The protection of your personal data is taken very seriously at SII Deutschland and compliance with data protection regulations, in particular from the EU Data Protection Regulation (DGSVO) is a matter of course for us. On this page we inform you about the data processing on our website and about your rights in connection with data protection.
DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE
General information
The following information is to give a general overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that could be used to identify you. For a more detailed description of our data protection policy please refer to out extended data protection notice below.
Data collection on out website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website? All data collection is handled by the website operator. Their contact details can be found on this website on the page Legal Notice (Impressum).
How do we collect your data?
Your data is only collected when you share it with us. This can be data such as data collected after entering information into the contact formular. Technical data such as internet browser, operating system, and time of visit are automatically collected by out IT system. This data is collected immediately as soon as you visit the site.
How do we use your data?
Some data is collected to guarantee the error free running of our website. Other data is collected to analyze the behavior of our users.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analytical tools and tools from third parties.
While visiting out website surfing behavior can be recorded and evaluated with the use of cookies and analysis programs. The data recorded is anonymous and cannot be traced back to the user. You can object to this data collection by not using certain tools. More detailed information can be found in the following data protection policy.
GENERAL NOTES AND COMPULSORY INFORMATION
Data protection
The operator of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data privatly and according to legal regulations such as outlined in this notice. When you use this website some types of personal data is collected. Personal data is data that could be used to identify an individual. The following data protection policy outlines how what data is collected and how we use it. However we understand that the transfer of data over the internet (for example communication by e-Mail) security risks can be present. Therefore a fully secure protection from third parties in not possible to garentee.
Data handling on the website.
The use of our website is possible without giving up your personal data. Personal data is only collected when you actively contact us either using the contact formular or by email. This data is proceeded internally in order to process your request and is never given to a third party without our consent. However, we understand that the transfer of data over the internet (for example communication by e-Mail) security risks can be present. Therefore, a fully secure protection from third parties in not possible to guarantee. You can always that your data is no longer processed by sending us an e-Mail or letter. Information regarding to the processing of data in the application process can be found in the carrier portal.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing procedures are not possible without your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. Sending us an informal email is sufficient. However, the legality if any data processing carried out before the revocation will remain untouched.
The right to appeal with the appropriate regulatory intuition.
In the event of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In principle, the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision is responsible for our company.
Right to data transfer
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment 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 insofar as it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the private contents of messages, such as orders or enquiries, that are sent to the site operators, SSL or rather TLS encryption is used. A secure connection using encryption can be identified by the change of the websites address from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in the browser. When encryption is activated the data that you share with us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Objection to advertising e-mails
The use of contact details published in accord with legal notice requirements to send unsolicited advertisements and information is explicitly prohibited. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE
Cookies
This website partly uses cookies. Cookies we store on your computer do no damage and are not viruses. Cookies help to make our offers more user friendly, effective, and more secure. Cookies are small text filed that are stored by your computer by your browser.
The most often used cookies are “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted when you leave the website. Other cookies stay saved on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can configure your browser in such a way that you will be informed when cookies want to be saved and must be manually approved, or that they can only be saved in particular circumstances, or that they are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. When cookies are completely disabled the functionality of our website will be reduced. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
– Browser type and 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.
The basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact form
When you contact us using the contact formular your request is saved including your contact details for the purpose of processing your request and in case of additional related questions. This data is never passed on wihout your consent The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO). Many data processing procedures are not possible without your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. Sending us an informal email is sufficient. However, the legality if any data processing carried out before the revocation will remain untouched. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
ANALYSE TOOLS AND ADVERTISING
Matomo (formally Piwik)
This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and allow for the analysis of how our website is used. Data produced by the cookies about the use of this website is then saved on our servers. IP addresses are anonymized before they are saved. Matomo cookies stay on the device until you delete them. The saving of Matomo cookies and the use of analysis tools is in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has legitimate interest in the anonymysed analysis of user behaviour to improve their website as well as to optimize advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to store cookies), the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website will not be disclosed 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 will be stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, this will have the effect that the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit this website again.
PLUGINS AND TOOLS
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the Google powered website youtube. Operator of the site is Google Ireland Limited, Gorden House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To ensure a level of data protection that applies in the EU, Google has joined the EU-US Privacy Shield. You can find the entry at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI. 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 behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. In order to ensure a level of data protection that applies in the EU, Google has joined the EU-US Privacy Shield. You can find the entry at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
DATA PROCESSING BY SOCIAL NETWORKS ON OUR SITES
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks used by us in detail can be found below. Social networks such as Facebook, Google+, etc. can generally analyze your user behavior extensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g., like buttons or advertising banners). By visiting our social media presences, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:
If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected under certain circumstances if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your terminal device or by recording your IP address. With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, you can be shown interest-based advertising inside and outside the respective social media presence. Provided you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising may be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in. Please also note that we cannot track all processing on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.
Legal basis
Our social media presences are intended to ensure the most comprehensive presence possible on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which are to be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).
Responsible person and assertion of rights
If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. In principle, you can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both vis-à-vis us and vis-à-vis the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. vis-à-vis Facebook). Please note that despite the joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policy of the respective provider.
Storage period
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence is deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).
Where we are represented
– Facebook –
We maintain a profile or rather site by Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook is certified under the EU-US-Privacy-Shield. you can find more information under https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC
We have an agreement with facebook over the collective responsobility of the prossesing of data (Controller Addendum). In this agreement is described wether we or Facebook are reponsible for the data proccesing procedure when you visit our facebook page. This agreement can be viewed using the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum. You can configure your advertising settings using your user account. klick on the follwing link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. For details on the pivacy policy from Facebook visit: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. for more information and insites visit: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.
– Instagram–
Our Instagram page offers you the possobility to react to and komment under our posts as well as end us priate messages. Please think carfully about wich persoanl data you want to share with us on out Instagram page. When you want to prevent Facebook from processing your private data please use another method to get in contact with us.
In addition to the content you submit to us directly, infomration on your profile, likes, and posts are visable to us, depedning you your privacy settings. You can learn how to change your privacy settings in this help article. The processing of your data when contacting or interacting with our site or its content is carried out by us on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to respond to your request. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO. We process the data you provide in this context and which may be accessible to us in order to protect our legitimate interests in contacting and communicating with our interested parties, which outweigh our interests in the context of a balancing of interests. This is also our legitimate interests in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Your data will be deleted, insofar as it is possible for us, when we cease to operate our Instagram page. If further storage of this data by Facebook Ireland takes place, this is governed exclusively by the provisions in the Instagram privacy policy and Instagram terms of use.
– XING –
We maintain a profile with XING. The provider is Xing AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Deutschland. Details to their handling of personal data is explained in their privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
– LinkedIn –
We maintain a profile on LinkedIn. The service provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn is certified under the EU-US-Privacy-Shield. For more information visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0
LinkedIn uses advertiser cookies. When you want to deactivate advertiser cookies use the following link: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0
Details on the handling of your personal data is explained in the Privacy polocy from LinkedIn: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0
General Equal Treatment Act
Should the commence of our website or correspondence / phone calls with our employees not meet your interpretation of the AGG or if you believe any discrimination of any kind is present, please send a description of the issue to
[email protected]
to the Equal Treatment Officer.
Right to information
Upon request, we will provide you with information about your stored personal data free of charge. If you wish to do so, please send the request to our data protection officer. You will find the contact details at the bottom of this page. If we have data about you, you also have the right to have us correct, block or delete your data. If you have any further questions on the subject of data protection, please feel free to contact our data protection officer. You can reach him under:
