Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to the processing of your personal data in the context of using the website of Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH.

The aforementioned company is also the controller within the meaning of data protection laws.

The data protection officer of Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH is available to you for all questions regarding data protection both by post and by email.

You can contact our external data protection officer at:

Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH
Stefan Rollwagen
Nymphenburgerstrasse 121
80636 Munich
datenschutz@egetemeier.de

We process personal data of natural persons only to the extent necessary to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations arising from the business relationship with our customers. Processing means, for example, collecting, storing, deleting, or transmitting personal data.

Data we process includes, for example:

a. Technically Required Data

For technical reasons, certain data is always transmitted from your computer to us when communicating over the internet, such as the date and time a page is accessed, your browser type, browser settings and operating system, the last page you visited, the amount of data transferred, and access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.). This data is not personal. However, your computer also typically transmits your IP address to us, which can be considered personal in some cases.

You can use our online services without registration. In that case, only the above-mentioned data is collected, which we use only for internal system-related and statistical purposes.

b. Data Processing When Using Our Website

On our website, you can send messages to Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH via a contact form. In this context, it is necessary for you to provide various - including personal - data, which we store. This includes only such (personal) data necessary for us to record and process your request. This data includes, for example:

• Company name

• Name of contact person

• Address of your company

• Provided email address

• If applicable, telephone number

Unless you have provided us with additional consent, we only process your data in the context of your visit to our website and to respond to your inquiry.

c. Data Processing With Consent for Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH Extranet

On the website, under certain circumstances, you may complete a form in the login area to request a password for access to the Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH Extranet. In this context, you are required to provide various - including personal - data, which we store. This data includes only the (personal) data necessary for us to record and process your request. We collect and use the following data:

• Company name

• Company address

• Provided email address

• Telephone and fax number of your company

We only process personal data for permitted purposes and in accordance with the applicable legal provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and other relevant data protection laws.

3.1 Data processing for the performance of our contractual obligations

We process personal data to fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers and (potential) members or to carry out so-called pre-contractual measures that occur based on a specific request.

In these cases, the purpose of the data processing is determined by the contract we have concluded with our customers and the services we must provide. This also includes, for example, the processing of personal data to send catalogs or other information about our services.

3.2 Data processing for the protection of legitimate interests (only considering your interests)

We also process personal data where necessary to protect the legitimate interests of Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH, our affiliated entities, or our customers (and potentially other third parties). This includes, for example:

Customer care (including potential members);

Measures to improve our service and strengthen our customer relationship, such as customer surveys;

Direct marketing, provided you have not objected to the processing of your personal data for these purposes;

The internal exchange of personal data within Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH for administrative purposes.

3.3 Further data processing and use with consent

If you have explicitly consented during registration, we use your data beyond the aforementioned purposes as follows:

a. Marketing, advertising, market research, etc.

With your consent, we also process your data to provide you with a customer-oriented and efficient access to our website. In addition, we are happy to send you interesting advertising offers regarding our products or services in the field of furnishing, furniture, interior architecture, and related topics via SMS, email (especially newsletters), telephone, or post. We also use your data for the necessary evaluations and for market research purposes. For this purpose, it is necessary that we combine your data internally in user profiles and evaluate them – which is done exclusively for the aforementioned purposes.

3.4 Data processing to fulfill legal obligations

Certain data must be processed to meet legal obligations. Such an obligation may arise from requirements under German commercial, trade, or tax law as well as from European legal regulations. Specifically, for Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH and our affiliated companies, retention, storage, reporting, and collection obligations may arise, which generally serve the control purposes of the respective competent authorities and offices.

3.5 Information about purpose changes

If we intend to process your personal data for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected, we will inform you – within the scope of legal provisions – about this new purpose.

Personal data will only be made accessible to our affiliated companies if and insofar as this is necessary to safeguard our legal and contractual rights and obligations. This may be the case, for example, for coordinating our contractual services.

To fulfill certain contractual obligations, we work with external service providers. This is the case, for example, when we send advertising or conduct customer surveys. Whenever we involve external service providers, this is always done within the scope and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

We also transmit personal data to other recipients outside of our affiliated companies only if we are legally obligated to do so. In all other cases, we only transfer your data to third parties if you have given us your corresponding consent.

We do not transfer your data to recipients in countries without an adequate level of data protection (third countries).

We process personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations. As soon as the data concerned is no longer needed for this purpose, it is generally deleted.

However, to comply with certain legal requirements, we must retain some data beyond the termination of contractual relationships. This includes, for example, documentation, proof, and retention obligations under commercial and tax law, particularly from the German Commercial Code or the Fiscal Code. In such cases, we are generally required to store data for three to ten years – in exceptional cases, such as in legal disputes, up to 30 years.

In order to deliver our services to customers (including potential members), we must process certain personal data, or are legally required to do so. We collect this data during initial contact with you (e.g., address), or you provide it to us.

Without this data, we cannot enter into contracts with our customers.

We do not use automated decision-making processes for decisions that produce legal effects for you or similarly significantly affect you.

No profiling as defined in Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR takes place.

We use so-called cookies to analyze your use of the website. A cookie is a text file that is copied from a web server to your computer’s hard drive. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer.

This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

Transient cookies: Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include in particular session cookies. They store a so-called session ID, which can assign various requests from your browser to the same session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.

Cookies are uniquely assigned to the user and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to the user.

The information generated by the cookies we use about the use of this website is stored by us or by third parties (e.g., our affiliated companies, Google Inc.). We use the information contained in the cookies to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports about website activity for the website operator, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. We may transfer this information to third parties (e.g., our affiliated companies, Google Inc.), but only if this is required or permitted by law, or if such third parties process the data on our behalf. We will never associate a user's or registered member’s IP address with other data held by us. The data is processed anonymously.

The user can choose to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. However, browser settings can usually be modified by the user or registered member to reject cookies if preferred. Please note that if you disable cookies, you may not be able to fully use all features offered on our website.

You have the option to decide whether or not to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, or you can generally refuse cookies via your browser settings. For further details, please refer to your browser’s help function. You may also exercise your right to object at any time by sending a simple message to the following contact:

datenschutz@egetemeier.de

This website also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data held by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

The website uses Google Maps to visually display geographical information. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes, and uses data about the use of the map functions by visitors to the internet portal. You can find more information about Google’s data processing in Google’s privacy policy:

https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

In Google’s privacy center, you can also change your settings to manage and protect your data. Instructions for managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190

Our website uses external fonts (Google Fonts). Google Fonts is a service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). The integration of these web fonts is carried out by a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. This tells the server which of our internet pages you have visited. Google also stores the IP address of the browser of the visitor’s end device visiting these internet pages. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy, available here:

www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and

www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Our website contains plugins from Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like button" on our website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here:

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

When using this function (i.e., when you follow this link by clicking it), the Facebook plugin is activated, and your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the visited websites that also contain Facebook features, the type and settings of the browser, date and time of the request, your use of Facebook, and cookies.

If you click the Facebook "Like button" while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account.

We point out that we as the provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how it is used by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s data policy:

https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Our website contains plugins from Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. When using this function (i.e., following this link by clicking it), the Pinterest plugins are activated, and your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of Pinterest. Pinterest thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. These log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, type and settings of the browser, date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.

If you click the Pinterest "Pin it" button while logged into your Pinterest account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Pinterest account. This allows Pinterest to associate the visit to our site with your user account.

We point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Pinterest. Further information can be found in Pinterest’s privacy policy at:

https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

If you do not want Pinterest to associate your visit to our pages with your Pinterest user account, please log out of your Pinterest account.

Our website contains plugins from the social network XING, operated by XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. When using this function (i.e., following this link by clicking it), the XING plugins are activated, and your browser establishes a direct connection with the XING servers.

To our knowledge, XING does not store any personal data of the user when accessing our website. XING also does not store IP addresses. Additionally, there is no evaluation of user behavior through the use of cookies in connection with the “XING Share Button.”

Further information can be found in XING’s privacy policy for the XING Share Button at:

https://www.xing.com/app/shareop=data_protection

We use the YouTube video platform operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, to embed videos.

When using this function, a direct connection is established between your browser and the servers of YouTube. This informs the YouTube server which specific page of our website you visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this association by logging out of your account beforehand.

Further information on the collection and use of your data by YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

To protect your personal data stored with us from unauthorized access and misuse, we have taken extensive technical and organizational security measures. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.

To ensure secure data communication on the internet, we use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. All information entered during the ordering process is encrypted and transmitted via a 128-bit secure server.

In connection with the processing of personal data by Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH, data subjects have the following rights under Articles 15 to 21 of the GDPR: the right to access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection.

You also have the right to withdraw any consent given for the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future. Such a withdrawal should be sent to:

Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH
Nymphenburgerstrasse 121
D-80636 Munich

datenschutz@egetemeier.de

The provision of our services in the context of an order is not dependent on such a withdrawal. The withdrawal does not apply retroactively and does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data by us or our affiliated companies does not comply with data protection regulations or if you are not satisfied with the information provided by us, you may contact us directly. You also have the right under Article 77 of the GDPR to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.

Egetemeier Wohnkultur GmbH, as of 25 May 2018

1. Right to Object in Special Individual Cases

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to certain types of processing of your personal data. This right applies to data processing carried out in the public interest as well as to data processing for the purposes of legitimate interests. This right also applies to profiling, insofar as it is based on these two provisions.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data. This does not apply if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

2. Right to Object to Processing for Direct Marketing Purposes

In individual cases, we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This includes, for example, sending you information about special offers or discount promotions.

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. This right also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

You may exercise your right to object informally. An email is sufficient:

datenschutz@egetemeier.de