Data protection

Responsible for data processing is:

Marion Mayer
Soderstraße 102
64287 Darmstadt
Deutschland
m@holztraum-ringe.de

Thank you for your interest in my online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to me. Below I will inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

1. Access Data and Hosting
You can visit my website without providing any personal information. Each time a website is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call.
This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving my offer. In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to protect my legitimate interests in a correct presentation of my offer, which predominate in the context of a weighing of interests. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

2. Data collection and use for contract processing, contact
I collect personal data if you voluntarily provide me with this as part of your order or when contacting me (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases I need the data to process the contract or to process your contact and you cannot send the order or contact without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. I use the data you have provided in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR to process the contract and your inquiries. If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, I will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account. After the contract has been completed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the retention periods under tax and commercial law have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or I have reserved the right to use the data beyond that is permitted by law and about which I inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or using a function provided for this purpose in the customer account.

3. Data Sharing
In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, I will pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods ordered. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, I will pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the bank commissioned with the payment and any payment service provider commissioned by me or to the selected payment service to process payments. Some of the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must register with the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.

4. Cookies
You don’t have to read Sas because the site doesn’t use cookies! In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, I use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to safeguard my overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of my offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are automatically saved on your end device. Some of the cookies I use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable me to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can see the duration of storage in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browser under the following links: Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies Safari™: https: //support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14 Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en Firefox™ https ://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-allow-and-reject Opera™ : https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies If cookies are not accepted, the Functionality of my website may be limited.

5. Google reCAPTCHA
For the purpose of protecting my web forms from misuse and spam, I use the Google reCAPTCHA service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google) for some forms on this website manual entry, this service prevents automated software (so-called bots) from carrying out abusive activities on the website. In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to protect my legitimate interests in protecting my website from misuse and in a trouble-free presentation of my online presence, which are overriding in the context of a balancing of interests. Google reCAPTCHA uses a code embedded in the website, a so-called JavaScript, as part of the verification process that enables an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website, including your IP address, is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In addition, other cookies stored in your browser by Google services are evaluated by Google reCAPTCHA. A reading or saving of personal data from the input fields of the respective form does not take place. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield. You can prevent the data generated by the JavaScript or the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution in your browser settings prevent JavaScript or the setting of cookies. Please note that this may limit the functionality of our website for your use. Further information on Google’s data protection policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

6. Social Media PlugIns
Use of Facebook social plugins using the Shariff solution. Social buttons from social networks are used on my website. This serves to safeguard my overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not unrestrictedly plug-ins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This integration ensures that when you call up a page on my website that contains such buttons, no connection is established with the servers of the provider of the respective social network. If you click on one of the buttons, a new window will open in your browser and call up the page of the respective service provider, on which you can (possibly after entering your login data) press the Like or Share button, for example. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers on their websites as well as a contact option and your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the data protection notices of the providers. https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
My online presence on Facebook My presence on social networks and platforms serves better, active communication with my customers and prospects. I provide information there about my products and current special offers. When you visit my online presence in social media, your data can be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes. So-called usage profiles are created from this data using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are usually used on your end device for this purpose. Visitor behavior and user interests are stored in these cookies. According to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, this serves to protect my legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of my offer and effective communication with customers and interested parties, which are overriding in the context of a weighing of interests. If you are asked by the respective social media platform operators for your consent (consent) to the data processing, e.g. with the help of a checkbox, the legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. Insofar as the aforementioned social media platforms are headquartered in the USA, the following applies: The European Commission has issued an adequacy decision for the USA. This goes back to the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate for the respective company can be viewed here https://www.privacyshield.gov/list. For detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the providers on their websites, as well as a contact option and your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, in particular opt-out options, please refer to the providers’ data protection notices linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Data processing is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR, which you can view here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum Possibility of objection (opt-out): Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

7. Contact options and your rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
– in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified there;
– in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
– in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is required – to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information; – to fulfill a legal obligation; – is necessary for reasons of public interest or – to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
– in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as – the accuracy of the data is disputed by you; – the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure; – we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or – you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
– in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to me in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible;
– according to Art. 77 GDPR the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or my company headquarters.
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data and revocation of consent or objection to a specific use of data, please contact me directly using the contact details in my imprint.

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Right to object
Insofar as I process personal data as explained above in order to protect my legitimate interests, which outweigh my interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation. After you have exercised your right to object, I will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless I can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of serves legal claims. This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then I will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.
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Notes on data processing in connection with Google Analytics
This website actually (Feb. 2023) is not conneted to Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the person responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on the computer of the site visitor and which enable an analysis of the use of the website by the site visitor. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by the site visitor (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Google Analytics is only used with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” on this website. This extension ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes direct personal reference. As a result of the extension, Google’s IP address will be shortened beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the relevant browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. On behalf of the site operator, Google will use the information collected to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the site operator (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The legitimate interest in data processing lies in optimizing this website, analyzing how the website is used and adapting the content. The interests of the users are adequately safeguarded by the pseudonymization. Google LLC. is certified according to the so-called Privacy Shield (list entry here) and guarantees an appropriate level of data protection on this basis. The data sent and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 50 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month. The collection by Google Analytics can be prevented by the site visitor adjusting the cookie settings for this website. The collection and storage of the IP address and the data generated by cookies can also be objected to at any time with effect for the future. The corresponding browser plugin can be downloaded and installed from the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. The site visitor can prevent the recording by Google Analytics on this website by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set, which prevents the future collection of data when visiting this website. Further information on the use of data by Google, setting and objection options can be found in Google’s data protection declaration (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings. google.com/authenticated).

reCAPTCHA
To protect your inquiries via the Internet form, we use the reCAPTCHA service from Google LLC (Google). The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or abusively by automated, machine processing. The query includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there. However, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCaptcha will not be merged with other Google data. The deviating data protection regulations of the company Google apply to this data. You can find more information about Google’s data protection guidelines at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

FAQ ring selection

Yes, there is no personalization configurator on my website, because I wouldn’t even know what to set there. Much more is usually possible than a configurator would allow. If you have any questions as to whether your wishes can be implemented, call me (+49 160 933 339 35) or write me at m@holztraum-ringe.de

When you go to the checkout there is a free text field in which you can please enter the ring size, width, engraving text etc. If you missed the field, just send me an e-mail with the data.

Production usually takes two to four weeks.

If you are in a hurry, please ask BEFORE by phone.

the shipping costs are
wirhin Germany 4,50€
within EU monetary union 8,50€
to Switzerland 12,50€

For all other countries, please inquire beforehand.

I send the rings by post, the ring boxes as a consignment. Delivery to packing stations is not possible.

“Clandestine” deliveries with Hermes Shop-to-Shop are possible on request.

You can choose to pay with PayPal or in advance.

The rings offered in the shop are personalized made-to-measure products, which unfortunately cannot be exchanged according to the terms and conditions.

It is therefore all the more important that you determine the ring size in advance. Or read Giving a Ring Without a Size.

FAQ about the order process

In general, wooden rings fit just like metal rings. So the material does not play a role in determining the ring size.
Note, however, that the individual fingers of one hand have different strengths. If the ring is to be worn on a specific finger, you will need the ring size for that finger. Dehydrating drinks such as coffee, sage tea or red wine but also pregnancy can affect the measurement result.

If you don’t know your ring size and walking around town isn’t an option, you can order a ring sizer with the ring. I will then send it to you in advance free of charge.

A String, chewing gum paper, bag seals or grandma’s tape measure are definitely not suitable tools for determining the ring size at home. I can no longer change the ring size of finished rings. Expanding or compressing, as is possible with metal rings, is impossible with a wooden ring.

It is mainly a matter of personal taste how ready a ring should be.
It is generally said that a wide ring looks good on a slender finger, and a narrow ring looks better on a strong, short finger.

But it is also the case that a narrow ring tends to pinch the neighboring fingers. A washer would be the extreme. A very wide ring, on the other hand, can limit the freedom of movement of the finger.

A small ring, e.g. size 48, is 4mm narrow and 8mm wide. A medium-sized one, e.g. size 60, is narrow at 4.5mm and wide at 9mm. A really large ring, e.g. size 70, is narrow at 5mm and wide at 11mm. Medium is in between, rule of three is possible.

Luxury (most sold)
Each luxury ring in my collection is covered with a matt polished, closed layer of acrylic resin. This looks very elegant and makes it more durable and hard-wearing (a ring like this can withstand a 40° wash cycle in the washing machine).

glossy
Like luxury, only polished to a high gloss. With finely structured woods, the glossy surface emphasizes the wood structure. However, the surface can become matt or shiny over time through daily use, depending on the stress.

pure
The pur rings in my collection are stabilized with acrylic resin but not sealed. The rings are a bit more natural but also more sensitive.
Rings made of black oak are not available in “Pure” due to the structure of the wood.

I engrave in the ring using a laser engraver. The laser beam burns letters, characters or shapes into the wood. You can choose from different fonts. I can also use image templates that only consist of black and white in jpg and png format.

Light to brown wood and a ring width of 4.5 mm or more are advantageous for an engraving.

It is difficult in dark wood, because black on black is difficult to read. Here I recommend choosing the inside of the ring from a lighter wood.
It is also difficult to engrave 30 characters in a small ring. Smaller font is harder to read.

With a Bentwood ring, the wood is bent with the grain so that a ring with 3-4 thin layers of wood glued together is created from a 25-30cm long veneer strip. This process makes the ring much more statically resilient than a turned wooden ring would be, and allows a lower material thickness of 2.2 mm and upwards.

Nevertheless, a wooden ring has a limited lifespan. Comparable to floors, there are materials for eternity and some for feeling good. A metal ring lasts a lifetime, a wooden ring cannot. It will wear out like a wooden floor.
Sand and hard objects that leave dents in the wood will damage the ring. You should take off the wooden ring for gardening, climbing, playing in the sand or carrying beer crates. Showering, washing your hands or going to the sauna is no problem.

Water and heat SOMETIMES. AVOID bruising, bending or sanding.

Unfortunately, since made-to-measure rings are non-returnable, buying a ring based on an estimated size is risky. If you would like to surprise someone with a ring from HolzTraum, call me first on +49 160 933 339 35 or email me at m@holztraum-ringe.de

I have almost 100 rings in different sizes and types of wood in stock, from which you can choose one that you are happy to give away as a surprise and then return it to configure your personal dream ring.

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