Privacy Policy

Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract, nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Not providing it has no consequences. This only applies as long as no other information is given in the processing operations described below.

"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. 

Each time our website is accessed, usage data is transmitted by your internet browser to us or to our web host / IT service provider and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the grounds of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and in improving our services.

Contact

Controller

Feel free to contact us. The controller responsible for data processing is: Felix Vietze, Am Tiggemann 2, 59505 Bad Sassendorf, Germany, +49 2921 342178, service@kauft-an.de

Customer-initiated contact by e-mail

If you initiate business contact with us by e-mail, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves to handle and answer your enquiry.
If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the case of purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the grounds of our overriding legitimate interest in handling and answering your enquiry. In this case, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
We only use your e-mail address to handle your enquiry. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Customer account

Customer account

When you open a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent stated there. The purpose of the data processing is to improve your user experience and to simplify the processing of sales. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR with your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the withdrawal. Your customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, processing and transfer of personal data in connection with sales

In the case of a sale, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the fulfilment and processing of your sale and for handling your enquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide it means that no contract can be concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
Your data is passed on, for example, to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers you have chosen, payment service providers, service providers for sales processing and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The scope of the data transfer is limited to a minimum.

Shipping service providers

Transfer of your e-mail address to shipping companies for information on the shipping status
We pass on your e-mail address to the transport company as part of contract processing, provided that you have expressly consented to this during the sales process. The purpose of this transfer is to inform you about the shipping status by e-mail. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR with your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the withdrawal.

Payment service providers

Use of PayPal

All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal privacy policy, which you can find at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is accessed again.

Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set, decide on their acceptance individually, and prevent the storage of cookies and the transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, please note that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Under the following links you can find out how to manage (and also disable) cookies in the most common browsers:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de)
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies)
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen (https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen)
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac)

Technically necessary cookies 

Unless stated otherwise below in this privacy policy, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our services more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognise your browser after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognised again after a page change.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out on the basis of Section 25 (2) of the German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the grounds of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our services.
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of your personal data.

Analytics

Use of Matomo

We use the analytics tool Matomo by InnoCraft Ltd. (150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand; "Matomo") on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of analysing this website and its visitors. The following information may be collected, among other things: IP address, information about the browser you use and the device you use, files you have clicked on or downloaded, clicks on links to third-party websites, referrer URL (the website via which you accessed our website), URL of our website, number of your visits, time of your first visit, date and time of the visit, time zone, location data. Usage profiles may be created from this data under a pseudonym. The data collected using Matomo technologies is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separately granted consent of the data subject, and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the grounds of our overriding legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of your personal data.

Plug-ins and other services

Use of Font Awesome 
We use Font Awesome by Fonticons Inc. (307 S Main St., Suite 202, Bentonville, AR, 72712-9214 USA "Font Awesome") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of a uniform display of fonts and icons on our website. In order to load the fonts, a connection to Font Awesome servers is established when the page is accessed. 
Cookies may be used in this context. Among other things, your IP address and information about the browser you use is processed and transmitted to Font Awesome. Your data may be transferred to third countries, such as the USA. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. 
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your consent on the basis of Section 25 (1) sentence 1 TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the withdrawal. 
Further information on data processing and data protection can be found at https://fontawesome.com/privacy and https://fontawesome.com/support.
 

Rights of data subjects and storage period

Duration of storage

After complete processing of the contract, the data is initially stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in consideration of statutory retention periods, in particular under tax and commercial law, and is then deleted after expiry of these periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the data subject

If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: right of access, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restriction of processing, right to data portability.

In addition, under Art. 21 (1) GDPR you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Under Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.

Right to object

If the processing of personal data set out here is based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future.

Once you have objected, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

last updated: 10/01/2022