Privacy Policy

If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application on your mobile device (running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and equipped with an NFC function) by debiting a payment card stored in Google Pay or a verified payment system there (e.g. PayPal). To approve a Google Pay payment exceeding €25, you must first unlock your mobile device using the configured verification method (e.g., facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provide during the order process, along with information about your order, will be forwarded to Google. Google will then transmit your payment information stored in Google Pay, in the form of a one-time transaction number, to the originating website, which will use it to verify the payment. This transaction number contains no information about the actual payment data of your payment methods stored in Google Pay; instead, it is created and transmitted as a one-time valid numerical token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts solely as an intermediary for processing the payment. The transaction is carried out exclusively between the user and the originating website by debiting the payment method stored in Google Pay.

If personal data is processed during the described transfers, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain process-specific information for every transaction made via Google Pay. This includes the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the purchased goods or services provided by the merchant, photos you have attached to the transaction, the name and email address of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.

According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and the optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.

Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with other information collected and stored by Google when using other Google services.

The Google Pay terms of use can be found here:

https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=de
Further information on data protection at Google Pay can be found at the following internet address:
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=de
- Klarna

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden

If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance (e.g., credit card payment), your payment data provided during the order process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be transmitted to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, the transmission of your data is exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method where the provider pays in advance (e.g., invoice or installment purchase or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal data during the order process (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, phone number, and possibly data for an alternative payment method).

To safeguard our legitimate interest in determining the creditworthiness of our customers, we forward this data to the provider for a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide, as well as other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider checks whether the payment option you have selected can be granted in terms of payment and/or default risks.

In addition to internal provider criteria, identity and credit information from the following credit agencies may be included in the decision-making process for the application review, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR:

https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
- Paypal

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance, your payment data provided during the order process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be transmitted to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, the transmission of your data is exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method where we pay in advance, you will also be asked to provide certain personal data during the order process (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, phone number, and possibly data for an alternative payment method).

To safeguard our legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness in such cases, we forward this data to the provider for a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide, as well as other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experiences), the provider checks whether the payment option you have selected can be granted in terms of payment and/or default risks.

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data.

You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to us or to the provider. However, the provider may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
- Paypal Checkout

This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal that comprises PayPal's own payment methods and local third-party payment methods.

When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “Pay Later” via PayPal, we transmit your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”) as part of payment processing. The transmission takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit assessment for credit card payments via PayPal, direct debits via PayPal or – if offered – “Pay Later” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default to decide whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.

If the PayPal payment method "Purchase on Account" is available and selected, your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal in preparation for the payment, after which PayPal will forward it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") for payment processing. The legal basis in each case is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, RatePay carries out an identity and credit check on its own behalf to determine creditworthiness, in accordance with the principle already mentioned above, and passes on your payment data to credit agencies due to the legitimate interest in determining creditworthiness, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. A list of credit agencies that Ratepay may use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/

When using a local third-party payment method, your payment data is first transmitted to PayPal in preparation for payment in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal then transmits your payment data to the corresponding provider for payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR:

- Apple Pay (Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland)
- Google Pay (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland)
- iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
- blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z o.o., ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
- eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
- MyBank (PRETA S.A.S, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
- Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)

Further information on data protection can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full
- Shopify Payments

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

If you select a payment method from the provider where you pay in advance (e.g., credit card payment), your payment data provided during the order process (including name, address, bank and payment card information, currency, and transaction number) as well as information about the content of your order will be transmitted to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, the transmission of your data is exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

8) Page functionalities

8.1 Judge.me

Our website integrates graphic elements from the following provider for displaying external customer reviews and/or an externally awarded quality seal: Judge.me Ltd., c/o Buckworths, 2nd Floor, 1-3 Worship Street, London, England, EC2A 2AB, United Kingdom

If you visit a page of our website that contains such graphic elements, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers to load the elements correctly. In this process, certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If personal data is also processed in this context, it is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offer and the appealing design of our website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

In the event of data transfer to the provider's location, an adequate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

8.2 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts from the following provider for uniform display of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

When you access a page, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this process, certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA

The processing of personal data during the connection with the font provider is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

9) Tools and Other

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a "Cookie Consent Tool" to obtain valid user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications requiring consent. The "Cookie Consent Tool" is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface when they access a page, where they can give consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking boxes. By using this tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user has given corresponding consent by checking the boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user's device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies, and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for processing is also Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. As controllers, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user's consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the Cookie Consent Tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

10) Rights of the Data Subject

10.1 The applicable data protection law grants you, in relation to the controller, the following data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) regarding the processing of your personal data, with reference to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise conditions:

• Right of access in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;
• Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
• Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;
• Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
• Right to notification in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR;
• Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
• Right to withdraw granted consents in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
• Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

10.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

11) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

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

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the expiration of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

Status: 30.11.2025, 9:41:59 PM