We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We design our data processing systems with the aim of collecting, processing and using only as much personal data as is necessary for a reasonable and economic use of our services. Below we explain how we collect and use data from our website users. We have taken technical and organisational to ensure that the rules on data protection are respected. Our offers comply with German and European privacy acts, in particular with the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Teleservices Act (TMG).
Personal data means data which relate to a person who can be identified from those data. These data include names or address data. But they don’t include information which cannot be related to certain persons or information which would require disproportionate efforts to do so.
You can also visit our website without without having to provide personal information. So when visiting our website you will be anonymous and the data transmitted via your internet browser, such as the date, the time or the name of your internet service provider will be used without relation to a person, unless you have logged in with your user name and your password.
You can enter optional information, for example, when placing an order, subscribing to our newsletter etc. This personal data can include:
First and last name
Address
Email address
Telephone number
Telefax number
Date of birth
Bank account or credit cards
We use this data to fullfil your order in accordance with the contract or to provide the required services and for our customer service - for example, to answer inquiries. If you subscribe to our newsletter, you will be informed about discounts or receive a voucher for your next order.
In case we require third-party service providers (shipping companies, payment service providers) these companies or providers will only receive the necessary data and in turn are obliged to protect your personal data. We will only use your telephone number for inquiries. When subscribing to our newsletter your data is used for own advertising purposes until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. If users don’t wish to receive our advertising emails then click the link to “Unsubscribe”, which can be found in all emails sent by Tyres.net.
When placing your first order or using a function requiring to register, your data is saved to create a customer account to ensure a faster and more convenient purchase process in the future.
If you select immediate transfer (SOFORT Überweisung) Tyres.net will ask for your bank account number and the bank code. These data are only used to initiate payment via SOFORT AG (the provider of SOFORT Überweisung, meaning immediate payment). Tyres.net will not analyse the data or use it for other purposes than the transaction they were required for.
As far as data use for purposes which require your consent, we will request your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time and/or object the further use of your data.
To be able to offer various possible options for the choice of payment method, we are required to protect you and us against abuse and fraud. Therefore we send your personal data (first and last name, address) to the company Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG, Gasstraße 18, 22761 Hamburg. This company using mathematical-statistical methods will perform the credit check. To check this data you are required to provide you address. We use the obtained information about the statistical probability for a balanced decision to make a decision to allow your payment to go through.
You can object to the transmission of your data to Bürgel at any time. A notice in writing (for example, e-mail, fax, letter) is sufficient for this purpose. However, we point out that you will be limited to a smaller selection of payment methods available in this case.
Moreover PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. itself or third parties instructed by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. can perform a credit check. In this case Tyres.net has no influence and the data protection lies outside the area of our responsibility.
You will find the privacy policy of Paypal here: https://cms.paypal.com/de/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=ua/Privacy_full&locale.x=de_DE
Cookies are data stored in the user’s computer when visiting a website. We use session cookies which disappear when the user’s browser is closed. So you can, for example, easily see the product value or items that are in your shopping cart. Moreover, we also use persistent cookies which expire at a specific length of time. In particular, these cookies help to make our offer more user-friendly, making it more effective and safer. Thanks to these files, for example, it is possible for example that you get information specially tailored to your interests. So their only purpose is to adapt our offer to our customers’ wishes and to make the users’ surfing experience as comfortable as possible.
4.1 Tyres.net advertising Cookie
Our advertising cookies are used to adapt our website and our advertisement to your personal interests.
We therefore recommend that you leave them turned on. Whether you set a cookie from our website, you can see in the following field:
if you don’t wish to benefit from our technology, you can activate a “blocker-cookie.” And you can unsubscribe from our service.
From this point the advertisements sent by our technology will no longer be individually adapted. Please consider that this function is no longer available, if you delete the blocker-cookie. To enable our service select the Opt In button.
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Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service offered by Google Inc. (“Google“). Google Analytics uses “cookies.” These cookies collect data which are saved on your computer and analyse how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website are usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In case of activation of the IP anonymizer on this website, your IP address will be truncated within Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will your complete IP address be transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and then shortened there. On behalf of the site owner Google will use this information to analyse the use of the website, write reports about the activities on the website and analyse more data regarding the use of the website, the use of the internet and related services. Your IP address transferred via Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You can deactivate the cookies by changing the settings of your browser. But please consider that in this case there will be restrictions when using our website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. Your IP address) to Google and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading available at the following link browser plugin. The link is: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Adobe Analytics
This website uses Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited ("Adobe"). Adobe Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, in order to help the website to analyze overall traffic patterns through our website. By transmitting the information generated by the cookie about the use of the website to Adobe, setting ensures that IP address is anonymized before geo-localization und will be replaced by a generic IP address before storage. On behalf of the website provider, Adobe will use this information for the evaluation of your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and in order to provide other services relating to website activity and use of the Internet to the website provider. Adobe will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Adobe. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. Furthermore, you can prevent Adobe’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under http://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/opt-out.html.
Criteo
On our website we use a technology from Criteo (Criteo GmbH, Unterer Anger 3, 80331 Munich). Information about the surfing behavior of the website visitors is collected for marketing purposes in an anonymous form and cookies are set for this purpose. Criteo can then analyze the browsing behavior and then display targeted recommendations as a suitable banner when visiting other websites. In no case can the anonymous data be used to personally identify the visitor to the website. The data collected by Criteo will only be used to improve the advertising offer. On each banner displayed on the bottom right is a small "i" (for information), which opens on mouse-over and leads to a click on a page where the system is explained and an opt-out is offered. When clicking on Opt-Out, an opt-out cookie is set, which will prevent the display of these banners in the future. A use in a further form or a passing on to third-party websites does not take place.
For more information on Criteo privacy, visit https://www.criteo.com/privacy/.
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for displaying advertisement of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses “cookies”. Cookies are data stored in the user’s computer which enable the analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses web beacons (invisible images). These web beacons help to analyse information, such as the visitor traffic on the website. The data collected by cookies and web beacons regarding the use of this site (including your IP address) is sent to a server of Google in the USA and is saved there. Google might transmit these data to its contracting parties. But Google won’t relate your IP address to other data saved of you.
You can stop the installation of cookies by changing your browser settings; however, we point out that you may not be able to use all features of this website in this case. By using our site you consent that your data is being collected and analysed by Google for the purposes previously mentioned.
Use the Google +1 button to receive and other users personalized content from Google and our partners. Google will store both the information that you have given for a content +1, as well as information about the page you viewed when you click on +1. Your +1 can be shown as evidence along with your name and profile photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, and elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.
Google collects data about your +1 activities to improve its services for you and others. If you want to use the +1 Button, you will require a public Google profile visible to all the world. This profile must at least contain the name used for it. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another that you used when sharing content via your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be shown to users who know your e-mail address or other identifying information from you.
In addition to the above uses the information you provide in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policies are used. Google may release aggregate statistics on the +1 activities the user or transmits them to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or linked sites.
This website uses Social Plug-ins ("Plug-ins") of the social network Facebook, run by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The Plug-ins are marked with a Facebook sign or “Social Plug-in by Facebook” or "Facebook Social Plugin". Here you will find a list of the Facebook Plug-ins and how they look like: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins
When you visit a page of our website, which contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrates it into the website. By integrating the plugin Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in at Facebook, Facebook can relate the visit of our website to your Facebook account. If you use the Plug-ins, for example by pushing the “Like” button or if you leave a comment, this information is also transmitted to a server of Facebook and are saved there. This information will be shown on Facebook and it will be visible to your Facebook friends. Facebook may use this information for advertisements, market research and for designing the Facebook pages in line with the users’ demands. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interests and relationship profiles, for example, your use of our site regarding the advertisements on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities and to provide other services related to Facebook.
If you don’t wish that Facebook collects your data and relates it to your profile while visiting our website, you have to log out at Facebook before visiting our website.
For information on the purpose and the scope of data collection and their further processing and use by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and turn-off options for the protection of your personal privacy, please refer to the Facebook data protection information http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Our website also uses the services of Twitter. These functions are run by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you have visited will be connected to your Twitter account and can be seen by other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter.
We point out that we as providers of websites, are not aware of the contents of the data and their use by Twitter. Find more information about the privacy policy of Twitter here: http://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change the settings regarding data protection in the settings of your account: http://twitter.com/account/settings
Remintrex is a web analysis service of the Planet49 GmbH based in Oberliederbacher Weg 25, 65843 Sulzbach/Ts.
Remintrex uses cookies which are activated after explicit consent of the users when participating, for example, at contests of Planet49 GmbH. When visiting the website, the cookie will send data that you (a user with data stored in the cookie ID) have visited the website, which products looked at or whether you have concluded a contract. This data is saved on a server of the Planet49 GmbH. Based on the transmitted information Planet49 will sent you advertising emails (if you have consented to advertising emails) and will be able to analyse your usage pattern and your interests.
The information provided by the cookies are used solely for advertising where products of our contract partners are presented.
Unless you have no further interest in an analysis by Remintrex, you can delete the cookies from your browser at any time. For instructions, see the Help function of your browser.
We also use the analysis tools Webtrekk, Efficient Frontier, Sociomantic, Criteo, Clicktale, Visual Website Optimizer, Omniture Test & Target. Analyses are also conducted by Google Adwords and DoubleClick for Advertisers. The analyses are conducted in accordance with the German Data Protection Act and we don’t use individual-related data. These analyses are conducted to evaluate the use of our website and to improve our offers.
If you don’t wish that your data regarding the use of our website to be saved, you can object to that. Some providers offer solutions for these purposes, where you can click at an Opt Out Declaration to prevent analyses being conducted by a provider.
Provider Opt-out Link
Adobe Analytics http://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/opt-out.html
Adspert http://www.adspert.de/de/
Sociomantic https://www.sociomantic.com/#privacy/opt-out
Eyeota http://www.eyeota.com/privacy/opt-out/
Criteo http://www.criteo.com/de/datenschutzrichtlinie#
Clicktale http://www.clicktale.net/disable.html
Visual Website Optimizer http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/opt-out.php
Doubleclick http://www.google.com/doubleclick/
Mouse3K http://mouse3k.com/
Googletagservices http://www.google.com/tagmanager/
Optimizely https://www.optimizely.com/
Omniture Test & Target http://omnituremarketing.d1.sc.omtrdc.net/optout.html?popup=1
By using the Opt Out links or the function of the target page, a cookie is activated to prevent the analysis by a certain tool. The Opt-Out Declaration is valid until you delete the cookie. This cookie is activated for our website under the mentioned domain, per browser and per computer. So if you visit our website from different computers (for example at home and at work) or with different browsers, we recommend activating the Opt-Out Cookie for every computer and every browser.
In accordance with the German Federal Data Protection Act you can receive free information about your personal data that have been saved and you also have the right of rectification, deletion or blocking of that data.
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