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Privacy Policy

1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the responsible parties

1.1 We are delighted that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we provide information about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Annekatrin Härtel, Parkstraße 9, 19372 Rom (Germany), 0049 (0)163-5693295, mail(at)anekah.de. 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 the processing of personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string ‘https://’ and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When you use our website for informational purposes only, 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:

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


The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Cookies


In order 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 the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable your browser to be recognised 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 to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can find the duration of the respective 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 basket for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR in the case of consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 (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 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 in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way 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 this for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

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 the contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form can be seen in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry 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 your enquiry has been processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified and provided that there are no legal obligations to retain data. 
 
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 continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the purpose of executing a contract or opening a customer account. The data that is collected can be seen in the respective input forms. Your customer account can be deleted at any time by sending a message to the above address of the controller. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After complete execution of the contract 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 in accordance with the law.
 
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 transferred to these service providers in accordance with the following information. 
 
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the framework of contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment details to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
 
6.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)
 
- PayPal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – ‘purchase on account’ or ‘instalment payment’ via PayPal, we pass on your payment details to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter ‘PayPal’). The transfer is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – ‘purchase on account’ or ‘payment by instalments’ via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment details may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit check may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit check, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, is included in the calculation of the score values. For further information on data protection, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full 
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
 
7) Rights of the data subject
​7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, which we will inform you about below:
 
- Right of information pursuant 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 storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for you, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;
- Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to have inaccurate data concerning you rectified without delay and/or to have incomplete data stored by us completed; 
- Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the conditions of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular if the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; 
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data for as long as the accuracy of your data is being verified, if you refuse to have your data deleted due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data, if you need your data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, after we no longer need this data to fulfil its purpose, or if you have lodged an objection on grounds relating to your particular situation, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data 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 pursuant 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 its transfer to another controller, where technically feasible.
- Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7(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 delete the data concerned without delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
- Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with 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, in particular in the Member State of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

7.2 Right to object

If, in the context of a balancing of interests, we process your personal data on the basis of 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 cease processing your personal data. However, further processing remains reserved 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 we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to object as described above.
 
If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
 
8) 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 law retention periods).
 
When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject revokes their consent.
 
If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage.
 
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. 
 
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of 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 specified in the other information in this statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

 

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