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Privacy Policy

A. Information about the collection of personal data

(1) Below, we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website and our online services. Personal data is any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behaviour.

(2) The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is dormakaba Deutschland GmbH DORMA Platz 1 58256 Ennepetal, Germany You can contact our data protection officer at data.protection(at)dormakaba.com or at our postal address with the addition ‘the data protection officer’.

(3) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, we store the data you provide (your email address, your name and telephone number, if applicable) in order to answer your questions. We delete the data collected in this context once it is no longer necessary to store it, or restrict its processing if there are legal retention obligations.

(4) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also specify the criteria for the storage period.

(5) We use the following categories of recipients/processors in connection with the processing described in this privacy policy:

  • Hosting provider: All data is hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud, with data centers located within the European Union. We do not engage any further external service providers or processors.
     

(6) All personal data described in this privacy policy is processed and stored exclusively within the European Economic Area (EEA). We do not transfer personal data to recipients outside the EEA.

 

B. Your rights

You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:

  • Right to information,
  • Right to correction or deletion,
  • Right to restriction of processing,
  • Right to object to processing,
  • Right to data portability,
  • Right to complain to a supervisory authority.

 

C. Collection of personal data when visiting our website

(1) When using the website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR):

  • IP address,
  • date and time of the request,
  • time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
  • content of the request (specific page),
  • access status/HTTP status code,
  • amount of data transferred in each case,
  • website from which the request originates,
    browser,
  • operating system and its interface,
    language and version of the browser software.


(2) In addition to the above-mentioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.

(3) Use of cookies:

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see b)
  • Persistent cookies (see c).
     

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser's security settings.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.


D. Matomo

We use the web analytics tool “Matomo” to tailor our websites to your needs. Matomo creates usage profiles based on pseudonyms. To do this, persistent cookies are stored on your device and read by us. This allows us to recognize and count returning visitors. Matomo is self-hosted by us on Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure located in the European Union; no data is transferred to Matomo or any third party.

Data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, provided that you have given your consent via our cookie banner. You may revoke your consent at any time.

For more information on Matomo’s terms of use and data protection regulations, please visit: https://matomo.org/privacy/

 

E. Use of online services with registration (User account)

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that require registration and the creation of a corresponding user account. To create a user account, you must enter certain personal data, in particular your email address and user name, as well as other information about yourself (e.g. name and address), if applicable. In this context, only those data that we absolutely require for the performance of our services or any contractual relationship with you are designated as mandatory and marked accordingly. In addition, we collect further personal data (e.g. IP address) in connection with the creation of the user account or the provision of services, insofar as this is necessary for the provision of services, including the prevention of misuse, or we are legally obliged to do so.

(2) The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR.

(3) We store the data collected in connection with your user account for as long as your user account exists, i.e. until you delete your account. You can request the deletion of your user account at any time by contacting us at bernhard.heitz(at)dormakaba.com. Upon such a request, we will delete the data collected in connection with the user account or the provision of services, unless the data is required for other purposes (e.g. statutory retention obligations) or restrict the processing accordingly. Otherwise, we will delete the data or restrict processing accordingly as soon as storage is no longer necessary for the aforementioned purposes.

(4) You may object to data processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (‘legitimate interests’) at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. In the event of an objection, we will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

 
F. Automated decision-making information absent 

No automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR, including profiling, takes place.