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Privacy Policy - This legal information is binding in the German language. The English translation is for informational purposes only and does not replace the German version.
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1) Introduction and contact details of the responsible party
1.1 We appreciate your interest in our company. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Below, we inform you about the processing of personal data by us—whether when visiting our website, during business initiation, contractual relationships, communication via email, or by other means. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Philipp Schräder, Reutershagweg 25, 52074 Aachen, Germany, Tel.: +49 176 21559203, Email: info@schraeder-ing.de. The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
2.1 When you use our website for purely informational purposes—i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information—we collect only those data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
– The website you visited
– Date and time of access
– Amount of data transferred in bytes
– Referrer URL indicating the page from which you accessed the site
– Browser type used
– Operating system used
– IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be shared or used for other purposes. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful 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 responsible party), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” prefix and the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.
3) Hosting & Content-Delivery-Network
We use a provider for hosting our website and displaying page content that operates its services exclusively on servers within the European Union, either directly or through selected subcontractors.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
4) Cookies
To make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies—small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow for the storage of site settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings.
To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool “CookieYes.” Details about how “CookieYes” functions can be found at https://www.cookieyes.com/privacy-policy/.
If personal data is processed through individual cookies we use, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies and to decide individually whether to accept them or to block the acceptance of cookies either in specific cases or altogether.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
5) Contact
5.1 WhatsApp-Business
You have the option to contact us via the messaging service WhatsApp of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. For this purpose, we use the so-called “Business Version” of WhatsApp.
If you contact us via WhatsApp in connection with a specific business transaction (for example, a placed order), we store and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp as well as—if provided—your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for processing and responding to your request. Based on the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide additional data (order number, customer number, address, or email address) to assign your inquiry to a specific transaction.
If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g., about services, availability, or our website), we store and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp as well as—if provided—your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in providing the requested information efficiently and promptly.
Your data is used solely to respond to your inquiry via WhatsApp. No data is shared with third parties.
Please note that WhatsApp Business has access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers phone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. For operating our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device whose address book contains only the WhatsApp contact details of users who have contacted us via WhatsApp.
This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has already consented to the transmission of their WhatsApp phone number from the address books of their chat contacts according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR by accepting WhatsApp’s terms of use upon first use of the app on their device. The transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.
The purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of data by WhatsApp, along with your related rights and privacy settings, can be found in WhatsApp’s privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits disclosure to third parties.
As part of the aforementioned processing activities, data may be transferred to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection standards.
5.2 When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form is indicated in the respective form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for communication and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims to conclude a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your request. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant matter has been conclusively clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.
6) Use of customer data for direct advertising
Sending email newsletters to existing customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular offers for similar goods or services from our range by email. According to Section 7(3) of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG), we are not required to obtain separate consent from you for this. The data processing is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, no emails will be sent by us.
You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible party named at the beginning. Only transmission costs according to the basic rates will be incurred. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.
7) Site functionalities
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8) Tools and miscellaneous
8.1 Cookie-Consent-Tool
This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users upon visiting the site in the form of an interactive user interface, where they can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking checkboxes. Through the use of this tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user has given consent by ticking the corresponding boxes. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user's device only if consent has been given.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.
In individual cases, if personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
Another legal basis for the processing is also Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As controllers, we are legally obligated to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the settings options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
8.2 – LexOffice (Data processor)
For managing our customer data and handling our accounting, we use the cloud-based accounting software LexOffice provided by: Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg, Deutschland.
The provider processes, among other things, offers, order confirmations, incoming and outgoing invoices, as well as, if applicable, our company’s bank transactions to automatically capture invoices, match them to transactions, and thereby create the financial accounting in a semi-automated process.
If personal data is also processed in this context, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in efficient organization and documentation of our business processes. A data processing agreement is in place.
9) Rights of the data subject
9.1 Under applicable data protection law, you are granted the following rights as a data subject in relation to the processing of your personal data by the controller (rights to information and intervention), whereby the respective legal basis for exercising these rights is indicated:
– Right to access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
– Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
– Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
– Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
– Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
– Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
– Right to withdraw given consent pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
– Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
9.2 Right to object
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS AFTER BALANCING INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING MAY BE PERMITTED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU CAN EXERCISE THIS OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
10) Comments
When visitors write comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the IP address and user-agent string (to detect spam).
When you write a comment, you can voluntarily choose whether your name, email address, and, if applicable, your website are stored in a cookie in your browser. This is done via a corresponding checkbox. The storage occurs exclusively locally in your browser and serves your convenience so that you do not have to enter this information again when posting another comment. These cookies are valid for one year.
11) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—where applicable—additionally based on the relevant statutory retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).
When processing personal data based on an explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in connection with contractual or contract-like obligations based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided they are no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise specified in the other information contained in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Copyright notice: This privacy policy was created by the specialist lawyers of IT-Recht Kanzlei and is protected by copyright (https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de). (Translated by using AI)
Stand: 07.05.2025, 18:15:25 Uhr