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Privacy policy
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1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the responsible person
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Michael Andrés von Hobe, MVH, Oranienburger Str. 32, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: 030-81485677, email: mail@mvh. Berlin. The person 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.
1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transfer of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https: //" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
In the case of merely informative use of our website, ie if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following information that is technically necessary for us to display the website:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source / reference from which you came to the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if necessary: in anonymous form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server logfiles should concrete evidence point to unlawful use.
3) Cookies
In order 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 device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when the browser is closed (so-called "session cookies"), some of these cookies remain longer on your device and allow you to save page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can see the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. According to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide whether to accept them or to 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.
4) contact us
4.1 Acuity Scheduling
This website uses the software "Acuity Schedluing" Squarespace Ireland Limited, Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland to provide an online appointment booking function
(hereinafter “Acuity Scheduling”). For the purpose of making an appointment, your first and last name as well as your email address (and, if applicable, the telephone number if a telephone appointment is desired) are collected in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR and stored in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR Based on our legitimate interest in effective customer management and efficient appointment management, this is transmitted to Acuity Scheduling and stored there for appointment organization. After the appointment has been held or after the agreed appointment period has expired, your data will be deleted by Acuity Scheduling. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Acuity Scheduling in which we require Squarespace Ireland Limited to protect our customers' data in accordance with legal requirements. Acuity Scheduling generally transmits collected information outside the European Economic Area and relies on so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with European data protection levels.
Details of Acuity Scheduling's privacy policy are available here https://www.squarespace.com/privacy
4.2 When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data will be processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent required for this. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified and provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary
4.3 WhatsApp business
We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to contact us via the WhatsApp news service from WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland. For this we use the so-called "business version" of WhatsApp.
If you contact us via WhatsApp regarding a specific transaction (for example an order placed), we save and use the mobile phone number you used with WhatsApp and - if provided - your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b. GDPR to process and answer your request. Based on the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer number, address or email address) so that we can assign your request to a specific process.
If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (such as the range of services, availability or our website), we save and use the mobile phone number you used with WhatsApp and - if provided - your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. . f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the requested information.
Your data will always be used only to answer your request via WhatsApp. A disclosure to third parties does not occur.
Please note that WhatsApp Business has access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers telephone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. To operate our WhatsApp business account, we use a mobile end device whose address book only stores the WhatsApp contact data of those users who have also contacted us via WhatsApp.
This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact data is stored in our address book, already when using the app on their device for the first time, by accepting the WhatsApp terms of use in the transmission of their WhatsApp telephone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR has consented. The transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and / or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is excluded.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in WhatsApp's data protection information: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1# privacy policy
5) Data processing when opening a customer account
In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required in each case if you provide us with this when you open a customer account. The data required to open an account can be found in the input mask of the relevant form on our website. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. After deleting your customer account, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded about it have been fully processed, there are no legal retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
6) Data processing for order processing
Insofar as it is necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact details you provided when ordering (name, address, e-mail address) in order to meet our statutory information requirements in accordance with Art. 6 Para . 1 lit. c GDPR personally using a suitable means of communication (e.g. by post or email) about upcoming updates in the legally stipulated period. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates we owe and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent necessary for the respective information.
In order to process your order, we also work together with the following service provider (s) who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
7) Online Marketing
Facebook pixel for creating custom audiences (with cookie consent tool)
Within our online offer, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook is used, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
If a user clicks on an ad that is displayed on Facebook, the URL of our linked page will be added by Facebook Pixel. If our site allows pixel sharing of data with Facebook, this URL parameter is written into the user's browser via a cookie, which sets our linked page itself. This cookie is then read out by Facebook Pixel and allows the data to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to only display the Facebook ads we have placed to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products, which are based on the visited website). websites are determined), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interests of users and are not annoying. This allows us to further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by understanding whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "conversion").
The collected data are anonymous to us, so do not give us any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, according to the Facebook data usage directive (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data may enable Facebook and its affiliates to display ads on and off Facebook.
The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook pixel is only carried out with your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.
8) Page functionalities
8.1 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA feature of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an input is made by a natural person or abusive by automated and automated processing. The service includes the sending of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in the determination of individual responsibility on the Internet and the prevention of abuse and spam. As part of the use of Google reCAPTCHA may also be a transfer of personal information to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please visit: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
As far as legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO caught up. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the above mentioned possibility to make an objection.
8.2 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Trusted Stores program)
We work with Google as part of the Google Customer Reviews program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This program gives us the opportunity to obtain customer reviews from users of our website. When you shop on our website, you will be asked if you would like to participate in a Google email survey. If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. To issue a DSGVO, we will forward your e-mail address to Google. You'll receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate the shopping experience on our website. The review you submit will then be summarized with our other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and in our Merchant Center dashboard. It also uses your rating for Google seller ratings. As part of the use of Google Customer Reviews, there may also be a transfer of personally identifiable information to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the Data Controller or to Google.
For more information about Google's privacy policy with the Google Customer Reviews program, please visit the following link: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=en
For more information on Google Seller ratings privacy, visit this link: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375474
9) Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "Cookie Consent Tool" is displayed to users when the page is called up in the form of an interactive user interface, on which consent for certain cookies and / or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking the box. Through the use of the tool, all cookies / services that require consent are only loaded if the respective user gives consent by ticking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective end device of the user if consent has been given.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies in order to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data are generally not processed here.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a Legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and therefore a legally compliant design of our website.
Another legal basis for processing is Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. As the person responsible, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
Further information on the operator and the setting options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
10) rights of the person concerned
10.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.
10.2 OPPOSITION RIGHT
IF, IN THE CONTEXT OF INTEREST ACCOUNTABILITY, WE PROCESS OUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR MAJOR LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE ANY PRESENT RIGHT TO SUBMIT AGAINST THIS PROCESSING FOR CONSEQUENCES WITH EFFECT ON THE FUTURE FOR REASONS OBTAINED FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
MAKE USE OF YOUR OPPOSITION RIGHT, WE FINISH THE PROCESSING OF THE AFFECTED DATA. FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS SUBJECT TO EXERCISE WHEN WE MAY PROVIDE IMPERATIVE REASONABLE REASONS FOR PROCESSING WHICH EXCEED ITS INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE PRESENTATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CHARGES.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US TO OPERATE DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTRODUCE ANY CONTESTING AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOU OF PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OPPOSITE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
MAKE USE OF YOUR CONTINGENCY RIGHT, WE FINISH THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ACCEPTANCE.
11) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if applicable - additionally based on the respective legal retention period (eg commercial and tax retention periods).
In the processing of personal data based on an explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, these data are stored until the person withdraws his consent.
There are statutory retention periods for data which, in the context of legal or similar obligations, are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO are processed, these data are routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, if they are no longer required for fulfillment of the contract or for initiating a contract and / or if there is no legitimate interest in the re-storage on our part.
In the processing of personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, these data will be stored until the person concerned exercises his right of objection under Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the person concerned, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
In the processing of personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO these data will be stored until the person concerned exercises his right of objection under Art. 21 para. 2 DSGVO.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this Declaration on Specific Processing Situations, stored personal data will be erased if they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.