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The protection of your personal data is of particular importance to us. We therefore collect and process your data exclusively in accordance with legal regulations, in particular the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the GDPR. In this privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing on our website.
Below, we would like to inform you in detail about which data we collect, process, and use for what purpose, and how you can object to this data processing.
§1 Name and Address of the Controller
The controller for data processing is
Hans-Jürgen Thews, Fabriciußstraße 72a, 22177 Hamburg
Legal Representative:
Hans-Jürgen Thews
§2 Scope of Personal Data Processing
In order to ensure the functionality of our website and the provision of our content and services, it is necessary for us to collect and use our users' personal data. Personal data is stored and processed exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data is encrypted using SSL encryption.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of the legal provisions of Article 6 (1) (a) (consent) and/or (f) (legitimate interest) of the GDPR. If processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
Any further use will only take place with the customer's express consent. Specifically, data is collected and processed as follows:
When you visit our website, log file data is automatically collected on our server and stored in an internal log file, which is transmitted to us via your browser. This includes the following data:
Type and version of the browser you use,
Type and version of the operating system you use,
URL of the page you used to access our site,
Search terms you used to find our site,
Date and time you accessed our website,
Names of the subpages you accessed
We collect and process this data anonymously, meaning it cannot be assigned to a specific person. The purpose of collecting and processing this data is to evaluate it for internal system-related and statistical purposes. Furthermore, it is used for technical security purposes, in particular to prevent attempted attacks on our web server; to monitor for misuse in cases of suspicion and to investigate suspected criminal use. The IP address is only evaluated in the event of attacks on our network infrastructure.
We use your email address to complete a registration process on our website via a confirmation email and to send you confirmation emails about orders you have placed.
The legal basis for the processing of data is Article 6 (1) (b) (necessary for the performance of the contract) of the GDPR.
Payment data – Account or credit card details are used to process paid orders.
If you subscribe to our company's newsletter, the data in the respective input mask will be transmitted to the controller.
When registering for the newsletter, the user's IP address as well as the date and time of registration are saved. This serves to prevent misuse of the services or the data subject's email address. The data will not be passed on to third parties. An exception applies if there is a legal obligation to do so.
The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter. The data subject can cancel the newsletter subscription at any time. Likewise, consent to the storage of personal data can be revoked at any time. A corresponding link for this purpose is included in every newsletter.
The legal basis for processing data after the user has registered for the newsletter is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, provided the user has given their consent. The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services is Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG).
If you have consented to the use of your email address to receive our newsletter and to send us offers, you have given us the following declaration of consent.
Quotation of the declaration of consent
We have recorded your declaration of consent.
If you use the contact form on our website, which can be used for electronic contact, or contact us via our email address, the personal data you submit will be automatically saved. The storage is solely for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The legal basis for processing the data, if the user has given their consent, is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
The legal basis for processing data transmitted via email is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If the email contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
§4 Legal basis for the processing of personal data
If we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Article 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
For the processing of personal data necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary to implement pre-contractual measures.
If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, and the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
§5 Recipients of the data or categories of recipients
After entering and transmitting your data, it is transferred directly to the server of an external service provider via an encrypted connection.
Recipients of the data are public bodies that receive data due to legal regulations (e.g., social security institutions, tax authorities), internal departments involved in the execution of the respective business processes (human resources, accounting, banks/payment service providers, accounting, customer service, marketing, sales), and, in the case of shipping products, to the transport company/shipping company commissioned by us, contractual partners, and business partners, as required or permitted by law.
Data will not be transferred to third parties, with the exception of credit card details to the processing company for the purpose of debiting the purchase price, to the transport company/shipping company commissioned by us for delivery of the goods, and to our tax advisor to fulfill our tax obligations.
§6 Routine deletion and storage of personal data
We process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose, or as provided for by the European legislator or other legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or other competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.
In the case of data collection for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session is ended.
In the case of a newsletter subscription, this is the case as long as the subscription is active.
§7 Your Rights
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:
Right to Information
You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
If such processing occurs, you can request information from the controller about the following:
a. the purposes for which the personal data are being processed;
b. the categories of personal data being processed;
c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
d. the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not available, the criteria for determining the storage period;
e. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
f. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
g. all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
h. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and intended consequences of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information about whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
Right to rectification
You have the right to have the personal data concerning you rectified and/or completed by the controller if the personal data concerning you that are processed are inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must carry out the rectification without undue delay.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under the following conditions:
a. if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
b. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction of their use;
c. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or
d. if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.
If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data – with the exception of its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If the processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.
Right to erasure
You can request that the controller delete the personal data concerning you immediately, and the controller is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
a. The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
b. You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
c. You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
d. The personal data concerning you were processed unlawfully.
e. The erasure of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
f. The personal data concerning you were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, the controller shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data.
The right to erasure does not apply to the extent that processing is necessary
a. for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
b. to fulfill a legal obligation required by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
c. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) GDPR;
d. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the law referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of that processing impossible or seriously compromises it, or
e. for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Right to information
If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you was disclosed of this rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, unless doing so proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
You have the right to be informed by the controller of these recipients.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, common, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that:
a. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, and
b. the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. This shall not adversely affect the freedoms and rights of others.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Right to object
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons related to your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless they can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
If the personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
In connection with the use of information society services, you have the option of exercising your right of objection by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.
Right to withdraw your consent to data protection
You have the right to withdraw your consent to data protection at any time. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until the withdrawal.
Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling
You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that has legal consequences for you or significantly affects you in a similar way. This does not apply if the decision
a. is necessary for entering into or fulfilling a contract between you and the controller,
b. is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, and this law contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, or
c. is made with your explicit consent.
However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2) (a) or (g) applies and appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests have been taken.
With regard to the cases referred to in points (a) and (c), the controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR.
The supervisory authority with which the complaint was submitted will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.
§8 Right to Information, Objection, Rectification, and Removal
You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data with future effect at any time and to have your personal data deleted or amended. If the data is required to fulfill the contract or to implement pre-contractual measures, premature deletion of the data is only possible if contractual or legal obligations do not prevent deletion.
Requests for information, correction, and deletion, as well as the revocation or objection to the further use of data, as well as any consents granted to us, can be submitted informally as follows:
By mail:
Hans-Jürgen Thews,
Fabriciusstraße 72a
D-22177 Hamburg
By phone: +49 157 30242537
By email: opex.hamburg@gmail.com
§9 Cookies
We use so-called "cookies" on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. By setting cookies, our web server can recognize your browser, your individual settings on our websites, and possibly parts of your login data in encrypted form, thus making it easier for you to use our websites and enabling automatic login.
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 this purpose, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after changing pages. The user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is our legitimate interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted from there to our website. Therefore, you as the user have full control over the use of cookies. You have the option of rejecting cookies, deleting cookies from your computer, blocking cookies, or being prompted before a cookie is placed via your browser settings. The cookies we set are deleted from your computer after each session. If cookies are deactivated for our website, you may no longer be able to fully use all of the website's functions.
§10 Protection of Minors
Children and persons under the age of 18 should not send us any personal data without the consent of their parents or guardians. We do not request personal data from children, do not collect it, and do not share it with third parties.