Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy shall apply to the website www.topstrengthener.com (the “Website”).
Data controller is Barlize UG, Kemperplatz 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany (“Top Strengthener”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
This privacy policy shall inform you on how we collect, process and use (“Use”) your Personal Data in connection with the Website.
1. Data We Collect, Process and Use
In general, you can use the Website without providing any personal information such as e.g. your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, financial information (all such information that is personally attributable to you together “Personal Data”). Therefore, if you use the Website only for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register an account with us or provide us directly with Personal Data in another way, we do not collect your Personal Data.
However, once you visit the Website we collect certain data transmitted by your browser, e.g. the following information:
the type of internet browser you usethe language used by your browserthe type of operating system that you use to access the Websitethe date and time the Website is accessed by youWe also use cookies and Google Analytics on the Website. With regard to cookies please refer to section 2 below. With regard to Google Analytics please refer to section 3 below.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, we Use your Personal Data only (i) for the operation of the Website, (ii) for the provision to you of the services that are made available over the Website, and/or (iii) to open and operate your account with us or to complete account changes that you request or authorize, provided in each case that you have voluntarily provided the respective Personal Data to us (e.g., through registration, contact inquiries, surveys, orders, etc.). For example, we collect Personal Data that you provide us with in the context of your account registration and use such information for the contract processing (Vertragsabwicklung) with you.
Only in cases in which you have given us prior consent we also use this data for product-related surveys and marketing purposes (e.g. newsletters), but only to the extent needed in each specific case.
2. Cookies
Once you visit the Website, we collect certain data with regard to your visit and activities on the Website via cookies. A “cookie” is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website.
In general, we only use so called session cookies (however, regarding Google Analytics please see section 3 below). Such session cookies provide us with a so called session-ID. Such session-ID allows us, in particular, to recognize your system, if you return to the Website from another website, to improve your user experience on the Website, to understand your activity and provide personalized services for you. However, these cookies are temporary and are removed when you close your browser.
You can adjust the settings of your internet browser in a way that (i) you are notified and asked for permission to use cookies each time when a cookie is sent to your system, or (ii) you can deactivate any use of cookies. If you decide to not allow the use of cookies in connection with the Website, please note that certain features and functionalities of the Website might not work or might not be accessible to you.
3. Google Analytics
The Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help analyze how you use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website will normally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
In case IP-anonymization is activated on the Website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of member states of the European Union or within other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of the Website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity and providing other services for the Website operator relating to Website activity and internet usage. The IP-anonymization is active on the Website.
The IP address that your browser transfers within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use all functions of the Website. You can also opt-out from the storage by Google of the data that is created by the cookie and is related to the use of the Website (including your IP address) and the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the Google Analytics opt-out Browser add-on available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click this link in order to opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this Website in the future (this opt-out option applies only for the browser in which you set it and with regard to the Website). In this case an opt-out cookie is put on your device. In case you delete your cookies, you will have to use the aforementioned link again.
For further information on Google Analytics please refer to: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html, https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en, http://www.google.de/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/.
4. Data We Transfer to Third Parties
We may submit, transfer and disclose your Personal Data to third parties (the “Transfer”) if and to the extent (i) you consent to such Transfer, (ii) such Transfer is required by law (for example, upon request of a court or of law enforcement authorities), (iii) the transactions completed over the Website require such Transfer (e.g. we disclose to the extent necessary customer data (name, address, etc.) to the vendor with whom the customer has concluded a purchase contract over the Website), and/or (iv) such Transfer is allowed in other ways by statutory law (e.g. a Transfer to data processors (such as e.g. hosting providers) that process your data for us on the basis of an order data processing agreement (Auftragsdatenverarbeitungsvereinbarung).
5. Debt Collection
If you are a customer and do not meet your payment obligations towards the vendor with regard to transactions concluded over the Website, the vendor might mandate a debt collection company or a similar company with the collection of your outstanding debt. In this case the personal data required for such debt collection will be transferred to such company by the vendor.
6. Keeping Your Personal Data Secure
We have taken extensive technical and operational precautions to protect the Personal Data retained by us against unauthorized access and misuse. Our security procedures are revised regularly and adapted to reflect technological progress.
7. Information on the Stored Personal Data; Contact Info
You can at any time revoke the Use of your Personal Data in the future, place a partial or complete block on your Personal Data. Upon your request we will correct, restrict or delete your Personal Data or will provide you with information about the Personal Data we have stored. You need not to comply with any particular formalities. For example, simply write to: Barlize UG, Kemperplatz 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany or contact us by email (customerservice@topstrengthener.com).
Upon revocation of your permission or a request for deletion, we will delete your Personal Data, except where it is required by law to retain your data. In these cases, the further processing or use of your data will be suspended.
If you have any more questions about the Use of your Personal Data, please contact us under the postal address or email address as stated above.