Privacy policy
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract . You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide this data has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided in the subsequent processing operations .
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files
You can visit our website without providing any personal data.
Every time you access our website , usage data is transmitted to us or our web host / IT service provider by your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer.
Contact details
Controller
Contact if you wish to contact us. The controller responsible for data processing is: WPTrading GmbH, Mittergasse 10, 85376 Giggenhausen Germany, 08165647050, shop@wptrading.de
Unsolicited contact by the customer by e-mail
If you contact us by e-mail on your own initiative, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves to process and respond to your contact enquiry.
If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the event of an interest in purchasing, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us , this data processing is carried out on on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If you contact for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your enquiry. In this case, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you based on point (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR at .
We will only use your email address to process your enquiry at . Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Collection and processing when using the contact form
When you use the contact form at , we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent provided by you at . The data processing serves the purpose of contacting .
If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice on purchase interest, offer preparation) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us , this data processing is carried out on on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If you contact for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your enquiry. In this case, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you based on point (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR at .
We will only use your email address to process your enquiry at . Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Customer account orders
Customer account
When you open a customer account at , we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing at . The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal . Your customer account will then be deleted.
Collection, processing and forwarding of personal data for orders
At we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary to fulfil and process your order and to process your enquiries. The provision of data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide means that no contract can be concluded. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract with you.
A transfer of your data takes place, for example, to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers selected by you , payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The scope of data transmission is limited to a minimum.
Advertising reviews
Data collection when writing a comment or a rating
At we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, comment text) only to the extent provided by you when you comment/rate an article or a contribution. The processing serves the purpose of enabling a comment/review and displaying comments/reviews.
By submitting the comment/review, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation . Your personal data will then be deleted.
Use of the e-mail address for sending newsletters
We use your e-mail address independently of the contract processing exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this . The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by sending us a message to . Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.
Shipping service provider merchandise management
Forwarding of the e-mail address to shipping companies for information on the shipping status
We forward your e-mail address to the transport company as part of the contract processing, provided that you have expressly consented to this in the order process. The purpose of the transfer is to inform you about the dispatch status by e-mail. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal .
Use of an external merchandise management system
We use a merchandise management system for contract processing as part of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data collected in the context of the order will be transmitted to
ViA-Online GmbH, Kimplerstraße 296, 47807 Krefeld
Pickware GmbH, Goebelstr. 21, 64293 Darmstadt
.
The processing of your personal data serves the purpose of fulfilling the contract concluded with you and is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Payment service provider credit information
Use of PayPal
We use the PayPal payment service of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The purpose of data processing is to be able to offer you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using payment via PayPal, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to fulfil the contract with you with the selected payment method. This processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal privacy policy. This can be found at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Use of PayPal Express
We use the PayPal Express payment service of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The purpose of data processing is to be able to offer you payment via the PayPal Express payment service. To integrate this payment service, it is necessary for PayPal to collect, store and analyse data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you visit . Cookies can also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable to recognise your browser.
The processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in a customer-oriented offer of various payment methods. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation .
By selecting and using PayPal Express, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to fulfil the contract with you with the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
For more information on data processing when using the PayPal Express payment service , please refer to the corresponding privacy policy at
www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE#Updated_PS.
Data collection and processing for credit checks
If we make advance payments, e.g. for payment on account or direct debit, we reserve the right to obtain credit information on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures using Tesch mediafinanz GmbH, Weiße Breite 5, 49084 Osnabrück. For this purpose, we transmit the personal data required for a credit check there and use the information received on the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, execution or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report may contain probability values (score values), which are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedures and whose calculation includes address data. Your legitimate interests are taken into account in accordance with the statutory provisions. The data processing serves the purpose of credit assessment for the initiation of a contract. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR from our overriding legitimate interest in protection against payment default if we make advance payments. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR by notifying us at . The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method you have requested. Failure to provide the data means that the contract cannot be concluded with the payment method you have selected.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the computer system of a user. When a user accesses a website, may store a cookie on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables a unique identification of the browser when the website is called up again.
cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide whether to accept them individually, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and the transmission of the data they contain. Cookies already stored on can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out to that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
Under the links below you can find out how to manage (including deactivating) cookies in the most important browsers:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/cookies-allow-and-reject
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Technically necessary cookies
Insofar as no other information is given below in the data protection declaration , we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure . Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognise your browser even after a page change and to offer you services . Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change .
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on § 25 para. 2 TTDSG. The processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website as well as a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.
You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Use of the Cookie Consent Manager from Shopware
We use the Cookie Consent Manager from shopware AG (Ebbinghoff 10, 48624 Schöppingen; "Shopware") on our website.
The tool enables you to give your consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to make use of your right of revocation for consent already given . The purpose of data processing is to obtain and document the necessary consents to data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations.
cookies can be used for this purpose. User information, including your IP address, is collected and transmitted to Shopware. This data is not passed on to other third parties.
The data processing is carried out to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
You can find more information on data protection at Shopware at: https://www.shopware.com/de/datenschutz/.
Analysis of advertising tracking
Use of etracker
We use technologies from etracker GmbH (Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, "etracker") on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of analysing this website and its visitors. Data is collected and stored for this purpose. For this purpose, cookies can be used to recognise the Internet browser. The following information may be collected in the process: IP address, information about the browser you are using and the operating system you are using, date and time of the visit, time zone, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website ). This data can be used to create user profiles under a pseudonym . The data collected with the etracker technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separately granted consent of the data subject and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of of § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TTDSG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent to at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation .
You can find more information on the function and data protection at etracker here.
Use of PHP Web Stat
We use the PHP Web Stat analysis tool from PHP Web Stat (Sternbuschweg 2, 46562 Voerde; "PHP Web Stat") on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of analysing this website and its visitors. For this purpose, data is collected and stored for marketing and optimisation purposes . This data can be used to create user profiles under a pseudonym . Cookies may be used for this purpose . The cookies make it possible to recognise the Internet browser. The data collected with the PHP Web Stat technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separately granted consent of the person concerned and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym .
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 para. 1 p. 1 TTDSG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal .
Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
We use the online advertising programme "Google Ads" on our website and in this context conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Google). When you click on an advert placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired , Google and we can recognise that you have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. It is therefore not possible for cookies to be tracked via the websites of Ads customers.
The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. This tells the total number of users who clicked on one of our adverts and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.
Your data may be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. For the USA, there is an adequacy decision by the EU Commission, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself according to the TADPF and is thus committed to complying with European data protection principles.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of of § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TTDSG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent to at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation .
You can find more information and Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Plug-ins and miscellaneous
Use of GoogleMaps
We use the function for embedding GoogleMaps maps from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, "Google") on our website.
The function enables the visual display of geographical information and interactive maps. Google also collects, processes and uses data from visitors to the websites when they access the pages in which GoogleMaps maps are integrated.
Your data may also be transmitted to in the USA. For the USA, there is an adequacy decision by the EU Commission, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and has thus undertaken to comply with European data protection principles .
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TTDSG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal .
For more information on the collection and use of data by Google, please refer to Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. There you can also change your settings in the data protection centre so that you can manage and protect your data processed by Google.
Data subject rights and storage duration
Duration of storage
After complete contract processing, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account legal, in particular tax and commercial law retention periods and then deleted after the deadline, unless you have consented to further processing and use .
Rights of the data subject
You have the following rights if the legal requirements are met in accordance with Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: right to information, to rectification, to erasure, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR and against processing for the purposes of direct marketing.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority at if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us , which you can reach at the following contact details:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA)
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach
Tel.: +49 981 1800930
Fax: +49 981 180093800
Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de
Right to object
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation with effect for the future.
Once you have objected, processing of the data concerned will cease unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
last updated: 29.11.2023