1. Objectives and Responsible Party 1.1. This privacy policy clarifies the nature, scope, and purpose of data collection and usage as well as the use of cookies within our website and online services. Provider / data protection authority:

SANIT-CHEMIE Cleaning Products and Equipment GmbH represented by the managing directors Dieselstraße 38 74211 Leingarten Phone: +49 7131 90210-0 Fax: +49 7131 404360 Email: Datenschutz(at)sanit-chemie.de

1.2. The legal basis for data protection can be found in the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-new), and the Law on Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (TTDSG).

2. Basic Information on Data Processing 2.1. We collect, process, and use personal data of users only in compliance with relevant data protection regulations. This means that user data will only be used when there is a legal necessity or consent. 2.2. We implement organizational, contractual, and technical security measures to ensure compliance with data protection laws and to protect the data we manage against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons.
3. Collection, Processing, and Use of Personal Data 3.1. The personal data of users are used for the following purposes:

Execution of our services, service, and user-related services.

Ensuring effective customer service. When contacting us, the information is stored for processing inquiries and any follow-up questions.

Sending newsletters or other promotional materials, provided the recipient has given us corresponding consent.

3.2. We pass on the data to third parties if necessary for service provision, billing purposes, or to fulfill our contractual obligations to users.

4. Information sent via Email and Newsletter 4.1. If we send email messages with promotional information about us and our services, we do so only with the explicit consent of the recipients. Users can object to receiving email messages at any time. 4.2. If you wish to receive the newsletter, we require a valid email address and information allowing us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address or that its owner agrees to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. This data is only used for sending newsletters and is not passed on to third parties. 4.3. Before sending the newsletter, the email owner will receive a confirmation email in which they must confirm newsletter registration. Unconfirmed registrations will be automatically deleted within four weeks. We may refrain from sending a confirmation email if the email address has already been confirmed beforehand. 4.4. You can revoke your consent to store the data, email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time. 4.5. Within the registration, we store the registration and confirmation time, as well as the user’s IP address. We are legally obliged to log registrations to prove proper registration.
5. Collection of Access Data 5.1. We collect data on every access to the server where this service is located (so-called server log files). Access data includes the name of the accessed webpage, file, date and time of access, data volume transferred, message about successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider. 5.2. We use the log data without personal user assignment or profiling in accordance with legal provisions only for statistical evaluations for operating, security, and optimization purposes. However, we reserve the right to check log data subsequently if there is concrete evidence of unlawful use.
6. Cookies & Reach Measurement 6.1. Cookies are information transferred by our web server or third-party web servers to users’ web browsers and stored there for later retrieval. Users are informed about the use of cookies for pseudonymous reach measurement within this privacy policy. 6.2. Our website can be viewed even with cookies disabled. If users do not want cookies stored on their computers, they are requested to disable the corresponding option in their browser settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser settings. The exclusion of cookies may lead to functional limitations of this service.
7. Reach Measurement: Google Analytics 7.1. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses cookies, text files that are stored on users’ computers and enable an analysis of the use of our online services. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by users is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. 7.2. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of the website by users, to compile reports on activities within our online services, and to provide us with other services related to website use and internet use. 7.3. We use Google Analytics only with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of users is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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. 7.4. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly. Users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online service to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
8. Google Universal Analytics 8.1. We use Google Analytics in the form of “Universal Analytics.” “Universal Analytics” refers to a Google Analytics feature in which user analysis is performed based on a pseudonymous user ID, thus creating a pseudonymous profile of the user’s activities across devices (so-called “cross-device tracking”).
9. Deletion of Data 9.1. The data processed by us will be deleted or their processing restricted in accordance with legal requirements. Unless expressly stated in this privacy policy, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and there are no legal retention obligations to prevent deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be stored for commercial or tax law reasons. 9.2. According to legal requirements in Germany, data is stored for 10 years according to §§ 147 para. 1 AO, 257 para. 1 nos. 1 and 4, para. 4 HGB (German Commercial Code) (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years according to § 257 para. 1 nos. 2 and 3, para. 4 HGB (commercial letters).
10. Rights of the Data Subject 10.1. Users have the right, upon request and free of charge, to receive information about the personal data stored about them. 10.2. In addition, users have the right to correct inaccurate data, block and delete their personal data, provided there is no legal obligation to retain such data. 10.3. Users can revoke consent previously given for the future collection, processing, and use of personal data at any time. 10.4. Users have the right to appeal to the competent supervisory authority in the event of data protection violations. The competent supervisory authority in data protection matters is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is located. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
11. Changes to the Privacy Policy 11.1. We reserve the right to change the privacy policy to adapt it to changed legal situations or to changes in the service and data processing. However, this only applies to declarations regarding data processing. If user consent is required or if parts of the privacy policy contain provisions of the contractual relationship with users, the changes will only be made with the users’ consent. 11.2. Users are requested to inform themselves regularly about the content of the privacy policy.

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