Datenschutz

Privacy Policy

1. Overview of data protection measures

General information

The following information provides you with a clear and simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. The term “personal data” refers to all data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy also contains more detailed information on the topic of data protection.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data is processed on this website by the website operator. You can find the contact details for the website operator in the Legal information on this website.

How do we collect your data?

One of the ways we collect your data is when you share it with us. This can occur when you enter information into our contact form, for example.

Other types of data are collected by our IT systems automatically when you visit our website. This data mainly consists of technical information (e.g. web browser, operating system or the time our site was accessed). Such information is collected automatically when you access our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected in order to ensure the error-free availability of the website and its features. Other data may be utilised to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and at no cost to you. You also have the right to demand that your data be rectified, blocked or erased. You can contact us with questions about these rights and other data protection issues at any time using the address provided in the Legal information. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Analytics tools and third-party tools

Your surfing behaviour can be statistically analysed when you visit our website. This is mainly carried out using cookies and certain analysis programs. Your surfing behaviour is generally analysed anonymously – i.e. your surfing behaviour cannot be retraced to you. You can object to this analysis or else prevent it by not using certain tools on our website. For details on this, please refer to our Privacy Policy under the heading “Third-party modules and analysis tools”.

You can object to this analysis. This Privacy Policy also informs you of the options that you have to object to this analysis.

2. General information and mandatory information

Privacy Policy

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We therefore handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

Various types of personal data are collected when you use this website. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy describes which types of data we collect and what we use this data for. It also explains how and for which purposes the data is collected.

Please note that the transmission of data over the Internet (e.g. via e-mail communication) may be prone to security loopholes, and it is therefore not possible to completely protect data against access by third parties.

Information on the controller:

The controller for data processing on this website is:

avanca GmbH
Harmer Straße 43
49456 Bakum
Phone: +49 (0) 4446 5739-181
E-Mail: info@avanca.eu

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that either solely, or jointly with others, makes decisions regarding the purposes of the processing of personal data and the means used for processing such data (which can include names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your personal data

Many data processing procedures are only possible if you grant your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us by simply by sending us an e-mail. This shall not affect the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority

If you believe that a violation of data protection law has occurred, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Protection Officer in the German state in which our company is domiciled. You can use the link below to view a list of State Data Protection Officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand any data that we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract over to you or a third party in a common machine readable format. If you demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, we will only do this if it is technically feasible.

Access, blocking and erasure

Within the framework applicable legal provisions, you have the right to demand at any time information about your stored personal data and its source, as well as any recipients of your personal data. This information must be provided to you free of charge. You also have the right to demand information about the purpose of the processing of your data (also free of charge). In addition, you may in some cases have a right to have your data rectified, blocked or erased. If you have questions about this topic or any other questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the Legal information.

Objection to unsolicited advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of the contact information that we are required to publish in our Legal information in order to send us promotional and information material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event they are sent unsolicited promotional and advertising information – for example via spam e-mails.

3. Data Protection Officer

Data Protection Officer as mandated by law

The Federal Data Protection Act in Germany defines the conditions under which the designation of a Data Protection Officer is required at a company. This requirement does not apply to avanca GmbH.

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly and more efficient 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. These cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our website. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies make it possible for us to recognise your browser when you visit our site again.

You can change your browser settings in a manner that will enable your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and allow you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or reject cookies from certain sites, or reject all cookies in general. You can also configure your browser to automatically delete cookies when you close it. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are necessary to enable electronic communication or to provide certain functions that you wish to use (for example the shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1)(f) of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies in order to ensure the provision of optimised services that are free of technical errors. Other cookies that might also be stored on your device (e.g. in order to analyse your surfing behaviour) are addressed separately in this Privacy Policy.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files that your browser sends to us automatically. The information is as follows:

• Your browser type and version
• Your operating system
• The referrer URL
• The host name of the accessing computer
• The time of the server inquiry
• Your IP address

This data are not merged with other data sources.

This basis for data processing here is Article 6 (1)(b) of the GDPR, which allows for processing for purposes of the performance of a contract or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to the conclusion of a contract.

Contact form

If you submit an inquiry to us via our contact form, the information you provide in the contact form, including any contact information you provide in the form, will be stored by us in order to process your inquiry and contact you if we have further questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

If you give your consent, the sole basis for the processing of the data you provide in the contact form is Article 6 (1)(a) of the GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time simply by sending us an e-mail. Revoking your consent shall not affect the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

The information you enter into the contact form will be retained by us until you ask us to erase the data or until you revoke your consent to the storage of your data, or until the purpose for which the data is being stored no longer applies (e.g. after we have processed and responded to your inquiry). This shall not affect any mandatory legal provisions, in particular those relating to retention periods.

Processing of customer and contract data

We collect, process and utilise personal data only if such data is needed to establish a legal relationship, design its content or amend it (master data). This collection, processing and utilisation of personal data is conducted on the basis of Article 6 (1)(b) of the GDPR, which allows for the processing of data that is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract. We only collect, process and utilise personal data relating to your use of our website (usage data) if this is necessary to enable you to use the website and its services, or if we need this data to bill you for any services that are subject to a fee.

The data collected will be deleted after an order has been completed or the business relationship comes to an end. This shall not affect any legally required retention periods.

Data transfer in connection with the conclusion of a contract for services and digital content

We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the conclusion of a contract – for example we will transfer data to banks or credit card companies that process your payments.

There is no further transfer of the data, unless you have expressly consented to such a transfer. Your data will also not be transferred to third parties (e.g. for advertising purposes) without your explicit consent.

This basis for data processing here is Article 6 (1)(b) of the GDPR, which allows for processing for purposes of the performance of a contract or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to the conclusion of a contract.

5. Plug-ins and tools

Google Maps

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

The use of Google Maps requires your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Maps is used in the interest of making our website appealing and making it easier to locate places that we refer to on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1)(f) of the GDPR.

Further information about how Google handles user data can be found in the Google Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.