Data privacy

1. Data privacy at a glance

General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. For more detailed information on data privacy, please refer to our privacy policy further below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator whose contact data can be found in the legal information on this website.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of website access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected in order to ensure fault-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right under certain circumstances to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data privacy, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal information.

Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done using “analysis programs”. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following data privacy policy.

2. Hosting and content delivery networks (CDN)

External hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include in particular IP addresses, contact requests, meta data and communication data, contractual data, contact data, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website. The hoster is employed for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). Our hoster will only process your data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of the service obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

3. General notes and obligatory information

Data privacy
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This data privacy policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We should point out that data transmission via the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller

Responsibility for the processing of personal data in the context of the use of this website lies with:

SMZ GmbH
Robert-Bosch-Str. 11
71394 Kernen, Germany


Represented by:
Sven Zech, Florian Zech and Felix Zech

Telephone: +49 (0)7151/20534 – 0
Fax: +49 (0)7151/20534 – 29
E-mail: info@smz-spindelservice.de


The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent that you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 (1) LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOU PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS APPLIES ALSO TO PROFILING BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL GROUNDS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects shall have a right of complaint to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged breach. The right of complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability
You have the right to request that data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract is provided to you or to a third party in a commonly used and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out insofar as it is 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 the site operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. An encrypted connection can be recognised by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, erasure and rectification
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal information.

Objection to advertising e-mails
We hereby object to the use of the contact data published within the framework of the legal information for the sending of advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam e-mails.

Right to restrict processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal information for this purpose. You have the right to restrict processing in the following cases:

• If you contest the accuracy of the personal data stored by us, we will generally need time to verify this. You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data for the duration of this verification. If the processing of your personal data is/was unlawful, you can request the restriction of processing instead of erasure.

• If we no longer require your personal data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, then you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.

• If you have lodged an objection to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, it will be necessary to verify whether your interests or our interests should prevail. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests shall prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

• If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies
Our Internet website uses “cookies”. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your terminal. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your terminal. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit to our website. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser. In some cases, cookies from third parties may also be stored on your terminal when you enter our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain third-party services (e.g. cookies for handling payment services). Cookies have various functions. Many of the cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertising. Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions desired by you (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically fault-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, storage of the cookies in question is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. The deactivation of cookies may restrict the functionality of this website. In the event that third-party cookies are used or if cookies are used for analytical purposes, we will inform you about this separately within the framework of this data privacy policy and request your consent, if necessary.

Server log files
The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in “server log files” which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of server request
• IP address


This data is not merged with data from other sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically fault-free presentation and optimisation of the website and the server log files have to be collected for this purpose.

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 do not pass on this data without your consent. Processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to erase it, until you revoke your consent to store it or when the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions, in particular retention periods.

Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry including all personal data resulting from it (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent. Processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested. The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to erase it, until you revoke your consent to store it or when the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods.
5. Plugins and Tools

Google Web Fonts
This website uses “web fonts” provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. This informs Google that your IP address has been used to access this website. The use of Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typefaces on the website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; you can revoke your consent at any time. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

OpenStreetMap
We use the map services of OpenStreetMap (OSM). The provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom. When you visit a website into which OpenStreetMap is integrated, your IP address and other information about your behaviour on this website is forwarded to the OSMF. OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser or use similar recognition technologies to do this. Furthermore, your location may be recorded if you have allowed this in your device settings, e.g. on your mobile phone. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transmission. For details, please refer to the OpenStreetMap privacy policy at the following link: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy. The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and for easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; you can revoke your consent at any time.