PRIVACY POLICY

 

PRIVACY POLICY

1) INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA 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 the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Grace London. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses 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

When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to our server (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:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time at the moment of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you reached the page
  • Used browser
  • Used operating system
  • Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized 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. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) COOKIES

To make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal device and enable us or our partner companies (cookies from third-party providers) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified duration, which may differ depending on the cookie.

In some cases, cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with 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.

We may work with advertising partners to help us make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive (cookies from third-party providers) when you visit our website. If we cooperate with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case within the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to decide individually about their acceptance or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

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

4) CONTACT

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected in the case of a contact form is evident from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your inquiry, provided that no statutory retention requirements oppose it.

5) DATA PROCESSING WHEN OPENING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AND FOR CONTRACT PROCESSING

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide us with this data to execute a contract or when opening a customer account. The specific data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the aforementioned address of the controller. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked concerning tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further data use, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you below.

6) USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING

6.1 Registration for our email newsletter

If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email 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. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to the sending of newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters in the future by clicking on a corresponding link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for using your data per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for advertising purposes by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller mentioned above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list 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.

6.2 Sending the email newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range by email. For this, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you. The data processing is carried out solely based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, no mail will be sent from our side. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the above-mentioned advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by notifying the controller named above. You will only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.

7) DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER PROCESSING

7.1 The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we explicitly inform you about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

7.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

  • PayPal For payments via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") within the scope of the payment processing. The transfer is carried out per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be processed per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency and forwarded to credit agencies. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default to decide whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the credit report result, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.

  • SOFORT If you select the "SOFORT" payment method, the payment will be processed by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we will pass on your information provided during the order process, along with the information about your order per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The transfer of your data is solely for payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on SOFORT's data protection provisions can be found at: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz

8) CONTACT FOR REMINDER FOR EVALUATION

Own evaluation reminder (no dispatch by a customer evaluation system)

We use your email address to remind you once to submit an evaluation of your order for the evaluation system we use, provided that you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller responsible for data processing.

9) USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL PLUGINS

9.1 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution

Special additional customs clearance charges and/or import duties are not included in the price and are borne by the customer.

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook").

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with Facebook's servers. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary, after entering your login data).

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

9.2 Google+ plugins with Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Google+, which is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with Google's servers. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Google+ page where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary, after entering your login data).

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

9.3 Instagram plugin with Shariff solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the online service Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").

To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with Instagram's servers. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Instagram page where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary, after entering your login data).

Instagram LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

10) ONLINE MARKETING

10.1 DoubleClick by Google

This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("DoubleClick").

DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads that are relevant to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to determine which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. The processing is carried out based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

In addition, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to track conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later visits the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will find out and store your IP address.

If you do not wish to participate in this tracking process, you can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can obtain information from the Digital Advertising Alliance website at www.aboutads.info about the setting of cookies and make corresponding settings. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and, as part of Google AdWords, conversion tracking by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use the offer of Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords) on external websites. In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. We pursue the interest of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually expire after 30 days and do not serve to identify you personally. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can thus not be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via their Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may be limited if you have disabled the use of cookies.

11) WEB ANALYTICS SERVICES

Google (Universal) Analytics

  • Google Universal Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening and excludes direct personal reference. By using this extension, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

As an alternative to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Deactivate Google Analytics

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. When a page is called up for the first time, the user is assigned a unique, permanent, and anonymous ID that is set across devices. This makes it possible to assign interaction data from different devices and different sessions to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not transmit such data to Google.

You can object to the collection and storage of data via the user ID at any time with effect for the future. To do so, you must deactivate Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example, in another browser or on your mobile device.

You can carry out the deactivation with the help of a browser plugin from Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). As an alternative to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Deactivate Google Analytics

Further information on Universal Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376

12) RETARGETING/REMARKETING/REFERRAL ADVERTISING

Facebook Custom Audience via the pixel process

This website uses the "Facebook pixel" from Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). In the event of explicit consent, this can track the behavior of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimize future advertising measures.

The collected data is anonymous to us, so it does not provide us with 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 advertising purposes, per the Facebook data usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You can enable Facebook and its partners to serve ads on and off Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations take place exclusively upon the granting of explicit consent following Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Consent to the use of the Facebook pixel may only be declared by users who are older than 13 years. If you are younger, we ask you to ask your guardians for permission.

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

To disable the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser so that no cookies can be placed on your computer in the future or cookies that have already been placed are deleted. Disabling all cookies may mean that some functions on our internet pages can no longer be performed. You can also object to the use of cookies by third parties, such as Facebook, on the Digital Advertising Alliance website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Google AdWords Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing; we advertise for this website in the Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in your browser's terminal device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The processing is carried out based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google temporarily links your personal data to Google Analytics data to form target groups.

You can permanently deactivate the setting of cookies for ad preferences by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can obtain information from the Digital Advertising Alliance website at www.aboutads.info about the setting of cookies and make corresponding settings. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be viewed here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

13) RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller concerning the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:

  • Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for you, as well as your right to be informed about the safeguards according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data are transferred to third countries;
  • Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to have inaccurate data concerning you corrected without undue delay and/or to have your incomplete data stored by us completed;
  • Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
  • Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you dispute, is being verified if you refuse the deletion of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data if you need your data to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims after we no longer need these data after the purpose has been achieved, or if you have objected to processing for reasons relating to your particular situation as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds outweigh;
  • Right to information according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data relating to you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller, where technically feasible;
  • Right to withdraw consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned without delay, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent until the withdrawal;
  • Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your residence, workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

13.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR DATA BASED ON OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

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

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

14) DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods). After the expiry of this period, the corresponding data are routinely deleted, provided that they are no longer required for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in further storage.