Data protection

The person responsible for data processing is:WTZ GmbHAm Sportplatz 627419 Sittensen Deutschlandinfo@wtz-gmbh.de

We are pleased about your interest in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we will inform you in detail about how your data is handled.

1. Access data and hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Every time a website is accessed, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval. This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offering. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise explained in this data protection declaration, all access data and all data collected in the forms provided on this website are processed on its servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

2. Data processing for contract processing, contacting you and opening a customer account

We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such because in these cases we absolutely need the data to process the contract or to process your contact and you cannot send the order or contact us without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide to process the contract and process your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR. To the extent that you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. If you decide to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account. Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purposes of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of the tax and commercial law retention periods in accordance with Art You have consented to your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a of the GDPR or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or using a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

3. Data processing for the purpose of shipping processing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

The same applies to the transfer of data to our manufacturers or wholesalers in cases where they take over the shipping for us (drop shipping). These are considered shipping service providers within the meaning of this data protection declaration.

4. Data processing for payment processing

When processing payments in our online shop, we work with these partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

4.1 Data processing for transaction processing

Depending on the payment method selected, we pass on the data necessary to process the payment transaction to our technical service providers who work for us as part of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, to the extent that this is necessary to process the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required to process the payment themselves, for example on their own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. The data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies. If you have any questions about our partners for payment processing and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

4.2 Data processing for the purpose of preventing fraud and optimizing our payment processes

If necessary, we give our service providers further data, which they use together with the data necessary to process the payment as our processors for the purposes of fraud prevention and optimizing our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing disputed payments, accounting support). In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, in our protection against fraud and in efficient payment management.

5. Advertising by email, telephone

5.1 Email newsletter with registration

If you register for our newsletter, we will use the data required for this or provided separately by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and can do so either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from the recipient list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a of the GDPR or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

5.2 E-mail newsletter without registration and your right to object

If we receive your email address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar products to those you have already purchased on the basis of Section 7 Paragraph 3 UWG , to be sent by email from our range. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, in advertising to our customers. You can object to this use of your email address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising email , without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.

5.3 Sending review requests by email

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art evaluation system used. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided for this purpose in the review request.

5.4 Telephone advertising

If you have given your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR, we will use the data required for this or provided separately by you for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to provide information about interesting offers and our products. You can revoke your consent at any time either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or by verbal notification during each call. After revocation, we will delete your telephone number 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.

6. Cookies and other technologies

6.1 General information

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions on our website (e.g. shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the contents of the shopping cart). As part of a balancing of interests, this serves overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR.

We also use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to demonstrate consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. We may also use technologies that are not listed individually in this data protection declaration. Further information about these technologies, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found on the Usercentrics platform. You can access this by clicking on the fingerprint button in the bottom right or left corner of the page.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser at the following links: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration. Alternatively, you can click the fingerprint button in the bottom right or left corner of the page. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

6.2 Use of Usercentric's consent management platform to manage consent

On our website we use the Usercentrics Consent Management platform (“Usercentrics”) to inform you about the cookies and other technologies we use on our website and your consent, if required by law, to the processing of your personal data by them Collect, manage and document technologies. This is necessary in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter c GDPR in order to fulfill our legal obligation pursuant to Article 7 Paragraph 1 GDPR to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject. Usercentrics is an offer from Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, Germany, which processes your data on our behalf. When you visit our website, the Usersentrics web server stores a so-called server log file, which also contains your anonymized IP address, date and time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your consent behavior. Your data will be deleted after three years unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art we inform you in this declaration.

7. Social Media

7.1 Social plugins from Facebook, Instagram

Social buttons from social networks are used on our website. These are only integrated into the page as HTML links, so that no connection is established with the servers of the respective provider when our website is accessed. If you click on one of the buttons, the website of the respective social network opens in a new window in your browser. There you can, for example, press the Like or Share button.

7.2 Our online presence on Facebook, Instagram

If you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a of the GDPR, your data will be automatically collected for market research and advertising purposes when you visit our online presence on the social media mentioned above and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably match your interests. Cookies are usually used for this purpose. For detailed information on the processing and use of data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the provider's data protection information linked below. If you still need help with this, you can contact us.

Facebook is an offer from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook Ireland”) The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook is usually sent to a Facebook server , Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses from the European Commission. Data processing when visiting a Facebook fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information about Insights data) can be found here.

Instagram is an offer from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook Ireland”) The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually sent to a Facebook server , Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses from the European Commission. Data processing when visiting an Instagram fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information about Insights data) can be found here.

8. Contact options and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein; in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us; in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is required to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information; to fulfill a legal obligation; for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims is necessary; in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data; the processing is unlawful, but you refuse its deletion; we no longer need the data, you However, you need this to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR; in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format to receive or request transmission to another person responsible; in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters.

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our legal notice.

Data protection officer:Olaf ZumbuschAm Sportplatz 627419 SittensenGermany

o.zumbuch@wtz-gmbh.de

Right to object

To the extent that we process personal data as explained above to protect our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If processing is carried out for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of serves legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. We will then no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

(Data protection declaration created by mitrechtstexter.de)