Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.

How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form. Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e. g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

We always act in accordance with the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the European data protection regulations (GDPR), and the German Federal Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG) and collect, use, and process data exactly in accordance with these regulations. Of course, your data will not be sold, lent, or given to third parties without authorization.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:

Sembach GmbH & Co. KG
Oskar-Sembach-Straße 15
91207 Lauf an der Pegnitz
Telephone: +49-9123-167-0
Email: info(at)sembach.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your  browser’s address bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

Opposition to promotional emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.

3. Data protection officer

Statutory data protection officer:

datenschutz süd GmbH
Wörthstraße 15
97082 Würzburg
eMail: office@datenschutz-sued.de

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and 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 your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site. You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. Insofar as we use technically required cookies and similar technologies as part of the integration of the service, this is done in accordance with Section 25 (2) German Federal Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act. Subsequent data processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point (f) GDPR for the purpose and in our legitimate interest of being able to use cookies and similar technologies on our websites in accordance with data protection and to be able to easily revoke your declarations of consent.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service is provided free of technical errors. You can set your browser so that it informs you about the placement of cookies. This makes the use of cookies transparent for you. You can also delete cookies at any time using the appropriate browser setting and prevent new cookies from being set. Please note that our websites may then not be displayed, and some functions may no longer be technically available. Insofar as other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy. The use of these optional cookies and similar technologies in the categories “Preference,” “Statistics,” and “Marketing” are based on § 25 Para. 1 of the German Federal Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act. Subsequent data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) point (a) GDPR.

Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. 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

These data will not be combined with data from other sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.

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6. Analytics and advertising

etracker
Our website uses the etracker analytics service. The service is provided by etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany. This data can be used to create pseudonymous usage profiles. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files stored in your local browser cache. These cookies enable the recognition of your browser. The data collected by the etracker technologies are not used to determine the personal identity of website visitors and are not compiled
together with personal data related to the person referred to by the pseudonym unless expressly agreed to by the person concerned. etracker cookies remain on your device until you delete them. The storage of etracker cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising. You can object to the collection and storage of your data at any time with future effect. To refuse the collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can use the etracker opt-out cookie at the following link. This means that in the future no visitor information will be collected and stored by etracker in your browser: https://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb. Using this will set an opt-out-cookie called “cntcookie” from etracker. Please do not delete this cookie if you wish your refusal to consent to remain valid. For more information, see the etracker privacy policy: https://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html.

Completion of an outsourced data processing contract
We have entered into an agreement with etracker for the outsourcing of our data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using etracker.

You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time if it is personal. Your objection will have no negative consequences for you.

You can find more information on data protection at etracker here .

7. Plugins and tools

Embedded videos (YouTube)

We embed videos on our website that are not stored on our servers. To ensure that accessing our web pages with embedded videos does not automatically result in third-party content being loaded, we only show locally saved preview images of the videos. As a result, the third-party provider initially receives no information.
The third-party content is only loaded after clicking on the thumbnail. In this way, the third-party provider receives the information that you have accessed our website and the usage data that is technically required in this context, as is also recorded in the server log files.
We have no influence over further data processing by the third party. By clicking on the preview image, you give us your consent to load third-party content.
Embedding takes place on the basis of your consent according to point (a) of Article 6(1)GDPR, provided you have given your consent by clicking on the preview image.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts (Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, Email: support@google.com, Website: http://www.google.com/.). However, we have ensured that the fonts used are integrated locally. This means that when you call up a page, your browser does not load the necessary web fonts in your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly. We have thus effectively ruled out data transfer to a third country for which the Commission has not issued an adequacy decision.

If you would like more information about Google Web Fonts, we would like to refer you to https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.