With the following information, we would like to inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection, storage and use of your data that we receive from you in connection with your visit to our website.
As a matter of principle, we only collect, store and otherwise process your data in accordance with legal regulations. In particular, we collect, store and process your personal data only for the purposes set out in this privacy policy and will never pass it on to third parties other than the third parties described here without your consent and without legal reason. Without your consent, your personal data will only be passed on to third parties if this
— to execute a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures taken at your request, or
— to fulfill a legal obligation, or
— is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not sharing your data.
However, in the cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties mentioned in this privacy policy, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the minimum necessary to fulfill our respective purposes.
We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are constantly being improved in line with technological developments.
The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
HOOTS Sensors GmbH
Fabrikstraße 27, 01445 Radebeul
Phone: +49 (0) 351 81081025
E-mail: info@hoots.de
In principle, you can visit our websites without telling us who you are.
1.1 When you visit our website or sub-domains, the Internet browser that you use when you visit our website automatically sends log data to the server of our website and stores it there in a log file (log file) for a limited period of time. Without your intervention, the following information is collected and stored until it is automatically deleted:
— an anonymous session ID that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your IP address,
— the operating system you are using, the web browser you are using (including installed add-ons (e.g. for the Flash Player) and the screen resolution you have set,
— IP address of the accessing device (e.g. PC or smartphone),
— the date and time of your visit,
— whether your browser allows cookie storage and allows JavaScript to be executed,
— the websites that you have visited on our website,
— the website from which you came to our website (so-called referrer URL), including the search terms used by search engines),
— the size of the amount of data transferred, and
— the HTTP status code (such as “Request successful” or “Requested file not found”)
1.2 We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your identity. The processing of the information stored in the log files serves only to ensure a smooth connection setup, convenient use of our website and anonymized evaluation for statistical purposes (such as for general analysis of usage behavior, which pages of the online offer are accessed, which browsers are used, etc.) and in doing so to improve our website and the technology behind it. The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Recipients of the data are only the responsible body and, if applicable, our contract processors.
1.3 The individual log files are regularly stored for 8 weeks by us and our contract processor to identify faults and security reasons (e.g. to investigate attack attempts) and then delete them. Log files whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes for legal reasons are excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
We use so-called “cookies” on our website. Cookies are small text files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device when you visit our site. If our website is accessed again from this device, your browser sends back the content of the cookies and thus enables us to recognize them.
You can find out more about the types of cookies and the reasons for their use in our cookie policy. Our cookie statement applies in conjunction with this privacy statement.
3.1 On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided. In order to be able to process your request, it is necessary to provide at least a valid e-mail address. If you ask us for an offer for our services with your request or a support request for a purchased product area, it is necessary to provide further data. All other information can be provided voluntarily.
3.2 Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The personal data collected by us for using the contact form will be deleted by us as soon as the request has been finally settled and there are no reasons for further storage (e.g. subsequent execution of the contract or to fulfill a legal obligation in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR).
3.3 Recipients of the data are only the responsible body and, if applicable, our contract processors, the vicarious agents employed (in subsequent execution of the contract) and third parties against whom there is a legal obligation in the sense of Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. In no case will the collected data be linked to your personal data, which we have collected and processed using log files, cookies or other analysis services, without your consent.
4.1 On our website, we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our regular newsletter, in which we will keep you up to date with news from our company and our products. In order to subscribe to our newsletter service, we need at least your email address to which the newsletter should be sent. Further information is voluntary and will only be used based on your consent, for example to address you personally and to be able to clarify any questions about your e-mail address. When sending by post, we need your address details.
4.2 As a rule, we use the double opt-in procedure for registration. This means that we will only send you newsletters if, after providing your e-mail address, you confirm your subscription via an e-mail sent by us and a link contained therein. Registration and confirmation are logged. This is to ensure that only you yourself can subscribe to the newsletter service as a user of the email address provided. Your confirmation must be sent promptly before we send the email, otherwise your registration and email address will be deleted from our database. Until you confirm this, our newsletter service will not accept any further registrations at this email address.
4.3 You can unsubscribe from a newsletter you have subscribed to with us at any time and withdraw your consent. To do so, you can either send us an email or cancel via a link at the end of the newsletter.
4.4 The registration process is logged on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR and serves the purpose of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system and to prove your consent. Data processing for the purpose of sending newsletters is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Section 7 (3) UWG. We will delete your personal data collected by us when you register as soon as you have informed us that you no longer wish to receive newsletters from us in the future.
4.5 Recipients of the data are only the responsible body, our contract processors and the vicarious agents used to send the newsletter (e.g. mailing services). The mailing service commissioned by us may use your data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without attribution to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. to technically optimize the sending and presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes. However, our shipping service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them themselves or to pass on the data to third parties.
5.1 Our website contains links to our social media presence on external social networks such as Facebook (“social plugins”). The functions assigned to the links, in particular the transmission of information and user data, are not activated when you visit our website, but only when you click on the link yourself. After clicking on these links, the plug-ins of the respective social network are activated and your browser connects directly to their servers. Here, data is transferred directly to the network operator and their servers, e.g. to the USA, stored there and used if necessary. As a rule, the network operator is informed of your IP address and which of our pages you have visited. If you click on the links while visiting our website and are logged in to the network via your personal user account (account), you enable the network operator to associate the processed data directly with your personal profile and other data known about you and to create user profiles about you, which may be passed on to third parties. You can prevent such attribution by logging out of your user account on the network before visiting our website or activating the link.
5.2 The respective network operator is solely responsible for data processing that starts when you click on the link. We have no influence on the scope and content of your data that the respective network operator collects. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing, use and storage period of your data there, as well as your related rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to the data protection information of the respective network operator. We ourselves do not collect any personal data in this context.
5.3 On our websites, we have integrated links to our presences on the following social networks:
—”facebook”
The network operator is Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is in turn operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law.
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
—”instagram”
The network operator is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
6.1 hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Webflow
The provider is Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter Webflow). When you visit our website, Webflow collects various log files including your IP addresses.
Webflow is a tool for building and hosting websites. Webflow stores cookies or other recognition technologies that are necessary to display the page, to provide certain website functions and to ensure security (necessary cookies).
For details, see Webflow's privacy policy: https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy.
Webflow is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy
The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000TT9jAAG&status=Active
Order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that it only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Our website uses the service”Cloudflare“as a CDN (“Content Delivery Network”) to speed up our website and secure it against hacker attacks. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
6.2. Cloudflare, Inc. operates a content delivery network (CDN), which consists of a globally distributed network, interconnected RServers via the Internet, on which some of the content available on our website is stored. By using Cloudflare's own server and network infrastructure, it is possible to deliver content from our website with shorter loading times. At the same time, the content stored on our website is even better protected from third-party intervention and manipulation by third parties by avoiding third-party servers for data transport. On Cloudflare's servers, we primarily store static elements such as HTML pages, images, style sheets, documents or videos, but in no case personal data.
6.3 Cloudflare uses a (__cfduid) cookie to provide its services, which is stored in the browser of your device and is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings per client. In addition, security tools and traffic monitoring are provided by Cloudflare Inc. For this purpose, your IP address, time, user agent (browser, operating system and language), referrer URL and all entries in the contact form are transferred to Cloudflare or its servers, e.g. in EU third countries, and then forwarded to our website.
6.4 The legal basis for processing your personal data using cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
6.5 Cloudflare is part of the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov). The processing contract concluded between us ensures that Cloudflare only processes the respective data for a specific purpose and in accordance with the applicable legal provisions and does not pass it on to third parties without authorization. For more information about Cloudflare, visit https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy/.
Here you can find information about what data Cloudflare, Inc. collects, processes and uses as part of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework Program and for what purposes this is done: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacyshield/.
The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated in our privacy policy, unsaved data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the respective processing purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any legal storage requirements. We review the requirement every two years. Unless the data is deleted because it is necessary for other and legally permissible purposes (e.g. storage for commercial or tax reasons), this data is “blocked” and is not further processed for other purposes (restricted processing).
You can assert your following rights against the responsible body at any time and free of charge.
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you and the right to information about this personal data and further information in accordance with Article 15 GDPR.
You have the right to request us to correct incorrect or incomplete personal data concerning you in accordance with Article 16 GDPR.
If the conditions set out in Article 17 GDPR are met, you have the right to request the deletion of your data. After that, you can, for example, request the deletion of your data insofar as it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. You can also request deletion if we process your data on the basis of your consent and you withdraw this consent.
You have the right to request that the processing of your data be restricted if the requirements of Article 18 GDPR are met. This is the case, for example, if you dispute the accuracy of your data. For the duration of verifying the accuracy of the data, you can then request that processing be restricted.
If data processing is based on consent or contract fulfilment and this is also carried out using automated processing, you have the right, in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, to receive your data in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to transfer it to another data processor.
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right, in accordance with Article 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation. Insofar as your objection is directed against the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes, the right of withdrawal is unlimited. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to direct advertising. In this case, we will no longer process the data for this purpose without your prior information about a particular situation.
If data processing is based on consent given by you, you have the right to withdraw data processing within the scope of consent at any time, with effect for the future, free of charge. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of our data processing, which was carried out on the basis of your consent up to the receipt of the withdrawal. After receipt of the withdrawal, data processing, which was based exclusively on your consent, will be discontinued.
In accordance with Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a competent supervisory authority (e.g. the State Commissioner for Data Protection) about our processing of your data. A list of supervisory authorities with addresses can be found at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
If you wish to exercise your above rights vis-à-vis us, you can contact us by telephone, email or letter using the contact details provided at the beginning of this privacy policy.
If we or our contract processors or vicarious agents process, disclose or transfer data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)), this only takes place if it is done to fulfill our (pre) contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permits, we process or have the data processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are met. This means that processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection corresponding to the EU (e.g. for the USA through the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”).
If, as part of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (contract processors or third parties), transfer it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this is only done on the basis of your consent, a legal permission (e.g. if a transfer of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required to fulfill the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), if a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.). If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “order processing contract,” this is done on the basis of Article 28 GDPR.
This privacy policy is dated May 25, 2018. We reserve the right to update the privacy policy from time to time in order to improve data protection and/or adapt it to changes in government practice or case law.
