Privacy Policy

Unless otherwise stated below, you are not legally or contractually obliged to provide your personal data, nor is it required for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it will have no consequences. This applies only where no other information is provided in relation to the processing activities described below.

“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.

Whenever our website is accessed, usage data is transmitted by your internet browser to us or to our web hosting provider/IT service provider and stored in log files (known as server log files). The data stored includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting internet service provider.

The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, in pursuit of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the smooth operation of our website and improving our services.

Your data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Union for which the European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision.

 

Contact

 

Data Controller / Data Protection Officer

You may contact us if you wish. The controller responsible for data processing is:

Erich Zimmermann, c/o ZiDa-Datensicherheit GmbH
Schwarzwaldstraße 17
68163 Mannheim
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 621 30696731
Email: e.zimmermann@zida-gmbh.de

You can contact our Data Protection Officer directly at: datenschutz@bpautomotive.de

 

Initial Contact by the Customer via Email

If you contact us by email on your own initiative to establish business contact, we collect your personal data (name, email address and message text) only to the extent that you provide it to us. The data is processed for the purpose of handling and responding to your enquiry.

If the contact is made in connection with pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice regarding a potential purchase or the preparation of a quotation) or relates to a contract already concluded between you and us, the data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If the contact is made for other reasons, the data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, in pursuit of our overriding legitimate interest in handling and responding to your enquiry. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We use your email address solely to process your enquiry. Your data will subsequently be deleted in accordance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

 

Collection and Processing of Data When Using the Contact Form

When you use the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, email address and message text) only to the extent that you provide it to us. The data is processed for the purpose of contacting you.

If the contact is made in connection with pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice regarding a potential purchase or the preparation of a quotation) or relates to a contract already concluded between you and us, the data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If the contact is made for other reasons, the data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, in pursuit of our overriding legitimate interest in handling and responding to your enquiry. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We use your email address solely to process your enquiry. Your data will subsequently be deleted in accordance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

 

Customer Account and Orders

 

Customer Account

When you open a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified in the relevant form. The data is processed for the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying the processing of orders.

The processing is carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal. Your customer account will then be deleted.

 

Collection, Processing and Disclosure of Personal Data When Placing Orders

When you place an order, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary to fulfil and process your order and handle your enquiries. Providing the data is necessary for the conclusion of a contract. If you do not provide the data, no contract can be concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

Your data may be disclosed, for example, to shipping companies, dropshipping or fulfilment providers, payment service providers, order processing service providers and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly comply with the applicable legal requirements. The amount of data transferred is limited to the minimum necessary.

Your data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Union for which the European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision.

 

Advertising

 

Use of Email Addresses for Sending Newsletters

We use your email address to send you information and offers by newsletter, provided that you have expressly consented to this. The data is processed solely for the purpose of sending you promotional communications. For this purpose, we process your email address and, where applicable, any other information you voluntarily provide when subscribing to our newsletter.

The processing is carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the relevant link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.

Even after your email address has been removed from the mailing list, we may continue to store it on a so-called blacklist to prevent you from receiving newsletter emails from us in the future. This storage is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and our legitimate interest, as well as yours, in preventing your email address from being used again to send our newsletter.

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data.

 

Use of rapidmail

We use the services of rapidmail GmbH (Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; “rapidmail”) to send our newsletters, acting as a data processor.

We transfer to rapidmail the information you provide when subscribing to the newsletter (email address and, where applicable, first name and surname). The data is processed for the purpose of sending newsletters and analysing their performance statistically.

To evaluate newsletter campaigns, the newsletters sent contain a 1 × 1 pixel image (tracking pixel) or a tracking link. This enables us to determine whether you have opened a newsletter and whether you have clicked on any links it contains.

In this context, we collect personal data such as your IP address, browser type, device information and the time of the interaction. Usage profiles may be created from this data under a pseudonym. The data collected is not used to identify you personally. It is used solely for statistical analysis to improve newsletter campaigns.

Your personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, in pursuit of our overriding legitimate interest in operating a targeted, effective and user-friendly newsletter system. You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data.

Further information, including rapidmail’s privacy policy, can be found at:

https://www.rapidmail.de/datenschutz

https://www.rapidmail.de/hilfe/kategorie/statistiken

 

Shipping Service Providers

 

Disclosure of Email Addresses to Shipping Companies for Delivery Status Updates

We disclose your email address to the transport company as part of the fulfilment of the contract, provided that you have expressly consented to this during the ordering process. The disclosure is intended to enable the transport company to inform you of the shipping status by email.

The processing is carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal.

 

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files stored in your internet browser or by your internet browser on your computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a unique string of characters that enables the browser to be identified when the website is accessed again.

Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over their use. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide whether to accept them individually. You can also prevent cookies from being stored and the data they contain from being transmitted. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. Please note, however, that you may then be unable to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

The following links provide information on how to manage cookies, including how to disable them, in the main internet browsers:

Chrome:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de

Microsoft Edge:
https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

Mozilla Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Safari:
https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

 

Technically Necessary Cookies

Unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we use only technically necessary cookies to make our services more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognise your browser after you navigate from one page to another and provide you with services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. These functions require the browser to be recognised again after a page change.

The use of cookies or similar technologies is based on Section 25(2) TDDDG. The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, in pursuit of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and providing a user-friendly and effective service.

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data.

 

Data Subject Rights and Data Retention

 

Data Retention Period

Once the contract has been fully performed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period. It will then be retained in accordance with statutory retention requirements, particularly those under tax and commercial law, and deleted once the relevant retention periods have expired, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

 

Rights of the Data Subject

Where the statutory requirements are met, you have the following rights under Articles 15 to 20 GDPR: the right of access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restriction of processing and the right to data portability.

You also have the right under Article 21(1) GDPR to object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.

 

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Under Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.

You may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us, whose contact details are as follows:

Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen
Prinzenstraße 5
30159 Hannover
Germany
Telephone: +49 511 1204500
Fax: +49 511 1204599
Email: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de

 

Right to Object

Where the processing of personal data described here is based on our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to such processing at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, with effect for the future.

Following an objection, the processing of the data concerned will cease unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or where the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

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