Privacy policy
1) Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest.
In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website.
Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Blech + Profil RL Edelstahlhandels GmbH, Liebigstr. 2a, 96465 Neustadt b. Coburg, Deutschland, Tel.: +499568896750, E-Mail: info@blechprofil.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 the processing of personal data.
1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller).
TLS encryption.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”).
When you visit 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 at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
The data is not passed on or used in any other way.
However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
3) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device.
Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”).
In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, pursuant to Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR in the case of consent given or pursuant to Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.
4) Making contact
When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose.
The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR.
If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR.
Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary
5) Data processing when opening a customer account
Pursuant to Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account.
The data required to open an account can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.
Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller.
After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, there are no legal retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
6) Use of customer data for direct advertising
6.1 Subscribing to our e-mail newsletter
If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers.
The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address.
The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally.
We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter, which ensures that you only receive newsletters if you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of 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.
6.2 Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers
If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services to those already purchased from our range by e-mail.
For this we do not have to obtain separate consent in accordance with § 7 para.
3 UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you.
In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR.
If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails.
You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning.
You will only incur transmission costs for this in accordance with the basic rates.
Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.
6.3 – Newsletter dispatch via Sendinblue
Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter.
This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system.
The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g. email address) is stored on Sendinblue’s servers in the EU.
Sendinblue uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf.
For evaluation purposes, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files stored on our website.
This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on.
Technical information is also collected (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system).
The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymized form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded.
This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns.
The results of these analyses can be used to better tailor future newsletters to the interests of recipients.
If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Furthermore, Sendinblue may process this data in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service as well as for market research purposes, for example to determine from which countries the recipients come.
However, Sendinblue does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Sendinblue, in which we oblige Sendinblue to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.
You can view Sendinblue’s privacy policy here: https://de.sendinblue.com
7) Data processing for order processing
7.1 Insofar as necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be processed in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact data (name, address, e-mail address) provided by you when placing the order in order to inform you within the scope of our statutory information obligations pursuant to Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
c GDPR to inform you personally by suitable means of communication (e.g. by post or e-mail) about upcoming updates within the legally prescribed period.
Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying you of updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the respective information.
To process your order, we also work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts.
Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
7.2 Use of special service providers for order processing and fulfillment
– Plentymarkets
Orders are processed by the service provider “plentymarkets” (plentysystems AG, Bürgermeister-Brunner-Str. 15, 34117 Kassel, Germany).
Name, address and, if applicable, other personal data are processed in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR exclusively for the processing of the online order to plentymarkets.
Your data will only be passed on if this is actually necessary for processing the order.
Details on data protection by plentymarkets and the privacy policy of plentymarkets GmbH can be viewed on the plentymarkets website at “plentymarkets.eu”.
7.3 Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers
– DHL
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany), we will disclose your e-mail address in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification to DHL, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process.
Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL.
The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of goods.
In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or notification of delivery is not possible.
Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future from the controller named above or from the transport service provider DHL.
– DPD
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DPD (DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg, Germany), we will disclose your email address and your telephone number prior to delivery of the goods in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification to DPD, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process.
Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DPD.
The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of goods.
In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DPD or notification of delivery is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller named above or vis-à-vis the transport service provider DPD.
– GLS
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider GLS (General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, GLS Germany-Straße 1 – 7, 36286 Neuenstein), we will pass on your e-mail address to GLS in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR before delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification, provided that you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process.Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to GLS for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with GLS or the transmission of status information of the shipment delivery is not possible.
Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future from the controller named above or from the transport service provider GLS.
– Schenker
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider Schenker (Schenker Deutschland AG, Lyoner Straße 15, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany), we will disclose your e-mail address in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR prior to delivery of the goods for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or for delivery notification to Schenker, provided that you have given your express consent to this in the ordering process.
Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to Schenker.
The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of goods.
In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with Schenker or notification of delivery is not possible.
Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the controller named above or vis-à-vis Schenker.
7.4 Use of payment service providers (payment services)
– Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “purchase on account” or “payment by installments” via PayPal, we pass on 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 processing.
The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR and only insofar as this is 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 processed in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your solvency to credit agencies.
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
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal.
However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
– PayPal Checkout
This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal, which consists of PayPal’s own payment methods and local payment methods from third-party providers.
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or – if offered – “Pay later” via PayPal, we pass on 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 processing.
The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR and only to the extent that this is 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 – “Pay later” via PayPal.
For this purpose, your payment data may be processed in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of PayPal’s legitimate interest in determining your solvency to credit agencies.
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.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal.
However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
If you select the PayPal payment method “purchase on account”, your payment data will first be transmitted to PayPal to prepare the payment, whereupon PayPal will forward it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin (“Ratepay”) to process the payment.
The legal basis in each case is Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR.
In this case, RatePay carries out an identity and credit check in its own name to determine solvency in accordance with the principle already mentioned above and passes on your payment data on the basis of the legitimate interest in determining solvency in accordance with Art. 6 Para.
1 lit.
f GDPR to credit agencies.
A list of the credit agencies that Ratepay can use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com
When using the payment method of a local third-party provider, your payment data will first be processed in preparation for payment in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR to PayPal for the preparation of the payment.
Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal will then transmit your payment data to process the payment in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR to the relevant provider:
– Sofort (SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany)
– iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
– giropay (Paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr.
14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
– bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d’Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
– blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z o.o., ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
– eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
– MyBank (PRETA S.A.S, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
– Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)
For further information on data protection, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com
8) Online marketing
– Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
Google AdSense uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called “web beacons” (small invisible graphics) to collect information, through the use of which simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected and analyzed.
The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there.
This may also involve transmission to the servers of Google LLC.
in the USA.
Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to the AdSense ads.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense will not be merged with other Google data.
The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
All processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the terminal device used via cookies and/or web beacons, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para.
1 lit.
a GDPR have given us your express consent to do so.
Without this consent, Google AdSense will not be used during your visit to our website.
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.
Google’s privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de
– Google Marketing Platform
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform of the operator Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“GMP”).
GMP uses cookies to display ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once.
Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once.
In addition, GMP can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests.
This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later visits the advertiser’s website using the same browser and makes a purchase via this website.
According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server.
We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our level of knowledge as follows: By integrating GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us.
If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account.
Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider will find out your IP address and store it.
As part of the use of GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC.
in the USA.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR have given us your express consent to do so.
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.
You can find the data protection provisions of GMP by Google here: https://www.google.de
9) Web analysis services
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 “cookies”, which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there; it may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC.
in the USA.
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by shortening it and excludes direct personal reference.
The extension means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 shortened there.
Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google (Universal) Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Google Analytics also enables the creation of statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors based on an evaluation of interest-based advertising and with the help of third-party information via a special function, the so-called “demographic characteristics”.
This allows the definition and differentiation of user groups of the website for the purpose of target group-optimized marketing measures.
However, data records collected via the “demographic characteristics” cannot be assigned to a specific person.
Details on the processing triggered by Google Analytics and on Google’s handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com
All the processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para.
1 lit.
a GDPR have given us your express consent to do so.
Without this consent, Google Analytics will not be used during your visit to our website.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website. We have concluded an order processing contract with Google for the use of Google Analytics, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Google refers to so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to guarantee compliance with the European level of data protection in the USA.
Further information on Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com
10) Retargeting/ remarketing/ referral advertising
Google Ads Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites.
The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your end device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit.
Any further data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your Internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads that you view on the web.
In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.
For this purpose, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to create target groups.
As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC.
in the USA.
Details on the processing triggered by Google Ads Remarketing and on Google’s handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://support.google.com
Further information and the data protection provisions regarding advertising and Google can be found here:
https://www.google.com
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for the reading of information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para.
1 lit.
a GDPR have given us your express consent to do so.
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.
11) Page functionalities
11.1 – Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”) for the uniform display of fonts.
When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers.
This may also result in 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 provider of the fonts is only carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR have given us your express consent to do so.
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 standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com
11.2 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website, we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
This function is primarily used to differentiate whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing.
The service includes the sending of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and avoiding abuse and spam.
As part of the use of Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC.
in the USA.
Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com
To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR.
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.
12) Tools and miscellaneous
12.1 – DATEV
We use the cloud-based accounting software of DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr.
6-14, 90429 Nuremberg (“DATEV”).
DATEV processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, where applicable, our company’s bank transactions in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions and use them to create the financial accounts in a partially automated process.
If personal data is also processed in the process, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient organization and documentation of our business processes.
You can find more information about DATEV, the automated processing of data and the data protection regulations at https://www.datev.de
12.2 Cookie consent tool
This website uses a so-called “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 when they access a page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking a box.
By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by ticking the appropriate box.
This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user’s end device if consent has been granted.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences.
Personal user data is not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
Another legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
c GDPR.
As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
12.3 – Google Maps
We use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”) on our website.
Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps in order to visualize geographical information.
Using this service shows you our location and makes it easier for you to find us.
Information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there as soon as you access the subpages in which the Google Maps map is integrated; this information may also be transmitted 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 Google’s terms of use at https://www.google.de
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website (“Google Privacy Policy”): https://www.google.de
To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR.
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.
13) Rights of the data subject
13.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (information and intervention rights) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:
- Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to information pursuant 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 Art. 77 GDPR.
13.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED.
HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING.
YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
14) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that are required in the context of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para.
1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para.
1 lit.
f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises their right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para.
2 GDPR is exercised.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
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