1. Data Privacy Overview

General Notes

The following notes will give you an easily comprehensible overview of what will happen to your personal data once you visit our website. Personal data means all data by which you can be personally identified. For more detailed information on data privacy issues please read our data privacy statement listed below this text.

Data Collection on our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is performed by the website operator whose contact details can be found in the legal notice of this website.

How do we process your data?

Your data is collected once you report it to us. This may include, for example, any data entered into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems upon visiting our website. First and foremost, this includes technical data (such as internet browsers, operating systems or page view date and time). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What is the purpose of collecting your data?

A part of your data is collected to enable a flawless operation of the website. Other data can be used for analyzing your user behaviour.

Which rights do you have in relation to your data?

You have the right to obtain anytime free-of-charge information on the origin, recipient and purpose of your personal data being stored. You also have the right to request the adjustment, locking or deletion of this data. If you have any further questions concerning this or other data privacy issues, please do not hesitate to contact us by using the address details indicated in these present legal notes. Furthermore, you have a right to appeal before the competent supervisory authority.

Analytical Tools and Tools by Third Party Providers

Upon visiting our website, your surfing habits can be statistically assessed. First and foremost, this assessment is performed by using cookies and so-called analysis programs. Your surfing habits are regularly assessed while ensuring your anonymity; surfing habits cannot be traced back to you. You can object this analysis or prevent it by avoiding the use of specific tools. For more detailed information please read our data privacy statement below.

You can file an objection against this analysis. The purpose of this data privacy statement is to inform you about your options to appeal.

2. General Notes and Compulsory Information

Data Privacy

The operators of these web pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We shall treat confidential and process your personal data in compliance with legal data privacy regulations and this data privacy statement.

Several personal data will be collected when you use this website. Personal data means all data by which you can be personally identified. The present data privacy statement highlights which data will be collected and for what it will be used. The mentioned statement also explains how and for what purpose this is made.

Please note that online data transmission (for example, via e-mail messages) can bear the risk of security loopholes. Full data protection against third party access is not possible.

Information on the Responsible Authority

The authority bearing responsibility for data processing on this website is:

KLEIN GmbH & Co. KG
Schmiedestraße 3
48317 Drensteinfurt

Phone: 02508 / 99 44 – 0 E-mail: info@gefluegel-klein.de

The responsible authority is the natural or legal person who, individually or jointly with others, decides over the purposes and means of personal data processing (such as names, e-mail addresses or similar).

Revocation of Data Processing Consent

Many data processing operations will be possible only upon your prior explicit consent. You can revoke a previously given consent at any time. All you will have to do is send us an informal writing via e-mail. This revocation shall not affect the legality of any data processed until the revocation.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to obtain, by transmission in a common format to you or to any third party, any data that we process automatically based on your consent or in compliance with any agreement. Should you demand direct transmission of your data to another authorized person, it will be possible only if technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons, and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryptions. An encrypted connection is apparently being created whenever the address bar of your browser switches from “http://” to “https://” which is also indicated by the lock icon in your browser bar.

As soon as SSL or TLS encryption is activated, no data that you transmit to us can be accessed by third parties.

Information, Locking, Deletion

In accordance with the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain free-of-charge information on your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of data processing, at any time, as well as a right to adjustment, locking or deletion of such data. If you have any further questions concerning this or other personal data issues, please do not hesitate to contact us by using the address details indicated in the legal notes.

Objection against Advertising by E-mail

The use of contact data, that is published in compliance with the legal notes obligation, for the purpose of sending non-explicitly solicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected. The website operators reserve the explicit right to take legal actions in the event of sending unsolicited advertising information, for example, by spam e-mails.

3. Data Collection on our Website

Cookies

The web pages partially use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and they do not contain any computer viruses. Cookies help to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most cookies used by us are so-called “session cookies”. They will be deleted automatically after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to re-identify your browser upon your next visit.

You can customize your browser in a way that enables you to draw information on the placement of cookies and that only allows cookies in particular cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies in particular cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing your browser. The deactivation of cookies can restrict the functionality of this website.

Cookies required for implementing the electronic communication process, or for making available specific functions on your demand (for example, shopping cart function), are stored on the grounds of Article 6 Subsection 1 Part f GDPR. The website operator has a reasonable interest in storing cookies for the purpose of providing an error-free and optimized experience of his services. To the extent to which other cookies (for example, cookies for the analysis of your surfing habits) are stored, such cookies will be addressed separately in this data privacy statement.

Server Log Files

The provider of the web pages collects and stores information automatically in so-called server log files which are automatically being transmitted to us by your browser. These are:

• browser type and browser version

• applied operating system

• referrer URL

• host name of the accessing computer

• server request date and time

• IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources.

Data processing is based on Article 6 Subsection 1 Part f GDPR which permits data processing in compliance with a contract or pre-contractual instrument.

Contact Form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your information from the enquiry form including your contact details indicated therein will be stored with us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for potential follow-up questions. This data will not be transmitted without your prior permission.

Your data entered into the contact form will therefore be processed exclusively upon your prior consent (Article 6 Subsection 1 Part a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you will have to do is send us an informal writing via e-mail. This revocation shall not affect the legality of any data processed until the revocation.

Your data entered into the contact form remain with us until you prompt us to delete them, until you revoke your consent to store them or as soon as the purpose of data storage becomes inexistent (for example, after having fully processed your enquiry). Compulsory legal regulations – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Analyze Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis provider Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files stored on your computer and allowing to analyze your use of the website. The information on your use of the website, which is generated by the cookie, will regularly be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the grounds of Article 6 Subsection 1 Part f GDPR. The website operator has a reasonable interest in analyzing user behaviour for the purpose of optimizing both his web offer and his advertising.

IP Anonymization

We activated the IP anonymization function on this website. It enables Google to shorten your IP address within the borders of member states of the European Union or other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it into the USA. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server into the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, to compile reports on the website’s activities and to render further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the internet. The IP address transmitted from your browser by means of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent storing of cookies by making a relevant adjustment in your browser software; however, please note that this might impede you from proper use of all functions of this website. You can also prevent the collection of the data (including your IP address) generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website and prevent the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection against Data Collection

For more information on handling user data at Google Analytics please read Google’s data privacy statement: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Contract Data Processing

We concluded an agreement with Google on contract data processing and fully observe implementation of the strict requirements by German data privacy authorities in relation to the use of Google Analytics.

Demographic Features at Google Analytics

This website uses the function of “demographic features” by Google Analytics. It enables to create reports including data on age, gender and interests of website visitors. This information originates from interest-based advertising by Google and from website visitor data by third party providers. This data cannot be traced back to any specific person. You can always deactivate this function in the display settings of your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described under the headline “Objection against Data Collection”.