Data protection declaration
1) Introduction and contact details of the person responsible
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we will inform you about how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is IME GmbH, Hohenheider Straße 116, 30900 Wedemark, Germany, Tel.: +4951309792-29, Fax: +4951309792- 22, email: ime@ime-gmbh.com. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2) Data collection when you visit our website
2.1 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 data that your browser transmits to the site 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 to you:
- Our website visited
- Date and time at the 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 (if necessary: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.
3) Cookies
In order to make visiting 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 after you close the browser (so-called “session cookies”), while some of these cookies remain on your device for a longer period of time and enable you to save page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find out the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.
If personal data is also processed through individual cookies we use, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either to implement the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as 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 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.
4) Contact us
4.1 WhatsApp-Business
We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to contact us via the WhatsApp messaging service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. For this we use the so-called “business version” of WhatsApp.
If you contact us via WhatsApp for a specific transaction (e.g. an order placed), we store and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp as well as – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b. GDPR to process and respond to your request. On the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide additional data (order number, customer number, address or email address) in order to be able to assign your request to a specific process.
If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g. about the range of services, availability or our website), we will save and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the requested information.
Your data will only ever be used to answer your request via WhatsApp. A disclosure to third parties does not occur.
Please note that WhatsApp Business receives access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers telephone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. To operate our WhatsApp business account, we use a mobile device in whose address book only the WhatsApp contact details of those users who have contacted us via WhatsApp are stored.
This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book is able to transfer their WhatsApp phone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR has consented. A transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in WhatsApp’s data protection information: https://www.whatsapp.com
As part of the above-mentioned processing, data may be transferred to Meta Platforms Inc. servers in the USA.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
4.2 When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.
5) Use of customer data for direct advertising
5.1 Sign up for our email newsletter
If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. To send the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided
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. We store your IP address entered by the 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 registering for the newsletter is used strictly for a specific purpose.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be immediately 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 beyond this, which is 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 by email for goods or services similar to those you have already purchased from our range. In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 3 UWG, we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send emails.
You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with future effect by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning. For this you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Once your objection has been received, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.
6) Data processing for order processing
6.1 Transmission of image files for order processing by email
On our website we offer customers the opportunity to order product personalization by sending image files via email. The submitted image motif is used as a template for personalizing the selected product.
The customer can send one or more image files from the memory of the device used to us via the email address provided on the website. We then collect, store and use the files transmitted in this way exclusively to produce the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for the preparation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. No further transfer will take place. If the transmitted files or the digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all of the processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.
After the order has been processed, the transmitted image files will be automatically and completely deleted.
6.2 Transmission of image files for order processing via upload function
On our website we offer customers the opportunity to order the personalization of products by sending image files via an upload function. The submitted image motif is used as a template for personalizing the selected product.
Using the upload form on the website, the customer can send one or more image files from the memory of the device used to us directly via automated, encrypted data transfer. We then collect, save and use the transmitted files exclusively to produce the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for the preparation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. No further transfer will take place. If the transmitted files or the digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all of the processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.
After the order has been processed, the transmitted image files will be automatically and completely deleted.
6.3 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 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details you provided when ordering (name, address, email address) in order to provide you with our legal information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para 1 lit. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of communicating updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is 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 implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
6.4 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers
– DACHSER SE
We use the following provider as a transport service provider: DACHSER SE, Logistics Center Munich, European Logistics, Zamilastrasse 11,81677 Munich, Germany
We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider.
– DHL
We use the following provider as a transport service provider: DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany
We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider.
– UPS
As a transport service provider we use the following provider: United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss, Germany
We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider.
7) Web analysis services
7.1 Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.
By default, when you visit the website, Google (Universal) Analytics sets cookies, which are stored as small text modules on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude any direct personal reference.
The information is transferred to Google servers and further processed there. Transfers to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible.
Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google (Universal) Analytics is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent for this in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Without your consent, Google (Universal) Analytics will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service using the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further legal information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found at https: //policies.google.com
Demographic characteristics
Google (Universal) Analytics uses the special “demographic characteristics” function and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the data collected cannot be assigned to a specific person and will be deleted after being stored for a period of two months.
Google Signals
As an extension of Google (Universal) Analytics, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have activated personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google can, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and use database models, including cross-device data Conversions, create. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the “Personalized Advertising” function in your Google Account settings. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support .google.com
UserIDs
As an extension to Google (Universal) Analytics, the “UserIDs” function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google (Universal) Analytics in accordance with Article 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, have set up an account on this website and log in with this account on various devices, your activities, including conversions, be analyzed across devices.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
7.2 Google Tag Manager
This website uses “Google Tag Manager”, a service provided by the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: “Google”).
Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analysis services, and calibrating, controlling and attaching conditions to them via a uniform user interface. The Google Tag Manager itself does not store or read any information on user devices. The service also does not carry out any independent data analysis. However, when you access the page, Google Tag Manager will transfer your IP address to Google and, if necessary, store it there. Also a transmission to Google LLC servers. In the USA it is possible.
This processing will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
8) Page functionalities
8.1 Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts from the following provider for the uniform display of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.
Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA
The processing of personal data in the course of contacting the font provider will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service using the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
8.2 Google customer reviews (formerly Google Certified Dealer Program)
We work with Google as part of the Google Customer Reviews program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). This program gives us the opportunity to collect customer reviews from users of our website. After making a purchase on our website, you will be asked whether you would like to take part in an email survey from Google.
If you give your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR, we will transmit your email address to Google. You will receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate your purchasing experience on our website. The review you leave will then be aggregated with our other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and in our Merchant Center dashboard. Your rating will also be used for Google Seller Ratings. As part of the use of Google customer reviews, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come to the USA.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Google.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
9) Tools and miscellaneous
Cookie-Consent-Tool
This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users when they access the page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent can be given for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking a box. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by checking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user’s device if consent has been given.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here.
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 carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in doing so legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and therefore a legally compliant design of our website.
Another legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR. As those responsible, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of cookies that are not technically necessary dependent on the respective user consent.
If necessary, we have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the setting options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
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) towards the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis listed for the respective exercise requirements:
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to correction in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;
- Right to complain in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.
10.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS BASED ON OUR OVERWHELMING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE PROTECTED, WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR OPT-OUT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.
11) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally based on the respective legal retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal or transaction-like obligations on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 1 of the GDPR, unless we can provide compelling legitimate reasons for this demonstrate that the processing outweighs 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 advertising on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 2 of the GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.