Privacy policy

This is a courtesy translation. The German version is legally binding. Version: 24 July 2026.

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data is all data by which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Sebastian Rehm, Casual Circuit - Owner: Sebastian Rehm, Mühlenweg 2, 08294 Lößnitz, Germany, phone: 017671237190, email: info@casualcircuit.com. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When you use our website purely for information purposes, that is when you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (known as "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

The website of ours that you visited
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/referrer from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (where applicable: in anonymised form)

Processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (for example orders or enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

3) Hosting & content delivery network

3.1 Shopify

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify")

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

3.2 Shopify

We use a content delivery network from the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify")

Data may also be transferred to:

Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada
Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content or scripts more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. Processing takes place to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

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

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, that is small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted again after you close your browser (known as "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (known as "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.

Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR where consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of your visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally.

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

5) Contacting us

When you contact us (for example via the contact form or email), personal data is processed exclusively for the purpose of handling and responding to your enquiry and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

In accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, personal data continues to be collected and processed to the extent required if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required to open an account from the input form on our website.

Your customer account can be deleted at any time by sending a message to the above address of the controller. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully performed, no statutory retention periods apply and we have no continuing legitimate interest in further storage.

7) Use of customer data for direct marketing

7.1 Subscribing to our email newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory detail for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used so that we can address you personally. For sending the newsletter we use the double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receiving the newsletter by clicking a verification link sent to the email address you provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. In doing so, we store the IP address assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later point in time. The data we collect when you subscribe to the newsletter is used strictly for the stated purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After you have unsubscribed, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list without delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this in a way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

7.2 Shopify Email

Our email newsletters are sent via this provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

On the basis of our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provide when subscribing to the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR so that the provider can send the newsletter on our behalf.

Subject to your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical evaluation of the success of newsletter campaigns by means of web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, which can measure open rates and specific interactions with the content of the newsletter. Device information (for example time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system) is also collected and evaluated in this process, but is not merged with other data.
You can withdraw your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects our site visitors' data and prohibits disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

7.3 SMS marketing

On our website you have the option of signing up to receive SMS notifications about current offers, promotions and information about orders you have placed.

The mandatory detail for sending SMS notifications is your mobile phone number. Providing further data is voluntary and is used so that we can address you personally.

The double opt-in procedure is used for sending SMS messages, which ensures that promotional SMS messages are only sent to you once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receiving SMS messages by clicking a verification link sent to the mobile phone number you provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. When you sign up for SMS messages, the date and time of registration are also stored in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your mobile phone number at a later point in time. The data collected during registration is used exclusively for the purpose of promotional communication by SMS message.

You can unsubscribe from SMS messages at any time by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning and thereby withdraw the consent you have given with effect for the future. After you have unsubscribed, your mobile phone number will be deleted from the distribution list without delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this in a way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

7.4 Shopping cart reminders by email

If you abandon your purchase with us before completing the order, you have the option of receiving a one-off email reminder about the content of your virtual shopping cart.

The only mandatory detail for sending this reminder is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used so that we can address you personally. For sending the email we use the double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive a notification once you have expressly confirmed your consent in this respect by clicking a verification link sent to the email address you provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR for sending a shopping cart reminder. In doing so, we store the IP address assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later point in time. The data we collect when you sign up for our email notification service is used strictly for the stated purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the shopping cart reminders at any time by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. After you have unsubscribed, your email address will be deleted from the distribution list set up for this purpose without delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this in a way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

8) Data processing for order handling

8.1 Insofar as necessary for the performance of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect is passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Insofar as we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact details you provided when ordering in order to inform you personally within the scope of our statutory information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Your contact details are used strictly for the purpose of notifications about updates owed by us and are processed by us for this purpose only to the extent necessary for the respective information.

To process your order, we also work with the service provider(s) listed below, who support us in whole or in part in performing concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Klarna

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Klarna Bank AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden

If you select a payment method from the provider under which you pay in advance (for example credit card payment), the payment data you provide during the ordering 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 passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, your data is passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method under which the provider performs in advance (for example purchase on account or payment by instalments, or direct debit), you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, email address, telephone number and, where applicable, details of an alternative means of payment).

In order to protect our legitimate interest in determining our customers' solvency, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. On the basis of the personal data you provide and further data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

In addition to the provider's internal criteria, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may also be included in the decision as part of the application check 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 (known as score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included, among other things but not exclusively, in the calculation of the score values.

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 insofar as this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.
- PayPal

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: 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 under which you pay in advance, the payment data you provide during the ordering 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 passed on to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, your data is passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

If you select a payment method under which we perform in advance, you will also be asked during the ordering process to provide certain personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, town, date of birth, email address, telephone number and, where applicable, details of an alternative means of payment).

In order to protect our legitimate interest in determining your solvency in such cases, this data is forwarded by us to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. On the basis of the personal data you provide and further data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider checks whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

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

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

For the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay Later" via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check. 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 solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (known as score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included, among other things but not exclusively, in the calculation of the score values. 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 insofar as this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.

If the PayPal payment method "purchase on account" is available and selected, your payment data is first transmitted to PayPal to prepare the payment, whereupon PayPal forwards it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") to carry out the payment. The legal basis in each case is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, Ratepay carries out an identity and credit check in its own name to determine solvency in accordance with the principle already described above and passes on your payment data to credit agencies on the basis of the legitimate interest in determining solvency in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. A list of the credit agencies that Ratepay may use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/

If you use a payment method from a local third-party provider, your payment data is first passed on to PayPal to prepare the 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 relevant provider to carry out the payment 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)

For further data protection information, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full
- Shopify Payments

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

8.3 Electronic withdrawal function for distance contracts

Consumers who conclude contracts on this website for which a statutory right of withdrawal exists have the option of declaring their withdrawal via an electronic withdrawal function in accordance with the applicable withdrawal provisions.

When using the withdrawal function, in addition to details identifying the contract to be withdrawn from, further personal information such as the consumer's first and last name and email address must also be provided or confirmed.

The collection of this information and its transmission to us takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the proper handling of the withdrawal. Also on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, the personal data provided is used to confirm receipt of the declaration of withdrawal by email. A further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. We are legally obliged to provide an electronic withdrawal function for consumer distance contracts for payment.

9) Web analytics services

9.1 Shopify Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service of the following provider: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland

Data is also transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

Using cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymised visitor data, including information about the device used such as the IP address and browser information, in order to evaluate it for statistical analyses of usage behaviour on our website and to create pseudonymised usage profiles. Among other things, this makes it possible to evaluate movement patterns (known as heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits as well as interactions with page content (for example text entries, scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs). Pseudonymisation generally rules out any direct reference to a person. The data is not merged with any clear personal data about you collected by other means.

All the processing described above, in particular the reading or storing of information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects our site visitors' data and prohibits disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

9.2 Shopify Network Intelligence

The "Shopify Network Intelligence" function of the following provider is used on this website: Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify")

By means of this function, certain customer data (order and search histories, location information and transaction details), insofar as collected, is automatically transmitted to Shopify in pseudonymised form, prepared by Shopify and then processed for statistical and analytical purposes.

Pseudonymised data from customers of other Shopify merchants may also be included in the analysis results, without any merchant gaining individual access to these external data sets outside their own customer base.

As part of the processing, Shopify does not gain access to clear data, but automatically encrypts the information during the transmission process using a special algorithm.

Processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of our shop's reach and the acceptance of our offering for optimisation purposes.

As part of the above processing, data may also be transferred to: Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfers to Canada, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

Further details on the processing described above can be found in Shopify's privacy policy: https://www.shopify.com/de/legal/privacy/consumers?country=de&lang=de

10) Retargeting/remarketing and conversion tracking

10.1 Meta Pixel with advanced matching

Within our online offering we use the service "Meta Pixel" in advanced matching mode from the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta")

If a user clicks on an advertisement we have placed on Facebook or Instagram, the URL of our linked page is extended by a parameter with the help of "Meta Pixel". This URL parameter is then entered into the user's browser after the redirect by a cookie that our linked page sets itself. In addition, this cookie records specific customer data such as the email address that we collect on our website linked to the Facebook or Instagram advertisement during processes such as purchases, account logins or registrations (advanced matching). The cookie is then read and enables the data, including the specific customer data, to be transmitted to Meta.

We use "Meta Pixel" with advanced matching in order to make our advertisements (known as "ads") on Facebook and/or Instagram more effective and to ensure that they correspond to users' interests or have certain characteristics (for example interests in certain topics or products, determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (known as "custom audiences").

In addition, we analyse the effectiveness of our advertisements by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on an advertisement (conversion). Compared with the standard version of "Meta Pixel", the advanced matching function helps us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns better by recording more attributed conversions.

All transmitted data is stored and processed by Meta, so that it can be assigned to the respective user profile and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Meta's data usage policies (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data may enable Meta and its partners to display ads on and outside Facebook.

All the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

The information generated by Meta is generally transferred to a Meta server and stored there; in this context, a transfer to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA may also occur.

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 on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

10.2 TikTok Pixel

This website uses the conversion tracking technology of the following provider: TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland

If you reached our website from an advertisement on the provider's domain, the success of the advertisement can be tracked with the help of cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, pings or HTTP requests).

For this purpose, certain device and browser information, possibly including your IP address, is read via the tracking technology in order to record and evaluate user actions predefined by us (for example completed transactions, leads, searches on the website, views of product pages). This makes it possible to create statistics about usage behaviour on our website following a redirect from an advertisement, which serve to help us optimise our offering.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

11) Site functionalities

Google Web Fonts

For the uniform display of fonts, this site uses what are known as web fonts from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly, and establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers. In doing so, 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 in the course of establishing a connection with the provider of the fonts is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your 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.

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

12) Tools and miscellaneous

12.1 sevDesk

For our accounting we use the cloud-based accounting software service of the following provider: sevDesk GmbH, Hauptstraße 115, 77652 Offenburg, Germany

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, where applicable, our company's bank movements in order to record invoices automatically, match them to transactions and use this to produce the financial accounts in a partly automated process.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our customers' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

Insofar as personal data is also processed in this context, the processing takes place on the basis of our statutory obligation to keep proper accounts in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

12.2 Cookie consent tool

This website uses what is known as a "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications requiring consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they access the page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking boxes. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives the corresponding consent by ticking a box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective user's device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies in order to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

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

A further legal basis for the processing is 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 that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

13) Rights of the data subject

13.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis cited for the respective conditions of exercise:

Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent given pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

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

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

14) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of 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 (for example retention periods under commercial and tax law).

Where personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in the context of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or we have no continuing legitimate interest in further storage.

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

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