PRIVACY Policy

GENERAL

THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS INTENDED TO INFORM THE USERS OF THIS WEBSITE ABOUT THE NATURE, SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA BY THE WEBSITE OPERATOR – TONIC GBR.

TONIC TAKES YOUR PRIVACY PROTECTION VERY SERIOUSLY AND TREATS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONFIDENTIALLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW REQUIREMENTS. BECAUSE CHANGES MAY BE MADE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY DUE TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WEBSITE, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU RE-READ THE PRIVACY POLICY REGULARLY

DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS USED (E.G. “PERSONAL DATA” OR “PROCESSING”) CAN BE FOUND IN ART. 4 GDPR.

ACCESS DATA

WE, THE WEBSITE OPERATOR OR SITE PROVIDERS, DUE TO OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST (S. ART. 6 Para. 1 LIT. F. GDPR) COLLECT DATA ABOUT ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE AND SAVE THEM AS “SERVER LOGFFILES” ON THE WEBSITE’S SERVER. THE FOLLOWING DATA WILL BE PROTOCOLED IN THIS WAY:

• WEBSITE VISITED
• TIME AT TIME OF ACCESS
• AMOUNT OF DATA SENT IN BYTES
• SOURCE/REFERENCE FROM WHICH YOU REACHED THE SITE
• BROWSER USED
• OPERATING SYSTEM USED
• IP ADDRESS USED​

THE SERVER LOGFILES ARE STORED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS AND THEN DELETED. THE DATA IS STORED FOR SECURITY REASONS, FOR E.G. IN ORDER TO DEFINE CASES OF MISUSE. IF DATA NEEDS TO BE KEPT FOR EVIDENT REASONS, IT IS EXCLUDED FROM DELETION UNTIL THE INCIDENT IS FINALLY CLEARED

RANGE MEASUREMENT & COOKIES

THIS WEBSITE USES PSEUDONYMIZED RANGE MEASUREMENT COOKIES, WHICH ARE TRANSMITTED TO THE USER’S BROWSER BY EITHER OUR SERVER OR A THIRD-PARTY SERVER. COOKIES ARE SMALL FILES THAT ARE STORED ON YOUR DEVICE. YOUR BROWSER ACCESSES THESE FILES. THE USE OF COOKIES INCREASE THE USER-FRIENDSHIP AND SECURITY OF THIS WEBSITE.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT COOKIES FOR RANGE MEASUREMENT TO BE SAVED ON YOUR DEVICE, YOU CAN OBJECT TO THE USE OF THESE FILES HERE:

• NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE COOKIE DISABLE PAGE: HTTP://OPTOUT.NETWORKADVERTISING.ORG/?C=1#!/
• US WEBSITE COOKIE DISABLE PAGE: HTTP://OPTOUT.ABOUTADS.INFO/?C=2#!/
• EUROPEAN WEBSITE COOKIE DEACTIVATION PAGE: HTTP://OPTOUT.NETWORKADVERTISING.ORG/?C=1#!/

COMMON BROWSERS OFFER THE SETTING OPTION NOT TO ALLOW COOKIES. NOTE: IT IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS IF YOU MAKE THE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS.

COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

TONIC GBR COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSES YOUR PERSONAL DATA ONLY IF THIS IS PERMITTED BY LAW OR YOU CONSENT TO THE DATA COLLECTION (E.G. NEWSLETTER).
PERSONAL DATA IS ALL INFORMATION WHICH IS USED TO DETERMINE YOUR PERSON AND WHICH CAN BE TRACED TO YOU – FOR EXAMPLE YOUR NAME, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.

YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THIS WEBSITE WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. HOWEVER, TO IMPROVE OUR ONLINE OFFER, WE SAVE YOUR ACCESS DATA TO THIS WEBSITE (WITHOUT PERSONAL REFERENCE). THIS ACCESS DATA INCLUDES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FILE YOU REQUESTED OR THE NAME OF YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER. BY ANONYMIZING THE DATA, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CONCLUDE YOUR PERSONALITY.

HANDLING OF CONTACT DETAILS

IF YOU CONTACT US AS A WEBSITE OPERATOR THROUGH THE CONTACT OPTIONS OFFERED, YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE SAVED SO THAT IT CAN BE REFERRED TO FOR PROCESSING AND ANSWERING YOUR INQUIRY. THIS DATA WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.

HANDLING COMMENTS AND POSTS

IF YOU LEAVE A POST OR COMMENT ON THIS WEBSITE, YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE STORED. THIS IS DUE TO OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN THE SENSE OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LITER. F. GDPR AND SERVES THE SECURITY OF US AS A WEBSITE OPERATOR: IF YOUR COMMENT VIOLATES APPLICABLE LAW, WE CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR IT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE IDENTITY OF THE COMMENT OR CONTRIBUTION AUTHORS HAVE

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

THIS WEBSITE IS USED DUE TO OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS TO OPTIMIZE AND ANALYZE OUR ONLINE OFFER IN THE SENSE OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LITER. F. GDPR THE “GOOGLE ANALYTICS” SERVICE, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY GOOGLE INC. (1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043, USA) IS OFFERED. THE SERVICE (GOOGLE ANALYTICS) USES “COOKIES” – TEXT FILES WHICH ARE SAVED ON YOUR DEVICE. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES IS USUALLY SENT TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE UNITED STATES AND STORED THERE.

GOOGLE LLC COMPLIES WITH EUROPEAN PRIVACY LAW AND IS CERTIFIED UNDER THE PRIVACY SHIELD AGREEMENT: HTTPS://WWW.PRIVACYSHIELD.GOV/PARTICIPANT?ID=A2ZT000000001L5AAI&STATUS=ACTIVE

IP ANONYMIZATION APPLIES TO THIS WEBSITE. THE USER’S IP ADDRESS WILL BE ABBED WITHIN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EU AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND IN THE OTHER STATES CONTRACTING TO THE AGREEMENT. ONLY IN INDIVIDUAL CASES IS THE IP ADDRESS FIRST TRANSFERRED, UNACCESSED, TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE USA AND ABBRENATED THERE. THIS TRUNCATION MAKES THE PERSONAL REFERENCE OF YOUR IP ADDRESS CLOSED. THE USER’S IP ADDRESS TRANSMITTED BY THE BROWSER WILL NOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER DATA STORED BY GOOGLE.

AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT FOR ORDER DATA AGREEMENT THAT WE, AS A WEBSITE OPERATOR, HAVE WITH GOOGLE INC. INTERNET USAGE-RELATED SERVICES.

THE DATA COLLECTED BY GOOGLE ON OUR ORDER IS USED TO EVALUATE THE USE OF OUR ONLINE OFFERING BY INDIVIDUAL USERS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CREATE REPORTS ON THE ACTIVITY ON THE WEBSITE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR ONLINE OFFERING.

YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO PREVENT COOKIES FROM BEING STORED ON YOUR DEVICE BY ADJUSTING THE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS IN YOUR BROWSER. IT IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS IF YOUR BROWSER DOES NOT ALLOW COOKIES.

IN ADDITION, YOU CAN USING A BROWSER PLUG-IN TO PREVENT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES (INCLUDING YOUR IP ADDRESS) FROM BEING SENT TO GOOGLE INC. SENT AND SENT BY GOOGLE INC. TO BE USED. THE FOLLOWING LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CORRESPONDING PLUGIN: HTTPS://TOOLS.GOOGLE.COM/DLPAGE/GAOPTOUT?HL=DE

ALTERNATIVELY, BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK (IMPORTANT: INSERT OPT-OUT LINK), YOU WILL PREVENT GOOGLE ANALYTICS FROM COLLECTING DATA ABOUT YOU WITHIN THIS WEBSITE. BY CLICKING ON THE LINK ABOVE YOU WILL DOWNLOAD AN “OPT-OUT COOKIE”. YOUR BROWSER MUST ALLOW THE STORAGE OF COOKIES FOR THIS. IF YOU DELETE YOUR COOKIES REGULARLY, YOU WILL BE NECESSARY TO CLICK ON THE LINK AGAIN EACH TIME YOU VISIT THIS WEBSITE

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HERE YOU WILL FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE USE OF DATA BY GOOGLE INC.:

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• HTTPS://POLICIES.GOOGLE.COM/PRIVACY/PARTNERS?HL=DE (DATA COLLECTED BY GOOGLE PARTNERS)
• HTTPS://ADSSETTINGS.GOOGLE.DE/AUTHENTICATED (SETTINGS ABOUT ADVERTISING THAT IS SHOWN TO YOU)
• HTTPS://POLICIES.GOOGLE.COM/TECHNOLOGIES/ADS?HL=DE (USE OF COOKIES IN ADS)

USE OF FACEBOOK SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS

DUE TO OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION AND OPERATION OF OUR ONLINE OFFER (WITHIN THE SENSE OF ARTICLE 6 PARA. 1 LIT. F. GDPR), THIS WEBSITE USES THE FACEBOOK SOCIAL PLUGIN, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY FACEBOOK INC. (1 HACKER WAY, MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025, USA). THE INTEGRATIONS CAN BE RECOGNIZED BY THE FACEBOOK LOGO OR ON THE TERMS “LIKE”, “LIKE”, “SHARE” IN THE COLORS OF FACEBOOK (BLUE AND WHITE). INFORMATION ABOUT ALL FACEBOOK PLUGINS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTPS://DEVELOPERS.FACEBOOK.COM/DOCS/PLUGINS/

FACEBOOK INC. COMPLIES WITH EUROPEAN PRIVACY LAW AND IS CERTIFIED UNDER THE PRIVACY SHIELD AGREEMENT: HTTPS://WWW.PRIVACYSHIELD.GOV/PARTICIPANT?ID=A2ZT0000000GNYWAAC&STATUS=ACTIVE

THE PLUGIN ESTABLISHES A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR BROWSER AND THE FACEBOOK SERVERS. THE WEBSITE OPERATOR HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE DATA THAT THE PLUGIN TRANSMITS TO THE SERVERS OF FACEBOOK INC. TRANSMITTED. INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HELP/186325668085084

THE PLUGIN INFORMS FACEBOOK INC. THAT YOU AS A USER HAVE VISITED THIS WEBSITE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE SAVED. IF YOU ARE LOGGED INTO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT WHILE VISITING THIS WEBSITE, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WILL BE LINKED TO IT.

IF YOU USE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PLUGIN – FOR EXAMPLE BY SHAREING OR “LIKE” A POST – THE CORRESPONDING INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE SENT TO FACEBOOK INC. TRANSMITTED.
DO YOU WANT TO PREVENT THE FACEBOOK. INC. IF THIS DATA IS LINKED TO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, PLEASE LOG OUT OF FACEBOOK BEFORE VISITING THIS WEBSITE AND DELETE THE SAVED COOKIES. YOU CAN MAKE FURTHER SETTINGS FOR DATA PROCESSING FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES OR OBJECT TO THE USE OF YOUR DATA FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES VIA YOUR FACEBOOK PROFILE. YOU CAN ACCESS THE SETTINGS HERE:

• PROFILE SETTINGS ON FACEBOOK: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ADS/PREFERENCES/?ENTRY_PRODUCT=AD_SETTINGS_SCREEN
• US WEBSITE COOKIE DISABLE PAGE: HTTP://OPTOUT.ABOUTADS.INFO/?C=2#!/
• EUROPEAN WEBSITE COOKIE DEACTIVATION PAGE: HTTP://OPTOUT.NETWORKADVERTISING.ORG/?C=1#!/

WHICH DATA, FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND TO WHAT EXTENT FACEBOOK COLLECTS, USES AND PROCESSES DATA AND WHAT RIGHTS AND SETTING OPTIONS YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY CAN BE FOUND IN FACEBOOK’S DATA PROTECTION GUIDELINES. YOU CAN FIND THESE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ABOUT/PRIVACY/

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

JUST OPENING A WEBSITE WITH EMBEDDED YOUTUBE CONTENT GENERATES A CONNECTION TO “GOOGLE DOUBLE-CLICK”, EVEN IF THE VIDEO IS NEITHER CLICKED OR PLAYED. TO BETTER PROTECT YOUR DATA, WE HAVE EMBEDDED ALL YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON OUR SITE IN EXTENDED PRIVACY MODE (SHARE/EMBEDD/SHOW MORE/ACTIVATE EXTENDED PRIVACY MODE): THE LINK “WWW.YOUTUBE.COM” BECOMEWWWW.YOUTUBE-NOCOOKIE. COM).

OUR INTERNET OFFER IS EQUIPPED WITH A YOUTUBE PLUGIN. AS SOON AS YOU VISIT PAGES EQUIPPED WITH A YOUTUBE PLUGIN, A CONNECTION WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO A YOUTUBE SERVER. THIS SERVER WILL BE TOLD WHICH OF OUR SITES YOU HAVE VISITED. IF YOU ARE LOGGED INTO YOUR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT AT THIS TIME, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASSOCIATE YOUR SURFING BEHAVIOR WITH YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE. IF YOU LOG OUT OF YOUR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT BEFORE VISITING OUR SITES, YOU CAN PREVENT THIS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOUTUBE HANDLES YOUR USER DATA, PLEASE GO TO WWW.GOOGLE.DE/INTL/DE/POLICIES/PRIVACY/ IN THE GOOGLE INC. PRIVACY POLICY APPLICABLE TO YOUTUBE.

NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
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THE WEBSITE OPERATOR OFFER YOU A NEWSLETTER IN WHICH IT INFORMS YOU ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS AND OFFERS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER, YOU MUST PROVIDE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS. IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER, YOU AGREE TO RECEIPT OF THE NEWSLETTER AND THE PROCEDURES EXPLAINED.

THE NEWSLETTER IS DELIVERED BY TONIC GBR.

CANCELLATION AND CANCELLATION: YOU CAN REVOKE YOUR CONSENT TO RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER AT ANY TIME AND THUS CANCEL YOUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION. AFTER YOUR CANCELLATION, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE DELETED. YOUR CONSENT TO SENDING THE NEWSLETTER WILL EXPIRE AT THE SAME TIME. AT THE END OF EACH NEWSLETTER YOU WILL FIND THE UNCANCEL LINK.

EXTERNAL LINKS DISCLAIMER

EXTERNAL LINKS OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW. THROUGH THIS CALLING AND LINKING METHODOLOGY, WE AVOID AUTOMATIC SHORT-TERM STORAGE OF THIS “EXTRAORDINARY INFORMATION”, SO WE BEAR NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DATA PROTECTION FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY CONTENT. THROUGH EXTERNAL LINKS WE EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE USE OF THIS CONTENT (§ 8 TMG): WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CONTENT BECAUSE WE NEITHER ORIGINATE THE TRANSMISSION OF THE INFORMATION, SELECT OR CHANGE THE ADDRESSEE OF THE TRANSMITTED INFORMATION AND THE TRANSMITTED INFORMATION OURSELVES HAVE

USER RIGHTS

AS A USER, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST FREE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PERSONAL DATA HAS BEEN STORED ABOUT YOU. YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT INCORRECT DATA AND TO RESTRICT OR DELETE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA. IF APPLICABLE, YOU MAY ALSO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR DATA HAS BEEN UNLAWFULLY PROCESSED, YOU CAN SUBMIT A COMPLAINT TO THE COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

DELETION OF DATA

UNLESS YOUR REQUEST COLLIDES WITH A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO RETENTION DATA (E.G. DATA RETENTION), YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DELETION OF YOUR DATA. DATA STORED BY US WILL BE DELETED IF THERE ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR THEIR PURPOSE AND THERE ARE NO LEGAL RETENTION PERIOD. IF DELETION CANNOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE DATA IS NECESSARY FOR PERMITTED LEGAL PURPOSES, DATA PROCESSING WILL BE RESTRICTED. IN THIS CASE, THE DATA WILL BE BLOCKED AND NOT PROCESSED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES.

RIGHT TO OBJECT

USERS OF THIS WEBSITE CAN MAKE USE OF THEIR RIGHT TO OBJECT AND OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF THEIR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME.

IF YOU WANT A CORRECTION, BLOCKING, DELETION OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSONAL DATA STORED ABOUT YOURSELF OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVOKE CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING OR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS: PRIVACY@TONIC-BAND.COM