Data Protection

Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law nor contractually, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided during subsequent processing operations.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted through your internet browser and stored in log data (server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is used exclusively to ensure trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offering. It is not possible to assign this data to a specific person.

Responsible body within the meaning of data protection law

Smart Leben UG

Sadet Tam
Luisenstrasse 30
33602 Bielefeld

E-Mail info@smartleben.biz
Telefon +49 521 / 4280050

Customer Account

When you open a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.

This website is hosted by an external service provider (WIX). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This can be v. a. These include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, website access and other data generated via a website.

Collection, processing and use of personal data when placing orders

When you place an order, we only collect and use your personal data to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill and process your order and to process your inquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide it will result in no contract being concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. The only exceptions to this are our service partners that we need to process the contractual relationship or service providers that we use for order processing. In addition to the recipients named in the respective clauses of this data protection declaration, these include, for example, recipients from the following categories: shipping service providers, payment service providers, merchandise management service providers, service providers for order processing, web hosts, IT service providers and dropshipping retailers. In all cases we strictly observe the legal requirements. The amount of data transmission is limited to a minimum.

Scope of application

This data protection declaration applies to all personal data processed by us in the company and to all personal data that companies commissioned by us (processors) process. By personal data we mean information within the meaning of Article 4 No. 1 GDPR such as a person's name, email address and postal address. The processing of personal data ensures that we can offer and bill our services and products, whether online or offline. The scope of this data protection declaration includes:

- all online presences (websites, online shops) that we operate

- Social media appearances and email communication

- mobile apps for smartphones and other devices

Use of the email address to send newsletters

Regardless of the contract processing, we use your email address exclusively for our own advertising purposes to send newsletters, provided you have expressly agreed to this. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the distribution list.

Your data will be passed on to a service provider for email marketing as part of order processing. It will not be passed on to other third parties.

Your data will be transferred to a third country for which there is an adequacy decision from the European Commission.

Passing on the email address to shipping companies for information about shipping status

We pass on your email address to the transport company as part of the contract processing, provided you have expressly agreed to this in the ordering process. The purpose of the transfer is to inform you by email about the shipping status. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation.

Use of PayPal

All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy. You can find these at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-prev?locale.x=de_DE (https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/ privacy-prev?locale.x=de_DE)

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is accessed again. We use cookies for the purpose of making our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize your browser even after you change pages and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For this it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

We also use cookies on our website to enable us to analyze the surfing behavior of our website visitors.

We also use cookies for the purpose of subsequently targeting site visitors on other websites with targeted, interest-based advertising.

The processing is carried out on the basis of Section 15 (3) TMG and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR for the legitimate interest in the purposes mentioned above.

The data collected from you in this way is pseudonymized using technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to you personally. The data will not be stored together with your other personal data.

For reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR.

Cookies werden auf Ihrem Rechner gespeichert. Daher haben Sie die volle Kontrolle über die Verwendung von Cookies. Durch die Auswahl entsprechender technischer Einstellungen in Ihrem Internetbrowser können Sie die Speicherung der Cookies und Übermittlung der enthaltenen Daten verhindern. Bereits gespeicherte Cookies können jederzeit gelöscht werden. Wir weisen Sie jedoch darauf hin, dass Sie dann gegebenenfalls nicht sämtliche Funktionen dieser Website vollumfänglich werden nutzen können.

You can find out how you can manage cookies in the most important browsers (including deactivating them) using the links below:

Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de)

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442 /windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies)

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehne (https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehne)

Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/ safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac)

Use of Google Analytics

We use the web analysis service Google Analytics from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors. For this purpose, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is an adequacy decision from the European Commission for data transfers to the USA. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR out of the legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. For reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software; 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 using the browser plug-in available under the following link. in download and install [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de)]. To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data across devices, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent your data from being collected in the future when you visit this website. You must opt out on all systems and devices you use for this to be effective. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Deactivate Google Analytics (javascript:gaOptout()).

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html (https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html) or at https: //www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ (https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/).

Use of Google Adwords conversion tracking

We use the online advertising program “Google AdWords” on our website and, in this context, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking will be stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. There is therefore no possibility that cookies can be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers.

The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. Here we find out the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on the legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the analysis of the effect and efficiency of this advertising.

For reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR.

To do this, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software. 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 will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

You can also deactivate personalized advertising for you in the Google advertising settings. Instructions can be found at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de (https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de) In addition, you can Disable the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ (https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/). implement the further information on the opt-out mentioned above.

Further information and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/ (https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/)

Use of social plug-ins using “Shariff”

We use social network plug-ins on our website. So that you retain control over your data, we use the privacy-safe “Shariff” buttons.

Without your express consent, no links will be created to the social network servers and therefore no data will be transmitted.

"Shariff" is a development by the specialists at the computer magazine c't. It enables more privacy online and replaces the usual “share” buttons on social networks. You can find more information about the Shariff project here https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html (https://www.heise.de/ct /artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-with-Data-Protection-2467514.html).

If you click on the buttons, a pop-up window will appear in which you can log in with your data to the respective provider. Only after you have actively logged in will a direct connection to the social networks be established.

By logging in, you give your consent to the transfer of your data to the respective social media provider. Among other things, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the information collected will also be assigned to your corresponding profiles. You can only prevent this association by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and activating the buttons. The following social networks are integrated using the “Shariff” function.

Further information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in the linked data protection information of the providers.

Facebook of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) https://www.facebook.com/policy.php (https://www.facebook.com/policy.php)

Instagram of Instagram LLC. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA) https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388)

Use of social plug-ins using the “2-click solution”

With the standard integration of plug-ins, when you access the pages of our website that contain such a plug-in, a link is established between your computer and the servers of the social network providers and the plug-in is activated by notifying your browser shown on the page. Both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted to the provider servers. This applies regardless of whether you are registered or logged in to the social network. A transmission also takes place if users are not registered or logged in. If you are also logged in to the social network Facebook, this information will be assigned to your personal user account. When you use the plug-in functions (e.g. by clicking the button), this information is also assigned to your user account, which you can only prevent by logging out before using the plug-in. So that you retain control over your data, we have decided to initially deactivate the corresponding button. You can recognize this by the grayed out button. Without your express consent - in the form of activating the button - no link will be established to the social network server and therefore no data will be transmitted.

Only when you activate the button does the button become active (highlighted in color) and a direct connection to the social network server is established.

By activating, you give your consent to the transfer of your data to the respective social network provider. Among other things, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the information collected will also be assigned to your corresponding profiles. You can only prevent this association by logging out of your social network user accounts before visiting our website and activating the buttons.

The social networks named below are integrated using the “2-click function”. Further information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in the linked data protection information of the providers.

Facebook of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) https://www.facebook.com/policy.php (https://www.facebook.com/policy.php)

Instagram of Instagram LLC. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA) https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388)

Contact form and contact via email

If you send us inquiries using the contact form or email, your details from the inquiry form or your email, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. Providing an email address is required to provide contact details; providing your name and telephone number is voluntary. Under no circumstances will we pass on this data without your consent. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR and, if applicable, Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR, provided that your request is aimed at concluding a contract. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed, provided there are no legal retention requirements. In the case of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you can object to the processing of your personal data at any time.

Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website with regular information about our offers and products, we require your email address as mandatory information. Additional data is provided in order to be able to address you personally in the newsletter and/or to identify you if you want to exercise your rights as a data subject.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter. This means that we will only send you our newsletter by email if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to the sending of newsletters. In the first step, you will receive an email with a link through which you can confirm that you, as the owner of the corresponding email address, would like to receive newsletters in the future. We base the processing of your data on your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

When you register for the newsletter, in addition to the email address required for sending, we store the IP address you used to register for the newsletter as well as the date and time of registration and confirmation to prevent possible misuse to be able to understand it at a later date. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link included in each newsletter or by sending an email to the person responsible named above. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to continued use of the data collected or continued processing is otherwise permitted by law.

We also process your data to analyze newsletter campaigns. For evaluation purposes, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent single-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message was opened and which links, if any, were clicked on. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a pre-defined action (e.g. purchasing a product on our website) took place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system). This data is used exclusively to analyze newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyzes can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider HubSpot Ireland Limited, Ground Floor, Two Dockland Central, Guild St, North Dock, Dublin, D01 R8H7 Dublin ("HubSpot"), to whom we send the data you provided when registering for the newsletter pass along.

Since HubSpot may transfer personal data to affiliates and sub-service providers in countries outside the EU and the EEA, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the data protection level of the GDPR.

For the USA, there is an adequacy decision by the EU Commission in accordance with Article 45 (1) GDPR in relation to companies with certification according to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. HubSpot, Inc. is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certifies and therefore commits to compliance with appropriate data protection standards, which can be viewed at the following link: www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search.

For potential transfers to other third countries outside the EU and the EEA for which there is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission, standard data protection clauses in accordance with Article 46 (2) (c) GDPR are also agreed. These oblige the recipient of the data in the third country to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe.

Google Analytics & Google Optimize

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymization activated. This means that the user's IP address is shortened.

In addition, the web analysis and optimization service “Google Optimize” is used on our website. We use the Google Optimize service to increase the attractiveness, content and functionality of our website by showing new functions and content to a percentage of our users and statistically evaluating changes in usage. Google Optimize uses cookies to optimize and analyze your use of our website. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on optimization tests and the associated website activities and to provide us with other services relating to website use and internet use.

The processing by Google Analytics and Optimize takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of the consent you have given. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the service provider in which we oblige them to protect our customers' data and not to pass them on to third parties.

Since personal data is transferred to the USA, further protective mechanisms are required to ensure the data protection level of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Article 46 (2) (c) GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.

The Google Analytics terms of use and information on data protection can be accessed via the following links: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and at https://www.google.de/intl/de /policies/.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. User and event-level data associated with cookies, user identifiers (e.g. user ID) and advertising IDs will be deleted no later than 14 months after they were collected.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly, but we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of this website. 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 at the URL https://tools. google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de download and install available browser plug-ins.

Information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Social media links

Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, XING and Instagram) are only integrated on our website as links to the corresponding services. After clicking on the embedded text/image link, you will be redirected to the respective provider's website. Only after forwarding is user information transferred to the respective provider. For information on how your personal data is handled when using these websites, please refer to the respective data protection regulations of the providers you use.

Duration of storage

After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account statutory retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the deadline has expired, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

External links

As far as other websites are linked, we have neither influence nor control over the linked content and the data protection regulations there. When you visit linked websites, we recommend checking the data protection declarations of these websites in order to determine whether and to what extent personal data is collected, processed, used or made available to third parties.

Legal Obligations

The provision of personal data for the decision to conclude a contract, to fulfill the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures is voluntary. However, we can only make the decision within the framework of contractual measures if you provide such personal data that is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, the fulfillment of the contract or pre-contractual measures.

Automated decision making

There is no automated decision-making or profiling in accordance with Article 22 of the GDPR.

Rights of the data subject

If the legal requirements are met, you are entitled to the following rights in accordance with Articles 15 to 20 of the GDPR: right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.

In addition, according to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR, as well as to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is not being processed lawfully.

Subject to change

We reserve the right to adapt or update this data protection declaration if necessary, taking into account the applicable data protection regulations. This allows us to adapt them to current legal requirements and take into account changes to our services, e.g. B. when introducing new services. The current version applies to your visit.

Status of this data protection declaration: January 2024