1.Introduction and Contact Information of the Data Controller
1.1 We are delighted to welcome you to 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 includes any information that can personally identify you.
1.2 The data controller for processing data on this website, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Christian Felgenhauer, Strongbodychronicles, Mozartstraße 13, 42853 Remscheid, Germany. Tel.: 01732661670, Email: felgenhauerchristian@web.de. The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2. Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
When you visit our website for informational purposes only, without registering or otherwise providing us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called „server log files“). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website:
- The website visited
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/referral from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (possibly in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no further disclosure or use of the data. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are specific indications of unlawful use.
3. Cookies
To make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called „session cookies“), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the storage of page settings (so-called „persistent cookies“). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.
If individual cookies used by us also process personal data, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of a contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of your consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of your visit to the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to individually decide on their acceptance 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 limited.
4.Contact
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected in the case of using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is used and stored 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 pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry, provided that it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and there are no legal retention obligations.
5.Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing
5.1 Subscription to our Email Newsletter
When you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The mandatory information for sending the newsletter is solely your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter after you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future by clicking on a corresponding link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address as well as the date and time of registration, as entered by the Internet service provider (ISP), in order to trace any potential misuse of your email address at a later point in time. The data collected from you during the newsletter registration process will be used exclusively for advertising purposes through the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided 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 the right to use your data for purposes beyond those stated in this declaration, which are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
5.2 Sending the Email Newsletter to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range by email. For this purpose, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you in accordance with § 7 Para. 3 of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG). The data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you emails for marketing purposes.
You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible party mentioned at the beginning. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be immediately discontinued.
6.Online Marketing Own Affiliate Program
In connection with the product presentations on our website, we operate our own affiliate program, within which we provide interested third-party website operators with partner links to place on their websites, leading to our offers. Cookies are used for the affiliate program, which are generally set on the partner’s site after clicking on a corresponding partner link, and for which we are not responsible under data protection law. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device to track the origin of transactions (e.g., „sales leads“) generated through such links. We can, among other things, recognize that you clicked on the partner link and were redirected to our website. This information is needed for payment processing between us and the affiliate partners. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If you wish to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, 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 specific cases or generally.
7.Cookie-Consent-Tool
This website uses a „Cookie-Consent-Tool“ to obtain effective user consent for consent-required cookies and cookie-based applications. The „Cookie-Consent-Tool“ is displayed to users when the page is accessed in the form of an interactive user interface, allowing users to give consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking boxes. By using the tool, all consent-required cookies/services are only loaded if the respective user gives consent by checking the appropriate boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective user’s device if consent is given.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies, and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
Another legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As data controllers, we are legally obligated to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user’s consent.
Where necessary, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, ensuring the protection of data of our website visitors and prohibiting unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For further information about the operator and the settings options of the Cookie-Consent-Tool, please refer directly to the corresponding user interface on our website.
8.Rights of the Data Subject
8.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights with regard to the processing of your personal data by the controller (rights to information and intervention), with reference to the respective legal basis for the conditions of exercise:
- 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 notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
8.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO CONDUCT DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. 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.
9.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 – if applicable – additionally by the respective legal retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.
If there are legal retention periods for data processed in the context of contractual or contractual-like obligations based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided they are no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or there is no longer a legitimate interest on our part in continued storage.
When processing personal data based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise indicated in the other information in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.