Security & Privacy

Security & data protection
When transferring data to B&M Strategies GmbH & Co. KG, you automatically use the latest technology. All personal data is transmitted in encrypted form without exception. Secure Socket Layer encryption (SSL) protects your data against unauthorized access.

Network security!
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) makes communication between the web browser and server more secure. SSL establishes a protected communication channel and thus enables the transmission of sensitive information according to a modern security standard. Data access by unauthorized persons is impossible.

How secure is the transmission of our data?
When data is transmitted to B&M Strategies GmbH & Co. KG all personal Data is exclusively transmitted in encrypted form. Secure Socket Layer encryption (SSL) protects your data against unauthorized access. SSL makes communication between web browser and server more secure. SSL establishes a protected communication channel and thus enables the transmission of sensitive information according to a modern security standard. Although nobody can guarantee absolute protection, we use technical and organizational measures to protect our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons.

Privacy Policy
We are pleased that you are interested in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we will inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

1. Access data and hosting
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time a website is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call.

This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer, which predominate within the framework of a weighing of interests. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Hosting services provided by a third party
As part of processing on our behalf, a third party provides hosting and website display services for us. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer within the framework of a balancing of interests. All data that is collected as part of the use of this website or in the forms provided for this purpose in the online shop as described below is processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the framework explained here.

This service provider is based in a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

2. Data collection and use for contract processing and when opening a customer account
We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order, when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail) or when opening a customer account. Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process the contract or to process your contact or opening of the customer account and you cannot complete the order and/or open an account or send the contact without providing them .Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. After the contract has been completed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the retention periods under tax and commercial law have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement. Your customer account can be deleted at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or using a function in the customer account provided for this purpose.

3. Data transfer
In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods ordered. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the bank commissioned with the payment and any payment service provider commissioned by us or to the selected payment service to process payments. Some of the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must register with the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. The data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies in this respect.

We use payment service providers and shipping service providers that are based in a country outside the European Union. The transmission of personal data to these companies is only necessary to fulfill the contract.

Data transfer to shipping service providers
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will give this on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider so that they can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.

The Consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you have provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113
Bonn

4. E-mail newsletter
E-mail advertising with registration for the newsletter
If you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to send you our e-mail newsletter on a regular basis Your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a GDPR.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and can either send a message to the contact option described below or use a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter take place. After you have unsubscribed, we will delete your e-mail address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

5.Use of data in payment processing
Identity and credit check when selecting Klarna payment services
If you decide to use Klarna's payment services, we ask for your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit the data required for processing the payment and for an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies mentioned in Klarna's data protection declaration can be used for identity and credit checks.
Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship.
Your You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact details below. As a result, we may no longer be able to offer you certain payment options. You can also revoke your consent to this use of personal data at any time by contacting Klarna.

Installment purchase
If you select the "Installment purchase" payment method and grant the necessary data protection consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO personal data (first name, last name, address, email, telephone number, date of birth, IP address, gender) together with data required for transaction processing (article, invoice amount, due dates, total amount, invoice number, taxes, currency, order date and time of order) for the purpose of processing this payment method to our partner Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm.
To check the identity and creditworthiness of the customer, our partner conducts queries and information on publicly accessible databases and credit agencies by. The providers from whom information and, if necessary, creditworthiness information is obtained on the basis of mathematical-statistical processes, as well as further details on the processing of your data after transmission to our partner Klarna Bank AB (publ), please refer to their data protection declaration, which you can find here: https:/ /www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/
Our partner Klarna Bank AB (publ) uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You have the opportunity to express your point of view by contacting our partner Klarna Bank AB (publ) and to contest the decision the future will be revoked.

6. Integration of the Trusted Shops Trustbadge
The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer Trusted Shops membership for buyers after an order.

This serves to protect our within the framework of a Weighing of interests overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.
When you call up the Trustbadge, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which e.g Time of retrieval, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval. This access data is not evaluated and automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
Further personal data will only be transferred to Trusted Shops if you have consented to this, decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or have already registered for use. In this case, the agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies contractual agreement made.

7. Cookies and web analysis
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are automatically saved 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 end device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). You can see the duration of storage in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for 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 these for the respective browser under the following links:
Internet Explorer™: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Chrome™: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647Firefox™ https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-allow-and-reject
Opera™ : http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

As part of the use of Google Analytics (see below), this website also uses the so-called DoubleClick cookie, which recognizes your browser possible when visiting other websites. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The information automatically generated by the cookie about your visit to this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address is shortened by activating IP anonymization on this website before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity provide. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our website within the framework of a balancing of interests. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law or if third parties process this data on Google's behalf.After the end of our use of Google DoubleClick, the data collected in this context will be deleted
Google DoubleClick is an offer from Google LLC. (www.google.de).
Google LLC is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can deactivate the DoubleClick cookie via this link. You can also find out more about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance and make settings for this. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analysis
For website analysis, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (www .google.de). This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is generally not merged with other Google data. After the end of our use of Google Analytics, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Google LLC is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent future detection by Google Analytics on this website. An opt-out cookie is stored on your end device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

8. Advertising via marketing networks
Google AdSense
Our website markets space for ads from third parties and advertising networks via Google AdSense. These advertisements will be shown to you in various places on this website. As part of the integration of Google AdSense, the so-called DoubleClick cookie is set by Google for all site visitors.

This enables the display of interest-based advertising by automatically assigning a pseudonymous UserID, with the help of which interests are determined based on visits to this and other websites. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of ours within the framework of a weighing of interests Website according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. After the end of our use of Google AdSense, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Google AdSense is an offer from Google LLC (www.google.de).
Google LLC has its Headquarters in the US. The European Commission has issued an adequacy decision for this country. This goes back to the EU US Privacy Shield, under which Google LLC is certified. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

You can disable the DoubleClick cookie via this link. You can also find out more about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance and make settings for this.

Google AdWords Remarketing
We use Google Adwords to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. For this purpose, when you visit our website, the so-called remarketing cookie is set by Google, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. After the end of our use of Google AdWords Remarketing, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Any further data processing will only take place if you have given your consent to Google that your web and app browser history is linked by Google to your Google Account and information from your Google Account is used to personalize ads you see across the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, Google will temporarily link your personal data to Google Analytics data in order to form target groups.

Google AdWords Remarketing is an offer from Google LLC (www.google.de). Google LLC is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can deactivate the remarketing cookie via this link. You can also find out more about the setting of cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance and make settings for this.

9. Social Media Plugins
Youtube Video Plugins
Content from third-party providers is integrated on this website. This content is provided by Google LLC ("provider").
Youtube is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

At Videos from YouTube that are integrated on our site have the extended data protection setting activated. This means that no information is collected and stored from website visitors on YouTube unless they play the video. The integration of the videos serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Google's data protection information http://wwwgoogle.com/intl/de/+/ policy/+1button.html.

10. Sending review reminders by e-mail
Review reminder by Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we will transmit your E e-mail address to Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15c, 50823 Cologne (www.trustedshops.de), so that they can send you a review reminder by e-mail.

Your consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to Trusted Shops.

11. Contact options and your rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights:

according to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified there;
according to Art. 16 GDPR the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
according to Art. 17 GDPR the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, provided that further processing is not required
- to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
- to fulfill a legal obligation;
- for reasons of public interest or
- to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
is required;
according to Art. 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
- the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
- the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;
- we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or
- you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR have;
according to Art. 20 DSGVO the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another person responsible;
according to Art. 77 DSGVO the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters If you have given your consent or object to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.
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Right to object
Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing of Assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims serves

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

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