With this privacy policy, we want to inform you of how you data are processed when using our website. In particular, the Privacy Policy explains how and to what extent your personal data are processed and for what purposes. Your data are processed in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
Please see Art. 4 GDPR regarding the terms used in the Privacy Policy.
| Name/Company: | MEO Vertriebs GmbH |
| Street, Number: | Lise-Meitner-Straße 9 |
| Postcode, Place, Country: | 45699 Herten, Germany |
| Telephone number: | +49 (0) 23 66 / 500 500 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 23 66/ 500 510 |
| E-mail address: | info@meo.de |
Dominic Schrader
Lise-Meitner-Straße 9
45699 Herten, Germany
info@meo.de
Insofar as we obtain consent from the Data Subject for personal data processing operations, Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.
With regard to the processing of personal data that are required to fulfil a contract to which the Data Subject is party, Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies for processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to comply with a legal obligation on our part, Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In the case that vital interests of the Data Subject or another individual make the processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to complete a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Controller, the legal basis is Art. 6(1) 1 lit. e GDPR.
If the processing is required to protect a legitimate interest or a third party and if the interests, rights and fundamental freedoms of the Data Subject do not outweigh the first interest mentioned, Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing. Our legitimate interest lies in the execution of our business activities.
When our website is accessed, we collect data and general information that the browser on your end device makes available to us.
We collect and use the following access data/log files during use of our Internet offering:
These data are processed for the purpose of making usage of our website possible (establishing a connection), system security, technical administration of the network structure and to optimise the Internet offering, thus the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1) 1 lit. f. GDPR and to protect the user and prevent unauthorised usage. These data are not forwarded to third parties or otherwise analysed. The data collected are not used and a personal user profile is not created.
In the case of requests sent to us using the contact form or by e-mail, personal data are processed in order to process these according to Art. 6(1) 1 lit. b) GDPR.
Which data are collected when using the communication channels can be seen on the contact form or depend on your e-mail message. These data are stored and used exclusively to respond to your inquiry or to establish contact and for the associated technical administration.
Your data are deleted once your inquiry has been conclusively dealt with, insofar as you want this and the deletion is not prevented by any statutory retention obligations.
You can subscribe to the newsletter offered on our website by sending us your e-mail address via the relevant input mask.
By doing so, you consent to receiving the newsletter.
Registration is via a so-called double opt-out process. After registering, you will receive an e-mail in which you have to confirm your registration. This allows us to check that you really are the owner of the address. In order to provide proof of your registration according to the legal provisions, we log the newsletter order, the sending of a confirmation e-mail and receipt of the required response. Further data are not collected.
The newsletter contains information and advertising. If you have consented to receiving the newsletter, it is then sent on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR. The data entered by you (name and e-mail address) are processed exclusively for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via a link in the newsletter mail or by sending a corresponding message to us, thereby withdrawing your consent. After you unsubscribe, your e-mail address will immediately be deleted from our newsletter mailing list.
You can order our products as a guest or via your user account.
By ordering one of our products, personal data such as your IP address, name, date of birth, delivery address, e-mail address and payment details are collected from your input or the details in your user account for the execution of our contractual obligations. You can also see which data exactly are collected based on the respective input masks. The data provided are stored by us and used to process the legal transaction. We use the data provided by you without your separate consent exclusively for the required fulfilment and processing of the services offered and for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services.
Upon completion of the services, your data are blocked against further use and deleted once the retention periods according to tax and commercial law have expired, insofar as you have not expressly consented to the further use of your data or another legal justification exists.
You have the option of setting up an account on our website. In the context of registering, personal data are collected, e.g. such as your e-mail address. Further information that you provide within your user account, e.g. such as your name, address, contact details (e-mail address and telephone number), company, payment method and other profile information are also stored by us. The stored data can be seen on your user profile. You can change or delete the data at any time using “My Account”.
The user account is not public. The data collected there are used exclusively for the successful fulfilment and processing of the service offered. The collection and processing of your data is carried out on the basis of your consent according to Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR.
An account can be deleted at any time by de-registering or by sending us a message. In this case, your data regarding the user account will be deleted. Further storage only occurs is this is necessary for legal reasons according to Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR.
According to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information about the personal data processed by us.
In particular, you can request information on which data are processed for what purpose and to whom these are forwarded under certain circumstances.
According to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to the correction of incorrect data or the completion of incomplete data.
According to Art. 17 GDPR, you can request the deletion of your data based on the grounds stated therein. If deletion is not possible, the processing of your personal data must be restricted according to Art. 18 GDPR.
According to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your data in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to transmit this to another Controller.
Art. 77 GDPR grants you a general right to complain to the responsible supervisory authorities.
According to Art. 7(3) GDPR, you can withdraw consent given to us at any time with effect for the future.
The withdrawal can be submitted via the aforementioned contact details.
According to Art. 21 GDPR, you can object at any time to the processing of data collected on the basis of a legitimate interest, insofar as grounds exist as specified in Art. 21 GDPR.
You have the right to object to the processing of data concerning you which is processed based on Art. 6(1) lit. e GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) for reasons arising from your particular situation.
If you object, we shall no longer process the personal data concerning you, unless we can prove compelling grounds worthy of protection that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
In individual cases, we process your personal data to carry out direct advertising. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such advertising.
The objection can be submitted via the aforementioned contact details.
Cookies are small data packets that are transmitted between us and the user. The data go from our server to the user’s browser and are stored there on the end device for later use. Cookies do not cause any harm to the end device of the user and do not contain any viruses.
The cookies can be transmitted when the website is accessed, thus allowing the user to be identified. Cookies help to make using websites easier for the users. Some of the cookies used by us are deleted again once the browser session ends, meaning when your browser is closed. Other cookies remain on the end device and allow us to recognise your browser again on the next visit.
Within the context of our Internet offering, we use three categories of cookies that are indispensable for the functionality of the website (essential cookies), that collect anonymised data for statistics and analyses in order to improve our website for the users (statistics cookies) and cookies that allow us to improve our website’s product suggestions (marketing cookies).
We use the essential cookies on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR) to provide the full functionality of our website and to facilitate recipient-friendly services. The essential cookies are only set if consent to do so has been given by the user (Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR). The consent is given using what is called the cookie banner, which has to be actively clicked on. The settings can be changed again at any time. You can also exclude general access by cookies by changing your browser settings accordingly.
Essential cookies help to make our website usable in the first place. Basic functions that ensure that the website functions seamlessly are stored. We use the following essential cookies on our website:
The cookie banner stores the user settings that were selected in the context of the cookie banner. The provider of this cookie is MEO Vertriebs GmbH as the operator of the website. The respective cookie expires after 30 days.
We use cookies that allow the website to be developed. The cookies serve to make it possible to display the most up-to-date content on the website. The provider of this cookie is MEO Vertriebs GmbH as the operator of the website. The respective cookie expires after 30 days.
We also use statistics cookies on our website. These provide us with information on user behaviour on our website and how users interact with our website. We use the following statistics cookies on our website:
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of you use of the site. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will, however, first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, so unambiguous assignment of the IP address is no longer possible. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide the website operator with further services relating to website usage and Internet usage. The IP address transmitted from your browser within the context of Google will not be combined with other data by Google.
The cookie is only set with your consent, which is collected via the cookie banner on our website. The legal basis therefore is Article 6(1) lit. a) GDPR.
The cookies set by this service expire after two years.
Further information on terms of use and data privacy can be found at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html
An agreement has been concluded with Google according to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an appropriate level of data protection in the transmission of personal data to third countries. Further information on this is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu_de.
We use YouTube videos, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (“Google”), in our online offering, which are stored at http://youtube.com and can be played directly from our website. By visiting the website, YouTube is informed that you have accessed the corresponding subpage on our website. Access data and log files are also transmitted.
This depends on whether YouTube provides a user account you are logged into or whether there is no user account. If you are logged into Google, your data are attributed directly to your account. If you do not want it to be attributed to your YouTube profile, you have to log out before activating the button.
YouTube stores your data as a user profile and uses them for the purpose of advertising, market research and/or needs-appropriate design of its website. Such analysis is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to deliver needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the development of this user profile, whereby you have to contact YouTube to exercise this right.
By clicking on the play button of a YouTube video linked to our website, you consent to one-time data processing to play the respective video. The legal basis is Article 6(1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR Consent to the setting of cookies on the website is collected in the contest of the cookie banner. The legal basis is Article 6(1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR
Corresponding cookies expire after a maximum lifespan of ten years.
An agreement has been concluded with Google according to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an appropriate level of data protection in the transmission of personal data to third countries. Further information and the Google Privacy Policy are available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
This website uses as tool from the Vimeo video portal. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
By linking videos via the provider Vimeo, the provider’s server is called up. This is a technical condition and cannot be prevented by us.
In doing so, the Vimeo servers are informed as to which of our pages you visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information obtained by Vimeo is forwarded to the Vimeo servers in the US.
If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to attribute your surfing activity directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.
The corresponding data can be collected by Vimeo with the aid of cookies and similar technologies.
The cookie is only set with your consent, which is collected via the cookie banner on our website. The legal basis is therefore Article 6(1) lit. a) GDPR.
The cookies set by this service expire after two years.
An agreement has been concluded with Vimeo according to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an appropriate level of data protection in the transmission of personal data to third countries.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the Vimeo Privacy Policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
We also use marketing cookies on our website. This allows us to improve the user-friendliness of our site and to offer various functions.
We use the following marketing cookies on our website:
With your consent, we use some data from our shop system cookies for marketing purposes. In particular, this concerns the collection of categories and articles called up, in order to make more relevant article suggestions for you based on these data in the shop.
The cookie is only set with your consent, which is collected via the cookie banner on our website. The legal basis is therefore Article 6(1) lit. a) GDPR.
The cookies set by this service expire after 30 days.
In order to analyse, optimise and commercially operate our offerings, we use plugins and links within the context of our legitimate interests according to Art 6(1) lit. f GDPR.
On our website, what are known as plugins/links from the social media networks Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest and the microblogging services Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr are used. These services are offered by the companies Facebook Inc., Google Ltd., Pinterest Inc., Twitter Inc., Instagram LLC. and Tumblr Inc. (“Provider”).
Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. An overview of the Facebook plugins and what they look like is available here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
Google+ is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). An overview of the Google and what they look like is available here: https://developers.google.com/+/web/
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.
Pinterest is operated by Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Further information on Pinterest is available here: https://www.pinterest.de/.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.
Twitter is operated by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). An overview of the Twitter buttons and what they look like is available here: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://twitter.com/privacy.
Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). An overview of the Instagram buttons and what they look like is available here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.
Tumblr is operated by Tumblr Inc., 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA. An overview of the Tumblr buttons and what they look like is available here: https://www.tumblr.com/buttons.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/de.
If you call up a page on our website that contains such a plugin or if you click on a link, your browser establishes a direct connection with the provider’s servers. The content of the plugins or links is transmitted directly to your browser by the respective provider and is integrated into the website. By integrating the plugin or clicking on the link, the provider is informed that your browser has called up the relevant page on our website, even if you do not have a profile or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is sent by your browser directly to one of the respective provider’s servers in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into one of the services, the provider can directly attribute the visit to our website to your profile accordingly. When you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is also sent directly to one of the provider’s servers and stored there. Furthermore, the information is published on the website by the respective provider and your contacts are shown there.
If you do not want the data collected via our website to be directly attributed to your profile with the respective service, you have to log out of the service in question before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent plugins from being loaded using add-ons for your browser, e.g. using the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).
On the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1) lit. f. GDPR, we use the services of third parties for the optimisation and commercial operation of our offerings. In these cases, the third party provider may recognise the IP address of the user of third party content or this may be necessary to implement the offerings of the third party provider. The third party provider may also use what are known as pixel tags to analyse information on visitor traffic and for statistical or marketing purposes. Furthermore, this information can be stored in cookies and on the user’s end device. These cookies can then obtain technical information on the browser used, the operating system, duration of the visit and other information on the use of our website and combined with such information from other sources.
We offer the service from the payment service provider PayPal on our website.
This gives you the option of paying for our offerings through PayPal.
PayPal is operated by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.
If you use PayPal, we forward the information you provide during a purchase transaction, including the details of your order (name, address, account number, sort code, if necessary your credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) to the company. Your data is forwarded exclusively for the purpose of processing payment. PayPal transmits your data to credit agencies in order to obtain credit worthiness information to assess the risk of liability.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE.
If you pay by credit card, Six Payment collects personal data, e.g. name of the card holder, credit card number, billing address, delivery address, security code and expiration date of the credit card.
The data is processed by Six Payment Services (Europe) S.A., Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (German Branch), Franklinstraße 61-63, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://www.six-payment-services.com/de/services/legal/privacy-statement.html.
We integrate videos from Xtube into our website.
Xtube is operated by MG Freesites II Ltd, 195-197 Old Nicosia-Limassol Road, Block 1 Dali Industrial Zone, Cyprus 2540.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://www.xtube.com/legal/privacy.
On our website, we use the function to embed Vzaar videos.
Vzaar is operated by Vzaar Limited, 31 - 33 Bondway, London, SW8 1SJ, England.
The purpose and extent of the data collection and further processing and use of the data by the provider along with your rights and settings options in this regard for the protection of your private sphere can be found in the provider’s privacy policies: https://vzaar.com/legal/privacy.
We operate an online presence on the Facebook social network in order to communicate with interested users and to inform them about our company.
As the operator of the website, Facebook makes what are called “Facebook Insights” available to us. When you visit our site, cookies are set that collect anonymised statistical data. The cookies are set by Facebook and are a non-negotiable element of the user relationship between us and Facebook.
Personal data are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR for the most effective communication and to inform interested users. There is a legitimate interest in designing and optimising our offering on the basis of user behaviour.
In regard to the data processing, we and Facebook are jointly responsible according to Art. 26 GDPR. Facebook holds the primary responsibility here. As the operator of the website, we do not make any decisions regarding the processing of the data. The obligation to provide information according to Art. 13 GDPR lies with Facebook.
The rights of Data Subjects can be asserted with us or Facebook. Please note, however, that asserting such rights through Facebook is the most effective option because only Facebook has access to the processed data and can directly implement corresponding measures and provide information.
In regard to further information on the processing of data, the agreement on joint responsibility and the objection options, please refer to the Facebook Privacy Policy:
An agreement has been concluded with Facebook according to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an appropriate level of data protection in the transmission of personal data to third countries. Further information and the Google Privacy Policy are available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum
We maintain online presences on social media networks and platforms in order to communicate with active customers, interested parties and users and in order to be able to inform them of our services there. When the respective networks and platforms are called up, the terms and conditions and the data processing policies of the respective provider apply. In particular in relation to a detailed presentation of the respective processing and objection options (opt-out), please refer to the following linked information from the providers. In regard to the assertion of the rights of Data Subjects, please note that these are best asserted with the respective provider as only the provider has access to your data.
If not otherwise stated in the context of our Privacy Policy, we process user data insofar as they communicate with us within the social media networks and platforms, e.g. if they write contributions on our online presence or send us messages.
The personal data entered by the Data Subject is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by those responsible for processing and for own purposes. Within our establishment, your data is received by the internal departments or organisational units that require them to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations or within the context of processing and implementing our legitimate interests. The Controller responsible for the processing can use subcontractors to provide and fulfil its services or to forward these to one or more order processors, who also use the data exclusively for internal use attributable to the Controller, e.g. in connection with contract processing, for the purpose of meeting legal requirements according to which we are obliged to provide information, submit reports or forward data or if the forwarding of data is in the public interest; insofar as external service providers process data on our behalf as order processors or by taking over a function (e.g. external data centres, support/maintenance of IT applications, archiving, data destruction, purchasing/procurement, customer management, letter shops, website management, auditing services, banks, print works or data disposal companies, courier services, logistics); on the basis of our legitimate interest or the legitimate interest of the third party (e.g. to authorities, credit agencies, collection agencies, lawyers, courts, assessors, group companies and supervisory authorities).
As is anyone who engages in business, we are also subject to a number of legal obligations. These are primarily legal requirements (e.g. commercial and tax law) as well as supervisory legislation and other official provisions. The purposes of the processing include, if applicable, the fulfilment of tax law supervisory and reporting obligations as well as the archiving of data for the purposes of data protection and data security and auditing by tax and other authorities. Furthermore, the disclosure of personal data may be necessary in the context of official/legal measures for the purposes of collecting evidence, criminal prosecution or to asset claims under civil law.
In order to prevent unauthorised access or unauthorised disclosure, to ensure that the data is correct and to confirm the authorised user of the data, we have implemented technical and organisational procedures to secure and protect the data we request online in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR. We secure our website and other systems against the manipulation, loss, destruction, access, alteration or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons.
We delete or block the personal data collected by us according to Art. and 18 GDPR.
We store and process personal data only for as long as this is necessary to achieve the purpose of storage. Data may also be stored insofar as this is provided for by the European or national legislature and in European Union regulations, laws or other provisions by which we are governed. In this case, the data is blocked for other purposes.
As soon as the purpose of processing no longer applies or a prescribed storage deadline according to the provisions mentioned expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted.
The version of the Privacy Policy that can be accessed online at the time of your visit applies for the use of our website. We reserve the right to amend or update this Privacy Policy on the basis of a further development of the website or amended legal or official provisions.
We ask our users to inform themselves on a regular basis of the content of the Privacy Policy.
If you have any further questions about data privacy regarding our website, please contact us at the above e-mail address. We will then try to answer your questions and ease any concerns you may have.
