Privacy Policy

Sect. 1 General Scope

We will process your personal data (e.g. title, name, address, e-mail address, phone number, bank details, credit card number) solely in accordance with the provisions of the German data protection law and the data protection law of the European Union (EU). The following provisions will inform you, besides the information about the processing purposes, recipients, legal bases and storage periods, also about your rights and the controller for your data processing. This privacy policy applies only to our websites. If you are directed to other sites via links on our pages, please pay attention and be sure to review their privacy practices.

 

Sect. 2 Inventory data

(1) Purpose of data processing

Your personal data you provide us during the ordering process are necessary for the conclusion of a contract with us. You are not obliged to provide your personal data. However, we would not be able to send you the goods without your address. For some payment methods we ask for the necessary payment data in order to pass them on to a payment service provider commissioned by us. Hence, the processing of your data collected during the ordering process is soley for the purpose of contract performance.

If you send us a request by e-mail or by using the contact form, etc. before concluding the contract, we process the obtained data to carry out pre-contractual measures and answer your questions about e.g. our products.

In the case of opening a customer account, your data (in particular name, address, payment method, e-mail and password) will be processed for registration and creation of a customer login. With the stored data, you are able to shop faster and view your previous orders at any time. By sending us a note or via a delete function you can delete the account again.

(2) Legal basis

The legal basis for such processing is set out in Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR.

(3) Recipient categories

Payment service provider, shipping service provider, hosting provider, if necessary merchandise management system, suppliers if necessary (drop-shipping).

(4) Duration of Storage

We store the data required for contract execution until the statutory warranty and, if applicable, contractual warranty periods expire.

We store the data required under commercial and tax law for the statutory periods, generally ten years (cf. § 257 German Commercial Code (HGB), § 147 Regulation of Taxation (AO)).

The data processed for the execution of pre-contractual measures will be deleted as soon as the measures have been carried out and the contract cannot be concluded.

 

Sect. 3 Shop rating

 

Integration of the Trusted Shops Trustbadge
The Trusted Shops trust badge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and any ratings collected, as well as to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after they have placed an order.

This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimal marketing by enabling a safe purchase in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. The trust badge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne. The Trustbadge is provided by a CDN provider (Content-Delivery-Network) as part of an order processing. Trusted Shops GmbH also uses service providers from the USA. An appropriate level of data protection is ensured. Further information on the data protection of Trusted Shops GmbH can be found here.

When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which also contains your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. Individual access data are stored in a security database for the analysis of security anomalies. The log files are automatically deleted no later than 90 days after creation.

Further personal data is transferred to Trusted Shops GmbH if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered to use them. The contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies. For this purpose, personal data is automatically collected from the order data. Whether you as a buyer are already registered for product use is automatically checked using a neutral parameter, the e-mail address hashed by cryptological one-way function. The e-mail address is converted into this hash value, which cannot be decrypted by Trusted Shops, before it is transmitted. After checking for a match, the parameter is automatically deleted.

This is necessary for the fulfillment of our and Trusted Shops' overriding legitimate interests in the provision of the buyer protection linked to the specific order in each case and the transactional evaluation services pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Further details, including the objection, can be found in the Trusted Shops privacy policy linked above and in the Trustbadge.

 

 

Sect. 4 Further information

 

Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google Ads. Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user's computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify the user. 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 this page.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across Ads customers' websites. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. Clients learn the total number of users who clicked on your ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

"Conversion cookies" are stored based on your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) 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 about Google Ads and Google conversion tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

 

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager allows marketers to manage website tags through one interface. However, the Tag Manager itself, which deploys the tags, works without cookies and does not collect any personal data. The Tag Manager merely ensures that other tags are triggered, which in turn may collect data. For these respective third-party providers, corresponding explanations can be found in this privacy policy. However, the Google Tag Manager does not use this data. If you have set or otherwise made a deactivation of cookies, this will be observed for all tracking tags that were used with the Google Tag Manager, so the tool does not change your cookie settings.

Google may ask you for permission to share some product data (for example, your account information) with other Google products to enable certain features, such as making it easier to add new conversion tracking tags for Ads. In addition, Google developers review product usage information from time to time to further optimize the product. However, Google will never share data of this nature with other Google products without your consent.

More information about Google Ads and Google conversion tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

 

Use of YouTube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding feature to display and play videos from the provider »YouTube«, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (»Google«).

The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only starts storing user information when playback of the video(s) starts and continues during playback. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider »YouTube« uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour. According to information from »YouTube«, this is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be associated directly with your account when you click on a video and confirm the corresponding notification box. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Google's justified interests in the insertion of personalised advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. In the course of using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

For more information on data protection at »YouTube«, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at:https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR prior to processing. This is performed by means of a message which has to be confirmed before playing the video.

 

 

Sect. 5 Web Analysis with Google Analytics

(1) Purpose of data processing

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, small text files, which are placed on your computer to analyze how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted and saved on server in the United States by Google. If the anonymizeIP function is activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address in advance within the member states of the European Union or in other states which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases Google will transmit the full IP address on server in the United States and will shorten there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activities and providing other services related to website and internet usage for the website operators.

(2) Legal basis

The legal basis for such processing is set out in Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR.

(3) Recipient categories

Google and its partners.

(4) Transfer to a third country

Google Ireland Limited is an affiliate of Google LLC. Google LLC is based in the USA (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043).

(5) Duration of Storage

50 months

(6) Right of objection

You can prevent the installation of the cookies in your browser settings. If you choose to change your settings you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: optout

You may also generate blocking by setting an opt-out cookie. If you want to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website, please click here: Disable Google Analytics

 

Sect. 6 PayPal-transactions

Please note that all PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy:

https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

 

Sect. 7 Information about cookies

(1) Purpose of data processing

This website uses technically necessary cookies. These are small text files that are stored in or by your Internet browser on your computer system. These cookies are employed, for example, when several products must be inserted in a shopping cart.

Other cookies remain stored permanently and recognize your browser on your next visit. These cookies are employed, for example, to store permanently your passwords for a customer account.

(2) Legal basis

The legal basis for such processing is set out in Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR.

You have expressly given your consent to the use of cookies on our website as follows:

(_____)

(3) Duration of Storage

The technically necessary cookies are usually deleted when the browser is closed. Permanently stored cookies remain stored from a few minutes to several years.

(4) Right of revocation

If you do not wish these cookies to be stored, please deactivate the use of cookies in your Internet browser. However, this may cause a functional limitation of our website.

Your consent to persistent cookies can be withdrawn at any time by deleting the cookies in your browser settings.

 

Sect. 8 Your rights as a data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are the ‘data subject’ in terms of GDPR and you have the following rights towards us, the controller:

 

1. Right to information

You may request us to provide information about your personal data processed by us under Article 15 of the GDPR.

 

2. Right to rectification

If your personal data provided to us is not up to date or not accurate you have the right to ask for modifications to your personal data under Article 16 of the GDPR. You also have the right to request us to complete an incomplete data.

 

3. Right to erasure

You have the right to have your personal data erased and ask for deletion of your data under Article 17 of the GDPR.

 

4. Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to restrict the processing your personal data under Article 18 of the GDPR.

 

5. Right to data portability

You have the right referred to in Article 20 of the GDPR to receive your personal data provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller.

 

6. Right to revoke the consent given under data protection law

You have the right referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 7 to withdraw your given consent based on the data protection provisions at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

 

7. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

If you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR, you have the right referring to in Article 77 of the GDPR to complain to the supervisory authority against the processing of your personal data (in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement ).

 

Please also note your right of objection under Article 21 GDPR:

a) In general: reasonable objection required

If the processing of personal data concerning you takes place in order

- to perform our overriding legitimate interest (legal basis: Article 6 (1f) GDPR)

or

- to safeguard the public interest (legal basis: Article 6 (1e) GDPR),

you are entitled to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on the provisions of the GDPR.

 

In the event of objection, we will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless we can prove compelling grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

 

b) Special case of direct marketing: simple objection is sufficient

If the personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing and without stating reasons; this includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

 

If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

 

 

Responsible for data processing:
Silverback Knives GmbH
Karspüle 30
37120 Bovenden
Phone: 01736941750
info@silverback-knives.de

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