Data protection declaration SIRIUS VIBRATIONS
Thank you for your interest in our company. We take data protection seriously.
You can use our website without providing any personal data. If a data subject wants to use our company's services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we always obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data (e.g. name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject) is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to us.
With the following data protection declaration, we would like to inform the general public about the type, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Likewise, data subjects are informed by this data protection declaration of the rights to which they are entitled.
As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via our website. However, data transmissions over the Internet can generally contain security gaps. 100% protection cannot therefore be guaranteed. Therefore, any data subject can of course also send us personal data alternatively, e.g. by telephone.
1. Definitions
This data protection declaration is based on the definitions used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when issuing the GDPR (Article 4 GDPR). This data protection declaration should be both easy to read and easy to understand for everyone. To ensure this, we would first like to explain the terms used. The following definitions are used in this data protection declaration, among others:
• "personal data" all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); a natural person is considered identifiable if he or she can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
• “data subject” means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
• “processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, erasure or destruction;
• “restriction of processing” means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing;
• ‘Profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;
• ‘controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
• ‘recipient’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
• ‘third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor;
• ‘consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.
2. Name and contact details of the person responsible for processing
This data protection notice applies to data processing by:
Person responsible: Dirk Schulz, Landwehrstr. 24, 64760 Oberzent | Tel: +49 6275 7379783 | contact@sirius-vibrations.com
3. Collection and storage of personal data and the type and purpose of their use
a) When visiting the website
You can generally use our website without disclosing your identity. When you access our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:
• IP address of the requesting computer,
• Date and time of access,
• Name and URL of the retrieved file,
• Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
• browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.
The data mentioned is processed by us for the following purposes:
• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability and
• for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally.
In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit my website. You can find more detailed explanations in Sections 5 and 7 of this data protection declaration.
b) When using our contact form
If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on our website. You must provide a valid email address so that we know who the request came from and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. It is your free decision whether you want to enter this data in the contact form.
The data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a of GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.
The personal data we collect for the use of the contact form is automatically deleted after your request has been processed.
c) When ordering via our website
You can either place orders via our website as a guest without registering, or register as a customer in our shop for future orders. The advantage of registering is that in the event of a future order you can log into our shop directly with your email address and password without having to enter your contact details again.
Your personal data is entered into an input mask and transmitted to us and stored. If you place an order via our website, we initially collect the following data, both in the case of a guest order and in the case of registration in the shop:
• Title, first name, last name,
• a valid email address,
• address,
• telephone number (landline and/or mobile)
This data is collected
• to be able to identify you as our customer;
• to be able to process, fulfill and handle your order;
• for correspondence with you;
• for invoicing;
• to handle any liability claims that may exist, as well as the assertion of any claims against you;
• to ensure the technical administration of our website;
• to manage our customer data.
As part of the ordering process, your consent to the processing of this data is obtained.
The data processing takes place in response to your order and/or registration and is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter b of GDPR for the purposes stated for the appropriate processing of your order and for the mutual fulfillment of obligations arising from the purchase contract.
The personal data we collect for the processing of your order will be stored until the statutory retention period expires and then deleted, unless we are obliged to store the data for a longer period in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter c of GDPR due to tax and commercial law retention and documentation obligations (from the German Commercial Code, the German Criminal Code or the German Fiscal Code) or you have consented to longer storage in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a of GDPR.
4. Transfer of data
We will only pass on your personal data to third parties to the service partners involved in the contract processing, such as the logistics company commissioned with the delivery and the credit institution commissioned with payment matters. In cases where your personal data is passed on to third parties, the scope of the data transmitted is limited to the minimum required.
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or "purchase on account" via PayPal, we pass your payment data on to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or "purchase on account" via PayPal. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). If score values ​​are included in the result of the credit report, these are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data, among other things, is included in the calculation of the score values. You can find further information on data protection in the PayPal data protection principles: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned above.
We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
• you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a of GDPR,
• the transfer is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not passing on your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on data in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter c of GDPR, and
• this is legally permissible and necessary in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter b of GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.
As part of the ordering process, your consent to pass on your data to third parties will be obtained.
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5. Use of cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.
The cookie stores information that is related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately know your identity.
The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make using our services more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
We also use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you (see section 7). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
The data processed by cookies are required for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.
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6. Links to third-party websites
The links published on our website are researched and compiled by us with the greatest possible care. However, we have no influence on the current and future design and content of the linked pages. We are not responsible for the content of the linked pages and expressly do not adopt the content of these pages as our own. The provider of the website to which reference is made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content as well as for damages resulting from the use or non-use of the information. The liability of the person who merely refers to the publication via a link is excluded. We are only responsible for third-party references if we have positive knowledge of them, i.e. also of any possible illegal or criminal content, and it is technically possible and reasonable for us to prevent their use.
7. Analysis and tracking tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet your needs and is continuously optimized. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation.
The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.
a) Google Analytics1
For the purpose of designing our pages to meet your needs and continuously optimizing them, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google"). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see section 5) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as
• browser type/version,
• operating system used,
• referrer URL (the previously visited page),
• host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
• time of the server request,
is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and to design these websites to meet your needs. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data held by Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that they cannot be assigned to a specific person (IP masking).
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, not all functions of our website may be fully available.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on the aforementioned link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents your data from being collected in the future when you visit our website. The opt-out cookie only applies in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.
Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found under the following link in the Google Analytics Help: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
b) Google Adwords Conversion Tracking
We also use Google Conversion Tracking to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you. Google Adwords places a cookie (see section 5) on your computer if you have accessed our website via a Google ad.
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These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across Adwords customers' websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this purpose - for example, by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com". Google's privacy policy on conversion tracking can be found under the following link: https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html
8. Social media plugins
We use social plugins from social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+) on our website on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR in order to make our company better known. The advertising purpose behind this is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. The responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by their respective providers. We integrate these plugins using the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website as best as possible.
a) Facebook
Social media plugins from Facebook are used on our website to make their use more personal. We use the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button for this purpose. This is an offer from Facebook.
If you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser, which then integrates it into the website.
By integrating the plugin, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugin, for example by clicking the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook for everyone to see.
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Facebook can use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and tailoring Facebook pages to your needs. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting my website.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the data protection information, in particular the Facebook data policy, which you can view at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
b) Twitter
Plugins from the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) are integrated into our website. You can recognize the Twitter plug-ins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. You can find an overview of tweet buttons under this link on Twitter: https://dev.twitter.com/web/tweet-button
If you visit a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter therefore receives the information that you have visited our site using your IP address. If you click the Twitter "tweet button" while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter.
If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account.
Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy, which you can view here: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
c) Google "+1" button
Our website uses the "+1" button of the social network Google, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. The button is marked with a "+1".
The "+1" button is an abbreviation for "that's pretty cool" or "look at that". The button is not used to record your visits to the web.
If a web page on our website contains the "+1" button, your Internet browser will load and display this button from the Google server. The website on our website that you visited is automatically communicated to the Google server. When a +1 button is displayed, Google does not permanently log your browser history, but only for a period of up to two weeks.
Google keeps this data about your visit stored for this period for system maintenance and troubleshooting purposes. However, this data is not structured according to individual profiles, user names or URLs. This information is also not accessible to website publishers or advertisers. The use of this information is only for maintenance and troubleshooting in Google's internal systems. Your visit to a page with a +1 button is not evaluated by Google in any other way.
There is no further analysis of your visit to a website on our website with a "+1" button.
The awarding of +1 itself is a public process, i.e. anyone who carries out a Google search or accesses content on the web to which you give +1 can potentially see that you have given the content in question a +1. Therefore, only give +1 if you are absolutely sure that you want to share this recommendation with the whole world.
Clicking on this +1 button serves as a recommendation for other users in Google's search results. You can publicly announce that you like our website, that you approve of our website or that you can recommend our website. If you have registered for Google+ and are logged in, the +1 button turns blue when you click it. In addition, the +1 is added to the +1 tab in your Google profile. On this tab you can manage your +1 and decide whether you want to make the +1 tab public.
In order to save your +1 recommendation and make it publicly accessible, Google collects information about the URL you recommended, your IP address and other browser-related information via your profile. If you withdraw your +1, this information will be deleted. All of your +1 recommendations are listed on the +1 tab in your profile.
Further information and Google's applicable data protection regulations can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Further information from Google on the Google+1 button can be found at https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy
9. Rights of the data subject
You have the right:
• to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected from me, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;
• to request the immediate rectification of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
• to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
• to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR or to request that it be transmitted to another responsible party;
• to revoke your consent to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. This means that we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future and
• to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or place of work or our company headquarters for this purpose.
10. Right of objection
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided there are reasons for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation.
If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an email to: contact@sirius-vibrations.com
11. Data security
We use the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) process during your visit to the website in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. This is usually 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether a single page of our website is transmitted using encryption by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
12. Up-to-dateness and changes to this privacy statement
This privacy statement is currently valid and is dated November 2024
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1 Data protection authorities require the conclusion of a data processing agreement for the permissible use of Google Analytics. A corresponding template is provided by Google at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.pdf.