Privacy policy

Access to Website
When you visit our website, your IP address and other information are transmitted automatically. We automatically log every visit to our website, as well as every possible retrieval of a file stored on the website. The following are logged: Name of retrieved file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transmitted, message about successful retrieval and web browser. The IP address of the computer from which the inquiry was sent is not saved. Therefore, personal user profiles cannot be created. The storage serves internal system-related purposes, essentially to ensure the availability of our website. We have a legitimate interest in the technically flawless presentation and optimization of the website. The basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR ("Balance of interests"). The website access information logged is always deleted after a maximum of 10 weeks.
We will explain in more detail below regarding our desire to use the transmitted IP address for further purposes.
Server log files
The provider of the website 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

The data is stored for one month and then automatically deleted.
This data will not be merged with data from other sources.
The basis for the data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, since the provider itself has its own interest in the technically flawless and optimal provision of its services. In addition, national regulations for telecommunications service providers may have to be logged, which we then implement accordingly (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR). Information obligations according to Article 13 GDPR Under the General Data Protection Regulation, whenever we collect personal data directly from the person concerned, we are required to inform that person about this data collection. As part of our website, we collect personal information from you and would therefore like to inform you accordingly.
This collection takes place in the following examples of instances:

• We collect your IP address for the technical provision of the website
• We use a tracking tool that uses the IP address
• You enter your data in a contact form for the purposes of communication with us.

Basic procedure:
If you have provided us with personal data, we only use it to answer your inquiries and for technical administration. The exception to this is the anonymized IP address for statistical evaluation. Your personal data will only be disclosed to third parties or otherwise transmitted if this is necessary for the purpose of contract execution (in particular transfer of order data to suppliers), if is required for billing purposes, if we are required by law, as part of a contract fulfillment by a subcontractor, or if you have previously provided your consent. You have the right to revoke your consent with effect for the future at any time. We delete your stored personal data if you revoke your consent to the storage, if knowledge of the data is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose for which it was stored, i.e. the process is completed and there are no statutory deletion periods, or if storage of the data is prohibited due to other legal provisions. If the data cannot be deleted for technical reasons, we will anonymize it so that no personal connection can be made in the future. All collection or processing carried out via this website is the responsibility of our company. Additional detailed information can be found in the following points.

Contact forms
When you contact us via our website, we use the contact forms to collect various personal data from you. This automatically triggers an email to be generated – which is not cached – and sent to our internally responsible department, or generally to info@schneeberger.com. We use this information exclusively for processing your inquiry. The process described above is required for this. Insofar as it is necessary for fulfillment, we involve additional departments to process your inquiry, taking into account the applicable legal regulations (for example as part of commissioned data processing). If your information has been sent to us for the purpose or in the context of a business relationship, we store your contact details in our internal systems. Your actual inquiry may also be stored in internal systems (e.g. ticket system, email system) to facilitate internal processing. Since we assume a permanent business cooperation, we delete or anonymize this data only on request (see your right to deletion below) or if the purpose for the data storage is no longer applicable, provided no legal retention periods or deletion periods preclude this. By submitting your personal data to us, you consent to the processing of your data in accordance with this data protection statement (consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). If your information is required to fulfill a business relationship ("contract"), the legal basis of the processing is either Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR or our legitimate interest in fulfilling the business relationship pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Registration on our website
You can register on our website to use additional features on the site. We only use the data entered for the purpose of allowing you to use the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The required information requested during registration must be entered in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration. In case of important changes, such as the scope of the offer or for technical changes, we use the email address specified during registration to inform you of these. The processing of the data entered during registration takes place based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke existing consent at any time. An informal message sent by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up until revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will subsequently be deleted if no statutory retention periods preclude this.

Newsletter on www.schneeberger.com
If you are interested in receiving our company's newsletter in order to get information about our company, our products and services, we need some information from you (mandatory fields). After your registration, our system will send you an email with an activation link to confirm your registration, which will be valid for 3 days. This ensures that you are actually the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. You will not receive the newsletter until you confirm via the link. If you do not confirm the activation link, your data will be automatically deleted after 3 days. You can revoke your consent to the storage of your email address and the data you provided in a database separated by customers, as well as to use of your data to send you the newsletter, at any time. In the newsletter, you will find information about how to do this, as well as a link. Your consent to registration/unsubscribing is ensured through the double opt-in process. A confirmation email will be sent to the recipient. The newsletter will only be sent after confirmation by clicking on the activation link in the email. Your email address will only be used to process receipt of the newsletter. We may use service providers for the fulfillment of the service, within the framework of legal requirements (for example as a data processor). In the event of cancellation of the newsletter (revocation of consent for the future), your data will be deleted or anonymized within 3 days. The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Cookies
Our websites use so-called cookies in several places. These are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. They can have several different functions: Cookies enable more convenient use of the Internet by the user. By setting cookies, the Internet gets a kind of memory – the website remembers that a user has already visited it and this enables the user to return to an encrypted page more easily. Cookies also make it possible to identify complex usage and surfing behavior. They can save information about usage behavior and transmit it to users. As a result, the use of cookies enables the creation of a profile, which must be carefully reviewed under data protection laws. Cookies are used primarily in the area of online marketing so that personalized advertising can be displayed. Under the concept of targeting, activities are summarized which then enable the target group-focused display of advertising on websites. More in-depth use of this advertising strategy is so-called retargeting, in which a provider/advertiser marks the customer during his/her visit to the company's website by means of a tracking cookie and then tracks the customer as he/she surfs the Internet, regularly displaying its own advertising as a banner on other websites to specifically remind the customer about its products. We use cookies, which it make possible to identify the user. This, however, does not serve the purpose of individual identification, but rather the creation of anonymous statistical data. For details, please see below on the execution of "Google AdWords and Google conversion You can set your browser to be informed about the usage of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, to accept cookies for certain cases, or to generally exclude and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website. Cookies that perform the electronic communications process or that are required to provide certain functions desired by you are saved on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR ("processing for the purposes of a legitimate interest"). The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically flawless and optimal provision of its services. If other cookies are stored (e.g. cookies to analyze your browsing behavior), these are handled separately in this data protection statement.

Comment area on this website
In addition to your comments in the comment area of this website, it will also contain information about when the comments were created, your email address and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you selected. Our comment area stores the IP addresses of users who enter comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before they are published, we need this information in order to be able to act against the author in case of infringements, such as offensive comments or propaganda. The comments and related data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the content that was commented upon has been completely deleted, or until the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments). The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke existing consent at any time. An informal message sent by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up until revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data processing (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as is necessary for the establishment, content or modification of the legal relationship (current data). The basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures with you as a person. If the contractual relationship is not with you as a person, but rather with the company for which you are employed, the legal basis is founded on Art. 6 (1) (f), since we have a legitimate interest in fulfilling the contractual relationship of both companies. We collect, process and use personal data on the use of our website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary in order to enable or charge the user for the use of the service. The customer data collected is deleted after completion of the order or upon termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected. Data transmission at the conclusion of the contract for online shops, retailers and shipment of products We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary under the contract, for example to the companies entrusted with the delivery of the products or to the bank responsible for processing the payment. Further transmission of the data does not take place at all, or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Transfer of your data to third parties without explicit consent, such as for advertising purposes, does not occur. The basis for this data processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or precontractual measures. Otherwise, the legal basis is founded on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, since we have a legitimate interest in fulfilling the contractual relationship between both companies.

Data transfer at the conclusion of the contract for services and digital content
We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary under the contract, for example to the bank responsible for processing the payment. Further transmission of the data does not take place at all, or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Transfer of your data to third parties without explicit consent, such as for advertising purposes, does not occur. The basis for data processing for a business relationship with a person is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. Otherwise, the legal basis is founded on Art. 6 (1) (f), since we have a legitimate interest in fulfilling the contractual relationship between both companies.

Articles 12 - 23 GDPR regulate the rights of the data subject, i.e. your rights regarding the handling of your personal data. In regard to us, the most important of these are:

We will assist you in asserting your rights in accordance with the GDPR and other legislation.

If you have questions about the exercise of your rights, please contact the office indicated in the site notice. Please understand that in the interest of the rights of other persons, we can only provide personal information if you can prove your identity. Therefore, we prefer that you do this as follows: If you send your inquiry in writing, we would be happy to fulfill it. We will send you a registered letter with the relevant documents. Because of possible additional questions, we ask that you also please provide us with your contact details (email address and/or phone number). You also have the right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority (see the introductory information).

We link to the following social platforms via a normal HTML link:

These links do not collect any statistical evaluations. No known social plug-ins are used.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", which are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator would like to evaluate and improve his advertising campaigns by using anonymous data. The EU data protection requirements include IP anonymization by shortening the IP address, which we have carried out in compliance with this requirement. This is carried out technically within Member States of the European Union or in other states which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before further transmission takes place. For this purpose, a data processing agreement has been concluded with Google as a service provider in the EU Member State. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and Internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics through your browser will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie, which is related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). You can prevent collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents collection of your data when you visit this website in the future: Deactivate Google Analytics . For more information on how user data is handled with Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Demographic features in Google Analytics

This website uses the demographics feature in Google Analytics. As a result, reports can be produced that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this feature at any time through the ad settings in your Google Account, or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as outlined in the section "Opposition to data collection".

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

This website uses the Matomo open source web analytics service. Matomo uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage. Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them or you object to their processing. Matomo cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing the anonymized user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is not transmitted to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. If you do not consent to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be saved in your browser that prevents Matomo from saving usage data. If you delete your cookies, this means that the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. You will need to reactivate the opt-out when you visit our website again.

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Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing combined with the cross-device features of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This feature allows the advertising target groups created by Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked to the cross-device features of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been customized based on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one device (e.g. your cell phone) may also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. your tablet or PC). If you have given your consent, Google will connect your web and app browsing history with your Google Account for this purpose. This will allow the same personalized advertising messages to appear on any device you log into with your Google Account. To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users who are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target groups for cross-device advertising. You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google Account; to do this, click on this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/. The aggregation of the collected data in your Google Account is based solely on your consent, which you can submit or revoke with Google (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account (for example, because you do not have a Google Account or have objected to the merge), the collection of data is based on Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The website operator would like to evaluate and improve his advertising campaigns by using anonymous data. For more information and data protection provisions, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). As part of Google AdWords, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that are placed on the user's computer by the Internet browser. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired yet, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of AdWords customers. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are given information about the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt out of this by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Conversion cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. With the analysis of user behaviour, the website operator wants to improve his website and optimize commissioned advertising campaigns. You can find more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking in the Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can allow cookies only in individual cases, accept cookies for certain cases, or generally exclude and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins from the Google-powered YouTube website. The site operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our YouTube plug-in-enabled sites, you are connected to the YouTube servers. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube will allow you to connect your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. The use of YouTube is in the interest of providing an attractive presentation of our online offerings. The legal basis is based on your consent within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can find more information about how user data is handled in the YouTube Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/.

Vimeo

Our website uses plug-ins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you visit one of our Vimeo plug-in-enabled sites, you are connected to the Vimeo servers. This tells the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also requires your IP address for this purpose. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the United States. If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to connect your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. The use of Vimeo serves the appealing representation of our online offers. The legal basis is your consent within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can find more information about how user data is handled in the Vimeo Privacy Policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.