Purpose, legal basis, categories of recipients, storage period for the data processing

Purpose: Presentation of the company and provision of services and/or sale of products, as well as communication through the Internet

The purpose of data processing on this website is to provide information about the products and services of our company, combined with the opportunity for users to be able to contact the appropriate contact person in house.

We process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases:c • Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
• Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR for the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a con-tract with the data subject, as well as for taking appropriate steps prior to entering into a con-tract.
• Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR for the processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject in accordance with applicable EU law or in accordance with the applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is applicable in whole or in part.
• Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR for the processing of personal data necessary to protect the legitimate inter-ests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. Legitimate interests are, in particular, our commercial interest to be able to provide our website, the security of in-formation, the enforcement of our own legal claims and the compliance with further legislation.

To this end, in the context of service provision, we use service providers that have been separately bound to maintain confidentiality and to protect data. Data shall only be disclosed to a third party in the existence of overriding statutory provisions.

When you visit the website, a connection is established with your browser. The information collect-ed, which is listed below, is stored in temporary system files and recorded automatically: IP address of your device, data and time of access, name and URL of files accessed, website from which access is initi-ated or from which you are directed to our site (referrer URL), browser used and, where applicable, the operating system of your device, as well as the name of your provider.

The data specified is processed by us for the purpose of seamlessly establishing a connection and for system security. The connection data created is automatically deleted is and is not retained for more than seven days. If the website is used improperly, log files, which need to be retained for evidence purposes, are saved until the incident is clarified.

Use of cookies

This website uses so-called “cookies”, or text files, which are stored on your computer and which enable your use of the website to be analysed.

The information produced by the cookie about the way you use this website is used to analyse visi-tor behaviour on the website and to improve our information offering. The legal basis for data pro-cessing is Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests). The optimisation of the web presence constitutes such a legitimate interest. The information gained is only used for internal statistical analysis and is not passed on to third parties.

The cookies are removed after two years. You can prevent cookies from being saved by changing the appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you would not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent.

Data is collected anonymously; the data collected cannot be related to you.

Contact form

Should you wish to write to us using our contact from, your data from the form is processed to deal with your concern. The legal basis for the transmission of data to us is Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may with-draw your consent under data protection law at any time with effect for the future.

The data is then removed. If there is no legal obligation to retain data arising from your enquiry (e.g. an order), the data is removed after three years.

Your data is transmitted internally to the competent contact person to process your enquiry. Data is not transmitted to a third party without your approval.

Customer account / contractual services

If you order products and/or services through the website, we process your data (name, address, contact details, payment details, where applicable) for the purpose of contract fulfilment. The legal ba-sis is Art. 6 (1)(b). GDPR. The data is only disclosed to third parties if required to meet the purpose of the contract. The data is removed at the end of the tax deadlines of 10 years after financial accounts and the end of the calendar year. The data is stored in the user account for as long as the customer account ex-ists.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The legal basis for this processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Google Analytics also uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the web-site analyse how users use the site. It is not excluded that the information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. On this website IP-anonymisation is activated, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the Agreement on the European Eco-nomic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. A data transfer to the USA shall only be carried out if the requirements of Articles 44 et seqq. GDPR are fulfilled. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the in-ternet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not com-bined with other data from Google. The user data is deleted after 14 months.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future and prevent the use of data by Google by downloading and activating the available browser plugin://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; how-ever, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Further information on data protection at Google can be found at policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Fonts

We use fonts provided by Google for the visually appealing display of our website (Google Fonts, provider Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). The font is provided by Google for the display in your browser. Legal basis is our legitimate interest for the visually appealing display of our website acc. to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR.

Further information on data protection at Google can be found at policies.google.com/privacy.

A data transfer to the USA shall only be carried out if the requirements of Articles 44 et seqq. GDPR are fulfilled.

Integration of Google Maps

We use Google Maps for embedding maps. We connect to Google Ireland Ltd. servers via an inter-face (API). Google is sent at least IP address, URL (Internet address) of our website and date/time of use. The legal basis for the transmission is our contract with Google Ireland Ltd. (https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html) pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR in conjunction with a joint controller agreement pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR, which you can download here: privacy.google.com/intl/de/businesses/mapscontrollerterms.

A data transfer to the USA shall only be carried out if the requirements of Articles 44 et seqq. GDPR are fulfilled.

In this respect, visitors enter into a direct usage relationship with Google. For further information please refer to: www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Google Tag Manager

We use the "Google Tag Manager" from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland to control the Google Services. This is used to manage the Google services on our site, no processing of personal data is done by the Google Tag Manager.

Integration of Vimeo

We embed videos using Vimeo. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in the operation of our website, considering the interests of those affected in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Data will only be transferred to the USA if the requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are fulfilled. Further infor-mation can be found under the data protection declaration of the provider Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA: vimeo.com/privacy.

Integration of Akamai

To provide and secure our website, we use the services of Akamai Technologies, Inc., 145 Broad-way, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in the operation of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR as well as the guarantee of security in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c in conjunction with Art. 32 GDPR. A data transfer to the USA will only take place if the requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are fulfilled. Further information on data protection at Akamai can be found at www.akamai.com/uk/en/about/compliance/data-protection-at-akamai.jsp.

Your right to information, rectification, deletion, object and data portability

You may avail yourself of your right to information, rectification and deletion of data at any time. Simply contact us using one of the methods described above. Should you require data to be deleted, which we are still legally obligated to retain, access to your data will be restricted (blocked). The same applies to an appeal. You may avail yourself of your right to data portability if the recipient and ourselves have the technical means.

Right of appeal

You have the option at any time to lodge an appeal with a data protection supervisory authority.

Data security / encryption

This website uses “Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure” (https). The connection between your browser and our server is encrypted.

Currency of and changes to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to change the content of this privacy statement at any time. This is usually done if the services used are subject to further development or adaptation. You can view the current privacy statement on our website. Date of this statement: 29.07.2020

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