Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General notes

The following notices provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is data that enables us to identify you personally. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the operator of this website. You will find the contact details of the website operator in the “Information on the data controller” section of this data protection declaration.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected by our IT systems automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or page display time). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website..

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free operation of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have over your data?

You have the right to receive free information at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time about this and other data protection issues.

Third-party tools and analysis tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programmes.

You will find detailed information on these analysis programmes in the following data protection declaration.

2. Accommodation

IONOS

We host our website with IONOS SE. The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. For more details, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and Art. 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g. fingerprint of the device) as defined in the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

Job processing

We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) with the above-mentioned supplier. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of visitors to our website in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that allows us to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that the transmission of data on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against access by third parties.

Note on the responsible body

The data controller of this website is:

Quintessence Naturprodukte GmbH & Co. KG
Wolfegger Str. 6
88267 Vogt
Germany

Telephone: 0 75 29 – 973 730
E-mail: info@natuerlich-quintessence.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was processed no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally admissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted when these grounds no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have given your consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of § 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or § 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO if special categories of data are processed in accordance with § 9 para. 1 DSGVO. In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of § 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a DSGVO. If you have given your consent for the storage of cookies or for access to information on your terminal device (e.g. via the device’s fingerprint), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Section 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. In addition, if your data is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, we process it on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. In addition, data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The following paragraphs of this data protection declaration provide information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(1) OF THE DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(2) OF THE DSGVO).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of a breach of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged breach. The right of appeal is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract provided to you or to a third party in a common machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another data controller, this will only be done to the extent that this is technically possible.

Information, deletion and rectification

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, where applicable, the right to rectification or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose and for other questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you question the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data has occurred or is occurring unlawfully, you can request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of their erasure.
  • If you have filed an objection pursuant to Section 21(1) of the DSGVO, a balancing of your interests and ours will be carried out. As long as it has not been determined which interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may, in addition to being stored, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as orders or enquiries you submit to us as a site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

4. Collection of data on this website

Request by e-mail, telephone or faxx

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on § 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO if your request is related to the execution of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the actual processing of the enquiries addressed to us (§ 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (§ 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you submit to us through contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete them, revoke your consent to store them or the purpose for which they were stored no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

5. Analysis and advertising tools

WP Statistics

This website uses the WP Statistics analysis tool to statistically evaluate visitor traffic. The provider is Veronalabs, ARENCO Tower, 27th Floor, Dubai Media City, Dubai, Dubai 23816, UAE (https://veronalabs.com).

WP Statistics allows us to analyse the use of our website. WP Statistics collects log files (IP address, sender, browser used, origin of user, search engine used) and actions that visitors to the website have performed on the page (e.g. clicks and views).

The data collected with WP Statistics is stored exclusively on our own server.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymous analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both our website and our advertising. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and Art. 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprint) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

 

IP anonymisation

We use WP Statistics with IP anonymisation. Your IP address is shortened so that it cannot be directly assigned to you.
The responsible party has appointed a data protection officer, who can be contacted at the following address: “Quintessence Naturprodukte GmbH & Co.KG z. Hd. Datenschutzbeauftragter, Wolfegger Str. 6, 88267 Vogt, Telefon: 0 75 29 – 973 730, datenschutz@natuerlich-quintessence.de.

Source: https://www.e-recht24.de