Scope of application

The present data protection declaration shall inform the user of this website in compliance with the Federal Data Protection Act and Telemedia Act about the type, the extent and the purpose of the collection and use of person-related data by the website operator SKT Schwarzwälder Kugel- und Rollentechnik GmbH & Co.KG.

The website operator shall take your privacy protection very seriously and shall deal with your person-related data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Please be aware that security gaps are principally an issue when transmitting data on the internet. A comprehensive protection against access by third parties cannot be realized.

Access data

The website operator and/or site provider shall collect data via access onto the site and shall store these as “server logfiles”. The following data shall be protocoled in such manner:

Website visited

Exact time of day when access occurs

Amount of data sent in bytes

Source/Reference from where you accessed the site

Browser used

Operating system used

IP address used

The data collected shall be intended merely for statistical evaluations and to improve the website. The website operator shall reserve the right, however, to subsequently verify the server logfiles if there exists concrete indication as to unlawful use.

Cookies

The present website makes use of cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your terminal. Your browser shall access these files. The ease of use and the safety of the present website are increased by the placing of cookies. Common browsers offer the setting not to allow cookies. Please note: It cannot be guaranteed that you will be able to access without restriction all functions of the present website if you perform such settings.

Handling of person-related data

The website operator shall collect, use and transmit your person-related data only if this is permitted within the scope of statutory provisions or if you agree to data collection.

All bits of information that serve to identify you and to allow your unambiguous tracing are considered as person-related data – for example your name, e-mail address and phone number.

Handling of contact data

When you get connected to the website operator by means of the contacts offered, your particulars shall be stored to allow their access for processing and answering your enquiry. These data shall not be transferred to third parties without your consent.

Handling of comments and contributions

If you leave a contribution or comment on the present website, your IP address shall be stored to serve as security for the website operator: should your text be against the law, it would allow to trace your identity.

Rights of the user: information, correction and deletion

You as user shall be given free of charge upon your application the information as to which of your person-related data have been stored. Provided that your wish does not collide with a statutory duty to store data (e.g. data retention), you shall have the right to correct wrong data and to block or delete your person-related data.

Data protection regulations for the deployment and use of Facebook

The person responsible for processing has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.

A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community that usually enables users to communicate with one another and to interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences, or allow the Internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Among other things, Facebook enables users of the social network to create private profiles, upload photos and submit networking requests.

Facebook’s operating company is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a person concerned lives outside the USA or Canada, the person responsible for processing personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Each time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Facebook component causes a representation of the corresponding Facebook component to be downloaded from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be accessed on Facebook. As part of this technical process, Facebook is informed which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.

If the person concerned is logged on to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned is visiting each time the person concerned calls up our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned to the respective Facebook account of the person concerned by Facebook. If the person concerned clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Like” button, or if the person concerned makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the person concerned and stores this personal data .

Facebook always receives information via the Facebook component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged in to Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Facebook component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook in this way, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before accessing our website.

The data policy published by Facebook, which can be accessed at Facebook, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It is also explained there which setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the person concerned to suppress data transmission to Facebook.

Facebook pixels

Our website uses the visitor action pixel from Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) to measure conversion.

In this way, the behavior of site visitors can be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This allows the effectiveness of the Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and future advertising measures to be optimized.

The data collected is anonymous to us as the operator of this website, we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines. This enables Facebook to place advertisements on Facebook pages and outside of Facebook. This use of the data cannot be influenced by us as the site operator.

The use of Facebook pixels is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising measures, including social media.

You will find further information on protecting your privacy in Facebook’s data protection information: Meta Privacy Policy – How Meta collects and uses user data.

You can also disable the Custom Audiences remarketing feature in the Ads Settings section of About the Ads You See From Facebook. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can opt out of Facebook usage-based advertising on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website: Preference Management.

Data protection regulations for the deployment and use of Xing

The person responsible for processing has integrated components from Xing on this website. Xing is an Internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts and establish new business contacts. Individual users can create a personal profile for themselves on Xing. For example, companies can create company profiles or publish job offers on Xing.

The operating company of Xing is XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Xing component causes Xing to download a representation of the corresponding Xing component. Further information on the Xing plug-ins can be found at Xing. As part of this technical process, Xing is informed which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.

If the person concerned is logged in to Xing at the same time, Xing recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned is visiting each time the person concerned calls up our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Xing component and assigned to the respective Xing account of the data subject by Xing. If the person concerned clicks on one of the Xing buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Share” button, Xing assigns this information to the personal Xing user account of the person concerned and stores this personal data.

Xing always receives information via the Xing component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged in to Xing at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Xing component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Xing, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Xing account before accessing our website.

The data protection regulations published by Xing, which can be accessed at Xing, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Xing. Xing has also published data protection notices for the XING share button.

Data protection regulations for the application and use of LinkedIn

The person responsible for processing has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts and establish new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in more than 200 countries. LinkedIn is currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world.

LinkedIn is operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland is responsible for data protection issues outside the USA.

Each time our website, which is equipped with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), is accessed, this component causes the browser used by the person concerned to download a corresponding representation of the LinkedIn component. Further information on the LinkedIn plug-ins can be found at LinkedIn. As part of this technical process, LinkedIn is informed which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.

If the person concerned is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned is visiting each time the person concerned calls up our website and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and assigned to the respective LinkedIn account of the person concerned by LinkedIn. If the person concerned clicks on a LinkedIn button integrated on our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the person concerned and saves this personal data.

LinkedIn always receives information via the LinkedIn component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the LinkedIn component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to LinkedIn, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their LinkedIn account before accessing our website.

LinkedIn offers the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads as well as to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame who may set cookies. Such cookies can be rejected on LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s applicable data protection regulations are available at LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s cookie policy is available at LinkedIn.

LinkedIn plugin

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time one of our pages that contains LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by LinkedIn.

For more information, see LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Please contact our data protection officer per e-mail regarding any of your issues:

datenschutzbeauftragter@skt-gmbh.de