Privacy Policy

Scope

This Privacy Policy seeks to inform the users of this website about how, in what scope and for which purpose personal data is collected and used by MünzenWoche GmbH (hereinafter also “we”, “us”) in accordance with the German Federal Data Protection Act and the Telemedia Act and according to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We take the protection of your data very seriously and handle your personal data confidentially and according to statutory requirements.
Please bear in mind that data transmission on the Internet may generally bear security gaps. Complete safety from foreign access cannot be achieved.

Access Data

We or the website provider collect(s) data about how the site is accessed and store those as server log files. These include the following data:

  • your IP address
  • browser used
  • date and time when you visited the website
  • URL of the website you visited
  • the URL of the website that brought you to the site
  • used protocoll
  • error messages

The collected data is solely for the purposes of statistical assessment and optimization of the website. However, we reserve the right to retroactively check the server log files if there are concrete indications suggesting unlawful usage.

Hosting

We use hosting services in order to offer the following: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, memory and data bank services, security services and technical maintenance services which we use for the operation of this online offer.
In doing so, we or our hosting provider process(es) inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta data and communications data from clients, interested parties and visitors to this online offer, based on our lawful interest in efficiently and safely providing this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of a processing contract).

Collecting Access Data and Log Files

We or our hosting provider collect(s) data on every access to the server hosting our service (server log files) based on our lawful interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The access data include the name of the website that was accessed, the file, date and time of the access, a message regarding successful access, the browser type and version, the user’s operating system, the referrer URL (the website visited prior to this website), the IP address and the requesting provider.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. Using cookies makes this website more user-friendly and secure. Common browsers offer the possibility to block cookies. Please note: If you block cookies, the full usage of all functionalities of this website cannot be guaranteed. For more information, see “Cookies”.

Processing Personal Data

We collect, use and share your personal data only if this is allowed within the statutory framework or if you consent to the data collection.
Personal data means all information which can be used to identify you and which can be traced back to you – e.g. your name, your email address and your phone number.

Processing Contact Information

If you reach out to us via the contact options we offer, your information is stored in order to process and respond to your inquiry. These data are not shared with third parties without your consent.

YouTube

On our website, we use the functionality for embedding YouTube videos offered by YouTube LLC (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; hereinafter “YouTube”).
YouTube is an affiliated company of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”).
This functionality shows videos from YouTube in an iFrame on the website. We use the option “extended data protection mode“, which means YouTube does not store any information about the visitors of our website. Only if you watch a video, information about that is transferred to YouTube and stored there.
More information about how YouTube and Google collect and use data and about your rights and options to protect your privacy can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy.

Newsletter Subscription

We offer two different newsletters: the newsletter CoinsWeekly, presenting the newest articles of our website, and AuctionsWeekly, giving an overview of upcoming auctions.
If you would like to receive one of our newsletters, we need your email address as well as information which allows us to check that you are in fact the holder of the email address you provided and that you consent to receiving the newsletter.
In order to make sure you agree that we send you the newsletter, we use the double opt-in method. The potential recipient registers for our mailing list. Subsequently, they receive a confirmation email, allowing them to confirm the registration with legal certainty. An email address is only actively included in our mailing list after this confirmation.
Those data are used solely for sending the requested information and offers.
We use the newsletter software Brevo. For this purpose, your data are transferred to Sendinblue GmbH. Brevo is not allowed to sell your data or use them for any other purpose than sending newsletters. Brevo is a certified German provider and was chosen in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the German Federal Data Protection Act.
For more information, click here.
The consent you have given for the storage of the data and the email address and their usage for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
The privacy practices are subject to constant technological modification. Therefore, we ask you to periodically consult our privacy policy.

Rights of the Data Subject

You have the right to request a confirmation as to whether or not data concerning you are being processed as well as access to these data and other information and a copy of the data, pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR.
Pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request completion of incomplete data or rectification of inaccurate data concerning you.
Pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request immediate erasure of data concerning you or, alternatively, pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request restriction of processing the data.
You have the right to request receiving the data you have provided to us in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and to request the transfer of those data to other processors.
Furthermore, pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Right to Withdraw

Pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to withdraw, with effect for the future, any consent given by you.

Right to Object

Pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the future processing of the data concerning you. In particular, you may object to the processing for the purposes of direct marketing.

The German source text of this translation was created based on a template from datenschutz.org.

Binding is the German version.

General Terms and Conditions (“GTC”) of MünzenWoche GmbH (CoinsWeekly)

§ 1 Scope of application

These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “GTC”) apply to all business relations between MünzenWoche GmbH, Pestalozzistraße 35, 79540 Lörrach, Germany, represented by the managing director Dr. Ursula Kampmann, registered in the Commercial Register of the Local Court of Freiburg (Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Freiburg) under HRB 718305 (hereinafter referred to as “CoinsWeekly”) and its customers in the version valid at the time of the conclusion of the contract. Deviating, conflicting or supplementary general terms and conditions of the customer shall not become part of the contract, unless CoinsWeekly expressly agrees to their validity. 

§ 2 Subject of the contract

CoinsWeekly provides services in the area of publishing advertising content in digital and print media as well as related services. The exact scope of services is defined in the individual agreements between CoinsWeekly and the customer.

§ 3 Conclusion of the contract

The contract is concluded when the customer accepts the offer. The customer can accept the offer in written, electronic or verbal form. Offers made by CoinsWeekly are subject to change and non-binding, unless otherwise expressly stated.

§ 4 Prices and terms of payment

  1. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are net prices and subject to the applicable statutory value-added tax.
  2. Unless otherwise agreed, the invoice amount is due for payment in full within 30 days of the invoice date.
  3. In the event that the customer is in default of payment, CoinsWeekly is entitled to charge default interest in the amount of 5 percentage points above the respective base interest rate. CoinsWeekly reserves the right to claim further damages caused by the delay of payment.

§ 5 Obligations of the customer

  1. The customer is obliged to provide the files, links and information required for the agreed type of advertising in good time and in a suitable form. The following deadlines apply:
    • MünzenWoche/CoinsWeekly newsletter, publication on Thursday, files must be delivered by Wednesday at 3 p.m. (CET) at the latest.
    • AuctionsWeekly newsletter, publication on Friday, files must be delivered by Thursday at 3 p.m. at the latest.
    • MünzenWoche Spezial/CoinsWeekly Special Issue, files must be delivered at the latest on the date given in the respective offer.
  1. If the customer does not fulfil these obligations despite two reminders by CoinsWeekly, CoinsWeekly reserves the right to charge the customer for the booked advertisement. A free cancellation or postponement of the advertisement is only possible within the statutory cancellation period.
  2. The customer guarantees that the transmitted content is free of third-party rights and does not violate any legal regulations or third-party rights.

§ 6 Impairment of the performance of an obligation

  1. CoinsWeekly aims to provide all contracted services on time and undertakes all reasonable efforts to ensure this.
  2. (2) If a service cannot be provided at all or cannot be provided in full for reasons beyond the control of CoinsWeekly, CoinsWeekly shall not assume any guarantee for the complete performance of the service and shall not be liable for any resulting consequences. This applies in particular to cases in which a contracted service cannot be provided on time or cannot be provided in full due to force majeure, transport delays, interventions of state authorities or other circumstances for which CoinsWeekly is not responsible.
  3. (3) In such a case, the service shall be deemed to have been provided if the essential preliminary services, such as the creation and provision of the advertisement, have been completed, even if the final step of distributing and publishing could not be carried out as planned due to the aforementioned circumstances.

§ 7 Liability

  1. CoinsWeekly is only liable for damages caused by its own intentional or grossly negligent behaviour. CoinsWeekly is only liable for slight negligence in the event of a breach of material contractual obligations (cardinal obligations), the fulfilment of which is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on the compliance of which the contractual partner can regularly rely.
  2. Cardinal obligations are those, the fulfilment of which is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on the compliance of which the contractual partner can regularly rely.
  3. CoinsWeekly is not liable for damages caused by circumstances beyond its control. This includes, in particular, damage caused by force majeure, the intervention of state authorities, technical defects, transport delays, industrial action, natural disasters or similar unforeseeable events for which CoinsWeekly is not responsible.

(3) Liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Further liability claims are excluded unless they are based on intent, gross negligence or injury to life, limb or health.

§ 8 Right of cancellation

(1) CoinsWeekly concludes contracts only with commercial customers. Therefore, there is no right of cancellation for consumers.

§ 9 Data protection

  1. CoinsWeekly processes the customer’s personal data exclusively for the fulfilment of contractual obligations and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations. 
  2. Further information on data protection, including the rights of data subjects under the GDPR can be found in our privacy policy on the CoinsWeekly website.

§ 10 Compliance with legal provisions

  1. The customer is solely responsible for compliance with all relevant legal provisions in connection with the use of the services provided by CoinsWeekly and the distribution of content.
  2. This includes in particular the observance of competition law, copyright law, data protection law as well as all other applicable laws and regulations.
  3. The customer shall ensure that all contents provided by him do not violate the rights of third parties and that all necessary permissions, licences and consents have been obtained.
  4. CoinsWeekly assumes no liability for violations of legal regulations by the customer. The customer shall indemnify CoinsWeekly against all claims of third parties that are asserted due to such violations. 

§ 11 Amendment of the GTC

  1. CoinsWeekly reserves the right to change these General Terms and Conditions (GTC) at any time if this becomes necessary due to legal, technical or economic developments.
  2. The customer will be notified of changes to the GTC in writing or by email. If the customer has provided an email address, the notification will be sent by email.
  3. The amendments shall be deemed accepted if the customer does not object in writing or by email within six weeks of receipt of the amendment notification. The customer shall be expressly informed of this right of objection in the notification of amendment. 
  4. If the customer objects to the change of the GTC in due time, both parties have the right to terminate the contract with immediate effect.

§ 12 Court of competent jurisdiction and applicable law

  1. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply. The provisions of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) shall not apply.
  2. The exclusive court of competent jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with this contract is the registered office of CoinsWeekly, provided that the customer is a merchant, an institution of public law or a Federal Special Fund. 
  3. Before taking legal actions, the parties to this contract are obliged to try to reach an amicable settlement through mediation or arbitration. 

Version of October 2024