Legal

Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the topic of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Notice Regarding the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected firstly when you provide it to us, e.g., by entering information into a contact form or when ordering products. Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data is used to process orders and to communicate with you.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the topic of data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Hetzner

Provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (hereinafter Hetzner). Details can be found in Hetzner’s privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/.

The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a reliable presentation of our website.

Order Processing

We have concluded a contract on order processing (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a data protection-required contract that ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Regarding the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Jacob Muth
Dithmarscher Straße 48
22049 Hamburg
Email: hello@leichtmut.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion occurs after these reasons cease to apply.

Invoice data is stored for ten years in accordance with statutory retention periods (§ 147 AO).

Other order data is retained for two years to process warranty claims.

General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external entities. In some cases, the transfer of personal data to these external entities is necessary. We only pass on personal data if this is necessary in the context of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the transfer, or if another legal basis permits data transfer. When using processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement (AVV). In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an already given consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING, OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only occur if it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data happened or is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims or for protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of the rights described above (information, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection, or withdrawal of consent), please email jacob@leichtmut.de. We respond within 30 days. Requests are free of charge.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser changing from “http://” to “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to Advertising Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example, through spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our internet pages use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion is carried out by your web browser.

Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services of third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process or for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., the shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and § 25(2)(2) TTDSG. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing these necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

The following cookies may be set on this website:

  • woocommerce_cart_hash – session – Helps our shop system determine when the cart contents change.
  • woocommerce_items_in_cart – session – Indicates whether the cart contains items.
  • wp_woocommerce_session_* – 2 days – Contains a unique code for each website visitor so that the shop system can assign the cart contents from the database.
  • __stripe_* – set only on the checkout page when card payment is chosen – Stripe fraud prevention. See §8 “Payment Processing.”
  • wcpay_express_checkout_redirect_url – 10 minutes – Set by WooCommerce Payments if you initiate an Apple Pay or Google Pay express checkout from the cart or checkout page, to redirect you back to the correct location after the express-checkout flow.

This site does not use tracking cookies or advertising pixels. Pageview analytics is described in §5 “Web Analytics” below. Cart, checkout, and payment cookies are strictly necessary for the contract you initiate by ordering.

Local and Session Storage on Your Device

In addition to the cookies above, the following entries may be stored in your browser’s local or session storage. These are not cookies and are not transmitted to our server with each request:

  • lm-theme (local storage) – stores your color-mode preference (light or dark) so we can remember it on subsequent visits. Set by our website.
  • wpEmojiSettingsSupports (session storage) – caches the result of a one-time emoji-rendering capability check performed by WordPress on page load. Cleared automatically when you close the browser tab.

All of the above can be cleared at any time via your browser settings.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation, optimization, and security of the website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded. Server logs are retained for two months and then deleted automatically.

Inquiry by Email, Telephone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry – including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) – will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries directed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Order Processing in the Online Shop

We collect your personal data for order processing – to fulfill contractual obligations, take payment, and deliver the ordered goods. This includes name, billing and shipping address, email address, telephone number (if provided), and a reference to your chosen payment method. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance).

Shipping data transmission depends on the destination:

  • Orders within the European Union are delivered by standard DHL (Deutsche Post AG, 53113 Bonn, Germany). We transmit your name and shipping address to DHL for label generation. Your email address and telephone number are not transmitted. The tracking number returned by DHL is stored on your order.
  • Orders to non-EU destinations other than the United States (e.g., United Kingdom, Switzerland) are also delivered by standard DHL. We transmit your name and shipping address to DHL. In addition, a commercial invoice containing your contact and address information and the contents of your order (product names and values) is generated and accompanies the shipment for customs clearance.
  • Orders to the United States are delivered by DHL Express (DHL Express, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, Bonn, Germany). For express delivery and US customs clearance, we transmit your name, shipping address, email address, telephone number, and the contents of your order (product names and values) to DHL Express. A commercial invoice with the same information also accompanies the shipment.
  • For all shipments outside Germany, DHL may hand the shipment over to one of its partner carriers for final-mile delivery in the destination country (for example, the United States Postal Service in the USA, Royal Mail in the United Kingdom, or the national postal service of an EU member state). These partner carriers receive the recipient name and shipping address as part of the label data; the commercial invoice (where applicable) is enclosed with the parcel and visible to the carrier handling customs.

The legal basis for these transmissions is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance) for delivery, and Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR (legal obligation) for the customs documentation.

Payment information (credit card details, PayPal account, Klarna account, bank account number, etc.) is handled by the respective payment provider – see §8 “Payment Processing” below. We do not store full payment details on our servers; only the order total and the transaction reference returned by the payment provider are recorded.

5. Web Analytics

Pirsch Analytics

Our website uses Pirsch Analytics, a privacy-friendly web analytics service provided by Emvi Software GmbH, Germany (“Pirsch”). Pirsch collects aggregated visit statistics — number of visits, pages viewed, referrer, screen size, browser, operating system, and country derived from IP address.

Pirsch does not set any cookies, does not store any persistent identifier on your device, and does not transfer personal data outside the European Union. Pirsch processes the visitor’s IP address transiently to derive country and to detect session continuity within a single day. The IP is combined with a daily-rotating salt to produce a hashed identifier that is discarded at the end of the day. Raw IP addresses are not stored.

The servers are operated by Pirsch in Germany. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in understanding aggregate site usage to operate and improve the website).

A Data Processing Agreement (AVV) under Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with Emvi Software GmbH. Further information is available in Pirsch’s privacy policy at https://pirsch.io/privacy.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of data entered into the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data stored with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after unsubscribing or after the purpose has ceased. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected.

After unsubscribing from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist with us if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is only used for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Brevo (Newsletter Delivery)

We use the service of Brevo (Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany) to manage our newsletter list, send the double-opt-in confirmation email, and dispatch newsletter editions. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent at signup); by confirming your email address via the double-opt-in procedure, you confirm your explicit consent.

The processed personal data is stored on servers in Germany. You can revoke your consent at any time via the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter or by emailing us. The legality of any data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (AVV) with Brevo. Further information: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/.

7. Order Confirmations, Shipping Notifications, and Review-Invite Emails

Beyond the newsletter, the following emails are sent to customers via our WordPress installation:

  • Order confirmations and shipping notifications when you place an order or when your order ships. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance). These messages are necessary to fulfill your order and cannot be opted out of while the order is being processed.
  • Review-invite emails asking you to share feedback on a purchased product. We send these only when you have ticked the corresponding consent box during checkout (see §10 “Reviews”). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent). You may revoke this consent at any time by emailing jacob@leichtmut.de.

All categories of email are dispatched via the SMTP infrastructure of Brevo (Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany). Brevo acts as our data processor under an AVV; processing servers are located in Germany. Further information: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/.

8. Payment Processing

Payment for orders is processed by external payment service providers. We do not store full payment details on our servers; only the order total and the transaction reference returned by the payment provider are recorded.

Credit/Debit Card – WooCommerce Payments (Automattic / Stripe)

If you choose to pay by credit or debit card, payment is handled through WooCommerce Payments (WooPayments), a service operated by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Automattic uses Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. (1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland) and Stripe, Inc. (510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) as its payment-processing sub-processor.

Card details are entered into a Stripe-hosted iframe embedded in our checkout and transmitted directly to the WooPayments / Stripe infrastructure; they do not pass through our website. Data processed in connection with your payment: card number, expiration, CVC, cardholder name, billing address, IP address, and fraud-prevention signals (device fingerprint, browser characteristics).

Cookies in the __stripe_* family are set on the checkout page when card payment is chosen. These cookies are strictly necessary for fraud prevention and are exempt from the consent requirement under § 25(2)(2) TTDSG.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance). Data transfer to the USA is governed by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, under which both Automattic Inc. and Stripe, Inc. are certified, supplemented by the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Automattic (under which Stripe is named as a sub-processor).

Further information:

PayPal

If you choose to pay via PayPal, payment is processed by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. You are redirected to PayPal’s hosted checkout to enter your credentials; the credentials are not transmitted through our website.

Data processed by PayPal in connection with your payment: PayPal account email, transaction amount, billing address, and fraud-prevention signals.

PayPal sets cookies only on its own domain. We do not receive PayPal cookies on our website. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance).

Further information: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/privacy-full.

Klarna (Buy Now, Pay Later – via WooCommerce Payments)

If you choose to pay via Klarna, payment is offered through WooCommerce Payments (WooPayments) as described above; the underlying credit and payment processing is performed by Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden. Klarna offers deferred-payment and instalment options and performs an independent credit assessment to decide which options are available to you.

Data transmitted to Klarna in connection with your payment: name, billing and shipping address, email address, telephone number (if provided), date of birth (if requested by Klarna), order amount and items, and IP address. Klarna may consult external credit-reference agencies as part of its credit decision; the details of that processing are governed by Klarna’s own privacy policy.

The legal basis between you and us is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance). Klarna acts as an independent controller for its credit-decisioning and fraud-prevention processing; the legal basis for those purposes is set out in Klarna’s privacy policy. The merchant-side data processing carried out by Automattic in connection with WooCommerce Payments is governed by the AVV referenced in the previous sub-section.

Further information: https://www.klarna.com/international/privacy-policy/.

Direct Bank Transfer (SEPA)

If you choose to pay by direct bank transfer (Vorkasse / SEPA), you initiate the transfer from your own bank to ours. The transfer carries your name, IBAN, transfer reference (your order number), and the amount.

The funds are received by our business bank, N26 Bank AG, Voltairestraße 8, 10179 Berlin, Germany. As a result, your name, IBAN, transfer reference, and the amount paid appear on our bank statement and are accessible to us as the account holder. Both your bank and our bank act as independent controllers (not as our data processors) for the payment data they handle; their respective processing is governed by banking-secrecy law and their own privacy policies.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance). Bank-statement records are retained for ten years under § 257 HGB (Commercial Code) and § 147 AO (Tax Code).

Further information on N26’s data processing: https://n26.com/en-de/privacy.

9. Accounting and Bookkeeping

For tax-and-commercial bookkeeping purposes, order and payment data is transmitted to our accounting software. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR (legal obligation – tax and commercial-code retention under § 147 AO and § 257 HGB) combined with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in efficient internal bookkeeping).

Lexware Office (Cloud Accounting)

We use Lexware Office (a cloud service of Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; accessed at app.lexware.de) as our accounting software. The following data flows are in place:

  • From WooCommerce: Invoices generated for each completed order are transmitted to Lexware automatically via the Germanized plugin’s Lexware integration. The invoice carries your name, billing address, ordered items, prices, VAT, and order total.
  • From PayPal: Lexware imports incoming PayPal transactions via PayPal’s authorised data interface, including transaction reference, amount, payer name, and PayPal account email.
  • From N26: Lexware imports incoming bank-account transactions via the PSD2 / Open Banking interface, including transaction reference, amount, payer name, and IBAN.

Lexware servers are located in Germany. We have concluded a data processing agreement (AVV) with Haufe-Lexware. Lexware retains the imported data for the statutory retention period (ten years under § 147 AO / § 257 HGB), independently of our website-side retention.

Further information: https://www.lexware.de/datenschutz/.

Payjoe (Payment Reconciliation)

To match Stripe / WooCommerce Payments transactions against our Lexware records, we use Payjoe (NetConnections GmbH, Jesinger Straße 52, 73230 Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany). The reconciliation workflow is:

  1. We export the Stripe payment list from WooCommerce as a CSV file.
  2. The CSV is uploaded to Payjoe.
  3. Payjoe matches transactions against our Lexware entries and forwards the reconciled data to Lexware via Lexware’s API.

The data transmitted typically includes: transaction date, transaction reference, payment amount, currency, fees, and (where present) the customer’s name. The export does not include the customer’s email address.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (AVV) with NetConnections GmbH. Payjoe’s servers are located in Germany.

Further information: https://payjoe.de/datenschutzerklaerung.html.

10. Reviews

Reviews are powered by the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin and stored as comments in our WordPress database. If you choose to leave a review, you may provide a rating, text, and images, which will be stored on our website servers. You can choose to display your name, initials, or post anonymously.

Leaving a review is optional. If you tick the consent box at checkout, we will send you a single email after your purchase, inviting you to share your feedback. You can opt out of review requests at any time by contacting jacob@leichtmut.de.

The legal basis for storing and displaying your review is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent at submission); the legal basis for the post-purchase review-invite email is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent at checkout).

Photos and EXIF Metadata

Photos you upload as part of a review are stored as image files on our server. On upload, we automatically strip EXIF and IPTC metadata from every JPEG — this removes any camera model, capture timestamp, and GPS coordinates your camera may have embedded in the file. Color profiles are preserved so colors render correctly. We do this on the server so you don’t have to remove the metadata yourself. The basis for the strip is the data-minimization principle in Art. 5(1)(c) GDPR.

11. Press / Contacting Editorial Offices and Journalists

We process only the publicly available contact details of the relevant editorial office – specifically the name and professional email address of the editor-in-chief – for the occasional dispatch of press information about our ultralight camera bags. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest), as we wish to present our innovation to an audience for whom it is relevant. These data are not shared with any third parties. We review the information regularly and delete or rectify it no later than twelve months after the last contact. Data subjects may object to the processing of their data at any time with future effect or request erasure; an informal email is sufficient. They also enjoy the rights set out in Arts. 15-21 GDPR (access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection) and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.