Privacy Policy

Personal data (usually referred to just as "data" below) will only be processed by us to
the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website,
including its contents, and the services offered there.

Per Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation
(hereinafter referred to as the "GDPR"), "processing" refers to any operation or set of
operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation,
alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise
making available, alignment, or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on
personal data, whether by automated means or not.

The following privacy policy is intended to inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose,
duration, and legal basis for the processing of such data either under our own control or in
conjunction with others. We also inform you below about the third-party components we use to
optimize our website and improve the user experience which may result in said third parties also
processing data they collect and control.

Our privacy policy is structured as follows:
I. Information about us as controllers of your data
II. The rights of users and data subjects
III. Information about the data processing
I. Information about us as controllers of your data
Dr.-Ing. Ernst Klütsch
Ingenieurbüro für Kunststofftechnik (IBK)
(english: Engineering Consultants for Plastic Technology (IBK))
Im Ölligspesch 7 
52372 Kreuzau 
Germany
   
Phone: +49 2422 4819
Fax: +49 2422 4819
E-mail: info@ibk-kluetsch.de
 
II. The rights of users and data subjects

With regard to the data processing to be described in more detail below, users and data 
subjects have the right
to confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed, information about
the data being processed, further information about the nature of the data processing,
and copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15 GDPR);

to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (cf. also Art. 16 GDPR);

to the immediate deletion of data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 DSGVO), or,
alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR,
to restrict said processing per Art. 18 GDPR;

to receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to have the
same transmitted to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);

to file complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them
is being processed by the controller in breach of data protection provisions
(see also Art. 77 GDPR).
In addition, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such
corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art. 16, 17 Para. 1, 18
GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a
disproportionate effort. Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.

Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the
controller's future processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In
particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is
permissible.
 
III. Information about the data processing

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose
for its storage ceases to apply, provided the deletion of the same is not in breach of any statutory
storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.
 
Server data

For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server
provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files
record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came
(referrer URL), the webpages on our site visited, the date and time of your visit, as well as the
IP address from which you visited our site.

The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data.

The basis for this storage is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the
improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.

The data will be deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for
evidentiary purposes. In which case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the
investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.
 
Cookies

a) Session cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored
on your computer by your browser. These cookies process certain specific information about you,
such as your browser, location data, or IP address.  

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure, allowing us, for
example, to display our website in different languages.

The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as these cookies are
used to collect data to initiate or process contractual relationships.

If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in
improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.
 
b) Third-party cookies

If necessary, our website may also use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the
purpose of advertising, analyzing, or improving the features of our website.

Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose
of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies.
 
c) Disabling cookies

You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can
use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and
measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please
use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for
support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will
need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also
depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function
or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully
usable.
 
Contact

If you contact us via email or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose
of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry;
otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal
obligation to store your data, such as if an order or contract resulted therefrom.
 
Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
 https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in
the United States.

The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is
Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic
operation of our site.

Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits
to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.
However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google
truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US.

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits
to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other
services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general.

Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides
further information with regard to its data protection practices at
 https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en
including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.

In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
in addition with further information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers
and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The
add-on informs Google Analytics' JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit
should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from
being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.

 Sample Privacy Policy of  Anwaltskanzlei Weiß & Partner