1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how your personal data is handled when using our website. Personal data is any 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 oemhandel24 UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Klaus-Kordel-Str. 4, 54296 Trier, Germany, Tel.: +49 176 45980481, E-Mail: oemhandel24@gmail.com. The controller responsible 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 the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when you visit our website

2.1 When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to the server of the website (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our website visited
  • Date and time at the time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the site
  • 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 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 review the server log files retrospectively if specific indications point to unlawful use.

2.2 This website uses SSL and/or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use a provider that provides its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”); others remain on your end device for a longer period and enable the storage of page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the event that consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually on their acceptance or can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contacting us

5.1 Smartsupp

This website uses a live chat system from the following provider: smartsupp.com, s.r.o., Milady Horakove 13, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic

The processing of personal data transmitted via the chat is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR because it is necessary for the initiation or performance of a contract, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effectively supporting our website visitors.
Your data transmitted in this way will be deleted, subject to conflicting statutory retention periods, once the relevant matter has been finally clarified.

In addition, for the purpose of creating pseudonymized user profiles, further information may be collected and evaluated with the help of cookies, which, however, does not serve to identify you personally and is not merged with other data sets. If this information has a personal reference, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes.

The setting of cookies can be prevented by appropriate browser settings. However, the functionality of our website may be limited in this case. You may object to the collection and storage of data for the purpose of creating a pseudonymized user profile at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

5.2 As part of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is processed—exclusively for the purpose of handling 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 pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at entering into a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if the circumstances indicate that the relevant matter has been finally clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations conflict with this.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, personal data is further collected and processed to the extent necessary in each case if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can see which data is required for opening an account from the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

You may delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller’s address stated above. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded via it have been fully processed, no statutory retention periods conflict, and no legitimate interest on our part in further storage continues to exist.

7) Use of customer data for direct marketing

7.1 Subscription to our e-mail newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters after you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by activating a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. In doing so, we store your IP address entered by the Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list without undue delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Klick-Tipp

Our e-mail newsletters and other promotional e-mail communication are sent via this provider: KLICK-TIPP Limited, 15 Cambridge Court, 210 Shepherd’s Bush Road, London W6 7NJ, UK

On the basis of our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly e-mail marketing, we forward the data you provided upon registration to this provider pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR so that it can handle the sending of e-mails on our behalf.

Subject to your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the provider also performs a statistical evaluation of the success of e-mail campaigns by means of web beacons and/or tracking pixels in the e-mails sent, which can measure open rates and specific interactions with the content of the newsletter. In this process, end-device information (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and evaluated, but not merged with other data holdings.

You can revoke your consent to e-mail tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits disclosure to third parties.

In the event of data transfer to the provider’s location, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

8) Data processing for order processing

8.1 To the extent necessary for contract performance for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us is forwarded to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If, on the basis of a corresponding contract, we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products, we process the contact data you provided when placing the order in order to inform you personally as part of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Your contact data is used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates owed by us and is processed by us for this purpose only to the extent necessary for the respective information.

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

8.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Amazon Pay

On this website, one or more online payment methods from the following provider are available: Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 38 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method of the provider that requires you to make advance payment (e.g., credit card payment), the payment data you provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the contents of your order will be disclosed to the provider pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be disclosed exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
- Apple Pay

If you choose the payment method “Apple Pay” of Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, payment processing is carried out via the “Apple Pay” function of your end device operated with iOS, watchOS, or macOS by charging a payment card stored with “Apple Pay”. Apple Pay uses security features integrated into your device’s hardware and software to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you must therefore enter a code previously set by you and verify using the “Face ID” or “Touch ID” function of your end device.

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, together with the information about your order, is transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to execute the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm successful payment.

If personal data is processed in the course of the transfers described, such processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Apple retains anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and the approximate time, as well as an indication of whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization fully excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve “Apple Pay” and other Apple products and services.

If you use Apple Pay on iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made via Safari on Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate via an encrypted channel on Apple servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can be used to identify you. You can disable the option to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone settings. Go to “Wallet & Apple Pay” and disable “Allow Payments on Mac”.

Further information on data protection at Apple Pay can be found at the following Internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027
- Google Pay

If you choose the payment method “Google Pay” of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), payment processing is carried out via the “Google Pay” application on your mobile end device operated with at least Android 4.4 (“KitKat”) and equipped with an NFC function by charging a payment card stored in Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay in an amount exceeding ¤25.00, you must first unlock your mobile end device using the verification method set up in each case (e.g., facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, together with the information about your order, is transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay to the originating website in the form of a transaction number assigned on a one-time basis, by means of which a completed payment is verified. This transaction number contains no information about the actual payment data of your payment instruments stored in Google Pay, but is generated and transmitted as a one-time valid numeric token. In all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts solely as an intermediary for processing the payment procedure. The transaction is carried out exclusively in the relationship between the user and the originating website by charging the payment instrument stored in Google Pay.

If personal data is processed in the course of the transfers described, such processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain transaction-specific information for each transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, the merchant location and description, a description of the goods or services purchased provided by the merchant, photos you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or the sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and optimization and maintenance of functionality of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with other information that is collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

The Terms of Use for Google Pay can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de
Further information on data protection at Google Pay can be found at the following Internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- Paypal

On this website, one or more online payment methods from the following provider are available: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method of the provider that requires you to make advance payment, the payment data you provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the contents of your order will be disclosed to the provider pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be disclosed exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method for which we make advance payment, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, if applicable data on an alternative payment method).

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness in such cases, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provided and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, 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 may object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for payment processing in accordance with the contract.
- Stripe

On this website, one or more online payment methods from the following provider are available: Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland

If you select a payment method of the provider that requires you to make advance payment (e.g., credit card payment), the payment data you provided during the ordering process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the contents of your order will be disclosed to the provider pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this case, your data will be disclosed exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method for which the provider makes advance payment (e.g., purchase on invoice or in installments, or direct debit), you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, if applicable data on an alternative payment method).

In order to safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the creditworthiness of our customers, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provided and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option you selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, 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 may object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for payment processing in accordance with the contract.

8.3  We reserve the right to disclose your data to the debt collection service provider atriga GmbH, Pittlerstraße 47, 63225 Langen, insofar as our payment claim has not been settled despite a prior reminder. In this case, the claim will be collected directly by the debt collection service provider.

The disclosure of your data serves the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(b) GDPR as well as the safeguarding of our legitimate interests, which prevail within the framework of a balancing of interests, in the effective assertion or enforcement of our payment claim pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(f) GDPR.

9) Web Analytics Services

Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are small text files stored on your end device and which collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address; however, Google truncates it by the last digits in order to exclude direct personal identifiability.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and further processed there. Transfers to Google LLC, based in the USA, are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. The truncated IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected within the scope of using Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the end device used, takes place only if you have given us your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the site. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service via the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special “demographic characteristics” function and can use it to generate statistics that provide information about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third-party providers. This enables target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the collected data cannot be attributed to any specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals may be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have enabled personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google may—subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR—analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including for cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, but only statistics. If you would like to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the “Personalized advertising” function in the settings of your Google account. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de
Further information about Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

UserIDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the “UserIDs” function may be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, have created an account on this website, and log in with this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

10) Website functionalities

10.1 Provenexpert widget

On our website, graphic elements of the following provider are integrated to display external customer reviews and/or an externally awarded seal of approval: Expert Systems AG, Quedlinburger Straße 1, 10589 Berlin, Germany.

When you access a page of our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers in order to load the elements properly. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider in the process.

Insofar as personal data is also processed in this context, this is done pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offering and the appealing design of our online presence.

10.2 Trustami trust seal

On our website, graphic elements of the following provider are integrated to display external customer reviews and/or an externally awarded seal of approval: Trustami GmbH, Schröderstraße 5, 10115 Berlin, Germany.

When you access a page of our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers in order to load the elements properly. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider in the process.

Insofar as personal data is also processed in this context, this is done pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offering and the appealing design of our online presence.

10.3 Trusted Shops Trustbadge

On our website, graphic elements of the following provider are integrated to display external customer reviews and/or an externally awarded seal of approval: Trusted Shops AG, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Köln, Germany.

When you access a page of our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers in order to load the elements properly. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider in the process.

Insofar as personal data is also processed in this context, this is done pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offering and the appealing design of our online presence.

In the event of an online order placed with us, further processing operations may take place.

Thus, depending on your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, after completion of an order your order information (order total, order number, if applicable purchased product) and your email address are transmitted in encrypted form to the provider via the Trustbadge in order to check an existing registration for the provider’s services (in particular “buyer protection”) and, if necessary, to enable a new registration.

In the event that an existing registration is identified, or in the event of a new registration with the provider for its services (in particular buyer protection), your order information (order total, order number, purchased product) and your email address are transmitted to the provider and further processed by it on the basis of the contractual agreement with the provider pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, in order to provide the services (in particular buyer protection).

We and the provider are jointly responsible for the processing operations described above pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. The agreement on joint controllership can be viewed here: https://help.etrusted.com/hc/de/articles/23970817960082

10.4 OpenStreetMap

This website uses an online map service from the following provider: OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, UK.

The online map service is a tool for displaying interactive (land) maps in order to visually present geographical information. By using this service, our location is shown to you and any geolocation is facilitated.

As soon as you access those subpages into which the provider’s map is integrated, information about your use of our website (e.g., your IP address) is transmitted to the provider’s servers and stored there.

Your personal data is processed pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in designing our website in line with requirements. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to the provider, you have the option of completely disabling the provider’s online map service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. The online map service on this website can then no longer be used.

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for lodging an objection.

In the event of a transfer of data to the provider’s location, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

11) Tools and other

Cookie consent tool

This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consents for cookies requiring consent and cookie-based applications. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface when the page is accessed, on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by ticking a checkbox. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are loaded only if the respective user grants the corresponding consent by ticking the checkbox. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user’s end device only if consent has been granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is nevertheless processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done pursuant to 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 online presence.

A further legal basis for the processing is also Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically non-essential cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the settings options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

12) Rights of the data subject

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

  • Right of access 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 be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw granted consents pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

12.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

13) Duration of storage of personal data

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

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data that are processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that they are no longer required for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no longer any legitimate interest on our part in continued storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.