Privacy Policy

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please feel free to contact us. You can reach our Data Protection Officer as follows: Weinkauf GmbH Data Protection Officer Industriepark Nord 53-55 53567 Buchholz-Mendt Email: datenschutz[ at ]weinkauf-gmbh.de

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Notice to the Responsible Entity” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This can include data that you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page request). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to request information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time with future effect. Additionally, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions about data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a reliable presentation of our website. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, as far as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Order Processing

We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication via email) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notice to the Responsible Entity

The responsible entity for data processing on this website is:

Weinkauf GmbH Industriepark Nord 53-55 53567 Buchholz-Mendt

Phone: 0 26 83 - 94 306 0 Email: info(at)weinkauf-gmbh.de

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage duration is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose of processing the data no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we do not have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons no longer apply.

General Notes on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if required to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The relevant legal bases for each specific case are detailed in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw any consent already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and Against Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, especially in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process based on your consent or in the performance of a contract in a common, machine-readable format and to transmit it to yourself or to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible entity, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Information, Deletion, and Correction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time for this or any other questions about personal data.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you

need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your and our interests. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – except for storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the address line of the browser from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Inquiry by Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. This data will not be shared without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries directed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if it has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send us via contact inquiries remains with us until you request deletion, withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Analysis Tool

We aim to process as little personal data as possible when you use our website. For this reason, we have chosen Fathom Analytics, which does not use cookies and complies with GDPR, ePrivacy (including PECR), COPPA, and CCPA. This privacy-friendly website analysis software processes your IP address only briefly, and we (as the operators of this website) have no way to identify you. According to CCPA, your personal data is anonymized. Further information can be found on Fathom Analytics’ website. We use this software to understand website traffic in the most privacy-friendly way possible so that we can continuously improve our website and business. The legal basis according to GDPR is “Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f; our legitimate interest is to continuously improve our website and business.” As stated in the declaration, no personal data is stored for an extended period.