Data protection

Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG

1. Data protection in general

General information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. Please find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration listed below. If the Internet procedure changes or the Internet and EDP security technology develops further, this data protection declaration will be updated.

Responsible for this website:
Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik
Wuerzburg Str. 67 -69
PO Box 1609
D 89506 Heidenheim

Phone: +49 7321 317-0
Fax: +49 7321 317-129
E-mail: info@maier-heidenheim.de

Data collection on our website

The data processing of this website is carried out by the website operator. Please find his contact details in the imprint of the website. Your data will be collected by notification on your part. This means, for example, data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit our website. These are mainly technical data, such as the Internet browser used, the operating system or the time of page access.

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

 What rights do you have regarding your data?

You will receive information about your stored personal data and its origin free of charge at any time and without giving reasons. You will also receive information about the recipients to whom data (if applicable) is passed on and the purpose of data processing. Furthermore, you have the right to have incorrect data corrected and personal data that is no longer required deleted, unless other statutory provisions provide for an obligation to retain such data. In these cases, you have the right to restrict data processing (blocking).

If you have any further questions on this or on the subject of data protection in general, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers worldwide and their contact details can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Datenschutz/Ueberblick/MeineRechte/Artikel/BeschwerdeBeiDatenschutzbehoereden.html?cms_templateQueryString=anschriften&cms_sortOrder=score+desc.

Third-party analysis and tools

When you open our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This mainly happens through the use of cookies and analysis programs. The analysis programs usually evaluate your behaviour anonymously, which means that your surfing behaviour can not be traced back to you. If you do not wish to do so, you can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using these tools. You will find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.

2. Mandatory Information

Data privacy

We, the Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik, take the protection of your personal data very seriously and therefore adhere to applicable laws and regulations on data protection. The following points will give you an overview of how we ensure this protection and what data we process for this purpose when you visit our website.
If the opportunity for the input of personal or business data is given, the input of these data takes place voluntarily. By disclosing the data, the user declares his consent to the internal processing and storage of the data by the publisher and/or its subsidiaries.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet may be subject to security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible body – our data protection supervisor

Mr. Joachim Spranz
system information company ltd.
Zeppelinstr. 5/2
89231 Neu-Ulm

Phone: +49 731 93596-0
E-mail: datenschutz@sig-ulm.de

The responsible body is a natural or legal person who alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

You can revoke your consent to the collection and use of your personal data given to us at any time free of charge and without giving reasons for the future. In addition, you have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties (data transferability). It is provided in a machine-readable format.

Many data processing processes are only possible with express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message, for example in the form of an e-mail. The legality of the data processing up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of objection against data collection in special cases and against direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)

If data processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the DSGVO, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO).

If your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 DSGVO).

Right to data transferability

You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment 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 person responsible, this will only take place if this is technically feasible.

Website Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser, which changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in the browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is active, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

You will receive information about your stored personal data and its origin free of charge at any time and without giving reasons. You will also receive information about the recipients to whom data (if applicable) is passed on and the purpose of data processing. Furthermore, you have the right to have incorrect data corrected and personal data that is no longer required deleted, unless other statutory provisions provide for an obligation to retain such data. In these cases, you have the right to restrict data processing (blocking). If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address given in the imprint.

Objection against advertising mails

Contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation may not be used for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and information material. Hereby the operators of the sides reserve themselves expressly legal steps in case of the unsolicited forwarding of advertising information (e.g. by Spam E-Mail).

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

In order for this site to function properly, we place small files, so-called cookies, on your device. This is not unusual and is standard on most large websites.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website leaves on your computer, tablet or smartphone when you visit it. This allows the page to remember certain entries and settings (e.g. login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a certain period of time. This means you do not need to make your preferred settings each time you visit and navigate the site.

How do we use cookies?

On our pages we use cookies to store your personal data.

– your screen display preferences, e.g. contrast and font size
– your decision to use (or not to use) cookies on this website.

Embedded videos on our pages also use cookies to generate anonymous statistics about the previously visited pages and the selected videos. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both his website and his advertising.

Accepting cookies is not absolutely necessary for the use of the portal, but it makes surfing more pleasant. You may block or delete cookies, but this may affect some features of this portal. The information collected using cookies is not used to identify you. The data is completely under our control. In addition, cookies are used exclusively for the purposes stated here.

Control over cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies at will. How to find out here: aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies stored on your computer and set most browsers so that the storage of cookies is prevented. However, you may have to make some settings manually each time you visit a page and accept the impairment of some functions.

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 browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer, time of the server request and IP address. These data are not combined with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour for technical and statistical purposes.

In order to further optimize our website and our offers, these files are created. We also reserve the right to use this data in the event of system abuse to determine the cause or trigger of the abuse.

Contact form

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

The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing processes carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete, your consent for storage revoked or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics – General

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. “(“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both his website and his advertising. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. You can find more information in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Google Analytics – IP Anonymization

However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be 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 other services relating to website and Internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Google Analytics – Browser Plug-In

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. You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website: Disable Google Analytics. Opt-out cookies are cookies created by websites in your browser folders to block the same website from creating additional cookies in the future. The opt-out cookie informs the website that it should not install third party cookies or other cookies in your browser.

Google Analytics – Objection against data collection

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by a part of the code to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses.

Google Analytics – Order data processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for commissioned data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities for the use of Google Analytics.

Google Analytics – Demographic Features

This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Due to technical and statistical purposes, the website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing the demographic characteristics of website visitors. Google Analytics'”demographic features” feature allows you to generate reports that include information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-related advertising by Google and from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time from your Google Account ad preferences or opt-out of Google Analytics collecting your information as described in the “Opt-out of data collection” section.

Google Analytics – Remarketing

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in connection with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This function enables the target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-related, personalized advertising messages that were adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC). Once you give your permission, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google Account for that purpose. This way, the same personalized advertising messages can be delivered to every device you sign in to with your Google Account. To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create cross-device ad targeting.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising in your Google Account by following this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The summary of the data collected in your Google Account is based solely on your consent, which you can submit or revoke to Google (Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account, the collection of data is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the DSGVO. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in anonymous analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes. Further information and the data protection regulations can be found in Google’s data protection declaration at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

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”).

In the context of Google AdWords we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser places on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers see the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under User Settings. They are then not included in the conversion tracking statistics.

Conversion cookies” are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both his website and his advertising. For more information on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

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 in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

5. Plug-Ins and Tools

YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins from the YouTube page operated by Google. This website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our YouTube plugged in pages, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. The use of YouTube is 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 how we handle user data, please see YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Content in social media

The content on our pages can be shared in social networks in accordance with data protection regulations. There is no automatic transfer of user data to the operators of these platforms. If the user is logged in to one of the social networks, an information window appears when using the social buttons of Facebook, Twitter & Co. in which the user can confirm the text before sending it.

Our users can share the contents of this site in social networks in compliance with data protection regulations without complete surfing profiles being created by the network operators.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to uniformly display fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If you do not want or your browser does not support Google Web Fonts, a default font will be used by your computer. As a result, the display of our homepage may change. Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Maps

This page uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to save 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 representation of our online offers and at an easy findability 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.
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s data protection declaration: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

6. Service App

6.1 Controller for this App and Data Protection Officer

Controller
Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik
Wuerzburg Str. 67 -69
PO Box 1609
D 89506 Heidenheim

Phone: +49 7321 317-0
Fax: +49 7321 317-129
E-mail: info@maier-heidenheim.de

Data Protection Officer
Joachim Spranz
system informations gesellschaft mbH
Zeppelinstr. 5/2
D 89231 Neu Ulm
Phone: +49 731 93596 -0
E-Mail: datenschutz@sig-ulm.de

6.2 Purpose of Data Processing

The data processed by means of the Service App is required for preventive maintenance of our products which are used in your enterprise. The Service App announces upcoming maintenance works and supports you in the provisioning of spare parts.
In addition, the Service App enables you to place an order with us or to send us a complaint.

6.3 Legal Basis for Data Processing

In order to carry out the maintenance contract your or your company concluded with us, we process the personal data listed below. Legal basis for this is the General Data Protection Regulation, art. 6(1)(b) (GDPR).

6.4 Categories of Processed Personal Data
6.4.1 Personal Data

• personal details: form of address, title, first name, last name
• contact Information: company name, address, phone number, mobile number, email address, and similar data

6.4.2. Pseudonymized Personal Data

• login details: user name,
• user’s language settings,
• user’s preferred units (e.g. PSI),
• time when a dataset was modified and the corresponding user,
• internal reference of a user to a product,
• time and commentary when changing a product.

6.4.3. Application Data of the Installed Products

• type and designation of the installed product,
• specific properties of a product from a series,
• place of application of the product (designation, picture, industry),
• application data of the product (temperature, medium, pressure, speed),
• time and reference values of a product (temperature, medium, pressure, speed),
• operating data: leakage, wear and tear of seals, torque.

6.5 Categories of Recipients / Transfer to Third Parties (external bodies)

• Every internal office of Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik and every person working for Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik which / who require your personal data for fulfilling our contractual and legal obligations will receive your data (GDPR art. 6(1)(b) and (c)).
• In case we employ any external service providers (such as IT service organizations), it may be possible that your personal data is transferred to them. The contractual relationships with such external service providers are regulated by the statutory data protection regulations allowing the recipient to use the transmitted data exclusively for the contractually agreed purpose of the transfer (GDPR art. 18).
• As a general rule, the above specified data is not shared with third parties.
• Data is not transferred to third countries (states outside the European Economic Area (EEC)) or to an international organization.

6.6 Retention Period – Deletion Periods

Your personal data will be deleted immediately when your company informs us that a new person is in charge of using our Service App or when the maintenance contract is terminated.

6.7 Your Rights

6.7.1. Right of Access

Whenever you request it and without any obligation to state your reasons, we will provide you free of charge with information about your relevant stored personal data, its source, the recipients to which such data is transferred, and the purpose of data processing (GDPR art. 15).

6.7.2. Right to Rectification

Furthermore, you have the right to rectification of incorrect personal data or to completion of your personal data stored by us (GDPR art. 16).

6.7.3. Right to Erasure

You are entitled to demand erasure of your personal data provided that we are not obliged to retain this data because of any other statutory regulations (GDPR art. 17).

6.7.4. Right to Restriction of Processing

In addition, you have the right to obtain restriction of processing of data relating to your person (making such data unavailable) (GDPR art. 18).

6.7.5. Right to Data Portability

Moreover, you have the right to have data, which we process in an automated way based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, delivered to you or to third parties (Data Portability) (GDPR art. 20). The data is provided in a commonly used and machine-readable format. In case you demand that the data is directly transmitted from one Controller to another, this will be done only as far as technically feasible.

6.7.6. Right to Withdraw the Declaration of Consent

Without any obligation to state your reasons, you may withdraw your consent given to the processing of your personal data at any time free of charge. This will become effective for future activities (GDPR art. 7(3)). As a consequence, we will not be allowed to continue the data processing which is based on this consent for future activities. The lawfulness of the processing of your personal data carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by your revocation. In the same way, any further processing of your relevant data based on a different legal basis remains unaffected as well (see section “Legal Basis for Data Processing”).

6.7.7. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

If you are of the opinion that our processing of your personal data violates statutory provisions, you are entitled to file a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection (GDPR art. 77). For this purpose, you may generally contact the supervisory authority having jurisdiction at your habitual place of residence or your workplace.

6.8 Right to Object to the Processing

If the processing of your personal data is done on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to GDPR art. 6(1)(f), you have the right to object to such processing for future activities at any time provided that there are reasons arising from your particular situation (GDPR art. 21(1)). This also applies to any profiling supported by these regulations within the meaning of GDPR art. 4(4). We will not process your personal data for any purposes after your objection unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for such processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or serve for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. In addition, you may object to the processing of your relevant personal data for the purpose of direct marketing and the associated profiling (data analysis) at any time (GDPR art. 21(2)). We will observe your objection for future activities.

6.9 Possible Sources of Personal Data

As far as we do not collect your personal data directly from you, we resort to publicly accessible sources, information databases, or credit agencies.

6.10 Am I Obliged to Provide Data?

In the context of our business connection you only have to provide such personal data as is required for establishing, conducting or terminating a commercial relationship or such data which we are obliged by law to collect. Without your providing such data, it might be possible that we have to refuse to enter into a contract or won’t be able to fulfill an existing contract or will even be obliged to terminate a business relationship.

6.11 Is there any Individual Automatized Decision-Making including Profiling?

Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG does not use any automated rating systems with this Service App.

6.12 Data Security

In order to protect your personal data stored with us from unauthorized access by third parties, from manipulation as well as from partial or complete loss, we take suitable technical and organizational safety measures. These safety measures are continuously adapted in accordance with the technological development or any other new findings.

6.13 Data which is transmitted by the Browser / Internet Technology

When downloading our Service App, you are redirected to the Apple App Store. This is an offer provided by Apple Inc., One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. As a consequence, Apple Inc. receives following personal data relating to you and is the Controller for this data pursuant to GDPR art. 4(7).

• internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer used,
• date and time of your access
• time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
• the website which you visit,
• access status / HTTP status code,
• data volume transferred in each case,
• website from which you visit us (referrer URL),
• type, version and language of browser,
• the operating system used

Data which is transmitted by the App Technology

By using our Service App, the following information (login history) is transmitted to the service provider commissioned by us:

• time of a user’s login,
• error messages,
• the browser used,
• the operating system used,
• resolution of the device upon login.

This service provider is not the Controller within the meaning of the GDPR; we, Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG, are Controller for this purpose. The pseudonymized data is saved for technical and statistical purposes in a server log file and processed by us for following purposes:

• to ensure trouble-free buildup of the connection to the App,
• to ensure the convenient use of our App,
• to ensure system security and stability,
• in case of a misuse of the system, to investigate into the cause and the causative agent of the misuse.

The legal basis for such data processing is GDPR art. 6(1)(f). Our legitimate interest ensues from the above listed purposes of data processing. The previously mentioned data is stored separately: Such data will not be combined with any of the personal data you may have indicated; therefore, it is not possible to make any inferences with regard to a specific person.

6.15 Updating the Data Privacy Statement

Due to altered statutory or regulatory provisions or to the further development of our websites, it may become necessary to modify this Data Privacy Statement. You may retrieve the currently effective Data Privacy Statement from our web pages at any time.

Data protection Notes Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG

Effective: January 2019

Maier America LLC

1. Data protection in general

General information

The following notes provide a simple

Data privacy

We, the Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG, take the protection of your personal data very seriously and therefore adhere to applicable laws and regulations on data protection. The following points will give you an overview of how we ensure this protection and what data we process for this purpose when you visit our website.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet may be subject to security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

2. Data collection on our website

Cookies

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. This is not unusual and is standard on most large websites.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

How do we use cookies?

On our pages we use cookies to remember:

• your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font size
• If you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site

Embedded videos on our pages also use cookies to gather anonymous statistics on how you got there and what videos you visited.

Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.
The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

Publisher: Maier America LLC
Data protection Maier America LLC