Privacy policy

Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our company. In doing so, we respect your privacy and ensure the protection of your personal data by processing your personal data in accordance with the content of this privacy policy and applicable data protection laws.

You can visit our websites without telling us who you are. In order to display our web pages, you are only required to provide the data transmitted by your browser to our server (see "Log files"). Further personal data from you will only be stored if you enter them voluntarily on the website or use corresponding functions.

Cookies

Cookies are very small text files used by Internet sites that your browser stores on your computer and can send to us or, if necessary, to a third party certain information.

Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specified duration, which may differ depending on the cookie. Deletion, unlike transient cookies, does not happen automatically when you close the browser. However, you can also delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

Cookies that are absolutely necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user ("necessary cookies") are processed by us as part of our legitimate interest in providing and operating the website on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. The following necessary cookies are set when you visit our website:

  • Designation: fe_typo_user; Purpose: user session; Storage duration: session.
  • Designation: bfcom.(1-9); Purpose: saving the closing or use of the modal window to prevent further display; Storage period: 1 year.
  • Name: cookie_consent; Purpose: cookie consent; Storage duration: 1 year

In addition, further information is stored or accessed on your terminal device that is not absolutely necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user. The storage or access only takes place if you give your consent. Details on the type of information, purpose of processing, storage period of the information and possible recipients of the data can be found in the further course of this data protection declaration.

You can set your browser so that it generally does not accept cookies or only certain cookies are stored or not stored. You can revoke any consent you may have given to the processing of data by means of cookies at any time by deleting the relevant cookies directly via your browser settings. You can find out more about this in the help system of your browser. If your browser rejects all cookies, it is possible that not all functions of this website can be used.

Links on social media platforms

Our website links to our pages on various social media platforms. We would like to point out that by clicking on these links you leave our website and also the scope of this data protection declaration. On the social media platforms, the respective data protection declarations and terms of use of the operator of the social media platform apply exclusively.
Log files

Each time you access our site, we collect the following information about your computer: the IP address of your computer, the request of your browser and the time of this request. In addition, the status and the amount of data transferred as part of this request are recorded, as well as product and version information about the browser used and the operating system of your computer. We also record the website from which our site was accessed. The IP address of your computer is only stored for the time of your use of the website and then immediately deleted or anonymized by shortening. The remaining data is stored for a limited period of time. We use this data for the operation of our website, in particular to detect and eliminate website errors, to determine the utilization of the website and to make adjustments or improvements (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.

  • Name: _ga; Purpose: Analysis of website visits as well as optimization of the website; Storage period: 2 years.
  • Name: _gid; Purpose: Distinguishability of users in the context of tracking by Google Analytics; Storage period: 1 day.
  • Name: _gat; Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to limit the request rate; Storage duration: 1 minute.
  • Name: _gali; Purpose: To analyze which links were clicked; Storage duration: 30 seconds.
  • Name: _ga-disable: purpose: storage of Google Analytics objection; storage period: until 12/31/2099.


The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated 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. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information 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 data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de] or alternatively by clicking on the following link to withdraw your consent (opt-out cookie).

This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". This means that IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude the possibility of a direct link to a person.

We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

You can find out more information about Google's use of data, setting and objection options on Google's websites: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de&ref_topic=2919631.

Google Analytics Autotrack extension

Furthermore, we use the Google Analytics Autotrack extension on our website in order to be able to analyze more precisely not only the visits to our website, but also the visibility of our website during visits or the "depth" of visits. Here, with your consent, the following data is stored in your cache locally on your terminal device for these purposes.

  • Name: autotrack:<Google Analytics ID>:plugins/page-visibility-tracker; Purpose: Analysis of the visibility state of the current page (current tab or in the background); Storage duration: page.
  • Label: autotrack:<Google Analytics ID>:session; Purpose: association of multiple tabs to one session; Storage duration: session.
  • Name: autotrack<Google Analytics ID>:plugins/max-scroll-tracker; Purpose: analysis of scroll depth on the current page; Storage duration: page.

You can revoke your consent by clearing your cache in your browser settings. This means that IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude the possibility of a direct link to a person.

We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

You can find out more information about Google's use of data, setting and objection options on Google's websites: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de&ref_topic=2919631

Google Ad Manager (formerly Double Click by Google)

On our website, we use the Ad Manager service from Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). In particular, the data mentioned under log files are processed and information on your terminal device is processed with the help of cookies. We use the Ad Manager to display ads that are relevant to you, to prevent the same ads from being shown more than once, and to improve campaign performance reports. Cookies can also be used to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees an Ad Manager ad and later calls up the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. The legal basis for data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

The following cookies are used with your consent as part of the use of Google Ad Manager:

  • Designation: IDE; Purpose: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the user's actions on the website after viewing or clicking on one of the provider's ads, with the purpose of measuring the effectiveness of an advertisement and displaying targeted advertising to the user. Storage period: 13 months
  • Name: _gads; Purpose: Used by Google DoubleClick, for frequency capping and to prevent duplicate ads from being served. Storage period: 2 years


A data transfer to Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountainview, California 94043, USA cannot be excluded. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

By using our websites, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google and the manner in which it is processed and for the purposes set out above. However, you have various options to opt out of tracking. By way of example, we provide you with the following options:

1) Suppress third-party cookies in your browser settings.

Instructions on how to do this for the Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers:


2) Disable interest-based ads from providers that are part of the About Ads self-regulatory campaign. At the link www.aboutads.info/choices you can opt-out of interest-based ads from individual or all providers.

Please note that the deactivation is cancelled by deleting all cookies that have been set on your end device and must therefore be carried out again after deletion.

You can find more information, including information on how to object, at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Revocation of consent and objection to data processing

If you have given us consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the merits of the case and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing.You may object to the processing of your personal data for purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time.You can send us your revocation or objection using the contact details under "Responsible party".Please note that the data provided to us will be processed by Health and Beauty Germany GmbH and Health and Beauty Marketing Swiss GmbH. This is necessary if you are interested in one of our offers from Health and Beauty Marketing Swiss GmbH or as a Swiss customer in an offer from Health and Beauty Germany GmbH. Your data will not be passed on to companies or persons outside the Health and Beauty Group.

Your rights

You have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you:

  • Right to information
  • Right to correction or deletion
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to object to processing
  • Right to data portability.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.

Responsible

Health and Beauty Germany GmbH, Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 2, D-76275 Ettlingen, Germany, phone +49 7243 7278 0, fax +49 7243 7278 218, e-mail: info@health-and-beauty.com

Data protection officer: datenschutzanfragen@xdsb.de or at our postal address with the addition "the data protection officer".