Privacy Policy

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Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice informs you about the nature, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offering and the websites, functions and content associated with it, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “online offering”). With regard to the terminology used, such as “processing” or “controller”, we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

Wanted Bikes GmbH
Ahmser Straße 161
32052 Herford
Germany

VAT: DE 124 620 604

Email: info@wanted-bikes.com

Tel. +49 5221-9931949

Local court of registration: Bad Oeynhausen, HRB 12901
Managing Director: Annette Gabriel-Fischer

VAT ID No.: DE 124 620 604

Data Protection Officer and Supervisory Authority

We are not subject to a statutory obligation to appoint a Data Protection Officer. You can find the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us here.

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestr. 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Telephone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-999
Email: poststelle (at) ldi.nrw.de

Types of data processed:

– Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).

– Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers).

– Content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos).

– Usage data (e.g., websites visited, interest in content, access times).

– Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

Categories of data subjects

Visitors and users of the online offering (hereinafter we also collectively refer to the data subjects as “users”).

Purpose of processing

– Provision of the online offering, its functions and content.

– Responding to contact requests and communicating with users.

– Security measures.

Terminology used

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”); a natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

“Pseudonymisation” means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

“Profiling” means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;

The “controller” is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Relevant legal bases

In accordance with Article 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases for our data processing. If the legal basis is not stated in this Privacy Notice, the following applies: the legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7 GDPR; the legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and the implementation of contractual measures as well as responding to enquiries is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfil our legal obligations is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where processing of personal data is necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Article 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security measures

In accordance with Article 32 GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of processing as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

These measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, securing availability and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, deletion of data and responses to threats to data security. In addition, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development and/or selection of hardware, software and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Article 25 GDPR).

Cooperation with processors and third parties

If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transmit it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this is done only on the basis of a legal permission (e.g., if a transfer of data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is necessary for contract performance pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR), if you have consented, if a legal obligation provides for this, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “data processing agreement”, this is done on the basis of Article 28 GDPR.

Transfers to third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to third parties, this will only take place if it is necessary to fulfil our (pre-)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, due to a legal obligation, or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to statutory or contractual permissions, we process or have data processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Articles 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means, for example, that processing is carried out on the basis of specific safeguards, such as an officially recognised determination of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU (e.g., for the USA through the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognised specific contractual obligations (so-called “Standard Contractual Clauses”).

Rights of data subjects

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed, and to obtain information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Article 15 GDPR.

In accordance with Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you.

In accordance with Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to request that data concerning you be deleted without undue delay, or alternatively, in accordance with Article 18 GDPR, to request restriction of the processing of the data.

You have the right to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us in accordance with Article 20 GDPR and to request its transmission to other controllers.

You also have the right, pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw consent you have given pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR with effect for the future.

Right to object

You may object at any time to the future processing of data concerning you in accordance with Article 21 GDPR. In particular, the objection may be made to processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and right to object to direct marketing

We do not use cookies on our website. Still want some? This way, please.

A few general notes about cookies

“Cookies” are small files that are stored on users’ computers. Various information can be stored within cookies. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit within an online offering. Temporary cookies, or “session cookies” or “transient cookies”, are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. Such a cookie may, for example, store the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status. “Permanent” or “persistent” cookies are cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be stored if users return after several days. Likewise, such a cookie can store users’ interests, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. “Third-party cookies” are cookies offered by providers other than the controller operating the online offering (otherwise, if it is only their cookies, these are referred to as “first-party cookies”).

A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services—especially in the case of tracking—via the US website https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case not all functions of the online offerings you visit may be available. This has no impact whatsoever on visiting and using our website. We do not use cookies.

Deletion of data

The data processed by us is deleted or its processing restricted in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this Privacy Notice, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and no statutory retention obligations prevent deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.

In accordance with statutory requirements in Germany, retention is in particular for 10 years pursuant to Sections 147(1) AO, 257(1) No. 1 and 4, (4) HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting documents, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and for 6 years pursuant to Section 257(1) No. 2 and 3, (4) HGB (commercial letters).

Hosting

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services, which we use for the purpose of operating this online offering.

In doing so, we and/or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, prospective customers and visitors to this online offering on the basis of our legitimate interests in the efficient and secure provision of this online offering pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Article 28 GDPR (conclusion of a data processing agreement).

Collection of access data and log files

We and/or our hosting provider collect data about each access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.

Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) for a maximum of 60 days and then deleted. Data that must be retained for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.

Web analytics using Koko Analytics

We use the Koko Analytics plugin on this website. This plugin does not set cookies. When (sub)pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored: the subpage accessed and the time of access, the page from which the user came to our website, and the pages that are accessed from the subpage accessed. The IP address associated with your visit is deliberately not recorded by Koko Analytics.

The data collected is anonymised immediately and stored on our own server. It is explicitly not shared with third parties.

The legal basis on which we process personal data using Koko Analytics is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We require the data to analyse users’ browsing behaviour and to obtain information about the use of the content on this website. This enables us to continuously optimise the website and its user-friendliness. These purposes constitute our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. By anonymising the IP address, we take account of users’ interest in protecting personal data. The data is never used to personally identify the website user and is not merged with other data.

Of course, we respect your browser’s Do Not Track (DNT) setting, if you have enabled it.

The non-personal data resulting from anonymisation is deleted when it is no longer required for our purposes.

Contact

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form, email, telephone or via social media), the user’s details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

We delete enquiries if they are no longer required. We review necessity every two years; statutory archiving obligations also apply.

Comments and posts

If users leave comments or other posts, their IP addresses may be stored for 60 days on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This is done for our security in case someone posts unlawful content in comments and posts (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In such cases, we may be held liable for the comment or post ourselves and are therefore interested in the author’s identity.

Furthermore, we reserve the right to process users’ information for the purpose of spam detection on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The data provided in the context of comments and posts is stored by us permanently until the user objects.

Online presences on social media

We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with customers, prospective customers and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing policies of the respective operators apply.

Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process users’ data if they communicate with us within social networks and platforms, e.g., by writing posts on our online presences or sending us messages.

Integration of third-party services and content

Within our online offering, on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use content or service offerings from third-party providers in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “content”).

This always requires that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the users’ IP address, as they could not otherwise send the content to the users’ browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required to display this content. We endeavour to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address solely to deliver the content.