Data Protection

Thank you for your interest in our online shop. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. In the following we will inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

  1. Objective and responsible body

This data protection declaration explains the type, scope and purpose of the processing (including collection, processing and use as well as obtaining consent) of personal data within our online offer and the websites, functions and content associated with it. The data protection declaration applies regardless of the domains, systems, platforms and devices used (e.g. desktop or mobile) on which the online offer is carried out.

The provider of the online offer and the party responsible for data protection law is The Distilling Doctors GmbH, Steinknappen 34a, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr. For the contact options, we refer to our imprint.

  1. Access data

You can visit our website without giving any personal information. Each time a website is called up, the web server only automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. These access data are evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the website.

  1. Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partially provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in this data protection declaration, all access data and all data that are collected in the forms provided on this website are processed on your servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

  1. Data processing for contract processing, establishing contact and opening a customer account

We collect personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when you contact us (e.g. using the contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data to process the contract or to process your contact and you cannot send the order or contact without them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you have provided to process contracts and to process your inquiries in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account. Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. After the contract has been fully processed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the retention periods under tax and commercial law in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. You have consented to your data in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration.”

  1. Data processing for the purpose of dispatch processing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit.

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will forward your e-mail address to the selected shipping service provider on the basis of this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. Can contact you for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination. The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you have provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

  1. Data processing for payment processing

When processing payments in our online shop, we work together with these partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.

6.1 Data processing for transaction processing

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers who work for us in the context of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary to process the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required to process the payment themselves, e.g. on their own website or through a technical integration in the ordering process. The data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies in this respect.

If you have any questions about our partners for payment processing and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

6.2 Data processing for the purpose of fraud prevention and the optimization of our payment processes

If necessary, we give our service providers further data, which they use together with the data necessary for the processing of the payment as our contract processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and the optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing of contested payments, accounting support). According to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.

  1. Email newsletter

7.1 Registration

If you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described above or via a link provided in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from the recipient list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

7.2 E-mail newsletters without registration and your right to object

If we receive your email address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not objected, we reserve the right to offer you regular offers on similar products as those already purchased on the basis of Section 7 (3) UWG , to be sent from our range by email. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in addressing our customers for advertising purposes.

You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided in the advertising e-mail, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.

7.3 Sending out newsletters

The newsletter may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

7.4 Postal advertising and your right to object

In addition, we reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in advertising to our customers in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration. The advertising mailings are processed on our behalf by a service provider to whom we pass on your data for this purpose.

  1. Cookies and other technologies

General information

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically saved on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).

We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process the IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the content of the shopping cart). In the context of a weighing of interests, this serves predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit.f GDPR.

In addition, we use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration.

The cookie settings for your browser can be found under the following links:

Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration.

  1. Use of cookies and other technologies for web analysis and advertising purposes

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the purpose and the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. You can find more information about your cancellation options in the section “”Cookies and other technologies””. For more information, including the basis of how we work with each vendor, see each technology. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

9.1 Use of Google services

We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to and stored on a server operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected using Google technologies, it will be shortened by activating IP anonymization before it is saved on Google’s servers. The full IP address will only be sent to a Google server and shortened there in exceptional cases. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies, data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. You can find more information about data processing by Google in Google’s data protection information.

9.1.1. Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, Google Analytics data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website) are automatically collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies can be used. Your IP address will generally not be merged with other Google data. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.

9.1.2. Google Fonts

For the uniform presentation of the content on our website, the script code “Google Fonts” collects data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information), transmits it to Google and then processes it by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

9.2 Use of Facebook services

Use of Facebook pixels

We use the Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies of Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”) shown below. With the Facebook pixel, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us such as visiting a website or newsletter registration) are automatically collected and stored, from which you are using usage profiles are created by pseudonyms. For this purpose, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook pixel when you visit our website, which automatically enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites using a pseudonymous CookieID. Facebook will combine this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.

The information automatically collected by Facebook technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server operated by Facebook, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. If the data transfer to the USA is our responsibility, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. You can find more information about data processing by Facebook in Facebook’s data protection information.

  1. Social media

Our online presence on Facebook and Instagram

Insofar as you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are usually used for this purpose. The detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook is an offer from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook Ireland”) The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook is usually sent to a Facebook server , Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting a Facebook fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

Instagram is an offer from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook Ireland”) The information automatically collected by Facebook Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually sent to a Facebook server , Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting an Instagram fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

  1. Contact options and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
  • In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing
    • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
    • to fulfill a legal obligation;
    • for reasons of public interest or
    • is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
  • according to Art. 18 GDPR the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
    • you dispute the accuracy of the data;
    • the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;
    • e no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or
    • You have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
  • In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible;
  • According to Art. 77 GDPR the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters.

Right to object

Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominant in the context of a weighing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing takes place for other purposes, you only have a right of objection if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

After exercising your right of objection, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing requires the assertion, exercise or defense of Serves legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.