Privacy policy

General information and mandatory information

Designation of the responsible entity

The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:

Darksn GmbH
Teinacher Str. 46
71634 Ludwigsburg
Commercial Register: HRB 784465
Registration Court: Stuttgart District Court

The responsible entity alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of the data processing carried out up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. The provision is made in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. In this regard and also for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact options listed in the imprint.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Visited page on our domain
• Date and time of the server request
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data transmission when concluding a contract for goods purchase and goods shipping

Personal data is only transmitted to third parties if there is a necessity in the context of contract processing. Third parties can be payment service providers or logistics companies, for example. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to this.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Registration on this website

You can register on our website to use certain functions. The transmitted data is used solely for the purpose of using the respective offer or service. Mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

In the event of important changes, for example for technical reasons, we will inform you by email. The email will be sent to the address given during registration.

The processing of the data entered during registration takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

We store the data collected during registration for the period that you are registered on our website. Your data will be deleted should you cancel your registration. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Contact form

Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or there is no longer any need for data storage. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Storage duration of posts and comments

Posts and comments as well as associated data, such as IP addresses, are stored and remain on our website until the content has been completely deleted or had to be deleted for legal reasons.

The storage of posts and comments takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Subscribe to comments

As a user of our website, you can subscribe to comments after registering. With a confirmation email, we check whether you are the owner of the given email address. You can unsubscribe from the comment subscription function at any time via a link that can be found in a subscription email. Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you unsubscribe. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

Newsletter data

To send our newsletter we need an email address from you. Verification of the specified email address is necessary and the receipt of the newsletter must be consented to. Complementary data is not collected or is voluntary. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke your consent or you can unsubscribe using the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of unsubscription. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube for the integration and display of video content. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit a page with an integrated YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. YouTube thereby learns which of our pages you have accessed.

YouTube can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. By logging out beforehand, you have the option of preventing this.

The use of YouTube takes place in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Details on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Our website uses plugins from Vimeo for the integration and display of video content. The video portal is operated by Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin, a connection to Vimeo’s servers is established. Vimeo thereby learns which of our pages you have accessed. Vimeo learns your IP address, even if you are not logged into the video portal or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to Vimeo servers in the USA.

Vimeo can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. By logging out beforehand, you have the option of preventing this.

Details on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are “session cookies.” Such cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your browser session. On the other hand, other cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website.

With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. The deactivation of cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

The setting of cookies that are necessary for the exercise of electronic communications processes or the provision of certain functions you want (e.g. shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies (e.g. for analysis functions) are set, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analysis service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that enable an analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Server location is usually the USA.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both our website and our advertising.

IP anonymization

We use Google Analytics in connection with the IP anonymization function. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. There may be exceptional cases in which Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and shortens it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. There is no merging of the IP address transmitted by Google Analytics with other data from Google.

By entering the website, you yourself are responsible for the transmission of content (in special cases) via Google Fonts to global server connections.

Browser Plugin

The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. Some functions of our website could be restricted as a result. Likewise, you can prevent the collection of data regarding your website usage including your IP address along with subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin accessible via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Deactivate Google Analytics.

Details on the handling of user data at Google Analytics can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order processing

To fully comply with the statutory data protection requirements, we have concluded a contract for order processing with Google.

Demographic characteristics at Google Analytics

Our website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. With it, reports can be created that contain statements on age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time. This is possible via the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics as explained in the point “Objection to data collection”.

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

Our website uses the web analysis service Matomo. Matomo is an open source solution.

Matomo uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that enable an analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about the use of our website is stored on our server. Your IP address is anonymized before storage.

Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

The setting of Matomo cookies is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website and, if necessary, advertising.

The information stored in the Matomo cookie about the use of this website will not be passe