Data Protection & Privacy

We take the protection of your data seriously and would like to inform you comprehensively in this privacy policy about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles. (hereinafter collectively referred to as "online offering") Regarding the terms used, such as "processing" or "responsible party," we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Responsible party:
Silke Türck, schnittchen patterns
Englschalkinger Straße 264
81927 Munich Germany
Owner: Silke Türck
info@schnittchen.com

Types of processed data:

Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).
Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers).
Content data (e.g., text inputs, photographs, videos).
Contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category).
Payment data (e.g., bank details, payment history).
Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times).
Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses)

Processing of special categories of data (Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR):

No special categories of data are processed.

Categories of data subjects affected by the processing:

– Customers
– Visitors and users of the online offer.

Hereinafter, we will collectively refer to the data subjects as “users”.

Purpose of processing:

Making the online offer, its content, and shop functions available
Providing contractual services, service, and customer care
Responding to contact inquiries and communicating with users
Marketing, advertising, and market research
Security measures

As of January 2023

1. Terminology Used
   “Personal data” are all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or to one or more specific characteristics that are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

“Processing” is any operation performed with or without the help of automated procedures or any such series of operations in connection with personal data. The term is broad and encompasses practically any handling of data.

1.3. The term "Controller" refers to the natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other entity that alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2. Relevant Legal Bases
In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases for our data processing. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our services and carry out contractual measures as well as to respond to inquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

3. Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy
We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We will adjust the privacy policy as soon as changes in the data processing we carry out make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as these changes require your participation (e.g., consent) or any other individual notification.

4. Security Measures

4. We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, considering the state of the art, the implementation costs, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk; The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access, input, sharing, ensuring availability, and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, deletion of data, and response to data breaches. Additionally, we consider the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Art. 25 GDPR).

4.2. The security measures include, in particular, the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server.

5. Disclosure and transmission of data

5.1. If we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties) in the context of our processing, transmit it to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this only occurs based on a legal permission (e.g. if a transmission of data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is necessary for contract fulfillment according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this, or based on our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, hosting providers, tax, business, and legal advisors, customer care, bookkeeping, billing, and similar services that allow us to efficiently and effectively fulfill our contractual obligations, administrative tasks, and duties).

5.2. If we engage third parties to process data based on a so-called "Data Processing Agreement," this is done based on Art. 28 GDPR.

6. Transfers to third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or this occurs in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transmitting data to third parties, this only takes place if it is necessary to fulfill our (pre)contractual obligations, based on your consent, due to a legal obligation, or based on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we only process or allow the data to be processed in a third country if the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means that processing occurs, for example, based on special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU (e.g. for the USA through the "Privacy Shield") or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called "Standard Contractual Clauses").

7. Rights of the Data Subjects

7.1. You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the relevant data is being processed and to obtain information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.

7.2. You have the right, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of inaccurate data concerning you.

7.3. You have the right to request, in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, that the relevant data be deleted immediately, or alternatively, to request a restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR.

7.4. You have the right to request that the data concerning you, which you have provided to us, be provided to you in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and to demand its transmission to other controllers.

7.5. You also have the right under Art. 77 GDPR to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

8. Right of Withdrawal
You have the right to revoke consents given in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR with effect for the future.

9. Right to Object
You can object to the future processing of your data at any time in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. The objection can particularly be made against the processing for the purposes of direct advertising.

10. Cookies and Right to Object in Direct Advertising

10. "Cookies" are small files that are stored on users' computers. Within the cookies, different information can be stored. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies," are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. For example, a cookie can store the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status. "Permanent" or "persistent" cookies are cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed. For instance, the login status can be stored if users visit it again after several days. Similarly, such a cookie can store users' interests, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. "Third-party cookies" are cookies from providers other than the entity operating the online offering (otherwise, if they are only its cookies, they are referred to as "first-party cookies").

10.2. We use temporary and permanent cookies and inform about this in our privacy policy.
If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in their browser's system settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser's system settings. Excluding cookies may lead to functional limitations of this online offer.

10.3. A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be made with a number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US page http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU page http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ to be declared. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that not all functions of this online offer may be used as a result.

11. Deletion of data

11.1. The data we process will be deleted or restricted in processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 of the GDPR. Unless explicitly stated in this privacy policy, the data stored with us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention obligations preventing deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons.

11.2. Germany: According to legal requirements, storage is carried out for 6 years in accordance with § 257 Abs. 1 HGB (commercial books, inventories, opening balances, annual financial statements, business letters, booking documents, etc.) as well as for 10 years in accordance with § 147 Abs. 1 AO (books, records, management reports, booking documents, business and commercial letters, tax-relevant documents, etc.)

12. Order processing in the online shop and customer account

12. We process our customers' data as part of the ordering processes in our online shop to enable them to select and order the chosen products and services, as well as their payment and delivery, or execution.

12.2. The processed data includes inventory data, communication data, contract data, payment data, and the affected persons are our customers, interested parties, and other business partners. The processing is carried out for the purpose of providing contractual services in the context of operating an online shop, billing, delivery, and customer services. In this context, we use session cookies to store the shopping cart contents and permanent cookies to store the login status.

12.3. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b (Execution of order processes) and c (Legally required archiving) GDPR. The information marked as necessary is required for the justification and fulfillment of the contract. We disclose the data to third parties only in the context of delivery, payment, or within the framework of legal permissions and obligations to legal advisors and authorities. The data will only be processed in third countries if this is necessary for contract fulfillment (e.g., at the customer's request during delivery or payment).

12.4. Users can optionally create a user account, in which they can particularly view their orders. As part of the registration, the required mandatory information is communicated to the users. User accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. If users have canceled their user account, their data regarding the user account will be deleted, subject to their retention being necessary for commercial or tax reasons according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Information in the customer account remains until its deletion with subsequent archiving in the event of a legal obligation. It is the users' responsibility to secure their data upon cancellation before the end of the contract.

12.5. As part of the registration and re-registrations as well as the use of our online services, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the user's interest in protection against abuse and other unauthorized use. This data is generally not shared with third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

12.6. Deletion occurs after the expiration of statutory warranty and comparable obligations; the necessity of data retention is reviewed every three years; in the case of statutory archiving obligations, deletion occurs after their expiration (end of commercial (6 years) and tax (10 years) retention obligations); information in the customer account remains until its deletion.

13. Business analyses and market research

13.1. In order to operate our business economically, to recognize market trends, customer and user wishes, we analyze the data available to us regarding business transactions, contracts, inquiries, etc. We process inventory data, communication data, contract data, payment data, usage data, and metadata based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, whereby the affected persons include customers, interested parties, business partners, visitors, and users of the online offering. The analyses are conducted for the purpose of business evaluations, marketing, and market research. In doing so, we can take into account the profiles of registered users with information, for example, about their purchase transactions. The analyses serve to increase user-friendliness, optimize our offering, and ensure economic efficiency. The analyses are solely for our use and will not be disclosed externally unless they are anonymous analyses with aggregated values.

13.2. If these analyses or profiles are personal data, they will be deleted or anonymized upon termination of the user, otherwise after two years from the conclusion of the contract. Furthermore, the overall business analyses and general trend determinations will be created anonymously whenever possible.

13.3. The credit check of a customer is permissible if otherwise there is a risk of payment default, i.e., if the goods are delivered without payment having been received (i.e., if the customer chooses the purchase on account). No payment default is at risk if the customer, for example, chooses the prepayment option or makes the payment through third-party providers, such as PayPal.

It should also be noted that obtaining an automated credit report constitutes "Automated decisions in individual cases" according to Art. 22 GDPR, i.e., a legal decision without human involvement. This is permissible if the customer has consented or if this decision is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Whether the decision is necessary has not yet been conclusively clarified, but it is often considered to be the case, including by the author of this template. However, if you want to exclude any risk, you should obtain consent.

Consent is also necessary when the credit report is already used to decide whether the "on account" option should be displayed. For it could have been that the customer would have chosen prepayment or PayPal anyway, and the credit check would not have been necessary.

Such consent may, for example, be worded as follows:

I agree that a credit check will be conducted to decide in an automated process (Art. 22 GDPR) whether the option of purchasing on account is offered. Further information on the credit check, the credit agencies used, and the procedure as well as the options for objection can be found in our [Link]privacy policy[/Link].

14. Credit report
14.1. If we provide advance performance (e.g. when purchasing on account), we reserve the right to obtain an identity and credit report to assess the credit risk based on mathematical-statistical methods from specialized service companies (credit agencies).

14.2. In the context of the credit report, we transmit the following personal data of the customer (name, postal address, date of birth, information about the type of contract, bank details) to the following credit agencies:
[Please specify the credit agencies here, e.g.:] SCHUFA-Gesellschaft (SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, 65201 Wiesbaden), privacy policy: https://www.schufa.de/de/ueber-uns/daten-scoring/.

14.3. The information received from the credit agencies about the statistical probability of a payment default is processed within the framework of a proper discretionary decision regarding the establishment, execution, and termination of the contractual relationship. We reserve the right to refuse payment on account or any other advance performance in the event of a negative result of the credit check.

14.4. The decision on whether we provide advance performance is made in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR solely on the basis of an automated decision in individual cases, which our software makes based on the information from the credit agency.

14.5 If we obtain explicit consent from you, the legal basis for the credit report and the transmission of the customer's data to the credit agencies is the consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, 7 GDPR. If no consent is obtained, our legitimate interests in the reliability of your payment claim are the legal basis in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR.

15. Contact and customer service

15.1. When contacting us (via contact form or email), the user's information is processed for the handling of the contact request and its execution in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

15.2. The information of the users may be stored in our Customer Relationship Management System (“CRM System”) or comparable request organization.

15.3. We delete the requests if they are no longer necessary. We review the necessity every two years; requests from customers who have a customer account are stored permanently and refer to the customer account details for deletion. Furthermore, the legal archiving obligations apply.

16. Collection of access data and logfiles

16.1. We collect data on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR about every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server logfiles). Access data includes the name of the retrieved website, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, message about successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider.

16.2. Logfile information is stored for security reasons (e.g. to clarify abuse or fraud) for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. Data that is required for evidential purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident is finally clarified.

17. Online presences in social media

17.1. We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, in order to communicate with customers, interested parties, and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing policies of their respective operators apply.

17.2 Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process user data when they communicate with us within social networks and platforms, e.g. by posting on our online presences or sending us messages.

17.2. We use Google Analytics to display ads served within Google's advertising services and those of its partners only to users who have shown an interest in our online offering or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g. interests in specific topics or products determined by the visited websites) that we transmit to Google (so-called "Remarketing" or "Google Analytics Audiences"). With the help of Remarketing Audiences, we also want to ensure that our ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not appear intrusive.

18. Google Analytics

18. We rely on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offerings in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) on Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC ("Google"). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offering by the users is usually transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there.

18.2. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

18.3. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offering by users, to compile reports on activities within this online offering, and to provide us with further services related to the use of this online offering and internet usage. Pseudonymous usage profiles of users may be created from the processed data.

18.4. We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that the user's IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 truncated there.

18.5. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other data from Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting their browser software settings; additionally, users can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offering by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

18.6. You can find more information about data usage by Google, settings, and opt-out options on Google's websites: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners ("Data usage by Google when you use websites or apps of our partners"), https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads ("Data usage for advertising purposes"), https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated ("Manage information that Google uses to show you ads").

19. Facebook Social Plugins

19. We use social plugins (“Plugins”) from the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”), based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offerings in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR). The plugins can display interactive elements or content (e.g. videos, graphics, or text contributions) and are recognizable by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on a blue tile, the terms “Like”, “Gefällt mir” or a “thumbs up” sign) or are marked with the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and appearance of the Facebook Social Plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

19.2. Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thereby provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

19.3. When a user accesses a function of this online service that contains such a plugin, his device establishes a direct connection with Facebook's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to the user's device and integrated into the online service by the user. Usage profiles of the users can be created from the processed data. Therefore, we have no influence on the extent of the data that Facebook collects using this plugin and inform users accordingly based on our knowledge.

19.4. By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the online service. If the user is logged into Facebook, Facebook can associate the visit with his Facebook account. When users interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the Like button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from their device to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, there is still a possibility that Facebook will learn and store his IP address. According to Facebook, only an anonymized IP address is stored in Germany.

19.5. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as the related rights and options for protecting users' privacy, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

19.6. If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him through this online service and link it with his member data stored on Facebook, he must log out of Facebook before using our online service and delete his cookies. Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes can be made within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The settings are platform-independent, meaning they apply to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

20. Communication via mail, email, fax, or telephone

20.1 We use telecommunications means, such as mail, telephone, or email, for business transactions and marketing purposes. In doing so, we process inventory data, address and contact data, as well as contract data of customers, participants, interested parties, and communication partners.

20.2 The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with legal requirements for promotional communications. Contact is made only with the consent of the contacts or within the framework of legal permissions, and the processed data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary and otherwise in the event of objection/revocation or the removal of the legal basis or legal archiving obligations.

21. Newsletter

21. With the following information, we inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, shipping, and statistical evaluation procedures, as well as your rights to object. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and the described procedures.

21.2. Content of the newsletter: We send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications with promotional information (hereinafter "newsletter") only with the consent of the recipients or a legal permission. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described during the registration process, they are decisive for the users' consent. Furthermore, our newsletters contain information about our products, offers, promotions, and our company.

21.3. Double Opt-In and logging: Subscription to our newsletter occurs through a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means you will receive an email after signing up, asking you to confirm your subscription. This confirmation is necessary to prevent anyone from signing up with someone else's email address. Subscriptions to the newsletter are logged to demonstrate compliance with legal requirements regarding the registration process. This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation, as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored with the shipping service provider are also logged.

21.4. Shipping service provider: The newsletter is sent using "MailPoet," a product of Wysija SARL, 6 rue Dieudé, 13006, Marseille, FRANCE. You can view the privacy policy of the shipping service provider here: https://www.mailpoet.com/privacy-notice/. The shipping service provider is used based on our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and a data processing agreement according to Art. 28 para. 3 sentence 1 GDPR.

21.5. To the extent that we use a dispatch service provider, the dispatch service provider may use this data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assigning it to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. for the technical optimization of the dispatch and the presentation of the newsletters or for statistical purposes, to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, the dispatch service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them directly or to pass it on to third parties.

21.6. Registration data: To register for the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address. Optionally, we ask you to provide a name for personal addressing in the newsletters.

21.7. Measurement of success – The newsletters contain a so-called "web beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened, or if we use a dispatch service provider, from its server. In the course of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, are collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on the retrieval locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or the access times. The statistical surveys also include determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened, and which links are clicked. Although this information can technically be assigned to individual newsletter recipients, it is neither our intention nor, if applicable, that of the dispatch service provider, to monitor individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

21.8. Germany: The dispatch of the newsletter and the measurement of success are based on the consent of the recipients according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with § 7 para. 2 no. 3 UWG or based on the legal permission according to § 7 para. 3 UWG.

21.9. Austria: The dispatch of the newsletter and the measurement of success are based on the consent of the recipients according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with § 107 para. 2 TKG or based on the legal permission according to § 107 para. 2 and 3 TKG.

21.10. The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves as proof of consent to receive the newsletter.

21.11. Newsletter recipients can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, i.e., revoke their consents. A link to unsubscribe from the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. This simultaneously cancels their consents for success measurement. A separate revocation of success measurement is unfortunately not possible; in this case, the entire newsletter subscription must be canceled. Upon unsubscribing from the newsletter, personal data will be deleted unless their retention is legally required or justified, whereby their processing in this case will be limited to these exceptional purposes. We may particularly store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before we delete them for the purposes of newsletter dispatch, in order to be able to prove a previously given consent. The processing of this data will be limited to the purpose of possible defense against claims. An individual deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed.

21. Integration of services and content from third parties

21.1. We use content or service offerings from third-party providers within our online offering based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content"). This always requires that the third-party providers of this content perceive the users' IP address, as they would not be able to send the content to their browsers without the IP address. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We strive to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also referred to as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. Through the "pixel tags," information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website can be evaluated. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the users' device and may contain technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time, as well as further details about the use of our online offering, and can also be linked with such information from other sources.

21.2. The following presentation provides an overview of third-party providers and their content, along with links to their privacy policies, which contain further information on data processing and, in part already mentioned here, options for objection (so-called opt-out).

– If our customers use the payment services of third parties (e.g., PayPal or Sofortüberweisung), the terms and conditions and the privacy notices of the respective third-party providers apply, which can be accessed within the respective websites or transaction applications.

– External fonts from Google, LLC., https://www.google.com/fonts (“Google Fonts”). The integration of Google Fonts is done through a server call to Google (usually in the USA). Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

– Maps from the “Google Maps” service of the third-party provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

– Videos from the “YouTube” platform of the third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

– Within our online offering, features of the Google+ service are integrated. These features are offered by the third-party provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you are logged into your Google+ account, you can link the content of our pages to your Google+ profile by clicking the Google+ button. This allows Google 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 Google+. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

– Within our online offering, features of the Instagram service are integrated. These features are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram 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 Instagram. Privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

– We use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA (“Pinterest”). When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest's servers. The plugin transmits log data to Pinterest's server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the addresses of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest features, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your usage of Pinterest, as well as cookies. Privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

End of the privacy policy