Privacy policy

We look forward to your visit to our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us and we want you to feel safe when visiting our website. We protect your privacy and your personal data. We process your personal data in accordance with the content of this data protection declaration, the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to us and the General Data Protection Regulation („GDPR“).

1. Name and address of the responsible body

Kurt Kauffmann Technische Federn GmbH & Co. KG, Daimlerstr. 13, 71384 Weinstadt-Beutelsbach, as the operator of the website ("https://www.kauffmann-federn.de website"), is the responsible body within the meaning of the GDPR and other country-specific data protection regulations.

2. Data protection officer

You can contact our data protection officer at any time with any data protection issues at datenschutz@kauffmann-federn.de.

3. Personal Data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; A natural person is considered to be identifiable if he or she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more special features that express the physical , physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Personal data also includes information about your use of our website. This is usually done through the use of log files or cookies. Further information about log files and cookies can be found below.

4. Purpose and personal data affected

The scope and type of collection, processing and use of your data differs depending on whether you visit our website simply to access generally available information or whether you use additional services.

a) Informational use

For a purely informational use of our website, it is generally not necessary for you to provide personal data.

In this case, when you access our websites, we only collect the data that your internet browser may automatically transmit to us, such as: Referrer (previously visited website)

  • Requested website or file
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system
  • used Device type used
  • Time of access
  • IP address in anonymized form (used only to determine the location of access)

The IP address of your computer is only stored in so-called log files for the duration of your use of the website and is then immediately deleted or anonymized by shortening it. The remaining data is stored for a limited period of time. We use this data to operate our website, in particular to identify and eliminate errors on the website, to determine the load on the website and to make adjustments or improvements.

b) Use when using additional services

If you use other company services via our website, it may be necessary for you to provide personal data. Your data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of providing the service you require.

5. Contact

On our website we offer you the opportunity to contact us by email. Please note that unencrypted communication via email is unsafe. It cannot be ruled out that data transmitted in this way will be read, copied, changed or deleted by unauthorized persons. We would like to point out that your email messages may be stored in accordance with legal retention requirements.

6. Cookies

We only use technically necessary session cookies that do not store or pass on personal data.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit our website. If you wish, you can delete the cookies at any time. However, this can mean that individual functions are no longer available to you. To delete cookies, please refer to the help function of your browser.

7. No sharing of your personal information

We do not share your personal information with third parties; unless you have consented to the data being passed on or we are entitled or obliged to pass on the data due to legal provisions and/or official or court orders. This may in particular involve providing information for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger or to enforce intellectual property rights.

8. Data Security

Any information you provide to us will be stored on servers within the European Union. We protect our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, alteration or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons.

9. Your Rights

You have the right:

  • to receive free information about the personal data we have stored about you (right to information)
  • to request confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you (right to confirmation)
  • to demand that we immediately delete the personal data concerning you, provided that their processing is no longer necessary and the further requirements of the GDPR for deletion are also met (right to deletion)
  • to request the immediate correction and completion of incorrect personal data concerning you (right to correction)
  • to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data (right to restriction of processing)
  • to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format (right to data portability)
  • to object to the processing of your personal data (right to object)
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which has legal effects on you or similarly significantly affects you (right to decide on a case-by-case basis).
  • to revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time with future effect.
  • to complain to the supervisory authority responsible for data protection if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR (right to complain)

For further information about your rights, please contact our data protection officer.

10. Deletion and blocking of personal data after the purpose has been fulfilled

We only process and store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose, but at the latest until the statutory retention and storage periods have expired. Once the purpose has been fulfilled and the statutory retention and storage periods have expired, the personal data will be deleted or blocked in accordance with data protection regulations.

11. Information for customers and suppliers according to Art. 13 / Art. 14 GDPR

This information can be found here.

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