We are pleased to welcome you to www.vikory.com and thank you for your interest in our brand. The protection of your personal data is important to us. We process your data in accordance with applicable legal provisions on the protection of personal data, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the national implementing laws applicable to our company.

This privacy policy informs you about which personal data we collect through our website, for what purposes it is used, when it is deleted, and how we optimally protect it through security measures. We also explain the legal basis on which we process the data in question. You will also be informed about your legal rights in connection with the processing of this data. To ensure the greatest possible transparency regarding our data processing, you will first find general information on the processing of personal data, followed by detailed information on the following topics:

Data processing while browsing

• Data processing while browsing
• Advertising on partner websites
• Data processing via newsletters
• Contact options
• Shopping in the online shop
• Payment systems / credit checks /
• Fraud prevention
• Protecting the online shop against
• attacks

Personal data is information that can identify a natural person. This includes your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, and IP address.

Anonymous data is data that cannot be linked to a specific person. The department responsible for data protection is:

CG-MC (VIKORY)

8 Chemin de la Noue
21600 LONGVIC
France

Email: Contact page

We collect personal data in accordance with legal regulations. We use personal data that you transmit to us via our website exclusively for the purposes described in more detail below. This occurs within the framework of the respective legal provisions or only with your consent.

Article 6 of the EU GDPR specifically requires consent to data processing. VIKORY collects personal data if:

• we have your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) of the EU GDPR),
• the data is necessary for the performance of a contract/pre-contractual measures (Article 6 (1) (b) of the EU GDPR),
• the data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation (Article 6 (1) (c) of the EU GDPR), or
• the data is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of our company, provided that your legitimate interests do not override them (Article 6 (1) (f) of the EU GDPR). We believe that we have an overriding legitimate interest in data processing, particularly in the following cases:

To provide you with the best possible shopping experience in the VIKORY online shop, we create a pseudonymous user profile tailored to your needs. This allows us to provide you with the same level of online advice as a salesperson can in a personal conversation in a store. At the same time, we use the data collected by our web analytics tools to track the use of our services and continuously improve them. Further information can be found in the “Data processing while browsing” section.

In order to optimize our marketing efforts not only in terms of cost but, above all, in terms of content, we collect and process data about your usage behavior on the various devices you use. This enables us to offer you customized online offers on third-party websites tailored to your personal interests. As a user, you benefit from this by receiving more relevant and interesting advertising when visiting other websites, rather than uninteresting and random advertising. Further information can be found under “Advertising on partner sites.”

To minimize the risk of payment defaults, a credit check is performed during the payment process. Payment options are then selected and displayed. All submitted contracts that pose a risk of fraud are then reviewed by an employee, and appropriate fraud prevention measures are implemented. Further information can be found in the “Payment Systems / Credit Check / Fraud Prevention” section.

For technical security reasons, particularly to protect against intrusion attempts on our web servers, we store data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the EU GDPR. No connection to an individual user is established. We collect, in particular, the following data: Internet browser and operating system used / name of the Internet service provider / information about the website from which you visited us / information about the web pages you visit on our site / date and time of your visit / name of the requested file / whether the file, e.g., was transferred / volume of data transmitted / IP address assigned by the ISP.

Of course, the personal data collected is treated confidentially.

CG-MC (Brand: VIKORY) processes and stores your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the processing or for as long as a legal retention period (in particular commercial and tax) requires it. After completion of the purpose of the processing or after expiry of the legal retention period, the data concerned is systematically deleted.

In some cases, it is necessary to transmit the personal data processed as part of data processing. This involves different recipients and categories of recipients.

If necessary, we will transfer your personal data to the VIKORY Group. In doing so, we naturally comply with the relevant legal framework and ensure that your data is processed correctly. Only authorized employees who, due to their position, require access to the data, e.g., to process your order or to contact you in case of questions, have access to your personal data.

Personal data is transmitted, in accordance with legal requirements, to the following categories of recipients:

• Service providers for the fulfillment of the purpose
• Shipping service providers, suppliers, payment services
• Companies responsible for credit checks
• Companies providing marketing services
• Communication systems providers
• Public authorities and institutions, if necessary or required

To better protect the data we store against random or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons, we implement technical and organizational security measures. The security level is constantly monitored in collaboration with security experts and adapted to new security standards.

Even when transmitting data within the CG-MC Group (Brand: VIKORY) or to our partners/third parties, the security of your data remains our top priority. We therefore use secure transmission methods:

Data transmission generally takes place over an encrypted connection during transit. We use state-of-the-art protocols such as TLS 1.2 (with forward secrecy).

Data exchange to and from our website is therefore only encrypted. For our website, we offer HTTPS as the transmission protocol using current encryption protocols.

Our website also contains clearly recognizable links to websites of other companies. Where links lead to websites of other providers, we have no influence on their content. We assume no liability for this content. The respective provider or operator of the respective pages is solely responsible for the content of these pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations or identifiable offenses at the time the link was created. No illegal content was identified at the time the link was created. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable if there is no concrete evidence of a legal violation. If a legal violation becomes known, the links in question will be removed immediately.

Below, we inform you of the rights you can exercise as a free person.

• Information: We will be happy to inform you whether personal data concerning you is stored and processed by us and, if necessary, we will inform you of the nature of this data.
• Rectification: If the personal data stored with us is inaccurate, we will of course be happy to correct it.
• Restriction: You can request a restriction on the processing of your personal data if certain legal requirements are met. This is the case, for example, if you dispute the accuracy of the data stored with us.
• Ersure: We will be happy to erase your personal data upon request and regardless of our data erasure management, to the extent permitted by law.
• Revocation: You can object to the processing of your personal data carried out by us and involving a balancing of interests, citing specific reasons.
• Revocation: If you have given us your consent to data processing, you can, of course, revoke it without giving reasons, with effect for the future.
• Data portability: We are happy to provide you or a third party designated by you with personal data that we have received in connection with the conclusion of a contract or with your consent and processed using automated data processing methods, in an open and machine-readable format.

You can exercise your rights as a data subject at any time by contacting one of the listed contacts or by consulting us in advance for information regarding data protection. Our data protection office is available via the Contact page.

You have the right to contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time. The supervisory authority responsible for us is also available to you:

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND FREEDOMS

3 Place Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07

Tel.: +33 (0) 1 53 73 22 22

Other questions

You can contact your Data Protection Office at any time in complete confidence via the Contact Page.

As mentioned in the first part, it is important to us to offer you the best possible shopping experience at VIKORY. To do this, we create your user profile under a pseudonym, which allows us to advise you online as precisely as a salesperson would during a personal meeting in store. This allows us to ensure that products are displayed according to your interests and that uninteresting offers are hidden. In addition, we can tailor our offer to your personal needs, so that we display relevant products and hide uninteresting offers. At the same time, we use the data collected in our web analysis tools to record how the services we offer are used in order to continuously improve them.

To create the user profile under a pseudonym, we analyze, for example, which products interest you based on the products you see in our online shop and in the app and your purchasing behavior with us based on what you put in your shopping cart.

When you log in to the online shop as an existing VIKORY customer, we associate that browser or device with your account for purposes such as authentication, security, and personalization. Depending on your settings, we may also link your account to other browsers or devices you use to log in to your Twitter account (or link your offline device or browser to other browsers or devices). The collected data is processed by the service providers defined in this paragraph, although transmission to third countries may be excluded. Furthermore, data processing and storage only takes place for the period necessary to achieve the processing purpose or as long as required by a statutory retention period (in particular commercial and tax-related). After the processing purpose has been achieved or after the statutory retention period has expired, the data concerned is routinely deleted.

In doing so, we rely on our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the EU GDPR. You can exercise your data subject rights at any time. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Under applicable law, you have the right to object to the storage and use of this data at any time with effect for the future by notifying us via the contact page: Contact Page.

To optimize our marketing efforts, not only in terms of costs but also, and more importantly, to improve our content, we collect and process data about your usage behavior across the various devices you use. This allows us to offer tailored online offers tailored to your personal interests on third-party websites. As a user, you benefit from this process by receiving more relevant and interesting ads, and less boring and random ads when you visit other websites.

The following provides an overview of our partners.

Our website uses Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). For this purpose, Google places a cookie in your device’s browser that allows you to automatically generate interest-based ads based on the pages you visit. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in optimally marketing our website in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR, and you may assert your rights as a data subject at any time.

Data processing for other purposes only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your internet browser and/or app history to your Google Account and account information. This may allow Google to display personalized ads based on what you browse on the internet. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing purposes. To do this, your personal data is temporarily linked to Google Analytics data to create target groups.

This website uses the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and, within the framework of Google AdWords, conversion tracking from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites using ads (Google AdWords). Based on the data from the advertising campaigns, we can evaluate the success of various advertising measures. In doing so, we pursue the goal of displaying advertising that matches your interests, making our website more interesting, and ensuring a fair calculation of advertising costs.

The conversion tracking cookie is placed when a user clicks on an AdWords ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer system. These cookies generally expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to our site. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. This allows customers to know the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users.

You can permanently disable the use of cookies for advertising purposes by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

You can also learn more about cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info and make the necessary settings. Finally, you can configure your browser to be informed about the use of cookies and to accept or reject them on a case-by-case basis, or to accept cookies in certain cases or reject them altogether. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Personal data may be transferred to the United States by Google LLC. However, Google LLC is certified under the European Privacy Shield, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

More information and Google’s privacy and advertising policy can be found here: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

This website uses Microsoft’s “Bing Ads” conversion tracking technology (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA). In doing so, Microsoft Bing Ads places a cookie on your computer as soon as you arrive on our website via a Microsoft Bing advertisement. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer system. These cookies expire after 180 days and are not used for personal identification. When the user visits certain pages of this website even though the cookie has not expired, Microsoft and we can recognize that the user clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to our site (conversion site). If personal data must be processed in this process, this is done in accordance with Article 6 (1) and (f) of the GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in carrying out effective marketing measures.

The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics, i.e., to determine how many users landed on the conversion page after clicking on the ad. This allows us to know the total number of users who clicked on our ad and were directed to a page with a conversion tracking tag. We do not receive any information that personally identifies users.

Personal data may be transmitted to the United States by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation, based in the United States, is certified under the European Privacy Shield, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object by easily deactivating the Bing Ads conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser’s user settings. This way, you will not appear in the conversion tracking statistics. You can also use the EU consumer opt-out page http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ to check whether Microsoft advertising cookies are being placed in your browser and disable them.

You can find more information about the Microsoft Bing Ads privacy policy at the following website address: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

This website uses the “Facebook Pixel” of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”). If you have given your express consent, we may track user behavior after viewing or clicking on a Facebook ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help optimize future advertising campaigns. The data collected is anonymous to us and does not allow us to discover the identity of the user. However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a link to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use it for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You can allow Facebook and its partners to display ads on and off Facebook. In addition, a cookie may be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations are only carried out if you give us your express consent, in accordance with Article 6 (1) a of the GDPR. You can exercise your rights as a data subject at any time.

Consent to the use of Facebook Pixel can only be given by users over the age of 13. If you are younger, please ask your legal representative for permission.

In this case, personal data is transmitted to the United States by Facebook Inc. Facebook Inc., based in the United States, is certified under the European Privacy Shield Agreement, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

To block the use of cookies on your computer, you can configure your internet browser so that no cookies are placed on your computer in the future and cookies that have already been placed are deleted. Disabling all cookies may affect some of the functionality of our websites.

You can disable the use of cookies by third parties such as: e.g. Facebook also on the following website of the Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

On our website, you can sign up for our free newsletter. If you have consented to receive the VIKORY newsletter, we will use your email address to send you information (possibly personal) about products, promotions, quizzes, and news from the battery industry, as well as to conduct surveys on overall customer satisfaction. We store and process this data to send the newsletter.

Multi-user user profile for personal and individual communication and product recommendations

If you have also consented to receive our newsletter tailored to your individual interests, we will process not only your email address but also your name and profile information to send the newsletter. With your consent, we will record your user behavior on this website, our mobile fashion apps, and our newsletters.

The evaluation of user behavior includes, in particular, contract processing data and creates personal profiles or uses existing data to draw conclusions about your interest in VIKORY products or promotions. This data may come from sales contracts. The term “actions” refers in particular to events in our sales areas, but also promotional actions. Contract processing data is all types of data that appear when you make purchases in the VIKORY online shop. This data also includes whether an item has been exchanged or returned or whether you were interested in an item that was not available. Also included are the contact information you provide to VIKORY, such as title, first and last name(s), email address and your date of birth. Your response to VIKORY advertising measures (e.g. newsletters sent to you and opened) and your browsing behavior on the VIKORY website (e.g. the date of your last visit and the products viewed) may also be recorded.

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and you can exercise your rights as a data subject at any time. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: contact us. You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter or to create personalized user profiles at any time with effect for the future. You will also find the link to the unsubscribe page at the end of each newsletter.

A contact form that can be used for electronic contact is available on our website. If you write to us via the contact form, we will process the information you provide in the contact form to contact you and answer your questions and requests. Here, the principle of proportionality and relevance of data is observed, insofar as you only need to provide the data that we absolutely need to contact you. This includes your first and last name, your email address, the choice of subject, and the body of the message itself. In addition, your IP address is processed for technical and legal protection reasons. All other data are optional fields and can be entered voluntarily (e.g. for more individual answers to your questions).

In our online shop, we offer two shopping options:

• Create a customer account
• Order as a guest

Both login options query the following data, marked with an asterisk (*), necessary for order and payment processing, credit checks, and fraud prevention:

• Name, street, postal code, city, date of birth, and email address
• If a different delivery address is provided, the name, street, postal code, and city are queried separately.

In addition, the user’s IP address, date, and time of registration are recorded (technical master data).

If you decide to register in our online store, you have the advantage of being able to view your order history and manage your master data. You can also participate in our card program. The data you enter will be saved for future order processing.

Once the registration process is complete, your data will be stored with us for use in the secure customer area. The online store naturally offers you the option to change your master data and use the “My Account” function.

You can, of course, revoke your consent to use your account; your customer account in the store will be deactivated.

Please note: The password you choose is stored in encrypted form. Our employees cannot read this password. They cannot provide you with information if you have forgotten your password. In this case, use the “Forgotten Password” function, which will send you a new, automatically generated password by email. No employee is allowed to ask for your password by phone or in writing. Never disclose your password if you receive such a request.

If you decide to place an order as a guest in our online shop, a customer account will not be created. If you place another order, you will need to re-enter your order processing data.

In addition, the data processing procedures described in the “Data Collection During Browsing” section apply. You are, of course, entitled to the contact options described above and to the rights of data subjects.

In our online shop, you can choose between various payment methods. Payment data is collected to process your order and execute the payment. In addition, your IP address is processed for technical and legal protection reasons.

Some personal data (see mandatory information) is required to execute the contract. Without this data, we will unfortunately have to refuse to conclude the contract as we will not be able to execute it. The data is transmitted to our payment service providers for payment processing.

The payment systems we use use SSL encryption for the secure transmission of your data.

The payment options offered to you depend on the result of your credit check.

Credit card payment information: As usual for credit card payments, credit card details are verified and then authorized by Stripe – 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

PayPal Payment Information: PayPal is a company of PayPal (Europe) S.à rl and Co., S.C.A. 22-24 Royal Boulevard, L-2449 Luxembourg. If the data subject selects “PayPal” as the payment option in our online shop during the checkout process, their data will be automatically transmitted to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing. The personal data transmitted to PayPal are usually first name, last name, address, e-mail address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number or other data required for payment processing. The personal data relating to the respective order are also required to process the purchase contract.

On our website, we offer various services that provide you with, among other things, better product availability and simplified package delivery.

Our website uses Google Maps LLC, 1600 Parkway Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service that allows you to display interactive (country) maps to visually display geographic information. This service allows you to see our location and find us more easily.

When you access subpages containing Google Maps, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides you with a user account with which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research, and/or the demand-oriented design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. You must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the European Union Privacy Shield, which guarantees compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in connection with the use of Google Maps, it is also possible to completely disable the Google Maps web service by disabling JavaScript in your browser. You will no longer be able to use Google Maps and therefore the map display on this website. You can view Google’s Terms of Service at https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en&gl=fr. Additional terms of service for Google Maps are available at https://www.google.com/intl/fr_US/help/terms_maps.html.

Detailed information about data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on Google’s website (“Google Privacy Policy”): http://www.google.com/intl/fr/policies/privacy/

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