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1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is smawatec GmbH, Arneburger Straße 24 – Haus 2, 39576 Stendal, Germany, Tel.: +49 3931 4196970, E-mail: info@smawatec.com. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 During purely informative use of our website—i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us—we only collect data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time at the moment of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you reached the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

For the hosting of our website and the display of page content, we use a provider that performs its services itself or through selected sub-contractors exclusively on servers within the European Union. All data collected on our website is processed on these servers. We have concluded an order processing agreement (DPA) with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies (small text files that are stored on your device). Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after the browser is closed (“session cookies”), while others remain on your device longer and allow page settings to be saved (“persistent cookies”).

Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out either for the execution of the contract (Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR), on the basis of consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR), or to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contacting Us

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. The specific data collected is visible in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in responding to your request (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, provided there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

6) Rights of the Data Subject

6.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following rights:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (“Right to be forgotten”) (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 (3) GDPR)
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

6.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS DUE TO OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

7) Duration of Storage

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and any applicable statutory retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods). Personal data processed on the basis of consent will be stored until you withdraw your consent. Data processed for the performance of a contract will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided they are no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of the contract.

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