Data protection

1. General

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We "process" data in accordance with the applicable statutory data protection regulations, from May 25, 2018 in particular in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as: GDPR) and the country-specific data protection regulations. "Processing" is any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any such series of processes in connection with personal data such as the collection, recording, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or change, reading, querying, the Use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction; In the following, we will inform you about the processing of data, in particular about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of your personal data when you visit our website and use our offers and services as well as the corresponding legal bases. In addition, we explain to you in our data protection declaration which rights you have with regard to data processing. "Personal data" is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person; A natural person is regarded as identifiable who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features that express the physical , physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person.

2. Responsible for data processing

As the provider of our internet services, we are the body responsible for data processing. You can reach us using the contact details given below: Philip Kahlen, Eisenstr. 17, 52355 Düren (Germany), E-Mail: philip@gertvanhoef.wiki.

3. Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten

The type, scope and purpose of the processing of your data differ depending on whether you only visit our website or use the services and / or services offered by us:

a) Visiting our website
When you visit our website, the server saves data in so-called server log files, which your internet browser automatically transmits to the server, in particular:

Date and time of access to one of our websites
Your browser type and the respective version of the browser
the operating system used
the page you last visited (so-called referrer URL)
the amount of data transferred and the access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.) and
Your IP address and the requesting provider.

This data is processed in order to enable the use of the Internet pages you have accessed, for statistical purposes, to improve our Internet offering and to protect against illegal cyber attacks and to exercise, assert or defend against legal claims. Your IP address is only stored for as long as it is necessary to exercise, assert or defend against legal claims, to defend possible cyber attacks and to provide the law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution. The data given above will be processed separately from all personal data that you provide to us when visiting our website and / or using a service and will not be merged under any circumstances. As of May 25, 2018, this data processing described above has its legal basis in Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR to carry out the necessary pre-contractual measures to enable you to use the Internet pages you have accessed. Insofar as the above data is processed for statistical purposes, to improve our website, to protect against illegal cyber attacks, or to exercise, assert or defend against legal claims, this will be done from May 25, 2018 on the legal basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f ) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest in this data processing lies in the evaluation of the data to improve our website, in order to exercise, assert or defend against legal claims, if necessary, and in protecting our systems against illegal cyber attacks and, if necessary, enabling the law enforcement authorities to prosecute.

b) Processing of personal data when using the services we offer:
We only process personal data if this is permitted by law or if you consent to the processing of your personal data. If you want to use the services we offer on our website, such as ordering goods, rendering services, ordering vouchers or newsletters, you will need to provide additional personal data. We process your personal data for the above purposes from May 25th, 2018 on the legal basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b) GDPR in order to fulfill a contract with you or to carry out necessary pre-contractual measures, which take place on your request. The purpose of processing your personal data is, for example, to process inquiries, deliver the goods you have ordered, provide the desired service, process a voucher order or send you the newsletter you have requested, or enable you to use our blog and comment functions. In addition, we process your data for the purpose of exercising, asserting or defending against legal claims from the contractual relationship and, if necessary, enabling the prosecution authorities to prosecute you. The above data processing will take place from May 25, 2018 on the legal basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest in this data processing is to be able to exercise, assert or defend against legal claims from the contractual relationship and, if necessary, to enable the law enforcement authorities to prosecute. Finally, we process your personal data for the purpose of complying with our statutory retention requirements. The legal basis for the fulfillment of our statutory retention requirements has been standardized in Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c) GDPR from May 25, 2018. For the aforementioned purpose, your data may be passed on to service providers who support us and who we have of course carefully selected. This can be a technical service provider or a service provider who supports us with shipping or payment processing or accounting. The supporting service providers will also process your personal data exclusively for the fulfillment of the contract from May 25, 2018 on the legal basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b) and / or data from May 25, 2018 on the legal basis in Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Process letter f) of the GDPR in order to ward off cyberattacks, exercise, assert or defend against legal claims and, if necessary, investigate committed crimes, which at the same time represents the legitimate interests of the aforementioned service providers. Finally, our service providers also process your personal data for the purpose of complying with their statutory retention requirements, the legal basis of which is standardized from May 25, 2018 in Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. The data we absolutely need can be seen in the input mask as part of the registration or ordering process. You can provide further information that is not absolutely necessary for the above purposes; they are marked accordingly by us when collecting the data as part of the registration or ordering process. Your personal data will only be passed on to other third parties if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. to authorities to investigate cyber attacks and possibly committed crimes or to tax offices), to courts and lawyers to exercise, assert or defend against legal claims or if you have expressly consented to the disclosure of your personal data.

4. Use of cookies

We use so-called "cookies" on our website. Cookies are small text files that are sent from our web server to your browser when you visit our website and that are temporarily saved on your device (e.g. PC, smartphone, tablet) for various purposes. Cookies can also be used by third party providers of tools that we use on our website. In the following, we explain the type of session cookies used and permanent cookies as well as their respective functionality and how you can prevent the use of cookies:

a) Session-Cookies
We use so-called "session cookies" on our website. Session cookies allow us to continue to identify your device when you visit our website when you switch from one of our websites to another of our websites. This allows you to use our website more effectively. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. For technical reasons, it may be necessary to allow the use of session cookies for the full functionality of our website. Session cookies will be used from May 25, 2018 on the legal basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest in the use of session cookies is to enable our customers and users of our website to use our services more effectively.

b) Consent for the use of permanent cookies (e.g. permanent cookies, targeting cookies, web pixels and web logs):
In addition, you consent to our use of permanent cookies. These cookies enable us to recognize your device when you visit our website again and to save information about your last visit (e.g. your preferred language or other settings) (so-called permanent cookies). Persistent cookies can also be used to collect and analyze statistical data on the use of our website and our online advertisements and to present you with interest-based advertisements (targeting cookies, web pixels and web logs). If we use tools (programs) from third-party providers on our website that use permanent cookies for statistical purposes, analytical purposes or for advertising purposes, we will inform you about these tools, their functionality and the further details under point 13 of this data protection declaration in the context of this data protection declaration inform. By agreeing to the use of cookies via the function of our website, you expressly consent to us or the third-party tools we use being allowed to use permanent cookies for the above-mentioned purposes.

c) Deactivation of cookies:
You can determine whether cookies can be set and retrieved using the settings in your browser. For example, you can deactivate the storage of cookies altogether in your browser, limit it to certain websites or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for your permission. You can also set your browser so that cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. Finally, you can activate a Do-Not-Track function ("DNT") in your browser so that you are not automatically recorded by any web analysis tool that may be used. Information about the configuration of your browser settings can be found in the help function of your respective internet browser. You can also separately deactivate the use of cookies for the presentation of interest-related advertisements that are based on your user behavior by calling up the deactivation page of the EDAA under the following link: and implementing the additional information on opt-out of the individual services mentioned there. The EDAA is a non-profit association based in Brussels, which offers services for the independent control of online advertising. Please also note the further information on the functioning of the EDAA service under the following link: Please note that for technical reasons it may be necessary to allow the use of cookies for the full range of functions of our website and, if the use of cookies is deactivated, ours Website can no longer or no longer be fully usable.

5. Storage and deletion periods for personal data

If the processing purpose for your required personal data no longer applies, your personal data processed by us will be routinely deleted or, unless you have consented to permanent storage of your personal data. If individual data have to be kept after the processing purposes have ceased to exist due to legal retention periods (e.g. tax and commercial retention regulations), the data will be blocked instead of being deleted. The data to be stored may then be processed on the legal basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c) GDPR exclusively for the aforementioned purposes.

6. Your rights as a data subject

You always have the rights described below:

Right to confirmation and information about the personal data processed by us in accordance with Article 15 GDPR
Right to rectification of your personal data in accordance with Article 16 GDPR
Right to erasure of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”) in accordance with Article 17 GDPR
Right to restrict the processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 18 GDPR
Right to data portability of your personal data in accordance with Article 20 GDPR
According to Article 22 GDPR, you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - that has legal effects on you or similarly significantly affects you.

Please send us your request to the contact details given in section 2 of this data protection declaration.

7. Right to object

You have the right, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you, which takes place as of May 25, 2018 on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. In this case, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If personal data are processed in order to operate direct mail, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. You also have the right, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data relating to you, which is carried out for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 (1) GDPR, be it because the processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

8. Right to withdraw consent

You can revoke your express consent under data protection law at any time with effect for the future. The legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation is not affected by the revocation.

9. Complaint about data protection violations to the supervisory authorities

If you are of the opinion that your data protection rights have been violated, you can contact the supervisory authority of your state or the state of our company headquarters. If a complaint concerns a company that is based in another federal state, the supervisory authority forwards the complaint to the supervisory authority responsible there.

10. Notification obligation in connection with the correction or deletion of personal data or the restriction of processing

We notify all recipients to whom personal data has been disclosed of any correction or deletion of personal data or a restriction on processing in accordance with Article 16, Article 17 Paragraph 1 and Article 18 GDPR, unless this proves to be impossible or is with a disproportionate effort involved. We will also inform you about these recipients if you request this.

11. Data security

We use technical and organizational security measures to protect the processing of personal data, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against attacks by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

12. Questions / comments

You are welcome to send any questions or comments about this data protection declaration or data protection in general to our contact details, which you can find in Section 2 of this data protection declaration.

Status of the data protection declaration: October 2021