Privacy policy

PRIVACY POLICY

1) INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA 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 is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Sentosa mode. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

2) DATA COLLECTION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

When using our website purely for informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit 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 at the moment of access

  • Amount of data sent in bytes

  • Source/reference from which you reached the page

  • Browser used

  • Operating system used

  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) COOKIES

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified duration, which can vary depending on the cookie.

In some cases, cookies serve to simplify the order process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

We may cooperate with advertising partners who help us make our internet offering more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies may also be stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (third-party cookies). If we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the collected information within the paragraphs below.

Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. You can find this for the respective browsers at the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE

Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) CONTACT

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form is evident from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the related technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been fully processed, provided that the circumstances indicate that the matter has been conclusively clarified and no legal retention periods prevent deletion.

5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN CREATING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION

According to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, personal data will also be collected and processed if you provide us with such data for the execution of a contract or when creating a customer account. The data collected is evident from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the address of the data controller mentioned above. We store and use the data you provide to process the contract. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the legal right to further use your data, which we will inform you about below.

6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING

6.1 Subscription to Our E-mail Newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The mandatory information for sending the newsletter is only your e-mail address. Providing additional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called Double Opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter after you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receive the newsletter. We will send you a confirmation e-mail, asking you to confirm your subscription by clicking a corresponding link. By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent to use your personal data according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. When subscribing to the newsletter, we store your IP address registered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of subscription, in order to trace any misuse of your e-mail address at a later time. The data we collect during the newsletter subscription will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising through the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the data controller mentioned above. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further data use that is legally permitted, which we will inform you about in this statement.

6.2 Sending the E-mail Newsletter to Existing Customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular offers for similar goods or services from our assortment via e-mail. No separate consent from you is required for this. Data processing is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send any e-mails. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the above-mentioned advertising purpose at any time with future effect by sending a message to the data controller mentioned at the beginning. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to basic rates. After receiving your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be immediately stopped.

7) DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING

7.1 The personal data we collect will be passed on to the transport company responsible for the delivery, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the bank responsible for payment processing, as far as this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you about them below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

7.2 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Service Providers) - PayPal

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or, if offered, "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we will pass your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") for payment processing. The transfer is made according to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or, if offered, "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. The result of the credit check regarding the statistical likelihood of payment default is used by PayPal to decide whether to offer the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values (so-called score values). These score values are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. In the calculation of the score values, among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included. Further data protection information, including about the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

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 as far as this is necessary for the contractually agreed payment processing.

SOFORT

When selecting the payment method "SOFORT," the payment processing is carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we will forward the information you provide during the ordering process, including the information about your order, according to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The transfer of your data occurs solely for the purpose of payment processing with SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. You can find more information about SOFORT's data protection regulations at https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.

8) CONTACT REGARDING EVALUATION REMINDER

Own evaluation reminder (no dispatch through a customer review system)

We use your e-mail address to send a one-time reminder to leave a review of your order for the review system we use, provided that you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR during or after your order. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller responsible for data processing.

9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS

9.1 Facebook Plugins with Shariff Solution
Special additional customs clearance fees and/or import duties are not included in the price and are the responsibility of the customer.

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook").

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated as full plugins, but only as HTML links. This method of integration ensures that when accessing a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is made to Facebook’s servers. Only when you click on the button will a new browser window open and load the Facebook page, where you can (if necessary, after logging in) interact with the plugins.

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

9.2 Google+ Plugins with Shariff Solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Google+, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated as full plugins, but only as HTML links. This method of integration ensures that when accessing a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is made to Google+’s servers. Only when you click on the button will a new browser window open and load the Google+ page, where you can (if necessary, after logging in) interact with the plugins.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy:
👉 https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

9.3 Instagram Plugin with Shariff Solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the online service Instagram, operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not integrated as full plugins, but only as HTML links. This method of integration ensures that when accessing a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is made to Instagram’s servers. Only when you click on the button will a new browser window open and load the Instagram page, where you can (if necessary, after logging in) interact with the plugins.

Instagram LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy:
👉 https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

10) ONLINE MARKETING

10.1 DoubleClick by Google

This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").

DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being shown multiple times. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Additionally, DoubleClick may use cookie IDs to track so-called conversions related to ad requests. For example, this occurs if a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later uses the same browser to visit the advertiser’s website and make a purchase. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google’s servers. We have no control over the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you to the best of our knowledge: by integrating DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google may associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or not logged in, there is a chance that Google will learn and store your IP address.

If you wish to object to this tracking process, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com:
👉 https://www.google.de/settings/ads
(Note: this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies.)

Alternatively, you can get more information about cookie placement and opt-out options at the Digital Advertising Alliance website:
👉 www.aboutads.info

You can also configure your browser to inform you when cookies are being set, and allow you to decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," which ensures compliance with EU data protection standards.
More information on DoubleClick's data protection policies is available at:
👉 https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and, within the scope of Google AdWords, conversion tracking provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers via advertising on external websites (so-called Google AdWords). We can determine the success of individual advertising campaigns in relation to the campaign data. Our goal is to show you ads that are of interest to you, make our website more appealing, and calculate advertising costs fairly.

A conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on a Google-served AdWords ad. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer system. These cookies generally expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify the user. If the user visits specific pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of different AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. Customers receive the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block the use by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie via your browser's user settings. In this case, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

11) WEB ANALYTICS SERVICES

Google (Universal) Analytics – Google Universal Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your truncated IP address) is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the "_anonymizeIp()" extension, which ensures IP anonymization by shortening it and prevents it from being directly linked to a specific person. With this extension, Google truncates your IP address within EU member states or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. In such exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services relating to website usage and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
👉 https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Alternatively, especially for browsers on mobile devices, click the following link to set an opt-out cookie. This opt-out cookie will prevent data collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and for this domain; if you delete your cookies, you must click this link again):
👉 Deactivate Google Analytics

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European Privacy Shield agreement, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows via a User ID. When a page is accessed for the first time, the user is assigned a unique, persistent, and anonymized ID that is set across devices. This makes it possible to associate interaction data from different devices and sessions with a single user. The User ID contains no personal data and does not transmit any such data to Google.

You can object to the collection and storage of data via the User ID at any time with future effect. To do this, you must deactivate Google Analytics on all systems you use, such as in a different browser or on your mobile device.

You can deactivate it using the Google browser plug-in:
👉 https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

More information about Universal Analytics can be found here:
👉 https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=en

12) RETARGETING/REMARKETING/REFERRAL ADVERTISING

Facebook Custom Audience via the Pixel Method

This website uses the “Facebook Pixel” of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”). If you have given your explicit consent, this allows the tracking of user behavior after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This method helps evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and may help optimize future advertising strategies.

The data collected is anonymous to us, so it provides no conclusions about the identity of users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, allowing a connection to the respective user profile. Facebook may use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with its data usage policy:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

This may enable Facebook and its partners to display ads on and outside of Facebook. For these purposes, a cookie may be stored on your device. These processing activities only take place if you have given your express consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Consent to the use of the Facebook Pixel may only be given by users who are at least 13 years old. If you are younger, we ask you to obtain permission from your legal guardians.

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European Privacy Shield agreement, ensuring compliance with EU data protection standards.

To disable the use of cookies on your device, you can adjust your browser settings to prevent cookies from being stored, or to delete existing cookies. Disabling cookies may limit some functionalities of our website.

You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers such as Facebook via the following website:
👉 https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Google AdWords Remarketing

Our website uses the features of Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. This service is provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in your browser, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID based on the pages you visited. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your browsing history with your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you see on the web. If you are logged in to Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data in order to build audiences.

You can permanently disable ad cookie settings by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available here:
👉 https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, visit the Digital Advertising Alliance website to learn more about setting cookies and opt-out options:
👉 www.aboutads.info

You can also configure your browser to inform you when cookies are set and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European Privacy Shield, ensuring compliance with EU data protection standards.

More information about advertising and Google’s privacy policy can be found here:
👉 https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

We use Google AdWords based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the U.S.-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield," ensuring compliance with EU data protection standards.

More information about Google’s privacy policies is available at:
👉 https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them in your browser settings or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at:
👉 https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain features of this website may not function properly or may only be available to a limited extent if you disable the use of cookies.

13) RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights (access and intervention rights) regarding the processing of your personal data by the controller, which we will inform you about below:

  • Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, including the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned duration of storage or the criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the intended consequences of such processing, and your right to be informed about the safeguards in place for data transfer to third countries according to Art. 46 GDPR.

  • Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to demand the immediate correction of inaccurate data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete data stored by us.

  • Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17(1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply, particularly when the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to comply with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

  • Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data is being verified, if you refuse the erasure of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data, if you need your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, after we no longer need these data for the purposes they were collected for, or if you have objected to processing based on your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds override yours.

  • Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, the controller is required to inform all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of the rectification or erasure of the data or the restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.

  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller, provided this is technically feasible.

  • Right to withdraw consent according to Art. 7(3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw any consent previously given for the processing of your data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will erase the affected data without delay unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before the withdrawal.

  • Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

13.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to such processing at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, with effect for the future. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease the processing of the affected data. However, further processing may be permitted if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing. You can exercise the objection as described above. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease the processing of the affected data for direct marketing purposes.

14) DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods). After the retention period has expired, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, unless they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storing them.