Privacy Policy

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Annika Jungbluth operates this shop and website under the artist name Kim Lichtblau, including all associated information, content, features, tools, products, and services, to provide you, the customer, with an individual shopping experience (the “Services”). Her contact details can be found in the "Information about the Data Controller" section of this privacy policy. Kim Lichtblau is based on Shopify, which enables me to provide you with the Services. This privacy policy describes how personal data is collected, used, or shared when you visit or use the website, make a purchase or other transaction using the Services, or otherwise communicate with Kim Lichtblau's contact details. If there is a conflict between our general terms and conditions and this privacy policy, this privacy policy will take precedence with regard to the collection, processing, and sharing of your personal data.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this privacy policy and agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your data as described in this privacy policy.

What personal data is collected or processed?

When we use the term "personal data," we refer to information that identifies you or another person or can be directly linked to you. Personal data does not include information that has been collected anonymously or anonymized in such a way that identification or attribution to you is not possible. Depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law, we may collect or process the following categories of personal data, including inferences drawn from such personal data:

• Contact details including name, postal address, billing address, shipping address, telephone number, and email address.
• Financial data including credit, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, payment method, payment confirmation, and other payment details.
• Account information including username, password, security questions, configurations, and settings.
• Transaction information including the items you view, add to your cart, add to your wish list, or purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, as well as your past transactions.
• Communications with us including information you provide when communicating with us, for example, when you send a customer support request.
• Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, IP address, and other unique identifiers.
• Usage information including information about your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or browse them.

Sources of personal data

We may collect personal data from the following sources:

• Directly from you We collect data, among other things, when you create an account, place and send an order, access or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal data.
• Automatically via the Services We collect data, among other things, from your device or when you use our products or services or visit our website, as well as through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
• From our service providers We collect data, among other things, when we engage service providers to enable certain technologies and when they collect or process your personal data on our behalf.
• From our partners and other third-party providers

General information and mandatory disclosures

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 are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external entities. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external entities. We only pass on personal data to external entities if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the transfer, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer. When using processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for commissioned processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

How do we use your personal data?

Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal data for the following purposes:

• Providing, customizing, and improving the Services. We use your personal data to provide you with the Services. This includes, among other things, fulfilling our contract with you, processing your payments, executing your orders, storing your configurations and the items you are interested in, sending notifications related to your account, creating, maintaining, and otherwise managing your account, organizing shipping, facilitating returns and exchanges, enabling you to submit reviews, and creating an individual shopping experience for you, for example, by recommending products based on your purchases. This may also include using your personal data to better customize and improve the Services.
• Marketing and advertising. We use your personal data for marketing and advertising purposes, for example, to send marketing and promotional communications by email, SMS, or postal mail and to display online advertisements for products or services for the Services or other websites, also based on items you previously purchased or added to your cart, as well as other activities related to the Services. This applies in particular if you have subscribed to the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from this at any time; no further advertising or marketing emails will be sent to you.
• Security and fraud prevention. We use your personal data to authenticate your account, provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate, or take action against possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activities, protect public safety, and ensure the security of our Services. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for protecting your account credentials. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access data with others.
• Communication with you. We use your personal data to provide you with customer support and effective services, respond promptly to your inquiries, and maintain our business relationship with you.
• Legal reasons. We use your personal data to comply with applicable law or respond to lawful legal proceedings, including requests from law enforcement or regulatory authorities, to investigate or participate in civil investigations, potential or actual litigation, or other adversarial proceedings, and to investigate potential violations of our terms or policies or to enforce the terms and policies.

How do we share personal data?

Under certain circumstances, we may share your personal data with third parties for legitimate purposes as described in this privacy policy. Such circumstances may include:

• With Shopify, these are vendors and other third parties who provide services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment, and shipping).
• We share personal data with business and marketing partners who provide marketing services for you and display advertisements to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activities with various merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners use your data in accordance with their own privacy policies. Depending on your place of residence, you may have the right to instruct us not to share information about you to display targeted advertising and marketing to you based on your online activities with various merchants and websites.
• If you ask us or otherwise give your consent to share certain information with third parties, for example, to deliver products to you, or if you use social media widgets or login integrations.
• We share personal data with our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
• In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or insolvency, to comply with applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce applicable service terms or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
• As part of order processing, I work with the external production and shipping service provider WhiteWall. WhiteWall handles the production and shipping of your ordered products for me. Which data of yours is transmitted can be found under the point:

  Transfer of data to the production and shipping service provider WhiteWall

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, and Shopify collects and processes personal data about your access to and use of the Services to provide and improve the Services to you. Data you submit to the Services will be shared with Shopify and with third parties who may be located in countries other than your country of residence to provide and improve the Services for you. To protect, expand, and improve our business, we also use certain advanced Shopify features that incorporate data and information from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. To provide these advanced features, Shopify may use personal data collected through your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for processing your personal data, including responding to your requests to exercise your rights regarding the use of your personal data for these purposes. For more information on how Shopify uses your personal data and what rights you have, please see the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy. Depending on your place of residence, you can exercise certain rights regarding your personal data listed here Link to the Shopify Privacy Portal.

Shopify

The provider is Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland (hereinafter "Shopify").
Shopify is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit my website, Shopify collects your IP address as well as information about the device and browser you are using. Shopify also analyzes visitor numbers, visitor sources, and customer behavior, and creates user statistics. If you make a purchase on my website, Shopify also collects your name, email address, shipping and billing addresses, payment data, and other data related to the purchase (e.g., phone number, amount of sales made, etc.). For analytics, Shopify stores cookies in your browser.

The use of Shopify is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. I have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of my website possible. Insofar as corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Processor Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Transfer of data to the production and shipping service provider WhiteWall

As part of order processing, I work with the external production and shipping service provider WhiteWall. WhiteWall handles the production and shipping of your ordered products for me.

What data is transmitted?

Only those personal data absolutely necessary for the production and shipping of your order are transmitted to WhiteWall. These include, in particular:

• Name

• Delivery address

• Order details (e.g., product type, format, motif)

• If applicable, contact information for coordinating deliveries

No further data transmission takes place.

Why is the data transmitted?

The transfer of this data is necessary so that WhiteWall can produce, package, and ship your order to you. Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of contract).

WhiteWall Privacy Policy

Further information on data processing by WhiteWall can be found in the company's privacy policy at the following link: https://www.whitewall.com/de/datenschutz

Third-Party Websites and Links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliate websites or are not controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. I do not guarantee and am not responsible for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information located on these websites. Information you provide in public or semi-public areas, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of these third-party platforms, without restrictions on their use by me or by a third-party provider. The inclusion of such links does not imply that I endorse the content of these platforms or their owners or operators, unless expressly stated in the Services.

Children's data

The Services are not intended for use by children, and I do not knowingly collect personal data from children who are not yet of legal age in your country. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided me with their personal data, you can contact us using the contact details below to request the deletion of this data. At the time this privacy policy came into effect, we are not aware of "sharing" or "selling" (as these terms are defined in applicable law) personal data of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and retention of your data

Please note that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and therefore we cannot guarantee "perfect security." Furthermore, information you send to us may be subject to risks during transmission. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels when submitting sensitive or confidential information to us.

How long we retain your personal data depends on various factors. These include, for example, whether we need the data to manage your account, provide you with services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you reside, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal data. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply in certain circumstances, and in certain cases, we may deny your request to the extent permitted by law.

• Right to Access/Information. You may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure. You may have the right to request that we erase the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification. You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Data Portability. You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party under certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
• Managing Communication Preferences. We may send you promotional emails. You can opt out of receiving these emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders you have placed.

You can exercise these rights where indicated in the Services, or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. More information on how Shopify uses your personal data and your rights, including rights related to data processed by Shopify, can be found at https://privacy.shopify.com/en.

Exercising these rights will not result in any disadvantage to you. Where permitted or required by applicable law, we may need to verify your identity before we can process your requests. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before we accept such a request from an agent, we will require proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf. This may require you to confirm your identity directly to us. We will respond to your request promptly, in accordance with applicable law.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Depending on where you reside, you have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us at the contact details provided below or by filing a complaint with the competent data protection authority. For the European Economic Area, there is a list of competent data protection supervisory authorities. If you wish to access it, you can do so here.

International Transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal data outside the country where you reside.

When we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on recognized transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or equivalent contracts issued by the respective competent authority in the United Kingdom, unless the data transfer is to a country that demonstrably offers an adequate level of protection.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. I will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, adjust the "Last Updated" date accordingly, and make any notification required by applicable law.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact Service Kim Lichtblau by email at info@kimlichtblau.com or by mail at Gerichtsweg 34, Bonn, 53227, DE. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, I am the data controller for your personal data.

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information in your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing additionally takes place on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the performance of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is
necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the respective legal bases applicable in each individual case can be found in the following paragraphs of this Privacy Policy.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR
SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA;
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED
CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,
WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING
WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE
PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF
LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS 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 SUCH ADVERTISING;
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEREAFTER NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Access, Rectification and Erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this and for further 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. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. 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 time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise,
defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize 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.

Objection to promotional emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as by spam emails.

Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

My online store is operated via the Shopify International Ltd. platform. Shopify uses various cookies and similar technologies to ensure the functionality of our store, analyze usage, and – with your consent – provide marketing and personalization features.

The cookies used include, in particular:

• technically necessary cookies (e.g., for saving the shopping cart or for checkout),

• analysis and performance cookies,

• marketing and tracking cookies,

• cookies for embedded content and social media functions.

A complete and always up-to-date overview of the cookies used by Shopify can be found directly on Shopify at the following link: https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies

There, Shopify explains in detail which cookies are set, for what purpose they serve, and how long they are stored.

Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion is performed by your web browser. Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process, for providing
certain functions you have requested (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) (necessary cookies), are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

If other cookies and services are used on this website, you can find this information in this
Privacy Policy.

Contact Form

If you use the contact form, your information from the
inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by Email or Phone

If you contact us by email or phone, your inquiry, including all personal data arising therefrom (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your concern. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your concern has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Social Media

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated into this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. If the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road Dublin 4, Dublin, D04 X2K5, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its forwarding to Facebook or Instagram. The processing carried out by Facebook or Instagram after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses.
You can find details here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and
https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
Further information can be found in Instagram's privacy policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.
The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

Pinterest

On this website, we use elements of the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
When you access a page containing such an element, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest's servers. This social media element transmits log data to Pinterest's server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of visited websites that also contain Pinterest functions, browser type and settings, date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies. The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy in this regard, can be found in Pinterest's privacy policy:
https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.
The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4203.

Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The data entered into the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your granted consent to the storage of data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have stored with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until your unsubscription from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after unsubscribing or if the purpose ceases to apply. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion in the context of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Data stored with us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After your unsubscription from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.