Datenschutz-Bestimmungen

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IN SHORT:
Your privacy is very important to us. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about our privacy practices, including how we collect, use and disclose your Personal Information.

We only collect, process and use your Personal Data in compliance with the following principles and in observance of the applicable data protection legislation. By using this site or/and our services, you consent to the processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy so please read it carefully.

If any policies or practices of this Privacy Policy are unacceptable to you, please do not visit, access, or use our services.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at

1. Introduction
Personal Data ("Personal Data", "Personal Information") is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") is an agreement between the operator of wallpapic.de ("WALLPAPIC", "we", "us" or "our") and you ("User", "you" or "your"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data ("Personal Data", "Personal Information") when you use our website at wallpapic.de and all related websites, software, apps, and/or plug-ins that we provide (collectively, "Website", "Service" or "Services").

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.

2. Processing principles
We reserve the right tp perform any operation or set of operations on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data.

We promise to follow the following data processing principles:

- Our Processing activities have lawful grounds. We always consider your rights before processing Personal Data.
- Processing is limited to the purpose. Our Processing activities fit the purpose for which Personal Data was gathered.
- We only collect and process the minimal amount of Personal Data required for any purpose.
- We will not store your personal data for longer than needed.
- We will do our best to ensure the accuracy of data.
- We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.

3. User Accounts
Membership is an optional part of the WALLPAPIC web site. No user account is required in order to browse or download the content we provide. However, creating an account (if such functionality is enabled on our Website) enables extra features such as (but not limited to) the ability to submit content.

By creating an account, you are giving to us certain information about yourself that will be stored on our servers. This data includes at a minimum a username, password, and valid email address. Your user profile information is public and may appear on our web site, with the exception of your email address and password.

It is up to you to ensure that your username /email address is anonymous.

4. How we collect and store Personal Data
The personal information we collect about you may include the following. In each case, we identify the grounds that we rely on to process your Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"):

1) Automatically when you visit the Website

Like many websites, we collect information about how visitors use this Website. In general, you can visit many of the web pages on this Website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.

However, when you visit our website wallpapic.de, information is automatically sent by the browser used on your end device to our website servers. The following information can be collected during this process without any action on your part and stored until it automatically deleted in accordance with applicable data protection regulations:

- IP address of the requesting computer
- Name and URL of the requested file
- Website from which access is obtained (Referrer URL)
- Browser used and, where applicable, the your computer’s operating system and the identity of your access provider
- Browser and device features
- Mobile Device Information (e.g., device identifier, mobile operating system, etc.)
- Internet Service Provider
- Content viewed
- Geographic location
- Connection speed
- Date and time of visit

2) Information you provide us with

In addition to information that is collected automatically, we can also collect personal information from you at this Website when you voluntarily submit it to us. We can request personal information from you (which may include your name, address, telephone number, email address) when you:

1. Complete a registration, survey, application or other form
2. Purchase a product or service from us or from one of our vendors, suppliers or other agents
3. Sign-up to receive email newsletters or other correspondence
4. Participate in a promotion, contest, sweepstakes or similar promotional activity
5. Submit materials to our Website
6. Request e-mail, fax, mail, or telephone support or services
7. Use our contact form
8. Give us some feedback.

WALLPAPIC may obtain the following types of information from you or concerning your computer or device, which may include information that can be used to identify you as specified below:

- Name
- Email address
- Mailing address
- Telephone number(s)
- credit card information
- Blog or website URL
- Social networking nickname or username
- Photo
- Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, interests, and preferences)
- Professional Title
- Company
- Industry
- Activities or content viewed on wallpapic.de

When you register to receive any products or services from WALLPAPIC or provide information to WALLPAPIC in any other manner, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information.

3) Information from our partners and third party websites

If you choose to use any third party website or service that is integrated with WALLPAPIC, including a third party social networking site or OAuth authorization/authentication provider we may receive information, including personally identifying information, from such third party websites, including, but not limited to:

- Name
- Nickname or username
- Photo or graphic avatar
- Unique third party website identifier (e.g., Facebook User ID)
- Biographical or demographic information (e.g. professional title, gender, college attended, etc.)
- Likes and interests
- Contacts/Friends/Associations
- Any information that is publicly available on third party websites

Your decision to use, or share with, a third party website when accessing or using our Services is completely voluntary. WALLPAPIC is not responsible for compliance with the policies of any third party website. You should ensure that you are comfortable with the information such third party websites may make available to WALLPAPIC by reviewing those websites’ privacy policies and service terms, and by modifying your privacy settings and preferences on those services.

Any information we receive from third party websites will be governed by this Privacy Policy.

5. How we use Personal Data
We may use the Personal Data we collect to:

- Provide you with the Services, including customer support
- Optimize and enhance the WALLPAPIC Services, including to develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Improve our products and services
- Respond to inquiries and fulfill your requests
- Provide you with information that we think may interest you, including in regards to our products and services
- Personalize and your experience on wallpapic.de
- Identify you for communication purposes
- Monitor the usage of our Services, including by conducting automated and manual security checks
- Understand and analyze the usage trends and preferences of our users
- Administer and analyze our client base (download behavior and history) in order to improve the quality, variety, and availability of products/services offered/provided
- Operate our business
- Create aggregated and anonymized reporting data about usage of the Services;
- Investigate legal claims
- Carry out such purposes for which we may obtain consent from time to time; and
carry out such other purposes as may be permitted or required by applicable law
- Use for debugging purposes and for aggregating into anonymous usage and traffic statistics
- Use in additional administrative purposes

The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest is based on the data collection purposes listed above.

We do not on any account use the data collected for the purpose of identifying you. The provision of this data is not required by law or contract or to enter into a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. The personal data collected by us when you contact us are deleted in accordance with statutory requirements once your inquiry has been dealt with.

Please note that we may process your Personal Data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

6. How we share Personal Data
We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. We do not sell or otherwise provide personal information to other companies for the marketing of their own products or services. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data to third parties if you have previously consented to such disclosures and in special circumstances, including, but not limited to, the sale of WALLPAPIC; the due diligence in connection with a potential sale of WALLPAPIC; any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of WALLPAPIC, or in other similar circumstances (the event of any potential or completed reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business).

For the purpose of operating our business and providing you with certain services and products and to process your purchases, shipments and payments, we may disclose your Personal Data to one or more of our business partners, distributors, suppliers, affiliates, service providers or other third parties who are assisting WALLPAPIC in performing such services.

We will retain your Personal Data for as long as wallpapic.de is operating or as needed to provide you Services or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data to third parties in the following cases if:
- You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR
- Disclosure in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR is necessary for the purposes of pursuing our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of third party and there is no reason to assume that you have any overriding interest in your data not being disclosed which is worthy of protection,
- Disclosure in accordance with Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR as required by law, and
- This is permitted by law and required by Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.

We also may provide your Personal Data to other WALLPAPIC affiliated companies (including, but not limited to, affiliates, subsidiaries and our parent companies) who may use your Personal Data for any legal purposes whatsoever.

We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data as required by law (e.g., to comply with a subpoena, warrant, or court order) and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, avoid litigation, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, and/or respond to a government request, or to contact, identify or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our or others' rights or property.

We may also disclose your Personal Data if we determine that such disclosure should be made for reasons of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance.

We rely on third party services providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf, such as analytics, identity verification, detection of fraud or security threats, telephone or technical support, payment card processing, hosting services, and data storage or processing, and we may transfer your Personal Data to our service providers for such purposes. Third party service providers have access to and may collect Personal Data only as needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use the information for any other purpose.

When we disclose your Personal Data to third parties, we take reasonable measures to ensure that the rules set forth in this Privacy Policy are complied with and that such third parties provide sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information.

We may also provide aggregated, non-personally identifiable information to third parties for any legal purposes whatsoever.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your Personal Data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

7. How we secure Personal Data
We take your privacy very seriously and have implemented physical, organizational and technological security measures with a view to protecting your Personal Data from loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We use commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard and secure your Personal Data while stored on our computer systems.

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe. We use safe protocols for communication and transferring data (such as HTTPS). This is normally 128-bit encryption. Whether an individual page of our Website is transmitted in encrypted form can be seen with the closed key or lock icon in your browser's status bar. We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. Stored data is encrypted when possible.

Even though we try our best, no data transmission over the public Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we promise to notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur.

To help protect your computer and Personal Data, make sure you have current anti-virus and firewall software installed on your computer and update such software on a regular basis.

If you have an account with us, note that you have to keep your username and password secret.

We have also taken technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access. All our employees and any service providers who work for us are obliged to comply with all applicable data protection legislation. Are security measures are subject to a continuous improvement process and our privacy policies are constantly revised.

8. Rights regarding your Personal Data
Under certain circumstances and in accordance with the GDPR or other applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:

1. Access data – ask if we are processing information and, if we are, request access to your Personal Data. You may receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold and certain other information about you;
2. Correct data – request that any incomplete or inaccurate Personal Data about you that we have be corrected;
3. Erase data – ask us to erase or remove your Personal Data in certain circumstances. There are certain exceptions where we may refuse a request for erasure, for example, where the personal information is required for compliance with law or in connection with legal claims;
4. Restrict data – ask us to suspend the processing of your Personal Data, for example, to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it;
5. Transfer data – request the transfer of certain Personal Data to third party;
6. Object to processing – challenge our processing of Personal Data based on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) or for direct marketing purposes. However, we may be entitled to continue processing information in certain circumstances;
7. Automated decisions – contest any automated decision made where it has a legal or similar significant effect and ask for it to be reconsidered;
8. Withdraw your consent – where we are processing Personal Data with consent, withdraw your consent.

You also have a right to make a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. You can usually contact the supervisory authority at your normal place of residence or your workplace or where we are headquartered for this.

We reserve the right to respond to your request within 30 days. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please refer to "Contact us" section.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

9. Cookies and Web Storage
A cookie ("Cookie", "Cookies") is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a Website. When you visit the Website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies are used on wallpapic.de to store visitor preferences and other technical information required for the functionality of the Website. No personal information is stored in these cookies and we do not receive any direct knowledge of your identity.

We use cookies and/or similar technologies (Local Storage, Session Storage, etc) to analyze customer behavior, administer the website, track users’ movements and page views, and to collect any information about users. This is done in order to personalize and enhance your experience with us and to better customize our services and content for you.

By using the our Services, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and/or transmit any data collected to our third-party service providers, such as analytics providers, which may also make use of such technologies described above. Please note that if you block or delete cookies you will not be able to use some or all of the WALLPAPIC Services.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

- Necessary cookies – these cookies are required for you to be able to use some important features on our Website, such as logging in. These cookies don’t collect any Personal Data.
- Functionality cookies – these cookies provide functionality that makes using our Service more convenient and efficient and makes providing more personalized features possible. For example, they might remember your list of saved wallpapers and browse that list later.
- Session/temporary cookies - these cookies, for example, help us to detect that you have already visited individual pages of our Website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our Website. We also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness which are stored on your end device for a specifically determined period of time. If you visit our Website again in order to use our Services, it is automatically detected that you have already visited us and which entries you have made and settings you have chosen so that you do not have to enter these again.
- Analytics cookies – these cookies are used to track the use and performance of our Website and Services and to track and record users' behavior on our Website.
- Advertising cookies – these cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and to your interests. In addition, they are used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. They are usually placed to the Website by advertising networks with the Website operator’s permission. These cookies remember that you have visited a Website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our Website. Often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.

Only we can access the cookies created by our Website.

You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent. Also you can choose to turn off all cookies in your web browser. You can do this through your web browser settings (can be found in your browser's user guide). However, some Website features or services may not function properly without cookies and that will make your visit to this Website not so efficient and not enjoyable.

The data processed via cookies are required for the specified purposes in order to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

= Google Analytics

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses "cookies" to help the Website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA.

On behalf of the Website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent the installation of these cookies by configuring your browser software settings accordingly; we would, however, advise you that in this case you may not be able to use all website functions fully. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie and data relating to your use of the website being collected (including your IP address) and the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on

Instead of using a browser add-on, in particular for browsers on mobile end devices, you can also prevent data being collected by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents your data being collected in future when you visit this Website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and for our websites and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to place the opt-out cookie again.

= Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this Website. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this Website as well as other sites on the internet.

To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following url http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google's own privacy policies.

= Other Third Party ad servers or tools

Other Third Party ad servers or tools may also use cookies and pixel tags to collect data, to solicit personal information, to track users activities on this Website, to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies. WALLPAPIC has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers.

10. Third Party Privacy Policies
When browsing this Website, you may be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. Even though WALLPAPIC may be affiliated with these websites, we have no control over them or how they collect, distribute or otherwise use your Personal Information or how they safeguard and secure your Personal Information. WALLPAPIC is not responsible or liable for the conduct, policies or actions of the owners of such websites or the content displayed on these websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from our own. We do not assume responsibility for the privacy practices of such third parties, and we encourage you to review all third party privacy policies prior to using third party websites or products or services.

These websites are linked to this Website only for your convenience and you access them at your own risk.

11. Personal Data retention
We will use, disclose or retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which that Personal Data was collected and as permitted or required by law.

Your Personal Data submitted to and collected by this Website may be copied to additional machines for redundancy and backup purposes.

12. Children
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16 without obtaining parental consent.

If you are under 16 years of age, then please do not use or access our Website at any time or in any manner. If we become aware that Personal Data has been collected on our Services from persons under 16 years of age and without verifiable parental consent, then we will take the appropriate steps to remove that information. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child under 16 years of age has provided personal information, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our systems.

We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their children's online activity.

13. Data transfer
Your Personal Data may be stored and processed in any country, province or state (each a "Country") where we have facilities or in which we engage third party service providers. As a result, your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers and servers located outside of your Country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. While such information is outside of your Country, it is subject to the laws of the Country in which it is held, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other Country, pursuant to the laws of such Country.

However, our practices regarding your Personal Data will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Policy and, if applicable, we will comply with the GDPR requirements of providing adequate protection for the transfer of personal information from the EU/EEA to other countries.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

14. Direct Marketing
When you submit any Personal Data, you understand and agree that WALLPAPIC, its partners, and affiliates may access, store, and use your customer profile in any of the countries in which WALLPAPIC and its affiliates provide services. We collect this information for a variety of reasons, including informing you of new products, special offers, and other products and services from WALLPAPIC.

We reserve the right selectively provide certain information to other companies or organizations whose products or services we think may interest you.

We may also conduct surveys online, via e-mail, or by telephone. Your participation in these surveys is entirely optional. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.

15. Consent
You acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By using the Website or its Services you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Privacy Policy, you are not authorized to use or access the Website and its Services.

16. Changes
This Privacy Policy is currently valid.

We reserve the right to change or modify any of our policies and practices at any time. You can always find the latest version of this Privacy Policy here on this page.

We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Privacy Policy effective for information we already have about you, as well as any information we receive in the future.

Visiting, accessing, or using our Services following any change to this Privacy Policy is considered to be your acceptance of any such changes. You should, therefore, read this Privacy Policy from time to time.

If you do not agree with the changes, please discontinue use of the Website immediately.