Privacy

Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is not required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is given in the subsequent processing operations. “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted through your Internet browser and stored in log data (server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page called up, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is used exclusively to ensure trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer. It is not possible to assign this data to a specific person.

Collection and processing when using the contact form
When you use the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent you have provided. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact. By sending your message, you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the revocation. We only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection, processing and use of personal data when placing orders
When you place an order, we only collect and use your personal data to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill and process your order and to process your inquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Non-provision means that no contract can be concluded. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. The only exceptions to this are our service partners that we need to process the contractual relationship or service providers that we use in the context of order processing. In addition to the recipients named in the respective clauses of this data protection declaration, these are, for example, recipients of the following categories: shipping service providers, payment service providers, merchandise management service providers, service providers for order processing, web hosts, IT service providers and dropshipping dealers. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The amount of data transmission is limited to a minimum.

Use of email address for sending newsletters
Irrespective of contract processing, we use your e-mail address exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided you have expressly consented to this. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the mailing list.

Your data will be passed on to a service provider for e-mail marketing as part of order processing. A transfer to other third parties does not take place.

Your data will be transmitted to a third country for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision.

Use of email address for sending direct mail
We use your e-mail address, which we received as part of the sale of goods or services, for the electronic transmission of advertising for our own goods or services that are similar to those that you have already purchased from us, insofar as you have these have not objected to its use. The provision of the e-mail address is required for the conclusion of the contract. Non-provision means that no contract can be concluded. The processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in direct advertising. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by notifying us. The contact details for exercising the objection can be found in the imprint. You can also use the link provided for this purpose in the promotional e-mail. There are no costs for this other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.

Using PayPal
All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy. You can find this at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-prev?locale.x=de_DE

Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on a user’s computer system. If a user calls up a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is called up again. We use cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after you have changed pages and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

We also use cookies on our website for the purpose of enabling an analysis of the surfing behavior of our website visitors.

Furthermore, we use cookies for the purpose of addressing site visitors on other websites with targeted, interest-based advertising.

The processing takes place on the basis of § 15 (3) TMG and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in the above-mentioned purposes.
The data collected from you in this way is pseudonymized by technical precautions. An assignment of the data to your person is therefore no longer possible. The data will not be stored together with other personal data from you.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation.
Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can prevent the storage of cookies and the transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can use the links below to find out how to manage (including deactivating) cookies in the most important browsers:
Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-cookies-site-data-firefox
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

Use of Google Analytics
We use the web analytics service Google Analytics from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors. For this purpose, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Google Analytics uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within 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 sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is an adequacy decision by the European Commission for data transfers to the USA. The processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software; we would like to point out to you however that in this case you will if applicable not be able to use all functions of this website in full. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by using the browser plug-in available under the following link. Download and install in [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de]. You can set an opt-out cookie to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data across devices. Opt-out cookies prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must opt-out on all systems and devices used for this to have full effect. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

Use of Google Inc.’s remarketing or “Similar Audiences” function
We use the remarketing or “similar target groups” function of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website. This function serves the purpose of analyzing visitor behavior and visitor interests.
Google uses cookies to analyze website usage, which forms the basis for creating interest-based advertisements. Visits to the website as well as anonymous data about the use of the website are recorded via the cookies. There is no storage of personal data of visitors to the website. If you then visit another website in the Google Display Network, you will be shown advertisements that are highly likely to take into account previously accessed product and information areas.
Your data may also be transmitted to the USA. There is an adequacy decision by the European Commission for data transfers to the USA.
The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in addressing visitors to the website with targeted advertising by placing personalized, interest-related advertisements for visitors to the provider’s website when they visit other websites Visit on the Google Display Network.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation.
You can permanently disable the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de
Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers by calling up the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the additional information provided there on opting out.
You can find more information about Google Remarketing and the associated data protection declaration at: https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
You can also deactivate personalized advertising for you in the settings for advertising on Google. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https Go to ://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implement the additional information on the opt-out given there.
Further information and Google’s data protection declaration can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

Use of Google Adwords conversion tracking
We use the online advertising program “Google AdWords” on our website and, in this context, conversion tracking (evaluation of visits). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). If you click on an ad placed by Google, a conversion tracking cookie will be placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. As a result, there is no way that cookies can be tracked through AdWords advertisers’ websites.
The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. The processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the analysis of the effect and efficiency of this advertising.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation.

Use of Facebook Remarketing
We use the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; “Facebook”) on our website.
This function serves the purpose of addressing visitors to the website in a targeted manner with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook.
For this purpose, the Facebook remarketing tag was implemented on the website. This tag is used to establish a direct connection to the Facebook servers when you visit the website. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. If you visit the social network Facebook, you will then be shown personalized, interest-based Facebook ads. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest in the above-mentioned purpose.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation.
To do this, you can deactivate the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function here.
You can find more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in Facebook’s data protection information at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Use of YouTube
We use YouTube LLC’s YouTube video embedding function on our website. (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; “YouTube”).
YouTube is a company affiliated with Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
The function displays videos stored on YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The option “Extended data protection mode” is activated. As a result, YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is information about it sent to YouTube and stored there.
You can find more information about the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in YouTube’s data protection information (https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy).

Use of GoogleMaps
We use the function for embedding Google Maps maps from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website.
The function enables the visual representation of geographic information and interactive maps.
In doing so, Google also collects, processes and uses data from visitors to the pages when the pages into which Google Maps are integrated are accessed. For more information on how Google collects and uses data, see Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. There you can also change your settings in the data protection center so that you can manage and protect your data processed by Google.
Your data may also be transmitted to the USA. There is an adequacy decision by the European Commission for data transfers to the USA.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation.
To do this, you must switch off the JavaScript application in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website, such as the interactive map display, to their full extent.

Surveys
The surveys conducted by VETO are evaluated anonymously. Personal data is only processed for the invitation to the survey (e-mail address). The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate interest of the person responsible.

Service providers used:
Lamapoll: conducting surveys, service provider: Lamano GmbH & Co. KG, Prenzlauer Allee 36G, 10405 Berlin, Germany; Website: https://www.lamapol.de/; Data protection declaration: https://www.lamapol.de/Support/Datenschutz

Petitions
Certain data (name, zip code, city, country and e-mail address) are requested as part of petitions. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1a GDPR. To ensure that the signers of petitions are real people and to protect against spam and misuse, the signature must be confirmed. For this purpose we will send an e-mail to the specified e-mail address with a confirmation link.

After the petition has been completed, we will pass on the recorded data to the respective addressees. The data will only be used for the petition, unless the signer has given their permission for us to inform them about further campaigns or the progress of the petition by e-mail. The data will be deleted no later than three months after the petition has ended. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time, e.g. B. by email to: kontakt[at]veto-tierschutz.de

Duration of storage
After completion of the contract, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account statutory retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the period has expired, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, according to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR and to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.

Right of appeal to the supervisory authority
According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is not being processed lawfully.

last update: 25 / 04 / 2018