Privacy policy

Information on how your data is processed.

This English text is a service translation. The German version is legally binding. Read the German version.

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy set out below this text.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected firstly when you provide it to us. This may be data you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected in order to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. For this and for any further questions on data protection you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your browsing behaviour may be evaluated statistically. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your browsing behaviour is generally anonymous; the behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. We inform you about the options to object in this privacy policy.

2. General information and mandatory disclosures

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

Veloform Media GmbH

Dr. Anselm Franz

Griesener Str. 31

06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz OT Vockerode, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 34905 12 47 0

Email: info@veloform.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses or similar).

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent already given at any time. An informal message by email to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where it is technically feasible.

SSL and TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is active, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, and where applicable a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this and for further questions on personal data you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Objection to advertising emails

The use of contact data published under the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam emails.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

These web pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do no damage to your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called session cookies. They are deleted automatically at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. a shopping basket function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies in order to provide its services technically error-free and optimised. Where other cookies are stored (e.g. cookies to analyse your browsing behaviour), these are dealt with separately in this privacy policy.

You can change the cookie settings made on your first visit to the website later on at any time.

We use the following cookies on our website:

Essential cookies:

Name: Borlabs Cookie

Provider: owner of this website

Purpose: stores the visitor settings selected in the Borlabs cookie box.

Cookie name: borlabs-cookie

Cookie duration: 1 year

Name: pll_language

Provider: owner of this website

Purpose: this cookie is required for the multilingual nature of the website. It stores the language chosen by the user without personal data.

Cookie name: pll_language

Cookie duration: 1 year

Name: wordfence_verifiedHuman

Provider: owner of this website

Purpose: the wordfence_verifiedHuman cookie serves the security of our website.

Cookie name: wordfence_verifiedHuman

Cookie duration: 1 month

Name: wfvt_XXXXXXX

Provider: owner of this website

Purpose: the cookie wfvt_ (followed by an individual number) analyses user behaviour on our website.

Cookie name: wfvt_ (followed by an individual number)

Cookie duration: 30 minutes

Statistics

Name: Google Analytics

Provider: Google LLC

Purpose: Google cookie for website analysis. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Cookie name: _ga, _gat, _gid

Cookie duration: 2 years

External media

Name: Google Maps

Provider: Google

Purpose: used to unlock Google Maps content.

Host: .google.com

Cookie name: NID

Cookie duration: 6 months

Name: YouTube

Provider: YouTube

Purpose: used to unlock YouTube content.

Host: .google.com

Cookie name: NID

Cookie duration: 6 months

Server log files

We automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to us automatically. 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

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected and processed for the purpose of enabling the use of our website (establishing a connection), permanently ensuring system security and stability, and for the technical administration of the network infrastructure. This does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you as a person. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the details from the enquiry form including the contact data you provide there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form therefore takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. An informal message by email to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out up to the withdrawal remains unaffected.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.

4. Analysis tools

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.

IP anonymisation

We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address 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 the website operator with further services connected with website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website in full. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and relating 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://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Objection to data collection

If you would like to change the Google Analytics setting made on your first visit to the website at a later date, you can do so using the cookie settings. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website.

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, see the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

Use of SalesViewer® technology:

On this website, data is collected and stored for marketing, market research and optimisation purposes using SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH on the basis of the legitimate interests of the website operator (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

For this purpose a javascript-based code is used which serves to collect company-related data and its corresponding use. The data collected with this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is pseudonymised immediately and is not used to identify the visitor of this website personally.

Data stored within the scope of SalesViewer® is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its purpose and no statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking this link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent collection by SalesViewer® within this website in future. An opt-out cookie for this website is then placed on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you have to click this link again.

5. 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”).

Within the scope of Google AdWords we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an advertisement placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to identify users personally. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that the user clicked on the advertisement and was forwarded to this page.

Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were forwarded to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to take part in tracking you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser under user settings. You are then not included in the conversion tracking statistics.

Conversion cookies are stored and this tracking tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.

For more information on Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking, see the Google privacy provisions: https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. Plugins and tools

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of typefaces. When a page is called up, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and typefaces correctly.

For this purpose the browser you use has to connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts is used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offering. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

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

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Maps

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

In order to use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

Google Maps is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offering and to make the places we state on the website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

For more information on the handling of user data, see the Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Validity and changes to this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and dated August 2021. Further development of the website or changed legal or official requirements may make it necessary to amend this privacy policy. The privacy policy applicable at any time can be called up and printed out on our website at https://veloform.com/datenschutz/

If you have questions about this information, contact us at info@veloform.com.