data protection

Access data

Based on our legitimate interest, we collect data about access to the website and save it as "server log files" on the website server. The following data is logged in this way:

• Website visited
• 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
• Files accessed from the website

The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, for example to be able to clarify cases of misuse. If data must be retained for evidentiary purposes, it will not be deleted until the incident has been finally resolved.

Reach measurement & cookies

In order to make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products and filter systems or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests. This website uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transferred either from our server or the server of a third party to the user's browser. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.

Common browsers offer the option to not accept cookies. Note: There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.

Collection and processing of personal data

The website operator only collects, uses and passes on your personal data if this is permitted by law or if you consent to the data collection. Personal data includes all information that serves to identify you and that can be traced back to you - for example, your name, email address and telephone number.

You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. However, in order to improve our online offering, we always save your access data to this website (without personal reference). This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your Internet provider. Because the data is anonymized, it is not possible to draw any conclusions about you personally. We also distinguish between the following types of data collection, whereby the following personal data is recorded due to our legitimate interest in fulfilling our agreed service and optimizing our online offering:

a) Collection of data via contact forms
If you inquire via our contact forms, we collect the following data:
Salutation, first name, last name, company, street/number, zip code, city, country, telephone number, email address.
This data is required in order to be able to answer any inquiries regarding our services or products in a timely manner.

b) Collection of data via direct email enquiries
If you contact us by email, your details will be saved so that they can be used to process and answer your request. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

c) Collection of data when subscribing to our newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and can do so either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration. We need the following data in order to be able to send you the voluntarily subscribed newsletter correctly and in a customer-specific manner:

Salutation, gender, last name, first name, email address.

d) Collection of data when shopping in our online shop (including the creation of user and guest accounts)
The following data is collected when you shop in our online shop or when you create user and guest accounts:
Salutation, gender, surname, first name, billing and delivery address, email address, shopping cart/order, payment option/details, wish list, language settings

e) Dealing with comments and contributions
If you leave a post or comment on this website or our social media profiles, your IP address will be saved. This is done based on our legitimate interests and serves the security of us as website operators: If your comment violates applicable law, we can be held liable, which is why we have an interest in the identity of the comment or post author.