privacy
PRIVACY
You can generally use our website without providing any personal data. If personal data (such as name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis, wherever possible. This data will not be shared with third parties without your express consent.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may be subject to security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
The use of contact data published in accordance with the imprint obligation by third parties to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, through spam emails.
PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF FACEBOOK PLUG-INS (LIKE BUTTON)
Our website contains plug-ins from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plug-in by the Facebook logo or "Like" button on our site. You can find an overview of Facebook plug-ins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thus receives the information that you have visited our page using your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For further information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php
If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
If you do not want Facebook to directly associate the data collected through our website with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Facebook plugins using add-ons for your browser, e.g., with the "Facebook Blocker" (http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/)
PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF GOOGLE +1
Collection and sharing of information:
Using the Google +1 button, you can publish information worldwide. The Google +1 button provides you and other users with personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given a +1 for a piece of content and information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1. Your +1 may be displayed as references along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads across the internet.
Google records information about your +1 activity to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile, which must contain at least the name you chose for the profile. This name will be used across all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name you used when sharing content through your Google Account. Your Google profile identity may be visible to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.
Use of the collected information: In addition to the purposes explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google Privacy Policy. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users' +1 activity or share these statistics with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.
If you do not want Google+ to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Google+ profile, you must log out of Google+ before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Google+ plug-in from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g., the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).
PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF TWITTER
Our website incorporates features from the Twitter service. These features are provided by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. By using Twitter and the "Retweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter in the process.
We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.
You can manage your privacy settings on Twitter in your account settings under http://twitter.com/account/settings change.
If you do not want Twitter to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Twitter profile, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Twitter plug-in from loading using add-ons for your browser, e.g., the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).
DATA USE WHEN REGISTERING FOR THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter.
USE OF DATA FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION
We use the information you provide to fulfill and process your order. To fulfill the contract, we pass your data on to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery. To process payments, we pass on the necessary payment data to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the payment service provider commissioned by us, or to the payment service provider you selected during the ordering process.
USE OF COOKIES
To make visiting our website more attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. You can set your browser to inform you when cookies are set and to decide whether to accept them individually or to exclude cookies for specific cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
WEB ANALYSIS WITH GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", 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 the website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that if you do this, you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can click here to prevent Google Analytics from tracking your data on this website in the future. This will place an opt-out cookie on your device. If you delete your cookies, you will need to click the link again.
BONITY TEST AND SCORING
If we make advance payments, e.g., when purchasing on account, we may obtain a credit report based on mathematical and statistical procedures from PowerPay MF Group AG, P.O. Box 336, CH-9004 St. Gallen, to protect our legitimate interests. For this purpose, we transmit the personal data required for a credit check to PowerPay and use the information received regarding the statistical probability of a payment default to make a balanced decision regarding the establishment, implementation, or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report may contain probability values (score values) calculated based on scientifically recognized mathematical and statistical procedures, which include, among other things, address data. Your legitimate interests will be taken into account in accordance with legal provisions.