Privacy Policy

The protection and security of the personal data entrusted to us is our top priority. We strictly adhere to the rules of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. In compliance with these regulations, we process the personal data of employees, customers, suppliers and business partners. We inform you about the types of data collected, the purposes for which they are collected, and how they are to be processed:

1. Transmission of data/data logging

When you visit our web-page, the web server automatically records log files that can be assigned to any particular person. These data include the browser type and version, the operating system used, the previously visited page, the IP address of the requesting computer, the access date and time of the server request, and the file request with file name and URL. This data is collected exclusively for statistical analysis; it is not passed on to third parties.

2. Use of Personal Data

Personal data will only be collected or processed if you have provided us with the information voluntarily. You can revoke your previously given consent to the storage of your personal data, at any time and with immediate effect, in writing or as an electronic message. Your data will not be passed on to third parties, unless we are obliged to do so by law and/or it is necessary.

3. Information, Changes or Erasure of Your Data

You can ask us in writing at any time and we will inform you accordingly whether and which personal data regarding your we have stored. We will also inform you upon request about changes and erasure of your data.

4. Data Security

The personal data you provide us with is protected by all technical and organisational security measures in such a way that it is inaccessible to unauthorised third parties. When sending sensitive data or information, we recommend that you use the postal service, as complete data security cannot be guaranteed in email traffic.

5. We would like to expressly draw your attention to the following rights:

At any time, you have the right to information and authorisation of your data, as well as the right to erasure and to revoke your consent to the processing of your data.

6. Google

If our website uses Google’s services or cookies, you can deactivate this function at any time. However, we must point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Google Ads

On our website we use “Google Ads” (formerly Google AdWords), a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Ads enables us to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising media on external websites. This allows us to determine how successful individual advertising measures are. These advertising media are delivered by Google via so-called “AdServer”. For this purpose, we use so-called AdServer cookies, through which certain parameters for measuring success, such as the display of advertisements or clicks by users, can be measured. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Ads will store a cookie on your PC. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days. They are not intended to identify you personally. The following information is usually stored for this cookie as analysis values: Unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view conversions), opt-out information (marking that the user no longer wants to be addressed). These cookies enable Google to recognize your web browser. If a user visits certain pages of an Ads customer’s website and the cookie stored on their computer has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Ads customer is assigned a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Ads customers. We ourselves do not collect or process any personal data in the aforementioned advertising measures. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. Based on these evaluations, we can see which of the advertising measures used are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of advertising material, in particular we cannot identify the users on the basis of this information. Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google’s server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google Through the use of Google Ads. To the best of our knowledge, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you have a user account with Google and are registered, Google can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that Google will find out and store your IP address.

We use Google Ads for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to serve relevant and interesting ads to you, to improve campaign performance reports and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. The prevention of the storage of cookies is also possible by setting your web browser so that cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com” are blocked (https://www.google.de/settings/ads). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. You can also deactivate interest-based ads via the link http://optout.aboutads.info. We would like to point out that this setting will also be deleted if you delete your cookies.

Informationen des Drittanbieters: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland

Further information on Google’s use of data, on setting and objection options as well as on data protection can be found on the following Google websites:

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Google Website Statistics: https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html

Google Analytics

On our website we use “Google Analytics”, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google uses cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. If anonymization of the IP address to be transmitted by the cookie is activated on the website (“IP anonymization”), your IP address will be shortened beforehand 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 outside the EU and shortened there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website on our behalf, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted when using Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

We only use Google Analytics with the activated IP anonymization described above. This means that your IP address will only be processed by Google in abbreviated form. A personal referencing can thus be excluded.

We use Google Analytics for the purpose of analyzing the use of our website and continuously improving individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR (consent).

You can also prevent the storage of cookies generated by Google Analytics by making the appropriate settings on your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website. If you want to prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your user behavior (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google, you can also download and install the web browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

In order to oblige Google to process the transmitted data only in accordance with our instructions and to comply with the applicable data protection regulations, we have concluded an order processing contract with Google.

Informationen des Drittanbieters: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland

Further information on Google’s use of data, on setting and objection options as well as on data protection can be found on the following Google websites:

Nutzerbedingungen: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/
Overview of data protection: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de&ref_topic=2919631
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Google’s use of data when you use our partners’ websites or apps: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=de
Use of data for advertising purposes: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de
Settings for personalized advertising by Google: https://adssettings.google.de

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.

A deletion of the data at user and event level, which are linked to cookies, user IDs (e.B. user ID) and advertising IDs (e.B. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID, IDFA [Apple identifier for advertisers]) takes place no later than 12 months after their collection.

Google Dynamic Remarketing

On our website we use “Google Dynamic Remarketing”, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Dynamic Remarketing enables us to show you our advertisements after visiting our website when you continue to use the Internet. This is done by means of cookies stored in your browser, which are used to record and evaluate your usage behavior when visiting various websites by Google. In this way, Google can determine your previous visit to our website. A combination of the data collected in the context of remarketing with your personal data, which may be stored by Google, does not take place, according to Google. In particular, according to Google, pseudonymization is used in remarketing.

We use Google Dynamic Remarketing for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to serve relevant and interesting ads, to improve campaign performance reports and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. The prevention of the storage of cookies is also possible by setting your web browser so that cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com” are blocked (https://www.google.de/settings/ads). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. You can also deactivate interest-based ads via the link http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN. We would like to point out that this setting will also be deleted if you delete your cookies.

Informationen des Drittanbieters: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland

Further information on Google’s use of data, on setting and objection options as well as on data protection can be found on the following Google websites:

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Google Website Statistics: https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html

Google Maps

On our website we use the offer of “Google Maps”, an online map service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function. By visiting our website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. Your IP address will be transmitted. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out in advance. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of the website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website.

We use Google Maps to show you interactive maps from Google Maps and thus to provide you with a better user experience of our website. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google for this purpose.

Informationen des Drittanbieters: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland

Further information on Google’s use of data, on setting and objection options as well as on data protection can be found on the following Google website:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Google Tag Manager

On our website we use “Google Tag Manager”, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Tag Manager allows us as marketers to manage website tags via one interface. The Google Tag Manager tool, which implements the tags, is a cookieless domain and does not collect any personal data itself. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, it will remain in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

Informationen des Drittanbieters: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland

Further information on data protection can be found on the following Google websites:

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
FAQ Google Tag Manager: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html
Google Tag Manager Terms of Service: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

7. LinkedIn

If our website uses LinkedIn services or uses cookies, you can deactivate this function at any time. However, we must point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

LinkedIn Analytics

On our website, we use “LinkedIn Analytics”, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: “LinkedIn”). LinkedIn Analytics stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. LinkedIn Analytics uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use LinkedIn Analytics for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to be able to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. You can object to the collection and forwarding of personal data or prevent the processing of this data by deactivating the execution of Java Script in your browser. In addition, you can prevent the execution of Java Script code altogether by installing a Java Script blocker (e.B. https://noscript.net/ or https://www.ghostery.com). We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.

Third party information: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Further information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found on the following website: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

On our website, we use “LinkedIn Marketing Solutions”, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: “LinkedIn”). LinkedIn Marketing Solutions stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to be able to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Marketing Solutions (formerly LinkedIn Ads)

On our website, we use “Marketing Solutions (formerly LinkedIn Ads)”, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Marketing Solutions”). Marketing Solutions stores and processes information about your user behaviour on our website. Marketing Solutions uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use marketing solutions for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to be able to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

8. Microsoft

If our website uses Microsoft services or cookies, you can deactivate this function at any time. However, we must point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Microsoft Clarity

On our website we use “Clarity”, a web analysis service of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052-6399USA (hereinafter referred to as: “Clarity”). Clarity uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website, as well as a so-called tracking code. The cookies used by Clarity are stored on your device for different periods of time, sometimes only during your visit, sometimes for 365 days. The information collected in this way is transmitted to Clarity on a Microsoft Azure cloud service and stored there. The tracking code collects the following information: Device-dependent data collected by your device and web browser:

IP address of your device (collected and stored in an anonymous format)
E-mail address including your first and last name, insofar as you have made it available to us via our website
Screen size of your device
Device type and browser information
Geographical data (country only)
Language for the presentation of our website
Nutzerinteraktionen
Mouse commands (motion, position and clicks)
Tastatureingaben

Log data that is automatically used by our server when using Clarity:

Bezugnehmende Domain
Websites visited
Geographical data (country only)
Language for the presentation of our website
Date and time of access

Clarity uses this information to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on the use and to provide other services in connection with the evaluation of our website. Clarity also uses third-party services (e.B. Google Analytics) to provide services. These third-party contractors may store or otherwise process information that your browser transmits when you visit our website (possibly also the IP address).

We use Clarity for the purpose of analyzing the use of our website and continuously improving individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Third-party information: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052-6399USA. Further information on the use of data by Clarity, on setting and objection options as well as on data protection can be found on the following Clarity website: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-DE/privacystatement

9. Sendinblue

If our website uses Sendingblue services or cookies, you can deactivate this function at any time. However, we must point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Sendinblue (formerly Newsletter2Go)

For the provision and dispatch of the newsletter, we use “Sendinblue (formerly Newsletter2Go)”, a service of Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “Sendinblue”). For this purpose, the data provided by you when you register for the newsletter will be passed on to Sendinblue. Sendinblue uses this data to send the newsletter on our behalf.

We use Sendinblue on the basis of the consent you have given. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. We use Sendinblue to provide you with a newsletter. We also use Sendinblue for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to be able to send you information about our offers. This is also our legitimate interest in processing the above information. The legal basis is therefore also Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent at any time. You can also object to the above processing at any time by unscribing from the newsletter. You can also prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. You can object to the collection and forwarding of personal data or prevent the processing of this data by deactivating the execution of Java Script in your browser. In addition, you can prevent the execution of Java Script code altogether by installing a Java Script blocker (e.B. https://noscript.net/ or https://www.ghostery.com). We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.

The data provided by you when you register for the newsletter will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case if you unsubscribe from the newsletter. The data will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of Sendinblue after unsubscribing from the newsletter.

Third-party information: Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany. Further information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found on the following website: https://de.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/.

We also use Sendinblue for the statistical evaluation of the user behaviour of newsletter subscribers. The newsletter e-mails contain web beacons or tracking pixels for this purpose. These are one-pixel image files that are stored on our websites. This allows your user behavior to be traced, in particular whether you have opened the newsletter e-mail or which hyperlinks you have clicked on in the e-mail. Sendinblue can also carry out conversion tracking, i.e. determine whether a predefined action has been taken after clicking on the hyperlink in the newsletter e-mail. In addition, technical information such as the time of retrieval, your IP address, data about your web browser and the operating system are collected.

We carry out the above processing of your data on the basis of the consent you have given. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. In this respect, we use Sendinblue for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and our newsletter and to be able to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience for you. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in processing the above information. The legal basis is therefore also Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

10. Data Protection Contact

Our data protection officer provides support with any data privacy related questions, comments, concerns or complaints or in case you wish to exercise any of your data privacy related rights. The data protection officer may be contacted at: dataprotection@orfix.com

We will always use best efforts to address and settle any requests or complaints you bring to our attention. Besides contacting the data protection officer, you always have the right to approach the competent data protection authority with your request or complaint.

A list and contact details of local data protection authorities is available here.