Data protection statement

Hauff-Technik MIDDLE EAST General Trading L.L.C., represented by the Managing Director Thomas Kölle, PO Box 35070, WH-03, Plot No 2150483, Marakech Street, Umm Ramool Dubai UAE, takes the protection of your personal data very seriously.Compliance with statutory provisions, such as the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG, Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) and the German Telemedia and Telecommunications Act (TTDSG), as well as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), is a matter of course for us. /

1. What is personal data?

"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

2. Our Handling of Personal Data

Hauff-Technik collects necessary personal data only within the scope of the purposes permitted by you, such as when filling out the contact form. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes.    

We request personal data if you send us inquiries regarding one of our products or wish to obtain quotes. At a minimum, we require your email address for this. Additional information is required if you order products online and we are to deliver products to you or provide you with a download. However, you can visit all areas of the site without disclosing personal data.

In the case of a newsletter subscription, you will receive information and offers regarding our products and those of our partners. Your address will not be passed on to third parties. In some cases, opening and click behavior is recorded. This data is stored physically separate from personal data. For the rest, we refer to your rights as set out in Section 8 et seq.

We will use the information provided by you exclusively to process the ordering process and to inform you in the future about further comparable offers, including by email. We do not pass on personal data to unauthorized third parties.

3. What happens to the stored personal data?

We only disclose stored email addresses to third parties if we are compelled to do so by the police or the public prosecutor's office, or if a written or electronic declaration of consent has been provided. Additional personal data that you provide to us in connection with product orders, inquiries, or downloads are stored on secure computers within Germany. We use this data exclusively for the purposes you requested and which were disclosed in advance.

All employees of Hauff-Technik are committed to data secrecy in accordance with Section 5 BDSG and Art. 29 EU GDPR. We have implemented technical and organizational measures (TOMs) as defined in Section 9 BDSG and Art. 5 (1) (f) EU GDPR to protect your data, and we also ensure that our partners take appropriate measures to safeguard data security. However, if you are redirected to other websites via links on our pages, we cannot control the use of your data. Nevertheless, we urge all our partners to maintain the same level of data protection as we do and to take the necessary measures (technical and organizational).

4. Duration of storage of personal data

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data are routinely deleted, provided they are no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of a contract.

5. Collection of General Data and Information – So-called Log Data

The website of Hauff-Technik collects a series of general data and information with every access by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information are stored in the server's log files. The data collected may include (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used for danger prevention in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as the advertisements for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack.

Therefore, this anonymously collected data and information are evaluated by us statistically and, furthermore, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security within our company, ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

6. What are Cookies?

Hauff-Technik uses cookies to optimize its website. Cookies are small text files that are placed and stored on the hard drive of a website visitor.

They allow you to make personal settings on the website. Furthermore, we use cookies to analyze the use of the websites in an anonymized or pseudonymized form. Under certain circumstances, this data may be enriched with further demographic data (e.g., age and gender) during online surveys. You will be separately informed of this during the online survey. It is also possible to use our services without cookies; however, in that case, not all functions may be available. Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, you can deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you as soon as cookies are sent. Cookies are not programs and therefore cannot cause damage. You can delete cookies automatically by selecting the "Log out" button or prevent the storage of cookies by selecting "Block cookies" in your browser settings. This may lead to functional restrictions when visiting the website. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) EU GDPR.

Hauff-Technik GmbH & Co. KG has a legitimate interest in storing essential cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. For other cookies, e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior, your separate consent is required.

Explanation: Pseudonymization

 

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

7. This website uses cookies

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features, and to analyze traffic to our website. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. Our partners may combine this information with other data that you have provided to them or that they have collected as part of your use of the services.

In addition to essential cookies, we require your permission for all other types of cookies.

This site uses different types of cookies.

Essential Cookies

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Preference Cookies (1)

Preference cookies allow a website to remember your preferred settings for our website. This includes, for example, your preferred language, frequently visited pages, or the region in which you are located.

Marketing Cookies (21)

Marketing cookies follow users across the websites they visit. This makes it possible to display ads on these pages that are precisely relevant and engaging for the individual user.

8. Common Provisions for Google Services (Tag Manager, GA4, Google Ads)

We use various services provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, on our website.

Consent as a Prerequisite (Opt-In Procedure): To protect your privacy, we have configured the technical integration so that all Google services are deactivated by default. This includes Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads:

Data transfer to Google or the placement of associated cookies (e.g., _ga, ga, _gcl_au) only occurs if and when you have explicitly given your consent via our consent banner by clicking the "Accept" button. Without this active action, all scripts remain blocked and no cookies from these services are stored on your terminal device.

- Google Tag Manager: Serves as a control unit to load the services mentioned below only after your consent has been obtained. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

- Google Analytics 4 (GA4): Creates anonymized statistics about the use of our website. Your IP address is automatically anonymized in this process. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

- Google Ads: Enables us to measure advertising success (conversion tracking). It records whether you reached us via an advertisement and perform certain actions. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

Withdrawal of Consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by adjusting your preferences in your browser settings. Data transfer to the USA is secured by Google's certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Further information on data use by Google can be found in the Google Privacy Policy at: policies.google.com/privacy.

9. Privacy provisions regarding the deployment and use of Google AdWords

The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads in both Google's search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords enables an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords, by means of which an ad is displayed in Google's search engine results only when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed to topic-relevant websites using an automatic algorithm and taking the previously defined keywords into account.

The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is placed on the data subject's IT system by Google. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. Provided the cookie has not yet expired, the conversion cookie is used to track whether certain sub-pages, such as the shopping cart of an online shop system, have been accessed on our website.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are, in turn, used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords ads—that is, to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google by which the data subject could be identified.

By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. Each time our website is visited, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass this personal data collected via the technical procedure on to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time, as already described above, by means of a corresponding setting in the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a conversion cookie on the data subject's IT system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the internet browsers used and apply the desired settings there.

Further information and Google's applicable privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en.
 

10. Use of the web analytics service Matomo

This website uses Matomo, a web analytics service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering, and evaluation of data regarding the behavior of visitors to internet pages. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a data subject has arrived at a website (so-called referrers), which sub-pages of the website were accessed, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analysis is primarily used to optimize a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.

Matomo uses cookies that are placed on your computer's hard drive and which Matomo accesses each time you visit our website in order to analyze the use of our website by your computer. Such cookies can, in particular, record the page your browser accesses and the page previously accessed, in order to create profiles of the use of our website by your computer. In this context, the IP address of your computer is also collected. However, this is anonymized during storage in accordance with the requirements of the German data protection authorities. The Matomo software runs on our own servers in Germany, ensuring that we retain full control over user data.

The cookies are evaluated to analyze where visitors to our website come from and what activities they perform on our website. These analyses are used by us for advertising, market research, and the improvement of our services. You can prevent the creation and evaluation of a usage profile via Matomo by completely excluding the storage of cookies as described above.

Matomo will then place a special opt-out cookie on your computer. This cookie does not contain any values suitable for the creation of a usage profile but merely enables Matomo to recognize the objection raised. You can also completely exclude the storage of cookies on your hard drive as described above.
 

11. Use of the newsletter analysis service Brevo

On this website, you can subscribe to the newsletter free of charge. For sending the newsletter, Hauff-Technik uses the service of the German company Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin ("Brevo" or formerly SendInBlue). Brevo is a data processor – Hauff-Technik has therefore concluded a data processing agreement with Brevo.

When you register for the newsletter, your personal data (e.g., email address and the IP address of registration and confirmation) are stored on the server and also transmitted to Brevo. For the newsletter registration, the double opt-in procedure is used. This means that after registration, an email is sent to the specified email address to obtain your confirmation. If the registration is not confirmed, the information is blocked and automatically deleted after one month. Furthermore, the IP address used and the time of registration and confirmation are stored. The purpose of this procedure is to provide proof of your registration (Art. 7 (1) GDPR) and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of personal data.

When sending the newsletter, Hauff-Technik uses various analysis and evaluation functions from Brevo. Brevo uses a mechanism that allows it to determine whether an email was delivered. This is necessary to maintain business operations. Otherwise, the sender reputation would decrease, which in turn has a direct impact on the delivery rate of email mailings. More information on this: www.brevo.com/en/blog/email-deliverability-best-practices/

For the email evaluations, the data mentioned in paragraph 5 and the delivery information are linked with your email address or an individual user ID. Links contained in the newsletter also include this ID. With this information, the service can be adapted to your wishes, thus optimizing the newsletter service.

The use of Brevo is based exclusively on your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time. For example, by clicking the unsubscribe link directly in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, the personal data will be deleted from our server and from the Sendinblue servers.

Further information about data processing can be found in Brevo's privacy policy at https://www.brevo.com/en/legal/privacypolicy/ and also on the following information page: https://www.brevo.com/en/information-for-newsletter-recipients
 

12. Use of Dealfront technology:

Our website uses technologies from Dealfront (Liidio Oy as part of the Dealfront Group GmbH) ("Dealfront") to analyze visitor behavior. In this process, a visitor's IP address is processed. Specifically, the IP address is processed to help us understand which companies (B2B) are visiting our website. As part of this processing, the IP address is enriched with associated information such as the company name or industry code. For this purpose, at the beginning of the session, the website visitor's IP address and the corresponding session data are matched against an extensive whitelist of known companies.

To increase the privacy of our visitors, we have enabled "IP address anonymization," so that only truncated values are stored and shared with Dealfront instead of the actual IP addresses. When this function is activated, we do not store the actual IP address anywhere in our systems, including the logs. This anonymization makes it impossible to subsequently establish a connection to external IP address information, thereby preventing the identification of an individual person.

As part of this processing, so-called first-party cookies from Dealfront are used to analyze visitor behavior. Insofar as we process personal data in this context, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) in optimizing our products, services, sales, and marketing. To prevent this processing, website visitors can install and configure corresponding ad blockers or use no-script plugins in their browser.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the intended purposes. However, statutory retention obligations may potentially lead to a longer retention period for the data in question. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Dealfront to ensure compliance with applicable data protection standards.
 

13. Application Procedure

We would like to point out that we cooperate with the company Rexx-Systems. For further information, you can use the following link: https://www.rexx-systems.com/datenschutz.php

Should you send documents containing personal data to us via our career page as an applicant, we ensure that this is done securely and that your data is only accessed by authorized persons.

Please note that we use the personal data received only for the purpose of the application and will under no circumstances disclose it to unauthorized third parties for advertising or other purposes.

Furthermore, we will only store your personal data for the duration of the application process, unless statutory regulations require retention or you yourself permit us to continue storing it, e.g., to consider you for future vacancies.

The legal basis for processing is considered to be both your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) in conjunction with Art. 4 (11) GDPR, as well as Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Naturally, you are also entitled to the rights mentioned in Section 12 of this privacy policy, as well as the right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, and your rights to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, subject to the restrictions of §§ 34, 35 BDSG-new (German Federal Data Protection Act).
 

14. Privacy Policy Supplement for our Social Media Pages

In the following, we would like to inform you about the handling of your data in accordance with Art. 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We, Hauff-Technik, operate the following social media pages:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haufftechnik/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HauffTechnik
XING: https://www.xing.com/pages/hauff-technikgmbh-co-kg
kununu: https://www.kununu.com/de/hauff-technik2
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hauff-technik
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haufftechnik/

Our contact details can be found in our legal notice (Impressum).

In addition to us, there is the operator of the social media platform itself. This operator is also a separate controller who carries out data processing over which we have only limited influence. Where we can exercise influence and parameterize data processing, we work within the scope of the possibilities available to us to ensure that the platform operator handles data in compliance with data protection regulations. However, in many areas, we cannot influence the data processing by the operator and do not know exactly which data they process.

Data processing by Hauff-Technik

The data you enter on our social media pages, such as comments, videos, images, likes, public messages, etc., are published by the social media platform and are never used or processed by us for other purposes. We merely reserve the right to delete content should this be necessary. Where applicable, we share your content on our page if this is a function of the social media platform and communicate with you via the social media platform. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. Data processing is carried out in the interest of our public relations and communication.
 

15. Liability

We assume no responsibility or liability for the offerings of third-party websites. However, we will in all cases endeavor to ensure that our partners consider privacy policies comparable to our own. We assume no responsibility for the content of external links.
 

16. Your Rights as a User

When your personal data is processed, the GDPR grants you as a website user certain rights:

Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR):

According to § 34 BDSG and Art. 15 GDPR, you have a right of access. A refusal to provide information about the origin and recipients of the data will only occur if the interest in maintaining business secrets outweighs your interest in information.

You can request information about the data stored about you at any time and free of charge. The information will be provided promptly in accordance with data protection regulations and will include the data stored about you, including its origin, the recipient or categories of recipients to whom the data is disclosed, and the purpose of storage.

Information is provided by our Data Protection Officer:
RA Markus Wiese, Donnersbergstraße 9, 80634 Munich
Tel.: 089/391019, FAX: 089/393998

For questions regarding access as well as the assertion of the right to object, or for the rectification, erasure, or blocking of your data, simply send an email to: datenschutz@wieseundwiese.de. We reserve the right to provide information or answer questions electronically.

If you have further questions regarding data protection, please also contact datenschutz@wieseundwiese.de. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in compliance with legal requirements.

Right to Rectification and Erasure (Art. 16 and 17 GDPR):

You have the right to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and, if necessary, the completion of incomplete personal data.

You also have the right to demand that personal data concerning you be erased immediately, provided that one of the reasons listed in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g., if the data is no longer required for the intended purposes.

Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR):

You have the right to demand the restriction of processing if one of the conditions listed in Art. 18 GDPR is met, e.g., if you have objected to the processing, for the duration of any assessment.

Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR):

In certain cases, which are listed in detail in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to demand the transmission of this data to a third party.

Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR):

If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) (data processing for the protection of legitimate interests), you have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process the personal data unless there are demonstrably compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

You can object to the further use of your personal data for the future at any time. To do so, you must provide valid proof that you are the owner of the data. To assert your right to object, an email to the following address is sufficient: datenschutz@wieseundwiese.de. We will then process the objection immediately. In this case, we will include your personal data in our "advertising block list" to ensure that no further advertising occurs in the future. If erasure is explicitly requested, this can also be carried out; however, it can then not be guaranteed that you will not receive advertising if new address databases are acquired.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of data concerning you violates data protection provisions. The right to lodge a complaint may be asserted in particular with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your place of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged violation.
 

17. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:

RA Markus Wiese, Donnersbergstraße 9, 80634 Munich
Tel.: 089/391019, Email: datenschutz@wieseundwiese.de, Website: https://wieseundwiese.de/

Every data subject can contact our Data Protection Officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.