DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT
Cookie Settings
Unless otherwise stated below, there is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your personal data, and it is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obligated to provide your data. Not providing your data has no consequences. This only applies to the extent that no statements to the contrary are made in the processing steps described below.
"Personal data" is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable person.
Server Log Files
You can visit our web pages without sharing your personal data.
With every visit to our website, usage data are sent to us or our web host /IT-provider through your internet browser and stored in log data ("server log files"). This stored data includes, e.g., the name of the web page that was visited, date and time of the visit, IP address, the transmitted volume of data and the inquiring provider. The processing takes place on the basis Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR arising out of our legitimate interest in ensuring trouble-free operation of our website as well as the improvement of our offerings.
Contact
Data controller / Data protection officer
Please contact us. The contact data for the data protection officer can be found in the Legal notices section.
Customer-initiated contact by email
When you make contact with us by email for business purposes, we record your personal data (name, email address, text of your message) only to the extent that you have made it available. The data processing serves to process and reply to your inquiry.
If the contact serves the execution of pre-contractual measures (e.g., consultation about interest in a purchase, the preparation of an offer), or relates to a contract already concluded between you and us, then this data processing is performed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(b) GDPR.
If the establishment of contact is for another reason, then the data processing occurs on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR, arising out of our legitimate interest in processing and responding to your inquiry. In this case you have the right, for reasons resulting from your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR at any time.
We use your email address only for the processing of your inquiry. Your data are deleted afterwards, in accordance with legal periods for safekeeping, so long as you did not agree to the further processing and use of your data.
Collection and processing upon use of the contact form
With use of the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent you have made it available. The data processing serves the purpose of the establishment of contact.
If the contact serves the execution of pre-contractual measures (e.g., consultation about interest in a purchase, the preparation of an offer), or relates to a contract already concluded between you and us, then this data processing is performed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(b) GDPR.
If the establishment of contact is for another reason, then the data processing occurs on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR, arising out of our legitimate interest in processing and responding to your inquiry. In this case you have the right, for reasons resulting from your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR at any time.
We use your email address only for the processing of your inquiry. Your data are deleted afterwards, in accordance with legal periods for safekeeping, so long as you did not agree to the further processing and use of your data.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are saved in the internet browser and/or by the internet browser on the computer system of a user. If a user calls up a website, then a cookie can be stored on the operating system of the user. This cookie contains a unique character sequence, which makes possible a clear identification of the browser for subsequent visits to the website.
Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore you have full control of the use of cookies. By choosing the respective technical settings in your internet browser, you can be informed about the setting of cookies and decide on an individual basis on their acceptance, as well as block the saving of cookies and the transmission of the data thus received. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. We note, however, that you may not necessarily be able to use all of the functions of this website to their fullest extent in that case.
Under the following links you can inform yourself about the administering of cookies with the most important browsers (among other things also deactivating them):
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Technically required Cookies
Unless otherwise indicated in the data protection statement, only these technically required cookies are used for the purpose of making our offering more user-friendly, more effective, and safer. Further, cookies allow our systems to recognize your browser even after switching pages and to offer you services. Some functions of our internet site cannot be offered without the employment of cookies. For these the browser must be able to be recognized even after switching web pages.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) German Telemedia Act ("GTA"). The processing of your personal data is performed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR arising out of our legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website, as well as the user-friendly and effective organization of our offerings.
You have the right, for reasons resulting from your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data at any time.
Analysis and Ad Tracking
Use of Google Analytics
On our website we use the web analysis service Google Analytics, provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google").
The data processing serves the purpose of the analysis of this website and its visitors, as well as marketing and advertising purposes. In addition, Google will use the information thus gained on behalf the operator of this website in order to evaluate your use of the website, to produce reporting about the website activities, and to provide the website operator with additional services associated with the use of the website and the internet. The following information can be recorded in this process: IP address, date and time of the page visit, click path, information about the browser used by you and the device (equipment) used by you, pages visited, referring URL (web page from which you visited our web page), location data, purchase activities. The IP address identified from your browser in the framework of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data of Google.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web memories in the browser, and tracking pixels, which make possible an analysis of your use of the website. The information about your use of this website that is produced from it is generally transmitted by Google to a server in the US and stored there. The European Union Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks. Both Google and US government agencies have access to your data. Their data can be linked by Google with other data, such as, for example, your search history, your personal accounts, your use data from other devices, and all other data that Google has collected on you.
IP anonymization is activated on this website. Thus your IP address is abbreviated in advance by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states that are parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be transferred by Google to a server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on the terms of use and data security can be found at: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ as well as at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de
Use of Facebook Pixel
On our website we use the "Custom Audiences" remarketing function of Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland "Facebook").
Facebook Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data that takes place through the integration of the service and the transmission of these data to Facebook. The basis for this framework is an agreement between us and Facebook Ireland on the joint processing of personal data, in which the respective responsibilities are specified. The agreement is available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Under this agreement, we are responsible, in particular, for the fulfillment of the duties to supply information in accordance with Arts. 13, 14 GDPR, for the observance of safety requirements in Art. 32 GDPR regarding the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service, as well as for the observance of the requirements in Arts. 33, 34 GDPR, to the extent that a violation of the protection of personal data concerns our obligations in accordance with the agreement on joint processing. Facebook Ireland bears the responsibility for protecting the rights of the affected in accordance with Arts. 15-20 GDPR, for observing the safety requirements set out in Art. 32 GDPR regarding the security of the service, and the obligations under Arts. 33, 34 GDPR, to the extent that a violation of the protection of personal data concerns Facebook Ireland's obligations in accordance with the agreement on joint processing.
The application serves the purpose of purposefully targeting outreach to visitors of the website with advertisements tied to their interests in the social network Facebook. To this end the remarketing tag was implemented on the website by Facebook. Using this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. This connection to the Facebook server transmits data on which of our pages you have visited. Facebook places this information in your personal Facebook user account. If you visit the social network Facebook, personalized, interest-related Facebook ads are shown to you. Your data may be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on the collection and use of the data by Facebook, and on your relevant rights and options for the protection of your privacy, is available to you in the data protection statement of Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
On our website we use the online advertising program Google Ads, which includes conversion tracking (evaluation of visit activity). Google conversion tracking is an analysis service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If you have your usual place of residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the data controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is thus the enterprise connected with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and the observance of the applicable data protection laws.
If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for the conversion tracking is stored on your computer. These cookies have limited validity and contain no personal data, and thus do not serve the purpose of personal identification. If you visit certain pages on our website, and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this site. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus no possibility exists that cookies can be traced back via the websites of Ads customers.
The information, which is gathered with the help of the conversion cookie, serves the purpose of providing conversion statistics. Here we see the total number of users who have clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we receive no information that would allow users to be personally identified.
Your data may be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information as well as the data privacy statement of Google are available at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Use of the remarketing or "similar target groups" - function of Google Inc.
On our website we use the remarketing or “similar target groups” function of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google" ). If you have your usual place of residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the data controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is thus the enterprise connected with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and the observance of the applicable data protection laws.
The application serves the purpose of analysis of visitor behavior and the interests of visitors. Google uses cookies to execute the analysis of website use, which is the basis for the creation of interest-based ads. Through cookies the visits to the website and anonymized data on the use of the website are recorded. No personalized data of website visitors are stored thereby. If you visit another website in the Google display network subsequently, you will most likely be shown ads that reflect previously searched product and information fields.
Your data may be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on Google Remarketing as well as the associated data privacy statement are available at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Plug-ins and other
Use of Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager from Google LLC on our website. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is therefore the company affiliated with Google, which is responsible for the processing of your data and compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
This application manages JavaScript tags and HTML tags used to implement tracking and analysis tools in particular. The data processing serves the purpose of the needs-based design and optimization of our website.
The Google Tag Manager itself does not store cookies, nor is personal data processed as a result. However, it enables the triggering of additional tags that can collect and process personal data.
More information on terms of use and data protection can be found here.
On our website we use the service reCAPTCHA, provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
If you have your usual place of residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the data controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is thus the enterprise connected with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and the observance of the applicable data protection laws. The inquiry serves the purpose of distinguishing between input by a person or by automated, machine processing. For this purpose your input is transmitted to Google and processed further there. In addition, the IP address and, if necessary, further data needed by Google for the service reCAPTCHA are transmitted to Google. These data are processed by Google within the European Union and may also be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA as well as the associated data privacy statement are available at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and at: https://www.google.com/privacy
Use of Google invisible reCAPTCHA
On our website we use the service invisible reCAPTCHA, provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If you have your usual place of residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the data controller responsible for your data. Google Ireland Limited is thus the enterprise connected with Google that is responsible for the processing of your data and the observance of the applicable data protection laws.
This serves the purpose of distinguishing between input by a person or by automated, machine processing. In the background Google collects and analyzes use data, which are used by invisible reCaptcha in order to distinguish regular users from bots. For this purpose your input is transmitted to Google and processed further there. In addition, the IP address and, if necessary, further data needed by Google for the service invisible reCAPTCHA are transmitted to Google.
These data are processed by Google within the European Union and may also be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on Google invisible reCAPTCHA as well as the associated data privacy statement are available at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and at: https://www.google.com/privacy
Use of Youtube
On our website we use the function for embedding YouTube videos of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "YouTube") .YouTube is an enterprise connected with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
This function displays videos stored at YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The option "extended data security mode" is activated for this use. Thus YouTube stores no information about the visitors of the website. Not until you view a video is any information about it transmitted to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission takes place, among other things, on the basis of the standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on the collection and use of the data by YouTube and Google, and on your relevant rights and options for the protection of your privacy, is available to you in the data protection statement of YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy
Use of Vimeo
On our website we use the plug-in of Vimeo, Inc. (555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA; “Vimeo”) for the integration of videos from the portal “Vimeo."
If you call up pages of our website that include such a plug-in, then a connection is established to the servers of Vimeo, and the plug-in is depicted on the page through a message to your browser. A message is thus sent to the servers of Vimeo that includes both your IP address and the information on the pages of our website that you have visited.
If you are logged in to Vimeo at that point, then Vimeo adds this information to your personal user account. When you use the plug-in functions (e.g. by starting a video by activating the respective buttons), this information is added to your Vimeo account.
Your data may be transmitted to the US. The EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the US. The data transmission is executed on the basis, among other things, of standard contractual clauses as suitable warranties for the protection of personal data, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your permission on the basis of § 15 para. 3(1) GTA in connection with Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that took place based on your agreement prior to such revocation.
Further information on the purpose and scope of the collection and further use of the data by Vimeo, and on your relevant rights and options for the protection of your privacy, is available to you in the data protection statement of Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/privacy
Rights of the affected and duration of storage
Duration of storage
Following full execution of the contract, the data will initially be stored for the period of the warranty, and then subject to statutory, in particular tax and commercial law, storage requirements, and following the expiration of those terms, the data will be deleted, unless you have agreed to their further processing and use.
Rights of affected persons
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Arts. 15 - 20 GDPR: the right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of the processing, and data transferability.
In addition, under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR you have the right to object to the processing based on Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR, as well as to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.
Right to bring complaints to the supervisory authorities
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to bring complaints to the supervisory authorities if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
Right to object
If the personal data processing specified here is on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR, you have the right, for reasons that result from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing with effect for the future.
Following your objection, the processing of the affected data will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate compelling reasons for the processing that are worthy of protection; that outweigh your interests, rights, and liberty; or if the processing serves the assertion, execution, or defense of legal claims.
Effective as of: 30.07.2021
Deutsches Edelsteinhaus DEH GmbH
Chief Executive Officers: Alexander Streeb, Oliver Kleimaier
Commercial Register Number: HRB 737047
