Privacy Policy




Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law nor contractually, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided during subsequent processing operations.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.


Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.

Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host/IT service provider through your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider.

The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring trouble-free operation of our website and in improving our offering.


Contact

Responsible person

Contact us if you wish. The person responsible for data processing is: FRENCHMAN GmbH, Südstraße 40, 49086 Osnabrück Germany, +4954150797431, mail@frenchman.eu

Initiative contact from the customer via email

If you initiate business contact with us via email, we will only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves to process and answer your contact request.

If the contact is used to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice if you are interested in buying, preparing an offer) or concerns a contract that has already been concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and answering your request. In this case, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR.

We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection and processing when using the contact form

When you use the contact form, we only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact.

If the contact is used to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice if you are interested in buying, preparing an offer) or concerns a contract that has already been concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and answering your request. In this case, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR.

We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.


Customer account orders

Customer account

When you open a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. Processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, processing and transfer of personal data when placing orders

When you place an order, we only collect and process your personal data to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill and process your order and to process your inquiries. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide it will result in no contract being concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR and is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you.

Your data will be passed on, for example, to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers you have chosen, payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases we strictly observe the legal requirements. The amount of data transmission is limited to a minimum.


Reviews advertising

Shop information customer rating

For our website we use the evaluation tool “shopauskunft.de” from Gewerbebund Management AG (Kohlgartenstraße 11 - 13, 04315 Leipzig; “Shopauskunft”).

After placing your order, we would like to ask you to rate and comment on your purchase from us. For this purpose, we will write to you by email, using the technical system “Legally Secure Valuation Request (RBA)”. We process the data about your order (order number/invoice number, purchase value and shipping costs) as well as your email address. We may also use this data for the purpose of verifying your rating.

The processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR with your consent, provided that you have expressly agreed to the transfer of your data and to receiving the request for evaluation.

You can revoke your consent at any time using the corresponding link in the email or by notifying us, without

that the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent until its revocation is affected. Further information on data protection when using shop information can be found at: https://www.shopauskunft.de/datenschutz .

Shop information widget

The shop information widget is integrated into our website. This serves the purpose of displaying the number and results of the reviews we have received so far via shop information and thus advertising.

In order to display the widget, it is technically necessary to transmit usage data through your Internet browser to the Shop Information server and store it in log data (so-called server log files) for 7 days. This stored data includes the name and URL of the file accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address of the requesting computer, the website from which access is made (referrer URL), the browser used and, if applicable, your operating system computer and the name of your access provider.

The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in promoting our offers by displaying the customer reviews we have already received. This data is not stored together with other personal data.

Use of the email address to send newsletters

Regardless of the contract processing, we use your email address exclusively for our own advertising purposes to send newsletters, provided you have expressly agreed to this. Processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the distribution list.

Your data will be passed on to a service provider for email marketing as part of order processing. It will not be passed on to other third parties.


Shipping service provider merchandise management

Passing on the email address to shipping companies for information about shipping status

We pass on your email address to the transport company as part of the contract processing, provided you have expressly agreed to this in the ordering process. The purpose of the transfer is to inform you by email about the shipping status. Processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation.

Use of an external merchandise management system

We use an inventory management system to process the contract as part of order processing. To do this, yours will be within the framework

personal data collected when placing the order

JTL Software GmbH, Rheinstr. 7, 41836 Hückelhoven

transmitted.


Payment service provider

Use of PayPal

We use the PayPal payment service from PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using payment via PayPal, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal Privacy Policy. You can find these at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full


Using PayPal Plus

We use the PayPal Plus payment service from PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

For individual payment methods such as credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right to obtain credit information based on mathematical and statistical procedures using credit agencies. For this purpose, PayPal sends the personal data required for a credit check to a credit agency and uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment to make a balanced decision about the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report can contain probability values (score values) that are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical methods and whose calculation includes, among other things, address data. Your concerns will be considered in accordance with the statutory provisions. The data processing serves the purpose of checking your creditworthiness to initiate a contract. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in protecting against non-payment if PayPal makes advance payments.

For reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR by notifying PayPal. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method you require. Failure to provide this means that the contract cannot be concluded using the payment method you have chosen.


Using PayPal Express

We use the PayPal Express payment service from PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the PayPal Express payment service. In order to integrate this payment service, it is necessary for PayPal to collect, store and analyze data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you access the website. Cookies can also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable your browser to be recognized.

Your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in a customer-oriented offer of various payment methods. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation.

By selecting and using PayPal Express, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. Further information on data processing when using the PayPal Express payment service can be found in the associated data protection declaration at www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE#Updated_PS .


Using PayPal Check-Out

We use the PayPal Check-Out payment service from PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA (22-24 Boulevard Royal L- 2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or “Pay later” via PayPal, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

Cookies can be stored here, which enable your browser to be recognized. The resulting data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in a customer-oriented offer of different payment methods. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation.

Credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal & “Pay later” via PayPal

For individual payment methods such as credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or “Pay later” via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right, if necessary, to obtain credit information based on mathematical and statistical methods using credit agencies. For this purpose, PayPal sends the personal data required for a credit check to a credit agency and uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment to make a balanced decision about the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report can contain probability values (score values) that are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical methods and whose calculation includes, among other things, address data. Your concerns will be considered in accordance with the statutory provisions. The data processing serves the purpose of checking your creditworthiness to initiate a contract. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in protecting against non-payment if PayPal makes advance payments.

For reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR by notifying PayPal. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method you require. Failure to provide this means that the contract cannot be concluded using the payment method you have chosen.

Third Party

If you pay using a third-party payment method, the data required to process the payment will be transmitted to PayPal. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. To carry out this payment method, PayPal may then pass on the data to the respective provider. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. Local third parties can be, for example:

Sofort (SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany)

giropay (Paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main)

Purchase on account via PayPal

When paying via the purchase invoice payment method, the data required for payment processing is first transmitted to PayPal. To carry out this payment method, PayPal will then transmit the data to Ratepay GmbH (Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin; "Ratepay") in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. Ratepay may carry out a credit report based on mathematical-statistical procedures (probability or score values) using credit agencies according to the process described above. The data processing serves the purpose of checking your creditworthiness to initiate a contract. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in protecting against non-payment if Ratepay makes advance payments. Further information on data protection and which credit agencies use Ratpay can be found at https://www.ratepay.com/legal - payment-dataprivacy/ and https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/ .

Further information on data processing when using PayPal can be found in the associated data protection declaration at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full .


Use of the payment service provider Stripe

We use the Stripe payment service from Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland) on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using Stripe, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to Stripe in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you using the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

Stripe reserves the right, if necessary, to obtain credit information based on mathematical and statistical methods using credit agencies. For this purpose, Stripe transmits the personal data required for a credit check to a credit agency and uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment to make a balanced decision about the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report can contain probability values (score values) that are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical methods and whose calculation includes, among other things, address data. Your concerns will be considered in accordance with the statutory provisions. The data processing serves the purpose of checking your creditworthiness to initiate a contract. The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in protecting against non-payment if Stripe makes advance payments.

For reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR by notifying Stripe. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method you require. Failure to provide this means that the contract cannot be concluded using the payment method you have chosen.

All Stripe transactions are subject to the Stripe Privacy Policy. You can find these at https://stripe.com/de/privacy Use of the payment service provider Mollie

We use the payment service provider Mollie BV (Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands; “Mollie”) to process payments on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you various payment methods through payment processing via the payment service provider Mollie. If you have chosen one of the payment options from the payment service provider Mollie, the data required to process the payment will be transmitted to Mollie. This includes your payment details (e.g. bank account number or credit card number), your IP address, your internet browser and device type and, in some cases, your preference.

and last name, your address details and information about the product or service you purchased from us. This data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. Further information on data processing when using the payment service provider Mollie can be found in the associated data protection declaration https://www.mollie.com/de/privacy


Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is accessed again.

Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide individually whether to accept them and prevent the storage of the cookies and the transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to fully use all of the functions of this website.

You can find out how you can manage cookies in the most important browsers (including deactivating them) using the links below:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-allow-and-reject

Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac


Technically necessary cookies

Unless otherwise stated in the data protection declaration below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize your browser even after you change pages and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For this it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 25 Paragraph 2 TTDSG. Your personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offering.

You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation.

Use of JTL's cookie consent tool

We use the cookie consent tool from JTL-Software-GmbH (Rheinstraße 7, 41836 Hückelhoven; “JTL”) on our website.

The tool enables you to grant consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to make use of your right to revoke consent that has already been given. The data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting the necessary consent for data processing and thus complying with legal obligations. Cookies can be used. The following information, among others, may be collected: IP address, date and time of page access and consent status.

Data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.

Further information about VersaCommerce data protection can be found at: https://www.jtl-software.de/datenschutz .


Advertising tracking analysis

Use of Google Analytics 4

We use the web analysis service Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”) on our website.

The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. This will be the case

Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website

To compile reports on website activity and other related to website and internet usage

to provide services to the website operator.

The following information can be collected, among other things: IP address, date and time of page access, click path, information about the browser you use and the device you use, pages visited, referrer URL (website through which you visit our website). website), location data, purchasing activities. Your data may be linked by Google with other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices and any other data that Google has about you.

The IP address is previously shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation.

The information generated in this way about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The EU Commission has an adequacy decision for the USA, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself according to the TADPF and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection principles. Both Google and US government authorities have access to your data.

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and under https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de .


Use of Google Ads conversion tracking

We use the online advertising program “Google Ads” on our website and, in this context, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow

Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Google).

If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking will be stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to that page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. There is therefore no possibility that cookies can be tracked via the websites of Ads customers.

The information collected using the conversion cookie serves the purpose of creating conversion statistics. Here we find out the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

Your data may be transmitted to Google LLC servers in the USA. The EU Commission has an adequacy decision for the USA, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself according to the TADPF and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection principles.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of Section 25 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 TTDSG in conjunction with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent before its revocation.

Further information and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/


Plug-ins and others

Using Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google") on our website.

This application manages JavaScript tags and HTML tags, which are used to implement tracking and analysis tools in particular. The data processing serves the purpose of tailoring and optimizing our website. The Google Tag Manager itself neither stores cookies nor processes personal data. However, it enables the triggering of additional tags that can collect and process personal data. You can find further information about terms of use and data protection here .


Rights of those affected and storage period

Duration of storage

After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account statutory retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the deadline has expired, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.


Rights of the data subject

If the legal requirements are met, you are entitled to the following rights in accordance with Articles 15 to 20 of the GDPR: right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.

In addition, according to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 Para. 1 f GDPR, as well as to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.


Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is not being processed lawfully.

You can lodge a complaint with, among other things, the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can reach using the following contact details:


State Commissioner for Data Protection for Lower Saxony

Prinzenstrasse 5

30159 Hanover

Tel.: +49 511 1204500

Fax: +49 511 1204599

Email: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de


Right to object

If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with future effect for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Once you have objected, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

last updated: November 29, 2023