We, as the operator of the website at www.ans-media.de (also referred to as the ‘website’), are responsible within the meaning of applicable data protection law, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), for the personal data of the user (‘you’) of this website. In the following, we will provide you with clear information in accordance with our information obligations (Art. 13 ff. GDPR) about which data is processed when you visit our website and on what legal basis this is done. You will also receive information about how we protect your data from a technical and organisational perspective and what rights you have vis-à-vis us and the competent supervisory authority.
1. Information about the controller
Norbert Stang|
Unterm Einsatz 14
78224 Singen
Email:
2. Processing of your personal data
Informational use of our website When you visit our website, so-called log files are processed by being recorded automatically by our system.
The following log files are processed automatically:
- IP address of the requesting computer
- Type of Internet browser used
- Language of the Internet browser used
- Version of the Internet browser used
- Operating system and its version
- Operating system interface
- Pages accessed
- Date and time of the visit
- Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Access status/http status code
- Amount of data transferred
- Referrer
- User's internet service provider
The log files contain your IP address, but it is truncated before being stored. Therefore, it is not possible to assign it to you and your data is not stored together with other personal data.
The processing of the above-mentioned data is necessary for the provision of our website. The legal basis for processing the data for anonymisation purposes is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
3. Use of offers
a. Customer account/registration
You have the option of creating a customer account on our website using your personal data. This is voluntary and the data will not be passed on to third parties. If you decide to create a customer account, you must provide us with the following information:
- Email address
- Name
- Address
- Country
- Telephone number
When you submit your registration, we store your IP address and the date and time of your registration together with the data you have provided. By submitting your registration, you consent to the processing of your data by us.
Your data will be used for the purpose of managing your customer account and providing the associated functions, such as processing your customer data and displaying your orders. The legal basis for storing your customer account data is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
We store the data you have provided us with as part of your voluntary registration for as long as you do not delete your customer account with us. If you make changes to your details, the old details will be deleted and only the updated data will be stored. Beyond this, we only store your data in order to fulfil our contractual or legal obligations (e.g. tax obligations). In this case, we will block your data to the extent that it is only processed for the necessary purposes.
You can delete or change your voluntary customer account with us at any time. You will find the functions for changing your details or closing your account in your profile.
b. Orders
When you place an order on our website, we need the following data to fulfil the contract with you:
- First name, surname and (billing and delivery) address to send you your order and the invoice.
- Email address to send you the order confirmation and provide you with contract documents immediately after placing your order.
- Telephone number in case of queries regarding shipping
- Your payment information to process the payment for your order
In order to send you your order, we pass on your address details to our shipping or logistics service provider for the purpose of delivery.
Legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
The data will be stored for as long as is necessary for the execution of the contract. Beyond that, we only store your data in order to fulfil our contractual or legal obligations (e.g. tax obligations). In this case, we will block your data to the extent that it is only processed for the necessary purposes.
In addition to this data, we store the time (date and time) of the transmission of your data to us, as well as your IP address. The processing of this data corresponds to our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) in order to ensure the security of our systems and to counteract misuse. This additional data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required, at the latest when the contract with you has been fulfilled.
c. Payment methods
When you select a payment provider on our payment page, this provider will also receive your personal data, such as your name, address and account details.
PayPal: If you pay on our website using PayPal (PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449 Luxembourg), PayPal will receive your payment details for payment processing and may carry out a credit check. You can find more information at: PayPal privacy information.
Credit card: If you pay with your credit card on our website, your credit card provider will receive information that you have placed an order with us. Your credit card provider may carry out a credit check. You can find more information on this on the website of your credit card provider.
Direct debit/prepayment: If you pay by direct debit on our website, our bank will receive your bank details for payment processing.
4. Contact by email
You have the option of contacting us by email. We will store the personal data you provide in your email. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will only be processed for the purpose of handling your enquiry. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The data will be stored until it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of the conversation with you and the matter of your contact has been comprehensively clarified.
If your email is aimed at concluding a contract with us, the additional legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. This data will be stored for as long as it is necessary to perform the contract. Beyond that, we only store your data to comply with contractual or legal obligations (e.g. tax obligations).
You can revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time by notifying us by email at
5. Newsletter
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter free of charge. In addition to your declaration of consent, we require your email address for this purpose. By submitting the newsletter registration form, you consent to the processing of your data by us.
Further information, e.g. your name, is voluntary and is used to address you personally.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR with regard to your email address, because we provide our services to you in this way, and Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with regard to other voluntarily provided data.
We will only send you the newsletter if you have previously confirmed your registration by clicking on the link provided in a confirmation email sent to you for this purpose. This is to ensure that only you can subscribe to the newsletter. Your confirmation must be made promptly after receiving the confirmation email, otherwise your newsletter subscription will be automatically deleted from our database.
In addition, when you subscribe to our newsletter, we store the time (date and time) of your data transmission to us and your IP address. The processing of this data is in accordance with our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in order to ensure the security of our systems and to prevent misuse.
Your data will not be passed on to third parties and will only be processed in connection with the sending of newsletters. The purpose of processing your email address is to enable us to send you the newsletter. Other data collected during the registration process is used either to address you personally or to ensure the security of our services and prevent misuse of the email address used.
Your data will only be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose. Your email address will therefore be stored for the duration of your active newsletter subscription, provided you have given your consent. The data that we automatically collect during your registration (IP address, date and time) will be deleted at the latest when you cancel your newsletter subscription.
If you provide your email address when using our services, for example when making a purchase via our website, we may use it to send you our newsletter. This is done exclusively for the purpose of direct advertising for our own or similar goods or services.
The legal basis for sending newsletters in connection with the sale of goods or services is Section 7 (3) UWG (German Unfair Competition Act). If we send you a newsletter following an order on our website, we will store your email address for the purpose of advertising our own or similar goods or services until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Right to object / unsubscribe from the newsletter
You can unsubscribe or cancel our newsletter at any time. You will find the link for this at the end of each newsletter. By doing so, you revoke your consent or object to the further use of your data for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
6. Cookies
Please note the following: You can ensure that no cookies are stored on your computer at all, or that only certain cookies are allowed to be stored. You can select this in your internet browser settings. You can also view and delete stored cookies there.
We use only technically necessary cookies on our website, which are required for the operation of the website and the shop.
| Cookie name | Type | Provider | Storage duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Joomla! session cookiea1b2c3… (32-character hash) |
Session cookie | Own cookie (ans-media.de) |
Session duration (deleted when the browser is closed) | Manages the user session; enables the functionality of login, forms and CSRF protection. Without this cookie, use of the website is not possible. |
| VirtueMart shopping cart cookie | Session cookie | Own cookie (ans-media.de) |
Session duration (deleted when the browser is closed) | Stores the reference to the server-side session in which shopping cart contents and checkout status are held. Without this cookie, completing a purchase is not possible. |
| Joomla! language selection cookie | Functional cookie | Own cookie (ans-media.de) |
Session duration up to max. 1 year (configurable) | Stores the visitor's chosen language (German/English) so that it is retained when navigating between pages. |
Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the technical operation of the website). No consent is required for these cookies as they serve exclusively technically necessary functions.
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are text files that are sent from our web server to your browser when you visit our website and are stored on your computer for later retrieval. A cookie allows your internet browser to be identified when you visit the website again.
a. Own cookies:
We use our own cookies to ensure the functionality of our website.
Some elements of our website require that your internet browser be recognised after a page change.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data in cookies that we set on our website to ensure the functionality of our website and our services is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
Right to object and right to erasure
As stated at the beginning of this section, you can enable or restrict the transfer of cookies by changing the settings in your internet browser. You can delete cookies that have already been stored by your internet browser at any time. If cookies are restricted or deactivated for our website, it may not be possible to use all of its functions.
b. Third-party cookies:
We do not use cookies from so-called ‘third parties’ on our website.
7. Icon links to social networks
On our website, we use small icons that link to our website on third-party platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google+). These are hyperlinks, which means that no data is automatically transferred from you; this only happens when you click on the icons and a new tab opens in your browser with the third-party website.
8. Other third-party content integrated into our website
YouTube
For the purpose of making our website more appealing, we embed videos from YouTube, Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: ‘YouTube’). We use the extended data protection mode so that information about you is only shared with YouTube if you activate the video by clicking on the play button.
When you activate the video, YouTube uses cookies to collect information for analysis purposes and to improve user-friendliness. According to YouTube, the data is processed pseudonymously. However, if you are logged into your Google or YouTube account, the data may be directly linked to your YouTube account.
Further information on data protection, including the storage period of your data on YouTube, can be found in Google's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de. The legal basis for the integration of YouTube's service on our website and the associated processing of your data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
The legal basis for the processing of your data is Section 26 BDSG and Art. 88 GDPR.
9. Registration on our website
When you register to use our personalised services, some personal data is collected, such as your name, address, contact and communication details (e.g. telephone number and email address). If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we only offer to registered users. Registered users also have the option of changing or deleting the data provided during registration at any time if necessary. Of course, we will also provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time. The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of the user's consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website. In this context, data is only processed as long as the relevant consent has been given.
After that, it will be deleted, provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this regard, please use the contact details provided at the end of this privacy policy. The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to certain content and services offered.
10. Comment function, forum
When users leave comments or forum entries on our website, the time of their creation and the username previously selected by the website visitor are also stored in addition to this information. This serves our security, as we can be prosecuted for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users. The data entered as a comment is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). By providing the comment function or a forum, we want to enable you to interact with us in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions. The recipients of the data may be
processors. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when communication with the user has been completed and the company can infer from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function or the forum.
11. Rights
When we process your data, you are a ‘data subject’ within the meaning of the GDPR. You have the following rights: right of access, right to rectification, right to restriction of processing, right to erasure, right to information and right to data portability. In addition, you have a right to object and a right of withdrawal.
Below you will find details on each of these rights:
a. Right of access
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing your personal data.
If we are processing your personal data, you have the right to obtain the following information:
- the purposes of the processing
- the categories of personal data being processed;
- the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
- where possible, the envisaged period for which your personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
- the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing;
- the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
- if the personal data has not been collected directly from you, all available information about the origin of the data;
- the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you.
If we transfer your data to an international organisation or to a third country, you also have the right to request information on whether appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR exist in connection with the transfer.
b. Right to rectification
You have the right to have the data we hold about you corrected and/or completed if this data is inaccurate or incomplete. We will carry out the rectification or completion without delay.
c. Right to restriction of processing
Under certain conditions, you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data. For this, at least one of the following conditions must be met:
- You dispute the accuracy of the personal data, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
- The processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of the use of the personal data instead;
- We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
- You have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your interests.
d. Right to erasure
You have the right to request that we erase your personal data without undue delay if we are obliged to do so. This is the case if one of the following conditions is met:
- Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
- You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
- You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
- Your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
- The erasure of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which we are subject.
- Your personal data has been collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
If we have made your personal data public and we are obliged to delete it in accordance with the above conditions, we shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and implementation costs, to inform other data controllers who process the personal data
12. Date of the Privacy Policy
25.12.2025