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Privacy Statement


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

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website, and we thank you for your interest. Here we inform you about how your personal data are handled when you use our website. “Personal data” means any data that can be used to identify you as a person.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is TARGA GmbH, Coesterweg 45, 59494 Soest, Germany, tel.: +49 (0) 2921 / 38038 0, fax: +49 (0)2921 / 38038 90, e-mail: targa@targa-online.com. The controller responsible for processing personal data is the natural person or legal entity which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 The controller has appointed a Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are: “TARGA GmbH, Dietmar Finke, Coesterweg 45, 59494 Soest, +49 2921 380 38 555, datenschutz@targa.de”

1.4 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller). You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when you visit our website

When you use our website for information only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise forward information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (known as “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data that are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our website you are visiting
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/link from which you reached the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) 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 in any other way. However, we reserve the right to examine the server log files subsequently if there are specific indications of unlawful use.

3) Cookies

We use what are known as cookies on various pages, in order to make your visit to our website appealing and to enable the use of certain functions. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you have closed your browser. (These are known as session cookies.) Other cookies remain on your end device and enable your browser to be recognised on your next visit. (These are known as persistent cookies.) When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information according to individual requirements, such as browser and location data and IP address values. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. The storage periods for the respective cookies can be found in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.

In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the order process by storing settings (e.g. remembering the content of a virtual shopping basket for a later visit to the website). Where personal data are also processed by individual cookies set by us, processing is carried out in accordance with either Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the case of given consent, or Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in providing the best possible functionality of the website and in making your visit to our site both customer-friendly and effective.

Please note that you can configure your browser so that you are notified about the setting of cookies. You can then decide whether to accept individual cookies or choose not to accept cookies in certain cases or in general. Different browsers manage cookie settings differently. The method is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers at the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contacting us

Personal data are collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). If you use a contact form, you can see from the form which data are collected. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact with you and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing these data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If you are contacting us for the purpose of entering into a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be erased after your request has been processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Data processing when opening a customer account and for performance of a contract

Pursuant to Art. (1) (b) GDPR, we also collect and process personal data when you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. You can see which data are collected from the respective entry forms. You may delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the address of the controller, above. We store and use the data you provide for the purpose of performing the contract. Once performance of the contract is complete or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with regard to retention periods under tax and commercial law. Your data will be erased after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to their further use, or unless we have reserved the right to use the data further where the law permits it.

6) Data processing for order handling

6.1 Where necessary for performance of the contract, we will pass on the personal data we collect to the transport company and the bank commissioned by us for delivery and payment purposes, in accordance with Art. (6) (1) (b) GDPR.

Where we have an obligation to provide you with updates or upgrades for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details (name, address, e-mail address) you provide when you place the order so that we can notify you personally of forthcoming updates or upgrades within the period specified by law, as part of our statutory duty to inform pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR, using suitable means of communication (e.g. by post or e-mail). Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying you of updates or upgrades that we have an obligation to provide to you, and we will process them for this purpose only to the extent necessary in order to provide that information to you.

To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in implementing contracts concluded by us. We transfer certain personal data to these service providers on the basis of the following information.

6.2 Use of payment services

PayPal

When you pay via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - “purchase on account” or “payment by instalments” via PayPal, we pass on your payment details to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter “PayPal”) as part of payment processing. The data are transferred pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing. PayPal reserves the right to perform a credit check for the following payment methods: Credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - “purchase on account” or “payment by instalments” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment details may be passed on to credit reference agencies pursuant to Art. (6) (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in establishing your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with respect to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the payment method in question. The credit report may contain probability values (known as score values). Where score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical process. The calculation of the score values uses, but is not limited to, address data. For more information on data protection, including the credit reference agencies used, please refer to the PayPal Privacy Statement: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

You may object at any time to this processing of your data by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if it is necessary for the contractual processing of payments.

7) Rights of the Data Subject

7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights of the data subject (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data. For the conditions for exercising the respective rights, we refer you here to the stated legal basis:

  • Right of access 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;
  • Notification obligation pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw previously given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

7.2 THE RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH FUTURE EFFECT ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS.

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

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

8) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by means of the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing and - where relevant - additionally by means of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

Personal data processed on the basis of expressly given consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR are stored until the data subject withdraws his or her consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed in the context of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, such data will be routinely erased after the retention periods have expired, provided that the data are no longer required for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or provided that we have no legitimate interest in continuing to store the data.

Personal data processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR are stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or unless the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

Personal data processed for direct marketing purposes pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR are stored until the data subject withdraws his or her consent under Art. 21 (2) GDPR).

Unless otherwise indicated in this Statement in the other information concerning specific processing situations, personal data that are stored are otherwise erased once they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.