Datenschutzerklärung

Privacy policy

The operator of this website, B&L MedienGesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, attaches the utmost importance to the protection of your privacy as a user of our services. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy, which applies to all domains for which we are responsible. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

1. automatically logged data / server log files The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are
Browser type and browser version
● Operating system used
Referrer URL
● Host name of the accessing computer
● Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. B&L MedienGesellschaft mbH & Co. KG reserves the right to check this data retrospectively if specific indications of unlawful use become known.

2. personal data
Personal data is information about your identity. This includes, for example, information such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address. You can visit the websites of B&L MedienGesellschaft mbH & Co. KG websites without providing us with any personal data. In some cases, however, we require personal data from you, namely when you place an order in our stores, register for online services, take part in competitions and surveys, subscribe to newsletters, request information and contact us. The same applies to the placement of advertising material or registration in our press distribution list.

3. use of personal data
We only collect, process and use personal data within Germany. As a rule, we only collect data that we need in order to provide the service you have requested. If we request further information, this is voluntary information which we mark accordingly. We use this information to personalize our offers or to better tailor them to the needs of our customers. We store and use all personal data provided by you only for the purpose stated on the respective pages and do not pass it on to third parties without authorization. As a rule, your data is used to process your order or your advertising material order, to provide an online service, to send you information material, press releases, newsletters or a prize. Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your request, provided that you wish this and there are no legal obligations to retain the data.

4. disclosure of personal data
We will only pass on your personal data to another party if
● disclosure without your consent is lawful or, if this is not the case, you have expressly consented to the transfer beyond the execution of the contract,
● the transfer is necessary for the implementation of the offers or services you wish to make use of, or
● a subcontractor or vicarious agent used in the context of the provision of the offers or services requires this data. Unless you are expressly informed otherwise, such auxiliary persons are only authorized to use the data to the extent that this is necessary for the provision of the offer or service, or
● an enforceable official or court order exists or
● this is necessary to prevent misuse of our offers or services, in particular use in violation of the publisher's General Terms and Conditions or special terms of use, in a legally permissible manner. If there is a legitimate interest, data will be exchanged with group companies, credit agencies and the Schutzgemeinschaft für allgemeine Kreditsicherung (Schufa) for the purpose of credit checks.

5. right to information and right of withdrawal
You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data at any time. Please contact our data protection officer directly if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data. Please note that data whose deletion conflicts with legal, statutory or contractual retention obligations is excluded from your revocation.

6. cookies
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

7. web analysis services / Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. 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. IP anonymization We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Browser plugin You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de Objection to data collection You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de Contract data processing We have concluded a contract with Google for contract data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

8th Newsletter
To subscribe to the newsletter offered on our website, you can register using our form. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure. A confirmation email will first be sent to the email address you have provided, asking you to confirm your registration. The registration only becomes effective when you click on the activation link contained in the confirmation e-mail. We use your data transmitted to us exclusively for sending the newsletter, which may contain information or offers. We use rapidmail to send our newsletter. Your data will therefore be transmitted to rapidmail GmbH. In doing so, rapidmail GmbH is prohibited from using your data for purposes other than sending the newsletter. rapidmail GmbH is not permitted to pass on or sell your data. rapidmail is a German, certified newsletter software provider that has been carefully selected in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR and the BDSG. You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.

9. social plugins
To protect your personal data, we do not use any social plugins from e.g. facebook or twitter on our websites until further notice.

10. integration of YouTube videos
Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

11. comments and ratings
The comment and rating functions have been deactivated on our websites for the time being. We reserve the right to activate them as soon as the legal requirements of the GDPR can be clearly and legally implemented.

12. links to websites of other providers
Our website may contain links to the websites of other providers for informational purposes, where we have no influence on compliance with data protection and security regulations. Our data protection declaration therefore expressly does not extend to these websites.

13. SSL encryption
This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

14 AdSpirit
We use AdSpirit, a service for integrating advertisements, on our website. AdSpirit uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer and which enable your use of the website to be analyzed. AdSpirit also uses tracking pixels. These are used to record and analyze information about visitor traffic on the websites. The data generated by cookies and tracking pixels about the use and delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to an AdSpirit server and stored. This information may be passed on to contractual partners, but will not be merged with your IP address. You can deactivate the setting of cookies in your browser (see 6. Cookies). However, this may limit the functionality of this website.

15. amendment of the data protection provisions
Due to the rapid development of the Internet, it is necessary to adapt our data protection declaration from time to time, so please refer to the latest version of our data protection declaration. You will find it on each of the websites for which we are responsible under the navigation point "Data protection".

16 Our data protection officer
If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing and use of your personal data, you can contact our external data protection officer directly.

An external, independent data protection officer monitors compliance with the law:

Contact details of the data protection officer:
PROLIANCE GmbH
www.datenschutzexperte.de
Leopoldstr. 21
80802 Munich
datenschutzbeauftragter@datenschutzexperte.de

When contacting the data protection officer, please state the company to which your request relates. Please refrain from enclosing sensitive information such as a copy of your ID with your request.