Privacy
We are pleased to welcome you to our website and thank you for your interest in our company and products. We are committed to user privacy and ensure your personal data protection by processing your personal data in accordance with this privacy statement and laws governing data protection.
You can visit our website without giving your personal data. In order to display our websites, you are only obliged to provide the data transmitted by your browser to our server (see “Log files”). Further personal data will be stored if you disclose such data on the website or use corresponding functions.
Use of cookies
Cookies are small text files used by internet sites, which your browser stores on your computer and which transmit specific information to us or, where it is necessary, to a third party.
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. In particular, this includes session cookies. These cookies store a so-called Session ID, which categorises various requests made by your browser in the joint session. This allows to recognise your computer when you visit our website again. Session cookies are deleted once you log out or close the browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified time, which depends on the type of the cookie. Unlike transient cookies, persistent cookies are not deleted automatically once you close the browser. You can also delete cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
We process cookies, which are absolutely necessary to provide the required services for the user (“essential cookies”), for the purposes of our legitimate interests to maintain the operation of the website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO [General Data Protection Regulation]. The following essential cookies are applied when you visit our website:
• Cookie name: 2128b329e9f7e35461e397d1f02cdfd1; Purpose of use: required for login; Duration: session
• Cookie name: cookieconsent_status; Purpose of use: cookie’s inquiry storage (allowance/ rejection); Duration: session
Additionally, storage or access to further information, which is not absolutely necessary to provide the user with the required services, takes place at your device. The storage or access to such information will only take place if you give your explicit consent to doing this. Details on the type of information, purpose of processing, duration of the information storage as well as possible data recipients will be covered further in this privacy statement.
You can set your browser so that cookies are generally not accepted or that only certain cookies are stored or rejected. You can find out more about this in the help system of your browser. Deactivating cookies completely might prevent you from using all the functions of our website.
Fan pages
In addition to our website, we operate fan pages on the following social networks: LinkedIn, XING, Instagram to provide customers, partners or otherwise interested parties with current information and contact them. In this case data processing is carried out by the provider of the relevant social media platform. Data processing outside the European Union cannot be excluded. The provider of the platform provides us, if applicable, with aggregated usage data. However, we do not have an access to personal data if you only visit the fan page.
We process personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f GDPR. When you give a consent in the form of an opt-in ("tick", "activate button") or any other form of obtaining consent, this constitutes the legal basis for processing Art. 6 (1) a GDPR. You have the right to revoke your consent with effect for the future at any time without giving reasons.
Since data processing is carried out by the provider of the platform, we recommend, when visiting our fan page, to refer to the respective platform provider regarding your rights to information, correction, deletion, data portability and objection. We are sure to support you, if required, in exercising your rights.
Besides, in some circumstances, cookies are set on your device. The purpose of use and legal grounds regulating the usage of cookies can be found under "Cookies" section in this privacy statement or in the privacy statement of the relevant platform provider.
For further information please follow these links:
• LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, California 94043, USA; http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. LinkedIn is certified according to EU-US Privacy Shield.
• XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.
• Instagram: Facebook Ireland, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland („Facebook Ireland“); if necessary, personal data will also be transmitted to Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875. Facebook is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Shield.
Log files
When you visit our website, we store certain details about your browser and operating system: your IP address, the request from your browser and the time of your visit. Besides, within the frame of the request we record the access status and data volume transferred, the type and version of your browser and operating system. We also record the website from which you arrived at our website. Your IP address is stored for the duration of your visit and following this it is immediately deleted or abridged to anonymise it. The rest of the data is stored for a limited time. We use this data for the operation of our website, in particular, in order to detect and eliminate errors on the website, to determine the utilization of the website and to make adaptions or improvements (legal basis Art. 6 1 S. (1) f GDPR).
Matomo
This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo.
With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by the website visitors and to analyze it. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which page page views were made and from which region they come. We also collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browsers used and operating systems) and can measure whether our website our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.). The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its web offer as well as to optimize its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or the access to information in the User's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revocable at any time.
Matomo IP anonymization
We use IP anonymization for the analysis with Matomo. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis, so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.
Matomo Cookieless analysis
We have configured Matomo so that it does not store cookies in your browser.
Matomo Hosting
We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on remain with us and are not passed on.
Matomo Opt-Out
Transfer of personal data to third parties (e.g. Google Maps)
If a third-party content such as Google Maps is displayed in your browser, it is required to transmit your IP address and the data described in the "Logfiles" section to the third-party provider. This content contributes to an appealing presentation of our website, the lawful basis for the processing is Art. 6 1 S. (1) f GDPR. We have no responsibility for the data processing of the third-party. If you have a user account on the third-party network, the network can assign your visit to our website to your user account. If applicable, the third-party provider stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Rights of objection against creation of these user profiles must be directed to the third-party provider.
Please refer to the third-party provider’s data privacy statement for further information regarding the purpose and scope of data acquisition and processing. Where you will also find further information about your rights and setting options to protect your privacy:
• Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountainview, California 94043, USA; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/?hl=de. Google is certified according to EU-US Privacy Shield.
Login
We have set up an access-protected area for our representatives. To log in you need to enter your user name and password. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 1 S. (1) f GDPR.
Revocation of consent
If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, for example in the course of a request using our contact form or in another way, you can revoke it at any time for the future.
Revocation or objection to the processing of your data
Where the processing of your personal data is based on the balance of interests, you can lodge an objection against the processing, according to Art. 6 1 S. (1) f GDPR. When such an objection is expressed, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data the way we do it. If a justified objection is made, we examine the situation and will either stop or adjust the data processing or show you the compelling legitimate grounds on which we shall continue processing.
You can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us about your revocation or objection using the contact information in the “Person responsible” section below.
Your rights
You have the following rights in relation to us regarding your individual-related data:
• right to information when we process your personal data. If we process your personal data, you have the right to obtain information about the nature and conditions of data processing (Art. 15 GDPR)
• right to rectification of false data (Art. 16 GDPR) or data deletion if the requirements of Art.17 (1) GDPR are fulfilled
• right to restrictions on processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
• right to object to processing under the conditions stated above (Art. 21 GDPR)
• right to data portability under the conditions of the Art. 20 GDPR
You also have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.
Person responsible
OBE GmbH & Co. KG, Turnstrasse 22, 75228 Ispringen, Germany; Tel.: +49 7231 802-0; Email:
Data protection officer: