KLARSTAND is a brand of:

Company: Caps & Collars GmbH
Registered office: Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 23, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)160 3460316
Email: info@capsncollars.com
Additional contact option: Contact form on this website
Managing Director: Oliver Rößling
Commercial Register: Local Court of Hamburg (Amtsgericht Hamburg), HRB 175700
VAT Identification Number: DE 353129899
Person responsible for content pursuant to Sec. 18(2) MStV: Oliver Rößling, address as above

Note: Caps & Collars GmbH is a private limited company (GmbH) under German law with its registered office in Hamburg.

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and would like to inform you which personal data we collect, how we process it, and what rights you have. We treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable data protection laws (in particular the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR).

Controller and Contact

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR for this website is:
Caps & Collars GmbH
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 23, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by Managing Director Oliver Rößling.

If you have any questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at info@capsncollars.com.

Note: We have not appointed a separate data protection officer, as we are not legally required to do so. For any data protection concerns, please contact the controller directly.

Web Hosting and Access Data

Our website is hosted by Strikingly Inc. (1355 Market Street, Suite 488, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA). Strikingly acts as our technical service provider (processor) pursuant to Article 28 GDPR. This means that personal data arising when you visit our website is processed on Strikingly’s servers. In this context, data may be transferred to the USA. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Strikingly and have agreed the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to ensure an adequate level of protection.

Server Log Files

When you visit our website, Strikingly automatically collects access data in so-called server log files. These include, for example:

• your IP address,
• date and time of access,
• the page accessed (URL),
• information about the browser used and the operating system,
• the previously visited page (referrer URL), where applicable.

We require these data to deliver the website to you and to ensure the security and stability of the website. These data are not combined with other data sources; in particular, we do not use the log data for marketing or tracking purposes. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), namely the secure and error-free provision of our website.

Server log data are automatically deleted after a short period. As a rule, such log files are anonymised or deleted after no later than 7 days. Longer storage occurs only in exceptional cases if, for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or attacks), further retention is necessary. In any event, IP addresses are anonymised after expiry of the aforementioned period. The operation of the website is not technically possible without collecting access data; accordingly, there is no possibility to object to this processing.

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies, i.e., small text files that your browser stores on your device. We use strictly necessary cookies only in order to enable certain website functions (e.g., site navigation or language settings). These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website; analytics or tracking cookies are not used. We do not create user profiles and no tracking takes place.

The cookies used generally include so-called session cookies, which are stored only for the duration of your visit and are then automatically deleted. Where applicable, we may also use a cookie to store your selection in the cookie notice (so that the notice does not reappear on each visit) – this cookie is also strictly necessary. The legal basis for the use of strictly necessary cookies is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests in providing a functional website) as well as Section 25(2) TTDSG (German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act), under which no consent is required for technically necessary cookies.

You are in control of cookies: you can configure your browser settings to determine whether cookies may be set and you can delete cookies already stored. Please note, however, that our website may not function fully without cookies.

Cookie Notice (strictly necessary cookies only)

“This website uses strictly necessary cookies only to ensure operation and basic functions of the site. No cookies are used for tracking or advertising purposes. These essential cookies do not require consent. For further information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.”

Contacting Us (Contact Form and Email)

If you contact us, we treat your information confidentially. Our website offers a contact form through which you can send us messages. When using the contact form, you will be asked to provide your name, your email address and your message (additional information is voluntary). Alternatively, you can contact us directly by email at info@capsncollars.com. In both cases, we use the data you provide solely to process and respond to your enquiry.

Processing of contact data is carried out to answer your enquiry and is based – depending on the nature of your enquiry – on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests, as you are initiating the enquiry) or, where your enquiry aims at concluding a contract (e.g., questions about our products or services), on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of pre-contractual measures). As a rule, consent is not required for contacting us; by submitting your message, you implicitly consent to our using the data you have provided to process your enquiry.

Data entered via the contact form are transmitted to us via the servers of our website provider Strikingly and stored there. Strikingly acts as our processor as described above. A transfer of your contact data to the USA may occur for technical reasons; such transfer is safeguarded by the aforementioned guarantees (SCCs).

We do not disclose any of these contact data to third parties and do not use them for advertising purposes. After your enquiry has been fully processed, we may retain your information for a certain period in case of follow-up questions. We then delete the data unless statutory retention obligations apply. Statutory commercial or tax law provisions may require certain communications to be retained for 6 to 10 years – in such cases, the data are stored until the end of the retention period but are blocked for other purposes.

No Analytics Tools or External Services

In order to protect your privacy, we do not use external services that collect personal data. In particular, no web analytics tools such as Google Analytics are used on our website. We also refrain from integrating social media plugins, mapping services (e.g., Google Maps) or other external content that could transmit data to third-party providers when the page is loaded. We likewise do not send newsletters.

Your personal data are processed exclusively by us and the service providers named (hosting by Strikingly). No further disclosure to third parties takes place unless we are obliged to do so by law in an individual case.

Storage Periods

Unless otherwise specified in the sections above, we store personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose. For example: your server log data are deleted or anonymised after a few days, and data from contact enquiries are deleted once we have conclusively answered your enquiry (taking into account any follow-up questions). In some cases, statutory retention periods may apply – during such periods, the relevant data are exempt from deletion and stored for archiving purposes only. After these obligations expire, such data are also deleted.

Your Rights as a Data Subject

As an individual affected by the processing of your personal data (user of our website), you have various rights under the GDPR. The following is an overview of your key rights:

• Right of access to the personal data we process about you (Article 15 GDPR). You can request information about what data we store about you and for what purposes.
• Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data (Article 16 GDPR) – you have the right to the prompt correction of inaccurate data concerning you.
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten,” Article 17 GDPR) – you can request that we delete your personal data where there is no legal basis or necessity for further processing.
• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR) – you can demand that we restrict processing (e.g., while we verify accuracy if you contest the data).
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR) – you have the right to receive the data you have provided to us in a commonly used, machine-readable format, or to have them transmitted to another controller, where technically feasible.
• Right to object to certain processing (Article 21 GDPR) – where we process data on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to this processing. In such a case, we will no longer process your data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds. We will of course always comply immediately with objections to processing for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to withdraw consent (Article 7(3) GDPR) – if, in exceptional cases, we have obtained your consent to processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal.
• Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (Article 22 GDPR) – you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. (Note: we do not carry out automated decision-making or profiling; this right is mentioned here for completeness.)
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR) – if you believe that the processing of your data infringes data protection law, you can lodge a complaint with a data protection authority. For example, you may contact the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (the competent supervisory authority in Hamburg), or any other data protection authority within the EU.

We nevertheless recommend that you contact us first in the event of any concerns. We take the protection of your data very seriously and will endeavour to resolve your matter promptly.

Status of this Privacy Policy: August 2025. We reserve the right to amend this notice as necessary to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements.