data protection

privacy policy

1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is AEI Strima GbR, Kölner Straße 35, 53840 Troisdorf, Germany, Tel.: 02241/9057908, Email: bienenmagie.troisdorf@gmail.com. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

If you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the page
  • browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

Hosting by Shopify
We use the shop system of the service provider Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify"), for the purpose of hosting and displaying the online shop on the basis of processing on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Shopify's servers. As part of the aforementioned services from Shopify, data can also be transmitted to Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc. or Shopify (USA) Inc. as part of further processing on behalf of Shopify. In the event that data is transmitted to Shopify Inc. in Canada, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision. Further information on Shopify's data protection can be found on the following website: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz
Further processing on Shopify servers other than those mentioned above will only take place within the scope communicated below.

4) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find out how long the cookies are stored in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent granted or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contact

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is processed - exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary.

6) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time the comment was created and the commentator name you chose will be saved and published on this website. In addition, your IP address will be saved for security reasons in order to enable an assignment to the author in the event of illegal comments. Your email address will be saved so that we can contact you if a third party objects to your published content as being illegal.

7) Use of customer data for direct marketing

7.1 Registration for our email newsletter

If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information required to send the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR. We save your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration so that we can trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data in any other way that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7.2 Sending the email newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range to those you have already purchased. In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 3 of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG), we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. Once your objection has been received, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.

7.3 - Advertising by post
Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and - if we have received this additional information from you as part of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business name in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and to use it to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post.
You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible.

8) Data processing for order processing

8.1 To the extent necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR.

To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

8.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

- Apple Pay
If you choose the payment method “Apple Pay” from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment will be processed using the “Apple Pay” function on your iOS, watchOS or macOS device by charging a payment card stored with “Apple Pay”. Apple Pay uses security features that are integrated into the hardware and software of your device to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, you must enter a code that you have previously specified and verify it using the “Face ID” or “Touch ID” function on your device.
For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with information about your order, will be passed on to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to process the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment has been made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the source website to confirm the payment was successful.
If personal data is processed during the transmissions described, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Apple stores anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was completed successfully. Anonymization completely excludes any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve Apple Pay and other Apple products and services.
When you use Apple Pay on iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase you made through Safari on Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you. You can turn off the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone's settings. Go to Wallet & Apple Pay and turn off Allow Payments on Mac.
Further information on data protection at Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027
- Klarna
If you select a Klarna payment service, payment processing will be carried out via Klarna Bank AB (publ), https://www.klarna.com/de/ , Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna"). In order to enable payment processing, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, gender, email address, telephone number and IP address) as well as data related to the order (e.g. invoice amount, article, delivery method) will be passed on to Klarna for the purpose of identity and credit checks, provided that you have expressly consented to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR as part of the ordering process. You can see which credit agencies your data can be forwarded to here:
https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies
The credit report may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). Insofar as score values ​​are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, but is not limited to, Klarna only collects address data. The information received about the statistical probability of a payment default is used by Klarna to make a balanced decision about the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the information in Klarna's data protection regulations for data subjects based in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy
or for data subjects based in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy
treated.
- Masterpayment
If you select the payment methods "direct debit" and/or "delivery on account" and/or "installment purchase" via Masterpayment, you will be asked to provide your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postcode, city, date of birth, email address, telephone number and, in the case of direct debit, the specified bank account details) during the ordering process. In order to protect our legitimate interest in determining the solvency of our customers, we will forward this data to Masterpayment LTD, 483 Green Lanes, London, N13 4BS, Great Britain ("Masterpayment") for the purpose of a credit check in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Masterpayment will check on the basis of the personal data you provide and other data (such as shopping cart, invoice amount, order history, payment experience) whether the payment option you have selected can be granted with regard to payment and/or default risks. In addition to Masterpayment's internal criteria pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, identity and creditworthiness information from the following credit agencies may also be included in the decision-making process when reviewing the application:
- CCreditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hammfelddamm 13, 41460 Neuss, Tel.: +49 (0)2131-109-501, Fax: -557
- CRIF Bürgel GmbH, Friesenweg 4, Haus 12, 22763 Hamburg, Tel.: +49 (0)40-89803-0, Fax: -419
- SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, D-65201 Wiesbaden, Tel.: +49 (0)611-9278-0, Fax: -109
The credit report may contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). If score values ​​are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to the data controller or to Masterpayment. However, Masterpayment may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
- Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal") as part of the payment processing. The data is passed on in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for 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 - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your ability to pay. 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). Insofar as score values ​​are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. For further information on data protection, including information on the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
- Shopify Payments
We use the payment service provider "Shopify Payments", 3rd Floor, Europa House, Harcourt Building, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider Shopify Payments, payment processing will be carried out by the technical service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process along with information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose. Further information on Shopify Payments' data protection can be found at the following internet address: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy .
Data protection information about Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. can be found here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy
- IMMEDIATELY
If you select the payment method “SOFORT”, payment processing will be carried out by the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “SOFORT”), to whom we pass on the information you provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. Sofort GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). Your data will be passed on exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent that it is necessary for this purpose. You can find further information about SOFORT’s data protection provisions at the following internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/datenschutz .
- Stripe
If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Stripe, payment processing will be carried out via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process along with information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Further information on Stripe's data protection can be found at the URL https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation .
Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check based on mathematical-statistical procedures in order to protect the legitimate interest in determining the user's ability to pay. Stripe may transmit the personal data required for a credit check and received as part of the payment processing to selected credit agencies, which Stripe will disclose to users upon request. 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. The calculation of the score values ​​includes, among other things, but not exclusively, address data. Stripe uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of default for the purpose of deciding on the eligibility to use the selected payment method.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to Stripe or the commissioned credit agencies.
However, Stripe may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.

9) Page functionalities

Applications for job advertisements by email
We advertise currently vacant positions in a separate section on our website, for which interested parties can apply by sending an email to the contact address provided.
Inclusion in the application process requires that applicants provide us with all personal data required for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection along with the application by email.
The information required includes general personal information (name, address, telephone or electronic contact details) and performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In addition, health-related information may be required, which must be taken into account in the interests of social protection in the applicant's person under special labor and social law.
Which components an application must contain in order to be considered and in what form these components must be sent by email can be found in the respective job advertisement.
After receiving the application sent using the specified email contact address, we will save the applicant data and evaluate it solely for the purpose of processing the application. For queries that arise during the processing of the application, we will use either the email address provided by the applicant with their application or a specified telephone number, at our discretion.
The legal basis for this processing, including contacting us for further enquiries, is generally Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 (1) BDSG), within the meaning of which completing the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
If, as part of the application process, applicants are asked to provide special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health data such as information on severe disability), the data will be processed in accordance with Art. 9 (2) (b) GDPR so that we can exercise the rights arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfil our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of special categories of data may also be based on Art. 9 (1) (h) GDPR if it is carried out for the purposes of healthcare or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the applicant's ability to work, for medical diagnostics, for the provision of care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector.
If the applicant is not selected in the course of the evaluation described above or if an applicant withdraws his or her application prematurely, the data sent by email and all electronic correspondence, including the original application email, will be deleted after a corresponding notification, at the latest after 6 months. This period is based on our legitimate interest in answering any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, in being able to meet our obligations to provide evidence under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be further processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Para. 1 BDSG) for the purposes of carrying out the employment relationship.

10) Tools and Others

10.1 - Lexoffice
To handle our accounting, we use the cloud-based accounting software “lexoffice” from Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg.
Lexoffice processes incoming and outgoing invoices as well as, if necessary, our company's bank transactions in order to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions and use this to create financial accounting in a partially automated process.
If personal data is also processed, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient organization and documentation of our business transactions.
Further information about lexoffice, the automated processing of data and the data protection regulations can be found at https://www.lexoffice.de/datenschutz/

10.2 Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users when they visit the page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services that require consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by ticking the corresponding box. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user's respective device if consent has been given.
The tool uses technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
A further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. As the responsible party, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
Further information about the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

11) Rights of the data subject

11.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis stated for the respective conditions for exercising them:

  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR.

11.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

12) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration for which personal data is stored is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if applicable – also on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When personal data is processed on the basis of an explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject revokes his or her consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that they are no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store them.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.