Data Protection Policy

1. General

1.1 What is personal data
Personal data is information that discloses or can disclose the identity of the user. We adhere to the principle of data avoidance. As far as possible, we refrain from collecting personal data.

1.2 Handling of personal data
Personal data is used exclusively for the purpose of establishing the contract, defining its content, implementing or processing the contractual relationship (Art. 6 I p. 1 b DSGVO).

Beyond that, personal data will only be processed if we have received your consent to do so (Art. 6 I p. 1 a DSGVO) or if it is data whose processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and insofar as the balancing process shows that no overriding interests, fundamental rights or freedoms on your part are opposed (Art. 6 I p. 1 f DSGVO).

We may use order processors to process your personal data, but will not pass on the personal data to third parties beyond this as a matter of principle.

Only for the fulfillment of the contract, the data will be passed on to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. For the processing of payments, the payment data required for this will be passed on to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the commissioned and selected payment service provider.

The processing of your personal data takes place exclusively within the EU, unless otherwise stated below.

1.3 Usage data
When visiting the website, general technical information is collected. This is the IP address used, time, duration of the visit, browser type and, if applicable, the page of origin. This usage data is registered in a log file for technical reasons and can be used and stored for the purpose of statistical evaluation of this website. This usage data is not linked to your other personal data.

1.4 Duration of storage
We store your personal data after the termination of the purpose for which the data was collected, only as long as this is required by law (especially tax law).

2. your rights

2.1 Information
You can request information from us as to whether we are processing personal data about you and, if this is the case, you have a right to information about this personal data and to the further information mentioned in Art. 15 DSGVO.

2.2 Right to rectification
You have the right to rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and may request the completion of incomplete personal data in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO.

2.3 Right to erasure
You have the right to demand that we delete the personal data concerning you without undue delay. We are obliged to delete them without delay, in particular if one of the following reasons applies:

Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
You revoke your consent on which the processing of your data was based and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
Your data has been processed unlawfully.

The right to erasure does not exist insofar as your personal data is required for the assertion, exercise or defense of our legal claims.

2.4 Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data if

you dispute the accuracy of the data and we therefore verify the accuracy,
the processing is unlawful and you refuse the deletion and demand the restriction of use instead
we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims,
you have objected to the processing of your data and it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

2.5 Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format and you have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that the processing is based on consent or a contract and the processing is carried out by us with the help of automated processes.

2.6 Right of withdrawal
Insofar as the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time.

2.7 General and right of appeal
The exercise of your above rights is generally free of charge for you. In the event of complaints, you have the right to contact the supervisory authority responsible for us, the State Data Protection Commissioner, directly.

3. data security

3.1 Data security
All data on our website is secured by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification and distribution.

3.2 Sessions and cookies
To operate the website, we use cookies or server-side sessions in which data can be stored. We ensure that no personal data is taken from sessions or through cookies without your express consent and cookies are only used if this is technically necessary for the website (e.g. spam protection for contact form, shopping cart function) and thus the weighing shows that there are no overriding interests on your part (Art. 6 I p. 1 f DSGVO) or there is express consent on your part.
We use cookies after your explicit consent to personalize content and ads, to offer social media features and to analyze the access to our website. We may share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners with your consent. Our partners may be able to merge this information with other data that the partners already have about you.
Below you will find the domain, name and duration of cookies used only based on your consent:

Third-party cookies (Domain Name Runtime)
.google.com, NID, 6 Monate

4. presence on social media platforms

We use the following social media platforms for company presentation and communication (explicit reference is made to the privacy statements and opt-out options linked below).

Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland).
Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Opt-Out: http://www.youronlinechoices.com

These social media platforms may process personal data outside the EU, we refer in this respect to the above privacy statements of the social media platforms.
The respective social media platforms may create usage profiles from your usage behavior and the resulting interests and actions on your part and store cookies on your computer in which your usage behavior is stored. If you have an account on the respective social media platform and are logged in, your usage behavior may even be stored independently of the device. Your usage profile can be used, for example, to place advertisements that presumably correspond to your interests.

We process the personal data exclusively for communicating with you via the social media platform you have chosen and for optimizing our online presence and ensure that no interests of yours are affected here that outweigh this legitimate interest of ours (Art. 6 I p. 1 f DSGVO). Insofar as you have already given the respective operator of the social media platform effective consent to the corresponding data processing, the processing of your personal data will also be based on this consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a DSGVO).

5 Third-party services

5.1 Social media links
We have our own social media pages with the third-party providers that can be reached via links from this website. Using the links will take you to the respective websites of the third-party providers (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). To avoid unnecessary data transfer, we recommend logging out of the respective third-party provider before using a corresponding link, so that usage profiles cannot be created by the third-party provider simply by using the link.

5.2 Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps, a map service provided by Google, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). When using Google Maps, data on the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the websites is also collected, processed and used. Google Maps is only used with your consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a DSGVO). You can view Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. You can view the additional usage information for Google Maps at http://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

6.Contact regarding Data Protection

To contact us regarding Data Protection, you are welcome to contact using one of the following contact options. Responsible within the meaning of the GDPR:

Internationale Stauden Union
Bornheimer Strasse 37
D-53111 Bonn
E-Mail: banse@isu-perennials.org
Telefon: +49 228 81002 55