Privacy Notice

1. An overview of data protection

General information
The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Privacy Notice, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?
The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “Information Required by Law” on this website.

How do we record your data?
We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into our contact form.

Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems automatically or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?
A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user patterns. 

Who is our website aimed at?
Our website is not aimed at minors, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.

If persons under the age of 16 transmit personal data to us, this is only permitted if the legal guardian has given his own consent or has given the young person's consent. For this purpose, we must be given the contact details of the legal guardian in accordance with Art. 8 Sect. 2 GDPR in order to convince us of the consent or consent of the legal guardian. This data and the data of the minor are then processed in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

If we find that a minor under the age of 16 has sent personal data to us without the legal guardian himself or the consent of the minor, we will delete the data immediately.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?
You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradicated. If you have consented to data processing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data processing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the processing of your data be restricted under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address disclosed in section “Information Required by Law” on this website if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues.

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties
There is a possibility that your browsing patterns will be statistically analysed when your visit this website. Such analyses are performed primarily with what we refer to as analysis programs.

For detailed information about these analysis programs please consult our Privacy Notice below.

Current restrictions on service providers outside the EU / EEA
We mainly use external service providers for data processing and storage. In particular, the use of external data centres ensures a high level of operational security and sufficient flexibility, e.g. in the event of necessary adjustments to processing capacities.

Insofar as we process data in a third country, i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, we ensure that our service providers or our processing fully comply with the legal requirements

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transfer, we strive to have the data processed only in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, contractual obligations through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, and confirmation of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 of the EU General Data Protection Regulations [EU GDPR]).

The EU Commission has currently issued an adequacy decision for the USA. This means that the use of service providers based in the USA is generally permitted.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

Hosting through Shopify
We use “Shopify”, a service of Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St., 8th Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, for the operation - especially the external hosting - of our online shop. 

Shopify provides us with an e-commerce platform through which we offer our goods for sale. All data processed with our website is processed on Shopify's servers in the USA and Canada, in particular IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data that are available via a website generated, act. 

Shopify is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a safe, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR).

In the event of data being transmitted to Shopify in Canada, the adequacy decision of the European Commission guarantees the appropriate level of data protection. 

Shopify will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil Shopify's performance obligations, and Shopify will also follow our instructions in relation to your data.

Further information can also be found in Shopify's data protection information at http://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

Conclusion of a contract for order processing with Shopify
In order to guarantee data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for order processing with Shopify. 

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we manage your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Notice. 

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Privacy Notice explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e., through email communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)
The data processing controller on this website is:

FUN FACTORY GmbH
Am Hohentorshafen 17-19
28197 Bremen
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 421 520760
Email: datenschutz@funfactory.com

Designation of a data protection officer as mandated by law
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

ANMATHO AG
Andreas Kondek
Erste Brunnenstraße 1
20459 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 40 229 47 190
Email: dsb-funfactory@anmatho.de

3.1 Your Rights

Consents / Cookie Banner
Many data processing operations are only permitted with your express consent. To obtain your consent, individual queries in function-related dialogues (e.g., for newsletter dispatch) are used. Another approach collects and stores - as far as possible and reasonable - the consent (especially for the setting of cookies) immediately when the website is launched, so-called consent banners or cookie banners.

All cookies are listed in a separate dialogue window. Website visitor can select for each cookie whether they consent to its processing. This selection is valid for the entire internet session but can be revised at any time.

We use the Cookiebot from Usercentrics as a consent banner. The dialogue can be accessed from all pages of the website via the 'Customise Cookies' button at the bottom of the page.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data
You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us (Art. 7 Sect. 3 GDPR). This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in particular cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If our data processing is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. e (public interest) or lit. f (legitimate interests) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. This also applies to profiling based on these legal grounds.

The respective legal basis on which the various processing operations are based can be found in these data protection notices.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data. However, we reserve the right to continue processing if there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing and if the protection of your interests, rights and freedoms does not outweigh this. We also reserve the right to continue processing if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).

If your personal data is used for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling methods, insofar as they are associated with such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DSGVO).

Information about, rectification and eradication of data
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source, and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data (Art. 15 GDPR). You may also have a right to have your data rectified (Art. 16 GDPR) or eradicated (Art. 17 GDPR). If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information Required by Law”.

Right to demand processing restrictions
You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned (Art. 18 GDPR). To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information Required by Law.” The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases: 

  • In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
  • If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
  • If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

Right to data portability
You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible. 

Contacting us and exercising your rights
If you have any concerns or questions regarding the protection of your personal data, or if you wish to exercise any of the above rights, you can contact us at any time in writing, by email or, in urgent cases, by telephone at the above address.

Please note that we must carefully verify your identity when receiving your enquiries or instructions in order to protect your personal data from misuse or misunderstanding by third parties. In this context, we will only provide information in writing to an address we have on file.

Of course, you can also contact our data protection officer using the contact details above.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). As a rule, this is the supervisory authority of your place of residence or that of your company's registered office. The contact details of the supervisory authorities are published on the internet.

The right of appeal to the supervisory authority exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Rejection of unsolicited emails
We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with the mandatory information to be provided in section “Information Required by Law” to send us promotional and information material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for instance via SPAM messages.

4. Recording of data on this website

SSL and/or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

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

Encrypted payment transactions on this website
If you are under an obligation to share your payment information (e.g., account number if you give us the authority to debit your bank account) with us after you have entered into a fee-based contract with us, this information is required to process payments. 

Payment transactions using common modes of paying (e.g., Visa/MasterCard, debit to your bank account) are processed exclusively via encrypted SSL or TLS connections. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line. 

If the communication with us is encrypted, third parties will not be able to read the payment information you share with us.

Cookies
Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are permanently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are automatically eradicated by your web browser.

In some cases, it is possible that third party cookies are stored on your device once you enter our site (third party cookies). These cookies enable you or us to take advantage of certain services offered by the third party (e.g., cookies for the processing of payment services).

Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are technically essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of the cookies (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analysis of user patterns or the display of promotional messages.

Cookies, which are required for the performance of electronic communication transactions (required cookies) or for the provision of certain functions you want to use (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the optimization of the website (e.g. cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure the technically error free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies has been requested, the respective cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR); this consent may be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the acceptance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete function for the automatic eradication of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deactivated, the functions of this website may be limited.

In the event that third party cookies are used or if cookies are used for analytical purposes, we will separately notify you in conjunction with this Data Protection Policy and, if applicable, ask for your consent.

See also our detailed Cookie Policy.

 

Server log files
The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

  • The type and version of browser used
  • The used operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • The hostname of the accessing computer
  • The time of the server inquiry
  • The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Contact form
If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information provided in the contact form as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by us in order to manage your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your agreement (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the information is being archived no longer exists (e.g. after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions – in particular, retention periods.

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

These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is required for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR) if it has been obtained.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g., after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular, statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

Registration of a customer account
On our website there is the possibility to register for a customer account. When you register, we ask you to enter the following data:

  • First and Last Name
  • Email address
  • Password of the customer account

The information requested during registration must be given in full, otherwise we will reject the registration.

The basis for processing this data, if you have given your consent, is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. If the registration serves the fulfilment of a contract to which you are a party or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR.

For major changes, such as the scope of the offer or for technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

The data recorded for the establishment of a customer account will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

5. Social media

Social media plug-ins with Shariff
We do use plug-ins of social media networks on this website and its pages (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr).

As a rule, you will be able to recognize these plug-ins because of the respective social media logos that appear. To warrant the protection of data on this website, we use these plug-ins only in combination with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the plug-ins that have been integrated into this website from transferring data to the respective provider as soon as you enter our website.

A direct connection to the provider's server shall not be established until you have activated the respective plug-in by clicking on the affiliated button (which indicates your consent). As soon as you activate the plug-in, the respective provider receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you are simultaneously logged into your respective social media account (e.g., Facebook), the respective provider will be able to allocate your visit to this website to your user account.

The activation of the plug-in constitutes a declaration of consent as defined in Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. You have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future transactions.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. 

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour patterns of website visitors. To that end, the website operator receives a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the utilized operating system and the user’s origin. Google may consolidate these data in a profile that is allocated to the respective user or the user’s device.

Google Analytics uses technologies that make the recognition of the user for the purpose of analysing the user behaviour patterns (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The website use information recorded by Google is, as a rule transferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.

IP anonymization
On this website, we have activated the IP anonymization function. As a result, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that have ratified the Convention on the European Economic Area prior to its transmission to the United States. The full IP address will be transmitted to one of Google’s servers in the United States and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases.

We use the key figures regularly provided by Google in the form of reports to permanently improve our website and the services we offer.

Additionally, Google uses usage data collected on our website for its own purposes. This may include evaluating the data for advertising purposes and combining it with usage data from other sources.

The use of this analysis tool is performed exclusively with your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. For this purpose, we ask for your consent in the corresponding dialog when you enter our website. You can revoke your consent at any time via the link 'Customize cookies' in the info section of our website.

Browser plug-in
You can prevent the recording and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information about the handling of user data by Google Analytics, please consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract data processing
We have executed a contract data processing agreement with Google and are implementing the stringent provisions of the German data protection agencies to the fullest when using Google Analytics.

Demographic Parameters provided by Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics, to be able to display to the website visitor compatible ads within the Google advertising network. This allows creating reports that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of the website visitors. The sources of this information are interest-related advertising by Google as well as visitor data obtained from third party providers. This data cannot be allocated to a specific individual. You have the option to deactivate this function at any time by making pertinent settings changes for advertising in your Google account or you can prohibit the recording of your data in general by Google Analytics as explained in section “Objection to the recording of data.”

Google Analytics E-Commerce-Tracking
This website uses the “E-Commerce Tracking” function of Google Analytics. With the assistance of E-Commerce Tracking, the website operator is in a position to analyse the purchasing patterns of website visitors with the aim of improving the operator’s online marketing campaigns. In this context, information, such as the orders placed, the average order values, shipping costs and the time from viewing the product to making the purchasing decision are tracked. Google may consolidate these data under a transaction ID, which is allocated to the respective user or the user’s device.

Archiving period
Data on the user or incident level stored by Google linked to cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs (e.g., DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) will be anonymized or deleted after 14 months. For details, please click the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en

Google DoubleClick
This website uses features of Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, (hereinafter “DoubleClick”).

DoubleClick is deployed to show you interest-based ads across the Google Network. Advertisements can be tailored to the interests of the viewer using DoubleClick. For example, our ads may appear in Google search results or in banners associated with DoubleClick.

To be able to display interest adequate promotional content to users, DoubleClick must recognize the respective visitor so that it can allocate the websites visited, the clicks and other user pattern information to the user. To do this, DoubleClick deploys cookies or comparable recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting). The recorded information is consolidated into a pseudonym user profile so that the respective user can be shown interest adequate advertising.

The use of Google DoubleClick takes place in the interest of targeted advertising measures. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding agreement has been requested (e.g., an agreement to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

For further information on how to object to the advertisements displayed by Google, please see the following links: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads and https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Clarity
This website uses the behaviour analytics software Clarity by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA (hereinafter "Clarity"). This program enables an analysis of our users’ needs in order to optimize this service and experience.

Clarity is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback.

All collected data is linked to a pseudonymised ID. Clarity uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behaviour and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a completely anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. The generated information is transmitted to a Microsoft Azure server in Germany and stored there in an aggregated and pseudonymized form. The information is neither used by Clarity nor by us to identify individual users, nor is it merged with further data about individual users.

The use of Clarity serves to protect our legitimate interests in the evaluation and optimized presentation of our online offers in accordance with Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The data collected is evaluated over a maximum of 365 days. If a corresponding agreement has been requested (e.g. an agreement to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

For more information on Microsoft’s data usage, please refer to Microsoft’s privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

Kameleoon
This website uses the test and web analysis service Kameleoon by Kameleoon SAS, 12 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, 75009 Paris (hereinafter "Kameleoon"). This program enables an analysis of user behaviour based on user segmentation. We can evaluate how individual user segments visit the website and which landing pages are visited.

Cookies are used for the analyses, which are linked to a pseudonymized ID. Your IP address is completely anonymized and not saved. The information generated by the cookie about the use of our website is transmitted to a Kameleoon server in Germany and stored there in an aggregated and pseudonymized form. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Kameleoon will not be merged with other Kameleoon data.

The use of Kameleoon serves to protect our legitimate interests in the evaluation and optimized presentation of our online offers in accordance with Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The data collected is evaluated over a maximum of 380 days.

You have the option to object to the collection and processing of the data generated by the Kameleoon cookie and to prevent such. To do this, you have to click the link below that sets an opt-out cookie: http: //www.funfactory.com#kameleoonOptout=true 

Post Affiliate Pro
This website uses Post Affiliate Pro from the Quality Unit, s.r.o., Vajnorská 100 / A, 83104 Bratislava, Slovakia.

As soon as a link from our affiliate partners has been clicked, Post Affiliate Pro places a cookie on your computer so that visits or orders can be assigned to our affiliate partners. The tracking number of the affiliate as well as the order number of the visitor to a website and the advertising material clicked on are stored in this tracking cookie. In the case of an order, the order ID, the total cost of the order and the product ID are sent to Post Affiliate Pro. In addition, when you click on a partner link, your IP address is saved, but this is anonymized by shortening it. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Post Affiliate Pro will not be merged with other Post Affiliate Pro data.

The purpose of storing this data is to measure success and to process commission payments. Among other things, a partner can determine whether you have clicked on a partner link on our website.

Of course, every user has the option of restricting or completely preventing the setting of cookies by partners using the browser. In addition, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using the browser. 

Post Affiliate Pro is used in the interest of convenient and easy use of our website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For more information on Post Affiliate Pro's data usage, please refer to Post Affiliate Pro's privacy policy: https://www.postaffiliatepro.com/privacy-policy/

Bing Ads
On this website we use technologies from Bing Ads (bingads.microsoft.com), which are provided and operated by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA ("Microsoft"). Microsoft will place a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Microsoft Bing ad. In this way, Microsoft and we can recognize that someone clicked on an ad, was redirected to our website, and reached a previously determined target page (“conversion site”). We only find out the total number of users who clicked on a Bing ad and were then forwarded to the conversion site. Microsoft uses the cookie to collect, process and use information from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These usage profiles are used to analyse visitor behaviour and are used to display advertisements. No personal information about the identity of the user is processed.

If you do not want information about your behaviour to be used by Microsoft as explained above, you can prevent the necessary setting of a cookie - for example by a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website and the processing of this data by Microsoft by using the following link https://choice.microsoft.com/de-DE/opt- out explain your contradiction.

Further information on data protection and the cookies used by Microsoft and Bing Ads can be found on the Microsoft website: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

Webgains
Fun Factory GmbH is a member of the Webgains advertising partner programme (Webgains GmbH, Frankenstraße 150c, 90461 Nuremberg, Germany). We use the functions of Webgains to extend the reach of our advertising for our products and offers and thus to be able to offer our goods to as many interested parties as possible.

Webgains provides, on our behalf, advertisements with a link to our website on the websites of so-called affiliate partners. By clicking on the Fun Factory button, a Webgains cookie with the origin data (website, reference number, date, time) is stored on your computer and you are redirected to the Fun Factory website.

Webgains cookies are also used on the Fun Factory website to analyse statistical information such as visitor traffic on the site. In the event of a purchase of Fun Factory products, order codes (individual transaction numbers, net basket total, product data and the time of purchase) are also transmitted to Webgains.

Then, the visit to our website and, if applicable, the sales volume achieved on the Fun Factory website can be matched to the page of origin and thus to the respective affiliate partner. This data is evaluated by Webgains for statistical purposes. Additionally, commission payments to the originating site are also calculated by using the sales volume.

The use of these cookies must be consented to via the data protection settings when accessing our website. Consent can be revoked at any time via the data protection settings. Legal basis for the use of such data therefore is the consent of the person concerned in accordance with Art. 6 1) a) GDPR.

Furthermore, as far as such data is transferred to and processed by Webgains, the legal basis is the fulfilment of contractual obligations pursuant to Art. 6 1) b) GDPR. Data will be deleted after 3 years.

A contract for commissioned data processing pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded between Fun Factory and Webgains. Where there is joint responsibility for the protection of personal data, a Joint Controller Agreement has also been concluded between Fun Factory and Webgains in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR.

For more information on Webgains' data usage, please refer to Webgains' privacy policy: https://www.webgains.com/public/en/privacy-2/

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data
If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we will need from you an email address as well as information that allow us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and consent to the receipt of the newsletter. No further data shall be collected or shall be collected only on a voluntary basis. We shall use such data only for the sending of the requested information and shall not share such data with any third parties.

The processing of the information entered into the newsletter subscription form shall occur exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke the consent you have given to the archiving of data, the email address, and the use of this information for the sending of the newsletter at any time, for instance by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place to date.

The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

8. Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube with expanded data protection integration
Our website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. Nevertheless, this does not necessarily mean that the sharing of data with YouTube partners can be ruled out as a result of the expanded data protection mode. For instance, regardless of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always establish a connection with the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube’s servers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after you have started to play a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g., device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website’s visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.

Under certain circumstances, additional data processing transactions may be triggered after you have started to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If a corresponding agreement has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. 

Zendesk
We deploy the CRM system Zendesk to process user inquiries. The provider is Zendesk, Inc, 1019 Market Street in San Francisco, CA 94103 USA.

We use Zendesk to be able to respond to your inquiries via contact form and email promptly and efficiently. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.

In order to be able to submit inquiries, you must provide your email address and name.

The messages addressed to us remain with us until you request deletion, or the data storage purpose no longer applies (e.g., after completed processing of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular, retention periods - remain unaffected.

If you should not want to agree to the processing of your inquiries by us via Zendesk, you have the alternative option to communicate with us via email, telephone, or fax.

For more information, please consult Zendesk’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/.

Execution of a contract data processing agreement
We have executed a contract with Zendesk, in which we require Zendesk to protect our customers’ data and to refrain from sharing such data with third parties. 

Klaviyo
Our newsletter is sent via the technical service provider Klaviyo. The provider is Klaviyo, Inc, 225 Franklin St in Boston, MA 02110 USA.

We will pass on the data you entered when you registered for the newsletter to Klaviyo. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in the use of an advertising-effective, secure, and user-friendly newsletter system. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a Klaviyo server in the USA and processed there.

Klaviyo uses your data to send the newsletter on our behalf. Klaviyo does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them themselves.

For more information, please consult Klaviyo’s Data Privacy Declaration at:  https://www.klaviyo.com/privacy

Execution of a contract data processing agreement
We have concluded a contract with Klaviyo in which we oblige Klaviyo to protect our customers' data and not to pass them on to third parties

Trusted Shops Trustbadge
The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and any reviews collected, as well as to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after placing an order. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the optimal marketing of our offer, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne (hereinafter referred to as "Trusted Shops").

When you call up the Trustbadge, the Trusted Shops web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains your IP address, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data). This access data is not evaluated and is automatically deleted at the latest seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Further personal data will only be transferred to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies. 

The trust badge is integrated on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.

9. eCommerce and payment service providers

Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the establishment, content organization or change of the legal relationship (data inventory). These actions are taken on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual actions. We collect, process, and use personal data concerning the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that this is necessary to make it possible for users to utilize the services and to bill for them.

The collected customer data shall be eradicated upon completion of the order or the termination of the business relationship. This shall be without prejudice to any statutory retention mandates.

Data transfer upon closing of contracts for online stores, retailers, and the shipment of merchandise
We share personal data with third parties only if this is necessary in conjunction with the handling of the contract; for instance, with companies entrusted with the shipment of goods or the financial institution tasked with the processing of payments. Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of your express consent, for instance for advertising purposes, shall not occur.

The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or for pre-contractual actions. 

Data transfer upon closing of contracts for services and digital content
We share personal data with third parties only if this is necessary in conjunction with the handling of the contract; for instance, with the financial institution tasked with the processing of payments.

Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of your express consent, for instance for advertising purposes, shall not occur.

The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or for pre-contractual actions.

Payment with credit card
On this website we offer, among others, payment by credit card. The provider of this payment service is Shopify Payments (USA) Inc., 150 Elgin St., 8th Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada (hereinafter "Shopify Payments").

If you select payment by credit card, the payment data you entered will be transmitted to Shopify-Payments. 

The transmission of your data to Shopify Payments is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfil a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of past data processing operations. For the rest, we refer to Shopify's privacy policy: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz

As soon as you leave our online shop or you are redirected to another website or you use the service of an external provider, our data protection information or our terms and conditions may no longer apply there.

Contacting us and exercising your rights
If you have any concerns or questions about the protection of your personal data, or if you wish to exercise any of the above rights, you can contact us at any time in writing, by email or, in urgent cases, by telephone at the above address.

Please note that we must carefully verify your identity when receiving your enquiries or instructions in order to protect your personal data from misuse or misunderstanding by third parties. In this context, we will only provide information in writing to an address we have on file.

Of course, you can also contact our data protection officer using the contact details above.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). As a rule, this is the supervisory authority of your place of residence or that of your company's registered office. The contact details of the supervisory authorities are published on the internet.

The right of appeal to the supervisory authority exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

PayPal
Among other options, we offer payment via PayPal on this website. The provider of this payment processing service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “PayPal”).

If you choose payment via PayPal, the essential payment data (first and last name, address, order value, name, and number of purchased items) of your order will be transmitted to PayPal.

PayPal processes and uses this data along with your PayPal registration data on its own responsibility. Details can be found in the privacy policy of PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/uk/legalhub/privacy-full

Between Fun Factory and PayPal, a contract about the terms of use for processing of payments has been concluded.

The legal basis for the sharing of your data with PayPal is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) as well as Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the fulfilment of a contract). If you do not wish the data transfer to PayPal, you cannot use this payment method. In this case, please select another payment method. 

Amazon Pay
On this website we offer, among others, payment via Amazon Pay. The provider of this payment service is Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a., 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg (hereinafter "Amazon Pay").

If you select payment via Amazon Pay, the payment data you entered will be transmitted to Amazon Pay.

Your data will be transmitted to Amazon Pay on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfil a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of past data processing operations.

Contacting us and exercising your rights
If you have any concerns or questions about the protection of your personal data, or if you wish to exercise any of the above rights, you can contact us at any time in writing, by email or, in urgent cases, by telephone at the above address.

Please note that we must carefully verify your identity when receiving your enquiries or instructions in order to protect your personal data from misuse or misunderstanding by third parties. In this context, we will only provide information in writing to an address we have on file.

Of course, you can also contact our data protection officer using the contact details above.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). As a rule, this is the supervisory authority of your place of residence or that of your company's registered office. The contact details of the supervisory authorities are published on the internet.

The right of appeal to the supervisory authority exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Klarna
Among other options, we offer payment through the services of Klarna on this website. The provider is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter referred to as “Klarna”).

Klarna offers a wide spectrum of payment options (e.g., payment by instalment). If you should decide to pay through Klarna (Klarna checkout solution), Klarna will collect personal data from you. For specifics, please review Klarna’s Privacy Notice by following this link: https://www.klarna.com/us/privacy-policy/.

Klarna uses cookies to optimise the use of Klarna checkout solutions. The optimization of the checkout solution constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The information stays on your device until you delete it. For details concerning the use of Klarna cookies, please follow this link: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/cookie/de_de/checkout.pdf.

The legal basis for the sharing of your data with PayPal is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) as well as Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the fulfilment of a contract). You have the option to at any time revoke your consent to the processing of your data. Such a revocation shall not have any impact on the effectiveness of data processing transactions that occurred in the past. 

If you do not want your data to be transferred to Klarna, you cannot use this payment service provider, please select another payment method.

10. Custom Services

Job Applications
We offer website visitors the opportunity to submit job applications to us (e.g., via email, via postal services on by submitting the online job application form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the personal data collected from you in conjunction with the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing, and use of your data will occur in compliance with the applicable data privacy rights and all other statutory provisions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of the collection of data
If you submit a job application to us, we will process any affiliated personal data (e.g., contact and communications data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concerning the establishment or an employment relationship. The legal grounds for the aforementioned are § 26 New GDPR according to German Law (Negotiation of an Employment Relationship), Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (General Contract Negotiations) and – provided you have given us your consent – Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with individuals who are part of the processing of your job application.

If your job application should result in your recruitment, the data you have submitted will be archived on the grounds of § 26 New GDPR and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in our data processing system.

Data Archiving Period
If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application procedure (rejection or withdrawal of the application). Afterwards the data will be deleted, and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the expiry of the 6-month period (e.g., due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agreement (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or if statutory data retention requirements preclude the deletion.

Admission to the applicant pool
If we do not make you a job offer, you may be able to join our applicant pool. In case of admission, all documents and information from the application will be transferred to the applicant pool in order to contact you in case of suitable vacancies.

Admission to the applicant pool is based exclusively on your express agreement (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). The submission agreement is voluntary and has no relation to the ongoing application procedure. The affected person can revoke his agreement at any time. In this case, the data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted, provided there are no legal reasons for storage.

The data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than two years after consent has been granted.