Privacy Policy

1. General

1.1 What are personal data

Personal data are details that disclose or can disclose the identity of the user. We adhere to the principle of the bare minimum. i.e. we collect the least possible amount of personal information. 

1.2 Handling of personal data

Personal data are used exclusively for establishing, defining, executing, or processing the contractual obligations (Art. 6 I S. 1 b GDPR). Furthermore, personal data are only processed with your consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a GDPR) or if the data are processed based on our legitimate interests and the balancing of interests shows that no overriding interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms on your part oppose this (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR). We may use processors to process your personal data but will not otherwise pass personal data on to third parties. Data will only be transmitted to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery to the extent necessary for delivering the ordered goods. For payment processing, the necessary payment data will be transmitted to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the commissioned and selected payment service provider. The processing of your personal data takes place exclusively within the EU unless otherwise stated below.

1.3 Usage data

When visiting the website, general technical information is collected. This includes the IP address used, time, duration of the visit, browser type, and possibly the origin page. These usage data are technically recorded in a logfile and may be used and stored for statistical evaluation of this website. These usage data are not linked with your other personal data.

1.4 Registration data

For full use of the functions of our website, registration is required. The registration data are collected through your corresponding entries and used for the purpose stated according to your consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a GDPR).

1.5 Duration of storage

We store your personal data only as long as necessary after the purpose for which the data were collected has ended, and only to the extent required by legal (especially tax) regulations.

2. Your Rights

2.1 Right of access

You may request information from us as to whether we process personal data concerning you and, if this is the case, you have the right to access these personal data and the other listed information under Art. 15 GDPR.

2.2 Right to rectification

You have the right to the correction of incorrect personal data concerning you and may request the completion of incomplete personal data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.

2.3 Right to erasure

You have the right to request that personal data concerning you be erased immediately. We are obliged to delete these data immediately if one of the following reasons applies: Your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. You withdraw the consent on which the processing of your data was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing. Your data were processed unlawfully. The right to erasure does not apply if your personal data are required for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

2.4 Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if you contest the accuracy of the data and we therefore verify the accuracy, the processing is unlawful and you refuse erasure and instead request the restriction of use, we no longer need the data but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, you have objected to the processing of your data and it is not yet established whether our legitimate interests outweigh yours.

2.5 Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where the processing is based on consent or a contract and the processing is carried out by automated means.

2.6 Right to withdraw consent

Where the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.

2.7 General and right to lodge a complaint

The exercise of your above rights is generally free of charge. You have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority responsible for us, the regional data protection authority.

3. Data security

3.1 Data security

All data on our website are secured by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, alteration, and dissemination.

3.2 Sessions and Cookies

To operate the website, we use cookies and/or server-side sessions in which data may be stored. We ensure that without your explicit consent no personal data from sessions or via cookies are taken over and cookies are only used if this is technically necessary for the website (e.g. spam protection in contact forms, shopping cart functionality), and thus the balancing of interests shows that no prevailing interests on your part oppose this (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR), or if we have obtained your explicit consent. After your explicit consent, we use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features, and to analyze access to our website. With your consent, we may share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. These partners may combine this information with other data they already have about you. Below you will find the domain, name, and duration of the cookies used solely based on your consent:

3.3 Contact form

To facilitate user contact with us, we use a contact form. With this form we collect the name, email address, telephone number, company name, city, country, and the content of the message/request. Providing a street and postal code is optional to facilitate contact from our side. For the contact form and email transmission of data, we use the WordPress plugins Contact Form 7 and Flamingo on this website. Flamingo stores the form entries and thus personal data on the website server. Contact Form 7 does not store data but sends the completed contact form fields to us via email. If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide including contact details will be stored with us for processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. These data will not be passed on without your consent. You can request deletion of your data at any time without stating reasons. Send such requests to: info@schneider-digital.com

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested.

The data you enter in the contact form remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose of data storage no longer applies (e.g. after completed processing of your request). Mandatory legal requirements – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Newsletter

If you register for our newsletter, we use the data necessary for this or separately provided by you in order to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, either by sending a message to us using the contact details provided in the imprint or via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this policy.

5. Application process

You may apply to us electronically, especially via email. We will use your information exclusively for processing your application and will not pass it on to third parties. Please note that emails sent unencrypted are not protected against access by third parties. Your personal data will be deleted immediately after completion of the application process or after a maximum of 6 months unless you have expressly consented to longer storage of your data or if an employment contract is concluded. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 a, b, and f GDPR and § 26 BDSG.

6. Presence on social media platforms

We use the following social media platforms for corporate presentation and communication (reference is made explicitly to the linked privacy policies and opt-out options).

Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads alternative http://www.youronlinechoices.com

LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Xing (XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany) Privacy Policy and Opt-Out: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) Privacy Policy: http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy/. These social media platforms may process personal data outside the EU; we refer to the respective privacy policies of the platforms. The respective platforms may create usage profiles from your behavior and resulting interests and store cookies on your computer in which your usage behavior is recorded. If you have an account and are logged in, usage behavior can be stored across devices. Your usage profile can be used to display advertisements presumed to match your interests.

We process personal data exclusively to communicate with you via the chosen social media platform and to optimize our online presence, ensuring that no interests of yours override our legitimate interest (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR). If you have already given effective consent to the respective platform operator for data processing, processing of your personal data is also based on that consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a GDPR).

7. Third-party services

7.1 Social media links

We have our own social media pages accessible via links from this website. By using the links, you access the respective third-party websites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter). We recommend logging out of the respective third-party provider before using such links to avoid unnecessary data transfer and potential creation of usage profiles.

7.2 Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), and collects and stores data via this service from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These profiles serve to analyze user behavior to tailor and improve the website’s offering. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” small text files stored on your computer that allow analysis of your website usage. Information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will, however, be shortened beforehand within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 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 to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide further services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Also, usage profiles under a pseudonym will not be merged with personal data about the user without explicit consent. The balancing of interests therefore shows that no overriding interests on your part oppose this (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR). You can prevent the storage of cookies using the appropriate browser settings; however, doing so may prevent full use of all website functions. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie (including your IP address) and its processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. You can also prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents your data from being collected on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics. You can find Google’s privacy notices under Privacy Policy. Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found under Analytics Terms or under Privacy Overview. We point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “anonymizeIp” to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (IP masking).

8. Affiliate links and advertising

We place affiliate and advertising links or banners on our website for certain third-party providers. Using these links/banners allows us to earn revenue (advertising reimbursements) when purchases are made via these links/banners or when the respective page is accessed. Third-party providers may use cookies to track the origin of orders or page visits. This does not affect the use of our website or create any obligation to purchase. Set affiliate and advertising links/banners merely serve to facilitate purchases. In addition, the respective providers’ privacy policies apply.

9. Contact

To contact us regarding data protection, you may use the following contact details.

Controller within the meaning of the GDPR:

Schneider Digital GmbH

Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1

83607 Holzkirchen

Email: info@schneider-digital.com

Phone: +49 (8025) 9930-0