Data Privacy

General note and mandatory information

Appointment of the responsible body

The responsible data processing company on this website is:

Tarigs UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Bibiane Buttgereit
Katharinenstraße 24
10711 Berlin

The responsible body, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, contact details, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Only with your express consent are some processes of data processing possible. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is sufficient an informal message by e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the competent authority

As the person concerned, you are entitled to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The competent supervisory authority with regard to data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which the headquarters of our company is located. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically to you or to third parties. The provision is made in a machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of the data to another person in charge, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion

You have the right at any time in the context of the applicable legal provisions to provide free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, their recipients and the purpose of the data processing and possibly a right to correct, block or delete this data. In this regard and also to further questions on the subject of personal data, you can always contact us via the contact options listed in the imprint.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as a site operator, our website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. Thus, data that you submit via this website, for others not readable. You will recognize an encrypted connection at the “https: //” address bar of your browser and at the lock icon in the browser bar.

Server log files

In server log files, the website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically sends to us. These are:

  • Visited page on our domain
  • Date and time of the server request
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • IP address

There is no merge of this data with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or precontractual measures.

Data transmission at the conclusion of the contract for the sale of goods and goods

Personal data will only be transmitted to third parties, if there is a need in the context of the contract. Third parties may be, for example, payment service providers or logistics companies. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to this.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or precontractual measures.

Registration on this website

To use certain features, you can register on our website. The transmitted data serve exclusively for the purpose of the use of the respective offer or service. Required information requested during registration must be given in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.

In case of important changes, for technical reasons for example, we will inform you by e-mail. The e-mail will be sent to the address specified when registering.

The processing of the data entered during registration takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. DSGVO). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is sufficient an informal message by e-mail. The legality of the already completed data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.

We store the data collected during the registration during the period you are registered on our website. Your data will be deleted should you cancel your registration. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Contact form

Data submitted via the contact form will be stored, including your contact details, to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. A disclosure of this data will not take place without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. DSGVO). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is sufficient an informal message by e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data submitted via the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or you no longer need to back up your data. Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

Duration of contributions and comments

Posts and comments and related data, such as IP addresses, are stored. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or deleted for legal reasons.

The contributions and comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is sufficient an informal message by e-mail. The legality of already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

Newsletter data

To send our newsletter, we need an e-mail address from you. It is necessary to verify the given e-mail address and to accept the newsletter. Supplementary data are not collected or are voluntary. The use of the data takes place exclusively for the dispatch of the newsletter.

The data provided in the newsletter registration are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. DSGVO). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is sufficient an informal message by e-mail or you sign up via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of cancellation. If these data have been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, they will remain with us.

YouTube

For integration and presentation of video content, our website uses plugins from YouTube. Provider of the video portal is the YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit a page with an integrated YouTube plug-in, it will connect to YouTube’s servers. YouTube will find out which of our pages you viewed.

YouTube may associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile should you be logged into your YouTube account. By logging out beforehand you have the option to prevent this.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

For details on how to handle user information, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are “session cookies.” Such cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your browser session. On the other hand, other cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us to recognize you when you return to our website.

With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. The deactivation of cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

The setting of cookies, which are necessary for the performance of electronic communication processes or the provision of certain functions desired by you (eg shopping cart), takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically flawless and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (eg for analysis functions), they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Web analytics service provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and allows analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Server location is usually the US.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize our website and possibly also advertising.

IP anonymization

We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization feature. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. There may be exceptions where Google transmits and truncates the full IP address to a server in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to report on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. There is no merger of the Google Analytics transmitted IP address with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

The setting of cookies through your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted. Likewise, you can prevent the collection of data regarding your website use, including your IP address and subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plug-in that can be accessed via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opposition to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics.

For details on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order processing

To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have entered into a contract processing agreement with Google.

Demographic features in Google Analytics

Our website uses the demographics feature of Google Analytics. It can be used to generate reports that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. These data are from interest-based advertising from Google and from third-party visitor data. An assignment of the data to a specific person is not possible. You can disable this feature at any time. This is possible through the ad settings in your Google Account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section “Objection to data collection”.

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

Our website uses the web analysis service Matomo. Matomo is an open source solution.

Matomo uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that allow analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about the use of our website is stored on our server. Before saving, your IP address will be anonymised.

Cookies from Matomo remain on your device until you delete them.

Matomo cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the anonymous analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website and possibly also advertising.

There is no disclosure of the information stored in the Matomo Cookie about the use of this website. The setting of cookies through your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted.

Here you can deactivate the storage and use of your data. Your browser sets an opt-out cookie, which prevents the storage of Matomo usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be removed. When you visit our website again, the opt-out cookie to prevent the storage and use of your data to be set again.

PayPal

Our website allows payment via PayPal. The provider of the payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.

If you pay with PayPal, the payment data you entered will be transmitted to PayPal.

The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (processing to fulfill a contract). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. Past data processing operations remain in effect on revocation.

Klarna

Our website allows payment via Klarna. Provider of the payment service is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.

When paying with Klarna (Klarna checkout solution), Klarna collects various personal data from you. For details, see the privacy policy of Klarna: https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/.

Klarna uses cookies to optimize the Klarna checkout solution. This optimization constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies from Klarna remain on your device until you delete them. For details on the use of Klarna cookies, see: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/cookie/de_de/checkout.pdf.

The transmission of your data to Klarna is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (processing to fulfill a contract). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. Past data processing operations remain in effect on revocation.

Instant bank transfer

Our website allows payment via “Sofortüberweisung.” Provider of the payment service is the Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich.

With the help of the procedure “Sofortüberweisung” we receive in real time a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH and can immediately start to fulfill our obligations.

When paying by “Sofortüberweisung” a transfer of your PIN and TAN to the Sofort GmbH. The payment provider then logs into your online banking account, automatically checks your balance and makes the transfer. An immediate transaction confirmation follows. Your sales, the credit line of your credit line and the existence of other accounts and their holdings are also checked automatically after logging in.

In addition to PIN and TAN, the transmission to Sofort GmbH also includes payment data as well as personal data. The personal data include first and last name, address, telephone number (s), e-mail address, IP address and, if necessary, other data required for payment processing. There is a need for this data transfer to unambiguously identify your identity and prevent fraud.

The transmission of your data to Sofort GmbH is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (processing to fulfill a contract). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. Past data processing operations remain in effect on revocation.

For details on paying by Sofortüberweisung see: https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.

Pinterest Plugin

Our website uses features of the social network Pinterest. Provider is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA.

When you call a page with features from Pinterest, your browser connects directly to the Pinterest servers. Log data is transmitted to the servers of Pinterest. Location of the servers are the USA. The log data may allow you to identify your IP address, visited websites, browser type and settings, date and time of the request, how you intend to use Pinterest, and cookies.

For details, see the privacy policy of Pinterest: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

Google AdWords und Google Conversion-Tracking

Our website uses Google AdWords. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.

AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we work with conversion tracking. After clicking on a Google-served ad, a cookie will be set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Google AdWords cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of users. At the cookie, Google and we recognize that you have clicked on an ad and have been redirected to our website.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies are not traceable through AdWords client websites. Conversion cookies are used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords advertisers who use conversion tracking. Adwords customers learn how many people clicked on their ad and were redirected to conversion tracking tag pages. However, advertisers are not provided with information that allows them to personally identify themselves. If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can object to a use. Here is the conversion cookie in the user settings of the browser to disable. So there is no inclusion in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We as website operators have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and advertising.

For details about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. The deactivation of cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

Google Web Fonts

Our website uses web fonts from Google. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

By using these web fonts, it will be possible for you to present the desired presentation of our website, regardless of which fonts are available to you locally. This is done by retrieving the Google Web fonts from a Google server in the US and then sharing your data with Google. This is your IP address and which page you visited. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transmission of our website.

The company Google is certified for the us European privacy agreement “Privacy Shield”. This privacy agreement aims to ensure compliance with the level of data protection in the EU.

For details about Google Web fonts, see: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and more information in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de

Facebook-, Custom Audiences and Facebook-Marketing-Dienste

1. Within our online offer is due to our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer and for these purposes, the so-called “Facebook pixel” of the social network Facebook, by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are resident in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland operated (“Facebook”).

2. Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement, which provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

3. With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is on the one hand possible for Facebook to determine the visitors to our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called “Facebook ads”). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel to display the Facebook Ads we have been sent only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or certain features (eg interests in certain topics or products that have been visited by them) Web pages determined), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to make sure that our Facebook ads are in line with the potential interest of users and are not annoying. With the help of the Facebook pixel, we can also understand the effectiveness of the Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes, in which we see whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called “conversion”).

4. The processing of the data by Facebook takes place in the context of Facebook’s Data Usage Policy. Accordingly, general notes on the presentation of Facebook Ads, in the data usage policy of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Special information and details about the Facebook pixel and how it works can be found in the Help section of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.

5. You may object to the capture by the Facebook Pixel and use of your data to display Facebook Ads. To set which types of ads you see within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions for the usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. The settings are platform independent, i. they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

6. You may also opt out of the use of cookies for distance measurement and promotional purposes via the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and in addition the US-American website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/) contradict.

To prevent the collection of your data via the Facebook pixel on our website, please click the following link: Deactivate Facebook Pixel Tracking

Note: Clicking the link will save an opt-out cookie on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, then you have to click the link again. Furthermore, the opt-out only applies within the browser you use and only within our web domain on which the link was clicked.

Shipping service

1. Description and scope of data processing

If you order products or services in our website for which a shipping service provider is used, you will receive your order and shipping confirmation via your email address and, depending on the respective shipping service provider, the notification that your shipment has arrived and / or the notification for package announcement as well as possible delivery options.

The data is transmitted to the following service providers:

  • Packlink Shipping S.L., Calle Amaltea 9, 28045 Madrid, Spain
  • DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany
  • DHL Express Germany GmbH, Heinrich-Brüning-Str. 5, 53113 Bonn, Germany
  • DPD Germany GmbH, Wailandtstrasse 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • UPS Europa SA, Ave Ariane 5, Brussels, B-1200, Belgium
  • General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Strasse 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein, Germany
  • TNT Express GmbH, Haberstrasse 2, 53842 Troisdorf, Germany

The transmitted data are regularly:

Surname
address
E-mail address
phone number

2. Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of the personal data processing is to allow our shipping service providers to inform customers of the shipment history by email, thereby increasing the likelihood of successful delivery.

3. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the transmission of the e-mail address to the respective shipping service provider and their use is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, based on our legitimate interest in being able to offer the notification service to our customers, thus making shipping as customer-friendly as possible.

4. Storage duration

The transmitted data will be deleted at the respective shipping service provider, if the package could be delivered.

5. Opposition and removal possibility

The notification service by the shipping service provider can be terminated at any time by the affected user. For this purpose, you can use the opt-out link contained in the email of the shipping service provider or you send us immediately after your order an informal email to info@tarigs.com before the order is processed.