G BRANDED - Privacy

1. Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we 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 responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

G BRANDED GmbH
Gastager Feld 13
83313 Siegsdorf, Germany
Email: datenschutz@gbranded.com, Phone: +49 (0)8662 20026-0, Fax: +49 (0)8662 20026-31

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2. Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When using our website for purely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary to display the website to you:

•Website visited 
•Date and time at the time of access
•Amount of data sent in bytes
•Source/reference from which you reached the page
•Browser used
•Operating system used
•IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check server log files if there are concrete indications of 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 string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3. Hosting & Content Delivery Network

We use a provider for hosting our website and displaying the site content, who provides its services either itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union. All data collected on our website is processed on these servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4. Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close the browser (“session cookies”), while others remain on your device longer and allow site settings to be saved (“persistent cookies”). The storage duration of persistent cookies can be found in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR if consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard 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 to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or 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 restricted.

5. Contact

When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of using a contact form can be seen from the respective form. These data are stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that no legal retention obligations conflict.

6. Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising

Advertising by postal mailBased on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and – if we have received these additional details from you in the course of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth, and your professional, industry or business title in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and to use them for sending you interesting offers and information about our products by post.You may object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time.

7. Site Functionalities

Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Shops Program) We work with Google as part of the “Google Customer Reviews” program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). This program gives us the opportunity to obtain customer reviews from users of our website. After making a purchase on our website, you will be asked if you would like to participate in an email survey from Google.If you give your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, we will transmit your email address to Google. You will then receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate your shopping experience on our website. The review you provide will then be aggregated with other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo as well as in our Merchant Center dashboard. Your review will also be used for Google Seller Ratings. In the course of using Google Customer Reviews, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller or to Google.For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/

8. Tools and Miscellaneous

8.1 - DATEVWe use the cloud-based accounting software service from the following provider for bookkeeping: DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany. The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, where applicable, our company’s bank transactions to automatically record invoices, match them to transactions, and create financial accounting from them in a semi-automated process. If personal data is processed in this context, processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in an efficient organization and documentation of our business processes in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

8.2 - Adobe Acrobat SignFor the digital signing of documents, we use the services of the following provider: Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, City West Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland. The service enables the legally valid signing of documents via electronic signature from any device. For this purpose, the service collects, stores and transmits, in addition to the electronic signature, usage data of the device used (in particular the IP address) and certain transaction data for verification and proof of the signature. Processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in efficient and time-saving business management and customer-friendly and effective document management in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits disclosure to third parties.•DocuSignFor the digital signing of documents, we use the services of the following provider: Docusign International (EMEA) Ltd., 5 Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, D02 VY79, Ireland. The service enables the legally valid signing of documents via electronic signature from any device. For this purpose, the service collects, stores and transmits, in addition to the electronic signature, usage data of the device used (in particular the IP address) and certain transaction data for verification and proof of the signature. Processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in efficient and time-saving business management and customer-friendly and effective document management in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits disclosure to third parties.

9. Rights of the Data Subject

9.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights of data subjects with respect to the controller regarding the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), whereby reference is made to the listed legal basis for the respective conditions for exercising such rights:

•Right of access 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(3) GDPR;
•Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

9.2 RIGHT TO OBJECTIF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

10. Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the processing purpose, and – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods).When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, such data will be stored until you revoke your consent.If statutory retention periods exist for data that is processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that they are no longer required for contract performance or contract initiation and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in continuing storage.When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.When processing personal data for direct advertising purposes on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration 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.

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Status: 29.08.2025