Privacy Policy

1. Overview

General Notes

This Privacy Policy provides a clear overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data means any information that can identify you personally.

How We Collect Data

We collect data in two ways:

  • Data you provide (e.g., through contact forms, checkout, account registration).

  • Data collected automatically (e.g., browser type, device, IP address, timestamp).

What We Use Your Data For

  • Technical delivery of our website

  • Contract processing (orders, shipping, payments)

  • Analytics and marketing (only with your consent)

Your Rights

You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, or lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

2. Controller Information

Virus Sportartikel GmbH
Industriering 8
63868 Grosswallstadt
Germany

Phone: +49 6022 655553
Email: info@virus-snowsports.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

3. Your Rights

Withdrawal of Consent

You may withdraw consent at any time with future effect.
An informal email notice is sufficient.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

You may contact the competent data protection authority listed here:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data we process automatically based on your consent or contract performance in a machine-readable format.

SSL / TLS Encryption

We use SSL/TLS encryption to protect data transmissions.

4. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to ensure proper website functionality and provide a user-friendly shopping experience.

  • Necessary cookies: used for secure checkout and core functions (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

  • Analytics & Marketing cookies: used only with your explicit consent.

You may manage cookie settings at any time via our Cookie Preferences link in the footer.

Cookie Consent Management (Tinycookie)

We use Tinycookie to manage cookie consent in compliance with GDPR and TTDSG.

When you first visit our website, a cookie banner allows you to choose:

  • Essential cookies

  • Statistics cookies

  • Marketing cookies

Your choices are stored locally and applied on subsequent visits.

Legal Basis:

  • Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR (legal obligation)

  • Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent)

You may change or revoke your consent at any time using the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer.

More information: https://tinycookie.app

Analytics and marketing tools load only after consent.

Server Log Files

Our hosting provider automatically collects:

  • Browser type and version

  • Operating system

  • Referrer URL

  • Hostname

  • Time of server request

  • IP address

These data are processed based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for technical operation and security.

Contact Form

Data entered via the contact form are stored for handling your request.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).
You may withdraw consent at any time.

Account Registration

Data provided during account creation are used to provide your customer account.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Processing of Customer and Contract Data

We process personal data required for contract fulfilment (orders, delivery, payments).

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Transfers of Data for Order Processing

We transfer personal data only when necessary for the execution of the contract, e.g.:

  • Shipping companies

  • Payment providers

No data are shared for marketing without consent.

5. Social Media

Safe Sharing

Our sharing functionality prevents automatic data transfer to social networks until you click a social button.

Facebook Plugins

When you actively click the Facebook button, data may be transferred to Facebook.
Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Instagram

Clicking Instagram buttons may share data with Instagram.
Policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

6. Analytics and Advertising

Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel for conversion tracking and performance measurement.

  • Only active after explicit user consent

  • We receive anonymized statistical data

  • Facebook may process data for its own purposes

Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Ad settings for users:
https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/

7. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

When visiting a page with a YouTube player, a connection to YouTube servers is established.

Google Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Vimeo

Vimeo receives your IP address when you load a Vimeo-embedded video.

Privacy: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Google Maps

Google Maps may process your IP address when displaying maps.

Privacy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Content Delivery Network (Cloudflare)

We use Cloudflare to ensure secure and fast delivery of our website.

Cloudflare processes:

  • IP addresses

  • Security-related metadata

Cloudflare maintains EU datacenters and complies with GDPR requirements.

Privacy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

8. Payment Providers

PayPal

If you choose PayPal, your payment data will be transmitted to:

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.
22–24 Boulevard Royal
L-2449 Luxembourg

Legal bases:

  • Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent)

  • Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance)