DATA PROTECTION
1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Data 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 any data that can be used to personally identify you.
1.2 The data controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
GYBE Trading GmbH
Rheinstraße 39 26382
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Tel.: 49(0) 4421 9878894
The controller responsible for processing 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. 1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller). 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
When you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect 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 for us to display the website to you:
o The website you visited o Date and time of access o Amount of data sent in bytes o Source/referrer from which you accessed the page o Browser used o Operating system used o IP address used (possibly in anonymized form)
This 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. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.
3) Cookies
To make visiting our website 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 your browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information, such as browser and location data, as well as IP addresses, to varying degrees. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predetermined period, which can vary depending on the cookie. In some cases, the cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by saving 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 implement, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible website functionality and a user-friendly and effective website experience. We may work with advertising partners who help us make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, when you visit our website, cookies from partner companies may also be stored on your hard drive (third-party cookies). If we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in the following paragraphs.
Please note that you can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and allow you to decide whether to accept them individually, or to block cookies in certain cases or entirely. Each browser differs in how it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find instructions for each browser at the following links:
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
4) Contacting Us
When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected via a contact form is indicated on the form itself. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, contacting you, and for 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 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 your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter has been conclusively resolved and provided that no statutory retention obligations exist.
5) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing
In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will also be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. The specific data collected is evident from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the controller's address above. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After complete contract processing or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked in accordance with tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further use your data as permitted by law, about which we will inform you accordingly below.
6) Data processing for order processing
6.1 To process your order, we work with the following service providers, who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information. The personal data we collect is passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. 6.2 Transfer of personal data to shipping service provider
DHL:
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany), we will forward your email address to DHL before delivery in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, we will only forward the recipient's name and delivery address to DHL. This transfer only takes place to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible. Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future by contacting the data controller named above or the transport service provider DHL.
DPD:
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DPD (DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg), we will forward your email address and/or telephone number to DPD before delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, we will only forward the recipient's name and delivery address to DPD. This data is only shared to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DPD or delivery notification is not possible. Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future by contacting the data controller named above or the transport service provider DPD.
UPS:
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider UPS (United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss), we will forward your email address to UPS before delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, we will only forward the recipient's name and delivery address to UPS. This data is only shared to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with UPS or the transmission of shipment status information is not possible. Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future by contacting the data controller named above or the transport service provider UPS.
6.3 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Service Providers)
mPay 24:
If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider mPAY 24 GmbH, Annagasse 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria, payment processing will be handled by this payment service provider, to whom we will transfer the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will only be shared with the payment service provider mPAY24 GmbH for the purpose of payment processing and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
Paypal:
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we will forward your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") for payment processing. This transfer is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or – if offered – "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be forwarded to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. PayPal uses the result of the credit check, specifically the statistical probability of payment default, to decide whether to offer a particular payment method. The credit report may include probability scores (so-called "score values"). If score values are included in the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is one of the factors, but not the only one, used to calculate the score values. For further information on data protection, including the credit reference agencies used, please see PayPal's Privacy Statement: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by contacting PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.
SOFORT:
When selecting the payment method "SOFORT," payment processing is handled by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we transfer the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data is transferred exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. You can find further information about SOFORT's data protection regulations at the following web address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz
7) Use of Social Media
Vimeo:
Videos Our website includes plugins from the Vimeo video portal, operated by Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Vimeo's servers. The plugin content is transmitted directly from Vimeo to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged into Vimeo, Vimeo can directly associate your visit to our website with your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as clicking the play button on a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there. The data processing described above is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of Vimeo's legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of its service.
If you do not want Vimeo to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Vimeo, as well as your related rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to Vimeo's privacy policy: http://vimeo.com/privacy. For videos from Vimeo that are embedded on our site, the tracking tool Google Analytics is automatically integrated. This involves Vimeo's own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by us. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" for tracking; these are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Vimeo's legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
8) Web analytics services
Google (Universal) Analytics:
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your truncated IP address) is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.
This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncation and prevents direct identification of individuals. With this extension, your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Alternatively to the browser plugin, or for browsers on mobile devices, please click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics. Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
9) Rights of the Data Subject
9.1 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, about which we inform you below:
o Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if they were not collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you, as well as your right to be informed of the safeguards pursuant to Art. Article 46 GDPR applies to the transfer of your data to third countries;
o Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR: You have the right to the immediate rectification of inaccurate data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete data stored by us;
o Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Article 17(1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising 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;
o Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data while the accuracy of your data, which you have contested, is being verified; if you object to the erasure of your data due to unlawful data processing and request the restriction of processing of your data instead; if you need your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims after we no longer need this data for the purposes for which it was collected; or if you have objected to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation, pending the verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours;
o Right to be informed pursuant to Article 19 GDPR: If you have asserted your 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 have been disclosed of this rectification, erasure, or restriction. to inform the controller of the processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
o Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
o Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned without undue delay, unless further processing is permitted by another legal basis that does not require consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
o Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
9.2 Right to object
If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest as part of a balancing of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, with effect for the future. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data in question. However, further processing remains possible if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims. If we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing. You can exercise your right to object as described above. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data in question for direct marketing purposes.
10) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods). After this period expires, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage.
