The Evolution of a Love Story
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Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnVolume 3, containing poems from 1975 and 1976, is the third in a series of poetry books Mark Decker is publishing about the evolution of the love story that he and Molly share. nnThe years the poems in Volume 3 were written, 1975-.
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Volume 3, containing poems from 1975 and 1976, is the third in a series of poetry books Mark Decker is publishing about the evolution of the love story that he and Molly share.
The years the poems in Volume 3 were written, 1975-1976, were very interesting, exciting years for Molly and me. We had our first child, Mark, Jr; and, I got into law school. President Ford’s staff asked me to be a law clerk in the Office of Counsel to the President while attending law school. So, in addition to continuing to manage the White House Health Unit, in Room 11 of the Old Executive Office Building, I had an office in the law library in Room 106 for my law clerking duties.
We loved our little family and enjoyed living off Quaker Lane on Martha Custis Drive in Parkfairfax, Alexandria, Virginia. That little one bedroom, garden apartment was an awesome place to start off our life together. We loved it. Molly was working for Texas Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen on his 1976 Presidential campaign staff. Senator Bentsen was running to get the Democratic nomination against Jimmy Carter. I was working for Republican President Ford. Those were congenial, collegial days in political Washington. Democrats and Republicans not only talked to each other but also worked with each other to get legislation passed.
I started my legal education at the International School of Law founded by Dean Braebner-Smith, a genius and dedicated to legus lex and the pursuit of all things related to natural law. The law school has become internationally recognized and is now called George Mason University – Antonin Scalia Law School. Volume 3 takes us just up to December, 1976, just after the 1976 election. Jimmy Carter beat Lloyd Bentsen for the Democratic nomination; and surprise to me, also beat President Gerald R. Ford.
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The Evolution of a Love Story: 1975-1976, Volume 3
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More to Give 1975
As the mellow light of evening falls;
A sigh that forms upon my face allows me to rest, and
Peacefully replay the thought of you;
In my mind's dry desert
You are an oasis brought to quench.
I thrill at the thought of us together;
Sweetness, may I call you?
Sweetness you surely are;
Your music is sweet;
Your heart is sweeter;
Like daisies in a field you are fresh and alive.
I love you, and cannot hold it back;
You fill my heart with joy;
I've fallen entirely into your wondrous love.
Life, through sweetest you;
Love, my memory always
As day-to-day we touch.
You have given me your all;
What is greater still,
We both have more to give;
You are our home carved from heaven;
Placed upon this earth;
And, you have shown me happiness;
And, you have shown me love;
And, I will make your offering my acceptance.
New Playground 1975
Like the wind that rustles leaves about,
My thought arouses to the sunshine of childhood;
To its sunset and rebirth in elder youth
With it slow ascent toward becoming an adult.
Trees we used to play in,
Climbing like monkeys, laughing as we tumble;
As we trip and as we stumble;
We are children, forever wondering.
Who wants to grow up;
A grown-up wants his childhood returned
Where we are still restless and carefree;
Where we still admire our friends;
Where we fear no unknown;
Where we grasp the nature of nature;
Where we still walk putting one foot forward,
Teasing bullies and learning from mistakes;
We are too young to give our notions definition;
We need, always, to be young and free.
New life begins where one departs the other;
As if what always was will always be;
We could not ask for more;
As we have reached our pinnacle
Let us depart together on our trek;
Making friends with the world,
Our new playground.
No Time for Rest 1-9/12-1975
Dear father with grand soul;
I watched you ride your fate;
Your suffering was weaker
Than the strength of your courage;
Your heart beat quickly, and
You rode to destiny;
Yours shall never die.
At twenty-six I'm so much younger
Than I was at twenty-five;
There is nothing quite like faith
That tomorrow will be brighter;
I have my freedom;
I fight for it like our cave-dwelling ancestors;
Like my Father, the Marine,
Who peered into the darkness
Of a lonely cave, into the empty sky
And wondered ....
Where it all began and where it all will end;
Why must it end.
I will save in my heart what's worth keeping;
My soul becomes a home;
Between here and eternity is no time for sleeping;
There is not time for rest till living here has gone.
Miles Burris Decker — Died Today 1-3-1975
Dear God;
When wrath you brought
Upon this son of yours;
While sleeping eased his pain;
As beauty slowly slipped away
He saw you, and
There was hope, again.
He was a dreamer
Who couldn't live forever;
Who fought, a Marine, until the end;
This man;
A sacrifice in glory
Will be his grandchild's story;
Of a mountain;
Of a man;
They were the same;
Strong and glorious;
High and gallant; and aloof;
But most of all
So desperately alone.
And, through a home
He was provided,
He had a home on earth.
Let Nature Speak a Word 1975
You'll hear from a distance
A noiseless sound
That often speeds its meaning
Round and round;
Let nature speak a word
Before the fools expound.
Time-honored is this friendless friend of man,
Who seeks no special meaning, and
Who delights in slight of hand;
Kingdom's have topple from
Its slightest nudge;
Soft evening lyres are muted
By this fiend who holds a grudge.
Despise the constant waste;
The ever-present haste
With which accomplishment is lost; and
While achieving,.,
As you feel this pesky breathing
Down your neck,
Stand up, straight up and square your jaw.
Look fury-eyed, and
While this moron wipes his eyes
From having wept;
Calmly walk away without ever looking back, and say....
I would not have done it any other way.
Eulogy For My Father January, 1975
(My words as we released Dad's ashes into Sunfish Creek)
We are here to offer our blessings
To my dear Father
In this environment which he loved so deeply
He was a good husband;
He was a good father;
He was a good brother;
He was a good friend;
He was great among men.
We all loved and admired his simplicity;
His genuineness;
His courage;
His beauty.
Today, we return Dad's remains
To the good earth which he loved;
Dad lived his life with love, and in truth;
With us Dad's spirit will always live;
His will always be our greatest strength.
A line from one of my Dad's favorite poems:
"I would be happy to live by the side of the road,
And be a friend to man";
Becoming Man 1975
A man is a fool, or
This man is
To walk such narrow paths;
To dream with acute vagueness;
I must change;
Perhaps change with time
Would do me well;
Perhaps that change has come.
Too much nonsense do I know;
Too vague and imprecise my thought;
Too few hours of sweat on brow;
I am withered in mind.
I am a nobody;
A worker and a part time student;
A member of the human race.
But, I am good!
Though goodness reeks
Without a course to follow;
Goodness in its vintage
Is gladness and effort;
I seek a higher plane
To enlighten;
To lead;
To escape;
I am becoming man.
Our Ends Have Met january, 1975
I like to lie with you my love,
Among the blades of grass;
In fields thick with clover;
In love, deeply, our madness;
With serenity a bond,
We sit upon each other's knee,
Rocking heavenly.
Talking childhood dreams come true;
Not all childhood's do.
This way our day begins with play;
Just so, the night withdraws
Leaving my heart not having missed a day
Of being near, and seeing, you.
Day by lovely day;
Year by golden year;
Our ends meet;
The east is me,
The west is you;
Our horizon is the world.
It was noon
And he was tired;
Full of hopelessness
And pettiness;
He had no name to speak about;
A quiver on his lips
Betrayed emptiness;
Disarmed and forlorn,
The usual feverish pitch
Of his attitude
Was subdued, nearly squelched.
What before me stands, not prior seen,
That I thought exact?
All life is saddened
By the cast of this vision.
I had not known nor heard spoken
The joys before;
I dared not dream
The worth of smiles and cheer;
A frozen face had taught me to despise
The worth in man;
So much so that I distrusted
The very thought, or sight,
Of goodness not my own.
You Are What you are 2-10-1975
How often I wished for just a change
To catch the golden whale of the sea;
Now the cherished fish
Is in my pool awaiting me.
How nice of you to come, said I;
Catch me if you can, said he;
I said, it been a long, long time,
Since early in my youth,
That I have held a pole in hand;
To me its now uncouth.
He said, my friend a fool, only a fool,
Betray himself by leaving
The field and forest as if he'd not dwelled there;
Why would one depart
Without a thought, a smile, a care.
I'll come back again, my friend, said I,
As I turned to walk away;
There is a lifetime for me to catch you;
There's more than just one day;
In leaving, thusly,
I have begun to seek the way.
Freedom Is 2-12-1975
Freedom,
Is perpetual extension of oneself into the unknown;
Seeing that which threatens one as no longer unfamiliar;
Perceiving the whole from abstract parts; and
Pursuing those interests, which naturally flow there from;
Is one of life's invariables.
Freedom,
Can be built upon and enlarged;
Cannot in and of itself ensure happiness;
Is itself a part of a larger whole;
Is essentially of, and pertaining to, the spirit;
Is a two-edged sword if not properly understood and utilized.
Freedom,
Requires sensible independence of both body and mind;
Is inherent to human endeavor, but
Often unwisely wielded to that individual's detriment;
Entertains fear, but healthy fear;
Freedom,
A state of life, which opens, to the individual,
Many facets which for one reason or another
Heave been perceived as secrets incapable of being understood;
Self-awareness and incorporation of this self-awareness into daily life.
Heart Full of Glee 2-12-1975
My heart is laid in violets,
Which grow with sunshine's send;
My mind is strewn with dreams,
With flowery thought again;
I've crossed this bridge a hundred times;
It's now become a friend.
To the world which is unharnessed, and
Looking back on puberty;
What else could raise such ripple
But a heart so full of glee.
To the people of my past life,
And the present ones with me,
I cherish even sadness;
With thoughts of finity.
I can be not but proud
Of my chosen destiny;
With the songs that form
Upon my lips;
With my accepting mystery.
When two of us or more
Gather for a shower, and
A flowering,
God rest the troubled gentleman
Left somewhere in between.
A Woman's Influence on Man 2-12-1975
There's merry band of gentlemen
Where boys have early come
To the world of work and fantasy,
They'll depart much more like men.
A crisp, "hello, how are you?"
To the stranger in his home
While sailing out at daybreak,
To treasures that have come.
One foot upon the shoulder
Of the serpent carved If bone;
A hand, held high, to forehead
For a view yet to be shown.
There towering in the shadows
Is the mistress true and fair
Who carries in her pocket
That which makes men dare;
To stride far further than perhaps
He'd like, at first, at care.
My Heart Aflame 2-13-1975
I give you a bashful brilliance
To send you on your way;
Daily dreaming of the castles;
Doubting not, one single day;
Where fools are story creatures
Who come but do not stay;
Where one need not see tomorrow
By looking through today;
Where we shroud ourselves in gladness,
And clasp our hands to say
It's you my love, you are the way.
Through all our wondrous days of joy,
Remembrance brings a smile
That plants itself upon your face
And tickles you a while;
My dear;
My sweet;
My valentine,
Whose heart in mine contain;
This happy fellow offers you
His heart so much aflame.
When Past is Gone 2-13-1975
Where to, wayward life,
When past is gone, and
Present stands in ominous gloat;
Where do you go
When there's no where to go but
Deep inside the dangerous chasm of
Self's weak and mortal stem.
Where?
To find the source of course!
To watch, again, the planting of the seed;
To watch the shoots thrive;
And, thusly on and on, through all the seasons
With their gift's of joy;
Until tomorrow's dawn.
Straight stands the tall, firm Oke;
Soft-gentle with the willow;
The Oke reached out to grasp the sky;
To float upon her pillow.
Searching for the Divine 2-15-1975
Up on the rooftop,
Peering forth as if from heaven,
Sits a castle in the sky
Where fearless leader
Ponders the sanctity of life;
Its waning ebb, and
Its towering high.
When a soul searches for the divine
It must clench, as well, the fruitless flowers;
Souls must sift the chaff to gather grain;
Life can be lonely while searching
The myriad of faces and forms.
Upturn any stone;
There under lives an entire world,
Its own microcosm
That often is never seen,
With its own vitality and essence;
Its own sublime mysterious origin;
With a past, a present and a future.
A Clown Without a Circus 2-21-1975
From crib I walk upright
Only to crawl into adulthood,
My teeth chattering ;
Knees knocking;
Hair standing on end.
I am a clown with out a circus;
A man with a young boy's guts;
Peering at this frightening world;
Posing as a star.
What seem endless mental decades
Take their toll;
At times petrifying a sensitive soul;
Like frozen wetlands, the life awaiting spring thaw;
As in an empty mansion, which lacks only decoration.
My self reluctantly grows
As if the pain of withering would be less
Thanking, without meaning;
Taking, for granted.
I sense I am lacking in appreciative character;
Rather like a dozer plowing its destruction
Before the garden's growth is seen.
An Adventurer's Home 2-23-75
Where to now, captain;
Follow the flowing crested wave,
Or landward ho!
Who knows what we'll discover;
Ruins amid the shambled blight;
Joys beyond our wildest sight;
Remember, man is not amphibious; and
Songs of past rhymers won't echo forever;
I must learn the tune.
Is hope an obesity of the overfed mind;
Is it faith and hope that carries us through; or
Hope that faith is truly impenetrable;
The sailor peers seaward
With a cragged, salty face;
The captain ponders memory, and
Wonders what burdened sanctions
Must adventurers overcome;
My shore
Will, in time, show its sandy face,
Full of sunshine. ...
A heralded home
For rejuvenated, weary travelers.
Life is As it Should Be 2-27-1975
Life, I am quite sure,
Will be short enough lived;
So much of it behind me
Even now, at this young age;
This is as it should be;
Not long enough to regret each day's mistakes,
Nor allowing a lifetime's pardon to catch up;
Not short than would allow us memory,
Nor take from us the fruit of nature's tree;
No, life is as it should be;
Lived when moments somehow stop
And time is let in;
My love and I have dared
To seek life's blessing;
We have given
When the time was there to take;
My love and I have learned a valued lesson. ...
The food you eat will be that food you make.
New Stages 2-27-1975
The touch of a heart
Upon a child's delicate balance
Provides a haven for kindness.
My love is strong;
I know it knows no bounds;
It must leap; It must fly;
My heart leading my head;
My head alert and courteous
To its babbling companion.
Of course I dream — I off times dream;
The halo's light attracts me
With a softness, a loftiness
Not captured by mere thought.
I view myself a fairly constant man;
Born to bear the joys and burdens of love;
Happily retreating, there to stay;
No melancholy is worth more
Than the tranquility it imposes
On a searing soul;
I have felt, seen and endured my heart's eclipse;
I can now give of myself more surely;
My new stage is that of application;
That of grave determination;
That of brave solemnity
Wherein light will shine.
Follow Faith 3-10-1975
Let this song take the tears
From your heart;
It is sung by a minstrel at his best;
This song is ours to digest;
Listen to the sounds
From which harmony evolves;
Blissful, pure, sacred;
Melancholy tranquility;
Dimensions absorbed through diffusion.
Let us not lose our ear
Because the music wanes;
Nor fight despair
Because it leaves a stain;
Instead, let's expound upon uncertainty
To become more familiar and learn-ed;
Take your place in life honorably;
With virtue and control;
Follow faith to its crystal source.
Washington, DC 3-15-1975
This youthful town's unsettled ground
Seems quaking at its core
With multi-personed people
Who, themselves of late, aren't sure;
We've paused to climb
A rung or two
While watching from the gate,
The masked marauders pillaging
Proud, young America's fate;
But, we have not been idle, no
We've not been whisked away
By beardless, blood-stained characters
Who know not night from day;
Pied Pipers with their new tunes,
Playing old horns
All the way.
Beckon the Bounding Life 3-17-1975
The winds of time are come;
A mind is fraught,
Little knows the angler
From whence did come the thought.
Astounded by such beauty;
Reminded of the sight;
Tread down the path through Eden;
Behold, the glorious plight.
A dancer through the distance
Perceives a golden thread,
As soundless movement tumbles
Within, throughout the head.
Kick up your heels,
Let the flow of motion free;
Give a beckon to the bounding life
That overflows in glee.
(Continues...)
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b) In the event of defects, we shall, at our discretion, provide warranty by rectification of the defect or subsequent delivery. If the rectification of defects fails, you may, at your option, demand a reduction in price or withdraw from the contract. The rectification of defects shall be deemed to have failed after a second unsuccessful attempt, unless the nature of the goods or the defect or other circumstances indicate otherwise. In the event of rectification of defects, we shall not be obliged to bear the increased costs arising from the transport of the goods to a place other than the place of performance, unless such transport is in accordance with the intended use of the goods.
c) The warranty period shall be one year from delivery of the goods. The shortening of the period shall not apply
- for culpable damage attributable to us arising from injury to life, limb or health and for other damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence;
- insofar as we have fraudulently concealed the defect or have assumed a guarantee for the quality of the item;
- in the case of items which have been used for a building in accordance with their customary use and have caused its defectiveness;
- in the case of statutory rights of recourse that you may assert against us in connection with rights arising from defects.
§ 5 Choice of law, place of fulfilment, jurisdiction
(1) German law shall apply. This choice of law only applies to customers if it does not result in the revocation of the protection guaranteed by the mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the respective customer’s usual place of residence is located (benefit-of-the-doubt principle).
(2) If you are not a consumer, but a businessman, a legal entity under public law or an institutional fund governed by public law, our place of business is the place of jurisdiction as well as the place of fulfilment for all services that follow from the business relationships that exist with us. The same condition applies to situations in which you are not associated with a general place of jurisdiction in Germany or the EU, as well as situations in which the place of residence or the usual place of residence is not known at the time of commencement of proceedings. This has no bearing on the capacity to call upon the court associated with another place of jurisdiction.
(3) The provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods are explicitly inapplicable.
II. Customer information
- Identity of the seller
Moluna GmbH
Engberdingdamm 275
48268 Greven
Germany
Telephone: 02571/5698933
E-Mail: abe@moluna.de
- Information regarding the conclusion of the contract
The technical steps associated with the conclusion of the contract, the contract conclusion itself and the correction options are executed in accordance to the regulations "conclusion of the contract" in our standard business terms (part I.).
- Contractual language, saving the text of the contract
3.1 Contract language shall be English.
3.2 The complete text of the contract is not saved with us. Before the order is sent, the contract data can be printed out or electronically saved using the browser’s print function. After the order is received by us, the order data, the legally-mandated details related to distance selling contracts and the standard business terms are re-sent to you via e-mail.
- Main features of the product or service
The key features of the goods and/or services can be found in the respective quote.
- Prices and payment arrangements
5.1 The prices mentioned in the respective offers represent total prices, as do the shipping costs. They include all the price components, including all the incidental taxes.
5.2 The dispatch costs that are incurred are not included in the purchase price. They can be viewed by clicking the appropriate button on our website or in the respective quote, are shown separately over the course of the order transaction and must additionally be borne by you, insofar as free delivery is not confirmed.
5.3 The payment methods that are available to you are shown by clicking the appropriate button on our website or are disclosed in the respective quote.
5.4 Unless otherwise specified for the respective payment methods, the payment claims arising from the contract that has been concluded become payable immediately.
- Delivery conditions
6.1 The delivery conditions, delivery date and existing supply restrictions, if applicable, can be found by clicking the appropriate button on our website or in the respective quote.
Unless a different period is specified in the item description or our delivery conditions, the goods are delivered within 3-5 days after the conclusion of the contract (in case an advance payment has been agreed upon, after the payment authorisation).
6.2 If you are a consumer, the following is statutorily regulated: The risk of the sold item accidentally being destroyed or degraded during shipping only passes over to you when the item in question is delivered, regardless of whether or not the shipping operation is insured. This condition does not apply if you have independently commissioned a transport company that has not been specified by us or a person who has otherwise been appointed to execute the shipping operation.
If you are a businessman, the delivery and shipping operations take place at your own risk.
- Statutory warranty right
Liability for defects is governed by the “Warranty” provisions in our General Terms and Conditions of Business (Part I).
last update: 01.01.2022
Data protection declaration
Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually obligatory, nor required for conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide your data. Not providing it will have no consequences. This only applies as long as the processing procedures below do not state otherwise.
“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Responsible person
Contact us at any time. The contact details of the person responsible for data processing can be found in our legal notice.
Collection, processing, and transfer of personal data in orders
When you submit an order we only collect and use your personal data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment and handling of your order as well as processing of your queries. The provision of data is necessary for conclusion of a contract. Failure to provide it will prevent the conclusion of any contract. The processing will occur on the basis of Article 6(1) b) GDPR and is required for the fulfilment of a contract with you.
Your data is transferred here for example to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers, payment service providers, service providers for handling the order and IT service providers that you have selected. We will comply strictly with legal requirements in every case. The scope of data transmission is restricted to a minimum.
Duration of storage
After contractual processing has been completed, the data is initially stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with the retention periods prescribed by law, especially tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the period has elapsed, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.
Rights of the affected person
If the legal requirements are fulfilled, you have the following rights according to art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability. You also have a right of objection against processing based on art. 6 (1) GDPR, and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, according to art. 21 (1) GDPR.
Right to complain to the regulatory authority
You have the right to complain to the regulatory authority according to art. 77 GDPR if you believe that your data is not being processed legally.
Right to object
If the data processing outlined here is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6(1)f) GDPR, you have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation to object at any time to the processing of your data with future effect.
If the objection is successful, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests or rights and freedoms, or the processing is intended for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
last update: 10.01.2022
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to moluna, Greven, Germany, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Privacy and security
Data protection declaration
Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually obligatory, nor required for conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide your data. Not providing it will have no consequences. This only applies as long as the processing procedures below do not state otherwise.
“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Responsible person
Contact us at any time. The contact details of the person responsible for data processing can be found in our legal notice.
Collection, processing, and transfer of personal data in orders
When you submit an order we only collect and use your personal data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment and handling of your order as well as processing of your queries. The provision of data is necessary for conclusion of a contract. Failure to provide it will prevent the conclusion of any contract. The processing will occur on the basis of Article 6(1) b) GDPR and is required for the fulfilment of a contract with you.
Your data is transferred here for example to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers, payment service providers, service providers for handling the order and IT service providers that you have selected. We will comply strictly with legal requirements in every case. The scope of data transmission is restricted to a minimum.
Duration of storage
After contractual processing has been completed, the data is initially stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with the retention periods prescribed by law, especially tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the period has elapsed, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.
Rights of the affected person
If the legal requirements are fulfilled, you have the following rights according to art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability. You also have a right of objection against processing based on art. 6 (1) GDPR, and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, according to art. 21 (1) GDPR.
Right to complain to the regulatory authority
You have the right to complain to the regulatory authority according to art. 77 GDPR if you believe that your data is not being processed legally.
Right to object
If the data processing outlined here is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6(1)f) GDPR, you have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation to object at any time to the processing of your data with future effect.
If the objection is successful, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests or rights and freedoms, or the processing is intended for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
last update: 10.01.2022