Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following infor­mation will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed infor­mation about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.

 

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e. the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact infor­mation is available under section “Information about the respon­sible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be infor­mation you enter into our contact form.

Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems automat­i­cally or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical infor­mation (e.g. web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed). This infor­mation is recorded automat­i­cally when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the infor­mation is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive infor­mation about the source, recip­ients, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclo­sures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradi­cated. If you have consented to data processing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data processing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the processing of your data be restricted under certain circum­stances. Furthermore, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent super­vising agency.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues.

 

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties

There is a possi­bility that your browsing patterns will be statis­ti­cally analyzed when your visit this website. Such analyses are performed primarily with what we refer to as analysis programs.

For detailed infor­mation about these analysis programs please consult our Data Protection Declaration below.

 

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These may include, but are not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and commu­ni­ca­tions, contract infor­mation, contact infor­mation, names, web page access, and other data generated through a web site.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a profes­sional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its perfor­mance oblig­a­tions and to follow our instruc­tions with respect to such data.

We are using the following host:

1&1 IONOS SE Elgendorfer Str. 57
56410 Montabaur

Execution of a contract data processing agreement

In order to guarantee processing in compliance with data protection regula­tions, we have concluded an order processing contract with our host.

 

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confi­dential infor­mation and in compliance with the statutory data protection regula­tions and this Data Protection Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal infor­mation will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the infor­mation is collected.

We herewith advise you that the trans­mission of data via the Internet (i.e. through e‑mail commu­ni­ca­tions) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third-party access.

 

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data processing controller on this website is:

Maxitrol GmbH & Co. KG
Warnstedter Str. 3
06502 Thale
Germany

Phone: 03947 4000
E‑mail: infoEU@maxitrol.com

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e‑mail addresses, etc.).

 

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permis­sible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

 

Information on data transfer to the USA

Our website uses, in particular, tools from companies based in the USA. When these tools are active, your personal infor­mation may be trans­ferred to the US servers of these companies. We must point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are required to release personal data to security author­ities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. The possi­bility cannot therefore be excluded that US author­ities (e.g. secret services) may process, evaluate, and perma­nently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes.  We have no influence over these processing activities.

 

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing trans­ac­tions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

 

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 SECT. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).

 

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of viola­tions of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a super­visory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other admin­is­trative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

 

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automat­i­cally process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is techni­cally feasible.

 

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the trans­mission of confi­dential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

Information about, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provi­sions, you have the right to at any time demand infor­mation about your archived personal data, their source and recip­ients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradi­cated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

 

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the imposition of restric­tions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this inves­ti­gation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradi­cation of this data.
  • If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitle­ments, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
  • If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been deter­mined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitle­ments or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

 

4. Recording of data on this website

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are perma­nently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automat­i­cally deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are automat­i­cally eradi­cated by your web browser.

In some cases, it is possible that third-party cookies are stored on your device once you enter our site (third-party cookies). These cookies enable you or us to take advantage of certain services offered by the third party (e.g. cookies for the processing of payment services).

Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are techni­cally essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of the cookies (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analysis of user patterns or the display of promo­tional messages.

Cookies, which are required for the perfor­mance of electronic commu­ni­cation trans­ac­tions (required cookies) or for the provision of certain functions you want to use (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the optimization of the website (e.g. cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legit­imate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure the techni­cally error free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies has been requested, the respective cookies are stored exclu­sively on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR); this consent may be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the accep­tance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the accep­tance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete function for the automatic eradi­cation of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deacti­vated, the functions of this website may be limited.

In the event that third-party cookies are used or if cookies are used for analytical purposes, we will separately notify you in conjunction with this Data Protection Policy and, if applicable, ask for your consent.

 

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages automat­i­cally collects and stores infor­mation in so-called server log files, which your browser commu­ni­cates to us automat­i­cally. The infor­mation comprises:

  • The type and version of browser used
  • The used operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • The hostname of the accessing computer
  • The time of the server inquiry
  • The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legit­imate interest in the techni­cally error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

 

Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the infor­mation provided in the contact form as well as any contact infor­mation provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share this infor­mation without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases the processing is based on our legit­imate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The infor­mation you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the infor­mation is being archived no longer exists (e.g. after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provi­sions – in particular retention periods.

 

Request by e‑mail, telephone, or fax

If you contact us by e‑mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is required for the perfor­mance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legit­imate interest in the effective handling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR) if it has been obtained.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provi­sions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.

 

5. Social media

Instagram plug-in

We have integrated functions of the public media platform Instagram into this website. These functions are being offered by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you may click the Instagram button to link contents from this website to your Instagram profile. This enables Instagram to allocate your visit to this website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provider of the website and its pages do not have any knowledge of the content of the data trans­ferred and its use by Instagram.

Data are stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legit­imate interest in the highest possible visibility on social media. If a respective decla­ration of consent has been obtained, the data will be processed exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a DGDPR. Any such consent may be revoked at any time.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For more infor­mation on this subject, please consult Instagram’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

 

LinkedIn plug-in

This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Any time you access a page of this website that contains functions of LinkedIn, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is estab­lished. LinkedIn is notified that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the time, LinkedIn will be in a position to allocate your visit to this website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provider of the websites do not have any knowledge of the content of the trans­ferred data and its use by LinkedIn.

The use of the LinkedIn plug-in is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legit­imate interest in being as visible as possible on social media. If a respective decla­ration of consent has been obtained, the data shall be processed exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. This decla­ration of consent may be revoked at any time.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

For further infor­mation on this subject, please consult LinkedIn’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

 

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior patterns of website visitors. To that end, the website operator receives a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the utilized operating system and the user’s origin. Google may consol­idate these data in a profile that is allocated to the respective user or the user’s device.

Google Analytics uses technologies that make the recog­nition of the user for the purpose of analyzing the user behavior patterns (e.g. cookies or device finger­printing). The website use infor­mation recorded by Google is, as a rule trans­ferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.

This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of this website has a legit­imate interest in the analysis of user patterns to optimize both, the services offered online and the operator’s adver­tising activ­ities. If a corre­sponding agreement has been requested (e.g. an agreement to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

Google Opt-out

IP anonymization

On this website, we have activated the IP anonymization function. As a result, your IP address will be abbre­viated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that have ratified the Convention on the European Economic Area prior to its trans­mission to the United States. The full IP address will be trans­mitted to one of Google’s servers in the United States and abbre­viated there only in excep­tional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google shall use this infor­mation to analyze your use of this website to generate reports on website activ­ities and to render other services to the operator of this website that are related to the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address trans­mitted in conjunction with Google Analytics from your browser shall not be merged with other data in Google’s possession.

Browser plug-in

You can prevent the recording and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more infor­mation about the handling of user data by Google Analytics, please consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract data processing

We have executed a contract data processing agreement with Google and are imple­menting the stringent provi­sions of the German data protection agencies to the fullest when using Google Analytics.

Demographic parameters provided by Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic charac­ter­istics” function of Google Analytics, to be able to display to the website visitor compatible ads within the Google adver­tising network. This allows reports to be created that contain infor­mation about the age, gender, and interests of the website visitors. The sources of this infor­mation are interest-related adver­tising by Google as well as visitor data obtained from third-party providers. This data cannot be allocated to a specific individual. You have the option to deactivate this function at any time by making pertinent settings changes for adver­tising in your Google account or you can generally prohibit the recording of your data by Google Analytics as explained in section “Objection to the recording of data”.

Archiving period

Data on the user or incident level stored by Google linked to cookies, user IDs or adver­tising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android adver­tising ID) will be anonymized or deleted after 14 month. For details please click the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en

 

IONOS Web Analytics

This website uses IONOS WebAnalytics analysis services. The provider of these services is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. In conjunction with the perfor­mance of analyses by IONOS, it is possible to e.g. analyze the number of visitors and their behavior patterns during visits (e.g. number of pages accessed, duration of their visits to the website, percentage of aborted visits), visitor origins (i.e. from which site does the visitor arrive at our site), visitor locations as well as technical data (browser and session of operating system used). For these purposes, IONOS archives in particular the following data:

  • Referrer (previ­ously visited website)
  • Accessed page on the website or file
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Used operating system
  • Type of device used
  • Website access time
  • Anonymized IP address (used only to determine the access location)

According to IONOS, the data recorded are completely anonymized so they cannot be tracked back to individuals. IONOS WebAnalytics does not archive cookies.

The data are stored and analyzed pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legit­imate interest in the statis­tical analysis of user patterns to optimize both, the operator’s web presen­tation as well as the operator’s promo­tional activ­ities. If a corre­sponding agreement has been requested, the processing takes place exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

For more infor­mation affil­iated with the recording and processing of data by IONOS WebAnalytics, please click on the following link of the data policy declaration:

https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/index.php?id=6.

 

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we will need from you an e‑mail address as well as infor­mation that allow us to verify that you are the owner of the e‑mail address provided and consent to the receipt of the newsletter. No further data shall be collected or shall be collected only on a voluntary basis. We shall use such data only for the sending of the requested infor­mation and shall not share such data with any third parties.

The processing of the infor­mation entered into the newsletter subscription form shall occur exclu­sively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke the consent you have given to the archiving of data, the e‑mail address and the use of this infor­mation for the sending of the newsletter at any time, for instance by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing trans­ac­tions that have taken place to date.

The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsub­scribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider and deleted from the newsletter distri­b­ution list after you unsub­scribe from the newsletter or after the purpose has ceased to apply. We reserve the right to delete or block e‑mail addresses from our newsletter distri­b­ution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legit­imate interest in accor­dance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

After you unsub­scribe from the newsletter distri­b­ution list, your e‑mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal require­ments when sending newsletters (legit­imate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indef­inite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legit­imate interest.

 

8. Plug-ins and Tools

Vimeo

This website uses plug-ins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

If you visit one of the pages on our website into which a Vimeo video has been integrated, a connection to Vimeo’s servers will be estab­lished. As a conse­quence, the Vimeo server will receive infor­mation as to which of our pages you have visited. Moreover, Vimeo will receive your IP address. This will also happen if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The infor­mation recorded by Vimeo will be trans­mitted to Vimeo’s server in the United States.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

Vimeo uses cookies or compa­rable recog­nition technologies (e.g. device finger­printing) to recognize website visitors.

The use of Vimeo is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, this is a legit­imate interest. If a corre­sponding agreement has been requested, the processing takes place exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission and, according to Vimeo, on “legit­imate business interests”. Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

For more infor­mation on how Vimeo handles user data, please consult the Vimeo Data Privacy Policy under: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

 

Font Awesome and Google Web Fonts

To ensure that fonts used on this website are uniform, this website uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google and/or Font Awesome. When you access a page on our website, your browser will load the required web fonts into your browser cache to correctly display text and fonts.

To do this, the browser you use will have to establish a connection with Google’s and/or Font Awesome servers. As a result, Google and/or Font Awesome will learn that your IP address was used to access this website. The use of Google Web Fonts and/or Font Awesome is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legit­imate interest in a uniform presen­tation of the font on the operator’s website. If a respective decla­ration of consent has been obtained (e.g. consent to the archiving of cookies), the data will be processed exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. Any such consent may be revoked at any time.

If your browser should not support Web Fonts, a standard font installed on your computer will be used.

For more infor­mation on Google Web Fonts, please follow this link: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Font Awesome: https://fontawesome.com/privacy

 

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter referred to as “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered on this website (e.g., infor­mation entered into a contact form) is being provided by a human user or by an automated program. To determine this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitors based on a variety of parameters. This analysis is triggered automat­i­cally as soon as the website visitor enters the site. For this analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates a variety of data (e.g., IP address, time the website visitor spent on the site or cursor movements initiated by the user). The data tracked during such analyses are forwarded to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not alerted that an analysis is underway.

Data are stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legit­imate interest in the protection of the operator’s websites against abusive automated spying and against SPAM. If a respective decla­ration of consent has been obtained, the data will be processed exclu­sively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a DGDPR. Any such consent may be revoked at any time.

For more infor­mation about Google reCAPTCHA please refer to the Google Data Privacy Declaration and Terms Of Use under the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en.

 

9. eCommerce and payment service providers

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the estab­lishment, content organi­zation or change of the legal relationship (data inventory). These actions are taken on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual actions. We collect, process and use personal data concerning the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that this is necessary to make it possible for users to utilize the services and to bill for them.

The collected customer data shall be eradi­cated upon completion of the order or the termi­nation of the business relationship. This shall be without prejudice to any statutory retention mandates.

 

Our social media appearances

Data processing through social networks

We maintain publicly available profiles in social networks. The individual social networks we use can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter etc. can generally analyze your user behavior compre­hen­sively if you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or banner ads). When you visit our social media pages, numerous data protection-relevant processing opera­tions are triggered. In detail:

If you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media page, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circum­stances, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

Using the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which their prefer­ences and interests are stored. This way you can see interest-based adver­tising inside and outside of your social media presence. If you have an account with the social network, interest-based adver­tising can be displayed on any device you are logged in to or have logged in to.

Please also note that we cannot retrace all processing opera­tions on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, additional processing opera­tions may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis

Our social media appear­ances should ensure the widest possible presence on the Internet. This is a legit­imate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on divergent legal bases to be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Responsibility and assertion of rights

If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g., Facebook), we, together with the operator of the social media platform, are respon­sible for the data processing opera­tions triggered during this visit. You can in principle protect your rights (infor­mation, correction, deletion, limitation of processing, data porta­bility and complaint) vis-à-vis us as well as vis-à-vis the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).

Please note that despite the shared respon­si­bility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing opera­tions of the social media portals. Our options are deter­mined by the company policy of the respective provider.

Storage time

The data collected directly from us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for their storage lapses, you ask us to delete it, you revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provi­sions — in particular, retention periods — remain unaffected.

We have no control over the storage duration of your data that are stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the social network operators directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Individual social networks

Instagram

We have a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For details on how they handle your personal infor­mation, see the Instagram Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

LinkedIn

We have a LinkedIn profile. The provider is the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses adver­tising cookies.

If you want to disable LinkedIn adver­tising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa und https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

For details on how they handle your personal infor­mation, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Vimeo

We have a profile on Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA.

Data trans­mission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission and, according to Vimeo, on “legit­imate business interests”. Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in the Vimeo privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

YouTube

We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.