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Websale is an online commerce platform. This page explains its cookies, your GDPR and ePrivacy obligations, data transfers and how to deploy it with valid consent.
Websale is an online commerce service operated by WEBSALE AG. It powers the storefront, the basket and the checkout, so it processes the personal data your customers provide to place and manage an order.
Websale processes the data needed to run a shop, including name, address, contact details, order history and a session cookie that keeps the basket and the login active during a visit.
Running a shop mixes several lawful bases. Session and order data rest on the performance of the contract, while any analytics or marketing layered on top needs separate consent and a clear separation in the cookie banner.
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Because Websale sets cookies or processes identifiers that are not strictly necessary, you must obtain prior, informed and freely given consent before it loads.
WEBSALE AG operates its shop platform from data centres in Germany, so store and order data remain within the European Union. Even so, record the hosting location in your records of processing to demonstrate accountability under Article 30 GDPR.
Separate the strictly necessary cookies from the optional ones in Websale, gate analytics and marketing behind consent, sign a data processing agreement with WEBSALE AG, and publish a clear privacy notice covering orders, payment and delivery.
Websites using Websale must obtain user consent under GDPR regulations.
DPIA considerations
Websale is limited in scope and low risk, so a full DPIA is usually not required, but you should document your screening decision to evidence accountability.
Sample consent text
We use Websale to run the shop, your basket and the checkout. With your consent we store the cookies described in our cookie policy. You can accept, refuse or withdraw your choice at any time.
Third-party domains contacted
websale.dewebsale.netCookies placed
| Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| websale_session | Strictly necessary | Session | Maintains the secure shopping session and checkout state |
| websale_basket | Functional | 30 days | Stores the basket contents so an order can be continued on a later visit |
| websale_consent | Strictly necessary | 12 months | Saves the cookie consent decision made by the shopper |
Websale uses cookies for user preferences — inform visitors with a consent banner.
Websale sets the following cookies: websale_session, websale_basket, websale_consent. Each one is listed in the cookie table on this page with its type, duration and purpose, and you should mirror that list in your own cookie policy.
Yes. Websale relies on cookies or identifiers that are not strictly necessary, so under ePrivacy Article 5(3) you must collect prior, informed and freely given consent before it loads.
The lawful basis is Contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) for the session, consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) for analytics and marketing. Record this basis in your records of processing and state it in the privacy notice shown to visitors.
By default no transfer to a third country takes place. WEBSALE AG operates its shop platform from data centres in Germany, so store and order data remain within the European Union. Reassess if you later enable an external integration.
A DPIA is usually not required for Websale on its own because the processing is limited and low risk, but document your reasoning.
Implement Websale through your consent layer: keep strictly necessary functions always on, gate optional ones behind consent, sign a data processing agreement with WEBSALE AG where it acts as a processor and keep your cookie policy in sync with the real cookies.
Alternatives include other commerce platforms, but every shop processes order data, so the contract basis and the need to gate optional tracking behind consent apply to all of them.
List every cookie Websale sets in your cookie policy with its name, purpose and retention, state the legal basis, name WEBSALE AG where relevant, and update the policy whenever the tool changes so refusals in your banner are always honoured.