If you subscribe to posts or similar on our website, you will receive emails from our system, but you can turn this off at any time in the email or in the user account settings. We process your e-mail address in order to be able to inform you about these follow-up posts by e-mail.

The website *.420-buddies.com contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our community, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.

The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to.

If the storage purpose expires or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.

• a) Right to confirmation

  Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

• b) Right to information

  Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

  
  
  • - the purposes of processing
  • - the categories of personal data that are processed
  • - the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
  • - where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
  • - the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
  • - the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • - if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
  • - the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
  
  

  Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right to obtain information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

  
  

  If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

• c) Right to rectification

  Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

  
  

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

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  d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

  Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary

  
  
  • - The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
  • - The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • - The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
  • - The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  • - The erasure of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  • - The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR.
  
  

  If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by *.420-buddies.com, he or she may contact the controller at any time. *.420-buddies.com will ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

  
  

  If the personal data of *.420-buddies.com was made public and is obliged to erase the personal data as the controller pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR, *.420-buddies.com shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless processing is required. *.420-buddies.com will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

• e) Recht auf Einschränkung der Verarbeitung

  Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:

  
  
  • - The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
  • - The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of the use of the personal data instead.
  • - The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
  • - The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.

  If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by *.420-buddies.com, he or she may contact a controller at any time. *.420-buddies.com will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

• f) Right to data portability

  Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was made available to a controller, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was made available, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Art. 6(1) GDPR or point (a) of Art. 9(2) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (a) of Art. 6(1) GDPR. Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter b GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

  
  

  Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

  
  

  To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact *.420-buddies.com at any time.

• g) Right to object

  Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, for reasons related to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

  
  

  *.420-buddies.com will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

  
  

  If *.420-buddies.com processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to *.420-buddies.com to the processing for direct marketing purposes, *.420-buddies.com will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  
  

  In addition, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by *.420-buddies.com for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest.

  
  

  To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact *.420-buddies.com directly. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right of objection by automated means using technical specifications.

• h) Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling

  Each person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject's explicit consent.

  
  

  Where the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) is made with the data subject's explicit consent, *.420-buddies.com shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

  
  

  If the data subject wishes to exercise rights with regard to automated decisions, he or she may contact any controller at any time.

• i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

  Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of personal data at any time.

  
  

  If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may contact any controller at any time.

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. Processing can also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents to the controller electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data is stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents are automatically deleted two months after the rejection decision is announced, provided that there are no other legitimate interests of the controller that conflict with deletion. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, the burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering and evaluation of data on the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data on the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed, or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The controller uses the addition "_gat._anonymizeIp" for web analysis via Google Analytics. Using this addition, the IP address of the data subject's internet connection is shortened and anonymized by Google if our website is accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor flows on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component was integrated, is called up, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted through the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical procedure, Google receives knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which Google uses, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission settlements.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Whenever our website is visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass this personal data collected via the technical process on to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as already explained above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website as well as the processing of this data by Google and of preventing such processing. To do so, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information relating to visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is viewed by Google as an objection. If the information technology system of the data subject is deleted, formatted, or reinstalled at a later date, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.

Further information and Google's applicable data protection provisions can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

The controller has integrated YouTube components on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to upload video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programs, as well as music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the Internet portal.

The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google receive knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting when they call up a subpage that contains a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.

YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is simultaneously logged in to YouTube at the time of accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject, he or she can prevent this by logging out of their YouTube account before accessing our website.

The data protection provisions published by YouTube, which are available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

We use the Amazon affiliate program of the company Amazon.com, Inc. on our website. The responsible bodies within the meaning of the data protection declaration are Amazon Europe Core S.à.r.l., Amazon EU S.à.r.l, Amazon Services Europe S.à.r.l. and Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., all four based at 5, Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg and Amazon Instant Video Germany GmbH, Domagkstr. 28, 80807 Munich. Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Marcel-Breuer-Str. 12, 80807 Munich, acts as the data processor. By using this Amazon affiliate program, your data can be transferred to, stored and processed by Amazon.

In this privacy policy we inform you what data is involved, why we use the program and how you can manage or prevent data transfer.

As soon as you interact with Amazon's products and services, Amazon collects data from you. Amazon distinguishes between information that you actively give to the company and information that is automatically collected and stored. "Active information" includes, for example, name, email address, telephone number, age, payment information or location information. So-called "automatic information" is primarily stored via cookies. This includes information on user behavior, IP address, device information (browser type, location, operating systems) or the URL. Amazon also stores the clickstream. This means the path (sequence of pages) that you take as a user to get to a product. Amazon also stores cookies in your browser in order to be able to trace the origin of an order. This allows the company to recognize that you have clicked on an Amazon ad or an affiliate link via our website.

Personal data is stored by Amazon for as long as it is required for Amazon's business services or is necessary for legal reasons. Since Amazon is headquartered in the USA, the data collected is also stored on American servers.

You have the right to access and delete your personal data at any time. If you have an Amazon account, you can manage or delete much of the data collected in your account. Amazon links that benefit from the partner program are marked with "(affiliate link)".

We offer you the opportunity to take part in prize draws via our website. If you take part in one of our prize draws, the data you enter when taking part will be processed and passed on to the prize draw sponsor without your further consent, but of course only for the purpose of carrying out and processing the respective prize draw.

As part of the processing of the prize draw, we pass the data (email address & nickname) on to the prize draw sponsor, who will then use the data mentioned for processing.

The legal basis for passing on the data is then Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the processing of data to take part in our prize draws in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR at any time with effect for the future. To do this, you simply have to notify us of your revocation.

We cannot assess what natural persons do in their closed areas (groups, pages, etc.), so always keep an eye on who they are interacting with. You can report the user, post, etc. at any time.

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, e-mail sending, security services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offering.

We or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this online offering on the basis of our legitimate interests in the efficient and secure provision of this online offering in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of a data processing agreement).

We, or rather our hosting provider, collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f. GDPR. The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider (the IP addresses are distorted on our server, but we cannot predict what is stored on other nodes and this is not within our control).

Log file information is stored for a short time for security reasons (e.g. to investigate misuse or fraud) and then deleted. Data that needs to be retained for evidentiary purposes will not be deleted until the incident in question has been finally resolved.

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) over HTTPS.

We use a so-called “Content Delivery Network” (CDN), offered by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnZKAA0&status=Active).

A CDN is a service that helps deliver the content of our online offering more quickly, particularly large media files such as graphics or scripts, using regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. The processing of user data is carried out solely for the aforementioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of the CDN.

The use is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in the secure and efficient provision, analysis and optimization of our online offering in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f. GDPR.

You can find further information in Cloudflare's privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy.

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use content or service offers from third parties in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").

This always assumes that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the users, since without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We endeavor to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third-party providers can also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information can also be stored in cookies on the user's device and can contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as be linked to such information from other sources.

We incorporate the fonts (“Google Fonts”) from the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Data protection declaration: https://www.google.com/ policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

We integrate the function for detecting bots, e.g. when entering data in online forms ("ReCaptcha") from the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

All advertising that is integrated into our website is carried out through internal advertising displays; no data is sent to external services. The data that is collected here can be found under §3. However, after clicking you will be redirected to the website of the advertising partner. Please refer to their privacy policy to find out what data is collected there.

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance details or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third parties. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases, if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR).

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.

The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted.

We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also arise from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). In order to conclude a contract, it may sometimes be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data, which must then be processed by us.

As a responsible community, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

We currently do not offer registration/login via third parties, but this may change in the future.

If you decide to pay via PayPal, the data required to process the payment will be transmitted to PayPal. This data usually includes:

- First and last name
- Billing and delivery address
- Email address
- Order information (e.g. invoice amount, number of items)
- Payment information

PayPal is independently responsible for processing this data. PayPal's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

As part of bank transfers, we process personal data in order to process payments properly. This includes the following data in particular:

- Surname and first name of the sender and/or recipient
- Bank details (e.g. IBAN, BIC, bank name)
- Transfer amount and intended use
- Order information (e.g. invoice amount, number of items)
- Payment date and time

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.