Data protection

Data protection

I. General

(1) Below we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website.

(2) The term "personal data" refers to the definition of Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as "General Data Protection Regulation" or "GDPR" for short) all data that can be related to you personally. This includes, for example, name, address, e-mail address, user behavior. With regard to other terms, in particular the terms "processing", "person responsible", "processor" and "consent", we refer to the statutory data protection definitions of Art. 4 DSGVO.

(3) In principle, we only process personal data insofar as this is necessary to provide a functioning website and the content and services we offer. The processing of personal data takes place regularly only if you have given us your consent within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b) to lit. f) GDPR, is permitted.

(4) Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by national or European regulations to which we are subject. In this case, the data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed in the respective regulations has expired. The latter does not apply if further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

(5) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our website or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes.

II. Responsible body

(1) Responsible within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR, the other applicable data protection laws and other regulations and provisions of a data protection nature in the member states of the European Union:

Sariya Mahi Settouti

Theophanostrasse 4
50969 Cologne

Phone: +49 176 47616172
Email: sariyamahiset@gmail.com

(2) Further details on the responsible body can be found in our imprint.

III. Your rights

(1) You have the following rights towards us with regard to your personal data:

  • the right to information,
  • the right to rectification and erasure,
  • the right to restriction of processing,
  • the right to object to the processing,
  • the right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

IV. Processing of personal data when using our website for informational purposes

If you access our website without registering or otherwise providing us with information ("informational use"), we do not collect any personal data.

V. Processing of personal data through cookies

(1) We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the storage medium of your end device, e.g. on a hard drive, and through which we, as the place that sets the cookie, receive certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or transfer viruses to your end device. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below.

(2) Cookies that are stored in your web browser:

  • Persistent cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete these cookies at any time in the settings of your web browser.

(3) The processing of personal data by the above cookies serves to make our website more user-friendly and effective for you overall. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of these cookies. In particular, some functions of our website require that your web browser can still be identified after a page change. If you have an account, we use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. This avoids you having to log in again every time you visit our website. The data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. Insofar as cookies are used for analysis purposes, they serve to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to understand how the website, which functions and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimize our offer.

(4) Our legitimate interest in data processing lies in the above purposes. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR.

(5) The above cookies are stored on your end device and transmitted to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, which you can use, for example, to reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of our website properly. In addition, we recommend regularly deleting cookies and your browser history manually.

VI. Other functions and offers of our website

(1) In addition to the above-described informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, it is usually necessary to provide further personal data. We need this data to provide the respective service. The above data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers who have been carefully selected and commissioned by us to process this data. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly checked by us. If personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services that we offer together with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more detailed information about the consequences of this circumstance in the following descriptions of the individual services.

VII. Contact

(1) If you contact us by e-mail, the personal data you sent to us with your e-mail will be stored.

(2) We also have a contact form on our website that you can use to contact us. The data you enter in the input mask will be transmitted to us and saved: title, first name, last name, email address.

(3) The data will only be used to answer your questions. Unless this is explicitly stated in this data protection declaration, the data will not be passed on to third parties. In addition, we record your IP address and the time of sending.

(4) The processing of the above personal data serves solely to process your inquiries.

(5) The processing of other personal data that arises through the use of the contact form provided on our website serves to prevent misuse and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(6) This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of your personal data. If you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. If you want to use your e-mail to work towards the conclusion of a contract, Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR represents an additional legal basis.

(7) Subject to legal retention periods, the data will be deleted as soon as we have finally processed your request. If you contact us by email, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that in this case your request cannot be processed further. You can declare your revocation or objection by sending an e-mail to our e-mail address given in the imprint.

VIII. Newsletter

(1) We provide you with a newsletter that you can subscribe to on our website. Details of the newsletter, in particular its possible content, are named in the declaration of consent. If you subscribe to our newsletter, the data you entered in the input mask when registering for the newsletter will be transmitted to us. In order to register for the sending of the newsletter, you must provide us with the required data: first name, surname, e-mail address.

(2) If you provide additional personal data when registering, this is voluntary.

(3) We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to register for our newsletter. After you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you would like us to send you the newsletter in the future. If you do not confirm your registration within the period specified in the e-mail, the data you have provided will be blocked and deleted after 24 hours. In addition, we store your IP address and the time of registration for the newsletter as well as the time of confirmation. In connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter, the data will not be passed on to third parties. This data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

(4) Unless we use a third-party provider named below to send the newsletter, the data will not be passed on to third parties in connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter.

(5) The data you enter in the input mask when registering will be processed for the purpose of addressing you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your e-mail address in order to be able to send you the newsletter. We store the respective IP address and the times of registration and confirmation in order to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to be able to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data. This is also our legitimate interest. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

(6) The above data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the above purposes. We therefore store your above-mentioned data as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing from the newsletter, we store the aforementioned data purely statistically and anonymously.

(7) You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from this by clicking on the link contained in each newsletter email we send you.

(8) Alternatively, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter using the form provided on our website.

(9) We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. The newsletter e-mails sent by us contain a so-called web beacon or a so-called tracking pixel. This is a one-pixel image file that is stored on our website. The data mentioned in this section and the web beacons are linked to your e-mail address and an individual ID for the evaluation. The links contained in the newsletter also contain this ID. This data is only collected in pseudonymised form. The individual ID is not linked to your other personal data, so that it cannot be linked directly to a person.

(10) This processing of the data serves the purpose of tailoring the newsletter to your individual interests, optimizing our offer and making it more interesting for you overall. This is also our legitimate interest. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. If you have given us your consent for the above processing of the data, you can revoke this at any time. You can object to this evaluation of your user behavior at any time by clicking on the separate link contained in every newsletter e-mail. In addition, you can prevent the above evaluation of your user behavior if you have deactivated the display of images in your e-mail program by default. We would like to point out that in this case the newsletter will not be displayed in full and you may not be able to use all the functions of the newsletter. If you activate the display of the images manually, the evaluation of your user behavior just described will take place again.

IX. blog

(1) We offer a blog on our website. In this blog we publish articles on various topics.

(2) You can comment on the respective posts. If you make a comment, it will be published with the username you have given assigned to the respective post. When choosing a user name, we recommend that you use a pseudonym instead of your clear name. To use the comment function, you must provide the user name you have chosen and your e-mail address. All other information you provide is voluntary.

(3) Your e-mail address is stored for the purpose of contacting you if a third party reports your comment to us as illegal or to be able to defend ourselves against third-party claims if you publish illegal content. This is also our legitimate interest. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as illegal by third parties.

(4) If you have given us your consent to store the data, you can revoke this at any time. You can object to this storage of the above data at any time.

(5) We process and/or store your personal data on a server of an external provider in the European Union. This ensures that the standards and regulations of European data protection law are observed.

X. Purchase or Order

(1) We offer you paid services on our website. For this we process personal data provided by you.

(2) The processing takes place for the purpose of establishing and implementing a contractual relationship with you. If you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. Apart from that, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR.

(3) You can revoke your consent at any time. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. However, we would like to point out that it is not possible to conclude a contract without this data.

(4) The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case if we no longer need your personal data to carry out the contractual relationship. Deletion will not take place if we are obliged by law to continue storing your personal data.

(5) We offer you paid services on our website without it being necessary to register or create a customer account. To do this, you must enter your personal data in an input mask. This data is transmitted to us. Mandatory information is marked accordingly and must be given in full. The following data is collected: Salutation, first name, surname, e-mail address, address.

(6) The IP address and the date and time are also saved.

(7) The processing takes place for the purpose of establishing and implementing a contractual relationship with you. If you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. Apart from that, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR.

(8) You can revoke your consent at any time. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. However, we would like to point out that it is not possible to conclude a contract without this data.

(9) The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case if we no longer need your personal data to carry out the contractual relationship. Deletion will not take place if we are obliged by law to continue storing your personal data.

XI. payment service provider

(1) In order to process the payment, we transmit the payment data you have provided to Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor 1-2 Haddington Road Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland.

(2) The payment data is transmitted and processed by the above payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing. The use of external payment service providers enables us to offer you a selection of different payment methods and thus make the types of payment processing more flexible for both you and us. This is also our legitimate interest. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. Insofar as the processing of the above data takes place for the processing and implementation of the contractual relationship, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

(3) You can revoke your consent at any time. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. However, we would like to point out that without the transmission of the payment data and/or processing by the payment service provider, none or at least not all payment methods can be made available to you and it may not be possible to execute the contract.

(4) Your payment data will be transmitted to the server of our payment service provider in the European Union and processed there. This ensures that the standards and regulations of European data protection law are observed.

XII. guarantees or insurance

(1) Your data is transmitted for the purpose of providing you with the guarantee or insurance. This also serves the purpose of making the exercise of your contractual rights in connection with the guarantee or insurance and the exercise of these rights as simple and efficient as possible for you. The above data is therefore also processed for quality assurance and optimization purposes. This is also our legitimate interest and the interest of the provider. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for processing the data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b) and Letter f) GDPR.

(2) You can revoke your consent at any time. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. However, we would like to point out that the guarantee or insurance contract may not be possible without processing and storing this data.

XIII. DoubleClick

On our website we use "DoubleClick", an online marketing tool from Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Among other things, DoubleClick uses cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which web browser. This can prevent ads from appearing multiple times. DoubleClick can also use the cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, if you see a DoubleClick ad and later go to the advertiser's website with the same web browser and buy something there. According to information from Google, the aforementioned cookies do not contain any personal data. By using DoubleClick, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of DoubleClick. As far as we know, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on one of our advertisements. If you have a Google user account and are registered, Google can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that Google will find out and store your IP address.

We use DoubleClick for marketing and optimization purposes, specifically to show you ads that are relevant and interesting to you, to improve campaign performance reports, or to avoid seeing the same ads multiple times. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. It is also possible to prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser so that cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com” are blocked ( https://adssettings.google.de ). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. You can also deactivate interest-based ads via the link https://optout.aboutads.info . We would like to point out that this setting will also be deleted if you delete your cookies.

Third party information: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Further information on data use by Google, setting and objection options as well as data protection can be found on the following Google website:

XIV.Google Analytics

We use "Google Analytics" on our website, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google uses cookies, i.e. small text files, which are stored on your end device and which enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. If anonymization of the IP address to be transmitted by the cookie is activated on the website ("IP anonymization"), your IP address will be shortened beforehand 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 sent to a Google server outside the EU and shortened there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website on our behalf, to compile reports on website use and to provide us with other services related to website use and internet use. Pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted when using Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

We only use Google Analytics with the activated IP anonymization described above. This means that your IP address will only be processed by Google in abbreviated form. A personal reference can be excluded.

We use Google Analytics for the purpose of being able to analyze the use of our website and to be able to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. By statistically evaluating user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR (consent).

You can also prevent the storage of cookies generated by Google Analytics by making the appropriate settings in your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website. If you want to prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your user behavior (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google, you can also download and install the web browser plugin available under the following link: https : //tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

In order to oblige Google to process the transmitted data only in accordance with our instructions and to comply with the applicable data protection regulations, we have concluded an order processing contract with Google.

Third party information: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland

Further information on the use of data by Google, on setting and objection options as well as on data protection can be found on the following Google websites:

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.

XV. Google Tag Manager

We use "Google Tag Manager" on our website, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Tag Manager enables us as a marketer to manage website tags via one interface. The Google Tag Manager tool, which implements the tags, is a cookie-free domain and does not collect any personal data itself. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, this will remain in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

Third party information: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland

Further information on data protection can be found on the following Google websites:

XVI Google Web Fonts

We use "Google Web Fonts" on our website, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Web Fonts enables us to use external fonts, so-called Google Fonts. For this purpose, the required Google Font is loaded from your web browser into the browser cache when you access our website. This is necessary so that your browser can display our texts in a visually improved way. If your browser does not support this function, a standard font will be used by your computer for display. The integration of these web fonts takes place through a server call, usually on a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. The IP address of the browser of your end device is also stored by Google. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected and processed by Google through the use of Google Web Fonts.

We use Google Web Fonts for optimization purposes, in particular to improve the use of our website for you and to make it more user-friendly. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR.

Third party information: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland

Further information on data protection can be found in Google's data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://fonts.google.com/ , https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?hl=de-DE&csw=1 and https://www.google. com/fonts#AboutPlace:about