Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide detailed information about how we handle your data.

1. Access Data and Hosting

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

This access data is evaluated exclusively to ensure the smooth operation of the site and to improve our offerings. This serves, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, the protection of our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in a correct presentation of our offer. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

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

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

2. Data Collection and Use for Contract Processing

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we absolutely need the data for contract processing or for handling your contact, and you cannot complete the order or send the contact request without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for contract processing and handling your inquiries. After complete processing of the contract, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of any tax and commercial law retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

3. Data Disclosure

For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 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 ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the order process, we pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to payment service providers commissioned by us or to the selected payment service. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must log in with your access data to the payment service provider during the order process. In this respect, the privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.

We use a payment service provider that is based in a country outside the European Union. The transmission of personal data to this company only takes place within the scope of what is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract.

Data disclosure to shipping service providers
If you have given us your express consent during or after your order, we will, based on this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, forward 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.

You can revoke your consent 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 provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

Howasped GmbH & Co. KG
Schornsheimer Chaussee 11
55286
Wörrstadt

4. Email Newsletter and Postal Advertising

Email advertising with newsletter subscription
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a dedicated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

The newsletter is sent by a service provider on our behalf, to whom we pass on your email address for this purpose.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

Postal advertising and your right to object
Furthermore, we reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g., to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in advertising our customers in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

5. Cookies and Web Analytics

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 the protection of our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your end 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 end device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can find 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 to 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 browsers under the following links:
Internet Explorerâ„¢: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Safariâ„¢: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Chromeâ„¢: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Firefoxâ„¢ https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Operaâ„¢ : http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

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

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analysis
If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics for website analysis, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (www.google.de). 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 truncated 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 transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will generally not be merged with other Google data. After the purpose has ceased and the use of Google Analytics by us has ended, 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 determined an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This will prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google.

Alternatively to the browser plug-in, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be stored on your end device. If you delete your cookies, you will be asked to give your consent again.

6. Social Media PlugIns

Use of social plugins from Facebook, Twitter
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from social networks.
When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from the respective provider to your browser and integrated into the page. By integrating the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a server of the respective provider (possibly in the USA) and stored there. If you are logged in to one of the services, the providers can directly assign your visit to our website to your profile in the respective social network. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Like" or "Share" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of the providers and stored there. The information is also published on the social network and displayed to your contacts there. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, in the optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers, as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the providers' privacy notices.
http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
https://twitter.com/privacy

If you do not want the social networks to directly assign the data collected via our website to your profile in the respective service, you must log out of the corresponding service before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of the plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).

7. Contact Options and Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, the right to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
  • in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing
    - for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
    - for compliance with a legal obligation;
    - for reasons of public interest; or
    - for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims
    is necessary;
  • in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
    - the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
    - the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure;
    - we no longer need the data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
    - you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
  • in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, 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 transmission to another controller;
  • in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, blocking or deletion of data, as well as revocation of granted consents or objection to a specific data use, 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 to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. Insofar as the processing is carried out for other purposes, you only have a right to object if there are reasons arising 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 the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. In that case, we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

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Information on data processing in connection with Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the data controller for this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, then Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as "Google."

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files stored on the website visitor's computer that enable an analysis of the website's use by the website visitor. The information generated by the cookie about the website visitor's use of this website (including the truncated IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there.

Google Analytics is used on this website exclusively with the "_anonymizeIp()" extension. This extension ensures the anonymization of the IP address by truncation and excludes direct personal identification. Through this extension, Google truncates the IP address within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP address transmitted by the respective browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

On behalf of the website operator, Google will use the collected information to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The legitimate interest in data processing lies in optimizing this website, analyzing its use, and adapting content. The users' interests are sufficiently protected by pseudonymization.

Google LLC guarantees an adequate level of data protection based on standard contractual clauses. Data sent and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User-ID), or advertising IDs will be automatically deleted after 50 months. Data whose retention period has expired is automatically deleted once a month.

The collection of data by Google Analytics can be prevented by the website visitor adjusting the cookie settings for this website. The collection and storage of the IP address and the data generated by cookies can also be objected to at any time with effect for the future. The corresponding browser plug-in can be downloaded and installed under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

The website visitor can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website by clicking on the following link . An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent future collection of data when visiting this website.

Further information on data usage by Google, as well as setting and objection options, can be found in Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the settings for the display of advertisements by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

 

reCAPTCHA

To protect your inquiries via internet forms, we use the reCAPTCHA service of Google LLC (Google). The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or abusively by automated, machine processing. The query includes sending the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. However, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of reCAPTCHA will not be merged with other Google data. The different data protection regulations of Google apply to this data. Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de