This cookie policy was last updated on 28 July 2025 and applies to citizens and residents with permanent residence in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
1. Introduction
Our website, http://shop.gerster.com (hereinafter referred to as the ‘online shop’) uses cookies and similar technologies (for simplicity, all of these are collectively referred to as ‘cookies’) . Cookies are also placed by third parties commissioned by us. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with the pages of an internet address and can be stored by the web browser on a PC or other device. The information stored in it can be sent to our servers or those of relevant third parties during subsequent visits.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code used to enable functionality and interactivity on our website. This code is executed on our servers or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (also known as a pixel tag) is a small invisible text fragment or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on the website. To enable this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user settings are remembered. By setting functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not have to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website; for example, items remain in your shopping basket until you pay. We can place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Marketing- / Tracking-Cookies
Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies or another form of local storage that are used to create user profiles in order to display advertising or track the user on this website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.3 Social media
We have embedded content from Instagram on our website to promote web pages (e.g. ‘Like’, “Pin”) or share them (e.g. ‘Tweet’) on social networks such as Instagram. This content is embedded with code that comes from Instagram and places cookies. This content may store and process certain information for personalised advertising.
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. Once you click on ‘Save settings’, you give us your consent to use all categories of cookies and plugins you have selected as described in this cookie statement. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may not function properly if you do so.
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7.1 Manage your consent settings
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify whether specific cookies should not be placed. Another option is to set up your internet browser so that you are notified each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again when you visit our website again.
8. Your rights regarding personal data
You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is required, what happens to it and how long it is stored.
- Right to information: You have the right to view your personal data known to us.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to supplement, correct, delete or block your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw this consent and have your personal data deleted.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to request all your personal data from the data controller and to transfer it in full to another data controller.
- Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data. We will comply with this unless there are legitimate reasons for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the end of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear it, but you also have the right to refer it to the supervisory authority (data protection authority).
9. Contact details
If you have any questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us using the following contact details:
Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. KG
Memminger Straße 18
88400 Biberach
Germany
Website: http://shop.gerster.com
Email: info@gerster.com
Telephone number: (+49) 7351 586 500
This cookie policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on 25 August 2025.