Privacy policy
Privacy policy
Information on personal data collection
The following provides you with information on personal data processing when using this website. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, e.g., name, address, e-mail or online identifiers such as the IP address. We explain in particular on what legal basis this is done, what the data is used for, how and for what purposes this is done and what criteria is applied to the storage period. You will find details on the respective processes in the following sections.
The responsible party for data processing pursuant to the Art. 4 No. 7 of the EU data protection Law (GDPR) is Toolbrothers PowerTools GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Breite 9, 37079, Göttingen, Germany, telephone: 0551 996 909 88, e-mail: service@toolbrothers.eu.
Your rights
You have the right
- In accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR, to revoke consent once given at any time. This means that the data processing based on this consent may no longer be continued in the future;
- To request access to your personal data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the reasons of processing your personal data, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
- In accordance with Art. 16 DS-GVO, to request the rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored about you without delay;
- Under Article 17 of the GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your stored personal data, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
- To request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DS-GVO, to the extent that the accuracy of the data is contested by you; the processing is inadmissible, however, your objection is to have the data erased; we no longer request the data, although you require it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims; or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DS-GVO;
- under Art. 20 DS-GVO, receive your personal data that you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request the transfer to another responsible party;
- according to Art. 21 DS-GVO, you may object to the processing of your personal data which we base on a balance of interests, insofar as there are reasons for doing so which result from your specific circumstances.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of your personal data by us with a data protection supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. You can find the contact details at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
For any other questions, you can also contact us at any time using our contact details above.
1. collection of personal data when visiting this website when using the website for information purposes only, i.e., if you do not send us any other information, the data that is technically required to display on the website and to ensure its stability and security is processed. This data includes the domain accessed, the date and the time of the access, the request (HTTP request), the bytes transferred, the description of the user's browser used, the IP address and the HTTP status code. This data is not merged with other data. Direct access to the data on our part is not possible. The data can only be accessed by the provider of the web server for security purposes and it is automatically deleted after three days at the latest. The legal basis of processing personal data in order to carry out these pre-contractual measures is Art. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR.
The data is also aggregated and analysed anonymously for statistical purposes. We have a legitimate interest in analyzing the user’s behaviors in order to optimise our offer. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
While using the website, text information, also known as a "cookie" will be stored on your computer via your internet browser. The content management system provides a persistent cookie as part of the basic functionality (shopping cart function) and for security reasons (to prevent cross-site request forgery). This stores only the so-called user ID, i.e., a unique combination of characters, whereby your computer sends back the cookie information, whereby several related requests of a user can be recognised and assigned to a session (name of the cookie: sid_customer_01050; value for identifying the session: alphanumeric, e.g., 0dae751760bf3971a805747eb321b927-C; duration: 14 days). This is a technically necessary cookie that we use on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR.
We have also included a so-called consent banner to enable further serve have also included a so-called consent banner to release other services with your permission. If you accept or reject these services, your consent or rejection is stored in a persistent cookie for a period of up to one month (name of the cookie: cookie-consent; value: depending on the selected services). This is also a technically necessary cookie that we use on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b GDPR.
We will inform you separately below if the cookies are also set. By choosing corresponding technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before the setting of cookies and you can decide whether to accept this setting in each individual case as well as prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies which have already been saved may be deleted at any time. We would, however, like to point out that this may prevent you from making full use of all the functions of this website.
While operating on the website, we use external service providers to process your data. These were carefully selected and authorised by us. In this respect, we observe the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude a contract for order processing, which serves to protect your data. Other functions and offers of our website
Besides the purely informative use of our website, you have the option of sending us an enquiry, whereby we will store the data you provide in order to process the enquiry and follow-up with the questions. Processing the provision of contractual or pre-contractual services is determined by the underlying of contractual relationship and it is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
An SSL encryption is used to provide the best possible protection for data transmitted via the website. You can recognise such encrypted connections by the prefix "https://" in the address bar of your browser.
The collected data will be deleted when they are not required for their intended purpose and when there are no legal obligations to retain data in order to prevent their cancellation. If we are obliged to store data for a long period of time due to storage and documentation obligations under commercial law, processing will be restricted. I.e., the data is blocked and is not processed for other purposes. According to § 147 para. 1 and 3 AO, § 257 para. 1 and 4 HGB, § 14b para. 1 UStG, a 10-year retention period applies to books and records, annual financial statements, accounting vouchers, invoices, etc., as well as a 6-year retention obligation for all other business documents subject to retention, such as received or sent commercial or business letters and other documents, insofar as they are of significance for taxation. The retention period begins at the end of each calendar year. These documents will not be passed on to third parties.
Registration/creation of a user account
To use our auction portal, prospective customers can register by providing their personal data (name, address), telephone number, e-mail address and a password of their choice. Instead of this data, you can also simply enter a freely selectable user name and only enter the billing and shipping data in the context of an order. Your registration is only completed when you confirm it to us again by e-mail (double opt-in). The creation of the customer account is voluntary and only takes place with your consent, thus on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The customer account allows you to save your personal information in order to facilitate future orders, to make use of our services such as the order history. We process all data that is necessary for the fulfilment of the user contract concluded with you. This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR. The data is saved for the time of your use of the auction portal and deleted with the account deletion.
The use of our auction portal as a seller is reserved for entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 14 BGB. The requirement of registration serves the purpose of access control and the operation of the auction platform and is thus necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose of the contract, or at least justified on the basis of our legitimate interests. The legal basis is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b or f GDPR. Data processing for ordering purposes is carried out on the basis of an order processing contract, which contains information, and the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Data processing of customers for order processing
On our website, we operate a marketplace where sellers can post their offers for sale. If you place an order via our marketplace, we process the data you provide as a technical service provider or order processor on the basis of our contractual relationship with the seller, Art. 6 (1) lit. b and f GDPR. For more information, please refer to the respective privacy statements of the sellers.
Use of customer data for direct advertising
7.1. Registration for our newsletter
With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, through which we will regularly inform you about current offers and news, especially on the topics of tools and crafts. The advertised items and services are named in the declaration of consent.
The registration for a newsletter sub-scription is made in a so-called Double Opt-In process. after registra-tion, you receive an e-mail requesting you to confirm the registration. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store your IP addresses and registration and confirmation times. The purpose of this procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify a possible misuse of your personal data. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a and c, Art. 7 Para. 1 GDPR.
The only data required for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. In addition, you may provide further, separately marked data so that we can address you personally. The provision of such data is voluntary. After your confirmation, we store your e-mail address and, if applicable, your name for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. This is done on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare a revocation by "clicking" on the link provided in every newsletter email or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the imprint.
7.2 Sending direct evaluation to existing customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing products or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers by email for similar products or services to those you have already purchased from our range. Within the framework of existing customer relationships, we may do this even without consent if we have received your e-mail address in connection with the sale of a good or service, you have not objected to this and we inform you of your right to object when we collect your e-mail address and whenever we use it, Section 7 (3) UWG. This is because it can be assumed that the average customer does not usually perceive the advertising of a company for similar products and services to those already purchased as a nuisance, but takes it as useful information. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future. If you do not wish to receive further advertising, please inform us by e-mail to the following address: service@toolbrothers.de. This will not incur any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.
7.3. Request to submit customer feedback
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will send your e-mail address to the rating platform Trustami GmbH, Schröderstraße 5, 10115 Berlin (www.trustami.com), and/or other rating platforms named in the declaration of consent, so that they can send you a rating reminder by e-mail. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message via e-mail to service@toolbrothers.de or to the rating platform.
7.4 Use of the comments function
When you comment on an article, we collect your personal data (name, email address, comment text) only to the extent provided by yourself. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent. By sending the comment, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the e-mail address service@toolbrothers.de. You may revoke your consent to the processing of your data at any time. Such a revocation will affect the permissibility of the processing after the revocation has been pronounced. If we base the processing of your personal data on a balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary for the fulfilment of a contract with you, such as analysing the data for advertising purposes. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the situation and either cease or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing.
Obviously, you can withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the contact details provided in the imprint.