Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are delighted that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use 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
DHZ Fitness Europe GmbH
Berliner Straße 8 d
16727 Velten
Germany

Tel.: +49 3304 247 28 76, Fax: +49 3304 203-2 99,

Email: datenschutz@dhz-fitness.de.
The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 When you visit 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 accessed the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There is no further disclosure or use of the data. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files should concrete evidence point to unlawful use.

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

3) Cookies

In order 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 end device. Some of the cookies we use are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device and enable us to save your settings or preferences (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the duration of storage in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of a contract, based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given, or based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the protection of our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences, such that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contact

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected when using a contact form is apparent from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal obligations to retain data to the contrary.

5) Site Functionality

Youtube

This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC., USA.

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the plugin. In doing so, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to our site, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish this association with your account, you must log out before clicking the playback button.

All the aforementioned processing, especially the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

The provider has joined the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework for data transfers to the USA, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

6) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called “Cookie Consent Tool” to obtain effective user consent for consent-required cookies and cookie-based applications. The “Cookie Consent Tool” is displayed to users as an interactive user interface when the page is called up, allowing consent to be given for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking a box. By using the tool, all consent-required cookies/services are only loaded if the respective user has given consent by ticking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective user’s device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is nevertheless processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As responsible parties, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user’s consent.

If necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the settings options of the Cookie Consent Tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

7) Rights of the Data Subject

7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you as the data subject with regard to the processing of your personal data the following rights (information and intervention rights), with reference to the legal basis mentioned for the respective exercise conditions:

  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

7.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERWHELMING LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING, LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US TO CONDUCT DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

8) Duration of Personal Data Storage

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and – if applicable – additionally on the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).

In the case of processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are legal retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of contractual or similar obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided they are no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or there is no longer any legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

In the case of processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims.

In the case of processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this statement about specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.