Data protection

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 means all the data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information about data protection is provided in our privacy policy below.

Data collection on our website

Who is the data controller responsible for the collection of data on this website?

The website operator carries out the processing of data on this website. You can find the contact details for the website operator in the legal notice on this website.

How do we collect your data?

You sending us the data is the first way in which your data is collected. This may be e.g. data that you enter on a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit our website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. web browser, operating system and time that you visit the page). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of your data is collected to ensure that we can provide the website without errors. Other data can be used to analyse your behaviour as a user.

What rights do you have over your data?

You have the right to obtain information, free of charge, regarding the origin, recipients and the purpose for which your personal data is stored, at any time. You also have the right to request that your data is rectified (“corrected”), restricted (“blocked”) or erased (“deleted”). You can contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice to exercise your rights, and with any other questions regarding data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analytics and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your browsing behaviour can be analysed statistically. Analysis is run primarily using cookies and analytics programs. Your browsing behaviour is usually analysed anonymously, which means that your browsing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to such analysis or prevent analysis by not using certain tools. For details, see our privacy policy under the heading “Third-party modules and analytics tools”.

You can object to such analysis. Please for this privacy policy for how to object to processing.

2. General and mandatory information

The operators of this website take protecting your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential, in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and in accordance with this privacy policy.

When you use this website, a range of different personal data is collected. Personal data means data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. it also explains how and for what purpose we collect and use the data.

Please note that sending data over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may not be secure. It is not possible to protect data from being accessed by third parties in all circumstances.

Details of the data controller

The data controller responsible for the processing of data on this website is:

RHS Maschinen- u. Anlagenbau GmbH
Harmate 42
48683 Ahaus, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 2561 956 443-0
Email: info@rhs-tech.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

A lot of data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw any consent you have already given, at any time. This can be done by sending us a simple message by email. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until you withdraw your consent remains unaffected by withdrawing your consent.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of their data protection rights, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection is the State Data Protection Officer of the German federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details is available at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

SSL/TLS encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security purposes and to protect confidential content that is sent, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can see whether a connection is encrypted in the address bar of your browser, which changes from “http://” to “https://”, and from the padlock icon on your browser bar.

If SSL/TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, restriction and erasure

You have the right, at any time and in accordance with applicable statutory provisions, to obtain information, free of charge, about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, the purpose of data processing, and, where applicable, you a right to have such data rectified (“corrected”), restricted (“blocked”) or erased (“deleted”). You can contact us at any time via the address provided in the legal notice regarding this and other questions about personal data.

Objection to emails for advertising purposes

We hereby object to anyone using the contact details published in accordance with the statutory disclosure requirement to send us unsolicited advertising or informational material. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event that unsolicited advertising, such as spam email, is sent to us.

3. Data protection officer

Data protection officer required by statute

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Günter Esseling

RHS Maschinen- u. Anlagenbau GmbH
Harmate 42
48683 Ahaus, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 2561 956 443-0
Email: info@rhs-tech.de

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some parts of our website use cookies. Cookies do not cause any harm on your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies”. They are deleted automatically after the end of your visit. Other cookies stay saved on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser when you visit the website again.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are create and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, refuse cookies for specific cases or generally, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required for the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you want (e.g. the shopping basket function) are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies so that it can provide its service free of technical errors and with optimisation. The other cookies that are stored (e.g. cookies for analysing your browsing behaviour) are described separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser sends to us automatically. This includes the following:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system you are using
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Date and time of the server request
IP address
This data is not combined with other sources of data.

The basis for processing the data is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, which allows data to be processed for the performance of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via our contact form, we store your information from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide on the form, for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for any follow-up queries. We do not share this data without your consent.

The data entered on the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw such consent at any time. This can be done by sending us a simple message by email. The lawfulness of the data processing that is carried out prior to you withdrawing your consent remains unaffected by withdrawing your consent.

We keep the data you enter on the contact form until you request us to erase (“delete”) it, withdraw your consent to it being stored or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have finished processing your enquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular regarding retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Analytics tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions provided by the Google Analytics web analytics service. The service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on your computer and allow us to analyse your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour to optimise both its web presence and advertising.

IP anonymisation

We have enabled the IP anonymisation feature on this website. This means that your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is sent to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is your full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address sent by your browser for the purpose Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google.

Browser plugin

You can prevent cookies being stored by changing the settings of your browser software. However, please note that, if you do so, you may not be able to use all the features of this website without limitation. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) being collected by Google, as well as such data being processed by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent your data being collected by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. This will create an opt-out cookie, which prevents your data being collected when you visit this website in the future: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

We use conversion tracking with Google AdWords. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to identify users personally. If a user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can see that the user has clicked on the ad and been redirected to the specific page.

Each Google AdWords customer is assigned a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained from conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. The customers can see the total number of users who have clicked on their ad and been redirected to a page that has a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that can be used to identify users personally. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object to such use by easily disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie on your internet browser under the user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

Conversion cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour to optimise both its web presence and advertising.

For more information about Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking, see Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to verify whether data is being entered on our websites (e.g. on a contact form) by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of our website visitor, based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor accesses the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA analyses various pieces of information (e.g. IP address, session duration of the website visitor on the website and mouse movements made by the user). The data collected for analysis is sent onwards to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that any analysis is running.

The data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its websites from illegitimate automated tracking and from spam.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and for Google’s privacy policy, go to the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

6. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins provided by YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operators is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages that has a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This informs the YouTube server of the pages you have visited.

If you are logged on to your YouTube account, you make it possible for YouTube to link your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in the interest of presenting our online services in an appealing way. We have a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in this regard.

For more information about user data is handled, see YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses Web Fonts provided by Google for consistent fonts across the website. When you open a page, your browser loads the necessary Web Fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

The browser you are using has to connect to the Google servers for this purpose. This means that Google knows that our website has been accessed via your IP address. We use Google Web Fonts in the interest of presenting our online services in a uniform and appealing way. We have a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in this regard.

If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a default font from your computer is used.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, go to: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and see Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps mapping service via an API. The service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the features of Google Maps, your IP address has to be stored. These information is normally sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence over this data being sent.

Google Maps is used in the interest of presenting our online services in an appealing way and an of making places we refer to on the website easy to find. We have a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in this regard.

For more information about how user data is handled, see Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/.