Data protection

Privacy Policy

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

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website in the sense of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Murad Güzel, MMR, An der Schindhohl 8a, 65843 Sulzbach, Germany, Tel.: 01603379996, Email: mmr.onlinehandel@gmail.com. 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.

2) Data Collection when Visiting Our Website

2.1 When you use our website for informational purposes only, meaning 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 visited website
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you accessed the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There will be no disclosure or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 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 us). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 Shopify

For the hosting of our website and the display of page content, we use the system of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify").

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada.

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

3.2 Shopify

We use a Content Delivery Network from the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify")

Data may also be transferred to:

Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada
Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

This service allows us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts faster via a network of regionally distributed servers. Processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

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

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow for the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.

If personal data is processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place either for the execution of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, in the case of a given consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, or to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

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

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 contact form or email), personal data will be processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been finally clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent this.

6) Comment Function

Within the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commenter name you chose will be stored and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and stored. This storage of the IP address is for security reasons and in case the person concerned infringes the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment. We require your email address to contact you should a third party object to your published content as illegal.

The legal bases for storing your data are Art. 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as illegal.

7) Data Processing for Order Fulfillment

7.1 Insofar as necessary for contract fulfillment for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products based on a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provided during the order (name, address, email address) to inform you personally about upcoming updates within the legally prescribed period, using a suitable communication channel (e.g., by mail or email), in accordance with our legal information obligations under Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Your contact data will be used strictly for the purpose of communicating updates owed by us and processed by us only to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order, we also work with the service provider(s) listed below, who support us fully or partially in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

7.2 To fulfill our contractual obligations to you, we work with external shipping partners. We pass on your name, your delivery address and, if necessary for delivery, your telephone number, exclusively for the purpose of goods delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, to a shipping partner selected by us.

7.3 Disclosure of personal data to shipping service providers

- Deutsche Post

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany

We transmit your email address and/or telephone number in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR before the delivery of the goods to the provider for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent for this during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, we only transmit the recipient's name and delivery address to the provider. The transmission only takes place insofar as it is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, a prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or the delivery notification is not possible.

Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the controller mentioned above or from the provider.
- DHL

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

Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the controller mentioned above or from the provider.
- DHL Express

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: DHL Express Germany GmbH, Heinrich-Brüning-Str. 5, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the controller mentioned above or from the provider.
- DPD

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the controller mentioned above or from the provider.
- GLS

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the controller mentioned above or from the provider.
- Hermes

As a transport service provider, we use the following provider: Hermes Logistik Gruppe Deutschland GmbH, Essener Straße 89, 22419 Hamburg, Germany

Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the controller mentioned above or from the provider.

7.4 Use of Payment Service Providers

- Apple Pay

If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, payment processing takes place via the "Apple Pay" function of your device running iOS, watchOS or macOS by charging a payment card stored in "Apple Pay". Apple Pay uses security features built into your device's hardware and software to protect your transactions. Therefore, to approve a payment, you must enter a code previously set by you and verify it using the "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function of your device.

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts this data with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay for payment processing. The encryption ensures that only the website where the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm successful payment.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Apple stores anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve "Apple Pay" and other Apple products and services.

If you use Apple Pay on iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made on a Mac via Safari, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you. You can disable the option to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone settings. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and disable "Allow Payments on Mac".

Further information on data protection at Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027
- Google Pay

If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), payment processing takes place via the "Google Pay" application on your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and having an NFC function, by charging a payment card stored in Google Pay or a verified payment system there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay exceeding €25, prior unlocking of your mobile device via the respective verification measure (e.g., facial recognition, password, fingerprint or pattern) is required.

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a uniquely assigned transaction number to the originating website, with which a successful payment is verified. This transaction number contains no information about the real payment data of your payment methods stored in Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a uniquely valid numerical token. In all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts only as an intermediary for payment processing. The transaction is carried out exclusively between you and the originating website by charging the payment method stored in Google Pay.

If personal data is processed during the described transmissions, the processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain transaction-specific information for each transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the goods or services purchased provided by the merchant, photos you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing takes place exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with other information collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

You can find Google Pay's terms of use here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de

Further information on data protection at Google Pay can be found at the following internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- Klarna

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

If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance (e.g., credit card payment), your payment data communicated during the order 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 transmitted to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be transmitted exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this.

If you select a payment method where the provider pays in advance (e.g., invoice purchase or installment payment or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, if applicable, data on an alternative payment method) during the ordering process.

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in assessing the creditworthiness of our customers, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider checks whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

In addition to internal provider criteria, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may be included in the decision-making process for the application review, in accordance with 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 recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractually compliant payment processing.
- PayPal

One or more online payment methods from 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 from the provider where you pay in advance, your payment data communicated during the order 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 transmitted to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be transmitted exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this.

If you select a payment method where we pay in advance, you will also be asked to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, if applicable, data on an alternative payment method) during the ordering process.

In such cases, to safeguard our legitimate interest in assessing your creditworthiness, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider checks whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system by PayPal, which consists of PayPal's own payment methods and third-party local payment methods.

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – "Pay Later" 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"), as part of the payment processing. The transmission takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered - "Pay Later" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be transmitted to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in assessing your creditworthiness. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide 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 recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. 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 contractually compliant payment processing.

If available and selected for the PayPal payment method "invoice purchase", your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal for payment preparation, after which PayPal will forward it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") for payment processing. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR in each case. In this case, RatePay performs an identity and creditworthiness check on its own behalf to assess creditworthiness according to the principle already mentioned above and transmits your payment data to credit agencies based on the legitimate interest in assessing creditworthiness in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. A list of credit agencies that Ratepay can access can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/

When using a local third-party payment method, your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal for payment preparation in accordance with 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 for payment processing in accordance with 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)

Further data protection information can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full
- Shopify Payments

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

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available to you on this website: Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden

8) Retargeting/Remarketing and Conversion Tracking

Meta Pixel with Advanced Matching

Within our online offering, we use the "Meta Pixel" service from the following provider in advanced matching mode: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta").

If you click on an advertisement placed by us on Facebook or Instagram, the URL of our linked page is extended by a parameter using "Meta Pixel." This URL parameter is then entered into your browser after redirection by a cookie that our linked page itself sets. In addition, this cookie collects specific customer data such as your email address, which we collect on our website linked to the Facebook or Instagram ad during processes such as purchases, account logins, or registrations (advanced data matching). The cookie is then read and enables the transmission of data, including your specific customer data, to Meta.

We use "Meta Pixel" with advanced matching to make our advertisements (so-called "ads") on Facebook and/or Instagram more effective and to ensure that they correspond to your interests or have certain characteristics (e.g., interests in certain topics or products identified based on the visited websites), which we transmit to Meta (so-called "Custom Audiences").

Furthermore, we analyze the effectiveness of our advertisements by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on an advertisement (conversion). Compared to the standard version of "Meta Pixel," the advanced data matching function helps us to better measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns by recording more attributed conversions.

All transmitted data is stored and processed by Meta, so that an assignment to the respective user profile is possible and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Meta's data usage policies (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data may enable Meta and its partners to display advertisements on and off Facebook.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your granted consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

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

The information generated by Meta is generally transferred to a Meta server and stored there; in this context, a transfer to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA may also occur.

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 based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

9) Page Functionalities

Judge.me

To display external customer reviews and/or an externally awarded seal of quality, graphic elements of the following provider are integrated into our website: Judge.me Ltd., c/o Buckworths, 2nd Floor, 1-3 Worship Street, London, England, EC2A 2AB, United Kingdom.

When you access a page on our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers to load the elements correctly. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If personal data is also processed in this context, it is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offer and the attractive design of our website.

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

An adequate level of data protection is ensured for data transfers to the provider's location by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

10) Tools and Other

- Billbee

For handling your accounting, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from the following provider: Billbee GmbH, Arolser Str. 10, 34477 Twistetal, Germany.

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices, and possibly also our company's bank movements, to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions, and use this to create financial accounting in a semi-automated process.

If personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.
- DATEV

For handling your accounting, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from the following provider: DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany.

If personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.
- easybill
For accounting purposes, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from easybill GmbH, Düsselstr. 21, 41564 Kaarst ("easybill"). easybill processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, if applicable, our company's bank movements, to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions, and create financial accounting in a semi-automated process.
If personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.
Further information on easybill GmbH, the automated processing of data, and data protection regulations can be found at easybill.de/privacy
- Lexware Office

For handling the accounting, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from the following provider: Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg, Germany

We process incoming and outgoing invoices and, if applicable, our company's bank movements, to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions, and create financial accounting in a semi-automated process.

If personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
- sevDesk

For handling the accounting, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from the following provider: sevDesk GmbH, Hauptstraße 115, 77652 Offenburg, Germany

11) Rights of the Data Subject

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

Right to information 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.

11.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, 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 YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

12) 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 - if applicable - additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

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

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed in the context of legal or quasi-legal obligations based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

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

When personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

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

Status: 14.02.2026, 17:17:13

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