Privacy Policy
1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data 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 the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can personally identify you.
1.2 The data controller responsible for processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Hans Hofmann, Solar-Capitalist, Elsa-Brandström-Str 45, 87527 Sonthofen, Germany, Tel.: +49 15252694321, Email: [email protected]. 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 processing personal data.
1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e., you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary to display the website:
- Our visited website
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you came to the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (possibly in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
Hosted by Wix
We use the website builder system of Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel ("Wix") for the purpose of hosting and displaying the website based on processing on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Wix's servers. As part of the aforementioned Wix services, data may also be transferred to Wix Inc., 500 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, San Francisco, California 94158, USA, for further processing. If data is transmitted to Wix in Israel, the European Commission's adequacy decision guarantees an adequate level of data protection. More information on Wix's privacy policy can be found on the following website: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.
The scope of data processing is outlined below. Further processing on servers other than those mentioned above by Wix only takes place within the scope provided below.
4) Cookies
To make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values on an individual basis. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can view the duration of each cookie storage in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.
In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
Please note that you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and individually decide whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. The Help menu of each browser explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/cookies-allow-and-reject
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
5) Contact
When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form is visible on the respective contact form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your inquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant facts have been conclusively clarified and there are no legal retention obligations.
6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Execution
According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the address of the controller mentioned above. We store and use the data you provide for contract execution. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further use your data as permitted by law.
7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising
Newsletter Distribution via Ascend by Wix
Our email newsletters are sent via the "Ascend" service from Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel ("Wix"), to whom we pass on the data you provided during the newsletter registration process. This transfer is made based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure, and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g., email address) will be stored on Wix's servers in Israel. As part of the aforementioned Wix services, data may also be transferred to Wix Inc., 500 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, San Francisco, California 94158, USA, for further processing.
Wix uses this information to send the newsletter on our behalf and to statistically evaluate it. For the evaluation, the sent emails contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a predefined action (e.g., purchase of a product on our website) took place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. Technical information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also recorded. The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymized form and is not linked with your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used solely for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better tailor future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.
If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
If data is transferred to Wix in Israel, the European Commission's adequacy decision guarantees an adequate level of data protection.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Wix, in which we oblige Wix to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties. More information on Wix's privacy policy can be found on the following website: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.
8) Data Processing for Order Handling
To process your order, we work with the following service providers who support us in whole or in part in the execution of the concluded contracts. Personal data is transmitted to these service providers to the extent necessary according to the following information.
The personal data we collect is passed on to the transport company entrusted with the delivery as part of contract execution, to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data is passed on to the credit institution commissioned with the payment processing, to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing. When engaging payment service providers, we will explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
9) Web Analytics Services
Wix Analytics
This website uses the analysis service "Wix Analytics," a service provided by Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel ("Wix"). Various user data is collected and stored by Wix Analytics for optimization and marketing purposes and is processed and summarized in anonymized form for statistical analysis. This includes login data, time zone settings, operating system and platform, information about visits including URL, session duration, number of pages viewed per session, search terms, information about what you searched or viewed on our website, website response time, and conversion rates. Wix Analytics uses cookies for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor's internet browser. The cookies allow, among other things, the recognition of the internet browser. The data collected with Wix Analytics will not be used to identify the visitor of this website personally and will not be merged with personal data about the person concerned without their separate consent.
All the processing described above, particularly the setting of Wix Analytics cookies for retrieving information from the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, Wix Analytics will not be used during your visit to the website.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" on the website.
If data is transferred to Wix in Israel, the European Commission's adequacy decision guarantees an adequate level of data protection. More information on Wix's privacy policy can be found on the following website: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Wix (available at https://www.wix.com/about/privacy-dpa-users/), in which we oblige the provider to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
10) Rights of the Data Subject
10.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller regarding the processing of your personal data, which we inform you about below:
- Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned retention period or the criteria for determining the retention period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the source of your data if we have not collected it from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing, as well as your right to be informed about the safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;
- Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
- Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply, in particular, where processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
- Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data is being verified, if you refuse the deletion of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of processing of your data, if you need your data to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims after we no longer need this data for the intended purpose, or if you have objected for reasons related to your particular situation, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to information according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
- Right to withdraw consent according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will immediately delete the data concerned unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent until the withdrawal;
- Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation.
10.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, further processing is reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for such marketing at any time. You can object as described above.
If you exercise your right to object, we will stop 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—if relevant—additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data based on an explicit consent in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data that is processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can prove compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, the stored personal data will otherwise be deleted if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.