Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is BladeofAnime, Weinbergweg 1/1, 75223 Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany, Tel.: 017642044066, Email: support@bladeofanime. The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing 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 character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect 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 of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be shared or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

Hosting by Shopify
We use the shop system of the service provider Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify"), for the purpose of hosting and displaying the online shop on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Shopify's servers. As part of the aforementioned Shopify services, data may also be transferred to Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc., or Shopify (USA) Inc. for further processing on our behalf. In the event that data is transferred to Shopify Inc. in Canada, an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision. Further information on Shopify's data protection can be found on the following website: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz
Further processing on Shopify servers other than those mentioned above will only take place within the framework communicated below.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website more attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing your browser (so-called "session cookies"); others remain on your device for a longer period and allow you to save page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find out how long cookies are stored in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR either to execute the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the event of consent being given, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contact

5.1 Rating reminder and review by Judge.me
If you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we will transmit your email address, order number, and order date to the Judge.me review platform of Judge.me LLC, PO Box 7403, Jackson, Wyoming 83002, USA, so that they can send you a review reminder by email. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller or to the Judge.me review platform.
Our website also includes functions for collecting and displaying product reviews from the Judge.me service. When you submit a review, certain personal data is processed to verify customer reviews. If you submit a review on our website, your first and last name, email address, order date and number, name, and, if applicable, international references (GTIN/ISDNF) will be collected, transmitted to Judge.me, and evaluated there to determine the legitimacy of a customer review for a specific order. This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in guaranteeing the authenticity of customer reviews by ensuring transaction-relatedness and preventing review misuse. Once the review has been reviewed and approved, the data will be deleted by Judge.me. All of the aforementioned processing operations may also result in the transmission of personal data to Judge.me LLC servers in the USA.
Judge.me’s privacy policy can be found at: https://judge.me/privacy

5.2 When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at entering into a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

In accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required to open an account in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller at the above-mentioned address. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary, and we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

7) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commenter name you chose will be saved and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address will be saved for security reasons to enable attribution to the author in the event of illegal comments. Your email address will be saved so that we can contact you if a third party should object to your published content as illegal.

8) Use of customer data for direct marketing

Subscribe to our email newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information required to receive the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter after you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. We will save your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration so that we can trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter will be used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list 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 also use your data to present you with products that may be compatible with those you have already purchased. You can unsubscribe from such messages at any time using the link in the respective message.

9) Data processing for order processing

9.1 To the extent necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products based on a corresponding contract, we will process the contact information you provided when placing your order (name, address, email address) in order to inform you personally about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period via a suitable communication channel (e.g., by post or email) within the scope of our statutory information obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Your contact information will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying you about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.

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

9.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Amazon Pay
If you select the "Amazon Pay" payment method, payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe sca, 38 avenue JF Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter: "Amazon Payments"), to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing payments with the payment service provider Amazon Payments and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. If cookies, i.e. small text files stored on your device, are set when using Amazon Pay, this is done exclusively on the basis of your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. This consent can be revoked at any time using the "Cookie Consent Tool" implemented on the website. You can find further information about Amazon Payments' privacy policy at the following internet address: https://pay.amazon.de/help/82974
- 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 transfer your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for payment methods such as 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 in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of default to decide whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). To the extent that score values ​​are included in the result of the credit check, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, is used to calculate the score values. For further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, please refer to 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 if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- Paypal Checkout
This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal that consists of PayPal's own payment methods and local payment methods from third parties.
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or – if offered – "Pay Later" via PayPal, we will transfer your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (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 – “Pay later” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of default to decide whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). If score values ​​are included in the result of the credit check, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
If you select the PayPal payment method "Purchase on account," your payment details will first be transmitted to PayPal to prepare the payment, after which PayPal will forward them to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") to process the payment. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, RatePay will conduct an identity and credit check in its own name to determine your solvency in accordance with the principle outlined above and will forward your payment details to credit agencies based on its legitimate interest in determining your solvency in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. A list of credit agencies that Ratepay can access can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/
If you use a local third-party payment method, your payment data will initially be transferred to PayPal in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR to prepare the payment. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal will then transfer your payment data to the relevant provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR to process the payment:
- Immediately (SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany)
- iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- giropay (Paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
- bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
- blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z oo, ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
- eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
- MyBank (PRETA SAS, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
- Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)
For further information on data protection, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
- Shopify Payments
We use the payment service provider "Shopify Payments", 3rd Floor, Europa House, Harcourt Building, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider Shopify Payments, payment processing will be carried out by the technical service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order (name, address, account number, bank sort code, credit card number (if applicable), invoice amount, currency, and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on Shopify Payments' data protection can be found at the following website address: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy .
Data protection information about Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. can be found here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy

9.3 Electronic termination option for continuing obligations with consumers

Consumers who have entered into contracts for paid continuing obligations (such as subscription contracts) on this website have the option of terminating them using an electronic button in accordance with the applicable notice periods. Clicking this button leads to a confirmation page on which the consumer can provide further information about the termination, clearly identify themselves and then declare their termination electronically. The collection of personal data and its transmission to us takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent that it is necessary for the proper processing of the termination. Also on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, the provided personal data will be used to confirm receipt of the notice of termination and the time of termination electronically in text form. A further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. We are legally obliged to provide an electronic termination option for consumer contracts for paid continuing obligations concluded via electronic commerce.

10) Online Marketing

Use of affiliate programs

- Own affiliate program
In connection with the product presentations on our website, we maintain our own affiliate program, within the framework of which we provide interested third-party site operators with partner links that lead to our offers for placement on their websites. Cookies are used for the affiliate program, which are generally set on the partner site after clicking on a corresponding partner link and for which we are therefore not responsible under data protection law. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device in order to be able to trace the origin of transactions (e.g. "sales leads") that were generated via such links. This allows us to recognize, among other things, that you clicked on the partner link and were redirected to our website. This information is required for payment processing between us and the affiliate partners. If the information also contains personal data, the processing described is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you want to block the analysis of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general.

11) Web analysis services

Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), which enables the analysis of website usage.
When using Google Analytics 4, so-called "cookies" are used by default. Cookies are text files that are stored on your device and enable an analysis of your use of a website. The information collected by cookies about your use of the website (including the IP address transmitted by your device, truncated by the last digits; see below) is usually transmitted to a Google server, where it is stored and processed. This may also involve transmitting information to the servers of Google LLC, located in the USA, for further processing.
When using Google Analytics 4, the IP address transmitted by your device when you use the website is automatically collected and processed anonymously by default, so that the information collected cannot be directly linked to a specific person. This automatic anonymization occurs by Google abbreviating the last digits of the IP address transmitted by your device within member states of the European Union (EU) or other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
On our behalf, Google uses this and other information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on your website activities and usage behavior, and to provide us with other services related to your website and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your device as part of Google Analytics 4 will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 will be retained for two months and then deleted.
Google Analytics 4 also uses a special feature called "demographic features" to compile statistics about the age, gender, and interests of website users based on an analysis of interest-based advertising and with the aid of third-party information. This makes it possible to identify and differentiate website user groups for the purpose of targeting marketing measures that are optimized for specific groups. However, data collected via "demographic features" cannot be assigned to a specific person, including you personally. This data collected via the "demographic features" function is retained for two months and then deleted.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies for the storage and reading of information on the device you use to access the website, will only take place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used while you use the website. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.
In connection with this website, the "UserIDs" function is used as an extension of Google Analytics 4. By assigning individual UserIDs, we can have Google create cross-device reports (so-called "cross-device tracking"). This means that if you give your consent to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, your usage behavior can also be analyzed across devices if you have set up a personal account by registering on this website and are logged into your personal account on different devices using your corresponding login data. The data collected in this way shows, among other things, the device on which you first clicked on an ad and the device on which the corresponding conversion took place.
In connection with this website, the Google Signals service is also used as an extension of Google Analytics 4. With Google Signals, we can have Google create cross-device reports (so-called “cross-device tracking”). If you have activated “personalized ads” in your Google Account settings and have linked your internet-enabled devices to your Google Account, Google can analyze usage behavior across devices and create database models based on this if you give your consent to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. This takes into account the logins and device types of all website users who were logged into a Google Account and who have performed a conversion. The data shows, among other things, the device on which you first clicked on an ad and the device on which the corresponding conversion took place. We do not receive any personal data from Google, but only statistics created on the basis of Google Signals. You have the option to deactivate the "personalized ads" feature in your Google Account settings and thus prevent cross-device analysis in connection with Google Signals. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de
Further information about Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de
We have concluded a so-called order processing agreement with Google for our use of Google Analytics 4, which obligates Google to protect the data of our website users and not to pass it on to third parties.
To ensure compliance with European data protection standards, including any transfer of data from the EU or EEA to the USA and any further processing there, Google relies on the so-called standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which we have contractually agreed with Google.
Further legal information about Google Analytics 4, including a copy of the standard contractual clauses mentioned, can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and under https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

12) Retargeting/ Remarketing/ Recommendation Advertising

Google Ads Remarketing
Our website uses Google Ads Remarketing to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google places a cookie on your device’s browser which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history with your Google Account and using information from your Google Account to personalise ads that you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, Google will temporarily link your personal data with Google Analytics data to create audiences. When using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transferred to Google LLC servers in the USA.
Details on the processing initiated by Google Ads Remarketing and how Google handles data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the browser plug-in from Google available at the following link:
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996 ?
Further information and the privacy policy regarding advertising and Google can be found here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

13) Page functionalities

13.1 Use of YouTube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “YouTube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
This uses the extended data protection mode, which, according to the provider, only saves user information when the video(s) is played. If embedded YouTube videos are started, the provider "YouTube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from "YouTube", these are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want to be assigned to your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our control.
All processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the device used via the tracking pixel, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, YouTube videos will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website, using alternative options communicated to you on the website.
Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the YouTube Terms of Use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

13.2 hCaptcha
On this website we use the “hCaptcha” service provided by Intuition Machines, Inc., 350 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
The service checks whether an input was made by a natural person or abusively through machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. HCaptcha uses the following data, among other things, to ensure that an action is performed by a human and not by an automated bot: the IP address of the device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, the date and duration of the visit, and user behavior, e.g., mouse movements or other queries. This process serves exclusively to prevent spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access.
All processing described above, in particular the reading of information from the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, hCaprcha will not be used during your visit to the site.
hCaptcha may also result in your data being transferred to the USA. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Intuition Machines, Inc., which obligates the company to protect the data of our site visitors and not to share it with third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Intuition Machines, Inc. relies on the so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection in the USA.
Further information on how hCaptcha uses your data can be found here: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy

14) Tools and Other

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they visit the page in the form of an interactive user interface, where consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by checking the appropriate boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services that require consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by checking the appropriate boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user's device if consent has been given.
The tool uses technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
A further legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. As the controller, we are legally obliged to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user's consent.
Further information about the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

15) Rights of the data subject

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

  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

15.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH FUTURE EFFECT FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data in question. However, we reserve the right to continue processing if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

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

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

16) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing and – where applicable – also by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When personal data is processed on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject revokes his or her consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal transactions or obligations similar to legal transactions on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that they are no longer required to fulfil or initiate a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store them.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

Kontaktformular für Vorbestellung