Data protection
Welcome to our website
Thank you for visiting our shop, and thank you for your interest in our company, products and website. Protecting your privacy while visiting our website is our priority. As this is so important, we would like to provide you with the following information:
1. Anonymous data gathering
2. Collection and processing of personal data
3. Disclosure of personal data
4. Cookies
5. Use of etracker technology
6. Further information and contacts
1. Anonymous data gathering
Your personal identity is not revealed when you visit our website. The name of your Internet service provider, the website from which you visited us, and the name of the file(s) retrieved are, however, gathered and stored. This information is evaluated for statistical purposes only, and is useful in improving our range of products and services. Your anonymity as an individual user remains protected.
2. Gathering and processing of personal data
Personal data is only gathered and stored if you voluntarily provide us with such data, for example, while making a purchase or opening an account. Unless you expressly consent use for other purposes, this information is used solely for contractual purposes (i.e., filling your order) and to process your inquiries; it may also be used for client information purposes relating to our newsletter. Unless you expressly consent to the continued use of your data for other purposes, your personal data is deleted upon completion of the sale and after receipt in full of your payment. Your personal data is stored for the period of time required by law, for tax purposes and for purposes relating to certain provisions of commercial law; it is then deleted.
Your e-mail address will be used exclusively for our own advertising purposes relating to similar goods or services following conclusion of sale, but only within the framework of our newsletter.
You may object to the use of your e-mail address at any time without cost, apart from ordinary communications costs at the base rates. Notice of your objection (and, therefore, your choice not to receive our newsletter) may be served using the link provided in the newsletter for this express purpose, or by other suitable means of communication. Your e-mail address will be deleted immediately after receipt of your objection.
Your order data will be sent to you by e-mail or fax. Your personal data will not be used for any other purpose without your consent.
3. Disclosure of personal data
Your personal data will be disclosed within the framework of contractual fulfilment [only], and made available to the shipping company responsible for delivery, insofar as required for delivery.
Further disclosure of personal data may also occur if required to protect our rights -- for example, for debt collection purposes.
No personal data is divulged for any other purpose.
4. Cookies
Among other things, our online shops use so-called “cookies” (i.e., small text files stored on your computer), intended to enhance user-friendliness, efficiency, speed and online security. Cookies also allow us to measure the statistical frequency with which certain pages are consulted, and to evaluate overall site navigation. We would like to point out that some of these cookies will be stored on your computer by our system; most of the cookies stored on your computer are so-called “session cookies”, i.e., they are automatically deleted from your hard disk when you leave the site. You can choose to reject all cookies at any time by setting your browser to do so.
5. Use of etracker technology
This website uses etracker technology (www.etracker.com) to collect visitor behavior data. This data is collected anonymously to be used for marketing and optimization purposes. All visitor data is saved using an anonymous user ID and can be aggregated to a usage profile. Cookies may be used for this purpose, but only to collect and save data in anonymous form. The collected data will not be used to identify a visitor personally and is not aggregated with any personal data. The collection and storage of data may be revoked at any time with respect to subsequent services.
6. Further information and contacts
If you have any further questions relating to “Data protection”, please contact us. For our contact information, please refer to the section headed “Legal information”. We are open to inquiries at any time – for example, you are entitled to inquire about the nature of any personal data relating to yourself which may have been stored by us; you may add to -- or request the correction or deletion of -- any personal data we may have relating to yourself; and you may make suggestions, at any time, by e-mail or letter. We will be glad to hear from you.