Data Protection

Data protection

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest in our products and services. The protection of your privacy when using our website is important to us. Therefore, please take note of the following information:

1. Name and contact details of the controller
This privacy policy provides information about the processing of personal data on the steinhart.de website
Controller: Gebr. Steinhart Wachswarenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, represented by Mr Peter Steinhart, Buchstr. 20, 86381 Krumbach, phone: 08282/899-0, info@steinhart.de 

2. Data protection principles of this website and definition of terms
Anonymous data is data that cannot be used to identify you personally. The evaluation of anonymous data serves, for example, to analyse the habits of our users in order to make our offer more user-friendly and to adapt it to the wishes and needs of our users (e.g. number of page views, usage statistics, etc.).

Personal data is information that makes it possible to identify a person. This includes, in particular, name, date of birth, address and telephone number. If you provide personal data on our website, it will only be used with your consent and only for the purpose stated on the respective page (e.g. ordering services, etc.) 
 You have the option to withdraw your consent at any time. We do not pass on any personal data to third parties. If personal data has to be collected in order to provide our services (e.g. ordering), it will be deleted immediately after the service has been provided.

If you call up pages and files within this offer and are requested to enter personal data, please note that this data transmission via the Internet is unsecured and the data can therefore be accessed or falsified by unauthorised persons 

3. Notes on making contact
When communicating by e-mail, complete data security cannot be guaranteed, so we recommend that you send confidential information by post. The employees and the service companies commissioned by the company are obliged by the company to maintain confidentiality and to comply with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act and other professional data protection regulations 
 SSL and TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the ‘https://’ address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

4. Contact form
If you contact us with questions of any kind by e-mail or contact form, you give us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contacting us. A valid e-mail address is required for this purpose. This is used to allocate the enquiry and subsequently answer it. The provision of further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for possible follow-up questions. After your enquiry has been dealt with, your personal data will be automatically deleted 

5. Accessing the website
When the website www.steinhart.de is accessed, the Internet browser used by the visitor automatically sends data to the server of this website and stores it in a log file (Apache access logs) for a limited period of time. Until automatic deletion after three days, the following data is stored without further input from the visitor:

-IP address of the visitor's end device
-Date and time of access by the visitor
-Name and URL of the page accessed by the visitor
-Website from which the visitor accesses the website (so-called referrer URL)
-Access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.)
-browser and operating system of the visitor's end device and the name of the access provider used by the visitor
-Amount of data transferred 

The processing of this personal data is justified in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR. The company has a legitimate interest in data processing for the purpose of

-to establish the connection to the company's website quickly
-to enable user-friendly use of the website
-recognising and ensuring the security and stability of the systems, and
-to facilitate and improve the administration of the website.

The processing is expressly not carried out for the purpose of gaining knowledge about the person visiting the website. 

6. Transfer of data

Personal data will only be transferred to third parties if
disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of their data,
-for the transfer of data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR there is a legal obligation, and/or
-this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contractual relationship with the data subject in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b) GDPR.

In other cases, personal data will not be passed on to third parties. 

7. Privacy policy for online applications

Thank you for your interest in our online job advertisement. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We therefore inform you below about the collection, processing and use of your data as part of the online application in accordance with the relevant data protection regulations.

Data collection
In the course of your online application, we collect and process the following personal application data from you: 1. surname, first name 2. address 3. telephone number 4. e-mail 5. application documents (letter of application, CV, references, certificates, etc.) 
Purpose of data collection / disclosure
Your personal application data is collected and processed exclusively for the purpose of filling vacancies within our company. As a matter of principle, your data will only be forwarded to the internal departments and specialist departments of our company responsible for the specific application procedure. Your application data will not be used for any other purpose or passed on to third parties. 
Retention period of the application data
Your personal application data will generally be deleted automatically three months after the application process has been completed. This does not apply if statutory provisions prevent deletion, if further storage is necessary for the purpose of providing evidence or if you have expressly consented to longer storage.

Storage for future job advertisements
If we are unable to offer you a current vacancy but, based on your profile, we believe that your application may be of interest for future vacancies, we will store your personal application data for twelve months, provided that you expressly consent to such storage and use. 
Data security
We have taken various technical and organisational precautions to protect the data collected as part of your application from manipulation and unauthorised access. In particular, the transmission of your online application is encrypted in accordance with the currently recognised state of the art.

Right to information and cancellation
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or in cases of information, correction or deletion of data, as well as revocation of consents granted, please contact us. 

8. Cookies

Cookies are used on the website. These are data packets that are exchanged between the website server and the visitor's browser. These are stored by the devices used (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit the website. In this respect, cookies cannot cause any damage to the devices used. In particular, they do not contain viruses or other malware. Information is stored in the cookies that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. Under no circumstances can the company obtain direct knowledge of the identity of the visitor to the website. 
Cookies are largely accepted according to the basic browser settings. The browser settings can be configured in such a way that cookies are either not accepted on the devices used or that a special message is displayed before a new cookie is created. By changing your browser settings (usually found under ‘Options’ or ‘Settings’ in the browser menus), you have the choice of accepting all cookies, being informed when a cookie is set or rejecting all cookies.
However, we would like to point out that deactivating cookies may mean that not all functions of the website can be used in the best possible way.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of the company's website more convenient. For example, session cookies can be used to track whether the visitor has already visited individual pages of the website. After leaving the website, these session cookies are automatically deleted.

Temporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor's device for a temporary period. When the website is visited again, it is automatically recognised that the visitor has already visited the site at an earlier time and which entries and settings were made so that they do not have to be repeated. 
Cookies are also used to analyse visits to the website for statistical purposes and to improve the service. These cookies make it possible to automatically recognise that the website has already been accessed by the visitor on a subsequent visit. The cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time.

The data processed by cookies is justified for the above-mentioned purposes to safeguard the legitimate interests of the company in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR. 

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analysis service is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses ‘’cookies.‘’ These are small text files that your web browser stores on your end device and enable website usage to be analysed. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise our website and, if necessary, advertising. 
IP anonymisation
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymisation function. It ensures that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. There may be exceptional cases in which Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and truncates it there. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. 

Browser plugin

The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. However, this may restrict some of the functions of our website. You can also prevent the collection of data relating to your website use, including your IP address and subsequent processing by Google. You can do this by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de 
Objection to the collection of data

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics

An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to our website.

Details on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl= 

9. Use of third-party content on our website

Our website contains services or links to the following third-party providers:

Google Maps
We use Google Maps on our website to display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’.

Through certification in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield, Google guarantees that the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied with when processing data in the USA. 
In order to enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established when our website is accessed.

If you call up the Google Maps component integrated into our website, Google stores a cookie on your end device via your Internet browser. Your user settings and data are processed in order to display our location and provide directions. We cannot rule out the possibility that Google uses servers in the USA.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the functionality of our website. 
The connection to Google established in this way enables Google to determine from which website your enquiry has been sent and to which IP address the directions are to be transmitted.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. Details on this can be found above under ‘Cookies’.

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is subject to the Google Terms of Use and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps. 
In addition, Google offers at
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
https://policies.google.com/privacy
for further information 
 Google Web Fonts
Our website uses web fonts from Google. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

By using these web fonts, it is possible to present our website to you as we wish, regardless of which fonts are available to you locally. This is done by retrieving the Google Web Fonts from a Google server in the USA and the associated transfer of your data to Google. This involves your IP address and which of our pages you have visited. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transmission of our website. 
 Google is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”. This data protection agreement is intended to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Details about Google Web Fonts can be found at: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and further information in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de 

10. Your rights as a data subject

If your personal data is processed when you visit our website, you have the following rights as a ‘data subject’ within the meaning of the GDPR: 
 Information request
You may request information from us as to whether we are processing your personal data. There is no right to information if the provision of the requested information would violate the duty of confidentiality pursuant to Section 57 (1) StBerG or if the information must be kept secret for other reasons, in particular due to an overriding legitimate interest of a third party. Notwithstanding this, there may be an obligation to provide information if your interests outweigh the interest in confidentiality, in particular taking into account the risk of damage. The right to information is also excluded if the data is only stored because it may not be deleted due to legal or statutory retention periods or exclusively serves the purpose of data security or data protection control, provided that the provision of information would require a disproportionately high effort and processing for other purposes is excluded by appropriate technical and organisational measures. If the right of access is not excluded in your case and your personal data is processed by us, you may request the following information from us: 
 Purposes of the processing

Categories of personal data processed by you

the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data is disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries

if possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage period

the existence of a right to rectification or erasure or restriction of processing of personal data concerning you or a right to object to such processing

the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority

if the personal data have not been collected from you as the data subject, the available information on the origin of the data 
 where applicable, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of automated decision-making

if applicable, in the case of transfer to recipients in third countries, unless the EU Commission has decided on the adequacy of the level of protection pursuant to Art. 45 para. 3 GDPR, information on the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 para. 2 GDPR for the protection of personal data 
 Correction and completion

If you discover that we have incorrect personal data about you, you can request that we correct this incorrect data immediately. If your personal data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed. 
 Erasure

You have the right to erasure (  right to be forgotten  ), unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression, the right to information or for compliance with a legal obligation or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and one of the following reasons applies: 
 the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were processed

the justification for the processing was solely your consent, which you have withdrawn

you have objected to the processing of your personal data that we have made public

you have objected to the processing of personal data that we have not made public and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing

Your personal data has been processed unlawfully

the erasure of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject 
There is no right to erasure if, in the case of lawful non-automated data processing, erasure is not possible or only possible with disproportionate effort due to the special type of storage and your interest in erasure is low. In this case, the restriction of processing takes the place of erasure.
 Restriction of processing

You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following grounds applies:

-You contest the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, the restriction may be requested for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the data

-the processing is unlawful and you request the restriction of the use of your personal data instead of erasure

-Your personal data is no longer required by us for the purposes of the processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

-You have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR. The restriction of processing can be requested as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons 
Restriction of processing means that the personal data will only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. We are obliged to inform you before we lift the restriction.
Data portability

You have a right to data portability if the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a) or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a) GDPR) or on a contract to which you are a party and the processing is carried out using automated procedures. In this case, the right to data portability includes the following rights, provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others You may request to receive the personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us. Where technically feasible, you can request that we transfer your personal data directly to another controller. 
 Objection

If the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter e) GDPR (performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the controller or a third party), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on Article 6 (1) sentence 1 (e) or (f) GDPR. Once you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. 
 You can object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. This also applies to profiling in connection with such direct marketing. After exercising this right to object, we will no longer use the personal data concerned for direct marketing purposes.

You have the option to inform us informally of your objection by telephone, e-mail, fax or to our postal address listed at the beginning of this privacy policy. 
 Revocation of consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of consent can be communicated informally by telephone, e-mail or to our postal address. The revocation does not affect the legality of the data processing that has taken place on the basis of the consent until receipt of the revocation. After receipt of the revocation, the data processing that was based exclusively on your consent will be discontinued. 
 Complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you can lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The contact details for the competent supervisory authority for Bavaria can be found here. 

11. Status and updating of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is valid as of 1 July 2021. We reserve the right to update the privacy policy in due course in order to improve data protection and/or adapt it to changes in official practice or case law.

Contact the data protection officer

For questions about data protection, please send us a message to info@steinhart.de with the subject "Data protection".