Data privacy statement

Many thanks for your interest in our RHEINZINK website. On our website, we provide you with valuable information concerning our products for roofing and facade applications as well as expert advice. We take the protection of your private data very seriously and we want you to feel safe when visiting our web pages. Our employees are obligated to comply with data privacy laws and are given regular training in the areas of data protection and data security. In the following, we will briefly show you how we protect your data and what that means for you when you use our online services. Naturally, we comply with the statutory provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) as well as other data protection regulations.

The following contains detailed information concerning data protection in our company.

The responsible body for compliance with the GDPR and BDSG is:

RHEINZINK GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstrasse 90
45711 Datteln
Germany

T: +49 2363 605-0
F: +49 2363 605-209
E: info[at]rheinzink.de

Registered company office: Datteln
Reg. court Recklinghausen district court HR A 2939
VAT ID no.: DE 126337704

Personally liable partner:
RHEINZINK Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Registered company office: Datteln
Reg. court Recklinghausen district court HRB 4240

Management board:
Carsten Beier (president)
Pascal Hagemann
Dr. Michael Knepper


Data protection officer:

Agency - ASB Informationstechnik GmbH
Volker Atzpodin
Buschstrasse 76
47166 Duisburg, Germany
T: +49 2363 605-876
E: datenschutz[at]rheinzink.de

 

1. Reasons for data acquisition
We record and process your data in order to be able to run our website and give you the best possible service with easy access to our services.

2. What data is recorded, processed or used?
a) Visiting our website
If you access our websites, our server automatically records information of a general nature, particularly for reasons of connection establishment, correct function and system safety. This includes the type of browser being used, the operating system, domain name of the internet service provider, connection data of the computer in use (IP address), the website from which you reached us (referrer URL), the pages of our site that you visit, search strings entered in search engines that brought you to our site, files that you download from our site (e.g. PDF or Word documents) and the date, the time and duration of your visit. We cannot trace this data back to any specific person due to pseudonymisation. This data is not consolidated with other data sources. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point f of the GDPR.

b) Contact form
If you contact us via the Contact form and select contact via email, you must state your first and last names, your email address and a message to us. If you select contact via telephone, you must state your first and last names and your telephone number. If you request us to send you planning documents, brochures etc. by post, you must state your first and last names and your postal address. We store this data for the purpose of processing your request and in case any further questions arise. We will not pass this data on to third parties without your permission. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point f of the GDPR.

c) Consultant search
If you search for a consultant on our website, you have the option of contacting the consultant directly using a contact form. In this case, you must state your first and last names and the desired form of contact (telephone, email or post). We will then pass this on to the desired consultant. This data is passed on to the consultant to enable them to contact you. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point b of the GDPR.

d) Ordering material samples
If you order free material samples on our website, we need your last and first names and your postal address (street, house number, postcode, city, country). We use this data to send you material samples and pass it on to our logistics service provider. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point b of the GDPR.

e) Newsletter registration
If you have expressly permitted it, we use your email address to send you our newsletter containing current production information on a regular basis. We use the double opt-in process for newsletter registrations. After registering on our website, you will receive an activation email. You only actually subscribe to the newsletter once you confirm the activation link contained in this email. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an email to communication@rheinzink.de or by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the end of every newsletter. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point a of the GDPR.

f) RHEINZINK Masters
If you register free of charge for RHEINZINK Masters on our website, we need your title, last and first names, date of birth, postal address (street, house number, postcode, city) email address, telephone number, date of your journeyman's certificate and a copy of your journeyman's certificate. We use this data for the RHEINZINK Masters competition, a performance-based competition for students on master craftsmanship courses. Participants can prove their capabilities, particularly technical reasoning and skills, by building a model roof. We will not pass the data on. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point b of the GDPR.

g) Visualisation service
If you request visualisation of our products using our website, we require your last and first names, your email address and suitable images for visualising the building project to process your request. We use this data to generate the requested visualisation of our products on your building project. We will not pass the data on. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point f of the GDPR.

h) Service description
If you request a service description for your building project using our website, we require your last and first names, your email address and suitable drawings/drafts of your building project to process your request to generate a service description for your building project. We use this data to generate the service description. We will not pass the data on. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point a of the GDPR.

i) Training request
If you request a training course using our website, we require your first and last names and the desired contact option (telephone, email or postal) that we should use to contact you to process your request. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point b of the GDPR

j) roof drainage measurement
If you wish to conduct a roof drainage measurement using our website, we require your first and last names and your email address to process the measurement. For the purposes of measurement on external servers, we will pass on this data to our service provider, Dendrit Haustechnik-Software GmbH, Hüttenweg 16, 48249 Dülmen, Germany, with whom we have a customer data processing contract. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6(1) point a of the GDPR.
 

3. Deletion
Personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the reason for its storage no longer applies or you demand that the data is deleted. The data will also be deleted when a retention period stipulated by the aforementioned standard expires unless it is necessary to retain the data for conclusion of a contract or fulfilment of a contract or you have granted permission concerning this matter.

 

4. Cookies
Cookies are used to enhance the use of the website and optimise it in line with website visitors'preferences. For example, your input concerning the selection of a country or language will be saved. Cookies are text files that are created on your hard drive to identify the browser the next time the website is opened.

You can prevent cookies being stored on your hard drive by making the appropriate browser settings. Previously set cookies can be deleted at any time. Please see the respective browser instructions for details of how to delete cookies or prevent them from being stored. If you do not accept the cookies, this can adversely affect your use of our website.

The legal basis for processing cookies is Art. 6(1) point f of the GDPR. Our justified interest in the use of cookies is to be able to provide an attractive website and to analyse user behaviour to improve our services. Some functions of our website cannot be provided if cookies are not used. These functions also require that the browser is recognised after switching between web pages.


5. Data security
We secure our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons using technical and organisational measures. Data is transmitted using SSL encryption. Complete protection against all hazards is not possible despite regular inspections and continual improvement of our safety measures.

6. Using Google Analytics for web analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow your use of the website to be analysed. The information concerning your use of this website generated by the cookie is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will first shorten your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. IP anonymisation is activated on this website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website to compile website activity reports and to provide the website operator with further services connected with website use and internet use. Google will not merge the IP address transferred by your browser to Google Analytics with other data. You can prevent cookies being stored by making appropriate browser software settings; however, if you do so, you may not be able to make full use of all functions of this website. The data will be deleted after 12 months.
You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being recorded by Google and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Conditions of use and information on data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html or at https://policies.google.com/?hl=&gl=de.
We also use Google Analytics reports on demographic figures which use data from Google's interest-based advertising and third-party visitor information (such as age, gender and interests). This information cannot be traced back to a specific person and can be disabled at any time in the ad settings.

7. Google Ads
We have integrated Google Ads on this website. Google Ads is an internet advertising service that allows us to display ads both in Google's search engine results and in the Google advertising network. Google Ads allows us to specify certain keywords, which means that an ad will only appear in Google's search engine results if the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed to topic-relevant websites by means of an automatic algorithm and in accordance with the keywords previously defined.

The company operating the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose for the use of Google Ads is to advertise our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the Internet pages of third party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.

If you reach our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is stored on the user's information technology system by Google. What you can understand by "cookies" can be found under point 4. This cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the user. We use the conversion cookie to find out whether certain sub-pages, such as a seminar page of the online shop system, were called up on our website. The conversion cookie enables us as well as Google to track whether a user who reached our website via an ad display generated sales, e.g. whether he or she completed or cancelled a seminar registration.

By using the conversion cookie, the data and information collected by Google is used to create visit statistics for our website. We use the visit statistics to determine the total number of users, so that we can determine the success or failure of the respective ad display and to optimise our ad displays for the future. Neither our company nor other Google Ads advertisers receive any information from Google that can be used to identify users. The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Every time you visit our website, personal data is therefore transferred to Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by our website, as described above, at any time by selecting the appropriate settings on your internet browser, thus permanently rejecting the use of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the user's information technology system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Ads can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

It is also possible to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, you must access the link www.google.com/settings/ads from each of the Internet browsers used by it and make the desired settings there.

Further information and Google's applicable privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy .


8. Use of Google remarketing
This website uses the Google remarketing function by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This function is used to present website visitors with adverts that are based on their interests within the Google advertising network. A cookie is saved in the browser of the website visitor that allows the visitor to be recognised when they call up a website that belongs to the Google advertising network. Adverts related to the content of websites that the visitor has previously called up and that use the Google remarketing function can be presented to the visitor on these sites.

Google states that they do not collect any data during this procedure. If you still do not wish to participate in the Google remarketing function, you can completely deactivate it by configuring the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising using the advertising network initiative by following the instructions given at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

9. Social media plug-ins
9.1
Which suppliers do we use?
We use social media plug-ins from the following suppliers on our websites: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. The underlying commercial purposes are considered justified in line with the GDPR. The respective supplier is responsible for operation in line with data protection regulations. We use the two-click Shariff solution developed by c't. This means that when you visit our web page, you will not initially pass on any personal data to the plug-in's supplier. You can identify the provider of the plug-in through the marking on the box above its initial letters or the logo. We give you the option of communicating directly with the plug-in provider by clicking on the button. The plug-in provider is only informed that you have called up the relevant website of our online programme if you click on and thus activate the labelled field. The IP address, date and time of the request, time-zone difference to Greenwich mean time (GMT), the content of the request (specific web page), access status/HTTP status code, respective transferred data volume, website from which the request came, browser, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software are also transferred. If Facebook is used in Germany, the respective provider states that the IP address is immediately anonymised after collection. Your personal data is transferred to the respective plug-in provider and stored by them (in the case of US providers: in the USA) when the plug-in is activated. As the plug-in provider collects data specifically using cookies, we recommend deleting all cookies using your browser's security settings before clicking on the greyed-out box.

9.2 Our lack of influence
We do not have any influence on the collected data or data collection processes nor are we party to the whole extent of data collection, the purposes of data processing and the retention periods. We also have no information on deletion of the collected data by the plug-in provider.

9.3 Usage by provider
The plug-in provider stores the data collected concerning you as a usage profiles and uses these for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of their website. Analysis of this kind is conducted particularly (even for users who are not logged in) to display relevant advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the compilation of this user profile. You must contact the respective plug-in provider to exercise this right. We use the plug-in to give you the option of interacting with the social networks and other users to enable us to improve our services and develop them to make them more relevant to you. The legal basis for using the plug-in is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 point f of the GDPR.

9.4 Data transfer
Data is transferred regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in to the same. If you are logged in to the plug-in provider, data that we collect is assigned directly to your existing account with the plug-in provider. If you press the activated button and, for example, link the web page, the plug-in provider also saves this information in your user account and publicly informs your contacts. We recommend regularly logging out of social networks after use and particularly before activating the button. This prevents the information being allocated to your profile with the plug-in provider.

9.5 Provider's data protection statement
Further information concerning the purpose and extent of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be obtained from the data protection statement of the respective provider given below. It also contains further information on your relevant rights and settings options for protecting your privacy.

Addresses of the respective plug-in providers and URLs of their data protection information:

Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; https://www.facebook.com/policy.php; further information on data collection: http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084. Facebook accepts the EU–US privacy shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA; https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update. Twitter accepts the EU–US privacy shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content. Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland

Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland, https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy is responsible for data protection.

YouTube operated by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, policies.google.com/privacy

9.6 Facebook pixel
This website uses the so-called "Facebook pixel" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are resident in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").

When you access our website, software is used to establish a connection to the Facebook servers and data is transmitted to Facebook servers, some of which are located in the USA. The Facebook pixel also uses cookies to store information about the website user and to analyse how the visitor uses the website.

The data collected about you is anonymous to Rheinzink and therefore does not provide Rheinzink with any information about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective Facebook user profile is possible. Facebook may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Facebook.

The processing of the data by Facebook is carried out within the framework of Facebook's Data Usage Policy. Further information on how the Remarketing Pixel works and in general on the display of Facebook Ads can be found in the Facebook Data Usage Policy.

The Facebook pixel is used within the Rheinzink website due to the justified interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of the online offer. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using the Facebook pixel is Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f GDPR.

On the one hand, the Facebook Pixel enables Facebook to identify visitors to the Rheinzink website as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook Ads"). Accordingly, Rheinzink uses the Facebook pixel in order to display the Facebook Ads only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in the Rheinzink online offer or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited), which Rheinzink transmits to Facebook (so-called "custom audiences"). With the help of the Facebook pixel, Rheinzink also wants to ensure that Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of users and do not appear to be annoying. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, Rheinzink can also track the effectiveness of Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes by recording whether users have been redirected to the Rheinzink website after clicking on a Facebook Ad (so-called "conversion"). Detailed information on the handling of user data on Facebook can be found in the Facebook privacy policy.

Disable Facebook pixel
You can generally prevent the collection of your user data on our website by setting "Do Not Track" in your web browser. Our website takes into account the "Do Not Track" signal which your web browser then sends to all websites.

Alternatively, if you just want to disable the use of the Facbook Pixel, please click on the following link - an opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to this website: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

9.7 LinkedIn Insight tag
This website uses the LinkedIn Insight Tag, a web analysis service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company ("LinkedIn"), Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, on the legal basis of the overriding legitimate interest (analysis of website use) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

When our website is called up, software is used to establish a connection to the LinkedIn servers and data is transmitted to LinkedIn servers, some of which are located in the USA. The LinkedIn Insight Tag also uses cookies to store information about the website user and to analyse the use of the website by the visitor.

According to LinkedIn, LinkedIn will use the collected data to evaluate website usage, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. We also use this information to enable us to provide you with offers and recommendations that are specific and relevant to your interests after you have visited the website.

LinkedIn may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on LinkedIn's behalf.

Please see LinkedIn's Privacy Policy for more information about data collection and use, and the choices and rights you have to protect your privacy. If you are logged in to LinkedIn, data collection can be disabled at any time.

Disable LinkedIn Insight Tag
You can generally prevent the collection of your user data on our website by setting "Do Not Track" in your web browser. Our website takes into account the "Do Not Track" signal which your web browser then sends to all websites.

Alternatively, if you simply wish to opt-out of using the LinkedIn Insight tag, click on the following link - an opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your information on future visits to this website: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising.


10. YouTube
Our site uses YouTube operated by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, for the integration of videos. In the non-adapted exercise, when you access a page with embedded videos, your IP address is sent to YouTube and cookies are installed on your computer. We have added the enhanced privacy mode to our YouTube videos when they were embedded. With the help of this measure, YouTube will not store any information about the user unless you watch the video. When you click on the video, your IP address is sent to YouTube and YouTube learns that you have watched the video. If you are logged in to YouTube, this information is also associated with your account (you can prevent this by logging out of YouTube before viewing the video).

We have no knowledge of and no influence on the collection and use of your data by YouTube. For more information, please read the YouTube privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy. In addition, we refer you to our description in chapter 5 of this privacy policy regarding the general handling of cookies and the associated possibility of deactivating cookies.


11. Google Maps
We offer Google Maps services operated by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland on our website. This can be used to show you where to find local contacts, consultants or dealers in your vicinity. These services allow us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enable you to use convenient map functions. When you visit the website, Google is informed that you have called up the respective subpage of our website. The IP address, date and time of the request, time-zone difference to Greenwich mean time (GMT), the content of the request (specific web page), access status/HTTP status code, respective transferred data volume, website from which the request came, browser, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software are also transferred. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account via which you are logged in or no user account is used. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly matched to your account. If you do not want your data to be matched with your Google profile, log out before activating the button. Google saves your data as a usage profile and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of their website. Analysis of this kind is conducted particularly (even for users who are not logged in) to provide relevant advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

You have the right to object to the compilation of this user profile. You must contact Google to exercise this right.

Further information concerning the purpose and extent of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be obtained from the data protection statement of the provider. It also contains further information on your relevant rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: policies.google.com/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and accepts the EU–US privacy shield:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1) point f of the GDPR.


12. Google Tag Manager
This website uses Google Tag Manager by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This service allows website tags to be managed using an interface. The Google Tag Manager only implements the tags. This means that Cookies are not set and no personal data is not recorded. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags which may, for their part, record data. However, Google Tag Manager has no access to this data. If tags have been disabled on domain or cookie level, this setting will remain in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.


13. Google reCaptcha
We use Google reCAPTCHA by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland on our websites. The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered on our websites (e.g. information entered into a contact form) is being provided by a human user or by an automated program. For this analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates the IP address and other parameters needed for this service. The data tracked during such analyses are forwarded to Google.
For this function deviating data protection regulations from Google apply.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and to review the Data Privacy Declaration of Google, please follow this link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en 


14. DoubleClick by Google / DoubleClick Campaign Manager
Our website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. DoubleClick uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to determine which ads are shown in which browser and can prevent them from being displayed multiple times. In addition, DoubleClick uses cookie IDs to track so-called conversions network related to ad requests. For example, if a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later goes to the advertiser's website with the same browser and buys something there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain personally identifiable information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser will automatically establish a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by the use of this tool by Google and therefore inform you to the best of our knowledge: By including DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you access the corresponding part of our website or clicked an ad from us. If you're registered with a service provided by Google, Google may associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a chance that the provider will find and store your IP address.

In addition, the usage of “DoubleClick floodlight cookies” allows us to understand if you perform certain actions on our website after you have clicked on one of our display/video ads on Google or another platform through DoubleClick (conversion tracking). DoubleClick uses this cookie to understand the content that you have interacted with on our websites to send you targeted advertisements.

You can prevent participation in this tracking process in a number of ways: a) by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular, the suppression of third-party cookies will prevent you from receiving any third party advertisements; b) by disabling the cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com", https://www.google.com/settings/ads, this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies; c) by deactivating the interest-based advertisements of the providers that are part of the "About Ads" self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting is being deleted when you delete your cookies; d) by permanent deactivation in your browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome under the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We point out that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this offer to the fullest.

To learn more about DoubleClick by Google, visit https://www.google.com/doubleclick

and support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090, and Google privacy policy in general:

https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. You can also visit the website of Network Advertising Initiative (NAI):

http://www.networkadvertising.org.
 

15. Google Optimize
Our website uses the web analysis and optimisation service "Google Optimize" (hereinafter "Optimize") from Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Optimize analyses the use of different variants of our website and helps us to improve the user experience according to the users' behaviour on our website. Optimize is a tool integrated into Google Analytics.

Optimize uses cookies that allow us to optimise and analyse our website on the basis of the user's behaviour. The information generated by these cookies is usually transferred to a Google server, possibly in the USA or other third countries, and stored there. We use Google Optimize with IP anonymisation activated. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before processing. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and optimisation tests and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

You can prevent cookie storage by setting your internet browser accordingly. In addition, you can prevent the collection and processing of data generated by the cookie and related to your use on our website (including your IP address) by Google. To do so, download and install a browser plugin available via following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information on data collection and processing by Google, please refer to Google's privacy policy, which can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.


16. ajax.googleapis.com/ jQuery
This website uses Ajax and jQuery technologies to optimize page loading speed. In this regard, program libraries are loaded from Google servers. For this purpose Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Google is used. If you previously used jQuery on another page of the Google CDN, your browser will fall back on the cached copy. If your browser hasn’t cached a copy or downloads the file from Google CDN for any other reason, data is sent from your browser to Google.
For more information and to review the Data Privacy Declaration of Google, please follow this link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

17. ausschreiben.de
We use the services of the AUSSCHREIBEN.DE platform on our website to provide you with a convenient way of selecting and downloading our tender texts. AUSSCHREIBEN.DE uses, among other things, cookies for session recognition and the services of Google Analytics and Matomo. You receive further information on this and how to deactivate cookies in the privacy policy information of AUSSCHREIBEN.DE.



18. Hotjar
We use Hotjar (provided by Hotjar Ltd., Dragonara Business Centre, 5th Floor, Dragonara Road, Paceville St Julian's STJ 3141, Malta)  in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.

For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.


19. Optinmonster
We use the tool “Optinmonster”, a service by Retyp, LLC., 7732 Maywood Crest Dr, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33412, United States on our website. Optinmonster is a service to generate leads, conversions and sales through different on-page functions.
Using this application we only show additional information (e.g. contact information of our sales representatives in a pop-up window) on our website. We have implemented Optinmonster in a way that ensures no personal data is collected or stored with Optinmonster.

Optinmonster uses cookies in order for the service to register visitors’ history and preferences when displaying popup information (time on website, visited pages, returning visits, etc.). If you don’t wish to allow statistic or marketing cookies you can change your cookie consent or prevent cookie storage by setting your internet browser accordingly.

For more information about Optinmonster and to review their Data Privacy Declaration, please follow this link: https://optinmonster.com/privacy/


20. Rights of affected persons
a) Information, blocking, correction, limitation and deletion
If your personal data is processed, you are the affected person in line with the GDPR and you have the right to request information on the data we have stored concerning you. You also have the right to correct, block, limit the processing of and/or delete your data.

If you have exercised the right to correct, delete or limit the processing of your data, we are obligated to inform all recipients to whom your personal data was disclosed of this correction or deletion of data or limitation of data processing unless this is impossible or would entail a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients.

b) Right to data portability
You have the right to be provided with personal data concerning you that you have provided in a structured, conventional and machine-readable format.

c) Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you conducted on the basis of Art. 6(1) point e or f of the GDPR. We will then no longer process personal data concerning you unless we can prove compelling and legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or if processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

d) Right to withdraw the declaration of consent under data protection law
You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the legality of the processing conducted on the basis of your consent before this was withdrawn.

e) Right of appeal to a supervisory authority
Regardless of other administrative or legal appeal, you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your residence, workplace or the location of the alleged violation if you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data related to you violates the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to whom the appeal is submitted will inform the plaintiff of the progress and results of their appeal including the possibility to appeal in line with Art. 78 of the GDPR.

Datteln, 06/11/2020

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