Privacy Policy

Our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR for the collection of data is based on the following purposes: ensuring a smooth connection setup and comfortable use of the website, evaluation of system security and stability, and for other administrative purposes.

In no case do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person.

b) When Using Our Contact Form

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. The following information is required at a minimum: an email address and name, so we know who the request is from and can respond to it. Additional information can be provided voluntarily.

The data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR based on your voluntarily given consent.

The personal data we collect for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your request has been dealt with.

c) When Concluding a Contractual Relationship

When concluding a contractual relationship on our website, we ask you to provide the following personal data:

- Data that personally identifies you, such as name and email address, contact details, such as address, billing and delivery address, and phone number, information about your payment method

- Additional personal data that we are legally obliged or entitled to collect and process and that we need for your authentication, identification, or to verify the data we have collected.

The mentioned data will be processed for the purpose of handling the contractual relationship. The data processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The storage period is limited to the purpose of the contract and, if applicable, statutory and contractual retention periods.

d) Use of Payment Service Providers

To pay for contracts concluded with us for a fee, we also work with payment service providers. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing, as far as this is necessary for the payment processing. The legal basis for the data transfer is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

e) When Registering for Our Newsletter

If you have expressly consented according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will use your email address to send you our newsletter regularly.

You can unsubscribe at any time, for example, via a link at the end of a newsletter. Alternatively, you can send your unsubscribe request at any time via email (preferably with the subject: "Unsubscribe Newsletter").

2. Disclosure of Personal Data

Your data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only share your data with third parties if:

In these cases, however, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the minimum necessary.

Our data protection regulations comply with the applicable data protection laws, and the data is processed only in the Federal Republic of Germany / European Union. There is no transfer to third countries, nor is it intended.

3. Rights of Data Subjects

Upon request, we will gladly inform you whether and which personal data concerning you is stored (Art. 15 GDPR), in particular about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling.

You also have the right to have any incorrect personal data corrected or incomplete data completed (Art. 16 GDPR).

Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your data, provided the legal requirements for this are met (Art. 18 GDPR).

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another responsible party (Art. 20 GDPR).

In addition, you have the so-called "right to be forgotten," meaning you can request the deletion of your personal data from us, provided the legal requirements for this are met (Art. 17 GDPR).

Regardless of this, your personal data will automatically be deleted by us if the purpose of data collection no longer applies or if data processing has been unlawful.

According to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to revoke your consent given to us at any time. This means that we will no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future.

You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, provided a right to object is provided by law. In the event of a valid objection, your personal data will also be automatically deleted by us (Art. 21 GDPR).

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an email to: info@8wonders.de.

In case of violations of data protection regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority according to Art. 77 GDPR.

4. Duration of Data Storage

The collected data will be stored by us as long as it is necessary for the fulfillment of the contracts entered into with us or until you exercise your right to deletion or your right to transfer the data to another company.

5. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your end device when you visit our website. The cookie contains information that arises in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately gain knowledge of your identity. These cookies are set as so-called first-party cookies ("own cookies") or third-party cookies ("third-party cookies"). First-party cookies are set by the website you are currently visiting and are not accessible across domains by browsers. A third-party cookie, on the other hand, is set by a third party, i.e., not by the actual website you are currently visiting. Furthermore, cookies are distinguished between technically necessary and technically non-necessary cookies. Both technically necessary and technically non-necessary cookies are set on our website in accordance with the following paragraphs.

Technically necessary cookies are essential for the operation of our website and enable certain functions to be provided in the first place. These technically necessary cookies, which are only required and set for the individual necessary online session, are automatically deleted after you leave our website.

If you have given the appropriate consent, we use so-called technically non-necessary cookies on our site. The technically non-necessary cookies are mainly used to analyze the use of the website and user behavior, compile reports on visitor activities on the website, and provide further services related to the use of the website. The technically non-necessary cookies we use are explained in our cookie banner regarding their functionality, duration, and possible third-party recipients of the data. If certain third-party providers we use set cookies as part of the service they provide for us, this will be additionally indicated separately in our privacy policy. The legal basis for the use of technically non-necessary cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, provided you have given your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. Furthermore, you always have the option to configure the setting of cookies. For example, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies in advance or to completely reject cookies.

Java applets and JavaScript are used to provide our internet offering. If you do not want to use these auxiliary programs or active content for security reasons, you should deactivate the corresponding setting in your browser.

6. Online Marketing/Analysis Tools

Through statistical recording by online marketing measures, we aim to design our website according to your needs as our user, continuously adapt it, and optimize its use. Unless otherwise stated below, the use of the online marketing and tracking measures we use is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR. If your data is transferred to the USA, this is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 49 Para. 1 S.1 lit. a GDPR. Furthermore, the relevant service providers have committed themselves to us within the framework of a standard contractual clause to ensure a level of data protection in third countries outside the EU that corresponds to that of the EU.

Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), is used on this website. The usage includes the "Universal Analytics" operating mode; this makes it possible to assign data, sessions, and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze the activities of a user across devices. Google Analytics uses "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by IP anonymization to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Further information on the terms of use and data protection can be found at (https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=de). On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g., User-ID), or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.htmland http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

You can prevent the installation and storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Deactivate Google Analytics. The opt-out cookie only applies to this browser and only to our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Google Ads / Conversion Tracking

We also use the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, within Google Ads, conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google. If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is stored on your device. These cookies expire after 30 days, do not contain any personal data, and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain internet pages on our website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no possibility that cookies can be tracked across the websites of Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are informed of the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by preventing the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly (deactivation option). You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Further information and Google's privacy policy can be found at: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ and http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Google Adsense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for embedding advertisements of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Google Tag Manager

This website uses the Google Tag Manager. With the Google Tag Manager, website tags can be managed via an interface. The Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-less domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, it remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. Further information on the Google Tag Manager can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

Google Remarketing

If you have given your consent, the remarketing function of Google Inc. is used on this website. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements to visitors to the website within the Google advertising network. Your browser stores cookies when you visit websites that are part of Google's advertising network. On these pages, advertisements can then be presented to you based on content you previously viewed on websites that use Google's remarketing function. According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data in this process. If you still do not wish to use Google's remarketing function, you can deactivate it by making the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can disable the use of cookies for interest-based advertising through the advertising network initiative by following the instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. Further information on Google Remarketing and Google's privacy policy can be found at http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.

Meta Ads

If you have given your consent, the "Custom Audiences" function of Meta Platforms, Inc. ("Meta", Meta HQ - 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA) is used on this website. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements to visitors of our website when they visit the social networks Facebook and Instagram. For this purpose, we have implemented the Meta Pixel on this website. When you visit our website, a direct connection to the Meta servers is established via this pixel. Meta is thereby informed that you have visited our website and assigns this information to your Facebook or Instagram account. The Meta Pixel enables us to measure, evaluate, and optimize the effectiveness of Facebook and Instagram advertisements for statistical and market research purposes. We receive reports from Meta in anonymized form only, which means we do not receive any personal data of individual users. Further information on the collection and use of data by Meta as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Meta's privacy notices at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875. You can withdraw your consent to the use of the "Custom Audiences" function and the associated use of the Meta Pixel at any time with future effect by following this link: https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/. You must be logged in to Facebook or Instagram to do this. You also have the option to prohibit Meta and its partners from displaying ads. You can adjust the settings for Facebook and Instagram ads at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/.

Links to Our Social Media Pages

We have included links to our social media pages on our website. Please note that these are only links that redirect to our internet presence in the respective networks, not so-called plugins with which you could, for example, "share" or "like" information on our website. As far as we know, it is technically not possible for social networks to collect personal data on our website through mere links. For the purpose and scope of data collection after the redirection, please refer to the privacy information of the respective network.

Data Security

We strive to take all necessary technical and organizational security measures to store your personal data in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties or the public. If you wish to contact us by email, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be fully guaranteed using this communication method. Therefore, we recommend that you send us confidential information exclusively by mail.

Validity and Changes to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid.

Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be accessed and printed at any time on the website at https://www.mathepotamia.com/en/privacy-policy.

Name and Contact Details of the Data Controller

This data protection information applies to data processing by:

Vladimir Zhukov / Langhansstraße 28, 13086, Berlin / info@8wonders.de

This privacy policy is dated June 2024.