Privacy policy

Basics

This privacy policy is intended to inform users of this website about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator 

ERET-Tortechnik GmbH

Hirenbachstraße 36

73565 Spraitbach

provides information.

The website operator takes your privacy very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory requirements. As new technologies and the ongoing development of this website may require changes to this privacy policy, we recommend that you read it again at regular intervals.

Definitions of the terms used (e.g. ‘personal data’ or ‘processing’) can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.

Access data

We, the website operator or hosting provider, collect data about access to the website on the basis of our legitimate interest (see Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) and store it as ‘server log files’ on the website's server. The following data is logged:

  • Website visited
  • Time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/referrer from which you reached the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used

Server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, for example to investigate misuse. If data must be retained as evidence, it is exempt from deletion until the incident has been fully resolved.

Audience measurement & cookies

This website uses cookies for pseudonymized audience measurement, which are transmitted to the user's browser either from our server or from third-party servers. Cookies are small files stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies improves the usability and security of this website.

If you do not want audience measurement cookies to be stored on your device, you can object to the use of these files here:

Common browsers offer a setting to block cookies. Please note: if you make these settings, unrestricted access to all functions of this website cannot be guaranteed.

Collection and processing of personal data

The website operator collects, uses and discloses your personal data only where permitted by law or where you consent to its collection.

Personal data means any information that can identify you and be traced back to you, such as your name, email address and telephone number.

You can also visit this website without providing personal details. However, to improve our online services, we store access data for this website without identifying you personally. This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your internet provider. Anonymising the data prevents it from being traced back to you.

We process personal data such as first name, surname, IP address, email address, place of residence, postcode and information entered in the contact form.

We process personal data only with the express permission of the users concerned and in compliance with applicable data protection regulations. 

Personal data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing our contractually agreed services and optimizing our online offering.

Comments are generally disabled on our website. If you come across an open comment field, please inform us immediately. We will then promptly remove the comment section and delete all comments received. 

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

Google Analytics is used to analyse usage behaviour on our website. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to analyse, optimise and operate our website economically.

Usage-related and user-related information, such as your IP address, location, time or frequency of visits to our website, is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with its anonymisation feature. This feature causes Google to truncate the IP address within the EU or EEA.

Google then uses the data collected to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and the activities carried out there. This data may also be used to provide other services relating to the use of our website and the internet.

Google states that it does not combine your IP address with other data. Google also provides information at

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners

further data protection information for you, for example about ways to prevent data use.

Google also provides at

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

a browser opt-out add-on and further information about it. This add-on can be installed in common web browsers and gives you greater control over the data Google collects when you access our website. The add-on tells the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) that information about your visit to our website must not be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services. This privacy policy also explains whether we use any other web analytics services and, if so, which ones.

‘Google+’ social plug-in

We use the plug-in of the Google+ (‘Google Plus’) social network on our website. Google+ is an internet service provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, referred to below as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to improve the quality of our website.

Google provides further information on the available plug-ins and their respective functions at

https://developers.google.com/+/web/

for you.

If the plug-in is included on a page of our website that you visit, your browser downloads a representation of the plug-in from Google's servers in the USA. For technical reasons, Google must process your IP address in doing so. The date and time of your visit to our website are also recorded.

If you are logged in to Google while visiting one of our pages containing the plug-in, Google recognises the information collected by the plug-in about your specific visit. Google may associate this information with your personal user account. For example, if you use Google's ‘Share’ button, this information is stored in your Google account and may be published on Google's platform. To prevent this, you must either log out of Google before visiting our website or adjust the relevant settings in your Google account.

Google provides further information about the collection and use of data, your related rights and ways to protect your privacy in the information available at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

in the privacy notices available there.

Google-Maps

We use Google Maps on our website to show our location and provide directions. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, referred to below as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

To enable certain fonts to be displayed on our website, a connection to Google's server in the USA is established when you access our website.

If you access the Google Maps component integrated into our website, Google stores a cookie on your device through your web browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display our location and provide directions. We cannot rule out Google using servers in the USA for this purpose.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in optimizing our website's functionality.

The connection established with Google enables Google to determine which website sent your request and the IP address to which the directions should be transmitted.

If you do not agree to this processing, you can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the relevant settings in your web browser. Details are provided above under “Cookies”.

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained through Google Maps is subject to the Google terms of use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de and the Google Maps terms and conditionshttps://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

Google also provides information at

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts on our website to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, referred to below as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

To enable certain fonts to be displayed on our website, a connection to Google's server in the USA is established when you access our website.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the optimisation and commercial operation of our website.

Through the connection established with Google when our website is accessed, Google can determine which website sent your request and the IP address to which the font display must be transmitted.

Google provides at

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information, particularly on ways to prevent data use.

‘Facebook’ social plug-in

We use the plug-in of the Facebook social network on our website. Facebook is an internet service provided by facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, both referred to below as ‘Facebook’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Facebook guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to improve the quality of our website.

Facebook provides further information about the available plug-ins and their respective functions at

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

for you.

If the plug-in is included on a page of our website that you visit, your browser downloads a representation of the plug-in from Facebook's servers in the USA. For technical reasons, Facebook must process your IP address in doing so. The date and time of your visit to our website are also recorded.

If you are logged in to Facebook while visiting one of our pages containing the plug-in, Facebook recognises the information collected by the plug-in about your specific visit. Facebook may associate this information with your personal user account. For example, if you use Facebook's ‘Like’ button, this information is stored in your Facebook account and may be published on the Facebook platform. To prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use a browser add-on to prevent the loading of the Facebook plug-in from being blocked.

Facebook provides further information about the collection and use of data, your related rights and ways to protect your privacy in the information available at

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

in the privacy notices available there.

YouTube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal provided by YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘YouTube’.

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google, and therefore its subsidiary YouTube, guarantees compliance with EU data protection requirements even when data is processed in the USA.

We use YouTube with the ‘Privacy Enhanced Mode’ feature to show you videos. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to improve the quality of our website. According to YouTube, ‘Privacy Enhanced Mode’ ensures that the data described in more detail below is only transmitted to YouTube's server when you actually start a video.

Without this ‘Privacy Enhanced Mode’, a connection to YouTube's server in the USA is established as soon as you visit one of our pages containing an embedded YouTube video.

This connection is required to display the video on our website in your browser. In this process, YouTube will collect and process at least your IP address, the date and time, and the page you visited. A connection is also established to Google's ‘DoubleClick’ advertising network.

If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube associates the connection information with your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or adjust the relevant settings in your YouTube account.

For functionality and to analyse usage behaviour, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device through your browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you can prevent cookies from being stored by changing your browser settings. Further details are provided above under ‘Cookies’.

Google provides further information about the collection and use of data, your related rights and ways to protect your privacy in the information available at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

in the privacy notices available there.

etracker web analytics

We use etracker on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstr. 1, 20459 Hamburg, hereinafter referred to as “etracker”.

We use etracker to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in analyzing, optimizing and operating our website economically.

To analyze usage behavior, etracker stores cookies on your device through your web browser and creates a pseudonymous usage profile. However, the data processed is not used to identify you personally without your separate consent. Nor is this data combined with other personal data.

If you do not agree to this processing, you can prevent the cookie from being stored by changing a setting in your web browser. Further information is provided above under “Cookies”.

You can also stop your usage behavior from being analyzed by opting out. By confirming the link

http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb

a cookie is stored on your device through your web browser to prevent further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the link above again if you delete the cookies stored on your device.

Hotjar web analytics

We use Hotjar on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe, referred to below as ‘Hotjar’.

We use Hotjar to analyse usage behaviour on our website. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to analyse, optimise and operate our website economically.

Hotjar lets us record and evaluate your behaviour on our website, such as mouse movements and clicks. Your visit to our website is anonymised in this process. Hotjar also evaluates information about your operating system, browser, incoming and outgoing references (‘links’), geographical origin, and the type and resolution of your device, and prepares it for statistical purposes. Hotjar can also request direct feedback from you. Hotjar also offers information at

https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

further data protection information.

You can also stop your usage behavior from being analyzed by opting out. By confirming the link

https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out

a cookie is stored on your device through your web browser to prevent further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the link above again if you delete the cookies stored on your device.

Criteo web analytics

We use Criteo on our website for analysis and to display individually tailored advertising. Criteo is a service provided by Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, hereinafter referred to as ‘Criteo’.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the analysis, optimisation and commercial operation of our website.

Tracking cookies and similar storage technologies collect information about your visit to our website and your activities on our advertising partners' websites. This information includes, for example, the number of subpages, advertisements and products you have viewed, the search function you have used, information about your device (device type, operating system, version) or your location, for example to advertise products or services available only regionally. For this purpose, Criteo uses a technical ID that records the products you have viewed and your search behaviour. According to Criteo, however, this does not allow you to be identified personally – only anonymous information about your possible interests is determined.

After analysing the information collected, Criteo places individually tailored advertisements on our website or on the websites of our advertising partners (known as publishers).

Using cookies stored on your device through your web browser, advertising partners can determine whether an advertisement from the

Criteo advertising network should be displayed when you visit a website.

Criteo processes your full IP address exclusively for the following purposes:

– detecting fraud, for example identifying visits that are not attributable to human behaviour,

– attribution of sales;

– marketing reports with aggregated data.

Criteo provides at

https://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/

further privacy information and information on analytics and advertisements.

If you do not agree to this processing, you can prevent cookies from being stored by changing a setting in your web browser. Further information is provided above under “Cookies”.

You can also use the link above to prevent your visit from being analyzed by means of an opt-out cookie. This stores a cookie on your device through your web browser to prevent further analysis. Please note, however, that you will need to set this cookie again if you delete the cookies stored on your device.

Jetpack - WordPress Stats

We use Jetpack with the ‘WordPress Stats’ extension on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Automattic Inc., 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Automattic’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000CbqcAAC&status=Active

Automattic guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

The Jetpack - WordPress Stats service analyses how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the analysis, optimisation and commercial operation of our website.

To analyse usage behaviour, Jetpack - WordPress Stats stores cookies on your device through your web browser.

Processing records your IP address, the page(s) of our website that you visit, the website from which you came to our website (referrer URL), how long you spend on our website and how often you visit one of our pages. The data collected is stored on an Automattic server in the USA. However, your IP address is anonymised immediately after processing and before it is stored.

If you do not agree to this processing, you can prevent the cookie from being stored by changing a setting in your web browser. Further information is provided above under “Cookies”.

‘Shariff’ social media buttons

We use plug-ins from the social networks listed below on our website. We use the “Shariff” plug-in to integrate these plug-ins.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to improve the quality of our website

Shariff is an open-source program developed by c’t and heise. By integrating this plug-in through linked graphics, the social network plug-ins described in more detail below are prevented from automatically connecting to the respective social network plug-in server when you visit our website page(s) containing the respective plug-in. You are only redirected to the relevant social network's service when you click one of these linked graphics. Only then does the respective social network collect information about your use. This information includes, for example, your IP address, the date and time, and the page of our website that you visited.

If you are logged into a social network service while visiting one of our web pages containing the corresponding plug-in, the social network provider may be able to identify the information collected about your specific visit and link it to your personal user account or publish it through that account. For example, if you use the respective social network's “Share” button, this information may be stored in your user account there and published through the social network provider's platform. To prevent this, you must either log out of the respective social network before clicking the graphic or adjust the relevant settings in your social network user account.

heise provides further information about “Shariff” at

http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

available.

The following social networks are integrated into our website:

Google+ provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA.

Privacy information can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

Facebook provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, operated within the EU by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Privacy information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Facebook guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

Google AdWords with conversion tracking

We use the Google AdWords advertising component and its conversion tracking on our website. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

We use conversion tracking to advertise our offering in a targeted way. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the analysis, optimisation and commercial operation of our website.

If you click an advertisement placed by Google, the conversion tracking we use stores a cookie on your device. These conversion cookies expire after 30 days and are not otherwise used to identify you personally.

If the cookie is still valid and you visit a particular page of our website, both we and Google can determine that you clicked one of our advertisements placed with Google and were then redirected to our website.

Google uses the information obtained in this way to compile statistics for us about visits to our website. We also receive information about the number of users who clicked our advertisement(s) and the pages of our website subsequently visited. However, neither we nor third parties who also use Google AdWords can identify you in this way.

You can also prevent or restrict the installation of cookies through the appropriate settings in your web browser. You can delete cookies already stored at any time. The steps and measures required depend on the particular web browser you use. If you have questions, please use your web browser's help function or documentation, or contact its manufacturer or support team.

Google also provides at

https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html

http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

further information on this subject, particularly on ways to prevent the use of data.

 

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

Google AdSense stores cookies and web beacons on your device through your web browser. This enables Google to help us analyse your use of our website. The information collected in this way, together with your IP address and the advertising formats displayed to you, is transmitted to Google in the USA and stored there. Google may also pass this information on to its contractual partners. However, Google states that your IP address will not be combined with other data about you.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the analysis, optimisation and commercial operation of our website.

If you do not agree to this processing, you can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the relevant settings in your web browser. Details are provided above under “Cookies”.

Google also provides at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

further information, particularly on ways to prevent data use.

Google Remarketing or Google's "Similar Audiences" component

We use the remarketing or ‘Similar Audiences’ function on our website. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’.

Through certification under the EU-US data protection shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that EU data protection requirements are also met when data is processed in the USA.

We use this function to display personalised, interest-based advertising on third-party websites that also participate in Google's advertising network.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the analysis, optimisation and commercial operation of our website.

To enable this advertising service, Google stores a cookie containing a sequence of numbers on your device through your web browser while you visit our website. This cookie records both your visit to and your use of our website in anonymised form. However, no personal data is passed on. If you subsequently visit a third-party website that also uses Google's advertising network, advertisements related to our website or the offers available there may appear.

To disable this function permanently, Google provides for the most common web browsers via

https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin

a browser plug-in.

The use of cookies from certain providers can also be prevented, for example through

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices

or

http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/

can be disabled by opting out.

Through the so-called Cross-Device-Marketing Google may also track your usage behaviour across multiple devices, so you may see interest-based, personalised advertising even when you change devices. However, this requires that you have agreed to link your browsing histories to your existing Google account.

Google provides further information about Google Remarketing at

http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

to.

Links to websites of other providers

Our websites may contain links to other providers' websites. Please note that this privacy policy applies exclusively to the websites of B+N Tortechnik GmbH. We have no influence over, and do not monitor, whether other providers comply with applicable data protection regulations.

User rights

As a user, you have the right to request information free of charge about the personal data stored about you. You also have the right to have incorrect data rectified and to have the processing of your personal data restricted or the data erased. Where applicable, you may also exercise your right to data portability. If you believe your data has been processed unlawfully, you may lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Deletion of data

Provided your request does not conflict with a statutory obligation to retain data (e.g. mandatory data retention), you have the right to have your data erased. Data stored by us will be erased if it is no longer needed for its intended purpose and no statutory retention periods apply. If erasure cannot be carried out because the data is required for permitted statutory purposes, processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and will not be processed for other purposes.

Right to object

Users of this website may exercise their right to object to the processing of their personal data at any time.

If you would like your stored personal data to be rectified, blocked or erased, would like information about it, have questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or wish to withdraw consent you have given, please contact the following email address: dirk.hentschel@eret-tortechnik.de