Privacy Policy:

The following data protection declaration applies to the use of our online offer www.thomas-trauth-design.de. We attach great importance to data protection. The collection and processing of your personal data is carried out in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). We collect and process your personal data in order to be able to offer you the above-mentioned portal. This declaration describes how and for what purpose your data is collected and used and what options you have in connection with personal data. By using this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your data in accordance with this privacy policy.

1 person responsible

1.1 is responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 4 No. 7 DSGVO.

Thomas Trauth Design
Hardtstraße 140
73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd
07171-9419500

If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us in accordance with these data protection provisions, either as a whole or for individual measures, you can address your objection to the person responsible. You can save and print out this data protection declaration at any time.

2 General use of the website:

2.1 Hosting
The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating the website. For this purpose, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) DSGVO in conjunction with Art. 28 DSGVO.
2.2 Access data
We collect information about you when you use this website. We automatically collect information about your usage pattern and your interaction with us and register data about your computer or mobile device. We collect, store and use data about every access to our online offer (so-called server log files). This access data includes:
Name and URL of the accessed file
– Date and time of retrieval
– data volume transferred
– Message about successful retrieval (HTTP response code)
– Browser type and browser version
– Operating system
– Referer URL (i.e. the previously visited page)
– Websites that are called up by the user’s system via our website
– user’s internet service provider
– IP address and the requesting provider

We use this log data without allocation to your person or other profiling for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of our online offer, but also for anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our website (traffic) as well as the extent and type of use of our website and services, as well as for accounting purposes to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. Based on this information, we can provide personalized and location-based content and analyze traffic, troubleshoot and correct errors and improve our services.

This is also our legitimate interest according to Art 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO.

We reserve the right to subsequently check the log data if there is a justified suspicion of illegal use based on concrete evidence. We store IP addresses in the log files for a limited period of time if this is necessary for security purposes or if it is necessary for the provision of services or the invoicing of a service, e.g. if you use one of our offers. After cancellation of the order process or after receipt of payment, we delete the IP address if it is no longer required for security purposes. We also store IP addresses if we have concrete suspicion of a criminal offence in connection with the use of our website. We also save the date of your last visit (e.g. when registering, logging in, clicking on links etc.) as part of your account.

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2.3 Cookies

We use so-called session cookies to optimize our online offer. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the respective servers when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on your hard drive. This file as such contains a so-called session ID with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. These cookies are deleted after you close your browser. They serve, for example, to enable you to use the shopping basket function over several pages.

We also use persistent cookies (also small text files that are stored on your terminal device) to a small extent, which remain on your terminal device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit us. These cookies are stored on your hard drive and delete themselves after the specified time. Their lifetime is between 1 month and 10 years. This enables us to present our offer to you in a more user-friendly, effective and secure manner and, for example, to display information on the site that is specially tailored to your interests.

Our legitimate interest in the use of cookies in accordance with Art 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO is to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and safer.

The following data and information are stored in the cookies:

– Log-in information

– Language settings

– search terms entered

– Information about the number of times our website is called up and the use of individual functions of our internet presence.

When the cookie is activated, it is assigned an identification number and your personal data is not assigned to this identification number. Your name, your IP address or similar data that would allow the cookie to be assigned to you will not be placed in the cookie. On the basis of cookie technology, we only receive pseudonymised information, for example about which pages of our shop have been visited, which products have been viewed, etc.

You can set your browser so that you are informed in advance about the setting of cookies and can decide in each individual case whether you want to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, or whether cookies should be prevented completely. This may limit the functionality of the website.

2.4 E-mail contact

If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), we will save your details for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event that follow-up questions arise.

This is also in our legitimate interest according to Art 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO.

We only store and use other personal data if you give your consent or if this is legally permissible without special consent.

2.3 Cookies
We use so-called session cookies to optimize our online offer. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the respective servers when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on your hard drive. This file as such contains a so-called session ID with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. These cookies are deleted after you close your browser. They serve, for example, to enable you to use the shopping basket function over several pages.

Our legitimate interest in the use of cookies in accordance with Art 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO is to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and safer.

The following data and information are stored in the cookies:

– Log-in information
– Language settings
– search terms entered
– Information about the number of times our website is called up and the use of individual functions of our internet presence.

2.4 E-mail contact
If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), we will save your details for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event that follow-up questions arise.

This is also in our legitimate interest according to Art 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO.

We only store and use other personal data if you give your consent or if this is legally permissible without special consent.

2.5 Facebook plug-ins (Like button)
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition “Social Plug-in from Facebook” or “Facebook Social Plugin”. If you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly assign your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Like” button or submitting a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Facebook data protection information: www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of the Facebook plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the “Facebook Blocker” (http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/).

2.6 Storage period
Unless specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as this is necessary to fulfil the purposes pursued.

3 Processing of inventory data

We also process the inventory data described below.

3.1 Legal basis and storage period
The legal basis for data processing in accordance with the above paragraphs is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a), b) and f) DSGVO. Our interests in data processing are in particular the initiation, conclusion and fulfilment of contracts as well as direct advertising and product information.

Unless specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as this is necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes pursued or as required by law.

4 Your rights as a person affected by the data processing

Under applicable laws, you have various rights regarding your personal information. If you wish to exercise these rights, please send your request by e-mail or by post to
clear identification of your person to the address mentioned in point 1.
Below you will find an overview of your rights:
– Right to confirmation and information
– Right of entitlement
– Right of cancellation
– Right to restrict processing
– Right to data portability
– Right of objection
– Right of revocation of a data protection consent
– Right of appeal to a supervisory authority

5 Data security

5.1 We make every effort to ensure the security of your data within the framework of the applicable data protection laws and technical possibilities.

Your personal data will be transmitted encrypted. This applies to your orders and also to the customer login. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system, but we would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

To protect your data, we maintain technical and organisational security measures in accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO, which we continually adapt to the state of the art.

We also do not guarantee that our offer is available at certain times; disturbances, interruptions or failures cannot be excluded. The servers used by us are regularly and carefully secured.

6 Transfer of data to third parties

6.1 As a matter of principle, we only use your personal data within our company.

If and to the extent that we involve third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), they will only receive personal data to the extent that the transmission is necessary for the corresponding service.

In the event that we outsource certain parts of the data processing (“contract processing”), we contractually oblige contract processors to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of the data protection laws and to ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject.

Data will not be transferred to bodies or persons outside the EU outside the cases mentioned in this declaration in section 2 and is not planned.