2. Collection of Personal Data

We collect personal data only where necessary for the operation of our website, responding to enquiries, preparing quotations, processing contracts or where you voluntarily provide such information.

Personal data may include:

• Name
• Company name (where applicable)
• Postal address
• Country
• Telephone number
• E-mail address
• Information contained in your enquiry
• Products you are interested in
• IP address
• Browser information

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3. Purpose of Processing

Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

• responding to your enquiries;
• preparing individual quotations;
• communicating regarding products, availability and shipping;
• concluding and performing purchase contracts;
• processing payments;
• arranging shipping and delivery;
• complying with legal obligations;
• protecting our website against misuse and spam.

We process your personal data only where there is a legal basis under Article 6 GDPR.

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4. Enquiries via Contact Form

Our website does not provide an automated online ordering system.

If you submit an enquiry using our contact form, we process the information you provide solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry and, where applicable, preparing and performing a purchase contract.

Providing your personal data is voluntary. However, without the required information we may be unable to respond to your enquiry.

Your enquiry is transmitted by e-mail and stored only for as long as necessary to process your request or comply with legal retention obligations.

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5. Contract Initiation

If your enquiry results in a purchase, we process your personal data for the purpose of preparing an individual quotation, concluding the purchase contract, issuing invoices, arranging shipment and fulfilling our contractual obligations.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

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6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Some cookies are technically necessary for the operation of the website, while others require your consent.

You may manage your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie consent tool.

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7. Cookie Consent

This website uses Compliance by Hu-manity.co to obtain and manage your consent for cookies and similar technologies.

Your consent preferences are stored so that your choices are respected during future visits.

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8. Server Log Files

Whenever you visit our website, our hosting provider automatically collects certain technical information.

This may include:

• IP address
• browser type and version
• operating system
• referring website
• pages visited
• date and time of access
• amount of data transferred

These log files are processed solely for ensuring the technical operation and security of the website.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

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9. Google Maps

Our contact page includes Google Maps to display our business location. Google may process data on servers located outside the European Economic Area. Appropriate safeguards are applied in accordance with applicable data protection law.

When you visit a page containing Google Maps, information including your IP address may be transmitted to Google.

Provider:

Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland

Further information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

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10. Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts that are stored locally on our own web server.

No connection to Google servers is established when displaying the fonts.

Consequently, no personal data is transmitted to Google for this purpose.

11. Akismet Anti-Spam

To protect our contact form from spam and abuse, this website uses Akismet, a service provided by:

Automattic Inc.
60 29th Street #343
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

When you submit an enquiry through our contact form, certain information (such as your IP address, browser information and the content of your message) may be transmitted to Akismet for the sole purpose of detecting spam.

This processing is based on our legitimate interest in protecting our website against spam and misuse pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further information is available at:

https://akismet.com/privacy/

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12. Disclosure of Personal Data

We do not sell or rent your personal data.

Personal data will only be disclosed where necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:

• payment service providers;
• shipping and transport companies;
• IT service providers and hosting providers;
• public authorities where required by law.

All recipients receive only the data necessary for the respective purpose.

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13. International Data Transfers

Where personal data is transferred to recipients outside the European Economic Area (EEA), such transfers are carried out only where appropriate safeguards pursuant to Articles 44 et seq. GDPR are in place.

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14. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with statutory retention periods.

Enquiries that do not result in a purchase may be deleted after completion of the correspondence unless legal obligations require longer retention.

Data relating to concluded purchase contracts will be retained in accordance with applicable commercial and tax legislation.

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15. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access.

Despite these measures, no transmission of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

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16. Secure Transmission (SSL/TLS Encryption)

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the “https://” address in your browser and the padlock symbol displayed in the browser bar.

Data transmitted to us via this website cannot normally be read by third parties during transmission.

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17. Your Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• the right of access (Article 15 GDPR);
• the right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR);
• the right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR);
• the right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR);
• the right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR);
• the right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR);
• the right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

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18. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates applicable data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

You may contact the supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

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19. Contact Regarding Data Protection

If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

Marx Antik GmbH
Worringer Str. 70
40211 Düsseldorf
Germany

E-mail: KGMarx@t-online.de

Telephone: +49211758282

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20. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy where necessary to reflect changes in legal requirements, technical developments or modifications to our website and services.

The current version published on this website shall always apply.

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Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 2026.