Privacy Policy

  1. Information about the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Responsible Party
    1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about how we handle your personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data by which you can be personally identified.
    1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Steffen Foullon, Ludwig‑Rinn‑Straße 8‑16, 35452 Heuchelheim, Germany, Tel.: +49160 2094235, Email: info@sauenhammer.de. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
    1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

  2. Data Collection when Visiting our Website
    When using our website for purely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we collect only those data which your browser transmits to our server (so‑called “server log files”).
    When you access our website, we collect the following data which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • The website visited

  • Date and time at the moment of access

  • Amount of data transferred in bytes

  • Source / referral from which you reached the page

  • Browser used

  • Operating System used

  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A disclosure or otherwise use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

  1. Cookies
    In order to make visits to our website attractive and to enable certain functions, we use so‑called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session (so‑called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third‑party cookies) to recognize your browser again on your next visit (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information in an individual scope, such as browser and location data and IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which can vary depending on the cookie.

Some cookies are used to simplify the order process by storing settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If individual cookies implemented by us also process personal data, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a user‑friendly and effective layout of the website visit. We may cooperate with advertising partners to help make our internet offering more interesting for you. To this end, cookies from partner companies (third‑party cookies) are also stored on your hard drive during your visit to our website. If we cooperate with the above‑mentioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the extent of the information collected. Please note that you can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in how it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings.

Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

  1. Contact
    When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data are collected. Which data are collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been finally dealt with, which is the case if from the circumstances it can be inferred that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided there are no statutory retention requirements.

  2. Data Processing when Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Fulfilment
    In accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, personal data continue to be collected and processed when you provide them to us for performing a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data are collected is apparent from the respective input forms. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by a message sent to the above‑mentioned address of the controller. We store and use the data you provide for contract fulfilment. After complete fulfilment of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to accounting and commercial law retention periods and after expiry of these periods deleted, provided you have not explicitly consented to further use of your data or we reserved an otherwise legally permissible further use of the data, about which we inform you below.

  3. Comment Function
    In the context of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, the time of creation of the comment and the commentator name you choose are saved and published on the website. Furthermore, your IP address is logged and stored. This storage of the IP‑address occurs for security reasons and in case the person affected violates rights of third parties by a submitted comment or posts unlawful content. Your email address is needed in order to contact you if a third party should complain about your published content as unlawful. Legal bases for storing your data are Arts. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as unlawful.

  4. Use of Your Data for Direct Advertising

Subscription to our email newsletter
If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only required information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and is used so that we can address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so‑called double opt‑in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter after you have explicitly confirmed that you agree to receive newsletters. We then send you a confirmation email in which you are asked, by clicking a corresponding link, to confirm that you want to receive future newsletters. By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. When signing up for the newsletter, we store the IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the date and time of registration so that any misuse of your email address can be traced at a later date. The data collected by us when signing up for the newsletter are used exclusively for purposes of advertising via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by a message to the aforementioned controller. After unsubscription, your email address will be removed immediately from our newsletter mailing list, insofar as you have not explicitly consented to further use of your data or we reserve any legally permitted further use of the data, about which we inform you in this declaration.

  1. Data Processing for Order Processing
    8.1 For the processing of your order, we work with the service provider(s) listed below, who assist us fully or partly in performing concluded contracts. To these service providers certain personal data are transmitted in accordance with the following information. The personal data collected by us are forwarded to the shipping company commissioned with delivery of the goods, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data are passed on to the bank commissioned for payment processing, insofar as this is required for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we explicitly inform about this below. The legal basis for the transmission of the data is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
    8.2 Use of payment service providers (Payment Providers) ‑ PayPal
    When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “installment payment” via PayPal, we pass on your payment data in the course of payment processing to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22‑24 Boulevard Royal, L‑2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”). The transmission is in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only insofar as it is necessary for the payment processing. PayPal reserves the right, for payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “installment payment” via PayPal, to carry out a credit check. For this purpose, your payment data are, if applicable, forwarded to credit agencies based on PayPal’s legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in determining your creditworthiness. The result of the credit check in relation to statistical default risk is used by PayPal for deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit check may include probability values (so‑called score values). If score values are part of the result of the credit check, these are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical‑statistical procedure. Address data are included in the calculation of the score values, among others but not exclusively. For further data protection information, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full You may object to this processing of your data with PayPal at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal shall remain entitled to process your personal data insofar as this is required for contract‑compliant payment processing.

  2. Rights of the Data Subject
    9.1 Applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights vis‑à‑vis the controller with respect to the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), about which we inform you below:

  • Right of access under Art. 15 GDPR: You have, in particular, the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration or criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if not collected from you, the existence of automated decision‑making including profiling, and if applicable meaningful information about the logic involved and the impact on you, as well as the intended effects of such processing, and your right to be informed about what safeguards are in place under Art. 46 GDPR when your data are transferred to third countries;

  • Right to rectification under Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to have inaccurate data concerning you corrected without delay and/or complete your incomplete data stored by us;

  • Right to erasure under Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if one of the conditions in Art. 17(1) GDPR is met. This right does not exist particularly if processing is required to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, to comply with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims;

  • Right to restrict processing under Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to obtain restriction of processing when the accuracy of your data is contested by you, if you object to deletion of your data due to unlawful processing and instead request restriction, if you need your data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, after we no longer need the data for the purposes for which they were collected, or if you have objected under Art 21(1) and pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours;

  • Right to notification under Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure or restriction, the controller is obliged to inform each recipient to whom your personal data have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You also have the right to be informed about these recipients.

  • Right to data portability under Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine‑readable format or to request transmission to another controller, if technically feasible;

  • Right to withdraw consent under Art. 7(3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your once given consent to processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In case of withdrawal we will delete the affected data immediately, provided no other legal ground for processing without consent applies. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out based on consent up to the withdrawal;

  • Right to lodge a complaint under Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data by us violates the GDPR, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

9.2 Right of objection
If we process your personal data in the context of a balancing of interests on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right at any time to object, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data with effect for the future. If you make use of your right of objection, we will cease processing the affected data. However, further processing remains permitted if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. Insofar as your personal data are processed by us for direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising. You may exercise the objection as described above. If you exercise your right of objection, we will cease processing the affected data for direct advertising purposes.

  1. Duration of Storage of Personal Data
    The duration for which personal data are stored is determined by the statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods). After expiry of the period, the relevant data are routinely deleted, provided they are no longer necessary for contract fulfilment or contract initiation and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

  2. Online Marketing
    We advertise this website via Google Ads in Google search results as well as on third‑party websites. If you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR, a so‑called remarketing cookie from Google is set when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest‑based advertising on the basis of the pages you have visited, using a pseudonymous cookie ID. After the purpose has lapsed and our use of Google Ads remarketing ends, the data collected in this context are deleted.

Beyond that, further data processing only takes place if you have agreed with Google that your web and app browser history is linked with your Google account and information from your Google account is used to personalise ads you see on the web. In that case, if you are logged into Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross‑device remarketing. For this purpose your personal data are temporarily linked with Google Analytics data in order to form audiences.

We have obliged Google as a processor.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling the remarketing cookie via this link [https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated?hl=nl]. In addition, you can find information about setting cookies and make settings via the Digital Advertising Alliance [https://www.aboutads.info/].