1. data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website.
when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.
personally identifiable. For detailed information on the subject of data protection
privacy statement below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details
can be found in the “Notice about the responsible party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This can be, for example
data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website.
systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page visit).
of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected in order to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other
Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data.
and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to demand the correction or deletion of this data.
deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing,
you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under
you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time about this and any other questions you may have on the subject of data protection.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done mainly
mainly with so-called analysis programmes.
Detailed information on these analysis programmes can be found in the following
data protection declaration.
2. hosting
External hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data that
collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include
IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data,
names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para.
and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient
provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of
on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or the access to information in the
cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the
within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Our hoster will only process your data to the extent that this is necessary for the fulfilment of his service obligations and our instructions with regard to the processing of your data.
and follow our instructions with regard to this data.
We use the following hoster:
united-domains AG
Gautinger Street 10
82319 Starnberg
Germany
Order processing
We have concluded an order processing agreement (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider.
This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only
the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the
and in compliance with the DSGVO.
3 General notes and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your
personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and
this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected.
Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This
Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how
and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail)
can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
possible.
Note on the responsible office
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Mertin & Thum GbR
Oberwallstraße 6
10117 Berlin
Telephone: +49 (0) 23597239
E-mail: info at comparison-shopping-services.com
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on
the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
decides.
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until such time as it is no longer needed.
your personal data remains with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a
legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing,
your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your
(e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted.
in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons have ceased to exist.
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this
Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the following basis
on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, insofar as special data categories
are processed in accordance with Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of
In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data is also processed on the basis of Art.
49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. If you consent to the storage of cookies or to the access to information in
device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing will also be carried out on the basis of
on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for
contract performance or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art.
data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Furthermore, we process your data insofar as these are
necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.
Furthermore, the data processing may be based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f
DSGVO. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.
paragraphs of this data protection declaration.
Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
We use, among other things, tools from companies based in the USA or other third
third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out
We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries.
For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without your consent.
without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be
US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process, analyse and use your data on US servers for surveillance purposes.
purposes, evaluate and permanently store your data. We have no influence on these
have any influence on these processing activities.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke
revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation
data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right of objection against data collection in special cases and against
direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F OF THE GDPR
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS
SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.
PROFILING. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED,
PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,
WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING
UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT
OVERRIDING YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS
LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) DSGVO).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING.
PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING.
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING.
IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE
WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION
ACCORDING TO ART. 21 ABS. 2 DSGVO).
Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, the data subjects have a right of appeal to a
authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the
or the place of the alleged infringement. The right of appeal shall be without prejudice to any other
administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to transfer data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract to yourself or to a third party.
contract, to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.
machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible
this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Information, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, to request a correction.
purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the right to correction or deletion of this data. For this and
other questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in
the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need
usually need time to check this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to
Restrict the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data has happened/is happening unlawfully, you may
request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you wish to use it to exercise,
defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your data
the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out.
your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests outweigh
interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from being
only with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of your interests.
defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for
legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
of a Member State.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and in order to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries
orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption.
encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from
“http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
be read by third parties.
4. data collection on this website
Cookies
Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files and do not cause
do no harm to your terminal device. They are either temporarily stored on your device for the duration of a session
(session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies
are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal
until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your end device when you enter our site (third-party cookies).
enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services
services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos).
videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertising.
Cookies that are used to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain
functions you have requested (e.g. for the shopping basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies for the display of videos).
website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art.
stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the
technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Insofar as consent to the
storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the
processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG).
TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and
allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general
and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. With the
If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you of this separately within the scope of this data protection declaration.
separately within the framework of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.
Server log files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files.
Files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
browser type and browser version
Operating system used
referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has
a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of his website –
for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the
form, including the contact data you provide there, will be used for the purpose of processing the enquiry
and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your
without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, insofar as your enquiry is related to the
fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
necessary. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
revocable at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the deletion of your data, or until you request us to delete your data.
revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after processing your enquiry has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions –
in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry), will be processed.
(name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry.
and processed by us. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, insofar as your request is related to
fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
necessary. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
revocable at any time.
The data you send to us via contact enquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the deletion of your data, or until you request us to delete your data.
your consent to the storage of the data or until the purpose for the storage of the data no longer applies.
(e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions –
in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
5. newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to check your e-mail address.
e-mail address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address
e-mail address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further
Further data will not be collected or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for
for sending the requested information and will not be passed on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your
basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). The consent granted for the storage of the
the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example by
for example by using the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legitimacy of the data processing
data processing procedures already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you have unsubscribed from the newsletter or after the purpose has ceased to exist. We
reserve the right to delete e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our
our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist.
newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings.
necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be combined with other data.
merged with other data. This serves your interest as well as our interest in
in complying with the legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest as defined in
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the
You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
6 Plugins and tools
YouTube
This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited
(“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is embedded, a connection to the YouTube servers is established.
connection to the YouTube servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.
you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your end device or use similar technologies for recognition (e.g. cookies).
technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way
YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things
to collect video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud.
prevent fraud attempts.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile.
to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.
This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as a corresponding
consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a
DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or the access to
information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The
consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy
at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts.
provided by Google. When you call up a page, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into your
browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers.
servers. This informs Google that your IP address has been used to access this website.
was called up. The use of Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on its website.
his website. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out
exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent
the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.
fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
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