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 how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to any data that can personally identify you.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Vancouver Shaa. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on 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 prefix "https://" and the lock icon in your browser address bar.

  1. Data Collection When You Visit Our Website

When you visit our website for informational purposes only, meaning you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser sends to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website:

  • The website you visited
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you accessed the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable, in anonymized form)

This processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for the purposes of our legitimate interests in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no further dissemination or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

  1. Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your 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 device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to an individual extent, such as browser and location data as well as IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

Some cookies are used 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 are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract or according to 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 your visit to the site.

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

Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide on their acceptance individually or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. 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 at the following links:

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

  1. 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 can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is used and stored solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for the purpose of contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, provided that it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

  1. Data Processing for Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing

Personal data continues to be collected and processed according to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if you provide it to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. The specific data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the address of the controller provided above. We store and use the data you provide for the execution of the contract. After complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with respect to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods expire, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this extent, which we will inform you about accordingly below.

  1. Use of Your Data for Direct Marketing

6.1 Signing up for our email newsletter 

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The mandatory information for sending the newsletter is solely your email address. Providing additional possible data is voluntary and is 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 after you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm your desire to receive newsletters by clicking on a corresponding link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(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 trace any potential misuse of your email address at a later point in time. The data collected by us during registration for the newsletter is used exclusively for advertising purposes via 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 responsible party mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be promptly 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 extent, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.

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. We do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this purpose. The data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you emails for this purpose. You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the responsible party mentioned at the beginning. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.

  1. 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 the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, if 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(1)(b) GDPR.

7.2 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Service Providers)

  • PayPal

If you pay via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or if offered, "purchase on account" or "instalment payment" via PayPal, we will pass your payment data on to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. The transfer is made in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit assessment for payment methods such as credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or if offered, "purchase on account" or "instalment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. PayPal uses the results of the credit assessment regarding the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit assessment may include probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit assessment, these are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical method. The calculation of score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. For further data protection information, including information about the credit agencies used, please refer to 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 personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

  • SOFORT When selecting the payment method "SOFORT," payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we pass on the information provided during the ordering process, including information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data is passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary. For further information on SOFORT's privacy policy, please visit the following website: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz.
  1. Contact for Review Reminder

Own review reminder (no shipment through a customer review system) We use your email address to remind you once to submit a review of your order for the review system we use, provided that you have given us your express consent for this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller responsible for processing.

  1. Use of Social Media: Social Plugins

9.1 Facebook Plugins with Shariff Solution

Additional customs clearance costs and/or import duties are not included in the price and are borne by the customer. On our website, so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"), are used. To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins but are merely integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such buttons is accessed, no connection is yet established with Facebook's servers. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login details). Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

Purpose and Scope of Data Collection and Further Processing and Use of Data by Facebook:

Please refer to Facebook's privacy policy for details on the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options to protect your privacy: Facebook Privacy Policy.

9.2 Google+ Plugins as Shariff Solution:

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

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

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For details on the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy.

9.3 Instagram Plugin as Shariff Solution:

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

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

Instagram LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For details on the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy: Instagram Privacy Policy.

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 relevant advertisements to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times.

10.1 DoubleClick by Google (continued):

so that users do not see the same ads multiple times. Google tracks which ads are displayed in which browser using a cookie ID, preventing duplicate display. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in optimally marketing our website according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

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

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server. We have no influence on the extent and further use of the data collected by Google through this tool and inform you according to our knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, the provider may obtain and store your IP address.

If you wish to object to participation in this tracking process, you can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, Google Ads Settings, where this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can find out more about the setting of cookies and make the necessary settings at the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. The functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For more information on the privacy policies of DoubleClick by Google, please visit: Google Privacy Policy.

10.2 Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking:

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

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on a Google AdWords ad. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually expire after 30 days and do not serve personal identification. 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 collected 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 with a conversion tracking tag.

Total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can block this use by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie through your internet browser settings. In this case, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

For more information on Google's privacy policies, please visit: Google Privacy Policy.

You can permanently disable cookies for ad preferences by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Google Ads Settings. Please note that certain functions of this website may not or only partially be usable 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 "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including the shortened IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the "_anonymizeIp()" extension, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes a direct personal reference. By means of 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 before. 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(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimization and marketing purposes.

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

You may refuse 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 the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

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 future collection by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain, delete

 

 

If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. This website also uses Google Analytics for 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 anonymized ID that is set across devices. This makes it possible to assign interaction data from different devices and from different sessions to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not transmit such data to Google. Data collection and storage via the user ID can be objected to at any time with effect for the future. For this, you need to disable Google Analytics on all systems you use, for example in another browser or on your mobile device. You can disable it using 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 future collection by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics For more information about Universal Analytics, please see here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376

12) RETARGETING/ REMARKETING/ RECOMMENDATION ADVERTISING

Facebook Custom Audience via the Pixel Process

This website uses the "Facebook Pixel" of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Facebook"). With explicit consent, the behaviour of users can be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help optimize future advertising measures. The collected data is anonymous to us, so it does not allow us to draw conclusions about the identity of users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, allowing a connection to the respective user profile and enabling Facebook to use the data for its own advertising purposes, according to Facebook's Data Usage Policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You can allow Facebook and its partners to place ads on and off Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations only take place with explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent to the use of the Facebook Pixel may only be given by users 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 under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures 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 to ensure that no cookies are stored on your computer in the future or that already stored cookies are deleted. However, disabling all cookies may result in some functions on our internet pages no longer being able to be performed. You can also disable the use of cookies by third parties such as Facebook on the following website of the Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Google AdWords Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing, with which we advertise for this website in the Google search results, as well as 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 the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit.

Which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Further data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your web and app browsing history with your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you see on the web. If you are logged into Google during your visit to our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data to form target groups. You can permanently disable 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 inform yourself about the setting of cookies and adjust your settings at the Digital Advertising Alliance website: www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted. Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be found 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 regarding the processing of your personal data, which we inform you about below:

Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has 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, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing, as well as your right to be informed about the guarantees according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;

Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;

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(1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist, in particular, if the processing is necessary for the exercise of 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;

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 erasure 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 this data once the purpose has been achieved, or if you have objected on the grounds of your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds prevail.

Right to Notification 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 communicate any rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing to each recipient to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves 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 the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller, where technically feasible; Right to Withdraw Consent according to Art. 7(3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the affected data immediately, 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 processing based on consent before its withdrawal; Right to Lodge a Complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR, you have the right - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

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

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

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

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA 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 is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.