Privacy Policy

Person in charge

The controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Andreas Voos
Telephone +49 171 4141522
E-mail: av@ringspirit.de

Your rights as a data subject

Under the contact details provided, you can exercise the following rights at any time in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Article 16 GDPR),
Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),
Restriction of data processing, insofar as we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
Data portability, provided you have consented to the processing of your data or have entered into a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can withdraw it at any time with future effect.

You can at any time contact a supervisory authority with a complaint, for example, the competent supervisory authority of the federal state in which you reside, or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Processing activities

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purpose of processing

When you access our website, meaning you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address, and similar details.

They will be processed for the following purposes in particular:

for the technically flawless representation and optimisation of the website

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your identity. However, we reserve the right to review server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

Legal basis and legitimate interest

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website, as well as ensuring system security and detecting abuse.

Recipient

The recipients of the data are, if applicable, technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage duration

Data is stored in server log files in a form that allows the identification of affected individuals for a maximum of 30 days, unless a security-relevant event occurs (e.g., a DDoS attack).

In the event of such an incident, server log files will be stored until the security-relevant incident has been rectified and fully clarified.

Provision prescribed or required

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection

Please read the information regarding your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Contact

Nature and purpose of processing

Our website features a contact form that can be used for electronic communication. If a user chooses to use this option, the data entered into the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored.

At the time of sending the message, the following data will also be stored:

URL from which the request originated

Contact can be made via the provided email addresses. In this case, the personal data of the user transmitted with the email will be stored. This includes the date and time of sending the email, the email address, IP addresses, and information about the servers involved in the email communication.

You can contact us using the provided telephone numbers. When you do, we collect log data that includes your phone number and the duration of the call.

Irrespective of the chosen communication method, we collect the content of your enquiry. Your data will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you.

Legal basis

The data is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our legitimate interest in processing your data is to enable straightforward contact.

If you contact us to request a quote, your data will be processed for the performance of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Recipient

The recipients of the data are, if applicable, technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage duration

Data will be deleted no later than 12 months after your contact request has been processed.

Should a contractual relationship arise, we are subject to statutory retention periods. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper bookkeeping and tax requirements.

Provision prescribed or required

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with the necessary data and the reason for the request.

Objection

Please read the information regarding your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Provision of paid services

Nature and purpose of processing

We process the data you provide as part of your order for its execution and processing. This also includes the return, exchange, or complaint of items.

Your personal data will only be used to the extent necessary for the processing of this order and the delivery of the requested products and services.

Legal basis

The processing of data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Recipient

The recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For the purpose of fulfilling the contract, we will pass on your name and address to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

Depending on the payment service provider you select in the order process, we will pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution responsible for processing payments and, if applicable, to payment service providers commissioned by us.

Storage duration

We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper bookkeeping and tax requirements.

Provision prescribed or required

The provision of your personal data is contractually required. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot fulfil the order.

Creating a customer account

Nature and purpose of processing

On our website, you have the option to create a customer account. To do this, we will record your contact details and link your purchases to your account.

In addition to the data you have provided, the following data will be saved when the customer account is created:

Legal basis

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient

The recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage duration

In this context, data will only be processed as long as the relevant consent is given.

Provision prescribed or required

Creating a customer account is voluntary. It is advantageous, but not necessary, for fulfilling a contract with you or for carrying out pre-contractual measures. You always have the option to place orders as a guest.

Withdrawal of consent

Your customer account can be deleted at any time and can be requested using the contact information listed below.

Using the Google Analytics tracking tool

Nature and purpose of processing

To the extent you have given your consent, Google Analytics 4, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland), is used on this website.

Google Analytics uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information collected is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

By default, Google Analytics automatically anonymises IP addresses. Due to the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within EU or EEA member states. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

During your visit to our website, your user behaviour will be recorded in the form of so-called events, such as:

Page views
Session start
Dwell time
User engagement
First visit to a website
Scrolls (when a visitor scrolls 90% to the end of the page)
Clicks on external links
Viewed or clicked ads
Internal searches
Interacting with video content
Downloads
Language settings

In addition, the following information is collected:

Your approximate location (region)
Your IP address (in abbreviated form)
Technical information such as browser, internet provider, end device and screen resolution
Source of your visit (referring URL) (i.e. which website or advertising medium brought you to us)

For further information on terms of use and data protection, please see https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and under https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services to the website operator relating to website use and internet use.

Legal basis

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipient

We use technical service providers for the operation and maintenance of our website and for the analysis of cookies, who act as our contract processors.

Further recipients of the data are Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland). Google Ireland Limited uses Google LLC in the USA (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) as a service provider.

Storage duration

12 months.

The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is two years. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Third country transfer

As Google's headquarters are in the USA, it cannot be ruled out that data may be processed on Google servers in the USA. This carries the risk that your data could be processed by US authorities for control and surveillance purposes, without you having any legal recourse. To establish an appropriate level of data protection, we have concluded EU Standard Contractual Clauses with Google, which can be viewed here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/eu-c2c/

Withdrawal of consent

You can withdraw your consent at any time in the cookie settings for the future.

Additionally, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by this link click it. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent Google Analytics from being collected for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Browser add-on to disable Google Analytics.

Biscuits

A cookie is a small data file that is created when a website is visited and cached on the website visitor's system. If the website's server is accessed again by the website's user, the user's browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information obtained through this process. Cookies can make it particularly easier to navigate a website.

You can access detailed information about cookies, and which cookies are used on this website and for what purpose, at any time in the cookie settings.

Deleting cookies

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. Furthermore, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or how to block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information at the following links:

Additionally, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. NoScript allows the execution of JavaScript, Java and other plugins only on trusted domains of your choice.

Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be found via your browser provider (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/).

Technically necessary cookies

Nature and purpose of processing

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised again even after a page change.

For the following applications, we require cookies:

You can find an overview of the cookies used in our cookie consent tool.

Legal basis and legitimate interest

The data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in user-friendly website design and in documenting consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, in conjunction with a balancing of interests under §25(2) TDDDG.

Recipient

The recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage duration

You can find the respective storage duration of the cookies in the cookie consent tool.

Provision prescribed or required

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection

Please read the information regarding your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Information about your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR

Case-specific right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling within the meaning of Art. 4 (4) of the GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

Andreas Voos
Telephone +49 171 4141522
E-mail: av@ringspirit.de

Change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to always comply with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your subsequent visit.

Data Protection Questions

If you have any questions regarding data protection, please email the data controller named above.

Copyright notices

This privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG – the experts for External Data Protection Officer (Version #2024-10-25).