Privacy Policy

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

    • “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

    • “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP adress, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

    • “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Personal data includes data such as your name, your address, your phone number or your email address. We only collect, process or use personal data from you if you voluntarily provide us with it and it is legally permitted, or if you have given us your permission. This usually happens when you enter into a business relationship with us or make an enquiry with us.  We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).  Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

• Communicate with you;

• Process a contract agreed between us;

• Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud.

When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns). 

Your data will usually be processed in Germany. In exceptional cases and to the extent permitted by law, data processing will also take place in another country.

In some cases, our employees might need to access your data during business trips in third countries, if you make an enquiry and an employee processes it from abroad, for example. Data is accessed via a VPN connection, which is encrypted between the employee’s notebook and the server in Germany. Your data may also be processed locally on our employees’ notebooks whilst abroad.

The Personal Information will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which we are subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period specified by the standards mentioned expires. Unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.  For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

Google – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

Bing – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once you leave our  website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our Website.

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.  

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
This Policy was last updated on October 1, 2020.

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at office@aplusapp.de or by mail using the details provided below:

Prof.-Messerschmitt-Str.17,
Neubiberg 85579, Germany.