Privacy and data protection

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 inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller in charge for data processing on this website within the meaning of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK-GDPR) is stamps4u.co.uk Ltd, Managing Director: Marc Rietbrock, West Court, Campbell Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 4FB, UK, Tel.: +441782 491619, E-Mail: [email protected]. stamps4u.co.uk Ltd is held by PPO Personalized Products Online GmbH, Managing Director: Marc Rietbrock, Wankelstraße 52, 50996 Köln, Germany, Phone: +49 2236 4809280.The controller in charge of the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

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 character string https:// and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website

When using our website for information only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

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

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

3) Content Delivery Network

- Cloudflare
On our website we use a content delivery network ("CDN") of the technology service provider Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Cloudflare"). A Content Delivery Network is an online service used to deliver large media files (such as graphics, page content or scripts) through a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the internet. The use of Cloudflare's content delivery network helps us to optimise the loading speeds of our website.
The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a secure and efficient provision, as well as improvement of the stability and functionality of our website.
For more information about Cloudfare’s privacy policy, please visit https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

4) Cookies

In order to make your visit to 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 end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values according to individual requirements. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping basket for a later visit to the website). If individual cookies used by us also process personal data, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR either to fulfil the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR in the case of consent or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

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

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/#cookies
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html

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

5) Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified, provided there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

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

Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide them to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. It is possible to delete your customer account at any time. This can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. We store and use the data provided by you for contract processing. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked in consideration of tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after expiry of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by our site, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

7) Commentary Function

Within the scope of the commentary function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time of writing the comment and the name of the commentator you have chosen is stored and published on the website. Furthermore, your IP address is logged and stored. This IP address is stored for security reasons, in case the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by submitting a comment. We need your e-mail address to contact you if a third party should object to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for the storage of your data is Art. 6 (1) point b and f UK-GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.

8) Use of Your Data for Direct Advertising

8.1 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 indication of additional possible data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will not send you an e-mail newsletter, unless you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to the sending of the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive future newsletters by clicking on an appropriate link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-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 so that we can trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising by means of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the responsible person named above. After your cancellation, your e-mail address will immediately be deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data in excess thereof, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

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

8.3 Newsletter dispatch via Sendinblue

Our email newsletter is sent via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance to Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. email address) is stored on Sendinblue's servers in the EU.

Sendinblue uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the sent emails contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymised form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients. If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

Furthermore, Sendinblue may use this data itself in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimisation of the service as well as for market research purposes, for example to determine which countries the recipients come from. However, Sendinblue does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with Sendinblue, with which we oblige Sendinblue to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.

You can view Sendinblue's privacy policy here:

https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/

9) Processing of Data for the Purpose of Order Handling

9.1 To process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), which support us wholly or partially in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transferred to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the scope of contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of payment processing, if this is necessary for payment handling. If payment service providers are used, we explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR.

9.2 We work with external shipping partners to fulfil our contractual obligations to our customers. We pass on your name as well as your delivery address exclusively for the purpose of delivering goods to a shipping partner selected by us, pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR.

9.3 Passing on Personal Data to Shipping Service Providers

- Royal Mail
If delivery of goods takes place by the transport service provider Royal Mail (Royal Mail Group, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0HQ, United Kingdom, https://www.royalmail.com/), we will pass on your e-mail address to Royal Mail in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR, prior to delivery of the goods, for the purpose of coordinating a date of delivery or of a notice about the shipment status, if you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, only the name of the recipient and the delivery address will be passed on to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior agreement of the delivery date with Royal Mail or transmission of status information for shipment delivery is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future either with the controller or with the transport service provider Royal Mail.
- UK Mail
If delivery of goods takes place by the transport service UK Mail (UK Mail Limited, 120 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4LZ, United Kingdom, https://www.ukmail.com), we will pass on your e-mail address to UK Mail in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR, prior to delivery of the goods, for the purpose of coordinating a date of delivery or of a notice about the shipment status, if you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, only the name of the recipient and the delivery address will be passed on to UK Mail for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior agreement of the delivery date with UK Mail or transmission of status information for shipment delivery is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future either with the controller or with the transport service provider UK Mail.

9.4 Use of Payment Service Providers

- Amazon Pay
If you choose the "Amazon Pay" payment method, payment will be processed by the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as "Amazon Payments"), to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the order process together with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Amazon Payments and only to the extent necessary. For more information about Amazon Payments' privacy policy, please visit https://pay.amazon.com/uk/help/201751600

- Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment by instalments" via PayPal, we transmit your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR and only insofar as this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out credit checks for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or, if offered, "purchase on account" or "payment by installments" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR. PayPal uses the result of the credit assessment in relation to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on recognized scientific, mathematical-statistical methods. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. For further information on data protection law, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's data protection declaration at: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/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 contractual payment processing.

- Stripe
If you choose a Stripe payment method, payment is processed by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, Block 4, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2, Ireland, to whom we pass on your information provided during the order process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, bank code if applicable, credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only to the extent necessary. For more information about Stripe's privacy policy, please visit: https://stripe.com/gb/privacy

- Apple Pay
If you choose the payment method "Apple Pay" of Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment is processed via the "Apple Pay" function of your terminal device operated with iOS, watchOS or macOS by debiting a payment card deposited with "Apple Pay". Apple Pay uses security features built into the hardware and software of your device to protect your transactions. To release a payment, it is necessary to enter a code previously defined by you and verify it using the "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function of your terminal device.

For payment processing purposes, the information you provide during the order process, along with information about your order, will be provided to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts this information with a developer-specific key before transmitting the information to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay for payment. Encryption ensures that only the website that made the purchase can access the payment information. Once the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the source website to confirm payment.
If personal data are processed in the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b UK-GDPR.
Apple retains anonymous transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymisation completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized information to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.
If you use Apple Pay on the iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made on the Mac through Safari, the Mac and the Authorization Device will communicate through an encrypted channel on Apple's servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that identifies you. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone preferences. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and disable "Allow payments on Mac".
For more information about Apple Pay privacy, please visit the following website: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

10) Contact for Requesting Customer Rating Information

10.1 Evaluation Reminder by eKomi
If you have given us your express consent during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR, we will transmit your e-mail address to the evaluation platform eKomi owned by eKomi Ltd., Markgrafenstraße 11, 10969 Berlin, (www.ekomi.de), so that it can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing or to the evaluation platform.

10.2 Evaluation Reminder by Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR, we will send your e-mail address to the evaluation platform Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Köln (www.trustedshops.it), so that it can send you an evaluation reminder by e-mail. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing or to the evaluation platform.

11) Use of Videos

Use of Youtube Videos

This website uses the Youtube embedding function for display and playback of videos offered by the provider Youtube, which belongs to Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

To this end, the extended data protection mode is used to ensure, according to provider information, that user information will only be stored once the playback function of the video is started. When the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider sets "YouTube" cookies in order to collect information about user behavior. According to indications from Youtube, the use of those cookies is intended, among other things, to record video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and to avoid improper actions. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation takes place in particular according to Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interests of Google in the insertion of personalized advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

Regardless of whether the embedded video is played back, a connection to the Google network "double click" is established when visiting this website. This may trigger further data processing beyond our control.

In the context of using YouTube, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Further information on YouTube data protection can be found in the provider's data protection statement at: www.google.com/policies/privacy/

To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your right of withdrawal, please follow the procedure described above.

12) Online-Marketing

12.1 Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and the conversion tracking within the framework of Google Ads, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 ESW5, Ireland ("Google"). We use the program of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. We can determine, in relation to the advertising campaigns data, how successful the individual advertising measures are. We are interested in showing you advertisements that are of interest to you. We want to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The conversion tracking cookie is set on a user’s browser, if he clicks on an ad delivered by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits a certain page of this website and if the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we will be able to recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was forwarded to this page. Each Google Ads customer gets a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be traced via the website of Google Ads customers. The information collected by the conversion cookies is used to provide aggregate conversion statistics to Google Ads customers who have opted-in for conversion tracking. Customers are informed about the total number of users who clicked on the ad and were forwarded to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not get any information enabling them to identify users personally.

Details on the processing operations initiated and on Google's handling of data collected from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en

If you do not want to participate in the tracking program, you can refuse the use of this program by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser through the user settings. In this case, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR. When using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit:
https://privacy.google.com/intl/en-GB/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in

You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by blocking them via a respective setting of your browser software or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in, available under the following link:
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be used, or may be used only to a limited extent, if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal of consent, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website.

12.2 Use of Afiliate Programs

- AWIN Performance Advertising Network
We participate in the Performance Advertising Network of AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin (hereinafter "AWIN"). Within the scope of its tracking services, AWIN stores cookies to document transactions (e.g. leads and sales) on end devices of users who visit or use websites or other online offers of its customers (e.g. register for a newsletter or place an order in an online shop). These cookies are used solely for the purpose of correctly allocating the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within its network.
A cookie only contains information about the time when a particular advertising medium was clicked on by a terminal device. The AWIN Tracking Cookies contain an individual sequence of digits which cannot be assigned to the individual user and which documents the affiliate program of an advertiser, the publisher, and the time of the user's action (click or view). AWIN also collects information about the mobile device from which a transaction is executed, e.g. the operating system and the calling browser. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate financial interest in the processing of commission payments with AWIN pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR.
If you do not wish cookies to be stored in your browser, you can do this by setting your browser accordingly. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your respective browser under tools/internet options, limit them to certain websites or set your browser so that it notifies you as soon as a cookie is sent. Please note, however, that in this case you must expect a limited display of online offers and limited user guidance. You can also delete cookies at any time. In this case, the information stored in it is removed from your mobile device.
For more information on AWIN's use of data, please refer to the company's privacy policy: https://www.awin.com/gb/legal/privacy-policy.

12.3 Use of Voucher Marketing Service Providers

- Sovendus

Voucher offers of Sovendus GmbH: In order to select a currently interesting voucher offer for you, we will transmit your pseudonymised hash value of your e-mail address and your IP-address in encrypted form to Sovendus GmbH, Hermann-Veit-Straße 6, D 76135 Karlsruhe (Sovendus) (Art. 6 par. 1 f UK-GDPR). The pseudonymised hash value of your e-mail address is used to consider a possibly existing objection to receive offers from Sovendus (Art. 21 par.3, Art. 6 par. 1 c UK-GDPR). The IP-address will be exclusively used for data security purposes and as a rule the same will be anonymised after seven days (Art. 6 Abs.1 f UK-GDPR). Furthermore, we will transmit order number, order value with currency, session ID, coupon code, and time stamp in pseudonymised form to Sovendus for billing purposes (Art. 6 Abs.1 f UK-GDPR). If you are interested in a voucher offer of Sovendus, while there is no objection existing to receive such offers, and if you click on the voucher banner, we will transmit your form of address, your name and your e mail address in encrypted form to Sovendus to prepare a voucher (Art. 6 par. 1 b, f UK-GDPR).
You will find further information about the processing of your data by Sovendus in their Online Data Protection Notice at https://www.sovendus.co.uk/privacy_policy.

12.4 Use of a Demand Side Platform for Playing Online Advertising

-Demand-side Platform (DSP)

In our capacity as advertisers, we and any agencies commissioned by us use DSPs to purchase advertising space on the publisher's inventory (e.g. websites). DSPs serve to bundle demand with the supply side platforms (SSPs). SSPs bundle the offer of advertising space of publishers or their marketers.
DSPs enable advertisers to identify suitable advertising spaces on the basis of personal data provided to the DSPs by the SSPs.
Supply (SSP) and demand (DSP) are processed automatically and in real time via programmatic marketing platforms (AdExchange). As contract processors, SSPs and DSPs do not themselves decide on the purpose of data processing. We use DSPs on the basis of our justified interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR.

We currently use the following DSPs:

1. Amazon DSP - Amazon Tag - Conversion Tracking

This website uses the Amazon Tag conversion tracking technology from Amazon Advertising, amazon.com, PO Box 504, 94302 Palo Alto, CA.If you have come to our website from an advertisement in the Amazon inventory, we will place a cookie on your computer that interacts with a tag implemented by Amazon in the form of a JavaScript code. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies lose their validity after 180 days and are not used for personal identification.

If the user is redirected from an advertisement in the Amazon inventory to pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, the tag records certain user actions that we have predefined and can track them (e.g. completed transactions, leads, search queries on the website, product page views). When you perform such an action, your browser sends an HTTP request from the cookie to Amazon's server via the Amazon tag that contains certain information about the action (including type of action, time, browser, type of device). In the context of using Amazon DSP, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Amazon.com in the USA.

Through this transmission, Amazon can compile statistics about the usage behaviour on our website after forwarding an advertisement in the Amazon inventory, which we use to optimise our offer.
If personal user data is processed, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f UK-GDPR on the basis of our justified interest in the statistical evaluation of the success of product ads in Amazon's inventory and the purchasing behaviour of the user and thus serves to optimise our online offers.

However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this by deactivating the Amazon Tag Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser in the "User Settings". You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

You can find out more about Amazon's privacy policy at the Internet address below: Link to Privacy Policy

If you wish to prevent the collection of pseudonymised data by Amazon DSP, please click on the following link: Link to opt-out (interest-related advertising).

12.5 Kelkoo Sales Tracking
This website uses Kelkoo Sales Tracking, a tracking technology provided by the Kelkoo Group, Parc Sud Galaxie, 6 rue des Méridiens, 38130 Échirolles, France ("Kelkoo"), to track and evaluate certain user actions performed on our website following a redirection from a Kelkoo domain.

For this purpose, a so-called Javascript-based tracking pixel is implemented in our order confirmation pages, which can track user actions as a one-pixel file through interaction with Kelkoo.
The tracking pixel establishes a connection between a user click on an ad (touch point) on Kelkoo and a completed order on our website. Upon completion of an order, your browser sends an HTTP request to Kelkoo's server via the pixel, with which certain information is transmitted.

This information includes the IP address of the terminal device (this IP address is anonymized by Kelkoo prior to storage), HTTP header (data packet with various technical information automatically transmitted by your browser) and the time of the request. In addition, the order number and the shopping basket value of your order are transmitted and stored by Kelkoo. Kelkoo will only collect this information and transmit and store it if an order has actually been placed after Kelkoo has forwarded it to our website.

If the transmission of this information to Kelkoo includes personal user data, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of the success of product advertisements on Kelkoo and the purchasing behaviour of users and thus serves to optimise our online offering.

If you do not wish the described information to be transmitted to Kelkoo in the future, you can only prevent this by deactivating Java Script execution in your browser. Alternatively, you can prevent the execution of Java Script Code by installing a Java Script Blocker (e.g. https://noscript.net/ or https://www.ghostery.com). However, it is very likely that you will not be able to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

12.6 Billiger.de - a project of solute GmbH - Sales Tracking
This website uses Billiger.de Sales Tracking, a tracking technology from solute GmbH, Zeppelinstraße 15, 76185 Karlsruhe, Germany ("Billiger"), to track and evaluate certain user actions that have been carried out on our website after forwarding from billiger domain.

For this purpose, a so-called Javascript-based tracking pixel is implemented in our order confirmation pages, which can be traced as a one-pixel file through interaction with Billiger user campaigns.
The tracking pixel creates a connection between a user click on an advertisement (touch point) on Billiger and a completed order on our website. When an order is completed, your browser sends an HTTP request to Billiger's server via the pixel, with which certain information is transmitted.

This information includes the IP address of the terminal device (this IP address is anonymized by Billiger prior storage), HTTP header (data packet with various technical information automatically transmitted by your browser) and the time of the request. In addition, the order number and the shopping basket value of your order are transmitted and stored by Billiger. A collection of this information and a transmission to and storage by Billiger only takes place if after forwarding from Billiger to our website an order was actually placed.
If the transmission of this information to Billiger includes personal user data, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of the success of product ads on Billiger and the purchasing behavior of users and thus serves to optimize our online offering.

13) Web Analysis Services

13.1 Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google (Universal) Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the abbreviated IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there, and may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes the possibility of direct personal reference. Through the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a server of Google LLC. in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide us with further services related to the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google (Universal) Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

Via a special function called "Demographics", Google Analytics also enables the compilation of statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors based on an evaluation of interest-related advertising and with the use of third-party information. This allows the definition and differentiation of user groups of the website for the purpose of target-group-optimized marketing measures.

However, data sets collected via "Demographics" cannot be assigned to a specific person.

Details on the processing operations initiated and on Google's handling of data collected from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en

All the processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies for reading information on the terminal device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a UK-GDPR. Without this consent, the use of Google Analytics during your visit to our website will not take place.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal of consent, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.

For the transmission of data from the EU to the USA, Google relies on so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the USA.

Further information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en

13.2 IntelliAd (IntelliAd Media GmbH)

This website uses the web analysis service including bid management of intelliAd Media GmbH, Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich ("intelliAd"). Due to our legitimate interest in the demand-oriented design and optimization of this website, pseudonymized usage data is collected and stored in aggregated form in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR, and user profiles are created from this data using pseudonyms. When intelliAd Tracking is used, cookies are stored locally. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor's Internet browser. If you want to deactivate the collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can obtain an opt-out cookie from intelliAd under the following link: https://login.intelliad.com/optout.php?locale=en

This opt-out cookie ensures that no visitor data from your browser will be collected and stored by intelliAd in the future.

The opt-out cookie is called "intelliadNoTrack" and is set by "intelliAd".

13.3 Mouseflow (Mouseflow ApS)

This website uses Mouseflow, a web analysis tool from Mouseflow ApS, Flaesketorvet 68, 1711 Copenhagen, Denmark for the purpose of recording randomly selected individual visits (with pseudonymized IP address only). This results in a record of mouse movements and clicks in order to play back certain website visits on a random basis and to derive potential improvements for the benefit of the website from those records. If personal data is also processed, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.

The processed information will not be passed on to third parties.

You can permanently object to the subsequent web analysis of Mouseflow at any time by setting an opt-out cookie. You can download and install the opt-out cookie available under the following link: https://mouseflow.de/opt-out/
Further information and Mouseflow's privacy policy can be found at: https://mouseflow.com/privacy/
The opt-out cookie is set by Quantcast.

13.4 nfxTrack (netzeffekt GmbH)

On this website netzeffekt Gmbh, Theresienhöhe 28, 80339 München, (www.netzeffekt.de) collects and stores data based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes according to Art. 6 Para. (1) point f UK-GDPR. Pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor's Internet browser. The cookies enable, among other things, the recognition of the Internet browser. The data collected with the netzeffekt technology will not be used to personally identify the visitor of this website and will not be combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without the separately given consent of the person concerned. The collection and storage of data can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. In order to object to the collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can obtain an opt-out cookie from netzeffekt under the following link, which means that no visitor data from your browser will be collected and stored by netzeffekt in the future:
https://datenschutz.netrk.net/optout

Under the following Internet address you receive further information about the data security regulations of netzeffekt:
https://www.netzeffekt.de/datenschutzerklarung

13.5 Pingdom (Pingdom AB)

This website uses the monitoring service Pingdom, which is operated by the Swedish Pingdom AB, Kopparbergsvägen 8, 722 13, Västerås, Sweden. Pingdom uses so-called "cookies", i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor's Internet browser. These cookies serve to recognize the browser and thus enable an analysis of your accesses as well as the loading behaviour ("performance") and the availability of our website in order to improve the loading behaviour and the presentation of the contents on the website.

If the cookies also process personal data, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a continuous optimisation of the content and technical aspects of our online presence.

In order to deactivate the use of cookies on your computer in general, 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 will be deleted. However, deactivating all cookies may result in some functions on our Internet pages no longer being able to be executed. Pingdom's privacy policy can be found at https://www.pingdom.com/legal/privacy-policy/

14) Retargeting/Remarketing/ Referral Advertising

14.1 Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking

This website uses the universal event tracking of the conversion tracking technology "Microsoft Advertising" by Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA).

For the use of universal event tracking, a tag is stored on each page of our website that interacts with the conversion cookie set by Microsoft. This interaction makes user behaviour on our website trackable and sends the information thus collected to Microsoft. The purpose of this is that certain predefined goals, such as purchases or leads, can be statistically recorded and evaluated in order to make the targeting and content of our offers more interest-oriented. The tags do not serve to personally identify users at any time.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading out information on the end device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR. Without this consent, Microsoft Advertising will not be used during your visit to the site.

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

You can obtain further information on the data protection provisions of Microsoft Advertising at the following Internet address: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement

14.2 Yahoo Gemini - Oath (EMEA) Limited

Yahoo Gemini is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to target users with advertising on Yahoo Gemini's partner websites. The purpose of Yahoo Gemini is to promote our website by displaying advertisements of interest on the respective partner sites. This website uses Yahoo Gemini, a marketing service provider operated by Oath (EMEA) Limited 5-7 Point Square, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR. Yahoo Gemini supports the delivery of personalized and behavior-based advertisements over the Internet using cookies. The collection and storage of data about cookies relating to user behaviour and device-related data of the user is anonymous and it is not possible to identify a natural person by using Yahoo Gemini. If you do not wish to receive interest-based advertisements, you can disable this feature here and you can learn more about the ability to opt-out here. You can see how you can prevent the setting of cookies in section 3 "Cookies".

14.3 DooFinder Search (DooFinder S.L.)
We use the search functionality of doofinder (DooFinder S.L., Madrid (C.P. 28006), CL. General Pardiñas, 70, piso 1º, puerta B, Spain ("doofinder") to make visiting our website attractive and to present you better search results faster. The DooFinder software technology allows us to display targeted individual product recommendations across the entire order procedure (home page, product detail page, shopping cart page or categories page). Thus, the advertisement shown to you will most likely correspond to your product and information interests. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the servers of doofinder. By doing so, doofinder becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Further information on the doofinder search can be found at https://www.doofinder.com/de/ and in doofinder's privacy policy: https://www.doofinder.com/de/privacy-policy. If the information collected is personal, it is processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the insertion of personalized advertising and market research.

14.4 Google Ads Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing, which enable us to advertise our website in Google search results, as well as on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). To this end, Google places a cookie in the browser of your terminal device, which automatically uses a pseudonymous cookie ID on the basis of pages you visited to allow interest-based advertising. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR.

Any additional processing will only take place if you have agreed with Google that your Google Internet and app browsing history will be linked to your Google Account and information from your Google Account will be used for personalized ads you view on the web. If you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data in connection with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To this end, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to create target groups. When using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Details on the processing operations initiated and on Google's handling of data collected from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en

You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for advertising preferences. You may download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can contact the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info to find out how to set cookies and to make the relevant settings. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Further information and Google's privacy policy regarding advertising can be viewed at:
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a UK-GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal of consent, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website.

14.5 Pinterest-Tag Conversion-Tracking
This website uses the conversion tracking technology "Pinterest Tag" of Pinterest Europe Ltd, Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Pinterest").
If you have reached our website from a pin on Pinterest, we set a cookie on your computer which interacts with an implemented "tag" in the form of a JavaScript code from Pinterest. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. These cookies lose their validity after 180 days and are not used for personal identification.

If the user is forwarded from a pin to Pinterest on pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, the tag records certain user actions predefined by us and can track them (e.g. completed transactions, leads, search queries on the website, calls to product pages). When such an action is performed, your browser sends an HTTP request from the cookie to the Pinterest server via the Pinterest tag, which contains certain information about the action (including type of action, time, browser type of device).

Through this transmission, Pinterest can generate statistics about the usage behavior on our website after forwarding a Pinterest Pin, which serve to optimize our offer.

If personal user data is processed, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of the success of product ads on Pinterest and the purchasing behavior of the user and thus serves to optimize our online offering.

However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this by deactivating the Pinterest Tag Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser under User Settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Alternatively, you can use the deactivation page for EU consumers at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/
Check whether Microsoft advertising cookies are set in your browser and deactivate them.
For more information about Pinterest's privacy policy, please visit the following Web address: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

15) Use of a Live Chat System

15.1 Tawk.to (SMS SIA)
This website uses technology from SMS SIA, Tirgonu iela, 6, Riga, Latvia, LV1050, (www.tawk.to) to collect and store anonymous data for the purpose of web analysis and to operate a live chat system for answering live support requests. These anonymous data can be used to create user profiles under a pseudonym. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor's Internet browser. They enable the recognition of the Internet browser. If the information collected in this way is related to personal data, it is processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer service and statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimization purposes.

The data collected with Tawk.to technology will not be used to personally identify the visitor of this website and will not be combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without the separately given consent of the person concerned. In order to avoid the storage of Tawk.to cookies, you can set your Internet browser in a way that cookies can no longer be stored on your computer in the future or cookies that have already been stored are deleted. However, if you deactivate the cookies, you may not be able to access the full range of functions on this website. You can object to the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymised user profile at any time with future effect by sending us your objection by e-mail to the e-mail address stated in the imprint.

15.2 Zendesk
Pseudonymized data is collected and stored on this website using technologies from Zendesk Inc, 1019 Market St, San Francisco, USA (www.zendesk.com) for the purpose of web analysis and to operate the live chat system for responding to live support requests. User profiles can be created under a pseudonym from these pseudonymized data. For this purpose, cookies may be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor's internet browser. The cookies enable, among other things, the recognition of the internet browser. In the context of using Zendesk, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Zendesc Inc. in the USA. If the information collected in this way relates to personal data, it is processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer service and statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.

The data collected with Zendesk technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website and will not be combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without the separately given consent of the person concerned. To avoid the storage of Zendesk cookies, you can set your Internet browser in a way 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 result in functional limitations when using the web site. You can deactivate the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymized user profile at any time with effect for the future by sending us your objection by e-mail to the e-mail address stated in the imprint.

16) Tools and Miscellaneous

16.1 Trusted Shops Trustbadge

The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is included on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer Trusted Shops membership to buyers after placing an order.

In this way, our legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our offer are protected, within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) point f UK-GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are a service of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.

When the trust badge is called up, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains e.g. your IP address, date and time of the call, transferred data volume, the requesting provider (access data) and it documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten at the latest seven days after the end of your page visit.

Further personal data will only be transferred to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies.

16.2 Cookie-Consent-Tool based on consentmanager-technology

This website uses the cookie consent tool supplied by consentmanager, Jaohawi AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden („consentmanager“), to obtain valid user consents for cookies and cookie-based applications.By incorporating a corresponding JavaScript code, users are shown a banner when calling up a page, in which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking the respective box. The tool blocks all cookies requiring consent until the individual user gives corresponding consent. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user's terminal device if consent is given.

To enable the cookie consent tool to clearly assign page views to individual users and to individually record, log and store the consent settings made by the user for a session, certain user information (including the IP address) is collected by the cookie consent tool when calling up our website, transmitted to consentmanager servers and stored there.

This data processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f UK-GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

Further legal basis for the data processing described is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c UK-GDPR. As the data controller for this website, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user's consent.
Further information on data use by consentmanager can be found in consentmanager's privacy policy at https://www.consentmanager.de/privacy.php

17) Rights of the Data Subject

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

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

17.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

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

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

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

18) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods). After expiry of this period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or there is no longer any legitimate interest on our part in the further storage.