Data Privacy

Thank you for your interest in our online presence and in our company. The protection of your personal data during processing on the occasion of your visit to our homepage is an important concern for us. Your data is protected within the framework of the statutory provisions of the German Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO), the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and other data protection regulations. Below you will find information on which data is collected during your visit to the homepage and how it is used.

Please bear in mind that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can always be subject to security gaps. Complete protection against access by third parties is not possible.

 

Responsible

Responsible person in the sense of the data protection laws is

Paustian airtex GmbH
Bahnhofstrasse 42
24966 Soerup

Phone: +49 4635 2930 0


If you have any questions about data protection, or if you wish to exercise any rights or claims concerning your personal data, please contact our data protection officer, Mr Hans-Jürgen Vorbeck, by e-mail at hans-juergen.vorbeck(at)hm-consult.de

 

Processing of Data

The subject of data protection is personal data. According to Art. 4(1) DS-GVO, this is all information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons. This includes, for example, information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number, but also usage data such as your IP address, if applicable.

Every access to our homepage and every retrieval of a file stored on the homepage is logged in server log files. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following are logged:

 

Further personal data is only processed if you provide this information voluntarily, for example in the context of an enquiry. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent. The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

 

Right to information, correction and deletion

Upon request, you will receive information free of charge about your personal data stored by us, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to correction, restriction of processing or deletion of this data. Data deletion may be prevented by legal retention periods.

 

Consent and right of revocation

If you have given your consent to the use of data, you can revoke this consent at any time. A simple message to us is sufficient for this purpose.

 

Right of objection

You have the right at any time to object to the processing of your data, which is permissible in itself, on the grounds of a particular personal situation. A simple message to us stating the reasons for your objection is sufficient for an objection.

 

Right of appeal

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the General Data Protection Regulation.

 

Contact option

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us by e-mail and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user will be stored for the purpose of processing the contact. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our site.

Cookies

Not all cookies require your consent.

Session cookies, cookies for logins or shopping baskets that do not pass on any data may be covered by the legitimate interest of the website operator.

Our website only uses technically necessary cookies. These are small text files which are stored on your end device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website. Current browsers offer the setting option of not allowing cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you will be able to access all the functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings. Note: It is not guaranteed that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.

 

Links to other websites

Our online presence contains links to other websites. This data protection declaration does not extend to other providers. You will find separate data protection declarations on our corresponding company pages.

Use of Webfonts

Web Fonts from Adobe Typekit
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Adobe Typekit 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.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Adobe Typekit's servers. This enables Adobe Typekit to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Adobe Typekit Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. Further information on Adobe Typekit Web Fonts can be found at typekit.com and in the Adobe Typekit data protection declaration: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/typekit.html

 

Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website. Current browsers offer the setting option of not allowing cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.

 

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analysis
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (www.google.de). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer. The information generated about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymisation on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states 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. The anonymised IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent the collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future. This will place an opt-out cookie on your terminal device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.



Use of Facebook Pixel for web analysis
This website uses technology from Facebook Inc. (https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_), from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. These user profiles are used to analyse visitor behaviour and are evaluated in order to improve and tailor our offer to suit the needs of our visitors. Cookies may be used for this purpose. These are small text files that are stored locally on the end device of the site visitor and thus enable recognition when visiting our website again. The pseudonymised user profiles are not combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without a separate, express consent.

 

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by using the remarketing function "Custom Audiences" of Facebook Inc. ("Facebook"). This function is used to present interest-based advertisements ("Facebook Ads") to visitors of this website when they visit the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the Facebook remarketing tag has been implemented on this website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. This transmits to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. Alternatively, you can deactivate the "Custom Audiences" remarketing feature at www.facebook.com/settings/. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.


Evaluation reminder by e-mail
If you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order by activating a corresponding checkbox or clicking a button provided for this purpose, we will use your e-mail address for the reminder to submit a rating of your order via the rating system used by us. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below.

 

Use of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

 

Use of 1 & 1 Webanalytics

This website uses 1&1 WebAnalytics, a web analytics service provided by 1&1 AG (1&1). 1&1 WebAnalytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by 1&1 on servers in the United States. 1&1 will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. 1&1 may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on 1&1's behalf.

1&1 will not associate your IP address with any other data held by 1&1. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by 1&1 in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

 

Twitter

The Twitter link embedded on our site is not integrated via a so-called Twitter social plugin. The embedded Twitter graphic only contains an HTTP link to our Twitter page. Therefore, when you call up our page, no direct connection is established with the Twitter servers.

 

Registration function

We offer you the opportunity to register on our site. The data entered in the course of this registration, first name, last name, e-mail address and password, are collected and stored exclusively for the use of our offer. When you register on our site, we will also store your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This serves as a safeguard for us in the event that a third party misuses your data and registers on our site with this data without your knowledge. Your data will not be passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our site.

 

Newsletter

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter. With this newsletter we inform you about our offers at regular intervals. In order to receive our newsletter, you need a valid e-mail address. We will check the e-mail address you have entered to ensure that you are indeed the owner of the e-mail address provided or that the owner is authorised to receive the newsletter. When you register for our newsletter, we will save your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This serves as a safeguard for us in the event that a third party misuses your e-mail address and subscribes to our newsletter without your knowledge. No other data is collected on our part. The data collected in this way is used exclusively for the purpose of receiving our newsletter. It is not passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our site. You can cancel your subscription to this newsletter at any time. Details of this can be found in the confirmation email and in each individual newsletter.

 

Comment option

We offer you the opportunity to leave comments on the individual articles on our website. The IP address of the author/contact holder is stored. This storage is for our security in the event that the author's comments infringe upon the rights of third parties and/or illegal content is posted. Thus, we have a vested interest in the stored data of the author, especially as we may be prosecuted for such infringements. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our site.

 

Subscription to comments

On our site, we offer you the option of subscribing to subsequent comments on a post on which you are about to comment. If you choose this option, you will receive a confirmation email verifying that you are indeed the owner of the email address provided. The decision to subscribe to such follow-up comments can be cancelled at any time. Details on this can be found in the confirmation e-mail. The data obtained in this way will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site also does not take place.

 

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data on the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the website. You can find more information about data processing by Googles privacy policy which you can access here support.google.com/accounts/answer

 

Use of Webfonts

External fonts, Google Fonts, are used on these Internet pages. Google Fonts is a service of Google Inc. ("Google"). These web fonts are integrated by means of a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. The IP address of the browser of the end device of the visitor to these Internet pages is also stored by Google. You can find more information in Googles privacy policy, which you can access here:

www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about
www.google.com/policies/privacy/

 

Use of the „MailChimp“ dispatch service provider

The newsletter is sent using "MailChimp", a newsletter sending platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

The email addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as their other data described in this notice, are stored on MailChimp's servers in the USA. MailChimp uses this information to send and evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. Furthermore, according to its own information, MailChimp may use this data to optimise or improve its own services, e.g. for the technical optimisation of the dispatch and the presentation of the newsletters or for economic purposes in order to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass it on to third parties.

We trust in the reliability and IT and data security of MailChimp. MailChimp is certified under the US-EU data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“ and thus undertakes to comply with the „Data-Processing-Agreement“ with MailChimp. This is a contract in which MailChimp undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection provisions and, in particular, not to pass it on to third parties. MailChimp's privacy policy you can view here.

 

Google DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business

This website uses Google DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business, an advertising integration service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). The DFP Small Business also makes use of the Google services AdSense and DoubleClick Cookie. Google DFP Small Business uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. Google DFP Small Business also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to analyse information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons (including the user's IP address) about the use of this website and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Since Google needs your IP address, for example, to identify invalid click activities and attacks, the IP address will be anonymised by Google after 9 months. This information may also be passed on by Google to Google's contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous?hl=de In addition to the purposes explained above, the information you provide will be used by Google in accordance with the applicable data protection provisions. Analysis services