Privacy policy

• I. General information
• II. Responsible body and external data protection officer
• III. Your rights
• IV. Processing of personal data when using our website for information purposes
• V. Processing of personal data through cookies
• VI. Other functions and offers on our website
• VII. Making contact
• VIII. Contact Form 7
• IX. Google Analytics 4
• X. Google Fonts
• XI. Google Maps
• XII. Matomo

I. General Information

(1) We inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website.

(2) With reference to the definition in Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ or ‘GDPR’ for short), the term ‘personal data’ means all data that can be related to you personally. This includes, for example, your name, address, email address and user behaviour. With regard to other terms, in particular the terms ‘processing’, ‘controller’, ‘processor’ and ‘consent’, we refer to the statutory data protection definitions in Art. 4 GDPR.

(3) The Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, hereinafter referred to as ‘FADP’, also applies to circumstances that have an impact in Switzerland, even if they are initiated outside Switzerland. However, we use the terms of the GDPR throughout this document. The terms ‘personal data’, ‘processing’, ‘processor’, ‘special categories of data’ and data portability used in the GDPR also refer to the terms ‘personal data’, ‘processing’, ‘processor’, ‘data portability’ and ‘sensitive personal data’ used in the DPA, insofar as the DPA applies. In this case, the legal meaning of the terms is determined by the DPA.

(4) We only process personal data to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and the content and services we offer. The processing of personal data only takes place regularly if you have given us your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR or if the processing is permitted by legal regulations, in particular by one of the legal bases mentioned in Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) to lit. f) GDPR.

(5) Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this is provided for by national or European regulations to which we are subject. In this case, the data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed by the respective regulations has expired. The latter does not apply if further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

II. Responsible entity and external data protection officer

The responsible party within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR, the other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other regulations and provisions of a data protection nature is:

saproma GmbH

Managing Directors: Dr. Petra Hipp, Dr. Wolfgang M. Hipp

Zum Gransbach 8

53783 Eitorf

Tel.: +49 2243 9291110

Fax: +49 2243 9291111

Email: info@saproma.com

Registration Court: Amtsgericht Aachen

Registration Number: HRB 23143

Our external data protection officer can be reached by the following address:

External data protection officer

Peter Hense, Spirit Legal
Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Leipzig
datenschutz@spiritlegal.com, 0341-39297890

III. Your Rights

(1) You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to information
• Right to correction and deletion
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to object to processing
• Right to data portability
  (2) You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
  (3) Under DSG, you also have the rights to data release and data destruction.

IV. Processing Personal Data During Informational Use of Our Website

(1) When using our website for informational purposes, we collect only the data your browser transmits to our server, necessary to display the website and ensure stability and security: IP address, date and time of request, time zone difference to GMT, content of the request, access status (HTTP status), amount of data transferred, website from which the request comes, browser, operating system, and language and version of the browser software.

(2) These data are also stored in log files on our servers. No combination with other personal data occurs.

(3) The storage serves to ensure the functionality, optimization, and security of our website.

(4) This data is not analysed for marketing purposes; our legitimate interest in data processing lies in the aforementioned purposes. The legal basis for the collection and temporary storage of the aforementioned data and log files is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, and the aforementioned data for the provision of our website will be deleted when the respective session has ended. The collection of the above data for the provision of our website is absolutely necessary for the operation of our website. There is no possibility of objection.

V. Processing Personal Data Through Cookies

(1) We use cookies on our website, which are small text files stored on your device. They enhance the user experience by making the website more user-friendly and effective.

(2) Cookies types:

• Transient cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your web browser to the shared session. This makes it possible to recognise your end device when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close the web browser.
• Persistent cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete these cookies at any time in the settings of your web browser.

(3) The processing of personal data by the aforementioned cookies serves to make our website more user-friendly and effective for you. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of these cookies. In particular, some functions of our website require that your web browser can be identified even after a page change. If you have an account, we use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. This prevents you from having to log in again each time you visit our website. The data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. If cookies are used for analysis purposes, they are used to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to understand how the website, which functions are used and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimise our offering.

(4) Insofar as cookies are not technically mandatory, we only set them with your previously given consent, which you can also revoke at any time. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

(5) The aforementioned cookies are stored on your end device and transmitted from it to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, through which you can, for example, reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of our website properly. We also recommend that you regularly delete cookies and your browser history manually.

VI. Additional Features and Offers of Our Website

(1) In addition to the aforementioned informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. This usually requires the provision of further personal data. We require this data to provide the respective service. The above data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers who have been carefully selected and commissioned by us to process this data. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. Insofar as personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services that we offer together with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more detailed information about the consequences of this circumstance in the following descriptions of the individual services.

VII. Contact

(1) If you contact us by email, the data you provide will be stored to respond to your questions.

(2) These data are used exclusively to process your inquiries. Additional collection of your IP address and timestamp occurs.

(3) The processing of the above personal data serves solely to process your enquiries.

(4) This also constitutes our legitimate interest in processing your personal data. Insofar as you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR, in particular in the event that you send us the data by e-mail. Insofar as you wish to work towards the conclusion of a contract through your e-mail, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR constitutes an additional legal basis.

(5) Subject to statutory retention periods, the data will be deleted as soon as we have finally processed your enquiry. If you contact us by e-mail, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that in this case your enquiry cannot be processed any further. You can declare your cancellation or objection by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address given in our legal notice.