Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the statutory provisions (GDPR, TKG 2003). This privacy policy serves to provide information about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and processing of your data.

We, A. Pieringer Ges.m.b.H., are responsible for data processing in terms of data protection law. If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, please contact us in writing at:

Erwin Pieringer, Obere Hauptstraße 68, 2141 Ameis, [email protected]



Collection and processing of your data

As part of your order, your newsletter subscription or your visit to our website, we collect and process certain personal data about you. The type, scope and purpose of this data processing are described below.



Order

As part of your order, we process the data you provide: first name, last name, (company), e-mail addresses, street, postcode, city, telephone number, (age), username and password.


The data necessary for the processing of payments using PayPal, Skrill, Shopgate powered Adyen, CoinGate will be passed on to our payment partner PayPal, Skrill, Shopgate powered Adyen, CoinGate (www.paypal.at, www.skrill.com, www.shopgate.com/de/, www.adyen.com, https://coingate.com ) or you will be redirected to the website of our payment partner, PayPal, Skrill, Shopgate powered Adyen, CoinGate (www.paypal.at, www.skrill.com, www.shopgate.com/de/, www.adyen.com, https://coingate.com/) when you select payment method XY. Our payment partner encrypts your credit card data using SSL (at least 128 bits) during data transmission. Further information on data processing by our payment partner can be found in the data protection regulations of our payment partner at https://www.paypal.com/at/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_AT, www.skrill.com/de/fusszeile/datenschutzrichtlinie/, www.shopgate.com/de/datenschutz/, https://docs.adyen.com/legal/terms-conditions, https://coingate.com/tos.

The data you provide will be processed exclusively for the purpose of processing your order and fulfilling the contract between you and us. The data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. After complete fulfillment of the contract and full payment of the purchase price, your data will be archived and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods or the deadlines under the Product Liability Act, unless you have consented to the further use of your data. If you cancel the purchase process without concluding a contract, the data stored by us will be deleted.

Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties or otherwise disclosed if this is necessary for the purpose of contract execution or billing or if you have given your prior consent. For example, as part of the order processing, the service providers we use (e.g. shipping companies, logistics companies, payment service providers) receive the necessary data for order and contract processing. However, in the event of a legal regulation, an official order or an official investigation, we are legally obliged to provide the respective data to the authority.



Newsletter

If you register for our newsletter and thereby give us your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit a GDPR), we process your name and e-mail address for the purpose of sending you our newsletter. Your personal data will be stored until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or revoke your consent.

You can revoke your consent at any time or unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter.


Visiting the website / use of cookies

When you visit our website, we collect personal data to the extent necessary for technical reasons (name of the accessed file, date and time of access,

amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL and the requesting provider). We cannot assign this data to specific persons and it is not merged with data from other data sources.

We would like to point out that cookies are used when visiting our website. Cookies are small files or other types of information storage that are transferred from our web server or third-party web servers to the user's web browser and stored there for later retrieval. The cookies used when visiting our website serve only to simplify the purchasing process (e.g. by storing the items placed in a shopping cart) and to enable the use of certain features of our web store. The cookies we use are deleted from your hard drive when you close your browser (session cookies). This data is collected on the basis of § 96 (3) TKG.

We also use cookies for statistical analysis of the use of our website as part of the web analysis service Google Analytics (see below). This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

If you have given your prior consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR, third-party cookies will be used when you visit our website for the purpose of collecting and evaluating your user behavior. Consent to the use of cookies is given by displaying a banner that explains the type and scope of the use of these cookies, where you can agree to or reject the use of cookies. In any case, no such cookies will be used before you have given your consent. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.



Use of Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. As part of “Google Analytics”, cookies are set on your computer in order to statistically evaluate your use of our website. We have concluded a corresponding contract with Google for commissioned data processing.

The information generated by these cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be anonymized before it is stored on Google's servers, so that an assignment to a computer is no longer possible. Only in


exceptional cases, the full IP address will be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of anonymized data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.



Use of social media plugins (if this is used)

We use plugins from the following social network Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest which is operated by the company Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest. For this purpose, we use a two-stage procedure in which you can give your consent to the processing of data by the social network operator in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. Data is only transferred to the social network operator when users click on one of the displayed icons and thus consent to the transfer of the data to the social network operator. Only after such consent is a connection established from your browser to the respective social network.

The social network receives information via the plug-in about your visit to our websites. If you are logged into Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube or Pinterest, your visit can be assigned to your social network account. Any interactions with the plug-in can be stored by the network operator.

Information on the use of the data collected by the respective social network can be found on the company's website Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest in the “Data protection” or “Privacy” section at the URL https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation, https:// twitter.com/de/privacy, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de, https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Company data for the most well-known social networks:

· Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, www.facebook.com
· YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, www.youtube.com
· Twitter, Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, www.twitter.com
· LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, www.linkedin.com
· XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, www.xing.com
· Yahoo! Inc., 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA, www.yahoo.com


Data security

Your contract data is transmitted in encrypted form using SSL procedures over the Internet. We secure our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons.



Rights as a data subject

You have the right to request information about your personal data, as well as the right to correct or delete it or to restrict its processing. You can also object to the processing and have the right to transfer your personal data in a structured, machine-readable form. For all the rights mentioned, please contact the controller using the contact details provided.



Right to lodge a complaint

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. For Austria, this is the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, telephone: +43 1 52 152-0, email: [email protected]

Data protection declaration, generally linked for emails. Duty to provide information in accordance with the GDPR, online and offline,....
Data protection declaration
Legal basis
1.1. The EU General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2000 and the Data Protection Amendment Act 2018 serve the right to protection of personal data. We process your data exclusively on the basis of the statutory provisions (GDPR, DSG 2018, TKG 2003).

Basic principles
2.1. The person responsible is Erwin Pieringer, [email protected] Tel: +43 2524 20395
2.2. The representative of the responsible person is Alois Pieringer, [email protected] Tel: +43 2524 20395
2.3. It is of particular concern to us to protect and keep secure all personal data that you entrust to us. In this document, you will learn more about how we use and process your personal data.

Purpose limitation, legal basis, storage period and data recipients
3.1 We require the collected personal data, such as first and last name, telephone number, email address and address, for the purpose of submitting offers, fulfilling contracts, invoicing, asserting contractual claims, guarantee and warranty claims, and for customer service purposes. The data is collected, stored, processed and used for these purposes.
3.2 The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is, on the one hand, the performance of a contract (purchase, call-offs), legitimate interests, the fulfilment of our legal or contractual obligations and, on the other hand, your consent (when using the contact form, registering for the newsletter). Not providing the data can have different consequences.
3.3 A transfer of data, such as company name, first and last name and address, is made to our tax advisor for the purpose of fulfilling our tax obligations. The tax advisor is the controller within the meaning of the GDPR, and thus no data processing agreement is necessary. For more information, please contact [email protected].
3.4 We process your personal data, such as first and last name, telephone number, email address, as far as necessary, for the duration of the entire business relationship (from the initiation, execution to the termination of a contract) as well as in accordance with the statutory storage and documentation obligations arising from the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB), the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO), etc., as well as until the end of any legal dispute, ongoing warranty and guarantee periods, etc.
3.5 As part of the operation of our websites, we have commissioned a web design and development company to maintain and service our web server. In the course of its activities, access to your personal data (email address, IP address) may occur – provided that a newsletter registration exists. A confidentiality agreement exists with this company. You can request further information at [email protected].
3.6 We have commissioned an IT company to maintain our server architecture. In the course of its activities, access to your personal data, such as company name, first and last name, telephone number, email address, address, could take place. A confidentiality agreement exists with this company. You can request further information at [email protected].
3.7 Personal data, such as first and last name, telephone number, can also be passed on to contractual partners, such as distributors, production companies, manufacturers, so that a contract can be fulfilled or goods delivered. If necessary, a data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR will be concluded. For more information about the processors we use, please contact [email protected].

Contact form
4.1. The information you provide, including personal data from our contact form, will be transmitted to us via our own mail server Microsoft Office 365 https://products.office.com/de-de/business/office Microsoft DSGVO https://www. microsoft.com/de-de/aktion/IT-Sicherheit/eu-datenschutz-grundverordnung.aspx?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral. These data will not be collected or passed on without your declaration of consent. Without these data, we cannot process your requests.
4.2 The data processing is carried out on the basis of the statutory provisions of Section 96 (3) TKG and Article 6 (1) (a) (consent) GDPR.

Newsletter
5.1 You can register for our newsletter on the website using the double opt-in procedure. After registration, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. It is not possible to receive our newsletter without providing this data. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter. Personal data, such as first name, last name, e-mail address and IP address, are stored on the webmail server exclusively for this purpose.
5.2 We use mailworx to send our newsletter. https://www.mailworx.info/de/ Data protection: https://www.mailworx.info/de/impressum/datenschutz
5.3 Data processing is carried out on the basis of the statutory provisions of § 96 (3) TKG and Art. 6 (1) (a) (consent) GDPR.

Consent and right of withdrawal
6.1 If your consent is required for the processing of your data, we will only process it after you have given your express consent.
6.2 As a matter of principle, we do not process any data of minors and are not authorized to do so. By giving your consent, you confirm that you are at least 14 years of age or that you have the consent of your legal guardian.
6.3 You can revoke your consent at any time by writing to the following e-mail address:
[email protected] In such a case, the data stored about you so far will be anonymized and subsequently used only for statistical purposes without personal reference. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Data security
7.1 Our IT manager, Erwin Pieringer, uses technical and organizational security measures to protect the stored personal data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss or destruction and against access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technical progress.

Your rights
8.1. You have the right at any time to request information from the data controller, Erwin Pieringer, [email protected], about the personal data concerned. Insofar as there is no legal obligation to retain the data, you have the right to request the deletion of this data and to object to its processing. Furthermore, you have the right to correct the data and to restrict processing, to data portability and to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Wickenburggasse 8-10, 1080 Vienna, e-mail: [email protected]).
8.2. Please contact us at [email protected] or write to:
A.Pieringer Ges.m.b.H.
z.Hdn. Datenschutzmanager
Obere Hauptstraße 68
2141 Ameis