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Privacy policy

This English version is a courtesy translation. The German version (“Impressum” and “Datenschutz”) is legally binding.

1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. On the following pages, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is DS SafetyWear Arbeitsschutzprodukte GmbH, Deutz-Mülheimer-Str. 121, 51063 Köln, Germany, Phone: +49 221 292096-50, e-mail: info@dssafetywear.de. The controller in charge of the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website

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

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

Data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point 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 check the server log files subsequently, if there are any concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string https:// and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 For the hosting of our website and the presentation of the page content, we use a provider that provides its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers, unless different data recipients are specified below for specific data processing operations.

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

3.2 Hostinger

We use a content delivery network offered by the following provider: HOSTINGER operations, UAB, Švitrigailos str. 34, Vilnius 03230, Lithuania

This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content or scripts faster via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, ensuring the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibiting unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4) Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified, provided there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

5) Rights of the Data Subject

5.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following comprehensive rights of data subjects (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data:

  • Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw a given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

5.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON THE GROUNDS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING REASONS WORTHY OF PROTECTION FOR PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHICH ARE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

6) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if relevant – on the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

If personal data is processed on the basis of an express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject revokes his consent.

If there are legal storage periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the storage periods if it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or if we no longer have a justified interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can provide compelling grounds for processing worthy of protection which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the information contained in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

As of: 21.10.2026 · Privacy policy: © IT-Recht Kanzlei

Additional information on this website

This section was written by us and is not part of the legal texts of the IT-Recht Kanzlei. It describes functions of this website that the text above does not mention individually.

Enquiry form (samples, quote, advice, product catalogue)

Through the form you send us your company, contact person and email address, for sample requests also the delivery address, and voluntarily a phone number, place of delivery, application, protection requirement, expected requirement, requested products and message. A script on this website's server forwards the details by email to info@dssafetywear.de; the email is sent through the hosting provider's mail service. The details are not stored on the web server and no external form service is used. The mailbox info@dssafetywear.de is operated on Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online); the contracting party is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, and Microsoft's data protection addendum applies.

The purpose is to process your enquiry and, for sample requests, to send the samples. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where you yourself wish to become a contracting party; if you enquire on behalf of a company, it is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest being the answering of business enquiries. The required fields are needed to process the enquiry; without them we cannot answer it. We delete the details when the enquiry has been dealt with. If business results, we keep documents within the framework of statutory obligations, in particular under Section 257 HGB and Section 147 AO (up to ten years). The form also transmits the address of the page of this website from which you came to the form (the path only, for example “/en/gloves/”, no browsing history), so that we can see which content leads to enquiries. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

To protect against mass enquiries, the server stores for no more than one hour a hash value (checksum) of your IP address together with the time of the enquiry, not the IP address itself. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in an abuse-free form).

Cookies and saved items

Without your consent, this website sets no cookies. One exception that uses no cookie is the saved items list: when you click the heart on a product, your browser stores the article numbers of your selection, their order and your own notes in your device's local storage (localStorage) so that the list is still there on your next visit. This data stays on your device; we neither receive nor read it. Only when you share the list by email yourself or take it over into an enquiry do the article numbers reach the recipients you choose or us, your notes do not.

The storage takes place only on your explicit click and is strictly necessary for the function you requested (Section 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG). No consent is therefore required for the saved items list. You can delete the list on the Saved items page with “Clear list” or remove the website data in your browser. Beyond that, this website stores no information on your device and reads none without your consent. We remember your choice in the consent banner in your browser's local storage (entry “ds_consent”, 180 days); this is strictly necessary for asking for consent (Section 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG). The glove finder and the search filter only in your browser and store no entries. The audience measurement, which runs only with your consent, is described in the following section.

Audience measurement with Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager

With your consent, we measure how our website is used. For this we use Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Purposes. We statistically evaluate which pages and languages are used, whether visitors open data sheets and documents, whether they submit the enquiry form, and whether they move from our site to our shop. We use this to improve content, navigation and our offer. We do not use the data for personalised advertising.

Legal basis. Your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG (storing information on, and accessing information from, your device). Without your consent, Tag Manager is not loaded, no analytics cookie is set, and no data is sent to Google.

Withdrawal. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future: click “Cookie settings” in the footer of any page and choose “Decline”. When you withdraw, we delete the analytics cookies in your browser. Processing up to the withdrawal remains lawful. We store your choice in your browser for 180 days and ask again afterwards.

Data processed. After you consent, Google Analytics records events such as page views, the page and language viewed, time, clicks on links to our shop, opening of documents, the successful submission of a form (only the fact that it was submitted, not its content), language changes, the origin of the visit, technical details (browser, operating system, screen size) and approximate location (country and region). According to Google, Google Analytics 4 does not store IP addresses. We do not transmit names, email addresses or form entries.

Cookies and identifiers. Google Analytics sets a randomly generated identifier in cookies (_ga and _ga_<identifier>, lifetime up to 2 years) on your device to recognise returning visitors.

Link to our shop. Our brand websites and our online shop belong to DS SafetyWear. If you have consented and click a link to our shop, we append a parameter (_gl) to the address. This lets us recognise that the visit and the purchase belong together and evaluate which pages and languages lead to enquiries and orders.

Storage period. Event data is stored in Google Analytics for 14 months and then deleted automatically.

Recipients and third countries. Google processes the data on our behalf (data processing under Art. 28 GDPR). Data may be transferred to Google LLC in the USA. This relies on the European Commission's adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, where Google LLC is certified, and additionally on standard contractual clauses. More information: policies.google.com/privacy.

Your rights. Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: see the sections on the controller and on your rights in this privacy policy.

Google Ads: ad performance measurement and remarketing

If you allow “Advertising (Google Ads)” in the cookie banner or choose “Allow all”, we use Google Ads. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Purposes

  • Conversion tracking: We learn whether a visit from one of our ads led to an enquiry via our form or to a visit to our shop. We only see aggregated figures, not individual persons.
  • Remarketing: Visitors to our pages may later see our ads in Google services and on partner sites. For this, Google assigns your browser to a visitor list, e.g. “Visitors of hi5gloves.eu”.

Data processed

  • Cookies and similar identifiers, e.g. _gcl_au and _gcl_aw
  • the ad click ID (GCLID)
  • pages visited
  • time
  • device and browser
  • IP address

We do not send names, email addresses or the content of your form to Google.

Legal basis: your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) of the German TDDDG.

Withdrawal: You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via “Cookie settings” in the footer of every page. The Google Ads cookies are then deleted.

Retention

  • Google Ads cookies are stored in your browser for up to 90 days.
  • Membership of a visitor list ends automatically after 500 days without a new visit.

Transfers to third countries: Google may transfer data to Google LLC in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The basis is the European Commission's adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR).

More information: policies.google.com/privacy and policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Not used: enhanced conversions (sending hashed email addresses) and Google Signals.

Links to other websites

This website links to the B2B shop dssafetywear.de, to sister brands of DS SafetyWear and to laws, rules and specialist sources. Only when you click such a link does your browser call up the external page and transmit, among other things, your IP address to its operator. Links to the shop contain campaign parameters (UTM) showing which page of this website you come from. The shop's privacy policy applies to processing in the shop; transfers to third countries, in particular the USA, may take place with the shop service provider Shopify, details are given there.

Supervisory authority

The competent supervisory authority is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (ldi.nrw.de).

The brand family of DS SafetyWear Arbeitsschutzprodukte GmbH