Privacy Policy

**Privacy Policy**

1. **Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller**

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Jan Jelinek, Psychocom, Leimener Str. 14, 69181 Leimen, Germany, Tel.: +49 17631442218, Email: info.psychocom@gmail.com. The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2. **Data Collection When Visiting Our Website**

When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website:

- Our visited website
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you came to the page
- Used browser
- Used operating system
- Used IP address (possibly: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are specific indications of illegal use.

3. **Cookies**

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after the browser is closed (so-called "session cookies"), while some cookies remain on your device longer and allow the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find out the storage duration from the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

Insofar as personal data is processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in case of given consent, or according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

4. **Contacting Us**

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data will be processed – solely for the purpose of processing and responding to your inquiry and only to the extent required. The legal basis for processing these data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant issue has been conclusively clarified and if there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5. **Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising**

5.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For the newsletter dispatch, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive newsletters if you expressly confirm your consent to receive newsletters by clicking on a verification link sent to the provided email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the aforementioned controller. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

5.2 Advertising by Postal Mail

Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, postal address, and - if we have received this additional information from you within the scope of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, year of birth, and your professional, industry, or business designation according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and to use this information for sending interesting offers and information about our products by postal mail.

You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a message to the controller.

5.3 Product Availability Notifications by Email

For temporarily unavailable items, you can sign up to receive email product availability notifications. In this case, we will send you a one-time message about the availability of the item you selected by email. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. For email dispatch, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive notifications if you expressly confirm your consent to receive such notifications by clicking on a verification link sent to the provided email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when signing up for our email notification service for product availability will be used exclusively for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the availability notifications at any time by sending a message to the controller. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our distribution list for this purpose unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

6. **Data Processing for Order Handling**

6.1 To the extent necessary for contract processing for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect will be passed on to the contracted transport company and the contracted credit institution according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products based on a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provided at the time of the order (name, address, email address) to inform you personally about upcoming updates within the statutory period via an appropriate communication channel (e.g., by postal mail or email). Your contact data will be used strictly for notifications about updates owed by us and processed solely to the extent necessary for the respective information.

For processing your order, we also work with the following service provider(s) who assist us in whole or in part with the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers according to the following information.

6.2 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Services)

- PayPal

For payments via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg ("PayPal"), as part of the payment processing. The data transfer is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the payment processing.

PayPal reserves the right to conduct a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be processed according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your payment ability. The credit check result regarding the statistical probability of default is used by PayPal to decide on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit information may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the credit check result, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Address data is included in the calculation of the score values, among other things but not exclusively. For further data protection information, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua