Privacy Policy
1. Data Privacy in a Nutshell
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by using which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data privacy, please refer to our privacy policy listed after this text.
Data Collection on our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can obtain the contact details of the operator from the legal notice of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Firstly your data is collected by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. web browser, operating system or time of page view). As soon as you access our website, the collection of this data takes place automatically.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the legal right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the legal right to submit a complaint to the respective regulatory authority. Under certain circumstances you also have the legal right to request the restriction of the use of your personal data. For details, please refer to the privacy policy under „Right to restriction of processing“.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting our website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior is carried out anonymously as a rule; the browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.
2. General Notes and Mandatory Information
Data Privacy
The operators of these pages are very serious about the privacy of your personal data. We treat your personal data confidentially and act in accordance with the data protection laws and this privacy policy. When you use this website, a variety of personal data is collected. Personal data is data with by which you can be personally identified.
This privacy policy outlines which data is collected and what it is used for. It also details the manner in which this is done and the purpose for which this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can entail security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the Responsible Body
The responsible body for data processing for this website is
Vacuum Heat Treatment Consulting GmbH
Dreiruthenweg 10
65388 Schlangenbad
Tel. 06129 – 63 29 833
info@vhtc.de
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with third parties determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many forms of data processing are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke previously given consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail to us suffices. The legal validity of the data processing performed prior to the consent being retracted remains unaffected by the retraction.
Right to Object to the Collection of Data in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)
If the processing of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f German Data Protection Act (DSVGO), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal grounds on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process the personal data in question unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (objection under Article 21(1) of the German Data Protection Act (DSGVO)).
If your personal data is processed for the purpose of conducting direct marketing, you are entitled to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection in accordance with Article 21 (2) German Data Protection Act (DSVGO)).
Right of Appeal to the Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the German Data Protection Act (DSVGO), affected persons have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the respective member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right of appeal is not affected by any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You are entitled to have data which we process automatically on the grounds 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 direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For reasons of security and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries sent to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser changing from „http://“ to „https://“ and by having 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.
Disclosure, Blocking, Deletion and Rectification
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you are entitled at all times to receive information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You are entitled to demand the restriction of processing of your person-related data. To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you are entitled to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your person-related data happened / happens unlawfully, you can demand the restriction of the data processing instead of the deletion.
If we no longer need your person-related data, but you require it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you are entitled to demand the restriction of the processing of your person-related data instead of the deletion.
If you have lodged an objection under Article 21 (1) of the German Data Protection Act (DSGVO), a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests take precedence, you are entitled to demand the restriction of the processing of your person-related data.
If you have placed restrictions on the processing of your person-related data, this data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
3. Data Collection on our Website
Cookies
Our website partially uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our service more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called „session cookies“. They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow our website to recognize your browser the next time you visit it.
You can set your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The functionality of this website may be limited if cookies are deactivated.
Cookies that are required to perform the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f German Data Protection Act (DSGVO). The website operator maintains a legitimate interest in storing cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which are transmitted to us automatically by your browser. These are:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP adress
Eine Zusammenführung dieser Daten mit anderen Datenquellen wird nicht vorgenommen.
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f German Data Protection Act (DSVGO). The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring that his website is technically error-free and optimized – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via our contact form, your data from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, is stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a German Data Protection Act (DSVGO)). This consent may be revoked at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail suffices. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data entered in the contact form will remain stored by us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage or until the purpose of storing the data ceases to apply (e.g. after the processing of your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
4. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Google reCAPTCHA
We use „Google reCAPTCHA“ (hereafter „reCAPTCHA“) on our websites. This is provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“).
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to verify whether data entry on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is performed 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 starts 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.
ReCAPTCHA analyses are run entirely within the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is being performed.
Processing of data is carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f German Data Protection Act (DSVGO). The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting their web services from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.
For more information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please see the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
5. Plugins und Tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
To this end, your browser must establish a connection to Google’s servers. This provides Google with information that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts is used in order to ensure a uniform and appealing presentation of our online services. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f German Data Protection Act (DSGVO).
In the event that your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
and see Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. This service is provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This data is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on the transmission of this data.
Google Maps is used in order to present our online services in an appealing manner and to facilitate finding the places we have indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f German Data Protection Act (DSGVO).
For more information regarding the handling of user data, please visit Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.