Data privacy statement for website

Section 1 Information about the collection of personal data

(1) In the following, we shall provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that personally refers to you, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behaviour.

(2) The responsible party according to Article 4 Para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

Baier Engineering GmbH

Gänswad 11-13
D-74523 Schwäbisch Hall
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0) 7977 / 911 7010
www.baier-engineering.de
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You can reach our company data privacy coordinator at ... or using our postal address.

(3) This data privacy statement applies to the website and services offered by Baier Engineering GmbH but not for other websites that users may visit using links. Reference is made to the data protection regulations of the respective legal owners of these websites. We notably refer to the data protection regulations of Google Inc. for the use of the integrated map service Google Maps.

(4) Data privacy statement for the use of Facebook plugins (“Like” button)
Plugins of the social media network, Facebook, are integrated into the pages of our website; provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins are recognisable from the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: developers.facebook.com.
When you visit our website, the plugin creates a direct link between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thus receives the information that you have visited our website using your IP address. When you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our website to your Facebook profile. Facebook can thus assign your visit to our website to your user account. We should point out that we as provider of the website receive no information on the contents of the data transmitted or on its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in the Facebook data privacy statement at de-de.facebook.com.
If you do not wish Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please logout from your Facebook user account before accessing our website.

(5) Data privacy statement for the use of Google Maps
We use the component “Google Maps” on our website. "Google Maps" is a service provided by Google Inc. Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Every time this component is called up, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and user data during the display of the page into which the “Google Maps” component is integrated. This cookie is normally not deleted when the browser is closed; it expires after a given length of time if you do not delete it manually beforehand. It you are not in agreement with this processing of your data, it is possible to deactivate the “Google Maps” service and hence to prevent the transmission of data to Google. In order to do this, you have to deactivate the Java-Script function in your browser. We should point out, however, that in this case you will not be able to use “Google Maps” or will only be able to use it to a limited extent. “Google Maps” and the information gathered via “Google Maps” are used in accordance with the Google terms of use to be found at www.google.de, and with the supplementary terms of business for “Google Maps” to be found at www.google.com.

(6) In the event of you getting in touch with us by email or using a contact form, the data shared by you (your email address and your name and telephone number, where necessary) shall be saved by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data collected in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or restrict processing if statutory retention obligations exist.

Section 2 Your rights

(1) You have the following rights relating to us with regard to personal data concerning you:

  • right to information,
  • right to correction or deletion,
  • right to restrict processing,
  • right to oppose processing,
  • right to data transferability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to the data protection regulatory authority about the processing of your personal data by us: The relevant authority and address can be selected using the following link: www.bfdi.bund.de

Section 3 Collection of personal data upon visiting our website

(1) When using the website for information purposes only, meaning if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security. The legal basis for this is Article 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR.
It concerns the following data:

  • IP address
  • date and time of the request
  • time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • content of the request (specific site)
  • access status/HTTP status code
  • the amount of data transferred in each case
  • website from which the request comes
  • browser
  • operating system and its interface
  • language and version of the browser software.

(2) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies shall be stored on your computer when using our website. Cookies are small text files that are assigned and stored on your hard drive by the browser you use and through which certain information flows to the appropriate place that sets the cookie (here by us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. Their purpose is to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.

(3) Use of cookies:

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

Cookie name Duration Description Cookie type
PHPSESSID Deleted after you quit your browser Session-Cookie Transient
PIWIK_SESSID Deleted after you quit your browser Matomo Session-Cookie Transient
cookieControl 1 year Antwort des Cookie-Hinweis Persistent
cookieControlPrefs 1 year Antwort der Cookie-Einstellung Persistent
_pk_id.* 1 month Matomo site ID Persistent
_pk_ses.* 30 minutes Matomo Session-Cookie Persistent
_ga 2 years Records a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Persistent
_gid 1 day Used by Google Analytics to restrict the request rate Persistent
_gat 1 minute Records a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website Persistent
fr 3 months Facebook "like" Tracking. Persistent
_fbp 3 months Used to distinguish between and track your individual users. Persistent
piwik_ignore 2 years Matomo Opt-Out-Cookie Persistent

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This notably includes session cookies. These store a so-called “session ID” with which different browser requests can be assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. These session cookies are deleted when you logout or close your browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies in your browser’s security settings at any time.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse the acceptance of third party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

e) We use cookies to identify you for follow-up visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise you will have to login again on each visit.

f) This website uses Matomo, the Open Source web analysis service. Matomo uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how visitors use the site. For this purpose, the information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymised before being saved.
The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website will not be passed on to third parties. 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.
If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser that prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, this means that the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated the next time you visit our site.

g) Privacy policy on the use and application of Google Analytics (with anonymisation function)

The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymisation function) into this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects data i.a. about the website from which a data subject has come (the “referrer”), which sub-pages of the website were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used for the optimisation of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

Operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

For web analysis through Google Analytics, the controller uses the suffix "_gat._anonymizeIp" By means of this suffix, the IP address of the data subject’s Internet connection is abridged by Google and anonymised when accessing our websites from a member state of the European Union or another contracting state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyse the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information i.a. to evaluate the use of our website and to compile online reports for us which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the data subject’s IT system. What cookies are has already been explained above. The setting of the cookie enables Google to analyse the use of our website. Every access to one of the individual pages of this website which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component has been integrated automatically causes the Internet browser on the data subject’s IT system to transmit data via the respective Google Analytics component to Google for the purpose of online analysis. During the course of this technical process, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google i.a. to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently to create commission settlements.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. With each visit to our websites, such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, are transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may in some cases pass these personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

The data subject can, as explained above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject’s IT system. In addition, cookies already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data generated by Google Analytics related to the use of this website, as well as to the processing of these data by Google, and hence to prevent any such processing. For this, the data subject has to download and install a browser add-on from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics via JavaScript that data and information about the visits to websites must not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is interpreted by Google as an objection. If the data subject’s IT system is later erased, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must install the browser add-on again in order to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or any other person within their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactive the browser add-on.

The data subject can, as explained above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject’s IT system. In addition, cookies already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data generated by Google Analytics related to the use of this website, as well as to the processing of these data by Google, and hence to prevent any such processing. For this, the data subject has to download and install a browser add-on from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics via JavaScript that data and information about the visits to websites must not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is interpreted by Google as an objection. If the data subject’s IT system is later erased, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must install the browser add-on again in order to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or any other person within their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactive the browser add-on.

If you visit our website via a mobile device (smartphones, tablets, etc.), you have to click on this link instead (situation: opt-out cookie is set) in order to prevent tracking by Google Analytics within this website in future. This is also possible as an alternative to the above browser add-on. Clicking the link sets an opt-out cookie in your browser that is only valid for this browser and this domain. If you delete the cookies in this browser, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted so that you will have to click the link again.

Further information and Google’s applicable data privacy policy can be found under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in further detail under this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

Section 4 Objection or revocation against the processing of your data

(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time. This revocation influences the permissibility of processing your personal data after you have given it to us. The legality of data processing based on the consent until revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

(2) If we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests, you may file an objection to the processing. This is the case if processing is not particularly necessary to fulfil a contract with you, which is described by us in the following description of the functions. When exercising an objection like this, we request that you explain the reasons as to why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adjust data processing or point out to you our compelling legitimate reasons on the basis of which we will continue processing.

(3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising purposes and data analysis at any time. You can inform us about your objection to advertising using the following contact data: ... or by post to
Baier Engineering GmbH
Gänswad 11-13
D-74523 Schwäbisch Hall
Germany
Data Protection Department (Abteilung Datenschutz)
 

Section 5 Information

We would draw your attention to our information obligations in accordance with Art. 13 and 14. We will be happy to send you these, on request. Please send your enquiry to ...

Section 6 Transfer to a third country

No data are transferred to third countries for evaluation or further use.