Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The person responsible for data processing is:

Hillel Carl Lowinsky

Lehmweg 36

20251 Hamburg

Germany

Hillel@lowinskys.com

Thank you for your interest in our online store. 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 contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access. This access data is evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the site and improving our offering. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offering in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. All access data is deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

1.1 Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected in the forms provided on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

1.2 Content Delivery Network

For the purpose of shorter loading times, we use a so-called Content Delivery Network (“CDN”) for some of our offers. This service delivers content, e.g., large media files, via regionally distributed servers of external CDN service providers. Therefore, access data is processed on the servers of the service providers. Our service providers work for us within the scope of order processing. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

2. Data processing for contract execution, establishing contact, and opening a customer account

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us in the context of your order or when you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we require the data for contract processing or to process your contact request, and you cannot send the order or contact request without providing this information. The data that is collected can be seen in the respective input forms. We use the data you provide to process the contract and your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account. Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment, and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial law retention periods in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use your data in a manner that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or by using the function provided for this purpose in your customer account.

3. Data processing for the purpose of shipping

For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

4. Data processing for payment processing

We work with the following partners to process payments in our online store: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

4.1 Data processing for transaction processing

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers, who work for us within the scope of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment. This serves the purpose of contract fulfillment in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for processing the payment themselves, e.g., on their own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.

If you have any questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

4.2 Data processing for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimization of our payment processes

Where applicable, we provide our service providers with additional data which they use, together with the data necessary for processing the payment, as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimization of our payment processes (e.g., invoicing, processing disputed payments, accounting support). In accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in protecting ourselves against fraud and ensuring efficient payment management, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests.

5. Advertising by email

5.1 Email newsletter with registration

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to send you our email newsletter on a regular basis based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or by using the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from the recipient list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

5.2 Newsletter dispatch

The newsletter may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

6. Cookies and other technologies

General information

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your 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 device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).

We use technologies that are essential for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g., shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process your IP address, the time of your visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website (e.g., information about the contents of your shopping cart). This serves the purpose of weighing up interests and is in the overriding legitimate interests of optimizing the presentation of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

We also use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g., to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser at the following links: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

If you have consented to the use of technologies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.

7. Use of cookies and other technologies for web analysis and advertising purposes

If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. Once the purpose has been fulfilled and we have stopped using the respective technology, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the section “Cookies and other technologies.” Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, can be found under the individual technologies. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

7.1 Use of Google services

We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it will be truncated before being stored on Google's servers by activating IP anonymization. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server and truncated there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing is based on an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Your IP address is never merged with other Google data. Data processing is based on an agreement on order processing by Google.

For the purpose of optimizing the marketing of our website, we have activated the data sharing settings for “Google products and services.” This allows Google to access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and then use it to improve Google services. The data sharing with Google within the scope of these data sharing settings is based on an additional agreement between the responsible parties. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.

Google Maps

For the visual representation of geographical information, Google Maps collects data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular your IP address and location data, transmits it to Google, and then processes it. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

Google reCAPTCHA

For the purpose of protecting against misuse of our web forms and spam by automated software (so-called bots), Google reCAPTCHA collects data (IP address, time of visit, browser information, and information about your use of our website) and analyzes your use of our website using JavaScript and cookies. In addition, other cookies stored in your browser by Google services are evaluated. No personal data is read or stored from the input fields of the respective form.

7.2 Use of Facebook services

Use of Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies described below from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”). Facebook Pixel automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. For this purpose, when you visit our website, Facebook Pixel automatically sets a cookie that uses a pseudonymous cookie ID to automatically recognize your browser when you visit other websites. Facebook will merge this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.

The information automatically collected by Facebook technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. If the data transfer to the USA falls within our responsibility, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Further information about data processing by Facebook can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook.

8. Social media

Our online presence on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest

If you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes when you visit our online presence on the above-mentioned social media, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the platforms that are likely to be of interest to you. Cookies are generally used for this purpose. For detailed information on the processing and use of data by the respective social media operator, as well as contact details and your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the providers' privacy policies linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook is a service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook Ireland”). The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook is usually transferred to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing in the context of visiting a Facebook fan page is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

Instagram is a service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook Ireland”). The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually transferred to a server of Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing in connection with visits to an Instagram fan page is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on insights data) can be found here.

Pinterest is a service provided by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Pinterest”). The information automatically collected by Pinterest about your use of our online presence on Pinterest is usually transferred to a server of Pinterest, Inc., 505 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

9. Contact options and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
• pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
• pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is
• necessary for the exercise of 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 defense of legal claims;
• the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, unless
• the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
• the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to have it deleted;
• we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims; or