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DATA PRIVACY

1. Access data and hosting

You can visit our website without giving any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server automatically only 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 the request, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the request. This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing of interests, in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the website.

Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partially provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in the present data protection declaration, all access data and all data that are 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 use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

 

Our service providers are located in the following countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by resolution: Japan, Canada

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

We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when you contact us (e.g. using the contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data to process the contract or to process your contact and you cannot send the order or contact without them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you have provided to process contracts and to process your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR.


If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. 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 data protection declaration. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you expressly request further use You have consented to your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration. 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 data protection declaration or using a function provided in the customer account.

3. Data processing for the purpose of dispatch processing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.

 

The same applies to the transfer of data to our manufacturers or wholesalers in those cases in which they take over the shipping for us (drop shipments). These are considered shipping service providers in the sense of this data protection declaration.

 

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 forward your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider on the basis of this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. Delivery can contact you for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.


The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you have provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data that goes beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

 

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

When processing payments in our online shop, we work together with these partners: 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 in the context of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary to process the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required to process the payment themselves, e.g. B. on your own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. The data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies in this respect.

 

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

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

If necessary, we give our service providers further data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing the payment as our contract processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and the optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing of contested payments, support for accounting). According to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.f GDPR, this serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominant in the context of a weighing of interests, in our protection against fraud and in efficient payment management.

4.3 Identity and credit checks when choosing Klarna payment services

Klarna Pay now (direct debit), Klarna Pay later (purchase on account), Klarna Slice it (installment purchase):

If you opt for the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter Klarna), we ask for your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, that we are allowed to 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 data protection declaration can be used for identity and credit checks. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option mentioned in this data protection declaration. As a result, we may no longer be able to offer you certain payment options. You can revoke your consent to this use of personal data at any time to Klarna.

 

5. Advertising by email

E-mail newsletter with registration

When you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.


Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address from the recipient list, 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 will inform you in this declaration.

6. Cookies and other technologies

 

6.1 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 saved on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at 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 on your next visit (persistent cookies).
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 the visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the content of the shopping cart). In the context of a weighing of interests, this serves predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.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 data protection declaration.

 

The cookie settings for your browser can be found 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 Paragraph 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. Alternatively, you can also call up the following link: mybiozoom.com/datenschutz. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

6.2 Use of a consent manager tool to manage consent

We use the Wix.com AG Consent Manager Tool on our website to inform you about the cookies and the other technologies that we use on our website and to obtain your consent, if necessary, to the processing of your personal data by these technologies, to manage and document. This is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. c GDPR in order to fulfill our legal obligation in accordance with Art. 7 Paragraph 1 GDPR to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject. The Wix Consent Manager Tool is an offer from Wix AG. After submitting your cookie declaration on our website, the Wix web server stores your IP address, the date and time of your declaration, browser information, language and URL from which the declaration was sent and information on your consent behavior. In addition, a cookie is used that contains information on your consent behavior. Your data will be deleted after 365 days, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use data beyond this that is permitted by law and beyond we will inform you in this declaration.

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

Insofar as you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the purpose and end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can find more information about your cancellation options in the section "Cookies and other technologies". For more information, including the basis of how we work with each vendor, see each technology. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

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 Amphitheater 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 using Google technologies, it will be shortened by activating IP anonymization before it is saved on Google's servers. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server and shortened there in exceptional cases. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible persons in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. You can find more information about data processing by Google in Google's data protection information.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website) are automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies may be used. Your IP address is generally not merged with other Google data. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.

For the purpose of optimized marketing of our website, we have activated the data release settings for "Google products and services". In this way, Google can access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and then use it to improve Google services. The data release to Google within the scope of these data release settings takes place on the basis of an additional agreement between those responsible. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.

We also use the Google Analytics extension function, Google Optimize, to create and carry out tests.

The extension function of Google Analytics Google Signals enables so-called “cross-device tracking” for web analysis. As long as your internet-enabled devices are linked to your Google account and you have activated the setting "personalized advertising" in your Google account, Google can generate reports on your usage behavior (in particular the number of users across all devices), even if you change your device. We do not process personal data in this respect; we only receive statistics based on Google Signals.

For web analysis and advertising purposes, the extension function of Google Analytics, the so-called DoubleClick cookie, enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites. Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity.

Google AdSense

Our website markets space for third-party advertisements through Google AdSense. These advertisements will be shown to you in various places on this website. The so-called DoubleClick cookie is used to display interest-based advertising through the collection and processing of data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website) as well as the automatic assignment of a pseudonymous UserID, with the help of which interests are determined based on visits to this and other websites.

For advertising purposes in the Google search results and on the websites of third parties, the so-called Google remarketing cookie is set when you visit our website, which is automatically collected and processed by data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information for your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous CookieID and based on the pages you have visited, enables interest-based advertising. Any further data processing will only take place if you have activated the “personalized advertising” setting in your Google account. In this case, if you are logged in to Google 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 when you have reached our website via a Google Ads advertisement. For this purpose, cookies can be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) are recorded, from which pseudonyms are used Usage profiles are created.

Google Maps

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

Google reCAPTCHA

To protect against misuse of our web forms and against 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 uses a so-called JavaScript and cookies analyze your use of our website. In addition, other cookies stored by Google services in your browser are evaluated. Reading or saving of personal data from the input fields of the respective form does not take place.

YouTube video plugin

To integrate third-party content, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) are collected via the YouTube video plug-in in the extended data protection mode we use, transmitted to Google and then processed by Google, only if you have a Play video.

7.2 Use of Facebook services

Use of Facebook Pixel:

We use the Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies of Facebook Ireland Ltd. , 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”) shown below. With the Facebook Pixel, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) are automatically collected and stored, from which you are using usage profiles are created by pseudonyms. For this purpose, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook pixel when you visit our website, which automatically enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites using a pseudonymous CookieID. Facebook will combine this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity, 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 operated by 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 is our responsibility, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. You can find further information on the data processing by Facebook in the privacy policies of Facebook .

Facebook Analytics

As part of Facebook Analytics, statistics about visitor activities on our website are created from the data collected with the Facebook Pixel about your use of our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Facebook. Your analysis serves the optimal presentation and marketing of our website.

Facebook Ads

We use Facebook Ads to advertise this website on Facebook and other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign; Facebook is responsible for the exact implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of the advertisements with individual users. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Facebook Ireland. The subsequent data processing by Facebook Ireland is not covered by this.

 

On the basis of the statistics on visitor activities on our website created via Facebook Pixel, we operate group-based advertising on Facebook via Facebook Custom Audience, in which we determine the characteristics of the respective target group.

 

On the basis of the pseudonymous cookie ID set by the Facebook Pixel and the data collected about your usage behavior on our website, we operate personalized advertising via Facebook Pixel Remarketing.

 

Via Facebook Pixel Conversions, we measure your subsequent usage behavior for web analysis and event tracking if you have reached our website via an advertisement from Facebook Ads. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Facebook.

7.3 Other providers of web analysis and online marketing services

Wix Live Chat Tool:

If you use the live chat tool Wix to contact us, the data you voluntarily enter there (name, email address, message) will be used in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.b GDPR for the purpose of answering the request processed by us as part of the contract processing. In addition, the use of this tool serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in effective and improved customer communication in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.f GDPR. The data will then be deleted. The live chat tool is provided by Wix AG, which works on our behalf.

 

8. Social media

 

8.1 Social plugins from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Xing, Addthis, Whatsapp

Social buttons are used by social networks on our website. These are only integrated into the page as HTML links so that no connection is established with the servers of the respective provider when you visit our website. If you click on one of the buttons, the website of the respective social network opens in a new window of your browser. There you can press the Like or Share button, for example.

 

 

8.2 Our online presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Xing

Insofar as you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, your data will be automatically collected for market research and advertising purposes on the social media mentioned above when you visit our online presence and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are usually used for this. The detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook is an offer from 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 sent to a Facebook server , 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 when visiting a Facebook fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here .

Twitter is an offer from Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland (“Twitter”). The information automatically collected by Twitter about your use of our online presence on Twitter is usually transmitted to a server operated by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, 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.

 

Instagram is an offer from 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 sent to a Facebook server , 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 when visiting an Instagram fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here .

 

YouTube is an offer from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our online presence on YouTube is usually transferred to a server operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater 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.

Pinterest is an offer from 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.

LinkedIn is an offer from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”). The information automatically collected by LinkedIn about your use of our online presence on Pinterest is usually transmitted to a server of the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, 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.

Xing is an offer from New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg.

9. Contact options and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;

  • In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;

  • In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing

    • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

    • to fulfill a legal obligation;

    • for reasons of public interest or

    • is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;

  • according to Art. 18 GDPR the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as

    • you dispute the correctness of the data;

    • the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;

    • we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or

    • You have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

  • In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another person responsible;

  • In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters.

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data as well as revocation of any consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact:

 

Privacy:
datenschutz@biozoom.net

Right to object
If we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominant in the context of a weighing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for the purposes of direct marketing, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you only have a right of objection if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

 

After exercising your right of objection, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing requires the assertion, exercise or defense of Serves legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

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