Privacy policy
It is very important to us to ensure protection of your personal data as regards the collection, processing and use of such data when you visit our homepage.
We would like to take this opportunity below to inform you of the fact that we will ask you for personal data and store and process such data electronically, along with how this will be done as well.
Personal data
Personal data is information that identifies you. This includes information, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address, but also data such as your place of residence, IP address or bank details. You do not need to disclose personal data in order to use our website. In certain cases we may, however, require your name, address and other details in order to supply the desired goods or perform the desired services.
This shall apply in particular for sending information materials or for responding to individual queries. We shall make suitable reference in cases where personal data needs to be disclosed. Furthermore, we shall only store and process data that you have voluntarily or automatically disclosed.
Processing of your IP address by the web server
Services on the Internet can only be used from a technical perspective if your IP address is disclosed. This is processed by the web servers delivering the websites in question. Your IP address is stored together with other, non-identifiable information in technical protocol files, known as log files. We shall only use these files in order to be able to analyse the reason and impact in situations where a fault arises. The log files are deleted on a weekly basis. Non-identifiable information includes i.a. the following:
- the names and size (Bytes) of the web pages you have visited
- the name of the browser you are using
- the name and version of your operating system
- the device type of your computer (or mobile telephone or tablet)
- date and time of access
- any search engines used via which you have reached our website
- the names and size (Bytes) of any downloaded files
- user agent (Browser)
Apart from this processing by the web server, we shall only use or store your IP address in anonymous form (for more information on this see Google Analytics section).
Intended purpose of personal data
We shall use your personal data to respond to queries, process your orders, deliver goods to you or grant you access to specific information or offers.
Specific use
We shall only collect, process and use your personal data disclosed online for the purposes as notified to you. Your personal data shall not be disclosed to third parties without your prior consent as required.
The collection of personal data and the transmission of such data to state institutions and authorities that are entitled to receive such information shall only be carried out within the scope of the relevant laws and/or if we are obliged to collect and transmit such data due to a judicial ruling. Our employees and the service providers commissioned by us are obligated by us to ensure confidentiality by us and must comply with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz).
Cookies
When you visit our website, information may be stored on your computer in the form of a cookie. Cookies are small text files sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. No personal data regarding the user is stored, only an extra pseudonym that has been generated for you. This information is used, for example, to automatically recognise you upon your next visit to our website and facilitate navigation for you.
You can of course also view our website without cookies. If you do not wish us to recognise your computer, you can prevent cookies from being saved on your hard drive by choosing “do not accept cookies” in your browser preferences. You should consult the instructions of your browser’s developer to find out how this works in individual cases.
If you do not accept cookies, this may lead to the offers on our website having functional limitations. You can enable or disable the use of cookies at any time. Please note that any cookies already stored will not be automatically deleted when disabling the use of cookies. You can do this manually in the privacy settings of your browser. Please consult the instructions of your browser’s developer as well.
Children and young persons under 18
Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and young persons, nor do we collect such data and disclose it to third parties.
Security
We have taken a number of technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data from being lost, destroyed, manipulated or accessed in an unauthorised manner. All employees and third parties involved in data processing undertake to observe the Federal Data Protection Act and handle personal data in a confidential manner.
The technical security measures are continually revised according to technical advances.
Transmission of personal data abroad
We do not transfer any personal data abroad. All of the servers that we operate and use are located in Europe.
Change to data privacy provisions
We reserve the right to amend the security and data privacy measures in place at any time, particularly if this becomes necessary due to technical developments. We shall also make suitable changes to this information regarding data privacy in such cases too. Please ensure therefore that you observe the most recent version of this Privacy Policy.
Right of information and right of objection, queries, suggestions and complaints
You can request details regarding your personal information that we have stored at any time. Furthermore, you may also revoke your consent for us to collect and store your personal data in future, and may do so at any time. If you have any further queries as to the information regarding data privacy and the processing of your personal data, please feel free to get in touch with our Data Protection Officer.
Data Protection Officer
Our external operational Data Protection Officer ensures a professional data privacy approach. We are advised by Mauß Datenschutz.
If you have any queries regarding data privacy, please feel free to get in touch using one of the following options:
Telephone: 040 / 999 99 52-0
Email: info@datenschutz.herose.com