1. DATA PRIVACY AT A GLANCE

General Information

The following information provides you with a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information about the subject of data protection, refer to our Data Privacy Statement which is provided below.

Recording of data on this website

Who is responsible for the recording of data on this website?

The data on this website are processed by the website operator. You will find this party's contact details in the Publication Details provided on this website.

How do we record your data?

On the one hand, your data are collected as a result of your communicating such to us. This may, for example, be data you enter in our contact form.

Other data will be recorded by our IT system automatically after you give your consent on visiting the website. Primarily, these are technical data (e.g. web browser, operating system or the time at which the site was accessed). These data are recorded automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to guarantee the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have in relation to your data?

You have the right at all times to be informed free of charge on the origin and recipients of your personal data as well as on the purpose for which they were stored. You also have the right to demand that these data be rectified or erased. If you have given your consent to your data being processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. Under specific circumstances, you also have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time at the address given in the Publication Details if you have questions about the above or any other aspect of data privacy.

Analyse tools and tools of third-party providers

When you visit this website, your browsing patterns may undergo statistical analysis. In most cases, this is done using analysis programs.

You will find detailed information about these analysis programs in the following data privacy statement.

2. HOSTING AND CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data recorded on this website are stored on the host's servers. Primarily, these may be IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, web page access and other data generated via a website.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (point b of Art. 6(1) of the GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (point f of Art. 6(1) of the GDPR).

Our host will only process your data to the extent that is necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to such data.

We use the following host:

Laudert GmbH + Co. KG

Von-Braun-Strasse 8

48691 Vreden

Germany

To ensure that processing takes place in compliance with data protection regulations, we have entered an order processing contract with our host.

3. GENERAL AND MANDATORY INFORMATION

Data privacy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection provisions as well as in compliance with this data privacy statement.

When you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data are data that can be used to identify you personally. This data privacy statement explains which data we collect and what we use them for. It also explains how, and for which purpose this is done.

We wish to point out that data communicated on the Internet (e.g. in communication by email) may be vulnerable to security loopholes. Data cannot be fully protected from access by third parties.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for processing data on this website is:

STEINEL Vertrieb GmbH

Dieselstrasse 80 -84

33442 Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 5245 448-0

E-mail: info@steinel.de

Controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses etc.).

Period for which data are stored

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this data privacy statement, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing such ceases to exist. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to your data being processed, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be erased once these reasons cease to exist.

Data protection officer as mandated by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Aulinger Datenschutz & Consulting GmbH

Dr. Ralf Heine

Frankenstrasse 348

45133 Essen

Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 201 9598662

Email: info@aulinger-dc.eu

Information on data transfer to the USA

Among the tools integrated into our website are some from companies based in the USA. When these tools are activated, your personal data may be forwarded to the US servers of these companies. We point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are required to release personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against such. For this reason, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) could process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. Such processing activities are beyond our control.

Withdrawal of your consent to the processing of data

Many data-processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can at any time withdraw any consent you have already given. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection having taken place prior to withdrawal.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases as well as the right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF POINT E OR F OF ART. 6(1) OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, REFER TO THIS DATA PRIVACY STATEMENT. IF YOU FILE AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AFFECTED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR SUCH PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR PROCESSING SERVES THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) OF THE GDPR).

WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING, WHICH INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) OF THE GDPR).

RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

In the event of any infringement of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint shall be given without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand over to you or any third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent in order to fulfil a contract. If you demand any direct transfer of data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the communication of confidential content, such as purchase orders or enquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this site uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognise an encrypted connection in the browser's address lines when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and also by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you communicate to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment transactions on this website

If entering a fee-based contract involves any obligation to communicate your payment data to us (e.g. account number in the case of direct debit authorisation), such data will be required for handling payment.

Payment transactions via the commonly used means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) will be made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognise an encrypted connection in the browser's address lines when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and also by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

With encrypted communication, your payment data you submit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, erasure and rectification

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to demand information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients as well as the purpose for which your data are processed and, if applicable, also have a right to have your data rectified or erased. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the Publication Details if you have questions about the above or any other aspect of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You shall have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time in this regard at the address given in the Publication Details. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

·        If you contest the accuracy of the personal data stored with us, we will usually need time to verify such. For the time such verification takes, you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data.

·   If your personal data have been or are being processed unlawfully, you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data rather than having them erased.

·    If we no longer need your personal data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you shall have the right, instead of erasure, to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data.

·      If you have filed an objection under Art. 21(1) of the GDPR, your interests must be weighed up against ours. Until such time as it is established whose interests override, you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

Rejection of advertising emails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the obligation to provide Publication Details for sending advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby rejected. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as by spam mails.