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Here you will find our German complete and current PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY NOTICE

1. General information
With the following information, we would like to give you an overview of the processing of your personal data by ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG when using our company website at www.esta.com and about your data protection rights. For data processing when using our shop or when visiting other websites of our group of companies, the data protection notices of those websites apply. 
Visiting the ESTA-website is generally possible without entering personal data. However, if you wish to make use of special services, it may be necessary to process personal data.

2. Responsible person
ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
Gotenstraße 2-6, 89250 Senden, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7307 804-0
Fax: +49 (0)7307 804-500
E-mail: info@esta.com

Further information can be found in our imprint.

3. Data protection officer
If you have any questions about data processing or data protection at ESTA, you can contact us or our external data protection officer at Kulitz & Twelmeier GmbH using our contact details.
You can reach him by mail to the above address (please note 'Attn. Data Protection Officer' on the envelope), by e-mail at datenschutz@esta.com or confidentially via our data protection portal.

4. Technology
SSL/TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us as the operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser contains a "https://" instead of a "http://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

Data collection when visiting the website
During the merely informational use of our website, i.e. if you do not register for the shop as a customer or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect such data that your browser transmits to our server (in so-called "server log files"). Our website collects a series of general data and information with each call of a page by you or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following data may be collected
- browser types and versions used,
- the operating system used by the accessing system,
- the website from which an accessing system arrives at our website (so-called referrer),
- the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website,
- the date and time of an access to our website
- an abbreviated Internet protocol address (anonymized IP address) and,
- the Internet service provider of the accessing system.

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. Rather, this information is required in order to
- to deliver the contents of our website correctly,
- to optimize the content of our website as well as the advertising for it,
- to ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
- to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.

The data and information collected are therefore evaluated by us, on the one hand, statistically and, on the other hand, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise so as to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from any personal data provided by a data subject.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

5. Hosting by Host Europe
Our website is hosted by Host Europe GmbH, Hansestraße 111, 51149 Cologne, Germany (hereinafter referred to as Host Europe). When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g. IP addresses in log files) are processed on Host Europe's servers. Host Europe is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation, provision and security of our website.
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) with Host Europe in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that Host Europe processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR. 
Data protection information from Host Europe: https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung/

6. Cookies
General information about cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are data records as information that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system or end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site.
In the cookie, information is stored in a database that results in each case from the context of the specific end device used. This does not mean, however, that we thereby gain direct knowledge of your identity.
The use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain fixed period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimization. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage period of the cookies can be taken from the settings of the consent tool used.

Notes on avoiding cookies in common browsers

Click here for the cookie statement: Cookie declaration | ESTA Absaugtechnik
You have the option of deleting cookies, only allowing selected cookies or completely deactivating cookies at any time via the settings of the browser you are using. You can find more information on the support pages of the respective providers:  
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?tid=311178978.
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-at/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac?tid=311178978.
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-und-website-daten-in-firefox-loschen?tid=311178978.
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-l%C3%B6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09.

Consent management with Cookiebot (Consent Management Tool)
We use the consent management tool "Cookiebot" from Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. This service allows us to collect and manage the consent of website visitors to data processing.
Cookiebot collects data generated by end users who use our website. When an end-user provides consent via the cookie consent tool, Cookiebot automatically logs the following data:
- The end user's IP number in anonymized form (the last three digits are set to 0).
- Date and time of consent.
- User agent of the end user's browser.
- The URL from which the consent was sent.
- An anonymous, random and encrypted key.
- The consent status of the end user, which serves as proof of consent.
The key and consent status are also stored in the end user's browser in the cookie "CookieConsent" so that the website can automatically read and follow the end user's consent in all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions for up to 12 months. The key is used for proof of consent and for an option to verify that the consent status stored in the end user's browser is unchanged from the original consent submitted to Cybot.
The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the processing. The "CookieConsent" cookie set by Cookiebot is classified as necessary. Cybot is a recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us. Detailed information on the use of Cookiebot can be found at: https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/.

To the data protection settings

7. Contents of our website

Contact / Contact form
Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected when a contact form is used can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the 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 the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

Contact for application purposes
We also provide information on our website about vacancies, trainee programmes and apprenticeships at ESTA and would be delighted if you would like to apply to us. 
We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. You can access our applicant portal via the specific job descriptions. You will find our detailed special data protection information for applicants here on a separate information page. You can also access this information directly in our online applicant management system, where we will inform you in particular about the purposes, legal bases and other aspects of the specific processing of your personal data in connection with your application to us. When you visit our applicant management system, you leave this website. When you apply, we process personal data about you for the purpose of your application for an employment relationship, insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship with us. The legal basis for this is the need to fulfil a contract or pre-contractual measures in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we may process personal data about you if this is necessary for the defence of legal claims asserted against us in the application process. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1, lit. f GDPR; the legitimate interest is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). 

8. Newsletter dispatch

Advertising newsletter
On our website, you are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company's newsletter. Which personal data is transmitted to us when you subscribe to the newsletter can be seen from the input mask used for this purpose. We inform our customers and business partners about our offers at regular intervals by means of a newsletter. You can only receive our company's newsletter if you have a valid e-mail address and have registered to receive the newsletter.
For legal reasons, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you entered for the first time for the newsletter mailing using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to check whether you, as the owner of the e-mail address, have authorised the receipt of the newsletter.
When you register for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) of the IT system you are using at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of your e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves our legal protection. The personal data collected when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively to send our newsletter. Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a registration in this regard, as could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or changes to the technical circumstances. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties. You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that you have given us for the newsletter dispatch can be revoked at any time. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter for the purpose of revoking consent. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on our website or to inform us of this in another way. The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of sending the newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Brevo (formerly Sendinblue / Newsletter2go)
This website uses Brevo to send newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany. Brevo is a service that can be used to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Sendinblue's servers in Germany.
If you do not wish to be analysed by Brevo, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

You can revoke your consent at any time. You can also prevent processing at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser accordingly. You can also prevent the storage and transmission of personal data by deactivating Java Script in your web browser or installing a Java Script blocker (e.g. https://noscript.net or https://www.ghostery.com). We would like to point out that these measures may mean that not all functions of our website are available. With the help of Brevo, we are able to analyse our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links have been clicked on particularly frequently. We can also recognise whether certain previously defined actions have been carried out after opening/clicking (conversion rate). For example, we can recognise whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter. Brevo also enables us to divide newsletter recipients into different categories (so-called "clusters"). Newsletter recipients can be categorised by age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better customised to the respective target groups. Detailed information on the functions of Brevo can be found at the following link: https://www.brevo.com/de/features/. Data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and Brevo's servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.
You can view Brevo's privacy policy at: https://www.brevo.com/de/datenschutz-uebersicht/.

Newsletter tracking
Our newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in e-mails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows the success or failure of online marketing campaigns to be statistically analysed. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, the company can recognise whether and when an email was opened by you and which links in the email were accessed by you. Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by us in order to optimise the newsletter dispatch and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to your interests. This personal data is not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled at any time to revoke the separate declaration of consent given in this regard via the double opt-in procedure. After a cancellation, this personal data will be deleted by us. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is automatically interpreted as a cancellation. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interests in the display of personalised advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of our website.

9. Our activities in social networks
So that we can also communicate with you in social networks and inform you about our services, we are represented there with our own pages. If you visit one of our social media pages, we are jointly responsible for the processing operations triggered by this, within the meaning of Art. 26 DSGVO, with the provider of the respective social media platform.
We are not the original provider of these pages, but merely use them within the scope of the possibilities offered to us by the respective providers.
As a precaution, we therefore point out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. Use may therefore be associated with data protection risks for you, as it may be more difficult to protect your rights, e.g. to information, deletion, objection, etc., and processing in the social networks often takes place directly for advertising purposes or for analysis of user behavior by the providers, without this being able to be influenced by us. If usage profiles are created by the provider, this often involves the use of cookies or the assignment of usage behavior to your own member profile of the social networks.
The described processing operations of personal data are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider in order to be able to communicate with you in a timely manner or to inform you about our services. If you have to give your consent to data processing as a user with the respective providers, the legal basis refers to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO in conjunction with.

Art. 7 DSGVO
Since we do not have access to the providers' databases, we would like to point out that it is best to assert your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) directly with the respective provider. Further information on the processing of your data in the social networks and the possibility of exercising your right of objection or revocation (so-called opt-out), we have listed below the respective provider of social networks used by us:

Facebook
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Privacy policy (data policy): https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

Instagram
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Germany:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Privacy policy (data policy): https://instagram.com/legal/privacy

YouTube
(Co-) controller for data processing in Europe:
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

TikTok
(Co-) controller for data processing in Europe:
TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Irland.
Privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de

LinkedIn
(Co-) controller for data processing in Europe:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

10. Web analysis, success and reach measurement

Matomo Cloud
We use the Matomo Cloud to measure the reach of our shop's online offering using the free open source software Matomo. This involves the collection, collation and evaluation of data on the behaviour of visitors to websites. Among other things, data is collected about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. This is used to optimise the website and for the cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.
The necessary server infrastructure is operated by the New Zealand company InnoCraft Ltd. As InnoCraft is based outside the EU, a representative has been appointed in the EU who can be contacted via privacy@innocraft.com. The data collected from users and backups are stored securely in Europe.
Matomo places a cookie on your IT system. 
By setting the cookie, we are able to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted by the Matomo component to transmit data for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, we obtain knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which serves us, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and to create pseudonymous user profiles. Through the use of cookies, personal information such as the access time, the location from which an access originated and the frequency of visits to our website is stored. Each time you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection you are using, is transmitted to our server. This personal data is stored by us in the InnoCraft Cloud. We do not pass this personal data on to third parties. These processing operations are only carried out with your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
You can view Matomo's privacy policy at: https://matomo.org/privacy/.

Matelso 
We use the Matelso service from matelso GmbH, Heilbronner Straße 150, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany on our website. Personal data is transmitted exclusively to servers in the European Union. The legal basis for the processing of personal data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you have given on our website via our consent management system.
We link the personal data collected as part of telephone tracking with other website analysis data in order to monitor the functionality and user-friendliness of our website and to constantly improve our website. In addition, the use of Matelso is intended to monitor the effectiveness of individual landing pages in order to enable us to better identify more relevant products or problems. For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data Telephone number of the caller (if transmitted), the number called, the date, time and duration of the call, if available Linked data records (telephone tracking).
You can prevent the collection and forwarding of the aforementioned personal data and the processing of this data by suppressing your telephone number before calling us or by calling from an anonymous telephone number. You can also install a Java script blocker to prevent the collection of other website analysis data. 
You can revoke your consent at any time. Further information on the handling of the transferred data can be found in the provider's privacy policy at www.matelso.de/datenschutz/.
The provider also offers an opt-out option at www.matelso.de/datenschutz/.

Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel)
This website uses the "Facebook Pixel" or Meta Pixel from Meta Platforms, Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Meta"). If explicit consent has been given, this allows the behaviour of users to be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimise future advertising measures. When you visit the website, the following data may be processed by the meta pixel IP address, device information, browsing history, interactions on our website (e.g. page views, clicks, conversions). The data is stored and processed by Meta so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Meta (Facebook) Data Usage Policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). This enables Meta and its partners to place adverts on and off Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. The data collected is stored by Meta for a period of 180 days and then deleted if the user does not visit the website again. These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. As a US company, Meta is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may also be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

11. Advertising

Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing/retargeting
We have integrated Google Ads on this website. The company operating the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (‘Google’).
This allows us to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. For this purpose, Google places 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 personalise 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 in order to create target groups. These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may also be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view Google Ads' privacy policy and further information at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

Google Ads with conversion tracking

We have integrated Google Ads on this website. The company operating the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ads is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place adverts both in Google's search engine results and in the Google advertising network. Google Ads allows an advertiser to pre-define certain keywords that are used to display an advert in Google's search engine results only when the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the adverts are distributed on relevant websites using an automatic algorithm and taking into account the previously defined keywords.
The purpose of Google Ads is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant adverts on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party adverts on our website. If you reach our website via a Google advert, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on your IT system by Google.

A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify you. If the cookie has not yet expired, the conversion cookie is used to track whether certain sub-pages, such as the shopping basket from an online shop system, have been accessed on our website. The conversion cookie enables both us and Google to track whether a user who has reached our website via an AdWords ad has generated a sale, i.e. completed or cancelled a purchase. The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to compile visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via Ads ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective Ads ad and to optimise our Ads ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google Ads advertisers receive information from Google that could be used to identify you. The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you have visited.Each time you visit our website, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection you are using, is therefore transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.
These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may also be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view Google AdSense's privacy policy and further information at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

12. Plugins and other services

Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager service on this website. The operating company of Google Tag Manager is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This tool allows ‘website tags’ (i.e. keywords that are integrated into HTML elements) to be implemented and managed via an interface. By using Google Tag Manager, we can automatically track which button, link or personalised image you have actively clicked on and can then record which content on our website is of particular interest to you. The tool also triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have opted out at domain or cookie level, this will remain in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. These processing operations are only carried out with your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may also be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.
Further information on Google Tag Manager and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

YouTube (Videos)
We have integrated YouTube components on this website. The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programmes as well as music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the Internet portal. Each time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. The services Google WebFonts, Google Video and Google Photo can also be downloaded from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be found at www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google receive information about which specific sub-page of our website you are visiting. If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognises which specific sub-page of our website you are visiting when you access a sub-page containing a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to your YouTube account. YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that you have visited our website if you are logged in to YouTube at the same time as accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether you click on a YouTube video or not. If you do not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google, you can prevent it from being transmitted by logging out of your YouTube account before accessing our website.
These processing operations are only carried out with express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may also be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

reCAPTCHA
We use the reCAPTCHA function on this website. The operating company of Google reCAPTCHA is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The main purpose of the reCAPTCHA function is to differentiate whether an entry is made by a natural person or is misused by machine and automated processing. The service also includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. These processing operations are only carried out with express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

13. Your rights as a data subject
Right to confirmation - You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.
Right to information Art. 15 GDPR - You have the right to receive information from us at any time free of charge about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Right to rectification Art. 16 GDPR - You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
Right to erasure Art. 17 GDPR - You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the grounds provided for by law applies and insofar as the processing or storage is not necessary.
Right to restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR - You have the right to demand that we restrict processing if one of the legal requirements is met.
Right to data portability Art. 20 GDPR - You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
Furthermore, when exercising your right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR, you have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.
Right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR - You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e (data processing in the public interest) or f (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
In individual cases, we process personal data for direct marketing purposes. You can object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
In the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you are free to exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
Right to withdraw consent under data protection law - You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority - You have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of personal data with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. A list of the contact details of the data protection officers in the federal states and the supervisory authorities for the non-public sector and in other countries can be found on the website of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, BfDI under Addresses and Links.
 

14. Automated decision making & profiling
We do not use profiling in the context of the use of our websites within the meaning of Art. Art. 22 GDPR.

15. Storage, deletion and blocking
We process and store your personal data only for the period of time required to achieve the purpose of storage or if this has been provided for by the legal provisions to which our company is subject. If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

16. Storage period
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After this period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract.
 

17. Further data protection issues
On our general company homepage you will find further information about our products, our company and also about data protection. If you have any further questions, comments or other enquiries regarding your personal data that are not answered here, simply contact us using the contact details above.

In the event of difficulties in interpreting the data protection notices, only the German text version shall be authoritative, not the translation.

Last stand: 23.07.2024