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General notes

The following notes will give you a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to personally identify you. You can find detailed information on data privacy in our privacy policy listed under this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data on this website is processed by the website operator. Their contact data can be found on this website’s Imprint.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you disclose it to us. For instance, this may be data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is technical data in particular (such as the Internet browser, operating system or site access time). The data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website works properly. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have in relation to your data?

You have the right to obtain information on the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have the right to request the rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. You may contact us at any time at the address given in the Imprint if you have any questions about this or other queries on data privacy. You also have the right to complain to the competent regulatory body.

Analysis and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be evaluated for statistical purposes. This is carried out via cookies and so-called analysis programmes, in particular. Your surfing behaviour is normally analysed anonymously; surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using specific tools. For details on this, please refer to our privacy policy entitled “Third-Party Modules and Analysis Tools”.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about objection procedures in this privacy policy.

2. General notes and mandatory information

Data privacy

The operators of these sites take the privacy of your data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in line with statutory data privacy regulations, as well as this privacy policy.

Various personal data is collected when you use this website. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. in email communications) may be vulnerable to security breaches. Data cannot be fully protected from access by third parties.

Note on the data controller

The data controller for processing data on this website is:

MD: Dr. Kordt Griepenker
AAT Alber Antriebstechnik GmbH
Ehestetter Weg 11
72458 Albstadt

Telephone: +49.74 31.12 95-0
Email: info@aat-online.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person that decides on the purpose and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses etc.) alone or together with others.

Revoking your consent to data processing

Many data processing procedures can only be carried out with your express consent. You may revoke any consent you have given at any time. To do this, just send us an informal message to let us know. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place up to the objection shall remain unaffected by the objection.

Right to complain to the competent regulatory body

In the event of any data protection violations, the affected party has a right to complain to the competent regulatory body. The competent body for queries relating to data protection is the data protection officer in the federal state where our business has its head office. You can find a list of data protection officers and their contact details at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_linksnode. html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in fulfilling a contract to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request that data be directly transferred to another responsible person, this will only take place if it is technically feasible to do so.

SSL and TLS encryption

This site uses an SSL and TLS encryption system for safety reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content such as orders or enquiries you have sent us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://”, and the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL and TLS encryption is enabled, data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

In line with applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to have information on your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correction, blockage or deletion of this data at any time free of charge. You may contact us at any time at the address given in the Imprint if you have any questions about this, or other queries on personal data.

Objection to advertising emails

Using contact data that has been published as part of the “Imprint obligation” to transmit advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested is hereby excluded. The website operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

3. Data protection officer

Data protection officer required by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our business.

Proteus Solutions GbR
Björn-Lars Kuhn
Allmandsteige 11
78564 Reichenbach

T.: (0 74 29) 876 90 - 70
Datenschutz@aat-online.de

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Websites sometimes use what are known as Cookies. Cookies do not do any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies that we use are known as “session cookies”. There are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. The cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser again next time you visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are notified about the storage of cookies and to only allow cookies once, accept cookies for specific cases or generally exclude them, as well as automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. This website’s functionality may be restricted if cookies are disabled.

Cookies are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide specific functions that you need (e.g. basket function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure that services that it provides are technically flawless and optimised. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, they are handled separately in the privacy policy.

Server log files

The website provider collects and stores information automatically in what are known as server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of computer trying to gain access
  • Time of server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other sources of data.

The legal basis for collecting this data is Art. 6, (1) (f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in displaying its website in a way that is technically flawless, and in optimising it – thus, server log files must be collected for this purpose. 

Contact form

When you send us enquiries by the contact form, we store your data from the contact form including the contact details given for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in the event of any follow-up queries. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. To do this, just send us an informal message to let us know. The legality of the data processing procedures that have already taken place up to the objection shall remain unaffected by the objection.

The data you entered in the contact form shall remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose of storing data no longer applies (e.g. once your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – shall remain unaffected.

Registering on this website

You can register on our website to use additional functions on the site. We only use the data entered for this purpose to utilise the respective site or service that you have registered for. The mandatory data that are requested during registration must be given in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes such as the scope of the website, or if technical changes are required, we will use the email address given during registration to notify you in this manner.

The legal basis for processing data entered during registration is your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR). You may revoke any consent you have given at any time. To do this, just send us an informal message to let us know. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place shall remain unaffected by the objection.

The data collected during registration is saved by us as long as you are registered on our website and then deleted. Statutory retention periods shall remain unaffected.

5. Social media

Sharing content via plugins (Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co.)

Content on our pages can be shared on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+ in a way that is compliant with data privacy law. This site uses the eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool for this. This tool only establishes a direct contact between networks and users when the users actively click on this button.

User data is not automatically transmitted to operators of this platform by this tool. If the user is registered with one of the social networks, an information window appears when using the social buttons from Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co., in which the user can confirm the text before sending.

Users may share the contents of this site on social networks in a way that is compliant with data privacy law without full surf profiles being created by network operators.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Facebook Pixel

Our website uses the Pixel user action from Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) to measure conversions.

In this way, site visitor behaviour can be tracked after they have been redirected to a provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. Facebook ad effectiveness can be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes, and future advertising campaigns can be optimised as a result.

The data collected is anonymous to us as the operator of this website, we cannot draw any conclusions as to user identity. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook provided that a connection can be established to the respective user profile, and Facebook can use data for its own advertising purposes, in line with Facebook’s Data Usage Guidelines. As a result, Facebook can enable ads to appear on Facebook pages, as well as outside Facebook. As the website operator, we cannot influence this type of data use.

You can find additional notes on protecting your privacy in Facebook's data privacy notes: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also disable the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function in ad settings at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. You must be registered with Facebook to do this.

If you don't have a Facebook account, you can disable user-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require your address as well as information that will allow us to verify that you are the owner of the email address given, and agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We only use this data to send the information requested and do not pass it on to third parties.

The legal basis for processing data entered in the newsletter registration form during registration is only your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data and email address, as well as its use for sending the newsletter at any time via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing procedures that have already taken place shall remain unaffected by the objection.

The data stored by us from you for the purpose of receiving the newsletter is stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, and it is deleted after you have unsubscribed. Data that is stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member’s area) shall remain unaffected.

8. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins from YouTube, which is a site operated by Google. The site operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages that is equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection is established to the YouTube servers. In the process, the YouTube server is notified as to which of our pages you have visited.

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

We use YouTube in the interest of displaying our online offers in an attractive way. This constitutes a legitimate interest for the purposes of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

You can find more information on handling user data in YouTube’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses what are known as Web Fonts provided by Google to ensure that font types are displayed uniformly. When you access a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into your browser cache to display text and font types correctly.

The browser that you are using must connect to Google servers for this purpose. Google is made aware of the fact you have accessed our website via your IP address. We use Google Web Fonts in the interest of displaying our online offers in a uniform and attractive way. This constitutes a legitimate interest for the purposes of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.

You can find more information on Google Web fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faqand in Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Your IP address must be stored to use Google Maps’ functions. This information is normally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This site’s provider cannot influence this data transmission.

We use Google Maps in the interest of displaying our online offers in an attractive way and to allow you to easily find places listed on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest for the purposes of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

You can find more information on handling user data in Google’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.