Data protection

1. data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done at
primarily using so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following
privacy policy.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the “Information on the controller” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be
data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT
systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time
the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?


Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other
data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website
, the data transmitted will also be processed for contract offers,
orders or other order inquiries.


What rights do you have with regard to your data?


You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your personal data stored at
. You also have the right to request the rectification or
erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing,
you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under
certain circumstances.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time with regard to this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

2. hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our
website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy at
:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.


The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a
legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If consent has been requested for
, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art.
6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or
access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG
. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service
. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees
that it will only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our
instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. general notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your
personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and
this privacy policy.


When you use this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This
privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how
does this and for what purpose.


We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email)
may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not
possible.

Note on the responsible body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:


Ms. Brauer
Dissenchener Straße 50
3042 Cottbus
Phone: +49 355 28924-107
E-mail: hbrauer@eta-ag.com


The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines
the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.)
.

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy,
will retain your personal data until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a
legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing,
your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your
personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case,
will be erased once these grounds no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on
the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided that special categories of data
are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer
of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art.

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on
the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided that special categories of data
are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer
of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work together with various external parties. This
sometimes requires the transfer of personal data to these external bodies.
We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary in the context of
contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data
to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data
. When using
processors, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid
contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract on
joint processing is concluded.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS
encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as
orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from
“http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.


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

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw your consent to
at any time. The lawfulness of
data processing carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to
direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR
, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION AT
, AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS
. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED
CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,
WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED,
UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING
WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE
PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF
LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART.
21 (1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO 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 SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION
PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other
administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability


You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract
handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format
. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller
, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.


Information, correction and deletion


Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time from
about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the
purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time at
if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in
the following cases

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to check this. You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data for the duration of the review.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from
its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or
defense 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
a Member State.

4. data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device on
. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session
(session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies
are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device
until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.


Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party
cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from
third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain
website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display
of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes
.


Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide
with certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the
website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on
on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the
technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the
storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the
processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1
TDDDG); the consent can be revoked at any time.


You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow
cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general
and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies on
, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this
privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log
files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has
a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website –
the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the
inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry
and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your
consent.


This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to
the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures
. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time
.


We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion
, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains
(e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions –
in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry) resulting from it
for the purpose of processing your request
. We will not pass on this data without your consent.


This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to
the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures
. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time
.


We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion
, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains
(e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions –
in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. analysis tools and plugins

WP Statistics

This website uses the analysis tool WP Statistics to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provider
is Veronalabs, Tatari 64, 10134, Tallinn, Estonia (
https://veronalabs.com).


We can use WP Statistics to analyze the use of our website. Among other things, WP Statistics records
log files (IP address, referrer, browser used, origin of the user, search engine used)
and actions that website visitors have taken on the page (e.g. clicks and views).
The data collected with WP Statistics is stored exclusively on our own server.


This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a
legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website
and our advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested,
processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as
the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymization

We use WP Statistics with anonymized IP. Your IP address is shortened so that it can no longer be directly assigned to you.

OpenStreetMap

We use the map service of OpenStreetMap (OSM).
We integrate the map material from OpenStreetMap on the server of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St
John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is considered a
secure third country under data protection law. This means that the United Kingdom has a level of data protection
that corresponds to the level of data protection in the European Union. When using the
OpenStreetMap maps, a connection is established to the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.


Among other things, your IP address and other information about your behavior on this website may be forwarded to
OSMF. For this purpose, OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser
or use comparable recognition technologies.

The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online
offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a
legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent
has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and §
25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information
in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be revoked at any time
.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google
Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data input on this website (e.g. in a
contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose,
reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This
analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis,
reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the website visitor on the
website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to
Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed by
that an analysis is taking place.
The data is stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The
website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive
automated spying and SPAM. If a corresponding consent has been requested
, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1
TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the
end device of the user (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be revoked at any time
.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, see the Google Privacy Policy and
the Google Terms of Service at the following links:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.
The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The
DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with
European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified in accordance with
the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further
information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Source:
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