PRIVACY POLICY

1) Information on 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 using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website in terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Umreifung24 GmbH, Vahrenwalder Str. 269a, 30179 Hannover, Germany, Tel.: -, Email: info@umreifung24.de. The controller 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 "https://" prefix and the lock icon in your browser's address bar.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., without registering or otherwise providing information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data necessary for us to display the website:

• Visited website
• Date and time of access
• Amount of data sent (in bytes)
• Source/reference from which you accessed the site
• Used browser
• Used operating system
• IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. Data is neither shared nor otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to check server log files subsequently if concrete indications suggest unlawful use.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. These are small text files stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after your browser session ends (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified duration, which varies depending on the cookie. You can find the storage duration in your browser's cookie settings.

Cookies can serve to simplify the ordering process (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart). If personal data is processed through cookies, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for contract execution or based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) or our legitimate interest in an optimized website (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR).

You can configure your browser to notify you about cookie settings and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude cookies for certain cases or in general. Browser-specific instructions for managing cookie settings can be found at:

• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

4) Contact

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), we collect personal data. The data collected depends on the respective contact form. This data is stored and used solely for processing your request and the technical administration involved. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your request has been fully processed unless statutory retention obligations prevent this.

5) Data Processing for Customer Account and Contract Execution

We collect and process personal data if you provide it for contract execution or customer account creation (Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR). The collected data is evident from the input forms. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time via a message to the controller's address. After contract fulfillment or account deletion, your data is blocked and deleted after tax and commercial retention periods expire.

6) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing

6.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter

By subscribing to our newsletter, you consent to receiving promotional emails. Subscription is confirmed via a double opt-in process, and your IP address and subscription date are stored for security purposes.

6.2 Product Availability Notifications via Email

If you register for product availability notifications, we will inform you once the product is available. Subscription follows a double opt-in process, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

7) Data Processing for Order Handling

To process your order, we collaborate with service providers and transmit necessary personal data to them.

8) Review Reminder

If you provide explicit consent, we share your email with Trusted Shops GmbH to remind you to leave a review. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

9) USE OF EVALUATION AND CERTIFICATION SEAL GRAPHICS

Trusted Shops Trustbadge

To display our Trusted Shops quality seal and to offer the Trusted Shops membership to buyers after an order, the Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website.

This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offerings, Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services it promotes are an offering of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.

When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which includes, for example, your IP address, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval. These access data are not evaluated and are automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your page visit.

Other personal data will only be transmitted to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies.

10) ONLINE MARKETING

Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and within the framework of Google Ads, the conversion tracking service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use the Google Ads service to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google AdWords). We can determine the success of individual advertising campaigns based on the data of the campaigns. Our goal is to show you ads that are of interest to you, make our website more interesting for you, and achieve a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies generally lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on 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 Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained through the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers are informed about the total number of users who have clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that allows personal identification of users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie via your internet browser under "User Settings." You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising according to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Within the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

For more information about Google’s privacy policies, visit: Google Privacy Policy

You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Google Ads Plugin

Please note that certain features of this website may not be available or may be restricted if you disable the use of cookies.

As far as legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR for the processing of your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website or alternatively follow the above-mentioned option to object.

11) WEB ANALYSIS SERVICES

Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google (Universal) Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” which are text files that are stored on your device and 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 and stored there. This may also involve transmission to Google LLC servers in the USA.

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening and excludes direct personal identification. Through the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide us with additional services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google (Universal) Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

All of the above-described processing, especially the setting of Google Analytics cookies to read information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have explicitly consented to it in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Analytics will not be used during your page visit.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics, obligating Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to disclose it to third parties.

For the transmission of data from the EU to the USA, Google relies on so-called standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which aim to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.

Further information on Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: Google Privacy Policy

12) RETARGETING/REMARKETING/RECOMMENDATION ADVERTISING

Bing Ads (Microsoft Corporation)

This website uses the "Bing Ads" conversion tracking technology from Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA). A cookie is placed on your device by Microsoft Bing Ads when you arrive at our website via a Microsoft Bing ad. These cookies expire after 180 days and do not serve personal identification purposes. If the user visits specific pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Microsoft and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page (conversion page).

If personal data is processed during this, it is done in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in effective marketing.

The information collected through the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics, i.e., to track how many users clicked on an ad and reached a conversion page. We do not receive any information that would allow for personal identification of users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object by disabling the Bing Ads conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

For more information on Microsoft Bing Ads' privacy policy, visit: Microsoft Privacy Policy

Bing Ads (Microsoft Corporation) Universal Event Tracking

This website uses the Universal Event Tracking of the "Bing Ads" conversion tracking technology from Microsoft. For the use of Universal Event Tracking, a tag is embedded on each page of our website, which interacts with the conversion cookie set by Microsoft Bing Ads. This interaction makes the user behavior on our website traceable and sends the captured information to Microsoft Bing Ads. The purpose of this is to statistically capture and evaluate predefined goals such as purchases or leads to make our offers more interest-based.

Google Ads Remarketing

Our website uses the remarketing features of Google Ads. With this, we advertise for this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in your browser that automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID based on the pages you have visited.

Further information about Google Ads Remarketing can be found here: Google Ads Privacy Policy

13) TOOLS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Cookie Consent Tool Based on Usercentrics Technology

This website uses a Cookie Consent Tool based on the technology of Usercentrics GmbH to obtain effective user consents for cookies and cookie-based applications.

14) RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

14.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject regarding the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), which we will inform you about below:

• Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned duration of storage or the criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of the 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, the significance and the intended consequences of such processing, as well as your right to be informed about the guarantees according to Art. 46 GDPR when transferring your data to third countries;
• Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to request the immediate correction of inaccurate data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete data stored by us;
• Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion 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 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 processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data is being verified, if you refuse the erasure of your data due to unlawful processing and instead request the restriction of the processing, if you need your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims after we no longer need it for the purposes of processing, or if you have lodged an objection for reasons arising from your particular situation, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons override yours;
• Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have requested the rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, the controller is required to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed about such rectification, erasure, 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 the transfer to another controller, where technically feasible;
• Right to withdraw consent according to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw any consent given for the processing of data at any time, with effect for the future. In case of withdrawal, we will delete the affected data immediately, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal;
• Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

14.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH FUTURE EFFECT.

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease the processing of the affected data. However, further processing may be reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. You can exercise the objection as described above.

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease the processing of the affected data for direct marketing purposes.

15) DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the processing purpose, and – if applicable – by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

If personal data is processed based on explicit consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in the context of contractual or similar obligations under Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention period has expired, unless it is still required for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or we have a legitimate interest in further storage.

If personal data is processed based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.