Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the person responsible
We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. The following provides information about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data means any data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is GOAT Sports GmbH, Grafenberger Allee 277-287, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany, Phone: 0211-73288286, Fax: 0211-73288300, Email: info@goat-sports.de. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string „https://“ and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
If you use our website for informational purposes only, meaning you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called „server log files“). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source / Reference you came from to the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP Address Used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to review server log files retroactively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
Elementor
For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Elementor Ltd., Tuval St 40, Ramat Gan, 5252247, Israel
All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
When data is transferred to the provider's location, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision from the European Commission.
4) Cookies
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing your browser (so-called „session cookies“), while others remain on your end device for longer and allow the saving of page settings (so-called „persistent cookies“). In the latter case, you can find out the storage duration in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.
If personal data is also processed through individual cookies used by us, the processing will be carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the event of consent granted, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can set up your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to decide individually on their acceptance or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.
5) Contact
When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of handling and responding to your request and only to the extent required for this purpose. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified, provided that there are no conflicting statutory retention obligations.
6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account
In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website. Your customer account can be deleted at any time by sending a message to the aforementioned address of the controller. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully settled, no statutory retention periods conflict, and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
7) Use of customer data for direct advertising
Sign up for our email newsletter
If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. Your email address is the only mandatory information required to send the newsletter. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending newsletters, which ensures that you will only receive newsletters after you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive them by clicking on a verification link sent to the provided email address.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We store your IP address entered by the Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data we collect when you register for the newsletter is used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter mailing list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
8) Data processing for order fulfillment
8.1 To the extent necessary for contract processing for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products based on an appropriate contract, we will process the contact details you provided when placing your order (name, address, email address) to personally inform you about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period via a suitable communication channel (e.g., by mail or email) as part of our legal information obligations pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of communicating updates that we owe and will only be processed by us to the extent necessary for each notification.
Furthermore, for the processing of your order, we work with the following service provider(s), who support us in fulfilling the concluded contracts in whole or in part. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
8.2 To fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We will share your name, delivery address, and, if required for delivery, your phone number with a shipping partner selected by us solely for the purpose of delivering the goods, as per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
8.3 Use of Payment Service Providers
– Mollie
If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Mollie, the payment processing will be handled by the payment service provider Mollie B.V., Keizersgracht 313, 1016 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands. We will share your information provided during the order process, along with information about your order (name, address, IBAN, BIC, invoice amount, currency, and transaction number), with Mollie in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will only be shared for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Mollie and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
Paypal
Upon payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - „purchase on account“ or „installment payment“ via PayPal, we will forward your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter „PayPal“) as part of the payment process. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and only to the extent necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - „purchase on account“ or „payment by installments“ via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check with regard to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. The calculation of the score values includes, but is not limited to, address data. Further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may remain entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractually compliant payment processing.
9) Web analytics services
9.1 Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland („Google“). Google (Universal) Analytics uses so-called „cookies,“ which are text files stored on your device that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your truncated IP address) is typically transmitted to and stored on a Google server, which may also involve transmission to Google LLC servers in the USA.
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the „anonymizeIp()“ extension, which ensures anonymization of the IP address through truncation and excludes direct personal identification. Due to the extension, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the USA and truncated there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google (Universal) Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Google Analytics, through a special feature called „Demographics,“ also allows the creation of statistics about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors, based on an analysis of interest-based advertising and third-party information. This enables the definition and differentiation of website user groups for the purpose of optimizing marketing measures for target audiences. However, data sets collected through „Demographics“ cannot be assigned to a specific person.
Details on the processing initiated by Google Analytics and Google's handling of website data can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
All the processing described above, particularly the setting of Google Analytics cookies for reading information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Analytics will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your withdrawal, please deactivate this service in the „Cookie Consent Tool“ provided on the website.
The „Google Signals“ service can also be used on this website as an extension of Google Analytics. Google Signals can be used by Google to create cross-device reports (so-called „cross-device tracking“). If you have activated „personalized ads“ in your Google account settings and you have linked your Internet-enabled devices to your Google account, Google can analyze user behavior across devices and create database models based on this if you have given your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (see above). This takes into account the logins and device types of all site visitors who were logged into a Google account and carried out a conversion. The data shows, among other things, on which device you clicked on an ad for the first time and on which device the associated conversion took place. Where Google Signals is used, we do not receive any personal data from Google, but only statistics compiled on the basis of Google Signals. You have the option of deactivating the „personalized ads“ function in the settings of your Google account and thus deactivating the cross-device analysis. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de
For further information, see here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de
As an extension of Google Analytics, the „User-IDs“ function can also be used on this website. By assigning individual User-IDs, we can have Google create cross-device reports („Cross Device Tracking“). This means that, with your corresponding consent to the use of Google Analytics according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, your usage behavior can also be analyzed across devices if you have set up a personal account by registering on this website and are logged into your personal account using your login details on different devices. The data collected in this way shows, among other things, on which device you first clicked on an advertisement and on which device the corresponding conversion took place.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics, which obliges Google to protect the data of our website visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Google relies on the so-called Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the USA.
Further information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
9.2 Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland („Google“), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.
By default, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies when you visit the website, which are stored as small text files on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information includes your IP address, which is shortened by Google to exclude direct personal identification.
The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed there. This may also involve transfers to Google LLC, based in the USA.
Google uses the collected information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Data collected within the scope of Google Analytics 4 will be stored for two months and then deleted.
All the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, will only take place if you have given us your explicit consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to this website without your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please disable this service via the „Cookie Consent Tool“ provided on the website.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For the transfer of data to the USA, Google relies on standard contractual clauses from the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.
Further legal information on Google Analytics 4, including a copy of the standard contractual clauses mentioned, can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special „demographics“ feature and can create statistics based on it that provide information about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and third-party information. This allows for the identification of target groups for marketing activities. However, the collected data cannot be attributed to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for two months.
Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have enabled personalized ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google will analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including for cross-device conversions, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. We do not receive personal data from Google, only statistics. If you wish to stop cross-device analysis, you can disable the „Personalized ads“ feature in your Google account settings. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=en
UserIDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the „User-IDs“ function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, have created an account on this website, and log in with this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.
10) Site Functionality
10.1 Using YouTube Videos
This website uses the YouTube embed function to display and play videos from the provider „YouTube,“ which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland („Google“).
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider „YouTube“ uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from „YouTube“, these are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Regardless of whether embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established every time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations beyond our control.
All of the processing described above, in particular the retrieval of information on the end device used via the tracking pixel, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, YouTube videos will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your granted consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the „Cookie Consent Tool“ provided on the website, or via alternative means communicated to you on the website.
More information on data protection at „YouTube“ can be found in the YouTube Terms of Service at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms and in Google's Privacy Policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
10.2 – Google Web Fonts
This website uses so-called web fonts, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland („Google“), for a uniform display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must establish a connection to Google's servers. This may also involve the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. In this way, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The processing of personal data in the course of establishing a connection with the font provider only takes place if you have expressly consented to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the „Cookie Consent Tool“ provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font from your computer will be used.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
10.3 hCaptcha
On this website, we use the „hCaptcha“ service from Intuition Machines, Inc., 350 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or is abusive and automated, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. HCaptcha ensures, by setting cookies among other things, that an action is performed by a human and not an automated bot, based on the following data: IP address of the device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, date and duration of the visit, and user behavior, e.g., mouse movements or other queries. The procedure is exclusively for the defense against spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access.
All of the processing described above, especially reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, hCaptcha will not be used during your site visit.
Your data may also be transmitted to the USA through hCaptcha. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Intuition Machines, Inc., which obligates the company to protect the data of our website visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Intuition Machines, Inc. relies on so-called Standard Data Protection Clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the USA.
For more information on how hCaptcha uses your data, please visit: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy
11) Tools and Other
11.1 Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a „cookie consent tool“ to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The „cookie consent tool“ is displayed to users as an interactive user interface when they visit the page, where they can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking a box. The tool ensures that all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user grants appropriate consent by ticking the box. This guarantees that such cookies are only placed on the user's device in the event of granted consent.
The tool uses technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.
In individual cases, if personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this will be done in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly cookie consent management and therefore in the legally compliant design of our website.
A further legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. As controllers, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically non-essential cookies dependent on the respective user's consent.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the settings options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the respective user interface on our website.
11.2 – Google Maps
On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually present geographical information. The use of this service will show you our location and facilitate any travel directions.
Information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there when you access those subpages in which the Google Maps map is integrated; this may also involve transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them. The collection, storage and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in connection with the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.
You can view the Google Terms of Service at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional Terms of Service for Google Maps at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on Google's website („Google Privacy Policy“): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
To the extent legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the procedure described above for lodging an objection.
12) Rights of the data subject
12.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights regarding the processing of your personal data by the controller (rights of access and intervention), with reference to the cited legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:
Right of access under Article 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to information according to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.
12.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME, TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFOREMENTIONED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
13) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of personal data storage is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).
When processing personal data based on explicit consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the concerned data will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
Are there legal retention periods for data processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, will this data be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or no legitimate interest for further storage on our part persists.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise indicated by the other information in this declaration concerning specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.