General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy presented below this text.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is Responsible for Data Collection on this Website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the imprint of this website.

How Do We Collect Your Data?

Your data is collected partly by you providing it to us. This may, for example, include data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page request). The collection of these data occurs automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking, or deletion of these data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can find details on this in the privacy policy under “Right to Restriction of Processing.”

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually carried out anonymously; your surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the options for objection in this privacy policy.

2. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

Please note that data transmission on the internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Regarding the Responsible Entity

The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:

Company Name: Connstore GmbH
Address: Rheinpromenade 13, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Industry: The trade and distribution of electrical items and all related goods and items.
E-mail Address: office@connstore.de
Phone Number: 0176/66216853

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw an already given consent at any time. A simple notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object Against Data Collection in Special Cases as Well as Against Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which a processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection according to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR).

Right to Complain with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, their workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to complain exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. Should you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted Payment Transactions on This Website

If, after concluding a paid contract, you are obliged to provide us with your payment data (e.g., account number in the case of direct debit authorization), these data are required for payment processing.

Payment transactions using common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively over a secured SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

With encrypted communication, your payment data transmitted to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, Blocking, Deletion, and Correction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and if applicable, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify it. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request, instead of deletion, the restriction of the data processing.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the assertion, defense, or exercise of legal claims, you have the right to request, instead of deletion, the restriction of processing of your personal data.
• If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests and our interests must be carried out. As long as it is not yet determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of a significant public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Objection to Promotional E-Mails

The use of contact data published in the imprint for the transmission of advertising and informational materials not expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

3. Data Protection Officer

Legally Mandated Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Connstore GmbH
Managing Director: Damian Pomorski
Rheinpromenade 13
40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Tel.: 0176/66216853
E-mail: office@connstore.de

4. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

The website uses so-called cookies in part. Cookies do not cause any harm to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective, and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and that cookies are only allowed on a case-by-case basis, that the acceptance of cookies is excluded for certain cases or in general, or that cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are necessary for the execution of the electronic communication process or for the provision of certain functions desired by you (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g., cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, they are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

• Browser type and browser version
  •  Operating system used
  •  Referrer URL
  •  Hostname of the accessing computer
  •  Time of the server request
  •  IP address

There is no merging of this data with other data sources.

The collection of these data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free display and the optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via a contact form, your data entered in the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided therein, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass these data on without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. A simple notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of withdrawal remains unaffected.

The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose for storing the data ceases to exist (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Registration on This Website

You can register on our website to use additional functions on the site. The data entered for this purpose are used solely for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory fields requested during registration must be completed in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as changes in the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration is carried out on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time. A simple notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)

We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent that it is necessary for the establishment, content design, or modification of the legal relationship (master data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process, and use personal data regarding the use of our website (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill for it.

The collected customer data will be deleted after the completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data Transmission in the Event of a Contract Conclusion for Online Shops, Retailers, and Goods Delivery

We transmit personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example, to the companies responsible for delivering the goods or to the bank entrusted with payment processing. A further transmission of the data does not take place, or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. A transfer of your data to third parties without your explicit consent, for example for advertising purposes, does not take place.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data Transmission in the Event of a Contract Conclusion for Services and Digital Content

We transmit personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example, to the bank entrusted with payment processing.

A further transmission of the data does not take place, or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. A transfer of your data to third parties without your explicit consent, for example for advertising purposes, does not take place.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

5. Social Media

Use of Social Plugins from Facebook, Twitter, Xing Using the “2-Click Solution”
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from social networks. To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are embedded in the page using the so-called “2-click solution.” This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is called up, no connection is established with the servers of the respective social network. Only when you activate the plugins does your browser establish a direct connection to the servers of the respective social network. The content of the respective plugin is then transmitted directly by the associated provider to your browser and embedded in the page. By embedding the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has accessed the respective page of our website, even if you do not have a profile with the respective provider or are not logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly by your browser to a server of the respective provider (possibly in the USA) and stored there. 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 in the social network and displayed to your contacts. This is done in order to protect our overriding legitimate interests in optimally marketing our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Please refer to the privacy policies of the providers for the purpose, scope of data collection, further processing and use of the data, as well as contact options and your respective rights and settings to protect your privacy:

http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
https://twitter.com/privacy
https://www.xing.com/privacy
https://www.mydealz.de/impressum

6. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

Within the framework of Google AdWords, we use what is called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad displayed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser saves on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and do not serve to personally identify the users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page marked with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” and the use of this tracking tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

More information on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and that cookies are only allowed on a case-by-case basis, that the acceptance of cookies is excluded for certain cases or generally, or that cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use these data exclusively for the purpose of sending the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw the consent given for storing the data, the e-mail address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of withdrawal remains unaffected.

The data you have provided for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after unsubscribing. Data stored for other purposes will remain unaffected.

CleverReach

This website uses CleverReach for sending newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede. CleverReach is a service with which newsletter dispatch can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for receiving the newsletter (e.g., e-mail address) are stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany or Ireland.

Our newsletters sent via CleverReach enable us to analyze the behavior of newsletter recipients. For example, it can be analyzed how many recipients opened the newsletter message and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether, after clicking the link in the newsletter, a predefined action (e.g., purchasing a product on our website) occurred. Further information on data analysis through CleverReach newsletters can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The lawfulness of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

If you do not want analysis by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

The data you have provided for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after unsubscribing from both our servers and the servers of CleverReach. Data stored for other purposes will remain unaffected.

For more details, please refer to CleverReach’s privacy policy at:

https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.

Conclusion of a Contract for Order Data Processing

We have concluded a contract on order processing with CleverReach and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using CleverReach.

8. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This page uses the mapping service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. The provider of this page has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to facilitate the finding of the locations indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

10. Payment Providers and Resellers

PayPal

On our website, we offer, among other things, the payment option via PayPal. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”).

If you choose to pay via PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

The transmission of your data to PayPal is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the fulfillment of a contract). You have the possibility to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time. A withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of data processing operations carried out in the past.

Sofortüberweisung

On our website, we also offer the payment option via “Sofortüberweisung.” The provider of this payment service is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter “Sofort GmbH”).

By using the “Sofortüberweisung” procedure, we receive a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time and can immediately begin fulfilling our obligations.

If you choose the payment method “Sofortüberweisung,” you will transmit your PIN and a valid TAN to Sofort GmbH, which will use these to log in to your online banking account. After logging in, Sofort GmbH automatically checks your account balance and transfers the payment to us using the TAN you provided. Subsequently, it immediately transmits a transaction confirmation to us. After logging in, your transactions, the credit limit of your overdraft, and the existence as well as the balances of other accounts are also checked automatically.

In addition to the PIN and TAN, the payment data you enter as well as data about yourself (such as first and last name, address, telephone number(s), e-mail address, IP address, and, if necessary, further data required for payment processing) are transmitted to Sofort GmbH. The transmission of this data is necessary to unambiguously verify your identity and to prevent fraud attempts.

The transmission of your data to Sofort GmbH is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the fulfillment of a contract). You have the possibility to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time. A withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of data processing operations carried out in the past.

Details regarding payment via Sofortüberweisung can be found at the following links:
https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.