1. Basic information

This data protection declaration is intended to inform the users of this website about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator:

myStandards GmbH
Christina Wittke & Simon Nordstad
Schauenburgerstraße 116
24118 Kiel
Email: info@my-standards.com
Telephone: +49 431 90 89 20 25

The website operator takes your data protection very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . As new technologies and the constant further development of this website may result in changes to this data protection declaration, we recommend that you read the data protection declaration again at regular intervals. Definitions of the terms used (e.g. “personal data” or “processing”) can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.

Data collection on this website

How do we collect your data?

For the purpose of contract processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR, we collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us when you contact us. Mandatory fields are marked as such, since the data, in these cases, are needed for future offer preparation and subsequent contract processing and we cannot process the request without you providing them. 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 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, your data will be restricted for further processing and after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR deleted, unless you expressly consent to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR have consented 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.

On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This, for example can be trade data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT -systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other Data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to have the data corrected or deleted. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time. Under certain circumstances you have the right to request a restricted use of your personal data. You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following data protection declaration.

You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. In order to improve our online presence, however, we save your access data to this website (without personal reference). This access data includes e.g.. the file you requested or the name of your Internet provider. Due to the anonymization of the data, it is not possible to draw conclusions about your person.

2. Hosting

Hosting with All-inkl

We host our website at All-Inkl. The provider is ALL-INKL.COM - Neue Medien Münnich, owner René Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf (hereinafter: all- inclusive ). Details can be found in the Incl data protection declaration: https://all-inkl.com/datenschutzinformationen/. All -inclusive is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory information

Privacy

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. If you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

myStandards GmbH
Christina Wittke & Simon Nordstad
Schauenburgerstraße 116
24118 Kiel
Email: info@my-standards.com
Telephone: +49 431 90 89 20 25

Responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or together with others posesses the means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Insofar as no specific storage period has been specified within this data protection declaration your personal data remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you a assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your data have personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); In the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons have ceased to exist.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special data categories according to Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR are processed. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or device fingerprinting the data are stored on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG. Consent is revocable at any time. If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Further we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on thebasis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also be based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information about the legal bases, for each individual case, can be found in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

We use tools from companies based in the USA, which are among other third countries that are listed as insecure with respect to data protection law. When these tools are active, your personal data are transferred to these third countries and processed there. We point out that no level of data protection comparable to that of the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to provide personal data to security authorities to be released without you, as the person concerned, being able to take legal action against it. Therefore, it cannot be prevented that US authorities (e.g. secret services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of the, up to the point of revocation, data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the location of the alleged infringement. The right to file a complaint exists without prejudice to any administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we hold on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract process automatically, in itself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format handed over. If you want the data to be transferred directly to another person responsible, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as e.g. orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, an SSL or TLS encryption is used. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser "http://" changes to "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to Information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data free of charge and at any time. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this. The right to restriction of processing exists in following cases: If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. While we check the accuracy of your stored data you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can also request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion. When we no longer need your personal information but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right instead of deletion to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. If you have filed an objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance between your and our interests must be found. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand that the processing of your personal data is restricted. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may, apart from their storage, only with your consent, be used for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or protection the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

Objecting to Promotional Emails

The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for the transmission of Advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby rejected. 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.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and cause no damage to your end device. They will either be temporary for the duration of one session (Session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) stored on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your end device until you delete them yourself or until your web browser automatically deletes them. In some cases, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your end device if you enter our page (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain Third-party company services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services). cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or to display advertising. Cookies, to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you want (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. web audience measurement cookies) or are required (necessary cookies) are turned on by default on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is given. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies to ensure a technically error-free and optimized display of its services. If consent to storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been queried, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this separately within the framework of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request consent.

If you would like to view or change your cookie settings, you can do so here.

Open cookie settings

Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files. Files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• operating system used
• remote IP
• remote identity
• Duration of the request
• First line of request
• Status of the request
• Data transferred (volume)
• referrer
• remote users

This data is not merged with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website - the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored with Google Analytics, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies can be used. In principle, your IP address will not be 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 optimizing the marketing of our website, we have activated the data sharing settings for "Google products and services". This allows Google to access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and then use it to improve Google services. The data release to Google as part of these data release settings is based on an additional Agreement between controllers. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.

For the purpose of optimizing the marketing of our website, we use the so-called user ID function. With the help of this function, we can assign a unique, permanent ID to your interaction data for one or more sessions on our online presence and thus analyze your user behavior across devices and sessions. For web analysis and advertising purposes, the extension function of Google Analytics enables the so -called Double Click Cookie to recognize your browser when you visit other websites. Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use.

Hotjar

We use Hotjar to better understand the needs of our website users and to optimise this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our website users' experiences (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they click, what users like and dislike, etc.) and enables us to build and maintain our service based on user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data about the behaviour of our users and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (which is processed during your session and stored in anonymised form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only) and the preferred language in which our website is displayed. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymised user profile. Hotjar is contractually prohibited from selling the data collected on our behalf. The provider is Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe (website: https://www.hotjar.com ). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details will be taken from the Inquiry form including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the inquiry and stored by us in case of follow-up questions. We do not give this data to third parties without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you tell us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request will include all of the resulting personal data (name, request) for the purpose of processing your request and will be stored and processed by us. We do not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request related to the fulfillment of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures.. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested. The data you sent to us via contact requests will remain with us until you tell us to delete them, revoke your consent, storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

Passing on to third parties

myStandards only passes on your data if this is permitted under German or European data protection law. We work particularly closely with service providers, for example in the area of technical service providers (e.g. operation of data centers or providers of merchandise management systems) or with logistics companies (e.g. postal companies such as FedEx, UPS or DHL). In principle, these service providers may only process your data under special conditions on our behalf. Insofar as we use them as processors, the service providers only have access to your data to the extent and for the period required for the provision of the respective service.

Sending review requests by email

If you give us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we use your e-mail address to request a rating of your order via the rating system we use or in the form of a feedback e- mail. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided for this purpose in the evaluation request.

Shipping company

For the fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 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. For this purpose, we work together with external shipping service providers (e.g. DHL). These shipping service providers receive the following data from us to carry out the respective order:

• Your name
• Your delivery address
• Your email address
• The customs value of the goods

Technical service company

We use merchandise management systems from external service providers to process orders and contracts. Our service providers work for us within the framework of order processing. 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 and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and EEA. There is no adequate decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Payment service provider

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 as part 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. on their own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies. If you have any questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact options described in this data protection declaration. If necessary, we give our service providers 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 disputed payments, accounting support). According to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR the protection of our legitimate interests in our protection against fraud or in efficient payment management, which predominate within the framework of a balancing of interests.

Authorities

If we are obliged by an official or court decision or for legal or criminal prosecution, we will pass on your data to law enforcement authorities or other third parties if necessary.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Matomo

This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses technologies that enable cross-site recognition of the user to analyze user behavior (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Matomo about the use of these website are stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before it is saved. With the help of Matomo we are able to collect data about the use of our website by the record and analyze website visitors. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which page views were made and from which region they come. We also collect various Log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser and operating system used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.). This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. the The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymous analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If you have given your consent, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as consent is given to the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent is revocable at any time.

IP anonymisation

When analyzing with Matomo, we use IP anonymization. Here, your IP address is shortened before the analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.

Hosting

We host Matomo with the following third-party provider: ALL-INKL.COM - Neue Medien Münnich, owner René Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf (hereinafter: all- inclusive ).

Order processing

We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and under processed in compliance with the GDPR.

6. Newsletter & file download

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you - and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the given e-mail address and agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and will not pass it on to third parties. The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on Basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The consent given to store the You can change your data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time revoked, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. You can revoke your given consent to store your data and e-mail address for the newsletter via the “unsubscribe” link therein at any time. The legality of the data processing operations, which have already happened remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until your Unsubscribe from the newsletter stored by us or the newsletter service provider and after the unsubscribing from the newsletter or deleted from the newsletter distribution list after it no longer serves any purpose. We reserve the right to remove or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected. After you are removed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be with us or the Newsletter service provider may be stored in a blacklist, provided this is required to prevent future mailing. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in the compliance with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

Files download

In a few cases, we reserve the right to request an email address for verification in order to release or download a product information sheet, a certificate of analysis or similar. The prompt appears as a popup as soon as required. We store the e-mail address in our merchandise management system for later newsletter dispatch, from which you can unsubscribe at any time. p. 6. Newsletter.

7. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website includes videos from YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use YouTube in the extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode causes that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this site before they watch the video. The transfer of data to YouTube partners is protected by the extended data protection mode however, not necessarily ruled out. That's how YouTube puts it - regardless of whether you're watching a video or connect to the Google DoubleClick network. As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the servers of YouTube made. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to track your surfing behavior directly assigned to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube may receive information about visitors to this website. This information will be used to collect video statistics, improve user experience and to prevent fraud attempts. If necessary, further data processing operations can take place after the start of a YouTube video triggered, over which we have no control. YouTube is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding Consent was requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent to the storage of cookies or access to Information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. the Consent can be revoked at any time. You can find more information about data protection on YouTube in their data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .

OpenStreetMap

We use the OpenStreetMap (OSM) map service. The provider is the Open Street Map Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom. If you visit a website on which OpenStreetMap is integrated, your IP address and further information about your behavior on this website will be forwarded to the OSMF. OpenStreetMap For this purpose, may store cookies in your browser or set similar recognition technologies. Your location can also be recorded if your device settings - e.g. on your mobile phone – have been set accordingly. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. Details can be found in the data protection declaration of OpenStreetMap under the following link: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy. OpenStreetMap is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This sets legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent was queried, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as consent is given to the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent is revocable at any time.

Right to object

Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation. After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose. If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data and revocation of any consent you may have given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us: info@my-standards.com