secure shopping in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne, Germany (Trusted Shops), with whom we are jointly responsible for data protection according to Art. 26 GDPR. In the context of this data protection notice, we will inform you below about the essential contents of the contract in accordance with Art. 26 (2) GDPR.

As part of the joint responsibility between us and Trusted Shops GmbH or Trustpilot A/S, please contact Trusted Shops GmbH or Trustpilot A/S with data protection issues and to assert your rights. You can find Trusted Shops’ contact options here, Trustpilots’ here. Further information on data protection can be found at the following link for Trusted Shops and here for Trustpilot. Irrespective of this, you can always contact us using the contact option described in this data protection declaration. If necessary, your request will then be forwarded to the other person responsible for an answer.

8.1 DATA PROCESSING WHEN INTEGRATING THE TRUSTBADGE/ OTHER WIDGETS

The Trustbadge is provided by a US CDN provider (Content Delivery Network) as part of a shared responsibility.

An appropriate level of data protection is ensured by standard data protection clauses and other contractual measures. Further information on data protection at Trusted Shops GmbH can be found here. When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. The IP address is anonymized immediately after collection, so that the stored data cannot be assigned to you personally. The anonymized data is used in particular for statistical purposes and for error analysis.

8.2 DATA PROCESSING AFTER ORDER COMPLETION

After completing the order, your hashed e-mail address using a one-way cryptographic function will be sent to Trusted Shops GmbH. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. This serves to check whether you are already registered for services with Trusted Shops GmbH and is therefore necessary for the fulfillment of our and Trusted Shops’ overriding legitimate interests in the provision of buyer protection linked to the specific order and the transactional evaluation services in accordance with Art. 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR required. If this is the case, further processing takes place in accordance with the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops. If you are not yet registered for the services, you will then be given the opportunity to do so for the first time. Further processing after registration is also based on the contractual agreement with Trusted Shops GmbH. If you do not register, all transmitted data will be automatically deleted by Trusted Shops GmbH and a personal reference is then no longer possible.

Trusted Shops and Trustpilot use service providers in the areas of hosting, monitoring and logging. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit f GDPR for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation. Processing can take place in third countries (USA and Israel). An appropriate level of data protection is ensured in the case of the USA by standard data protection clauses and other contractual measures, and in the case of Israel by an adequacy decision.

9. SOCIAL MEDIA

OUR ONLINE PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK (BY META), INSTAGRAM (BY META), YOUTUBE, PINTEREST, LINKEDIN

Insofar as you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR, when you visit our online presence on the social media mentioned above, your data is automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. As a rule, cookies are used for this purpose. The detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook (by Meta) is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland („Meta Platforms Ireland“). The information about your use of our online presence on Facebook is automatically collected by Facebook Ireland is usually transferred to a server operated by Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting a Facebook fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

Instagram is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland („Meta Platforms Ireland“). The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually transferred to a server operated by Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting an Instagram fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

YouTube is an offer from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our online presence on YouTube is usually transferred to a server operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Pinterest is an offer from Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Pinterest”). The information automatically collected by Pinterest about your use of our online presence on Pinterest is usually transferred to a server operated by Pinterest, Inc., 505 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

LinkedIn is an offer from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”). The information automatically collected by LinkedIn about your use of our online presence on LinkedIn is usually usually transferred to a server operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

10 CONTACT POSSIBILITIES AND YOUR RIGHTS

10.1 YOUR RIGHTS

As a subject, you have the following rights:

* In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
* In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us;
* In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing

  • * to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • * to fulfil a legal obligation;
  • * for reasons of public interest or
  • * is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

* According to Art. 18 GDPR the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as

  • * you dispute the accuracy of the data;
  • * the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;
  • * we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or
  • * You have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

* In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible;
* According to Art. 77 GDPR the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters.

10.2 CONTACT POSSIBILITIES

If you have any questions about how we collect, process or use your personal data, want to enquire about, correct, block or delete your data, or withdraw any consents you have given, or opt-out of any particular data use, please contact us directly using the contact data provided in our site imprint.

Right to object
If we process personal data as described above to protect our legitimate interests that are overriding in the process of balancing of interests, you may object to such data processing with future effect. If your data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time as described above. If your data are processed for other purposes, you have the right to object only on grounds relating to your particular situation.

After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for such purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

This does not apply to the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes. In such a case we will no longer process your personal data for such purposes.