This privacy policy has been translated from German into English.
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on this Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Note on the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, in part, by you providing it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is automatically collected or obtained with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time, free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke that consent at any time for the future. Additionally, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
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Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this and any other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Strato
The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files, including your IP addresses.
For more information, please refer to Strato’s privacy policy:
https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.
The use of Strato is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, to the extent that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined in the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Contract Data Processing
We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a data protection-mandated contract that ensures that this service processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Bonnie Scheu
Sieverner Str. 7
27612 Loxstedt
Email: itscozyreni@gmail.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a specific storage duration is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to exist. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to exist.
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General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on this Website
If you have given consent for data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing also takes place based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also occurs based on § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also occur based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The relevant legal bases for each specific case are provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Note on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries
We use tools from companies based in the USA or other countries that do not provide a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. Please note that a level of data protection comparable to the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obligated to disclose personal data to security authorities without the possibility for you as the data subject to legally challenge this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, analyze, and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, INCLUDING PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).
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 THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority
In the case of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular, in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
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Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either to yourself or to a third party, in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.
Information, Correction, and Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing at any time. You also have the right to correct or delete this data. For this and any other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance between your interests and ours must be made. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – except for their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of significant public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
SSL/TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this page uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
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Objection to Promotional Emails
The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby rejected. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the case of unsolicited sending of promotional information, such as spam emails.
Data Collection on this Website
Cookies
Our website uses so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for the provision of certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for the optimization of the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) (necessary cookies) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies, processing is carried out exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
You can find information about which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.
Comment Function on this Website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time of the comment’s creation, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you chose are stored.
Storage Duration of Comments
The comments and the associated data are stored and remain on this website until the content commented on has been completely deleted or the comments need to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).
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Legal Basis
The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke a consent you have given at any time. An informal notification to us by email is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Social Media
Social Media Elements with Shariff
This website uses elements from social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr).
You can usually recognize the social media elements by the respective social media logos. To ensure data protection on this website, we only use these elements together with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the social media elements integrated on this website from transmitting your personal data to the respective provider as soon as you enter the page.
Only when you activate the respective social media element by clicking on the associated button is a direct connection to the provider’s server established (consent). Once you activate the social media element, the respective provider receives information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account (e.g., Facebook) at the same time, the respective provider can associate the visit to this website with your user account.
Activating the plugin constitutes consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.
The use of the service is to obtain the legally required consents for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
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Elements of the Facebook social network are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here:
Facebook Social Media Elements
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile.
This allows Facebook to associate the visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at:
Facebook Privacy Policy
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used based on our legitimate interest in the most comprehensive visibility on social media.
To the extent that personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook. The processing by Facebook after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations jointly incumbent on us have been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found here:
Facebook Controller Addendum
According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. Rights of data subjects (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
EU Data Transfer Addendum
Facebook Help – Data Transfers
Facebook Data Policy
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives information about your visit to this website. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy at:
Twitter Privacy Policy
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used based on our legitimate interest in the most comprehensive visibility on social media.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
Twitter – Controller to Controller Transfers
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings under:
Twitter Account Settings
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Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. Instagram can thus associate the visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used based on our legitimate interest in the most comprehensive visibility on social media.
To the extent that personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations jointly incumbent on us have been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found here:
Facebook Controller Addendum
According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. Rights of data subjects (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
Facebook EU Data Transfer Addendum
Instagram Help – Data Transfers
Facebook Help – Data Transfers
For further information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: Instagram Privacy Policy
Tumblr
This website uses buttons and other elements of the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Tumblr server. Tumblr thereby receives information about your visit to this website.
The Tumblr buttons allow you to share a post or page on Tumblr or follow the provider on Tumblr. When you access one of our websites with a Tumblr button, the browser establishes a direct connection to Tumblr’s servers. We have no influence on the scope of data that Tumblr collects and transmits using this plugin. According to the current status, the user’s IP address and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used based on our legitimate interest in the most comprehensive visibility on social media.
Further information can be found in Tumblr’s privacy policy: Tumblr Privacy Policy
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On this website, we use elements of the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
When you access a page containing such an element, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. This social media element transmits log data to Pinterest’s server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the addresses of visited websites that also contain Pinterest features, the type and settings of the browser, date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used based on our legitimate interest in the most comprehensive visibility on social media.
For more information on the purpose, scope, further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your related rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: Pinterest Privacy Policy
6. Analytical Tools and Advertising
WP Statistics
This website uses the analytical tool WP Statistics to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provider is Veronalabs, Tatari 64, 10134, Tallinn, Estonia (Veronalabs).
WP Statistics allows us to analyze the use of our website. WP Statistics collects, among other things, log files (IP address, referrer, used browsers, user origin, used search engine) and actions taken by website visitors on the page (e.g., clicks and views).
The data collected with WP Statistics is stored exclusively on our own server.
The use of this analytical tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior to optimize both our web offering and our advertising. If consent has been requested, processing is based solely on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
7. Newsletter
Newsletter Data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider. After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider if necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
8. Plugins and Tools
YouTube with Enhanced Privacy
This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the enhanced privacy mode does not necessarily exclude the transfer of data to YouTube partners. Regardless of whether you watch a video, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.
When you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This informs the YouTube server about which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your surfing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use similar recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) after starting a video. This allows YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to capture video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud.
Additional data processing operations may be triggered after starting a YouTube video, over which we have no control.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of presenting our online offers attractively. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been obtained, processing is based solely on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information about privacy at YouTube, please refer to their privacy policy: YouTube Privacy Policy.
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