Privacy Policy

Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually required, nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it will have no consequences. This only applies insofar as no other information is provided in the following processing operations.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server Log Files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.

Each time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host / IT service provider by your internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the accessed page, date and time of access, IP address, amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and improving our services.

Contact

Grownert, Tim Grunert, Heidberghof 8, 47495 Rheinberg, Germany

Controller

Please contact us upon request. The contact details of the controller responsible for data processing can be found in our legal notice.

Customer-Initiated Contact via Email

If you contact us by email on your own initiative, we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of processing and responding to your contact request.

If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your inquiry.

In this case, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We only use your email address to process your inquiry. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with legal retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection and Processing When Using the Contact Form

When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact.

In this case, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We only use your email address to process your inquiry. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with legal retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Customer Account / Orders

Customer Account

When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, Processing, and Transfer of Personal Data for Orders

When placing an order, we collect and process your personal data only insofar as this is necessary to fulfill and process your order and handle your inquiries.

The provision of data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide the data means that no contract can be concluded.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

Your data may be shared, for example, with shipping companies and dropshipping providers selected by you, payment service providers, order processing service providers, and IT service providers.

In all cases, we strictly comply with legal requirements. The scope of data transfer is limited to a minimum.

Reviews & Advertising

Data Collection When Posting a Comment

When commenting on an article or post, we collect your personal data (name, email address, comment text) only to the extent provided by you. The processing serves the purpose of enabling comments and displaying comments.

By submitting the comment, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent.

You may revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Your personal data will then be deleted.

When your comment is published, the name and email address you provided will be published.

In addition, your IP address is stored when submitting the comment for the purpose of preventing misuse of the comment function and ensuring the security of our information technology systems.

By submitting the comment, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent.

You may revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out before revocation. Your IP address will then be deleted.

Use of the Email Address for Sending Newsletters

We use your email address independently of contract processing exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided you have expressly consented to this.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent.

You may revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.

Your data will be passed on to an email marketing service provider within the scope of order processing. It will not be passed on to other third parties.

Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

We use the service Brevo, a platform of Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany, to send our newsletter.

Processing is carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g. email address, optionally name) is stored on Brevo servers within the EU.

Brevo offers extensive analysis options regarding how newsletters are opened and used. These analyses are group-based and are not used by us for individual monitoring of users.

Further information can be found in Brevo’s privacy policy:
https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/

You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect, for example via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by notifying us.