Data Protection Declaration
1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller in charge for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Hot-Selection GmbH, Reisach 23, 92249 Vilseck, Deutschland, Tel.: +49 (0)176 555 102 43 oder +49 (0)9662 - 8875, Fax: +49 (0)9662 - 6107, E-Mail: info@hot-selection.com. The controller in charge of 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 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 character string https:// and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website
When using our website for information 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 that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the moment 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 applicable: in anonymized form)
Data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point 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 in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently, if there are any concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Cookies
In order to make your visit to 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 end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values according to individual requirements. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.
In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by
saving settings (e.g. remembering the content of a virtual shopping
basket for a later visit to the website). If personal data are also
processed by individual cookies set by us, the processing is carried out
in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR either for the execution of
the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point 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.
We work together with advertising partners who help us to make our
website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner
companies are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website
(third-party cookies). You will be informed individually and separately
about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information
collected in each case within the following sections.
Please note that you can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and you can decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You will find these for the respective browsers under the following links:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/#cookies
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.
4) Contacting
In the context of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.
5) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing
Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide them to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. It is possible to delete your customer account at any time. This can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. We store and use the data provided by you for contract processing. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked in consideration of tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after expiry of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by our site, about which we will inform you accordingly below.
6) Use of Your Data for Direct Advertising
6.1 If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The indication of additional possible data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will not send you an e-mail newsletter, unless you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to the sending of the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive future newsletters by clicking on an appropriate link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration so that we can trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising by means of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the responsible person named above. After your cancellation, your e-mail address will immediately be deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data in excess thereof, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
6.2 Newsletter dispatch via CleverReach
Our e-mail newsletter is sent by the technical service provider CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede ("CleverReach"), to which we pass on your data provided during the newsletter registration. This disclosure is made in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in the use of an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for newsletter subscription (e.g. e-mail address) will be stored on CleverReach's servers in Germany and Ireland.
CleverReach uses this information to send and statistically evaluate newsletters on our behalf. For evaluation purposes, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent single-pixel image files stored on our website. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. With the help of the so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a pre-defined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. In addition, technical information is recorded (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is exclusively raised in a pseudonymized format and is not linked with your other personal data to prevent you from being identified. This data is exclusively used for statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.
If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
We have concluded an order processing agreement with CleverReach obliging CleverReach to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
You can read more about CleverReach's data analysis at: https://www.cleverreach.com/en/features/reporting-tracking/
You can view CleverReach's privacy policy at: https://www.cleverreach.com/en/privacy-policy/
7) Processing of Data for the Purpose of Order Handling
7.1 To process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), which support us wholly or partially 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 scope of contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of payment processing, if this is necessary for payment handling. If payment service providers are used, we explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR.
7.2 Passing on Personal Data to Shipping Service Providers
- DHL
If delivery of goods takes place by the transport service provider DHL
(Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn), we will
pass on your e-mail address to DHL in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a
GDPR, prior to delivery of the goods, for the purpose of coordinating a
date of delivery or of a notice about the shipment status, if you have
given your express consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, only
the name of the recipient and the delivery address will be passed on to
DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b
GDPR. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the
delivery of the goods. In this case, prior agreement of the delivery
date with DHL or transmission of status information for shipment
delivery is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future either
with the controller or with the transport service provider DHL.
7.3 Use of Payment Service Providers
- Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal
or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment by instalments" via
PayPal, we transmit your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et
Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter
"PayPal"). The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b
GDPR and only insofar as this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out credit checks for the payment
methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or, if offered,
"purchase on account" or "payment by installments" via PayPal. For this
purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies on the
basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency
pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. PayPal uses the result of the
credit assessment in relation to the statistical probability of
non-payment for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the
respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability
values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the
result of the credit report, they are based on recognized scientific,
mathematical-statistical methods. The calculation of the score values
includes, but is not limited to, address data. For further information
on data protection law, including the credit agencies used, please refer
to PayPal's data protection declaration at:
https://www.paypal.com/uk/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.
- SOFORT
If you select the "SOFORT" payment method, payment will be processed by
the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339
Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we will pass on your
information provided during the order process together with the
information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR.
SOFORT is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen
46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data will only be passed on for the
purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT
and only to the extent necessary. For more information about the privacy
policy of SOFORT visit: https://www.klarna.com/uk/privacy-policy/.
- Wirecard
If you choose one of the payment methods offered by the payment service
provider checkoutportal by wirecard, payment is processed via the
payment service provider checkoutportal by wirecard, Wirecard UK &
Ireland Ltd, 1st Floor Ulysses House,Foley Street Dublin 1, Ireland, to
whom we pass on your information provided during the order process
together with the information about your order (name, address, if
applicable IBAN, possibly BIC, invoice amount, currency and possibly
transaction number). Your data will only be passed on to the payment
service provider checkoutportal by wirecard for the purpose of payment
processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. Your data will
only be passed on if this is necessary for processing the payment.
8) Online-Marketing
Google AdWords Conversion Tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords" and the conversion tracking within the framework of Google AdWords, Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). We use the program of Google Adwords to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. We can determine, in relation to the advertising campaigns data, how successful the individual advertising measures is. We are interested in showing you advertisements that are of interest to you. We want to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The conversion tracking cookie is set on a user’s browser, if he clicks on an AdWords ad delivered by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits a certain page of this website and if the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we will be able to recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was forwarded to this page. Each Google AdWords customer gets a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be traced via the website of AdWords customers. The information collected by the conversion cookies is used to provide aggregate conversion statistics to AdWords customers who have opted-in for conversion tracking. Customers are informed about the total number of users who clicked on the ad and were forwarded to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not get any information enabling them to identify users personally. If you do not want to participate in the tracking program, you can refuse the use of this program by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser through the user settings. In this case, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Adwords on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR.
Google LLC, based in the United States, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit: https://privacy.google.com/intl/en-GB/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in
You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by
blocking them via a respective setting of your browser software or by
downloading and installing the browser plug-in, available under the
following link:
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be used or only to a limited extent, if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
9) Web Analysis Services
Google (Universal) Analytics
- Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google
LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on
your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The
information generated by the cookies about your use of this website
(including the shortened IP address) is generally transmitted to a
Google server in the USA and stored there.
This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension
"_anonymizeIp()", which ensures an anonymization of the IP address by
shortening it and excludes a direct personal relationship. As a result
of the extension, your IP address will previously be shortened by Google
within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states
to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional
cases, the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the
USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, processing is
carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point 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 and internet use. The IP address
transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not
merged with other Google data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings
on your browser. However, we should point out that in that case you
might not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You may
permanently refuse Google to collect data generated by cookies
regarding the use of the website (including your IP address) and to
process them. You can download and install the browser plugin available
under the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
As an alternative to the browser plug-in or for browsers on mobile
devices, please click on the following link in order to set an opt-out
cookie which disables Google Analytics to collect data on this website
in the future (this opt-out cookie only functions for this browser and
this domain. If you delete your cookies on this browser, you must click
again on this link):
Disable Google Analytics
Google LLC, based in the United States, is certified for the US-European
data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance
with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found
in Google's privacy policy at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en
10) Retargeting/Remarketing/ Referral Advertising
Google AdWords Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google AdWords Remarketing, which
enable us to advertise our website in Google search results, as well as
on third-party websites. Provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre
Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). To this end, Google
places a cookie in the browser of your terminal device, which
automatically uses a pseudonymous cookie ID on the basis of pages you
visited to allow interest-based advertising. Processing is based on our
legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in
accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR.
Any additional processing will only take place if you have agreed with
Google that your Google Internet and app browsing history will be linked
to your Google Account and information from your Google Account will be
used for personalized ads you view on the web. If you are logged in to
Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data in
connection with Google Analytics data to create and define target group
lists for cross-device remarketing. To this end, Google temporarily
links your personal data with Google Analytics data to create target
groups.
You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for advertising
preferences. You may download and install the browser plug-in available
at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
Alternatively, you can contact the Digital Advertising Alliance at
www.aboutads.info to find out how to set cookies and to make the
relevant settings. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are
informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to
accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases
or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our
website may be limited.
Google LLC, based in the United States, is certified for the US-European
data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance
with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be viewed at:
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
11) Rights of the Data Subject
11.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights of data subjects (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below :
- Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
- Right to erase (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
- Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR
- Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
- Right to withdraw a given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR
11.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS
YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT
FOR THE FUTURE ON THE GROUNDS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA
CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN
PROVE COMPELLING REASONS WORTHY OF PROTECTION FOR PROCESSING WHICH
OUTWEIGH 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 YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHICH ARE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.
12) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods). After expiry of this period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or there is no longer any legitimate interest on our part in the further storage.