PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

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. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data means any information that can personally identify you.


1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Athena. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.


1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries sent to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock icon in your browser’s address bar.





2. Data Collection When Visiting Our Website



If you use our website for informational purposes only, meaning you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, the following data is collected, which is technically necessary to display the website:


  • The website accessed
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/referrer from which you reached our page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (possibly anonymized)



Processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be shared with third parties or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to review server log files retroactively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.





3. Cookies



To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of your browsing session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).


When cookies are set, they may collect specific user information such as browser data, location data, and IP addresses. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a set period, which may vary depending on the cookie. In some cases, cookies are also used to simplify order processes by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit).


If personal data is processed through cookies, processing takes place pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR for the performance of a contract or pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly, effective experience.


We may work with advertising partners to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies (third-party cookies) may also be stored on your device when you visit our website. If we cooperate with such partners, you will be informed separately and individually about the use of such cookies and the scope of data collected.


Please note that you can set your browser to notify you when cookies are placed, and you can decide whether to accept them on a case-by-case basis, accept them generally, or exclude them entirely. Each browser differs in how it manages cookie settings. You can find instructions for cookie management at the following links:


  • Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/help/17442
  • Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/cookies-allow-and-reject
  • Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
  • Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411
  • Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies



Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.


4. Contacting Us

 

 



When you contact us (e.g., via a contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected in the case of a contact form is shown on the respective form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.


The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis is Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully resolved, provided there are no legal retention requirements.





5. Data Processing for Account Creation and Contract Fulfilment



Within the scope of contract processing, we store and use the data you provide to fulfil contractual obligations. After the contract has been fully executed or your customer account deleted, your data will be restricted and deleted after the expiry of statutory retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we are legally entitled to further use of the data, which we inform you about below.


11. Web Analytics Services – Google (Universal) Analytics

 

 


This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, text files stored on your computer, to analyse how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your truncated IP address) is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.


This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension. This ensures that IP addresses are processed in truncated form to prevent direct personal identification. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.


In such cases, processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour for statistical, optimization, and marketing purposes. On our behalf, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.


You may prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. You may also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by cookies related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en


As an alternative to the browser plugin or on mobile devices, you may click the following link to set an opt-out cookie, which will prevent future data collection by Google Analytics on this website (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics.


Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, ensuring compliance with European data protection standards.


This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic conducted via a user ID. When a page is accessed for the first time, the user is assigned a unique, persistent, and anonymized ID that is set across devices. This makes it possible to assign interaction data from various devices and sessions to a single user. The user ID does not contain personal data and does not transmit such data to Google.


The collection and storage of data via the user ID can be objected to at any time with effect for the future. To do this, you must deactivate Google Analytics across all systems you use, for example, in another browser or on your mobile device. This can be done using a Google browser plugin (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). Alternatively, within browsers on mobile devices, you may click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents future collection of your data by Google Analytics on this website (this opt-out cookie works only in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies, you must click this link again): Disable Google Analytics.


More information on Universal Analytics can be found here:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718