PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

Please note that the following text is a translation of the German version to the best of our knowledge. In case of doubt, the German version always has legal precedence due to the domicile of GEREP Maschinenbau GmbH

1. Person responsible for data processing (hereinafter: "we")
GEREP Maschinenbau GmbH
Alter Postweg 10
29556 Suderburg
Germany

Managing director authorised to represent: Dipl. Ing. Susanne Remensperger, contact details as above

Phone: +49 (0) 5826 9673-0
E-mail: info@gerep.de

Further details about us can be found in our provider identification.

2. Personal data, purposes of processing and legal basis
As a rule, you can use our website without having to provide personal data. The provision of personal data is voluntary. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the identity of that natural person.

The purpose of the processing of data is the operation of this website with information on our range of services together with contact options and online application options.

Personal data is only collected on our website if this is necessary
• for the use of the website (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) and/or Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) of the German Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO),
• to protect our interest in improving the user experience and maintaining the security of use (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO),
• for the use of the services offered on the website as well as pre-contractual measures, in particular for form entries (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) and/or Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO) or
• for the conclusion and performance of a contract (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) and lit. b) DSGVO).

is necessary.

Further details on the processing of data can be found below under the corresponding headings:

3. Access data/server log files
When you visit our website, the servers automatically store the information that your browser sends, so-called server log files. The information includes

• Name of the website accessed,
• file,
• date and time of the retrieval,
• message about successful retrieval,
• browser type and version,
• user's operating system,
• referrer URL,
• provider.

This data is not merged with other data sources. The information is used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO exclusively for the analysis and maintenance of the technical operation of the server and the network.

4. Cookies
Our website stores cookies. Cookies are small files that enable specific information related to the device to be stored on the user's access device (PC, smartphone or similar). On the one hand, they serve the user-friendliness of websites and thus the users (e.g. storage of login data). On the other hand, they serve to collect statistical data on website use and to be able to analyse it for the purpose of improving the offer. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

As a user, you can influence the use of cookies. Most browsers have an option with which the storage of cookies can be restricted or completely prevented. However, it is pointed out that the use and in particular the user comfort are restricted without cookies.

You can manage many online ad cookies from companies via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.

5. contact via e-mail
If you send us enquiries by e-mail, the information you provide in the e-mail, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. b) DSGVO. We never pass on this data without your consent. We will treat the data voluntarily provided by you as strictly confidential. We will store and use personal data voluntarily provided by you to the extent necessary for further correspondence with you.

6. Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you have provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up enquiries in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) DSGVO. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

7. Customer area
As a customer from the company area, you have the option of creating a customer account with us. The details required for this (mandatory details) will be given to you in the registration process. These mandatory details are required in order to be able to use the customer area. The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) in order to be able to make the customer area available to you. In the customer area you will find various product certificates for download as PDF files as well as a type comparison list for shock absorbers.

8. Applications
If you send us an application by e-mail or by post, you are providing us with your data voluntarily in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit a) DSGVO. We will treat your data as strictly confidential and never pass it on to third parties.

9. Recipients of personal data
We disclose personal data to the following categories of recipients:

To our employees and to the hoster of our website. Host is:
Planetary Networks GmbH
Naumannstr. 64
10829 Berlin
Germany

Beyond this, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, unless we are legally obliged to do so within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. c) DSGVO or the passing on of data is absolutely necessary for the implementation of a contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

10. Duration of storage
We delete your personal data immediately after the purpose has been achieved. For example, we store your data from your emails and the contact form until your enquiry has been fully processed and completed. After that, the data is usually deleted. We store your data from applications for a maximum period of six months. Otherwise, we check on an annual basis whether the data we have stored about you can be deleted. Session cookies are automatically deleted by us after your website visit. Access data and server log files are deleted after one week. Please note that for certain data there are retention obligations under commercial and tax law of at least six (§ 257 HGB) or ten (§147 AO) years.

11. Rights of the data subjects
You are not required by law to provide your personal data. However, the provision may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract or for functions on the website. Therefore, if you do not provide it, it may not be possible to offer a contract or a function on the website.

There is no automated decision making on the website, profiling does not take place.

The rights of data subjects arise in particular from Articles 15 to 23 and Article 77 DSGVO and from Sections 32 to 37 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG)-neu.

With regard to your personal data you have the right to
• Information, Art.15 DSGVO
• Correction, Art. 16 DSGVO
• Deletion, Art. 17 DSGVO
• Restriction of processing, Art.18 DSGVO
• portability, Art. 20 DSGVO.

If you have given your consent to the processing of personal data, you have the right of
• revocation, Art. 7 DSGVO

with effect for the future.

You also have the right to object to the processing of personal data by

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• Objection, Art. 21 DSGVO

to object.

1. You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) sentence 1 f) of the GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests).

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

2. in individual cases, we process personal data in order to carry out direct advertising. If this is the case with you, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

The objection can be made form-free and should preferably be addressed to us, see above under 1.

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If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is in breach of data protection law, you always have the
• right of complaint

to the competent supervisory authority, cf. Art. 77 DSGVO. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have this right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The contact details of the data protection officers in the federal states, the supervisory authorities for the non-public sector, broadcasting, churches, in Europe and the rest of the world as well as the Virtual Data Protection Office can be found there: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

The supervisory authority responsible for us is the Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen [State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony], Prinzenstraße 5, 30159 Hannover.