Privacy policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the responsible person

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Stephan Clair, Univerque, Weidenstr. 7, 89415 Lauingen, Germany, e-mail: info@univerque.net. The controller 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

If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called “server log files”). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. 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 if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

3) Hosting & Content-Delivery-Network

Shopify

We use the system of the following provider to host our website and display the page content: 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 an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

In the case of data transfer to Canada, an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by 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, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the cookie settings overview of your web browser.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given 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 page 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 to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

5) Contact information

5.1 Judge.me

For review reminders, we use the services of the following provider: Judge.me Ltd, c/o Buckworths, 2nd Floor, 1-3 Worship Street, London, England, EC2A 2AB, United Kingdom

Exclusively on the basis of your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we transmit your e-mail address and, if applicable, other customer data to the provider so that they can contact you by e-mail with a review reminder.

You can revoke your consent to us or the provider at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

If data is transferred to the provider's location, an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

5.2 When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. 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) Comment functionality

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, details of when the comment was created and the commentator name you have chosen will be saved and published on this website. Your IP address will also be logged and stored. The IP address is stored for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by posting a comment. We need your e-mail address in order to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful.

The legal basis for the storage of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.

You can subscribe to the follow-up comments as a user. You will receive a confirmation email to ensure that you are the owner of the email address provided (double opt-in procedure). The legal basis for data processing when subscribing to comments is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from ongoing comment subscriptions at any time with effect for the future; for more information on how to unsubscribe, please refer to the confirmation email.

7) Data processing when opening a customer account

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the necessary extent if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required for account opening from the input mask of the corresponding form on our website. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. After the deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded in this regard have been fully settled, no statutory retention periods are opposed, and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

8) Use of customer data for direct marketing

8.1 Registration for our email newsletter

When you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information required for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called Double Opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter, which ensures that you will only receive the newsletter after you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address you provided. By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. In this process, we store your IP address recorded by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of the registration to be able to trace any potential misuse of your email address at a later time. The data we collect during the newsletter registration will be used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the designated link in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible party mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be promptly deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve any further use of data that is legally permitted and of which we inform you in this statement.

8.2 Product availability notification by email

For temporarily unavailable items, you can sign up to receive email product availability notifications. We will send you a one-time email notification about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information required to receive this notification is your email address. Providing additional information is voluntary and may be used to contact you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send emails, which ensures that you only receive a notification after you have expressly confirmed your consent by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. We store your IP address registered 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 date. The data we collect when you register for our product availability email notification service will be used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from availability notifications at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this statement.

8.3 Shopping cart reminders via email

If you cancel your purchase with us before completing your order, you have the option of receiving a one-time email reminder of the contents of your virtual shopping cart.

The only mandatory information required to send this reminder is your email address. Providing additional information is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send emails, which ensures that you only receive a notification after you have expressly confirmed your consent by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to send you a shopping cart reminder. We store your IP address registered 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 date. The data we collect when you register for our email notification service will be used strictly for the intended purpose.

You can unsubscribe from shopping cart reminders at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this statement.

9) Data processing to process orders

9.1 To the extent necessary for contract processing for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products based on a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details you provided when placing your order (name, address, email address) in order to personally inform you about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period via a suitable communication channel (e.g., by post or email) within the scope of our statutory information obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying you of updates owed by us and will only be processed by us to the extent necessary for the respective information.

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

9.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Amazon Pay

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 38 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to make an advance payment (e.g., credit card payment), the payment data you provided 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 will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

- Apple Pay

If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, payment will be processed using the "Apple Pay" function on your iOS, watchOS, or macOS device by charging a payment card stored with "Apple Pay." Apple Pay uses security features integrated into your device's hardware and software to protect your transactions. Authorizing a payment requires entering a code you previously specified and verifying your payment using your device's "Face ID" or "Touch ID."

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before transmitting the data to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to process the payment. This encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm the payment success.

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

Apple retains anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.

When you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made through Safari on your Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can be used to identify you personally. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone's settings. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and deselect "Allow payments on Mac."

For more information about Apple Pay privacy, please visit the following website: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

- giropay

This website offers one or more online payment methods from the following provider: paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to make an advance payment (e.g., credit card payment), the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including your 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 will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

- Google Pay

If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), payment processing will be carried out via the "Google Pay" application on your mobile device running at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and equipped with NFC functionality. The payment will be charged to a payment card stored with Google Pay or a payment system verified there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment via Google Pay of more than €25, you must first unlock your mobile device using the verification method configured (e.g., facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).

For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be passed on to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a unique transaction number to the source website, which is used to verify the payment. This transaction number does not contain any information about the actual payment details of your payment method stored with Google Pay, but is created and transmitted as a one-time, valid numeric token. For all transactions via Google Pay, Google acts solely as an intermediary for processing the payment process. The transaction is executed exclusively between the user and the originating website by debiting the payment method stored with Google Pay.

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

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

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

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

The Google Pay terms of use can be found here:

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

- Klarna

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 that requires you to pay in advance (e.g., credit card payment), the payment details you provided 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 will be 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 that requires the provider to pay in advance (e.g., purchase on account, installment purchase, or direct debit), you will also be asked to provide certain personal information (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and, if applicable, details of an alternative payment method) during the ordering process.

In order to protect our legitimate interest in determining our customers' solvency, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience), the provider will check whether the payment option you have selected can be granted in view of payment and/or default risks.

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

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

The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). To the extent that score values are included in the credit report results, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.

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

- Masterpayment

One or more online payment methods from the following provider are available on this website: Masterpayment LTD, 483 Green Lanes, London, N13 4BS, United Kingdom

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to pay in advance (e.g., credit card payment), the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including your 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 will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hammfelddamm 13, 41460 Neuss, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)2131-109-501, Fax: -557
CRIF GmbH, Friesenweg 4, Haus 12, 22763 Hamburg, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)40-89803-0, Fax: -419
SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, D-65201 Wiesbaden, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)611-9278-0, Fax: -109

When data is transferred to the provider's location, an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

- Paypal

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

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to pay in advance, the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including your 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 will be passed on solely 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 that requires us to pay in advance, you will also be asked to provide certain personal information (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and, if applicable, details of an alternative payment method) during the ordering process.

In such cases, in order to protect our legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay, we will forward this data to the provider for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The provider will check, based on the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, and payment experience), whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks.

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

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

- Shopify Payments

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

If you select a payment method from the provider that requires you to pay in advance (e.g., credit card payment), the payment details you provided during the ordering process (including your 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 will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of processing the payment with the provider and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.

10) Rights of the person concerned

10.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of 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 stated for the respective conditions for exercising them:

Right to information 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 information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

10.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

If, as part of a balancing of interests, we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing at any time, with effect for the future, for reasons arising from your particular situation.

If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data in question. However, we reserve the right to further process your data if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that 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 direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. You can exercise your right of objection as described above.

If you exercise your right of objection, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.

11) Duration of storage of personal data

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

When personal data is processed on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data in question will be stored until you revoke your consent.

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

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

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

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

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