Name and contact of the person responsible in accordance with Article 4 Para. 7 GDPR

Company: Schraubenfabrik Schmidt GmbH
Address: Auf der Löbke 19, 58553 Halver, Germany

Telephone: +49 2353 9109-0

E-Mail: info@schrauben-schmidt.de

Data Protection Officer

Company: Schraubenfabrik Schmidt GmbH
Name: Tobias Schmidt

Address: Auf der Löbke 19, 58553 Halver, Germany
Telephone: +49 2353 9109-0
E-Mail: info@schrauben-schmidt.de

Security and protection of your personal data

We consider it our primary task to maintain the confidentiality of the personal data you provide and to protect it from unauthorized access. That is why we apply the utmost care and the most modern security standards to ensure maximum protection of your personal data. As a private company, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed by both us and our external service providers.

Definitions

The legislator requires that personal data be processed lawfully, in good faith and in a manner that is understandable for the data subject (“legality, processing in good faith, transparency”). To ensure this, we inform you about the individual legal definitions, which are also used in this data protection declaration:

1. “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”); A natural person is considered to be identifiable if he or she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more special features that express the physical , physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

2. “Processing” means any process or series of processes carried out with or without the aid of automated processes in connection with personal data, such as the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or modification, reading, querying, using, disclosing by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, matching or combining, restricting, deleting or destroying.

3. Restriction of processing “Restriction of processing” is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.

4. "Profiling" means any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists in using that personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, analyze or predict the health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movement of that natural person.

5. “Pseudonymization” means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data cannot be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

6. “File system” means any structured collection of personal data that is accessible according to specific criteria, regardless of whether that collection is centralized, decentralized or organized according to functional or geographical criteria.

7. “Controller” is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

8. “Processor” is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

9. “Recipient” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients; the processing of these data by the said authorities will be carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection rules in accordance with the purposes of the processing.

10. “Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body, other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized to access the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor process.

11. “Consent” of the data subject is any voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression of the wishes of the data subject in the specific case, in the form of a statement or other unequivocal confirmatory act, by which the data subject indicates that he or she agrees to the processing of the data agrees to the personal data relating to them.

Lawfulness of processing

The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. According to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letters a – f GDPR, the legal basis for processing can in particular be:

a. The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for one or more specific purposes;

b. the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract at the data subject's request;

c. the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;

d. the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person;

e. the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

f. the processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, outweigh them, in particular if the data subject is a child acts.

Information about the collection of personal data

(1) Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data includes, for example, name, address, email addresses, user behavior.

(2) If you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable your name and telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or processing is restricted if there are statutory retention requirements. Collection of personal data when you visit our website If you use the website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you would like to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR):

– IP address – Date and time of the request – Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – Content of the request (specific page)

– Access status/HTTP status code

– amount of data transferred in each case

– Website from which the request comes

– Browser

– Operating system and its interface

– Language and version of the browser software.

Use of cookies

(1) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the place that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.

(2) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below: – Transient cookies (see a.) – Persistent cookies (see b.).

a. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

b. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser's security settings.

c. You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called “third party cookies” are cookies that were set by a third party, therefore not by the actual website you are currently on. We would like to point out that if you deactivate cookies, you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website.

d. We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise you would have to log in again for each visit. e. The Flash cookies used are not recorded by your browser, but by your Flash plug-in. We also use HTML5 storage objects, which are stored on your device. These objects store the necessary data regardless of the browser you use and do not have an automatic expiration date. If you do not want Flash cookies to be processed, you must install an appropriate add-on, e.g. “Better Privacy” for Mozilla Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/) or the Adobe Flash Killer cookie for Google Chrome. You can prevent the use of HTML5 storage objects by using private mode in your browser. We also recommend manually deleting your cookies and browser history regularly.

Children

Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not provide us with personal information without the consent of their parent or guardian.

Rights of the data subject

(1) Revocation of consent

If the processing of personal data is based on consent given, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before its revocation. You can contact us at any time to exercise your right of withdrawal.

(2) Right to Confirmation

You have the right to request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details mentioned above.

(3) Right to information

If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time: a. the processing purposes; b. the categories of personal data being processed; c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations; d. if possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that period; e. the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing; f. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; G. if the personal data are not collected from the data subject, all available information about the origin of the data; h. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject. If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. We provide a copy of the personal data that is the subject of processing. For any further copies that you as an individual request, we may charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative costs. If you submit the application electronically, the information must be provided in a common electronic format unless the application states otherwise. The right to receive a copy under paragraph 3 shall not prejudice the rights and freedoms of other persons.

(4) Right to rectification

You have the right to request that we immediately correct any incorrect personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request that incomplete personal data be completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.

(5) Right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”)

You have the right to request that the controller delete personal data concerning you immediately, and we are obliged to delete personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

a. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b. The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

c. The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1 of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 2 of the GDPR.

d. The personal data was processed unlawfully.

e. The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. f. The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 paragraph 1 GDPR. If the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged to delete them in accordance with paragraph 1, he shall, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, take appropriate measures, including technical measures, to inform data controllers who process the personal data about this to inform you that a data subject has requested that you delete all links to that personal data or copies or replications of that personal data. The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) does not apply if the processing is necessary: ​​– to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information; – for compliance with a legal obligation requiring processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; – for reasons of public interest in the field of public health in accordance with Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) GDPR; - for archival purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 paragraph 1 GDPR, to the extent that the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or - to assert, exercise or Defense of legal claims.

(6)  Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions applies: a. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data, b. the processing is unlawful and the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data; c. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or d. the data subject has lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1 of the GDPR, as long as it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject. If the processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, these personal data - apart from their storage - will only be used with the consent of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State. In order to exercise the right to restrict processing, the data subject may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.

(7) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided have been submitted, provided that: a. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a or Article 9 paragraph 2 letter a or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR and b. the processing takes place using automated procedures. When exercising the right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, to the extent that this is technically feasible. Exercising the right to data portability does not affect the right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”). This right does not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

(8) Right to object

You have the right, for reasons relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letters e or f GDPR; This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller will no longer process the personal data unless he or she can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. If you object to processing for direct advertising purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes. In connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object using automated procedures using technical specifications. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes referred to in Article 89(1), unless: the processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest. You can exercise your right to object at any time by contacting the person responsible.

(9) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision: a. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, b. is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, or c. with the express consent of the person concerned. The controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, which includes at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express one's own point of view and to contest the decision. The data subject can exercise this right at any time by contacting the relevant person responsible.

(10) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes this Regulation.

(11) Right to an effective judicial remedy

Without prejudice to any available administrative or extrajudicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to an effective judicial remedy if you consider that your rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of your personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.

Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

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

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymiseIp()". This means that IP addresses are further processed in abbreviated form, so that they cannot be linked to a specific person. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, it is immediately excluded and the personal data is deleted immediately.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. (6) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436?1001. Terms of use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, overview of data protection: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, as well as the privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. (7) This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My data", "Personal data".

Use of social media plugins

(1) We do not currently use any social media plug-ins.

Integration of Google Maps

(1) We use the Google Maps service on this website. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned under § 3 of this declaration will be transmitted. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or customising its website. Such an analysis is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide customised advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to 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 constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us 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 GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.