Data processing through the website

Your visit to our website is logged. The following data are transferred by your browser to us:

• The IP address currently used by your PC or your router
• Date and time
• Browser type and version
• Your PC’s operating system
• The pages you visit
• The names and sizes of the files you request
• The URL of the referring website, where this applies.

These data are only used for data security purposes, to improve our website and for error analysis based on Article 6 (1)f of the GDPR. For this purpose we collect the IP address of your computer in an anonymised form (truncated to remove the last three characters). You can visit our web pages without disclosing any personal information.

We would like to point out that data transmissions through the Internet (e.g. communication by email) can be subject to security intrusions. It is not possible to ensure seamless protection of data against interception by third parties. Any confidential data should be transmitted to us using a different means, e.g. by post.

Contact form

Personal data (e.g. your name, address details and contact details), transmitted to us by you voluntarily, e.g. in connection with an enquiry or for some other reason, are stored by us and used exclusively for corresponding with you and only for the purpose for which you transferred them. These data are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)a; 6(1)f GDPR. In our downloads section, we collect and store personal data for a longer period to ensure your access is maintained over time and we can respond if you have queries about our products and/or services.

Newsletter

Through our website it is possible or will be possible to register for a newsletter. When you subscribe, we will collect your personal data. To confirm that the newsletter subscription was, in fact, sent from your email address, we will send you a confirmation mail. We will not add you to the newsletter distribution list or send you the newsletter until you click the confirmation link. We log the fact that you have subscribed to the newsletter (IP address, date, time). You are free to cancel your subscription to the newsletter by contacting us: you can, for example, click the link included at the end of every newsletter. This information is based on Article 6(1)a GDPR.

Safe data transfer

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption methods representing the state of the art (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Recipient of personal details

We sometimes commission external contractors to conduct or manage processes as part of our order management system.

In particular, we have commissioned external service providers to manage dispatch of the newsletters, host our website and manage additional services integrated in our website.

The legal agreements reached with those service providers are in compliance with Article 28 GDPR, which defines data protection and data security provisions.

Data collection by Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, phone: +353 1 543 1000 Fax: +353 1 686 5660, Email: support(at)google.com. Google Analytics stores cookies, small text files, on your computer to collect information about the way you use our site. The information gathered by the cookie regarding your use of the site is transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it is stored.
If the IP address has been rendered anonymous on the website, Google will truncate the address within the Member States of the European Union or other Contracting States in the Agreement on the European Economic Area. In exceptional circumstances, the complete IP address may be transferred to the Google servers in the USA and truncated there. We would like to point out that, on this website, the Google Analytics code has been modified to include “anonymizelp”, which ensures the IP address is rendered anonymous.
On behalf of the data controller of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate how you used the site and compile reports on website activity and to render additional associated services to the data controller on website and Internet use. The IP address communicated by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
These data are processed due to your consent provided on the basis of Article 6(1)a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by making the appropriate setting in our cookie consent tool in the left bottom.
You can prevent cookies being stored on your computer by means of appropriate settings in your browser; however we would point out that this might result in your not being able to use all the functions that this website offers in full. 

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps through an API. The provider is Google Ireland Ltd (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, phone: +353 1 543 1000, Fax: +353 1 686 5660, Email: support(at)google.com.

In order to use Google Maps functionality, it is necessary to store your IP address. That information is normally transferred to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored. The controller of this site cannot influence this data transfer.

Use of Google Maps is in the interests of an attractive representation of our online offerings and helps you to locate the places mentioned by us on the site. This is a legitimate interest as defined in Article 6(1)f GDPR.

If you do not agree to this processing of your data, it is possible to deactivate the Google Maps services, which will prevent your data being transferred to Google. To do so, you will need to deactivate Java scripts in your browser. Please note that, if you do, your use of Google Maps may be restricted and may not work at all. Further information on the treatment of user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en/

Google Tag Manager

This website uses Google Tag Manager. This service enables website tags to be managed through a graphical user interface. Google Tag Manager simply applies tags. The routine does not use cookies and does not collect personal data. Google Tag Manager does trigger other tags which may collect data. Google Tag Manager itself does not access those data. If actions have been deactivated at domain or cookie level, they remain in force for all tracking tags where they have been implemented with Google Tag Manager. Further details of Google Tag Manager can be found here:  https://www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/

Tracking is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1) S. 1f GDPR.

Sendinblue

For sending contact form input we use the transactional mail service of Sendinblue.com

The data controller for the processing of the personal data referred to herein is Sendinblue, a simplified joint stock company with a share capital of 137,531 Euros, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 498 019 298 and whose registered office is located at 7 rue de Madrid, 75008 Paris, France.

Sendinblue has appointed a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted at the following address: dpo@sendinblue.com.

Privacy policy: https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/

Social media and plug-ins

YouTube

We use or can use the YouTube.com platform to post our own videos and make them publicly available. YouTube is a service provided by a third party not affiliated with us, i.e. Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, phone: +353 1 543 1000, Fax: +353 1 686 5660, Email: support(at)google.com (hereinafter referred to as: “YouTube” or “Google”).

Some pages on our website can contain links or connections to the items or services offered on YouTube. As a general rule, we are not responsible for the content of websites to which links are provided. However, in the event that you follow a link on YouTube, we would like to point out that YouTube stores the data of its users (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with its own privacy policy and uses it for its own business purposes.

We also can directly integrate videos stored on YouTube on some of our website pages, and this involves displaying YouTube content in partial areas of the browser window. However, the YouTube videos themselves are only accessed by clicking on them deliberately. This technique is also called “framing”.

YouTube content is integrated in privacy-enhanced mode. Once you start playing an embedded video by clicking on it, YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode only stores cookies on your device that do not contain any directly personally identifiable information unless you are currently signed in to a Google service.

These cookies allow YouTube to collect information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience, and prevent fraud attempts. In some cases, further data processing operations may be triggered after a YouTube video is started but we have no control over these actions.

Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy statement at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl

The legal basis is your consent to the transfer of your data to Google, as defined in Article 6(1)a GDPR. The responsibility for additional data processing lies with Google.

Facebook-Plugins (Like & Share-Button)

Plug-ins of the Facebook social network, from the provider Facebook, Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”) are or can be integrated on our website. Facebook plug-ins are recognisable on our website by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button.

If you visit one of our pages, the plug-in will not establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. The connection is not established until you click on the icon. If you click the Facebook button while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you will link the content of our site to your Facebook profile. In this way, Facebook is able to connect your visit to our site with your user account. Even if you are not logged in with your Facebook profile, Facebook may be able to create a user profile about you. We would like to point out that, as controller of our site, we have no knowledge of the data that are transmitted to Facebook or the purpose for which they are transmitted. Further information on the treatment of user data can be found in Facebook’s Privacy Policy: https://en-gb.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our site with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account first. If you fundamentally do not agree with social media providers processing your data, avoid clicking on the corresponding links. All the information you are looking for is also available directly on our own website.

 

LinkedIn

Our website uses or can use LinkedIn network functions. The provider is

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. When you access a page on our website containing LinkedIn functions, initially no connection to the LinkedIn servers is established. If you click LinkedIn’s “Recommend” button while you are logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our website with your user account. Profiling may also occur if you are not logged in with a user account. We would like to point out that, as controller of our site, we have no knowledge of the data that are transmitted to LinkedIn or the purpose for which they are transmitted. Further information on the treatment of user data can be found in LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

If you do not want LinkedIn to associate your visit to our site with your user account, please log out of your LinkedIn user account first. If you fundamentally do not agree with social media providers processing your data, avoid clicking on the corresponding links. All the information stored on that site is also available directly on our own website.

Use of cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. The objective of using cookies is to tailor our website behaviour to make it more user friendly. For example, they enable us to recognise a user for the duration of their session without them having to enter a user name and password repeatedly. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and are deleted when you navigate away from the session. These data are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)f GDPR.

Some of the cookies are deleted immediately when you close your browser (session cookies).

Other cookies will remain on your computer or device and enable the website to recognise your browser again next time you visit the site (persistent cookies).

Data processing in connection with cookies whose sole purpose is to create the functionality of our online services is based on legitimate interest as defined in Article 6(1)f GDPR.

In all other cases, we use cookies only with your consent. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your cookie settings in the left corner.

If you would prefer not to use cookies at all, you can set your browser so that you opt out of automatic installation of cookies in general. Please note that, if you do, your use of our website may be restricted and may not work at all.

 

cookiebot.com

Our website uses a cookie consent tool from the company Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark (hereinafter referred to as “Cookiebot”).

We use this service to store your cookie preferences. This data processing is carried out pursuant to Article 6(1)f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing a cookie consent management service for website visitors. In this context, your browser may transmit personal data to Cookiebot.

The data are deleted as soon as the reason for their collection has been fulfilled.

You can find more information about the way the transmitted data are handled in the privacy policy of Cookiebot:

https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/ 

You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Cookiebot by disabling the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser. In that case, you will be asked for your decision regarding cookies every time you call up a page or sub-page.