Data protection

The controller responsible for data processing is

Leuchtstark Vertriebs GmbH
Düsseldorfer Straße 2
46446 Emmerich am Rhein

E-mail: info@leuchtstark.de
Phone: 49(0)2822-9148740

Thank you for your interest in our online store. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

1. access data and hosting
You can visit our website without providing any personal data. Each time a website is accessed, the web server only automatically saves 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 analyzed exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

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 will be processed on their servers. If you have any questions for our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

2. data processing for contract processing and for making contact

2.1 Data processing for contract processing

For the purpose of contract processing (including inquiries about and processing of any existing warranty and service disruption claims as well as any statutory updating obligations) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR, we collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order. Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we absolutely need the data to process the contract and we cannot send the order without it. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms.

Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service provider for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy. After completion of the contract, your data will be restricted for further processing and after expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law 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 use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

2.2 Customer account

Insofar as you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you are compensating yourself for opening a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account and for storing your data for further future orders on our website. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted 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 use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

2.3 Making contact

In the context of customer communication, we collect personal data to process your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR if you voluntarily provide us with this data when contacting us (e.g. via contact form, live chat tool or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we absolutely need the data to process your contact. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Once your request has been fully processed, your data will be deleted 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 use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

3. data processing for the purpose of dispatch processing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. 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. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

Data transfer to shipping service providers for the purpose of shipping notification

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will pass on your e-mail address to the selected shipping service provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR so that they can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.

Consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete your data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration. If you have any questions for our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

United Parcel Service Deutschland S.à rl & Co. OHG
Görlitzer Straße 1
41460 Neuss
Germany

DHL Paket GmbH
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn
Germany

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 provider, who works for us as part 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 to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. 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 privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies.

If you have any questions for our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

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

If necessary, we provide our service providers with further data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing the payment as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and the optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing of disputed payments, accounting support). In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, this serves to protect our overriding interests in our protection against fraud and efficient payment management in the context of a balancing of interests.

4.3 Credit assessment

If we make advance payments (when purchasing on account), we obtain identity and credit information from specialized service providers (credit agencies). For this purpose, we transmit your personal data required for a credit check to

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH
Hammfelddamm 13
41460 Neuss
Germany

This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR in assessing the creditworthiness and willingness to pay of our potential customers prior to the conclusion of the contract and thus to avoid purchase price defaults, and is necessary for the conclusion of the contract pursuant to Art. 22 para. 2 lit. a GDPR. Appropriate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests are taken into account. You have the opportunity to express your point of view and contest the decision by contacting the contact option described in this privacy policy. Once the contract has been fully processed, your data processed for these purposes will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

4.4 Identity and credit check when selecting Klarna payment services

Klarna direct debit

If you choose the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter Klarna), we ask for your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR that we may transmit the data necessary for the processing of the payment and an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, the credit agencies named in Klarna's privacy policy may be used for identity and credit checks. Klarna uses the information received on the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, execution or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option specified in this privacy policy. This may result in us no longer being able to offer you certain payment options. You can also withdraw your consent to this use of personal data at any time by contacting Klarna.

4.5 Identity and credit check when selecting Billpay payment services (operated by Klarna Bank AB)

If you choose the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ.), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter BillPay), we ask for your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR that we may transmit the data necessary for the processing of the payment and an identity and credit check to Billpay. In Germany, the credit agencies named in Billpay's privacy policy may be used for identity and credit checks. Billpay uses the information received on the statistical probability of a payment default to make a balanced decision on the establishment, execution or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option specified in this privacy policy. This may result in us no longer being able to offer you certain payment options. You can also withdraw your consent to this use of personal data at any time by contacting BillPay.

5 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 on various pages, including so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again at the end of the browser session, even 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).

Privacy protection for end devices

When using our online offer, we use absolutely necessary technologies in order to be able to provide the expressly requested telemedia service. The storage of information on your end device or access to information that is already stored on your end device does not require consent in this respect.

For functions that are not absolutely necessary, the storage of information on your end device or access to information that is already stored on your end device requires your consent. We would like to point out that if you do not give your consent, parts of the website may not be fully usable. Any consent you have given will remain in place until you adjust or reset the respective settings on your device.

Any downstream data processing by cookies and other technologies

We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process the IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the contents of the shopping cart). In the context of a balancing of interests, this serves predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

In addition, we 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 bases for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Cookie settings

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

If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration.

6 Use of cookies and other technologies

We use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies, this is done on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. After the end of the purpose and the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can withdraw 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 use the contact option described in this privacy policy.

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 generally transmitted to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing is carried out on the basis of 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.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by decision.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website), from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used for this purpose. If you visit our website from the EU, your IP address will be stored on a server located in the EU to derive location data and then deleted immediately before the data traffic is forwarded to Google servers for processing. Data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.

Google Ads

For advertising purposes in Google search results and on third-party websites, the so-called Google Remarketing cookie is set when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. Any further data processing will only take place if you have activated the "personalized advertising" setting in your Google account. If you are logged in to Google in this fall while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, we use Google Ads Conversion Tracking to measure your subsequent usage behavior if you have reached our website via a Google Ads advertisement. For this purpose, cookies may be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) may be collected, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms.

7. integration of the Trusted Shops Trustbadge/other widgets

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, Trusted Shops widgets are integrated on this website to display the Trusted Shops services (e.g. seal of approval, collected reviews) and to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after an order.

The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops AG, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne ("Trusted Shops"), with whom we are jointly responsible under data protection law in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. As part of this data protection notice, we inform you below about the main contents of the contract in accordance with Art. 26 para. 2 GDPR.

Within the scope of the existing responsibility between us and Trusted Shops AG, please contact Trusted Shops in case of data protection questions and to assert your rights using the contact options provided in the data protection information. Irrespective of this, you can always contact the controller of your choice. If necessary, your request will then be forwarded to the other responsible party for a response.

7.1 Data processing when integrating the Trustbadge/other widgets

The trust badge is provided by a US CDN provider (content delivery network). An adequate level of data protection is ensured in each case by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, which can be accessed here for the USA. Service providers used from the USA are generally certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information can be found here . If the service providers used are not certified under the DPF, standard contractual clauses have been concluded as a suitable guarantee.

When you access the Trustbadge, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access. The IP address is anonymized immediately after collection so that the stored data cannot be assigned to your person. The anonymized data is used in particular for statistical purposes and for error analysis.