Privacy & Cookies

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.

The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal information. As far as personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis, if possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Cookies

The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Our cookies are purely functional cookies and are used to offer you website content in the correct language and to secure your purchase. We do not use tracking cookies.

Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies", which are automatically deleted after a certain time. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited. This affects, for example, all e-commerce functions that require cookies.

The following cookies are set:

Authentication: This cookie ensures that your purchases can be processed securely. The cookie identifies you as a genuine user and ensures that the connection is secure.

Language: our website content is offered in English and German. This cookie ensures that the content is displayed in the language you have selected.

Cloudflare Turnstile: This cookie is set by Cloudflare to ensure that access by bots to our website and forms is restricted.

Visitor Analysis

Our analysis of website visits is completely anonymized. It serves only to improve the user experience. The anonymized data is stored on the cloud servers we use in Germany and is only accessible to us.

Contact Form - Twilio SendGrid

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions.

We use SendGrid to process and forward your inquiry as an email. SendGrid is a brand of Twilio.

Twilio is registered as Twilio Ireland Limited in Ireland. The business address is 3 Dublin Landings, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland.

Here you can find information on how SendGrid processes data:SendGrid GDPR Information

Here you can find Twilio's privacy agreement:Twilio Privacy Agreement

Newsletter Data - MailerLite

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and agree to receive the newsletter. Additionally, we store in which language you signed up. This ensures that you also receive the newsletter in the appropriate language. Your IP address and the country from which you signed up are also automatically stored. No further data is collected.

We use MailerLite as a marketing platform. We also send our newsletters via MailerLite. MailerLite Limited is a company registered in Ireland at 38 Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2, D02 PR89 Ireland.

Learn about how MailerLite processes your data here:MailerLite Data Processing Agreement

You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.

Amazon Web Services

Our servers are hosted by Amazon Web Services. The servers we use are located in Germany. Amazon Web Services Inc. is a company based in P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA 98108-1226, USA.

Cloudflare

Our site is hosted on Cloudflare's servers. This means that the servers can be located anywhere in the world. We have no control over which servers the website is offered on. Typically, the servers closest to your location are used. This means that by using the website, your IP address and other data may be transmitted to servers outside the European Union.

We also use Cloudflare to authenticate users as real people and to prevent bot access.

Find out how Cloudflare uses your data here:Cloudflare Data Processing Agreement

Cloudflare Inc. is headquartered at 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States of America. Learn more about data processing by Cloudflare at:Cloudflare GDPR

Representative in Germany:

Cloudflare Germany GmbH

Rosental 7, c/o Mindspace, 80331 Munich

Contact: Phone: +49 (89) 26207202

Email: [email protected]

Register court: Munich Local Court

Commercial register number: HRB 242623

Authorized representative: Matthew Prince

VAT identification number: DE319501868

Sanity

We use Sanity as a Content Management Platform. Our images and all website content are stored in the Sanity cloud. Sanity is a company based in Norway and the United States of America. Sanity AS is headquartered at Thorvald Meyers gate 49 Oslo, 0555 Norway.

It may happen that your IP address communicates with Sanity servers outside the European Union through the linking of content.

Learn more about Sanity's privacy policy:Sanity Privacy Policy

Payment Service Provider - Stripe

We use Stripe, 510 Townsend Street San Francisco California 94103, United States of America, as a payment service provider. All data necessary for payment is checked, stored, and processed by Stripe.

Our own servers do not store any credit card or account information from you.

Learn more about Stripe's privacy policies through theStripe Privacy Center

Payment Service Providers - PayPal

We use PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. as our payment service provider. All data necessary for the payment will be verified, stored, and processed by PayPal. Learn more about PayPal's privacy policy athttps://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

The processing of your PayPal payment is handled by the payment service provider Stripe (see above), which also stores payment information when you use PayPal on our website.

Our own servers do not store any PayPal, credit card, or bank account information from you.

Payment Service Providers - Apple Pay

We use Apple Pay as our payment service provider. When you use Apple Pay, all data necessary for the payment will be verified, stored, and processed by Apple Inc., One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. This includes the Touch ID stored by Apple on your Apple device.

The processing of your Apple Pay payment is handled by the payment service provider Stripe (see above), which also stores payment information when you use Apple Pay on our website.

Our own servers do not store any Touch ID, credit card, or bank account information from you.

You can find privacy information about using Apple Pay here:

https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

Payment Service Providers - Google Pay

We use Google Pay as our payment service provider. When you use Google Pay, all data necessary for the payment will be verified, stored, and processed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This includes the identification and Google account data stored by Google on your device.

The processing of your Google Pay payment is handled by the payment service provider Stripe (see above), which also stores payment information when you use Google Pay on our website.

Our own servers do not store any Google account data, Google identification data, or credit card and bank account information from you.

You can find privacy information about using Google Pay here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de

SSL Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL 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. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Right to Information, Deletion, Blocking

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing at any time, as well as a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint.

Objection to Promotional Emails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the transmission of not expressly requested advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.