Legal note for the content of the "www.herlitz.de" websites (28.09.2010 version).
This legal note with respect to data protection applies to the entire content of the website www.herlitz.de. The protection of personal data is an important matter for us. This is why we carry out our business in line with applicable legal regulations to protect personal data and also for data protection. We comply with the provisions of the German Data Protection Law and other data protection regulations. In the following text you will get to know the information we may collect, how we handle it and to whom it may be made available.
Personal Data
Personal Data (§3 para. 1 German Data Protection Act) are particulars of a person, details about personal (e.g. name, address, date of birth, profession, title) or material circumstances (e.g. income, branch of industry, offered services) of a particular or determinable natural person.
We shall only use the data which you make available to us to process your enquiries at Herlitz. After this process has been completed your personal details will be deleted. We shall neither sell your details to third parties nor market them in any other way.
We shall only collect such personal data (e.g. names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses) which you decide to make available to us or which the appropriate legal regulations permit.
The final consumer can be forwarded to a trade partner (= e-shop of the trader). It is guaranteed that IP addresses are saved only anonymously while being forwarded. Besides the anonymised IP address, no further personal data of people are saved.
We neither ask for any personal data from children or youth, nor forward this to any third party. We point out that persons below 18 years of age may not forward or transfer data online without parental approval.
Usage
We shall only use the data which you make available to us to process your enquiries at Herlitz. After this process has been completed your personal details will be deleted.
We shall neither sell your details to third parties nor market them in any other way.
Agreement
We shall only use your details for marketing purposes such as Online-surveys if you have specifically given your consent. Consent is given electronically and can be withdrawn by email at any time. You will find the consent declaration on the customer services contact form.
Communication or user-specific information
If you access our webistes via telecomunnication services, then communication-specific information (e.g. Internet protocol address) or user-specific information (e.g. information regarding start of use and duration and the telecommunication services you used) is produced automatically. This may enable links to be made to personal details.
Insofar as collection, processing and use of your communication and usage details is necessary the legal regulations with regard to data protection shall apply.
Automatic collection of non-personal data
If you access our websites, occasionally information is collected automatically (i.e. not via registration) which is not assigned to a specific person (e.g. Internet Browser used and operating system; Domain name of the last website you visited, number of visits; average visit time; sites accessed). We use this information to evaluate the attractiveness of our websites and to improve their content and efficiency.
"Cookies" - Information which appears automatically on your PC
If you visit one of our websites it may be that we place information on your PC in the form of a "Cookie" which you will recognize automatically on your next visit. You will be automatically identified as user at your next visit, thus facilitating the use of our online offers. Should you not wish this, please programme your Internet Browser to delete Cookies from your hard drive, block all Cookies or warn you before a Cookie is saved. The use of Cookies is generally allowed in accordance with § 15 para.1 Media and Telecommunications Act, if this is required for obtaining telemedia.
Google Analytics
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 analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Data collection and storage can be cancelled at any time with effect on a future date [using tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout ; link]. In view of the discussion about the use of analytical tools with complete IP addresses, we would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the advanced "_anonymizeIp()" option and thus IP addresses are only further processed in an abbreviated manner so as to exclude direct reference to people.
Using Facebook plugins
These Internet pages feature plugins by the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). When you call up Herlitz Internet pages with such plugins, a connection is established with the Facebook servers and the plugin displayed on the Internet page via message to your browser. In doing so, Facebook will know which ones of our Internet pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a member on Facebook, Facebook allocates this information to your personal Facebook user account. When using the plugin functions (e.g. by clicking the "Like" button or stating a comment), this information is also allocated to your Facebook account, which you can only prevent by logging out prior to using the plugin. For more information about the collection and utilisation of data by Facebook, your rights in this respect and possibilities to protect your private sphere, please refer to the Facebook data protection notices.
Security
Herlitz takes technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your personal data against unintentional or unlawful cancellation, modification or loss, and unauthorised forwarding or access.
Obligation to data secrecy and protection of telecommunication confidentiality
All staff of Herlitz AG who come into contact with personal data have been carefully selected and obligated to §5 German Data Protection Act (secrecy). Furthermore, we likewise subject employees to maintenance of telecommunications secrecy in accordance with § 88 Telecommunications Act, as long as the employee takes part in the delivery of business-related telecommunications services as part of his/ her work.
Links to other websites
Our website has links to external websites. Since we do not have any influence on their content, we cannot assume any guarantee for the correctness of the contents. For the contents of these external sides, the respective provider or operator is always responsible.
Questions and comments
We will adapt our data protection policy in line with further development of the Internet. We will announce any changes promptly on this site. Therefore, you should regularly browse this site in order to inform yourself about the current status of the data protection policy. Moreover, there is the option to revoke your approval for collection, processing and utilisation of your personal data.
If you have questions or comments to this data protection policy (for example, for inspection and update of your personal data), please contact our external operational data protection officer (in accordance with §§ 4 f and 4 g German Data Protection Act).
You can contact our data protection officer as follows: Click on "Legals" in the header of the screen window and contact us by telephone or use our contact form.