Privacy Policy

Version 1.5: June 2020

We are pleased that you are interested in our web service www.testo.com and our Testo Cloud service . The protection of your privacy is very important to us.

Testo SE & Co. KGaA, Celsiusstraße 2, 79822 Titisee-Neustadt (hereinafter referred to as “Testo”).

Testo sees it as a matter of corporate responsibility to protect data entrusted to the company. To ensure that you feel secure when visiting our website, we strictly observe the statutory provisions during the processing of your personal data and would like to provide you with detailed information on how your data is handled.

1. Who is responsible for the processing of my data?

The responsibility for the processing of your data when you are visiting this website, in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) lies with

Testo SE & Co. KGaA

Celsiusstraße 2

79822 Titisee-Neustadt

Phone: 49 7653 / 681–0

E-mail: privacy@testo.de

For all questions regarding data protection in connection with our products or the use of our website you can also contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer can be contacted at the above postal address as well as the previously specified e-mail address (heading: “z. Hd. Datenschutzbeauftragter”).

2. When and for what purpose does Testo collect data concerning you?

2.1. Access data

Each time our website is used, we collect access data, which is automatically transmitted by your browser to enable you to visit the website. The access data includes in particular:

IP address of the device requesting the connection
Date and time of the request
Address of the website called up and the requesting website
Information on the browser and operating system used
Online identifiers (e.g. device identifiers, session IDs)

The processing if this access data is required to facilitate the visit to the website and to ensure the long-term functionality and security of our systems. The access data is temporarily stored in internal log files for the previously mentioned purposes, to prepare statistical information on the utilisation of our website, to enhance our website in view of the usage habits of our visitors (e.g. if the proportion of mobile devices calling up the pages increases) and to generally administratively maintain our website. The legal basis is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 b GDPR.

The information stored in the log files does not allow any direct conclusions as to your person.

2.2. Making contact

There are various options for contacting us. These include the contact and service request form as well as contact via e-mail. It is evident from the respective input forms, as to which data is collected in each case. In this connection, we process data solely for the purpose of communicating with you. The legal basis is Art. 6, Para. 1 b GDPR. The data we collect when using the contact form is automatically deleted when your enquiry has been completely processed, unless we still require your request to fulfil contractual or statutory obligations (see section “When will your data be deleted?”).

2.3. Registration in online shop and Testo Cloud

You have the opportunity to register for our login area in the online shop and in the Testo Cloud, to enable you to benefit from the full range of functions of our website and the Testo Cloud. It is evident from the respective input forms, as to which data is collected in each case. We have indicated which data is mandatory by marking the respective fields as required fields. Without this data it is not possible to register. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6, Para. 1 b GDPR.

2.4. Ordering in the online shop

During the order process, we collect the mandatory information required for the processing of the contract:

Salutation
Name and surname
E-Mail
billing and shipping address
Telephone number

Details such as customer number, company details and your function can be optional, to enable us to assign your order to a suitable account manager. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 b GDPR.

For the purpose of contract performance, we pass your details to the shipping company instructed with the delivery, to the extent that this is required for the delivery of the goods ordered. Depending on which payment service provider you select during the order process, we pass the payment details collected for the purpose of payment processing to the financial institution instructed to process the payment and, if appropriate, to the payment service provider instructed by us, or to the selected payment service.

All payments in our online shop are processed via our payment provider WireCard AG, Einsteinring 35, 85609 Aschheim. In the process, you transmit your payment details via a secure https connection to the servers of WireCard. This transmission is made solely to process your payment. Please note WireCard’s privacy policy (www.wirecard.de/datenschutz/). In this connection, the contractual partner for the payment provider is Testo SE & Co. KGaA (Testo-Straße 1, 79853 Lenzkirch, Deutschland, +497653 / 681–0, info@testo.de).

If Testo is providing payment in advance, e.g. in the case of a purchase on account, to protect our legitimate interests, Testo reserves the right to make enquiries on identity and creditworthiness with service providers specialised in this – Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V., Hellersbergstraße 12, D-41460 Neuss – or to make the granting of certain payment terms contingent upon a credit check. The credit report can contain probability values (score values), which are calculated on the basis of scientifically proven mathematical-statistical procedures, where the address data, among other information, flows into the calculation. The information received regarding the statistical probability of a payment default is used by us for a balanced decision on the rationale, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. Your legitimate interests are considered in accordance with the statutory provisions.

2.5. Newsletter by Testo

In our newsletter we inform you about our products, new features in our products, events and promotions.

A personal touch is our top priority when it comes to our service. It is important for us to address you personally when presenting our products and services. This is why we need your first and last name. Furthermore, we offer the platform and related services exclusively to companies. By providing your business e-mail address and company name, we can be sure that you are the right contact person. Your telephone number enables us to contact you directly, and to answer initial queries immediately and thus more effectively.

When we send out our newsletters, which require registration, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure or single opt-in procedure (depending on the country), i.e. we will only send you a newsletter if you have expressly agreed beforehand that we should activate the newsletter service. If a double opt-in is required in your country, you must also have confirmed that the e-mail address you have provided belongs to you. We will send you a notification e-mail for this purpose and ask you to confirm that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided by clicking on a link contained in this e-mail. If you have already confirmed that you are the owner of this e-mail address for another purpose, we may not require you to do this.

If you confirm your e-mail address, your e-mail address, the time of registration and the IP address used for registration will be stored by us until you cancel the newsletter subscription. The purpose of the storage is solely to send you the newsletter and be able to verify your registration. The legal basis for the processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1 a GDPR.

In addition, we send our newsletter to existing customers on the basis of our legitimate interest. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6, Para. 1 f GDPR.

The newsletter subscription can be cancelled anytime, e.g. via the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter. Alternatively, you can also address your wish to cancel the newsletter to the above-mentioned contact data. This will incur no other costs than the transmission costs in accordance with the basic tariffs of your internet service provider.

2.6. Testimonials and competitions at Testo

If you are participating in one of our testimonials, we use your data for market and opinion research as well as for product optimisation. We analyse data categorically only for internal purposes. If, exceptionally, testimonials are not analysed anonymously, the data will be collected only with your consent. For evaluations relating to person, the legal basis is the above-mentioned consent in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 a GDPR.

During competitions, we use your data for the purpose of carrying out the competition and winner notification. Detailed instructions can be found in our conditions of participation for the respective competition. The legal basis of the processing is the competition agreement in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 b GDPR.

2.7. Applications for positions at Testo

You can apply for open positions at Testo via our application management system MHM eRecruiting. The purpose of collecting data is the selection of applicants for the potential creation of an employment relationship. For the reception and processing of your application, we collect the following data:

Salutation
Name and surname
Address
E-mail address
Telephone number
Date of birth
Salary requirement
Notice period
Application documents (e.g. certificates, CV)

The legal basis for the processing of your application documents is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 b and Art. 88, Para 1 GDPR in conjunction with national data protection law.

2.8 Testo product registration (Testo product registration terms and conditions)

From 1 September 2018, Testo is offering the option of product registration for selected measuring instruments. For an overview of Testo measuring instruments that can be registered, please go to

Product registration

2.8.1 Subject matter of the product registration

Testo offers the following types of product registration in selected countries and for selected products (for an up-to-date overview, please see point 3 of the Testo product registration terms and conditions):

Free service with obligatory consent to receive application-specific information from Testo.
Free item with obligatory consent to receive application-specific information from Testo.

Explanatory notes:

Customers who give us their consent to receive application-specific information from Testo may revoke their consent at any time by e-mail, by post or via the unsubscribe link in any e-mail. Important: If the free service or the free item offered by Testo has not been rendered/delivered at the time of revocation, the entitlement to this service or item no longer exists.

Customers who do not wish to consent to receive application-specific information from Testo may purchase the service or item in question for a fee. For our prices, please go to www.testo.com. Alternatively, you can contact our Testo Sales department to enquire about our prices:

Contact

Ad a.:

A one-year extension of the existing manufacturer's warranty for selected measuring instruments is offered as a free service with obligatory consent to receive application-specific information from Testo. You can find our existing manufacturer’s warranty under https://www.testo.com/guarantee.

Validity period: 1 September 2018 to date

Ad b.:

A suitable accessory for the registered product is offered as a free item with obligatory consent to receive application-specific information from Testo.

Validity period: currently not available

The terms and conditions as well as additional information relating to our Privacy Policy apply.

2.8.2 Processing the free service provision or supply of a free item

In order to provide a free service or supply a free item, relevant customer data is requested on the relevant product registration form.

Free warranty extension for selected measuring instruments:

Successful product registration is required in order to process a free extended warranty. Consent to receive application-specific information from Testo is compulsory for this. Consent to receive application-specific information from Testo must not have been revoked at the time the free warranty extension is claimed. Failing this, there is no entitlement to a free warranty extension.

In order to process any free extended warranty, anonymized data will be provided to our Testo Customer Service in the country that the product is registered in and to partners executing the warranty in the country that the product is registered in. This is used to check the entitlement to a free extended warranty. The data transmitted shall be limited to:

Registered product
Registration date of the measuring instrument
Serial number of the registered measuring instrument
Where applicable, the date of revocation of the consent to receive application-specific information from Testo at the anonymized e-mail address

All other customer-specific data which we store during product registration will not be passed on to third parties. This is used to confirm your product registration via e-mail and for personalized greetings in e-mails containing application-specific information about products and measuring tasks, etc.

Your data will be deleted following expiry of the extended warranty or after your consent has been revoked.

Please note that product registration for the purpose of the free warranty extension is limited to 30 days after purchase of the registered product. Our Testo Customer Services in the country where the product is registered or our partners executing the warranty in the country where the product is registered are obliged to check the claim for a free warranty extension before the warranty is fulfilled. The registration date of the submitted instrument must not be more than 30 days after the date you purchased the instrument. To this end, you must present proof of purchase which clearly states the date of purchaseand the registration confirmation e-mail, which is sent once product registration has been completed. In addition, our Testo Customer Services in the country where the product is registered and/or partners executing the warranty in the country where the product is registered will verify whether the consent to receive application-specific information from Testo at the email address provided during product registration has been revoked. Revocation is possible at any time by e-mail, by post or via the unsubscribe link in any e-mail. However, in the event of revocation there is no entitlement to a free warranty extension.

Free accessory for selected measuring instruments:

Successful product registration is required in order to send you a free accessory. Consent to receive application-specific information from Testo is compulsory for this. Consent to receive application-specific information from Testo must not have been revoked at the time the free accessory is sent. Failing this, there is no entitlement to a free accessory. However, revocation is possible at any time by e-mail, by post or via the unsubscribe link in any e-mail.

To process the supply of the free item, the customer-specific data required for the dispatch of the free accessory will be made available to our Testo Order Processing department in the country where the product is registered. This is:

Registered product
Name and surname
Company name, if applicable
Postal address

Your data will be deleted one year after the accessory is sent or after your consent has been revoked.

The terms and conditions as well as additional information relating to our Privacy Policy apply.

2.8.3 Overview of countries with product registration (as of: 22/07/2019)

Country	Products that can be registered
Argentina	testo 300
Australia	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Austria	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Belgium, Luxembourg	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Brasil	testo 300
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong	testo 300
Czech Republic	testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
France	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Germany	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Italy	testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Japan	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Korea	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Netherlands	testo 300
Spain, Portugal	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Poland	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Romania	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Switzerland	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
Turkey	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300
United Kingdom, Ireland	testo 300
United States of America, Canada	testo 320, testo 330-1/2 LL, testo 330i, testo 300

2.8.4 Ancillary provisions

Any changes to these product registration terms and conditions may only be made in writing.

2.9. Other cases of balancing of interest (Art. 6, Para. 1 f GDPR)

We can also use your data on the basis of a balancing of interest for the protection of our legitimate, usually economic interests or those of third parties, whereby if possible we process pseudonymised or anonymised data. This is done for the following purposes:

Monitoring and improvement of the effectiveness and legal security of business processes
Credit assessments
Monitoring, optimisation and further development of services and products
Conducting of advertising (e.g. postal advertising, re-targeting), market and opinion research
Assertion of legal claims and defence in legal disputes
Detention, prevention and solving of crimes
Safeguarding the security and operating ability of our IT systems

2.10. To fulfil other legal obligations (Art. 6, Para. 1 c GDPR)

We are subject to various legal obligations, e.g. legal retention requirements regarding business documentation as well as export regulations.

3. Disclosure of your data

Insofar as external service providers are used (hosting providers, application management, shipping service provider etc.) to operate this website or to provide services via a Testo Group company, or another Testo Group company is responsible for the processing, the companies concerned receive the access to your data only to the extent necessary for the fulfilment of their respective tasks and functions.

Insofar as these service providers and Testo Group companies process their data outside the European Union, this can lead to your data being transmitted to a country which does not offer the same data protection standards as the European Union. In this case we will ensure that the respective recipients of your data contractually or otherwise guarantee a level of data protection that is equivalent to that of the European Union. You can request a copy of these guarantees.

4. Why does this website use cookies?

We use cookies to design the navigation and use of our websites to be as user-friendly as possible. Cookies are smaller files with text information, which are filed on your hard drive when the website is called up. Cookies are used for the temporary storage of information - for example for statistical analysis or to control the connection during the visit to a website. Cookies are also used to store the preferences of the visitors. Thus, we can match the contents of our website specifically to your requirements and therefore improve our service for you. We are unable to create any references to users with the cookies.

You can deactivate the option to store these cookies at any time in the system settings of your browser and delete existing cookies. Every user can also view the website without cookies. If you do not accept any cookies, this can, however, lead to a restriction in the functionality of our website.

Some of the cookies used by us are automatically deleted from your hard drive (session cookies) after the end of the browser session (end of session). In addition, we also use cookies, which remain on your hard drive for a specific time beyond the browser session. These persistent cookies are stored on your hard drive and deleted by the browser after the specified time. The cookies can also be from third-party service providers.

Cookies required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide specific functions you requested (e.g. use of the shopping basket), are stored on the basis of Art. 6, Para. 1 f. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the purpose of the technically smooth and optimised provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of surfing habits) are stored, these are dealt with separately in this privacy statement in the following section.

5. Use of cookies and similar technologies for the purpose of analysis

We also use cookies and similar technologies for advertising purposes. Some of the access data accruing during the use of our website is used for interest-based advertising. Analysis and evaluation of this access data enables us to present personalised advertisements on our website and on the websites of other providers. This means advertisements corresponding to your actual interests and needs.

The legal basis for the data processing described in the following section is Art. 6, Para 1, Sentence 1 f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest to present personalised advertisements to you.

In the following section we would like to explain to you these technologies and the service providers deployed for this purpose in more detail.

The collected data can include the following data, in particular:

The IP address of the device
The date and time of the access
The identification number of a cookie
The device identification of mobile devices
Technical information on the browser and the operating system.

The data collected is, however, stored only pseudonymously, so that it is not possible to make any direct conclusion as to the individuals.

In the following descriptions of the technologies we use, you will find information on the options for objection regarding our analysis and advertising measures by way of a so-called opt-out cookie. Please note that after the deletion of all cookies in your browser or the later use of another browser and/or profile, another opt-out cookie must be placed.

Below, are the options for objection regarding your analysis and advertising measures. Alternatively, you can raise your objection via corresponding settings on the websites Truste, NAI, DAA or Your Online Choices, where options for objecting are provided by many advertisers combined. This page permits the listed service provides to deactivate all advertisements at once, by way of opt-out cookies, or alternatively, to handle the setting for each provider individually.

5.1 Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to enable the analysis and improvement of our website, based on your usage habits. The data arising in this connection can be transmitted by Google to a server in the USA and stored there, for the purpose of evaluation. When personal data is transmitted to the USA, Google has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield. However, your IP address is abbreviated prior to the evaluation of the usage statistics, so that it is not possible to draw any direct conclusions as to your identity. For this purpose, Google Analytics has been expanded on our website, to include the code “anonymizeIP”, to ensure an anonymised capture of IP addresses.

Google will process the information obtained by the cookies to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities for the website operators, and to provide other services connected to the website use and internet usage.

As shown above, you can configure your browser in such a way that it rejects cookies, or you can prevent the capture of the data generated by cookies and related to your use of our website in the cookie settings of the privacy statement by Google. Alternatively, you can also prevent the processing of such data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser add-on provided by Google (the latter does not work with mobile terminal devices).

Further information to that end can be found in the Privacy statement by Google Analytics.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6, Para. 1 f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing the user habits to optimise its website as well as his advertising.

5.2 Visual Website Optimizer

Our website uses Visual Website Optimizer (VWO). This is a web analysis service provided by Wingify, 14th Floor, KLJ Tower North, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitam Pura, Delhi 110034, India. We carry out these analyses in accordance with the provisions of the data protection law and in particular, we do not use any personal data. These analyses are carried out to learn more about the use of our website, whereby we are able to improve our service for you and make it easier to find.

If you do not want anonymous data on your use of our website to be stored by Visual Website Optimizer, you can object to the use. Visual Website Optimizer offers a link on the website, which enables you to submit an objection to the data collection (opt-out) with one click. Subsequently, no further data is captured by Visual Website Optimizer. In technical terms, in case of an opt-out, it is necessary to set a cookie for the deactivation of the Visual Website Optimizer Analysis Tool. This opt-out declaration is valid as long as you do not delete the cookie. The opt-out cookie is only valid in the browser with which you have carried out the opt-out procedure. If you are using our website via several computers or separate browsers, we would recommend for you to set the opt-out cookie for each computer and browser.

You can object at any time to the future storage of your anonymously captured visitor data on the website by entering the web address in the field intended for this purpose. Alternatively, you can click on the link “Disable VWO” on the same page, to raise an objection for all internet pages using Visual Website Optimizer. Further information on data protection can be found here.

Visual Website Optimizer is stored on the basis of Art. 6, Para. 1 f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in showing relevant product offers to the user, as part of the optimisation of the user experience on the website to customise it.

5.3 Google AdWords Conversion-Tracking and Remarketing

Our websites use the services “AdWords Conversion-Tracking” and AdWords Remarketing” by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). Customers’ actions defined by us are captured (such as, for example, clicking on an advertisement, page visits, downloads) and analysed using “AdWords Conversion-Tracking”. We use “AdWords Remarketing” to show you individualised advertising messages regarding our products on partner websites of Google. Both services use cookies and similar technologies for this purpose. The data arising in this connection can be transmitted by Google to a server in the USA and stored there, for the purpose of evaluation. When personal data is transmitted to the USA, Google has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

If you are using a Google account, depending on the settings in the Google account, Google is able to link your web and app browser history with your Google account and use information from your Google account to personalise advertisements. If you do not want such a link to your Google account to be made, you need to log out of Google before calling up our contact page.

As shown above, you can configure your browser so that it rejects cookies. In addition, using the cookie settings, in the Google the privacy policy, you can prevent Google from using cookies for advertising purposes.

Further information to that end can be found in the privacy policy of Google.

5.4 LinkedIn Conversion-Tracking

We are using the Re-targeting-tool LinkedIn Conversion Tracking of LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (»LinkedIn«). For this purpose, the LinkedIn Insight Tag is integrated in the website of Testo, enabling LinkedIn to collect statistical, pseudonym data about your visit to and use of our website and to provide us with corresponding aggregated statistics on this basis. Furthermore, this information assists in facilitating the advertising of offers and recommendations tailored to your interests. You can prevent the storage of cookies via a browser setting. Alternatively, you can object to this form of data processing, by setting an opt-out cookie via the following link such cookie will remain on your device until you delete the cookies. This option is available to LinkedIn members as well as for non-members.

Further information to this can also be found in the data protection provisions of LinkedIn.

6. Use of functions of further providers

6.1. Conversion reading and website custom audiences with the Facebook pixel

We use the Facebook pixel or visitor promotion pixel of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereinafter: Facebook) on our websites. By calling-up this pixel via your browser, Facebook can subsequently see if a Facebook advertisement was successful. This is, for example, the case when a purchase has been made on a website. For this purpose, we receive exclusively statistical and anonymised data from Facebook, without reference to a specific person. This enables us to record the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and to improve our services.

We also use the Facebook pixel for the “Website Custom Audiences” function. We would like to point out that, as provider of the websites, we do not have any knowledge of the contents of the transmitted data, nor their utilisation by Facebook. We can merely choose which segment of Facebook users (such as age, interests) should be shown our advertisement. For this purpose, we use one of two procedures of custom audiences, where no data sets, in particular no e-mail addresses of our users - whether encrypted nor unencrypted - can be transmitted to Facebook.

Via the pixel graphics, Facebook receives, inter alia, the information from your browser that our page has been retrieved by your terminal. If your browser permits cookies and you are not participating in the opt-out procedure, Facebook creates a cookie to enable it to recognise you . If you are logged into Facebook or log in later, the data can be assigned to your Facebook account, whereby personal data is processed.

In particular, if you are registered with Facebook, for further information refer to their data protection information. Please click here, if you would like to revoke your consent to the Facebook pixel.

Facebook pixel is stored on the basis of Art. 6, Para. 1 f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in inserting offers tailored to the user, against the background of user-relevant advertising.

6.2. Eloqua

We are using Eloqua to personalise the communications with you. When you are visiting our websites for the first time, a cookie of the third-party provider Oracle (eloqua.com) is stored in your browser. This cookie is used to record the pages you have visited during the session. Even if this cookie is set on other websites, the information on the visit to our websites is only visible to us and is neither shared with Oracle nor with other users of the Eloqua system. Likewise, we are not able to record or see information on your visits to other websites via this cookie.

Even if this cookie does not contain any specific personal information in itself, reference to the person can potentially be made subsequently by linking it with further information. Insofar as you are providing us with personal information by completing a form lodged on one of our websites, such information can be added to the browser information, which records the Eloqua cookie. The information collected in this way is used to improve the service we are providing to you. This includes “if” and “how” we communicate with you as well as the customising of the contents of such communication. We try to tailor our communication to your personal interests as shown in the visits to our websites. Hereby we provide, if possible, only the selection of offers and promotions which we believe are of interest to you. Should you not want us to recognise your computer (hard drive cookies), you can set your browser accordingly, so that it deletes or blocks cookies from your computer hard drive or warns you before a cookie is stored. If you do not accept cookies, we may potentially not be able to fully provide all of our services to you. If you wish to revoke the use of Eloqua cookies on your device in the future, you can do so using the following link: Eloqua Opt-Out. Further information on data protection in conjunction with the use of Eloqua can be found here: Oracle Privacy Policy

6.3 Embedded YouTube videos

We have integrated videos in our website, which are stored at YouTube and which can be played directly from our websites. YouTube is a multimedia service of YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (“YouTube”), a Group company of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). When personal data is transmitted to the USA, Google and the Group company YouTube has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield. The legal basis is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the integration of video and image contents.

When you visit our website, YouTube and Google receive the information that you have retrieved the corresponding subpage of our website. This happens regardless of whether you are logged in YouTube or Google or not. YouTube and Google use this data for the purposes of advertising, market research and appropriate design of their websites. If you are calling up YouTube on our website while you are logged in your YouTube or Google profile, YouTube and Google are also able to link this event to the respective profiles. If you do not want such a link to be made, you need to log out of Google before calling up our website.

You can configure your browser as shown above in such a way, that it rejects cookies, or you can prevent the capture of data produced via cookies and related to your use of this website, as well as the processing of such data by Google, by deactivating the button “Ads personalization” in the Google settings for advertising. In this case, Google will only show advertisements that are not personalised.

Further information can be found in the data protection notices by Google, which also apply to YouTube.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online websites. This is a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1 f GDPR.

6.4. Use of Google Maps

Our website uses the map service Google Maps, by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google“). To ensure that the Google map data used by us can be integrated and shown in your web browser, when calling up the contact page, your web browser must connect to a Google server, which can also be located in the USA. When personal data is transmitted to the USA, Google has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield. Google hereby receives the information that the contact page of our website has been called up by the IP address of your device. The legal basis is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the integration of a map service to establish contact.

If you are calling up the Google map service on our website while you are logged into your Google profile, Google is also able to link this event to your Google profile. If you do not want this link to your Google profile to be made, you need to log out of Google before calling up our contact page. Google stores your data and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and personalised presentation of Google Maps. You can object to the collection of this data by Google.

Further information for this purpose can be found in the privacy statement by Google and the additional terms and conditions of use for Google Maps.

7. When will your data be deleted?

In principle, we store personal data only as long as this is required for the fulfilment of contractual or legal obligations which are the reason for the collection of the data. After that, we delete the data immediately, unless we require the data until the expiry of the legal limitation periods for the purposes of evidence in civil claims or due to statutory retention requirements.

For evidentiary purposes, we have to retain contract data for three years after the end of the year the business relationship with you ends. According to statutory limitation periods, potential claims become time-barred no earlier than at this point in time.

After that, we still have to store part of your data for accounting purposes. We have an obligation to do so due to legal documentation requirements, which can arise from the Commercial Code, the Tax Code, the Banking Act, the Money Laundering Act and the Securities Trading Act. The retention periods for documents specified in the above legislation are two to ten years.

8. What are your data protection rights?

You have the right at any time to request information on the processing of your personal data by us. We will explain the data processing to you within the course of providing this information and furnish you with an overview of your stored personal data.

If data stored by us should be incorrect or no longer up-to-date, you have the right for this data to be corrected.

You can also request the deletion of your data. Should the deletion exceptionally not be possible due to other legal provisions, then the data is blocked, so that it is only available for this legal purpose.

Furthermore, you can restrict the processing of your data, e.g. if you are of the opinion that the data stored by us is not correct. You also have the right to data portability, in other words, upon your request, we forward a digital copy to you, containing the personal data that you have provided.

In order to assert the rights described here, you may contact us at any time, via the above-mentioned contact details. This also applies if you wish to receive copies of guarantees for evidence of a reasonable level of data protection.

Furthermore, you have the right to object to the data processing, which is based on Art. 6, Para. 1 e or f GDPR. Finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint at the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us. You can exercise this right at a supervisory authority in the member state of your residence, your employment or the place of the suspected breach. In Baden-Wuerttemberg, the competent supervisory authority is: Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg, Postfach 10 29 32, 70025 Stuttgart, Königstraße 10a, 70173 Stuttgart.

9. Right of revocation and objection

You have the right, in accordance with Article 7, Para. 3 GDPR, to revoke consent once granted to us, at any time. As a consequence, we shall in future no longer continue to process the data that is the object of the consent. The revocation of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent up to the time of the revocation.

Insofar as we are processing your data on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1, Sentence 1 f GDPR, you have the right in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, to raise an objection against the processing of your data, insofar as there are grounds for this, which arise from your special situation or where the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we shall implement also without the need for you to give reasons.

If you wish to use your right to revoke or your right of objection, an informal notification to the above-mentioned contacts is sufficient.

10. Data security

We maintain current technical measures to safeguard data security, in particular for the protection of your personal data against risks during data transmissions as well as against third parties acquiring knowledge of your personal data. These are correspondingly adjusted to the current state of the art. To secure the personal data specified by yourself on our website, we use Transport Layer Security (TLS) which encrypts the information you enter.

11. Amendment of the Privacy Statement

We occasionally update this Privacy Statement, for example when we are adjusting our website or if the legal or official requirements change.