Data Privacy Statement

Date: 17.08.2015

1. General

The internet page (“website”) accessible at www.hauhinco.de and www.hauhinco.com is operated by Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (“Hauhinco”); Please see the contact details in our Imprint. Hauhinco takes data protection and the legal obligations relevant for this purpose very seriously. In this data protection statement, you will discover which details are collected, processed and used on the website and when contacting Hauhinco, and how Hauhinco guarantees the protection of your data. For further information or queries regarding the use of your data which are not answered in this data protection statement, please contact our Data Protection Supervisor.

2. Personal data

Personal data enables the identification of the user of this website. Among other things, this includes name, address, telephone number and email address. This website can be used without you having to disclose your identity fully or even partially. Disclosing your identity and divulging personal data is only required when contacting Hauhinco via the website. It is not possible for Hauhinco to process your request without you disclosing your identity and divulging personal data. It is therefore your free choice as to whether you wish to communicate personal data to Hauhinco for the purposes of contacting them.

3. Automatic data processing on the website

The website is provided by a specialised computer (“server”), which automatically collects information and saves it in log files each time the website is opened. This involves (1) the browser used including the version number, (2) the operating system used, (3) the address of the internet page you previously visited (“Referrer URL”), (4) the address of the computer you used to access the website (“IP address”) and (5) the time and date this website was opened. The aforementioned information is transmitted by your browser as long as this is not prevented by a deviating configuration of your browser or a security software you use. Hauhinco cannot allocate the data of a certain person saved in the log files by the server. The data in the server log files are also not combined with other data sources that may be available at Hauhinco.

4. Use of user data when making contact

If you contact Hauhinco via the website, the personal data requested from you are collected, saved and used exclusively for the purpose of processing your contact, in particular for processing your general request to Hauhinco via the contact form, your request after registering for protected access or for processing and handling a contract request you have sent via the website or a previously concluded contract. Hauhinco also exclusively uses your email address for the purpose intended by the contact you made via the website. Only if explicitly requested by you, Hauhinco will send you emails exceeding the purpose of contact with general information and promotional material as part of your granted consent. Of course, you can retract your consent to this further use of your email address at any time by email or by writing to the address given in the company details. Hauhinco will also allude to this separately in each email they send with general information or promotional content.

5. Forwarding of user data

Under no circumstances does Hauhinco forward your personal data (including your email address) to third parties. An exception to this is forwarding to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of handling your contact to Hauhinco or a contract concluded with you or if you have explicitly consented to your data being forwarded to third parties. Your data is transmitted to third parties according to the legal provisions, and the scope of the transmission is restricted to the minimum required for meeting the purpose.

6. Creating user profiles

To improve the website and for commercial and market research purposes, Hauhinco analyses the behaviour of the website’s users. To do this, Hauhinco creates anonymous user profiles provided you do not object to this. Hauhinco ensures that the anonymous user profiles are not combined with your personal data. The revocation of the creation of anonymous user profiles can be directed by email or in writing to our Data Protection Supervisor.

7. Right to disclosure

Hauhinco will of course disclose to you information on the personal data relating to you that they have saved at any time gratuitously and promptly in accordance with the legal provisions. Please contact our Data Protection Supervisor for this purpose.

8. Information on 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 will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transfered to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymisation is active on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP-address, that your Browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated 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. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. As an alternative to the browser Addon or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click this link.

Please contact our Data Protection Supervisor for any questions:

Kai Schöler
Phone: +49 2324/705-205
kai.schoeler@hauhinco.de