Flexal
Privacy Policy
1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.
Data collection on our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the legal notice of this website.
How do we collect data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analysis tools and tools from employees
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done using cookies and so-called analysis programmes. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.
2. General notes and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible body
The party responsible for data processing on this website is
Flexal Metallproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
Oesestraße 49
58675 Hemer
Telephone: 023 72 - 96 91 -0
E-Mail: info@flexal.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can
revoke consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an
informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains
unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a
complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for
data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our
company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at
the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent
or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-
readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will
only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data
processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any
time. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have
further questions on the subject of personal data.
Objection to advertising emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of our obligation to provide a
legal notice for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The
operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the
unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer
and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly,
effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and
saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only
allow cookies in individual cases, the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally exclude cookies and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide
certain functions you wish to use (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art.
6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies
for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies
(e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in
this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of
data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
4. Analysis tools and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is
Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website
operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its
website and its advertising.
IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP
address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other
contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being
transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a
Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of
the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling
reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part
of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser plugin
You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following
link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to
this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s
privacy policy:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
5. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail
address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the
e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is
collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the
requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of
your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the
data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via
the “unsubscribe”-link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored
by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the
newsletter. Data that we have stored for other purposes (e.g.
e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.
6. Plugins and tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When
you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in
order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This
constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This
information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers
and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a
legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’;s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.