Data Protection

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

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. 
Personal data are all data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website in the sense of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Sina Keuters, Traumpferd SK, Mathiler-Vaerting-Str. 10, 49809 Lingen (Ems), Germany, Tel.: +49 (591) 901 294 77, E-Mail: info@traumpferd-sk.de. The party responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing 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 responsible party). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When using our website purely for informational purposes, such as when 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 access 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 time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/reference from which you accessed the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no transfer or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

Cookies

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 device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, that is, after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow your browser to be recognized on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to a specific extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predetermined duration, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can find the duration of the respective cookie storage in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.

Partially, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, according to Art. 6 para. lit. f GDPR in the case of granted consent, or according to Art. 6 para. lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

Please note that you can configure your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. Each browser differs in how it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find this for the respective browsers at the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/(windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/allow-and-manage-cookies
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contact

In the context of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form can be seen in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing

In accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed when you provide it to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen in the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the responsible party. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After the complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods expire, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by us.

6) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, your comment, along with the timestamp of its creation and the commentator name you chose, will be stored and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and stored. This storage of the IP address is for security reasons and in case the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment. We need your email address to contact you in case a third party should contest your published content as illegal. The legal basis for storing your data is Articles 6(1)(b) and (f) of the GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are contested as illegal by third parties.

You can subscribe to follow-up comments as a user. You will receive a confirmation email to ensure that you are the owner of the specified email address (double opt-in procedure). The legal basis for data processing in the case of subscribing to comments is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from ongoing comment subscriptions at any time with effect for the future; please refer to the confirmation email for more information on the cancellation option.

7) Data processing for order handling

7.1 To process your order, we work with the service providers listed below, who assist us in whole or in part with the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

The personal data we collect will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, provided this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

7.2 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers

- DHL
If the delivery of the goods is carried out by the transport service provider DHL (Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn), we will pass on your email address to DHL in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR before the delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided you have given your explicit consent during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the recipient's name and delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The transfer will only take place to the extent necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or delivery notification is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future against the above-mentioned controller or against the transport service provider DHL.

7.3 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Services)

- Amazon Pay
When selecting the payment method "Amazon Pay," the payment processing is carried out by the payment service provider Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 38 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter: "Amazon Payments"), to whom we will share the information you provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The sharing of your data is solely for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Amazon Payments and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. You can find more information about Amazon Payments' data protection regulations at the following internet address: https://pay.amazon.com/de/help/201751600

- PayPal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we will share your payment data with PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. The sharing is done in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing. 
PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for payment methods such as credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be shared with credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in assessing your creditworthiness. The result of the credit check regarding the statistical probability of payment default is used by PayPal to decide on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). To the extent that score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, among other things, but is not limited to, address data. For further data protection information, including details about the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contract-compliant payment processing.

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