Data protection information

PRIVACY POLICY

We as PROFI-TECH GmbH (subsequent: "PROFI-TECH" or "We"), take the protection of your personal data very seriously and we collect, process and use your personal data only in the context of determining the valid data protection laws. We would like to inform the visitors and users of our websites about the purpose, type and scope of the processing of personal data.

A few words in advance regarding the use of service providers outside the European Union: PROFI-TECH GmbH is a company that operates internationally. Our offer and our services do not extend only to the Federal Republic of Germany or the European Union. We operate globaly and our clients are spread all over the world. We will gladly use EU service providers for certain services, if they can offer the service required for us in an equally good and comparable price manner. Unfortunetly, for some of the services we use, there is currently no comparable, acceptable alternative. We therefore also use a number of service providers outside the European Union (in particular from the USA). The current status can be found in the list below.

1. Notice about the responsible party

Responsible for data processing within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions with data protection character:

PROFI-TECH GmbH
Managing director: Frank Nuszer
Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 2
88046 Friedrichshafen
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)7541 40 286-60
Fax: +49 (0)7541 40 286-99
E-mail: info@profi-tech.com

2. Data processing on this website

We process and use personal information to provide our services. This also means that we promote our products and inform interested parties and customers. The extent of the processing of personal data first depends on whether our Internet pages are only "visited" or whether our website is used as a customer or a registration as a customer.

Every time you visit our website and every time you download a file, information of a general nature is automatically recorded. This information (server log files) contains the

  • Type of browser / broweser version
  • Used operating system
  • Referrer URL (previously visited page)
  • IP-Adress
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time request of the server request

and similar. This is only information that can not be assigned to specific people. This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver requested content from web pages and is mandatory when using the internet. Anonymous Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us and then deleted, in order to optimize our web pages and the technology behind it for the use. Please understand that server log data is essential for the security and protection of this website.

3. Registration on this website

When registering for the use of our personalized services, some personal information will be collected, such as name, address, contact and communication information such as telephone number and e-mail address. If you are registered with PROFI-TECH as a user or customer, you can access further content and services that we offer only to registered users. Registered users also have the option of changing or deleting the data provided during registration at any time.

Of course, we also provide you with information about the personal data that we hold about you at any time. We are happy to rectify or delete these at your request, as far as no statutory storage requirements preclude. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details given at the end of this Privacy Policy.

4. Contacting us on this website

You can contact us by phone, e-mail or contact form on this website. If you use the contact form, the information provided by you from the request form will be stored only for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Article 6 (1) lit. EU GDPR). This consent can be revoked at any time. An informal message by e-mail or post is enough. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by your revocation.

5. Duration of storage of personal data

The key criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective legal retention period. The information you provide will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage and processing, or delete the data storage purpose (for example, after your request has been processed). After the deadline, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, if they are no longer required to fulfill the contract or to initiate a contract.

6. Newsletter

On our website we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our company newsletter. We inform our customers, business partners and subscribers at regular intervals through a free newsletter about offers, news, events and products of our company. Which personal data are transmitted to us when registering to receive the newsletter, results from the input mask used for this purpose. A valid e-mail address is sufficient in the input mask to sign up for our newsletter. Optionally, we ask you to provide your first and last name. This information is only for the personalization of the newsletter. When registering and signing up to receive our newsletter, the information you provide voluntarily will be used solely for this purpose. Newsletter subscribers can also be notified of circumstances that are relevant to the service or registration (for example, changes to our newsletter offer or technical conditions) via e-mail.

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that an application is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the "double opt-in procedure". Double opt-in means that you will receive an email after logging in to ask for your registration confirmation. For this purpose we record the order of the newsletter, the dispatch of a confirmation mail and the receipt of the requested answer.

The consent to the storage of your personal data and use for the newsletter can be revoked at any time. In each newsletter you will find a link that you can use to unsubscribe directly from the receipt of the newsletter or tell us your request via the contact options listed at the end of this document.

MailChimp

This website uses the service of MailChimp for sending newsletters. Provider is the Rocket Science Group LLC., 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Altanta - GA 30308 - USA. MailChimp is a service that can be used to organize and analyze newsletters. If you enter your details for the purpose of newsletter subscription (your e-mail adress, for example), they will be stored on MailChimp's servers in the United States. MailChimp is certified under the EU-US-Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the US. With the help of MailChimp we can analyze our newsletter campaigns sent. When you open an email or newsletter sent by the MailChimp, a file included in the e-mail (called web beacon) connects to MailChimp's servers in the US. This will determine if the newsletter message has been opened and which links in the newsletter may have been clicked. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g. time of retrieval, IP adress, browser type and operating system). This information can not be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient. This information is for statistic analysis of newsletter campaigns only. We can use the results of the analyzes to customize future newsletters to the interests of our recipients.

If you do not want to allow analysis by MailChimp, you must unsubrscribe from our newsletter. For this we provide in each newsletter a corresponding link. Furthermore, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on this website or inform us of your desire to be excluded from the newsletter recipient list, usind this contact information provided at the end of this document. Data processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) lit. EU GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation. The data deposited with us for the purpose of obtaining the newsletter will be stored by us until your cancellation and deleted after cancellation of the newsletter both from our server and from servers of MailChimp. Data that has been stored for other purposes with us (such as e-mail adresse for the partner or customer area) remain unaffected. For details, please see the Privacy Polocy of mailchimp at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/. Completion of data processing agreement with MailChimp

We have a so called "Data Processing Agreement" with MailChimp, in which we commit MailChimp to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties. A sample of this contract can be viewed at the following link: https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/sample-agreement/.

7. Use of Google Analytics, Google Maps and Google reCAPTCHA

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US 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 as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website in full. You can prevent the collection of your data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website from Google as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser-plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose set out above.

For more information on how to handle user data by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps product of Google Inc. ("Google"). By using this site, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automated data collected by Google Inc., its agents and third parties. You can find the terms of use of Google Maps under
https://www.google.com/intl/en_en/help/terms_maps.html

Google reCAPTCHA

In order to ensure sufficient data security when submitting forms, in certain cases we use the service reCAPTCHA of the company Google Inc. This is used primarily to distinguish whether the input is made by a natural person or abusive by automated and automated processing. The service includes the sending of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the service reCAPTCHA to Google. This is subject to the deviating privacy policies of Google Inc. For more information about the Google Inc. Privacy Policy, please visit
http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy or https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

8. Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server and an internet browser to a computer. This automatically gives us certain data, such as the IP adress, your browser and operating system used and your connection to the Internet. Cookies can not be used to launch programs or to transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate nagivation and enable the correct display of our websites. In no case will the data collected by us be passed on to third parties or a link with personal data will be never be established without your consent. Of course you can also use our website with cookies. Internet browsers are reguarly set up to accept cookies. You an deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser. Please use the help features of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

9. Plugins and Tools

My Fonts Web Fonts

Our website uses fonts provided by MyFonts Inc., 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn - MA 01801 - USA. When you visit the site, data is also retrieved from a Myfonts server, which at least gives MyFonts knowledge of your IP address. MyFonts learns, among other things, that you have accessed the font on our website, as well as some technical information about your browser, since almost every web browser automatically sends this data to the server with each call. Some browsers allow you to restrict or modify the data sent to the server, but whether this is possible depends on the browser manufacturer. Even if MyFonts only needs the transmitted information, in particular the IP address, to deliver the retrieved content, it is beyond our knowledge and influence whether and to what extent MyFonts also statistically evaluates or stores this information. Further information on data protection at MyFonts can be found at the following link: https://www.myfonts.com/info/terms-and-conditions.

Social Media Plugins

Our websites use social plugins of the providers listed below. The social plugins can be recognized by the fact that they are marked with the appropriate logo. About these plugins may be information, which may include personal information, sent to the service provider and possibly used by this. We prevent the unconscious and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service provider through a 2-click solution. To activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. Only through this activation of the plugin is the detection of information and its transmission to the service provider triggered. We do not collect personally identifiable information by means of social plugins or their use. We have no control over what data an enabled plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. At present, it must be assumed that a direct connection to the services of the provider will be expanded and at least the IP address and device-related information will be collected and used. It is also possible that the service providers try to save cookies on the computer used. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective service provider to see which specific data is collected here and how it is used. Note: If you are logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook may identify you as a visitor to a particular page.

On this website we have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies:
Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave - Palo Alto - CA 94304 - USA)
LinkedIn Coorporation (Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA)
Youtube LLC (901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno – CA 94066 - USA)
Instagram LLC (1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park – CA 94025 - USA)

10. Security of this website

PROFI-TECH GmbH, as responsible for processing, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via our website. For security reasons, we use the SSL certificate as encryption (SSL or TLS encryption). SSL stands for "Secure Sockets Layer" and encrypts the communication of data that is transported from your computer to our server. An encrypted connection will tell you that the adress bar of the browser changes to "https://" and to the lock icon in your browser bar. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps so that absolute protection can not be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to provide personal information in alternative ways, such as via telephone, to us. This privacy policy applies only to data collected by us through our servers at https://www.profi-car.com. Data collected by third parties, such as Websites linked to our website are not subject to these terms.

11. Your Right of information, correction, cancellation and opposition

Your trust is important to us. Therefore, we would like to be on your disposition to answer your quesitons regarding the processing of your personal data. If you have any questions that this Privacy Policy could not answer or if you would like more in-depth information, please contact us via the contact details provided at the end of this document.

Information and disclosure

You have the right to receive information about your personal data stored by us at any time (Article 15 lit. EU GDPR). This information is free of charge, will be processed by us immediately and is usually sent by e-mail. On request, we will gladly provide you with your data in a machine-readable format by post. In order to receive a detailed information, please inform us as far as possible of the type of personal data you wish to receive. Please contact us directly.

Correction, closing or cancellation

Furthermore, the right to correction, closing or deletion of your personal data exists (Article 16 lit. EU GDPR, Article 17 lit. EU GDPR). To assert these and other rights, you can always contact us via the contact details provided at the end of this document.

The processing of data takes place on the legal basis of this consent granted for the purpose of informing about our company, our products and services. All private data will be treated confidentially. The deletion of your personal data takes places after cancellation or as soon as there is no more regular information and after the expiry of existing legal retention periods.

12. Updates and changes of this Privacy Policy

Our website and web services are constantly being revised and developed. It also follows that these data protection notices are regularly revised and updated. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy from time to time to ensure that it complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the Privacy Policy, such as: For example, when introducing new services. Your new visit will be subject to the new privacy policy.

13. Information obligation according to Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)

Responsible according to Article 4 lit. EU GDPR

PROFI-TECH Gmbh
Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 2
88046 Friedrichshafen
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)7541 40 286-60
E-mail: info@profi-tech.com

All permissions granted are voluntary and can be revoked by you at any time with effect for the future without giving reasons. For this you can contact us at the PROFI-TECH adress named above.

14. Up-to-dateness and amendment of this data protection information

This data protection information is current as of June 2018. Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection information. You can access and print out the current data protection information at any time on this website https://www.profi-car.com/en/data-protection