Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies and How Do We Use Them?
Cookies are files that are stored on your computer's hard drive and are accessed by our server when you visit our website. We use cookies to personalize content, to offer social media functions and to analyze use of our website. Some cookies are necessary for the functioning of our website. These necessary cookies are always active and cannot be deactivated. For all other cookies we require your consent.
On What Legal Basis Do We Use Cookies and Analytics?
We use technically necessary cookies for the fulfilment of the existing contract of use with you (legal basis for processing: Art. 6 no. 1 lit. b) of the GDPR) because they serve the purpose of the technical implementation of the website’s use.
We use other cookies and analytics – with your consent - to adapt our website’s offerings according to your interests in order to make our website as user-friendly, safe and attractive as possible and to promote the sale of our products and services. This use will take place only with your prior consent (legal basis for processing: Art. 6 no. 1 lit. a) of the GDPR).
What does Analytics mean and How do We Use It?
We use third party analytics technology to adapt our website’s offerings according to your interests in order to make our website as user-friendly, safe and attractive as possible and to promote the sale of our products and services. The third parties act as our processors under our control.
How are Your Data Processed and Used in the Context of Google Analytics?
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland ("Google").
You can find further information on how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/partner-sites/
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as pages visited and
- browser type and version,
- operating system of your computer,
- referrer URL (i.e. the page last visited),
- host name of accessing computer (IP address),
- date and time of server request
is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there.
It is possible that such data processing may take place in certain so-called third countries outside of the European Economic Area, in particular in the USA. You should be aware that in such third countries not only the recipients may process your data in manners, or for purposes, not compliant with European legislation, but also public authorities may have access to your data in a scope, or for purposes, not compliant with European legislation. In such third countries there might not be a supervisory authority and/or data processing principles and/or the statutory data subject rights described in this Privacy Policy might not be provided for.
For your protection, we have chosen settings based on which the IP addresses of users of Google within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area will be truncated beforehand.
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there
The data listed above can be captured and used across devices through identification, e.g. login to Google services. This makes it possible for Google to capture that you start your visit of our website on a PC and continue it on a mobile device and the data from both devices can be combined. We have not activated the User-ID adjustment and thus do not collect this data.
On our behalf Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website and Internet use.
We have chosen settings to erase analytics data after 26 months in order to be able to compile and compare statistical data.
The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Disabling add-on: You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use this website’s full functionality. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
In the version of our website optimised for mobile browsers we have provided a special deactivation option.
Finally, please note that on this website, Google Analytics has been supplemented with the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
You can find additional information on the use and protection of your data in connection with Google Analytics on the Google Analytics help pages (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en).
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google to ensure that personal data are processed only on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. This agreement provides guarantees for an adequate level of protection in the form of Google’s obligation to employ subprocessors outside of the European Economic Area only in compliance with European data protection provisions.
How are Your Data Processed and Used in the Context of the Services of Shopify?
We use the store system of the service provider Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify"), for our website. Notwithstanding the fact that our website and all data are hosted locally, information collected by Shopify cookies will be transferred to Shopify and may also be transferred to its group parent company Shopify Inc, 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada.
Our website automatically sets certain Shopify cookies in the user’s web browser which are required for the proper functioning of our webshop. This processing will take place for the fulfilment of the existing contract of use with you (legal basis for processing: Art. 6 no. 1 lit. b) of the GDPR), as far as it serves the purpose of the technical implementation of the website’s use and to otherwise protect our legitimate interest in making our website as user-friendly, safe and attractive as possible (legal basis for processing: Art. 6 no. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR). These cookies are Essential Cookies and cannot be deactivated.
Other Shopify cookies are placed only when you have actively accepted them. You can find more information on these cookies and on your rights and options in this respect in our Cookie-Manager.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Shopify to ensure that personal data are processed only on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. This agreement provides guarantees for an adequate level of protection in the form of Google’s obligation to employ subprocessors outside of the European Economic Area only in compliance with European data protection provisions. By adequacy decision 2002/2/EC dated 20 December 2001, the European Commission has found that Canada offers an adequate level of data protection.
How are Your Date Processed and Used in the Context of the Services of Cloudflare?
We use the service "Cloudflare" of Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare analyzes the data traffic between your browser and our website in order to protect it against external attacks.
This processing will take place for the fulfilment of the existing contract of use with you (legal basis for processing: Art. 6 no. 1 lit. b) of the GDPR), as far as it serves the purpose of the technical implementation of the website’s use and to otherwise protect our legitimate interest in making our website as user-friendly, safe and attractive as possible (legal basis for processing: Art. 6 no. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR). The cookie set by Cloudflare (__cfduid) is used to identify individual visitors behind a shared IP address and to apply security settings for each individual visitor. This cookie is required for Cloudflare's security features and is therefore an essential cookie. It cannot be disabled.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the service to ensure that personal data are processed only on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. This agreement provides guarantees for an adequate level of protection in the form of incorporation of the standard data protection clauses adopted by the Commission for this purpose.
How are Your Data Processed and Used in the context of Cookiebot?
This website uses Cookiebot: Cookie-Consent Manager; Service provider: Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark; Cookiebot Website; Cookiebot privacy policy; Stored data (on the server of the service provider): The IP number of the user in anonymous form (the last three digits are set to 0), date and time of the consent, user agent of the user's browser, the URL from which the consent was sent, An anonymous, random and encrypted key value; the consent status of the user.
What Are Your Other Options with respect to Cookies?
You can prevent or restrict the storage of cookies on your hard disk by setting your browser not to accept cookies or to request your permission before setting cookies. Once cookies have been set, you can delete them at any time. Please refer to your browser's operating instructions to find out how this works. If you do not accept cookies, this can lead to restrictions in the use of our website.
Where can I find more Information?
You can find more information on your rights and options with respect to your personal data in our Privacy Policy which is available here.