Privacy
As the processor in line with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), TS Quadrat GmbH takes protecting your privacy and your personal data very seriously. We look forward to welcoming you to our website www.ambient.style and to your interest in our company and our products/services. We would like you to have peace of mind when it comes to the protection of your personal data, too. It is generally possible to use our website without specifying any personal data. According to Art. 4(1) GDPR, personal data is all information pertaining to an identified or identifiable person, for example, name, address, and date of birth. Pseudonymous data which we cannot attribute to you directly, for example via a name or e-mail address, is also personal data.
The collection, storing, and processing of personal data complies with the legal regulations, especially those of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG), of the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz, TMG), and the General Data Protection Regulations of the EU. We can assure you that we only gather, store, and process your personal data for the purpose of providing a functional website, as well as the associated content and services. In each case, these processes are only performed as part of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR or if another legal basis for permission arises. This data will not be forwarded to third parties without your express consent. We would like to point out that data transfer on the Internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) can have security flaws. It is not possible to completely protect the data against being accessed by third parties.
Section 1 Controller within the meaning of Art. 4(7) GDPR
As the operator of the website, TS Quadrat GmbH is the controller within the meaning of the GDPR and other national data protection legislation of the Member States of the European Union, as well as other data protection provisions for processing personal data.
Section 2 General purposes of processing
We use personal data to ensure seamless connection to the website, to ensure convenient use of our website, to evaluate system security and stability, as well as for other administrative purposes. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the aforementioned data collection purposes. Under no circumstances do we use your personal data to be able to draw conclusions about your person. Furthermore, we use your personal data to meet our contractual obligations in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR.
Section 3 Collection and storing of personal data through hosting
When our website is called up, information is automatically sent to our website’s server by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called logfile. Without any action on your part, the following information is collected and stored until automatically erased:
- Browser type/browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
We also use cookies when you visit our website. You can find further information on this under Section 5 of this privacy statement. If not specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued. In some cases, the legislators stipulate that personal data must be retained, for example, in the case of tax or commercial law, or the fiscal code. In such cases, we will only continue to store this data for these legal purposes. The data will not be processed in any other manner, however, and will be erased once the legal retention period has passed.
Section 4 Forwarding of data
Your personal data is not transmitted to third parties, a Member State of the European Union, another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or a non-Member State for purposes other than those listed in the following.
We only forward your personal data onto third parties if:
- You have expressly granted your consent as per Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR,
- Forwarding is required as per Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR for the assertion, exercising, or defense of legal claims, and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding, legitimate interest in your data not being forwarded on,
- There is a legal obligation for the forwarding as per Art. 6(1)(1)(c) GDPR, and
- This is legally permissible, and according to Art. 6(1)(1)(b) is necessary for handling contractual arrangements with you.
Section 5 Cookies
We use cookies on our website. A cookie is a small text file which is stored locally on the user’s computer when they visit the website. A cookie does not cause any damage to your device; it does not contain any viruses, trojans, or any other malware. You can find further information at:
https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2010/09/ClientSideStorage.html.
The cookie saves information which arises in relation to the specific end device being used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity through this. Cookies are used to make it more pleasant for you to make use of our services. We use session cookies, for example, to detect that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our website.
Furthermore, to optimize user friendliness, we use temporary cookies which are stored on your device for a certain, specific period of time. If you visit our website again in order to make use of our services, it is automatically detected that you have already visited us, along with the inputs and settings you have made so that you do not need to enter these again.
We use cookies to collect statistical data on the use of our website, and to evaluate it for the purposes of optimization of our service for you. These cookies enable us to automatically detect that you were already a visitor to our website when you call it up again. These cookies are automatically deleted after three months.
The data processed by cookies is necessary for the purposes specified to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties as per Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR.
Your browser accepts our cookies automatically. You can configure your browser, however, so that no cookies are stored on your computer, or so that a message is always shown before a new cookie is created. Completely deactivating cookies may mean, however, that you cannot make use of all the functions on our website.
Section 6 Analytic Tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(1)(a) GDPR. With your consent to the data processing, you give us the opportunity to ensure a demand-oriented design and continuous optimization of our website by evaluating your user behavior. We use the tracking measure to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer. We will only switch on the analysis tool after your active consent, before that your data will not be processed by the analysis service provider. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can find more information about the processing of your personal data in the corresponding tracking tool.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" (see section 5). The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website
of the website such as
- browser type/version,
- operating system used
- referrer URL (the previously visited page)
- host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
- time of server inquiry,
are usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, your IP address will be shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. 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.
and to provide other services related to the use of the website and the Internet. 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:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymizelp" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses.
Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found, for example, in the Google Analytics help at
https://support.google.com/analytics?source=404#topic=10737980.
Section 7 Embedding of product videos
You can watch videos about our product series on our website. To embed videos on our website, we use the provider Youtube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (called “YouTube” in the following). YouTube is represented by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
We have embedded the video in YouTube’s extended data protection mode. This blocks YouTube cookies from being placed until there is an active click to play the content. By clicking on the play button, you are granting your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR for YouTube to place cookies on the device you are using which may also serve the analysis of user behavior for market research and marketing purposes by Google. A connection to the “DoubleClick” advertising network from Google is established. With this, your IP address, the date, and the time, as well as the Internet page you are visiting are transmitted to YouTube when you click on the video and YouTube learns that you have watched the video. If you are logged into YouTube during this process, this information is also assigned to your user account. If you would like to prevent this information from being assigned, you must log out of YouTube before calling up the video.
You can find more information on data privacy from YouTube at the following link:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Section 8 Contract processing
We are delighted to provide you with the opportunity of purchasing our products on the website. For this, you simply have to transmit your personal data to us and we have to use cookies (see Section 5) to process the content of your shopping cart. This data is exclusively processed for the purposes of contract processing in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR. It is not possible to conclude or process the contract without the provision of your data. We will erase your personal data as soon as contract processing has been completed. Please note that in some cases, such as in accordance with tax law, commercial law, or in accordance with the fiscal code, we have to store your personal data for longer. In such cases, we will only continue to store this data for these legal purposes. The data will not be processed in any other manner, however, and will be erased once the legal retention period has passed. As part of contract processing, we will transmit your personal data to a transport company commissioned by us or to the financial service provider, if forwarding of the data is necessary for delivery of goods or payment purposes.
Section 9 PayPal
For payment purposes, you can choose between different payment methods. If you have selected the payment method “PayPal via PayPal,” “Sepa direct debit via PayPal,” “giropay via PayPal,” “Immediate payment via PayPal,” “Debit or credit card via PayPal,” or “PayPal invoice,” your personal data that we have gathered during the order will be transmitted to the company PayPal (Europe) S.à r. l. et Cie, S. C. A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (subsequently called “PayPal”) for payment processing purposes. If one of the payment methods above is selected, PayPal performs a credit check. During this check, mathematical and statistical processes are used to calculate a rating regarding the probability of payment default. PayPal uses the calculated score as the basis for its decision about the provision of the applicable payment methods. The score is calculated based on a recognized, scientific process. You can find more information on data privacy from PayPal at the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Information regarding identity checks at PayPal and data exchange with credit agencies (credit check)
can be found here:
https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/creditchk
Section 10 Customer account/Registration function / Reviews
We are delighted to be able to offer you the option of creating a customer account via our webshop. The personal data provided by you during registration (salutation, first name, surname, street, house number, ZIP code, city, country, e-mail address, and password) are only processed for pre-contractual services, for contract performance, or for the purposes of customer care. In addition to this data entered by you, we also store your IP address and the date of your registration, along with the time. Your personal data is not forwarded on.
During the registration process, you have to grant us your consent for processing. We kindly refer you to this written consent declaration. If you consent to this processing, Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR is the legal basis for processing. If opening the customer account also serves pre-contractual measures or contract performance, the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR.
You can revoke the consent granted for the opening and maintenance of your customer account at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR. You must simply inform us of your revocation in this regard. If not specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued. In some cases, the legislators stipulate that personal data must be retained, for example, in the case of tax or commercial law, or the fiscal code. In such cases, we will only continue to store this data for these legal purposes. The data will not be processed in any other manner, however, and will be erased once the legal retention period has passed.
You can easily review your product and post this on our website. If you make use of this service, we process and publish your post. For this purpose, we process the date and the time of submission, as well as your IP address. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR at any time with effect for the future. You must simply inform us of your revocation in this regard. Your IP address is mainly processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. We consider our legitimate interest to lie in the support/better tracking of your review if your post acts against the rights of third parties or is otherwise unlawful.
Section 11 Social media
We are delighted to be able to provide you with the possibility of becoming more familiar with our philosophy and our company, beyond our website, on certain social media channels. We have our own profile on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
Facebook
We maintain an online presence on the social media platform Facebook in order to present, sell, and increase awareness of our company and our services. We are joint controllers with Meta Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland, on Facebook.
If two parties are jointly responsible for the processing of personal data, this model is called “Joint control in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR.” We have agreed this joint responsibility and the resulting obligations in an agreement. The content of the agreement can be called up via the following link.
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
Your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication, as well as the sale and marketing of our products and services. If you interact with us and leave comments and ratings, then consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR may also be the legal basis of processing. You may revoke your consent in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR at any time with effect for the future.
Instagram
We maintain an online presence on the social media platform Instagram in order to present, sell, and increase awareness of our company and our services. We are joint controllers with Meta Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland, on Instagram.
If two parties are jointly responsible for the processing of personal data, this model is called “Joint control in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR.” We have agreed this joint responsibility and the resulting obligations in an agreement. The content of the agreement can be called up via the following link.
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
Your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication, as well as the sale and marketing of our products and services. If you interact with us and leave comments and ratings, then consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR may also be the legal basis of processing. You may revoke your consent in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR at any time with effect for the future.
Twitter
We maintain an online presence on the social media platform Twitter in order to present our company and our services, and to be able to communicate with you as a customer or prospective customer. Twitter is a service from Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. We would like to point out that the provider of Twitter comes from a third country, i.e. a state outside the European Union and/or the European Economic Area. This means there is the possibility that your personal data will be processed in the USA. The possibility to access your personal data lies solely with Twitter; we have no influence on the processing. You can find more information on this in Twitter’s privacy statement.
https://twitter.com/de/privacy
Social media plug-ins on the website
We use social plug-ins from the social networks Facebook and Instagram on our website on the basis of Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR in order to increase awareness of our company. The social media plug-ins are embedded via a linked graphic of the applicable network. As we link the channels via a graphic, this prevents a connection being automatically established with the respective servers of the social networks when the website is accessed. You are only forwarded to the service of the applicable network when you actively click on the corresponding graphic. Personal data, including IP address, date, time and page visited, is gathered and processed on the respective page of the networks. If you are logged into your user account during this, the operator of the platforms can assign the data processed to your personal account. If you then also interact with our posts, your personal data can be stored and published. If you do not want your data to be linked to your user account, you must log out of the applicable social media channel before clicking on the graphic. The legal basis for the processing of the data is a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. The underlying promotional purpose is to be considered a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for operation in compliance with data privacy laws must be ensured by the respective provider. We embed these plug-ins as part of the so-called two-click method in order to provide you, the visitor to our website, with the best possible protection. Please refer to the applicable provider for further information on data processing.
Facebook
We have embedded the Facebook social media plug-in on our website. You can recognize the Facebook plug-in from the logo, the small “f” button or “f share” button on our website. We are joint controllers with Meta Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland, with the network Facebook. For the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing of the data by Facebook, along with your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy
https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
Instagram
We have also implemented the Instagram social media plug-in on our website. The plug-ins are indicated by an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera.” By implementing the social media plug-in, as well as maintaining a customer account with Instagram, we are joint controllers with Meta Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland. For the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing of the data by Instagram, along with your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.
Twitter
We have also integrated the short message service Twitter on our website. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. You can recognize the Twitter graphic by the Twitter logo, the small bird with "tweet", on our page. For the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing of the data by Instagram, along with your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Twitter's privacy policy
https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
Section 12 Contact option
We offer you the possibility to contact us on our website. You can use the contact form or the active link behind our telephone number and e-mail address for this. If you contact us using the contact form or via e-mail, the data you provide will be electronically collected and processed for handling your inquiry – if this is not provided, we cannot respond to your request, or can only respond to a limited extent. The legal basis for processing your personal data is specified in Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR. We will erase your data as soon as your inquiry has been answered conclusively, and erasure does not violate any legal retention periods.
Section 13 Incorporation of content from third parties
Google Fonts
We use external fonts from Google Fonts on our website. This is also a service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre, Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. We will call the service provider “Google” in the following. When you open our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established. This connection enables us to display certain fonts. With the aid of this established connection, Google can also determine from which website your request was sent, and the IP address to which the display of the font is to be transmitted. Further information on the use of your personal data, as well as information on the option to prevent the use of the data can be found under the following link:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Section 14 Direct marketing
Google AdWords with conversion tracking
We incorporate the advertising component Google AdWords and conversion tracking on our website. This is a service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (subsequently called “Google”).
By using conversion tracking, we aim to be able to market our services in a more targeted manner. Please refer to Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR for the legal basis. The legitimate interest in placing advertisements is in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our Internet presence. If you click on an advertisement placed with Google, the conversion tracking we use stores a cookie on your device. Please refer to Section 5 of this privacy statement for the definition and description of a cookie.
The conversion cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not intended to identify you personally. If, within these 30 days, you visit a page of our Internet presence, both we and Google can evaluate that you have clicked on one of our advertisements placed with Google and that you have then been forwarded to our website.
Section 15 Rights of the data subject
Once a year, you can exercise the following rights free of charge:
- In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, request information pertaining to your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or is disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling, and if required conclusive information on the respective details;
- In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, immediately request the rectification of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us;
- In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, as long as processing is not required for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for complying with legal obligations for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
- In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, if you dispute the correctness of the data, if the processing is unlawful but you reject its erasure, or we no longer need the data, but you require it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
- In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format, or to request transmission to another data controller;
- In accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR, revoke the consent you have granted us at any time. This will result in us not being able to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future and
- In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, complain to a supervisory authority. Generally, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace, or of our headquarters in this regard.
You can send requests for information, erasure, or rectification regarding your data in writing to the following address at any time:
TS Quadrat GmbH
Jöhlinger Straße 164
75045 Walzbachtal
Germany
Section 16 Right to object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection concerns direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object which we will implement without the specification of a particular situation.
If you have granted your consent for data processing with Google Analytics, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future by changing the cookie settings which you can find directly below on this page.
You can send your revocation or objection via post in written form to us once a year for free. You will only have to pay the postal costs.