Privacy Policy
Thank you for your interest in our website. At Spitzschuh it is important to us to protect your personal data when it is collected, processed and used during your visit to our website.

1. Personal Data

Personal data is information that can be used to determine your identity. This includes your name, street address, postal address and telephone number. It does not include information not associated with your identity (such as the number of users of a website). You can always use our online services without disclosing your identity.

When you visit our website or use our services, the device you use to access the site automatically transmits log files to our servers. Log files include the IP address of the device you use to access the website or a service, the type of browser you use to access the site, the page you visited previously, your system configuration and the date and time. IP addresses are only stored to the extent necessary to meet requests made to our website. Otherwise, IP addresses are deleted or anonymized. We store your IP address when you visit our website for a maximum of 7 days to detect attacks and defend against them.

When you request information, order e-books or make other inquiries, we will ask you for your name and other personal information. You are free to decide whether to enter this data. We store your data on highly secure servers in Switzerland. The EU Commission has certified that Switzerland has a level of data protection compatible with EU law. Data transfer from the EU to Switzerland is permitted under data protection law. Only a very few authorized persons in charge of the data processing activities are permitted to access to this data.

If usage or traffic data is required to perform services, it will be stored for a maximum of six months after it is collected. If the data is required to fulfill existing legal, statutory or contractual retention periods (for invoices, for example), it will be stored for a longer period. However, this data is password protected and only accessible to a few authorized persons.

2. Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
We only use your personal information for the purpose for which it is collected. We do not disclose data to third parties without your express consent. Should we be obligated to disclose your data by law or by court order, we will we transfer it to the entities entitled to receive such information.

3. Cookies
Internet cookies are small data packets that are stored by your browser on your device. We use cookies on our website. These cookies are necessary to enable you to move freely around the website and use its features, including access to secure areas of the website. Cookies are also necessary for technical reasons, for example, for the shopping cart to function when you make an order.

Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can block storage of cookies or set your browser so that it notifies you as soon as cookies are sent.

The following cookies are used by Wordsoft‘s CMS to support our website, depending on the module in use:
Usercookie 365 days registered users
session_name 15 min. session
wslanguage 15 min. selected language
install_language* 15 min. CMS installation language
ws_delayedPopup_* 1825 days only show pop-up once
wspollsvoterid 30 days poll/allow only one answer
reseller_nr 90 days determine reseller
wsshopbasketid 30 days shop module – cart
wsvote_* 15 min. first-party voting module

4. Children’s Data and Parental Consent
Children and persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.

5. Links to Other Providers
Our website contains links to other websites. We have no influence on their content or their level of compliance with data protection regulations.

6. CRM (Worldsoft Business Suite) and Newsletter Data
This website uses Worldsoft Business Suite (WBS) by Worldsoft AG (Churerstrasse 158, 8808 Pfäffikon, Switzerland).

Worldsoft Business Suite (WBS) is a suite of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software that can be used to organize and analyze data.

If you send us personal data when you use a web form or place an order, your data is stored on the servers of Worldsoft AG in Switzerland. The EU Commission has certified that Switzerland has a level of data protection compatible with EU law. Data transfer from the EU to Switzerland is permitted under data protection law.

We will inform you of our data protection provisions before you submit your data. By submitting your data, you agree that we may collect, process and use your personal data as permitted by law.

The purpose for which it is used is determined by the context in which your data is transmitted. Your data will be used for the purpose for which it was originally collected. For example, if you order a product on our website, your data will be used to create and send the invoice and to answer any questions you may have.
Legal Basis
Data is processed based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 of the GDPR. You are free to withdraw this consent at any time. Any data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data Analysis by WBS
WBS enables us to categorize prospective and existing customers according to various categories. Address entries can be categorized, for example, by gender, personal preferences (e.g. vegetarian or non-vegetarian) or customer relationship (e.g. customer or potential customer).

Retention Period
The data you provide us with will be stored until you withdraw your consent. After you withdraw your consent, your data will be deleted from our servers and those of Worldsoft AG. For more information, please refer to the Worldsoft AG‘s privacy policy:
https://www.worldsoft.info/86 (in German).
Newsletter Data
Worldsoft Business Suite (WBS) can also be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on the servers of Worldsoft AG.

If you would like to receive our newsletter, we require an email address or telephone number that can receive SMS, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address or telephone number you have provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Any further data that is collected is provided on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send the information you have requested and do not transfer it to third parties.

The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on the servers of Worldsoft AG.

The data you enter into the newsletter registration form is processed solely on the basis of your consent (Article 6 of the GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data and your email address as well as its use in sending our newsletter at any time, for example by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. Any data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by the revocation.

Data Analysis by WBS
If we send newsletters using WBS, we can determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked.

WBS enables us to categorize prospective and existing customers according to various categories. Address entries can be categorized, for example, by gender, personal preferences (e.g. vegetarian or non-vegetarian) or customer relationship (e.g. customer or potential customer). This allows newsletters to be tailored to their respective target groups. You can find more information at www.worldsoft.info/5243/wbs (in German).

If you do not want your data to be analyzed by WBS, you will need to unsubscribe from our newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.

Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area, address details for invoicing) remain unaffected by the revocation.

7. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, the web analytics service developed by Alphabet’s Google. Google uses cookies. The information generated by cookie about how a website is used by the user is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our website by users, to compile reports on the user’s activities on the website and to provide us with further services associated with the use of our website and the internet. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of the user is shortened by Google users in European Union member states and in the European Economic Area zone. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. An IP address transmitted by a user's browser will not be merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly. Additionally, users can prevent Google from collecting data generated by cookies or data relating to their use of our website and prevent this data from being processed by Google by downloading and installing the following browser plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Users on mobile devices can also opt out of the storage of cookies by deactivating Google Analytics.

Further information on the use of data for advertising purposes by Google as well as on settings and objection options can be found on the following Google websites: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en (How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services), www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads (How Google uses cookies in advertising), https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?hl=en (Settings for personalized ads).
8. Social Media
Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)
We have integrated plugins from the social network Facebook (provider Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA) on our website. You will recognize Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our site. You can find an overview of Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our website, the plugins establish a direct connection between your browser and a Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy?section_id=0-WhatIsThePrivacy.

Should you not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
Google+ Plugin
Our website uses Google+ services. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

How information is collected and shared: You can use the Google+ button to publish information worldwide. You and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners via the Google+ button. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for a piece of content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1s can be displayed as references along with your profile name and your photo in Google services, for instance in search results, in your Google profile and in other places on websites and advertisements on the Internet.

Google records information about your +1 activities in order to improve Google services for you and others. To be able to use the Google+ button, you need a globally visible public Google profile, which must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you have used when sharing content via your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be displayed to users who know your e-mail address or have other identifying information about you.

How the information collected is used: In addition to the uses described above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policy. Google may publish summarized statistics about the +1 activities of users or pass them on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers and associated websites.
LinkedIn Plugin
Our website uses services from the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time you access one of our pages containing LinkedIn functionality, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn "Recommend" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn links your visit to our website with you and your user account. As the provider of the website, we would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

Further information can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
XING Plugin
Our website uses services from the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time you access one of our pages containing XING functionality, a connection to XING servers is established. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process. Neither are IP addresses stored nor usage behavior evaluated.

Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING's privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy.

9. Plugins und Tools
DISQUS – Comment System
This site uses the DISQUS system for comments, for example, on blog posts. DISQUS is an online platform for sharing public comments, where users can log in and create profiles to participate in conversations with like-minded people and enjoy an interactive experience.

If you write comments on blog posts and create a profile for this purpose, you will be using DISQUS. This means that your profile data and IP address will be transmitted to DISQUS and stored on its servers in the USA. As the provider of this website, we have no influence on the transfer of this data.

You can avoid this data being transferred by not creating a user profile with DISQUS.

For further information, see DISQUS’s privacy policy:
https://help.disqus.com/terms-and-policies/disqus-privacy-policy
Google Web Fonts
This site uses web fonts from Google to display of fonts uniformly. When you open a webpage, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

In doing so, the browser you are using does not connect to Google's servers, but rather accesses Worldsoft's servers in Switzerland. As a result, Google is not informed that our website has been accessed using your IP address.

The use of Google Web Fonts makes our web content more engaging and uniform. If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer substitute a standard font.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter referred to as "reCAPTCHA") on our websites. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data is entered on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) by humans or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of visitor to our website based on a number of characteristics. The analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. ReCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent on the website by the visitor and mouse movements made by the user) to analyze. The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

Since reCAPTCHA analyses run in the background, visitors to the website are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

Data is processed in accordance with Article 6 of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated spying and spam.

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found using the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the Google Maps function, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on the transfer of this data.

Our website uses Google Maps to make our pages more engaging and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest Art. 6 of the GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, a subsidiary of Google.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to a YouTube server is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to link your web usage directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube to make our website more engaging. This constitutes a legitimate interest Art. 6 of the GDPR.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

10. Contact
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