Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the section Controller in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Firstly, your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data, for example browser, operating system or time of page access. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other business inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

Analytics tools and tools provided by third parties

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done mainly with analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the privacy policy below.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Hetzner

The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (hereinafter Hetzner).

Details can be found in Hetzner’s privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/.

The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in making our website as reliable as possible. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device, for example device fingerprinting within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Processing under a data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission on the internet, for example when communicating by email, may have security gaps. Complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Holzwerkstatt Gehringer GmbH
Lahmer Weg 1
96215 Lichtenfels

Phone: 09576/9257-400
Email: service@gehringer.team

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data, for example names, email addresses or similar.

Storage period

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

General information on the legal bases for processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or, if special categories of data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed, on the basis of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your device, for example via device fingerprinting, data processing is additionally based on Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for pre contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, if necessary to fulfill a legal obligation, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in individual cases is provided in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Notice regarding data transfers to countries that are not secure under data protection law and transfers to US companies that are not DPF certified

We use, among other things, tools from companies based in countries that are not secure from a data protection perspective, as well as US tools whose providers are not certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these countries and processed there. We point out that in countries that are not secure under data protection law, a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed.

We point out that the USA, as a secure third country, generally provides a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. Data transfer to the USA is permissible if the recipient has a certification under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF, or has appropriate additional safeguards in place. Information on data transfers to third countries, including recipients of data, can be found in this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. This may also require the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so, for example transfer of data to tax authorities, if we have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the transfer, or if another legal basis permits the transfer. When using processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint controller agreement is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to processing in specific cases and to direct marketing, Art. 21 GDPR

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA, THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS, OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING, THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEN NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.

Access, rectification and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing, and, where applicable, a right to rectification or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions concerning personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may, apart from its storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, for example orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from http:// to https:// and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

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

Objection to unsolicited emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our web pages use so called cookies. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session, session cookies, or permanently, permanent cookies, on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.

Cookies can originate from us, first party cookies, or from third party companies, third party cookies. Third party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third party companies within websites, for example cookies to handle payment services.

Cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them, for example the shopping cart function or the display of videos. Other cookies can be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out electronic communication, to provide certain functions that you have requested, for example for the shopping cart function, or to optimize the website, for example cookies for measuring the web audience, are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is based exclusively on this consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Consent with ConsentManager

Our website uses the consent technology of ConsentManager to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device or to use certain technologies, and to document this in a data protection compliant manner. The provider of this technology is Jaohawi AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, website: https://www.consentmanager.de (hereinafter ConsentManager).

When you enter our website, a connection to the servers of ConsentManager is established in order to obtain your consents and other declarations regarding cookie use. ConsentManager then stores a cookie in your browser to be able to assign the consents granted or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the ConsentManager provider cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

The use of ConsentManager is to obtain legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Processing under a data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement for the use of the service mentioned above. This contract is required by data protection law and ensures that this provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Real Cookie Banner

Our website uses the consent technology Real Cookie Banner to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device or to use certain technologies, and to document this in a data protection compliant manner. The provider of this technology is devowl.io GmbH, Tannet 12, 94539 Grafling, Germany, hereinafter Real Cookie Banner.

Real Cookie Banner is installed locally on our servers, so no connection to the provider’s servers is established. Real Cookie Banner stores a cookie in your browser to be able to assign the consents granted or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Real Cookie Banner cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

The use of Real Cookie Banner is to obtain legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources.

Collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error free presentation and optimization of the website, for this purpose the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or on your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if requested, consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies, for example after your request has been processed. Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Inquiry by email, telephone or fax

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data, name, inquiry, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or on your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if requested, consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies, for example after your request has been processed. Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Registration on this website

You can register on this website in order to use additional functions on the site. We only use the data you enter for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full, otherwise we will reject the registration.

For important changes, for example in the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration is for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, where applicable, to initiate further contracts, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Comment function on this website

For the comment function on this site, information about the time the comment was created, your email address and, if you are not posting anonymously, the user name you have chosen are stored in addition to your comment.

Subscribing to comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after logging in. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time using a link in the info emails. The data entered in connection with subscribing to comments will be deleted in this case, if you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and at another place, for example newsletter subscription, this data will remain with us.

Storage period for comments

Comments and the associated data are stored and remain on this website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons, for example offensive comments.

Legal basis

Storage of comments is based on your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. A simple email to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Gravatar

We have integrated Gravatar on this website. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA, hereinafter Gravatar.

Gravatar is a tool that allows users of our website to provide personal images, avatars. The avatars serve as visual representations of users and are displayed wherever a user interacts with the platform, for example in forums or chats. When a user interacts with the platform, their avatar is displayed based on the selection associated with their email address. This gives users‘ online presence a personal touch and facilitates identification, since the selected image is assigned to users when they are active online.

If you comment or otherwise interact on our website and Gravatar is activated, the hash of the email address of the user who uses Gravatar, used as an ID, is processed by Gravatar.

The use of Gravatar is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in an appealing presentation of its forums. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further details can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. The DPF is an arrangement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4709.

Processing under a data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement for the use of the service mentioned above. This contract is required by data protection law and ensures that this provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

5. Social media

Facebook

Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. According to Facebook, the collected data is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

An overview of Facebook social media elements can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

If the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook Like button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If, with the help of the tool described here, personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing, Art. 26 GDPR. Joint responsibility is limited only to the collection of data and its transfer to Facebook. The processing that takes place after forwarding by Facebook is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a manner that complies with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights, for example requests for information, regarding the data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

If the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If, with the help of the tool described here, personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing, Art. 26 GDPR. Joint responsibility is limited only to the collection of data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. The processing that takes place after forwarding by Facebook or Instagram is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a manner that complies with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook and Instagram products. You can assert data subject rights, for example requests for information, regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

LinkedIn

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

Each time you access a page on this website that contains LinkedIn elements, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn Recommend button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to assign your visit to this website to you and your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de

Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448.

Pinterest

This website uses elements of the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When you access a page that contains such an element, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest servers. This social media element transmits log data to Pinterest’s server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights in this respect and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

6. Analytics and advertising

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that helps us integrate tracking or analytics tools and other technologies into our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies and does not carry out its own analyses. It is used only for the management and delivery of the tools integrated via it. However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.

The use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and administration of various tools on its website. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Google, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. The website operator receives various usage data, for example page views, length of stay, operating systems used and user origin. These data may be summarized in a user ID and assigned to the respective device of the website visitor.

We can also use Google Analytics to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks. Google Analytics also uses various modeling approaches to supplement the data sets collected and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior, for example cookies or device fingerprinting. The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

IP anonymization

IP anonymization is activated on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

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

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Processing under a data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Matomo

This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by website visitors. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which page views were made and from which region they come. We also collect various log files, for example IP address, referrer, used browsers and operating systems, and can measure whether our website visitors carry out certain actions, for example clicks, purchases.

The use of this analytics tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Cookie less analytics

We have configured Matomo so that Matomo does not store cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so that all analytics data remains with us and is not passed on.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke consent to the storage of the data, the email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have stored with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you cancel the newsletter or after the purpose has ceased to apply. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This is in both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements regarding the sending of newsletters, legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Storage in the blacklist is not time limited. You can object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

8. Plugins and tools

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited, Google, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our pages on which YouTube is embedded, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, videos played in enhanced privacy mode are not used to personalize browsing on YouTube. Ads served in enhanced privacy mode are also not personalized. In enhanced privacy mode, no cookies are set. Instead, local storage elements are stored in the user’s browser that, similar to cookies, can contain personal data and can be used for recognition. Details on enhanced privacy mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

Further data processing operations may be triggered after a YouTube video is activated, we have no influence on these operations.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Font Awesome, local hosting

This site uses Font Awesome to ensure uniform display of fonts. Font Awesome is installed locally. No connection to servers of Fonticons, Inc. is established.

Further information about Font Awesome can be found in Font Awesome’s privacy policy: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Google, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With this service, we can embed map material on our website.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and easy findability of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

More information on handling user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Google, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data entry on this website, for example in a contact form, is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. reCAPTCHA evaluates various information, for example IP address, time spent on the website or mouse movements made by the user. The data collected during the analysis is transmitted to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not made aware that an analysis is taking place.

Storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from spam. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found in the Google privacy policy and the Google terms of use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

The company is certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework, DPF. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

9. E commerce and payment providers

Processing of customer and contract data

We collect, process and use personal customer and contract data to establish, structure and modify our contractual relationships. We collect, process and use personal data on the use of this website, usage data, only to the extent necessary to enable or bill the user for the use of the service. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship and after the expiry of any existing statutory retention periods. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.