In the following you will find our privacy statement.
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives the protection of personal data the status of a fundamental right to which each and every one of us is entitled.
Data protection laws grant us all the right to know at all times what happens to our personal data, for what purposes it is used and what rights we have as the owners of our data.
All this is stated in the following privacy policy. Here you can find out in an easy-to-understand way what happens to your data when you visit our website.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the responsible body mentioned.
The person responsible for the data processing of this website is the website operator. You can find his contact details in the section "Responsible party" under 4. General notes and mandatory information in this privacy policy.
Some of your data is automatically collected by our IT system when you access our website. Here we are talking about technical or functional data, e.g. type of your internet browser, your operating system or the time of the page call.
For the collection of other data, we need your consent. You can give this consent, for example, if you agree to the use of so-called cookies.
We obtain other data because you provide it to us voluntarily, for example by entering it in a contact form.
Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. This is the technical or functional data described above. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants you various rights with regard to data processing concerning you. For example, you have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion 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 to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under defined circumstances.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe that your data is being processed unlawfully. (see sections "Right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority").
If you have any further questions about this, you can contact the responsible person at any time.
Third-party analytics and tools
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.
Our website is managed (hosted) by a website hosting provider. When you visit our website, this provider collects various data including your IP addresses. The legal basis for this hosting is 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in an error-free and reliable presentation of our website.
We have concluded an order processing agreement (AVV) with the provider. This contract ensures that your personal data is only processed according to our specifications and in compliance with the relevant data protection laws.
We treat your personal data confidentially and observe all data protection laws. However, we would also like to point out that data transmission via the Internet cannot be completely secure. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is unfortunately not possible.
A data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of your personal data.
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Pikatron GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Staab
Raiffeisenstraße 10
61250 Usingen
info@pikatron.de
We have appointed an external data protection officer for our company:
Merz-Datenschutz
Wolfgang Merz
Südertoft 26
24986 Mittelangeln
w.merz@merz-datenschutz.de
From a data protection perspective, the question of how long the processed records may be retained is important. According to Art. 5 (1) (b) of the GDPR, personal data may only be processed and thus stored for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. If the purpose limitation ceases to apply, data may no longer be processed. This results in a direct obligation to delete.
However, the obligation to delete data is offset by statutory retention periods. These are specified, for example, in the German Fiscal Code (AO), the German Commercial Code (HGB) and other laws and regulations. The retention periods form a new legitimate purpose limitation. Thus, the personal data originally processed must continue to be processed and retained, even if the original purpose no longer exists.
In Art. 13 of the DSGVO, we are required to inform you of the legal basis for the processing of your personal data. If this is not mentioned separately in the individual sections of our privacy policy, the following legal bases apply:
If you have given us consent to process certain data, we will additionally process it on the basis of Art. 9 (1) DSGVO if it concerns special categories of data.
If you have consented to the storage of personal data, the data processing is additionally based on Section 25 (1) TTDSG.
You can revoke your consent at any time. However, this is only possible with effect in the future, not retroactively.
You can find out which other legal bases apply in addition and in individual cases in the following sections of this data protection declaration.
Some of the tools we use on our website, e.g. fonts to better display our information or Google Maps, are provided to us by companies based in the USA or other third countries. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. It is possible that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. US companies, such as Google or Meta, are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities. As a data subject, you cannot take legal action against this. We can also not influence these processing activities.
In the event of a data protection violation, you as a data subject have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in Hesse is:
The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Postfach 31 63
65021 Wiesbaden
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or another legal basis handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. However, if you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this must be technically feasible.
For security reasons and to protect against the transmission of confidential content that you send to us, our website is equipped with SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
The current data protection regulations grant you the right to request information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient as well as the purpose of the data processing. If applicable, you have the right to have this data corrected or deleted. For this purpose you can contact us at any time.
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
For example, if you doubt the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we need sufficient time for a review. For the duration of this review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If we have processed your personal data unlawfully, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may - apart from being stored - only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
Cookies have different functions. Some are technically necessary to enable certain website functions. Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.
Cookies are small text files that are temporarily stored on your terminal device for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) without causing any damage to your terminal device.
Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.
Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your end device when you visit our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you have requested or to optimize the website are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG). The consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser to inform you when cookies are set, and you have several setting options for handling and using cookies. However, please note that after disabling cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited. For example, some fonts used on this website may not be displayed.
Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately about this within the scope of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.
We automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
A combination of this data with other data sources does not take place.
The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of our website and the server log files must be collected for this purpose.
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry, etc.) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests sent to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO), if this has been requested.
The data you send to us will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. (e.g. after the processing of your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Plugins of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like button" ("Like") on this website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit this website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, Facebook can associate your visit to this website with your user account.
We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at:
de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
The use of Facebook plugins is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. DeviceFingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 DSGVO). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook. The processing by Facebook that takes place after the onward transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in a joint processing agreement. The text of the agreement can be found at: www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook tool and for the privacy-secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Details can be found here: www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and www.facebook.com/policy.php.
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 DSGVO). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram that takes place after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in a joint processing agreement. You can find the text of the agreement at:https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the privacy-secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook or Instagram products.
You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Details can be found here:
www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
For more information, please see Instagram's privacy policy: instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo.
With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website. This allows us to find out, for example, when which page views were made and from which region they originated. We also collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer URL, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases and the like).
Matomo uses technologies that enable cross-page user recognition to analyze user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Matomo about the use of this website is stored on our server and partially anonymized.
We use Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.
The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
We use IP anonymization for the analysis with Matomo. In this case, your IP address is shortened before analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.
This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. Thus, YouTube - regardless of whether you watch a video - establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.
As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience, and prevent fraud attempts.
If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control.
YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information about data protection at YouTube, please see their privacy policy at: policies.google.com/privacy.
This site uses Font Awesome for uniform display of fonts and symbols. The provider is Fonticons, Inc, 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
We have stored these fonts locally on our servers, so there is no data transmission to the provider.
This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transmission. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Web Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Details can be found here:
privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration at any time and in compliance with changing legal provisions.
Creator of this privacy policy:
Merz-Datenschutz, Südertoft 26, 24986 Mittelangeln
www.merz-datenschutz.de