Privacy policy

Contact for data protection matters concerning this shop: walterknollersatzteile@architare.de.

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we inform you about how your personal data is handled when using our website. Personal data is all data by which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is architare barbara benz einrichten GmbH & Co. KG, Vordere Kernenstraße 2, 72202 Nagold, Germany, phone: +49 7452 / 8 47 50 8 0, e-mail: walterknollersatzteile@architare.de. The controller for 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 The controller has appointed a data protection officer, who can be contacted as follows: "Barbara Benz Einrichten GmbH & Co. KG, Vordere Kernenstraße 2, 72202 Nagold, phone: 07452/8475080, fax: 07452/84750819, e-mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@architare.de"

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When using our website for purely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our website that you visited
Date and time at the point of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you arrived at the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (where applicable: in anonymised form)

Processing takes place pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

3) Hosting & content delivery network

For the hosting of our website and the display of the page content we use a provider that renders its services, itself or through selected subcontractors, exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted again after you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the case of consent having been given, or pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

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

5) Contacting us

When you contact us (e.g. via the contact form or by e-mail), personal data is processed exclusively for the purpose of handling and responding to your enquiry and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations conflict with this.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required in each case if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required to open an account from the input mask of the relevant form on our website.

You may delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the above address of the controller. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully performed, no statutory retention periods conflict with this and we no longer have a legitimate interest in continued storage.

7) Use of customer data for direct marketing

7.1 Subscribing to our e-mail newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used so that we can address you personally. For sending the newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receiving the newsletter by clicking a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link you give us your consent to the use of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. In this context we store the IP address assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when you subscribe to the newsletter is used strictly for the stated purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list without delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this in a manner permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers by e-mail for goods or services from our range that are similar to those already purchased. Pursuant to Section 7(3) of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG), we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, the data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct marketing pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose from the outset, we will not send you any e-mails.

You are entitled to object at any time, with effect for the future, to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose by notifying the controller named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs at the basic rates for this. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.

7.3 Shopping cart reminders by e-mail

If you abandon your purchase with us before completing the order, you have the option of being reminded once by e-mail of the contents of your virtual shopping cart.

The only mandatory information for sending this reminder is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used so that we can address you personally. For sending e-mails we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive a notification once you have expressly confirmed your consent in this respect by clicking a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link you give us your consent to the use of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for sending a shopping cart reminder. In this context we store the IP address assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when you register for our e-mail notification service is used strictly for the stated purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the shopping cart reminders at any time by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted from the distribution list set up for this purpose without delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this in a manner permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.4 Advertising by postal mail On the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct marketing, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and - insofar as we have received this additional information from you within the scope of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, year of birth and your occupational, industry or business designation pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and to use it to send you interesting offers and information about our products by postal mail. You may object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by notifying us.

8) Data processing for order handling

8.1 Insofar as necessary for the performance of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us is passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If, on the basis of a corresponding contract, we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products, we process the contact data you provided when placing the order in order to inform you personally within the scope of our statutory information obligations pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Your contact data is used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates owed by us and is processed by us for this purpose only to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order we also work with the following service provider(s), who support us wholly or partly in the performance of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.2 In order to fulfil our contractual obligations towards our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We pass on your name and your delivery address and, insofar as necessary for delivery, your telephone number, exclusively for the purposes of delivering the goods pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, to a shipping partner selected by us.

8.3 Disclosure of personal data to shipping service providers

- DHL

We use the following provider as a transport service provider: DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany

We pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of arranging a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, we only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data is only passed on insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior arrangement of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.

Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller designated above or vis-à-vis the provider.

8.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Klarna

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden

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

If you select a payment method in which the provider makes advance performance (e.g. purchase on account or by instalments, or direct debit), you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, and where applicable data on an alternative means of payment).

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

In addition to provider-internal criteria, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may also be included in the decision within the scope of the application check pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR:

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

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included, among other things but not exclusively, in the calculation of the score values.

You may object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may remain entitled to process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for contractual payment processing. - PayPal

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

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

If you select a payment method in which we make advance performance, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, and where applicable data on an alternative means of payment).

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

This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal consisting of PayPal's own payment methods and local payment methods of third-party providers.

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay Later" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data within the scope of payment processing to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"). The data is passed on pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only insofar as this is necessary for payment processing.

For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay Later" via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit report. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included, among other things but not exclusively, in the calculation of the score values. You may object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may remain entitled to process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

If the PayPal payment method "purchase on account" is available and selected, your payment data is first transmitted to PayPal in preparation for the payment, whereupon PayPal forwards it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") in order to carry out the payment. The legal basis in each case is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case RatePay carries out an identity and credit check in its own name to determine solvency in accordance with the principle already described above and passes on your payment data to credit agencies on the basis of the legitimate interest in determining solvency pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. A list of the credit agencies that Ratepay may draw on can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/

When using the payment method of a local third-party provider, your payment data is first passed on to PayPal in preparation for the payment pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal then transmits your payment data to the corresponding provider in order to carry out the payment pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR:

- Apple Pay (Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland) - Google Pay (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland) - iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands) - bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium) - blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z o.o., ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland) - eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2 1200 Vienna, Austria) - MyBank (PRETA S.A.S, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France) - Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)

For further data protection information please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full - Shopify Payments

One or more online payment methods of the following provider are available on this website: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

9) Web analysis services

Google Analytics 4

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

By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are stored as small text elements on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which is, however, truncated by Google by the last digits in order to exclude direct attribution to a person.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed further there. Transfers to Google LLC, based in the USA, are also possible.

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

All of the processing operations described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, are only carried out if you have given us your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 is not used during your visit to the site. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites Demographic characteristics Google Analytics 4 uses the special "demographic characteristics" function and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analysing advertising and information from third-party providers. This makes it possible to identify target groups for marketing activities. However, the data collected cannot be attributed to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals may be used on this website in order to have cross-device reports created. If you have activated personalised advertising and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, analyse your usage behaviour across devices and create database models, including on cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you wish to stop the cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the "personalised advertising" function in the settings of your Google account. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

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

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

10) Retargeting / remarketing and conversion tracking

Google Ads conversion tracking

This website uses the online advertising programme "Google Ads" and, within the scope of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use the Google Ads service in order to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google AdWords). In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. Our aim in doing so is to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an Ads advertisement placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies generally expire after 30 days and do not serve to identify you personally. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that the user clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that would allow users to be personally identified. Within the scope of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

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

All of the processing operations described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading out information on the device used, are only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

In addition, you can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155656?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be usable or may only be usable to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies. Google's data protection provisions can be viewed here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

11) Site functionalities

Google Maps

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

Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive maps in order to present geographical information visually. Through the use of this service, our location is shown to you and any journey is made easier.

As soon as you access those subpages in which the Google Maps map is embedded, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there; this may also involve a transfer to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data is assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be assigned to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates it.

The collection, storage and evaluation take place pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in displaying personalised advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google in order to exercise it. If you do not agree to the future transfer of your data to Google within the scope of the use of Google Maps, it is also possible to deactivate the Google Maps web service entirely by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps, and thus also the map display on this website, can then not be used.

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for the processing of your data as described above. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option for raising an objection described above.

Further information on Google's data protection provisions can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

12) Tools and miscellaneous

Cookie consent tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications requiring consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they access the site in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent can be given for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking boxes. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives the corresponding consent by ticking the boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective user's device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies in order to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

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

A further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As a controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of cookies that are not technically necessary dependent on the respective user's consent.

Insofar as necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

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

13) Rights of the data subject

13.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis cited for the respective conditions of exercise:

Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent given pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

14) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - where applicable - additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

Where personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you revoke your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data that is processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continued storage.

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Where personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data is otherwise deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

Last updated: July 2026

This is a convenience translation. The German version of this privacy policy is the legally binding one.

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