Privacy Notice

Data Privacy Policy
of Weisser GmbH – Haus der 1000 Uhren
Hauptstraße 81,
78098 Triberg,
Germany
Version 2.0, date: 23.5.2014

The protection of your personal data is important to us, and we would like you to feel safe when visiting our website. The following explains what information is collected by Weisser GmbH during your visit to our web pages and how this data is used or processed.

1. The collection, processing and use of personal data

1.1 You may visit our site anonymously. We only store access data such as the provider or the page from which you visited us. These data are only used to improve our range of services and they permit no inference as to your identity. They are only used to maintain and improve the usefulness, efficiency and effectiveness of the website when there is a need to do so. No such data are made available to third parties.

1.2 Personal data are only collected when you voluntarily communicate them within the framework of ordering merchandise, opening a client account or registering for our newsletter. We very much appreciate your trust in us. For this reason, we expressly stress that, in the absence of your separate consent, your personal data will only be used to carry out and process your order. In particular, we will never use your data for advertising purposes without your consent, and we will not sell them to third parties. In registering for the newsletter, your email address will be used for our own advertising purposes until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time.

1.3 The term “Third Party” shall not be deemed to include companies with which we collaborate for the technical or administrative purpose of being able to offer their products, services and client solutions. All such companies are obligated to treat all data entrusted to them as confidential, and to use the same, on our behalf, exclusively for business and service purposes. To offer our clients the best possible service, we may change service providers or conclude business contracts with additional service providers.

1.4 Data will only be divulged to third parties under exceptional circumstances, such as the following:

1. Replying to legal inquiries of governmental agencies (for example, tax authorities);
2. Compliance with laws, regulations, summons or legal injunctions;
3. Prevention or prosecution of criminal acts.

1.5 Credit card data are used exclusively for the processing of payment procedures and for the prevention of fraud. Confidential personal data are used exclusively for the simplification of credit procedures with our financial partners.
1.6 With complete implementation of the contract and complete payment of the purchase price, your data will be blocked to prevent any further use. The data will be deleted following the expiry of the tax and retention period under business law, unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data.

2. Promotional material

Weisser GmbH would be happy to contact you to inform you of our offers and to let you know what’s new in our products and services. If you register with our website, we will than ask you to tell us whether you would like to receive direct information and commercial communications. If you have expressly registered for an information service with Weisser GmbH, you can of course stop the sending of commercial and informative material at any time. If you do not wish to take advantage of the free information service of Weisser GmbH, please send us an email at service@1000uhren.com. Instructions on cancellation of the information service are also contained in every commercial message.

3. Use of cookies

3.1 We use cookies on various pages to ensure the attractive design of our website and to enable the use of certain functions. Cookies are small data files which are stored on your computer. The cookies remain on your computer and enable us to recognise your computer upon your next visit (so-called persistent or permanent cookies). These cookies allow us to welcome you with your user name and spare you from re-entering your password or completing the same forms every time during follow-up orders. Cookies will not damage your computer and contain no viruses. You can delete or deactivate these cookies at any time using the corresponding browser settings. If your browser does allow cookies, so these non-tracking-cookies will be set automaticaly without your approval to ensure correct functionality of our shop system.

3.2 Our partners are not permitted to use cookies to collect, process or utilise any personal data through our website.

4. Use of Google Analytics

4.1 If you click on the “CLICK TO ACCEPT COOKIES” button you approve the execution of Google Analytics in our webshop.

4.2 Google Analytics is a website analysis tool developed by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics also uses cookies, i.e. text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the website relating to your use of the website is usually transmitted by Google to a server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymisation is active on this website, Google will shorten your IP address in advance and within the member states of the EU or other signatories to the Treaty on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide additional services related to website activity and internet usage.

4.2 The IP address provided by your browser will not be associated with other Google data. 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 transmission of the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of said data by Google, by downloading and installing the plug-in available from the following link. The current link is http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de].

5. Use of Facebook social plug-ins

5.1 This website uses so-called social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plug-ins are marked by a Facebook logo or the use of the additional “Facebook social plug-in”, or, “Facebook social plug-in”. An overview of Facebook plug-ins and what they look like can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins

5.2 When you visit a page on our website containing such a plug-in, your browser does not create a direct link to the Facebook servers. You have to confirm and approve the direct connection to facebook with a single click.

5.3 The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated into the website. A one time confirmation and approval of the plug-in enables Facebook to receive the information retrieved by your browser on the corresponding page of our website, even if you have no Facebook account or are not logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

5.4 If you are logged in with Facebook, Facebook can directly assign your visit to our website to your Facebook account if you have confirmed and approved the connection once. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example, by clicking the “Like” button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends. Facebook can use this information for purposes of advertising, market research and Facebook website design, as required. To this end, Facebook utilisation, interests and relationship profiles are compiled, for example, to evaluate your use of our website with regards to Facebook advertising inserted on your page, to inform other Facebook users of your activities on our website and additional services related to Facebook use.

5.5 If you do not wish Facebook to connect the data gathered on our website with your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. The purpose and scope of data collection and the additional processing and use of data by Facebook as well as the related rights and possibilities of cancellation for purposes of protecting your privacy are described in the Facebook data protection guidelines: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

6. Rights of the affected party

6.1 Under the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) you have a right to free information on your stored data as well as, if applicable, a right to correct, block or delete the data.

6.2 If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or for information, correction, blocking or deleting, as well as the withdrawal of all previously granted consent, please contact us by email at: office@1000Uhren.com

7. Data security guideline

Your personal data during the order process are transmitted over the internet in encrypted form. We protect our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, editing or the dissemination of your data by unauthorised persons by means of technical and organisational measures. Access to your client account is only possible following the entry of your personal password. You must keep your access information confidential at all times and close the browser when you have terminated your communication with us, especially if you use the computer with other people.