data protection statement
Aalberts Surface Technologies GmbH
On this website, we, Aalberts Surface Technologies GmbH, inform you about our services. The protection of your personal data during the operation of this website is, of course, of the utmost importance. With this statement, we inform you about how your personal data is processed when you visit this website.
Contact
For any concerns, please contact:
Aalberts Surface Technologies GmbH
Boelckestraße 25 – 57
D-50171 Kerpen
Germany
Tel. 02237 502 520
info@aalberts-st.com
Alternatively, you can also contact our data protection officer:
Dr. Viktoria Schmittmann
bpc GmbH
Einigkeitstraße 9
45133 Essen
Tel. +49 (0) 201 890 881 – 0
viktoria.schmittmann@b-p-c.eu
The operation of this website is supported by an external service provider, whom we have carefully selected and contracted to comply with the data protection provisions via a data processing contract in accordance with Art. 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data security
In order to protect your personal data in the best possible way, we use technical and organizational security measures in the form of TLS encryption (https standard), which are also adapted to the current state of the art in accordance with the risks involved.
Data subject rights
As a data subject, i.e. as a natural person whose personal data are processed, you have certain rights:
Right to information (Art. 15 DS-GVO)
Right to rectification (Art. 16 DS-GVO)
Right to erasure / “right to be forgotten” (Art. 17 DS-GVO)
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 DS-GVO)
Right to data portability (Art. 20 DS-GVO)
Right to object (Art. 21 DS-GVO)
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us or our data protection officer using the contact details above.
Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
If you feel that we are processing your data unlawfully, you may at any time contact us or our data protection officer using the contact details above or contact a data protection supervisory authority.
Purposes
Website
We process your personal data only if it is possible for us under the conditions of data protection law.
We process your personal data to fulfill a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DS-GVO) with you. This is the case, for example, when you submit your application documents to us.
We process your personal data to fulfill legal requirements (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DS-GVO). This is the case, for example, if we are required by law to retain your personal data.
We process your personal data obtained through cookies. Cookies that we need to provide and operate the website (so-called essential cookies) are based on legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO). Cookies that fulfill additional functions are based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO). You can find more information on this in the Cookies section.
If applicable, we process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO). We explicitly indicate this at the relevant points.
If necessary, we also request your consent for the use of your personal data. We will refer to the consent at the appropriate points.
We do not transfer your data to third parties, unless it is absolutely necessary for the processing of your request.
Suppliers
We use contact and communication data as well as other relevant personal data of the contact persons of our suppliers, service providers and business partners. We process this data for the implementation of the business relationship, communication as well as for contact maintenance. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, our legitimate interest is the business cooperation.
Storage duration
We delete your personal data in full or in part as soon as the purpose for which it was collected has been fulfilled and there are no statutory retention obligations, e.g. in the case of tax-relevant information, which we must retain for more than 10 years. In general, we check every 2 years whether existing information is still required or can be deleted.
Contact
You have the option of contacting us directly via the contact data stored on our website.
We process the personal data you provide and your message to us exclusively in order to be able to process your request in the best way possible. We use this information to be able to answer your concerns. Should it be a contract initiation or a communication within the scope of our contract with you, this processing of your personal data for the fulfillment of contractual obligations is based Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DS-GVO. Otherwise, the processing of personal data is based on the right to answer your request to you (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO).
If you have consented, we will also use your data to send you a feedback questionnaire two weeks after your request to us about whether our response was helpful to you and how your experience with our contact form was (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO). You can, of course, revoke your consent at any time and free of charge by sending us an email to info@aalberts-st.com.
Cookies and Server Log files
Every time you visit our website, we use so-called cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored in your browser and remain there until you close all browser windows. There are cookies that we use to provide you with our website technically and to ensure system security. We have an overriding legitimate interest in this (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO). However, there are cookies that we use, for example, to run analyses. These cookies are based on your consent.
If you do not wish cookies to be used, you can block the use of cookies in your browser settings; also via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/. You can still visit our website even if you block cookies; however, you may then not be able to use all the functions of our website.
In addition, you can revoke your consent at any time. Please use the following link to revoke:
The link opens the cookie banner and you can make the desired adjustments there.
In addition, each time you visit the website, your browser transmits access data, so-called server log files, which we process in order to be able to display the website to you. With these, in particular the time of the request of your visit, the page from which you visit us (Referrer.URL), the visited subpages, your IP address, the data volume and the browser you use are transmitted to us. This data is required to ensure system security; we delete it after 3 days at the latest. The use is in our overriding legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO).
What are cookies?
Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code that often contain a unique identification code. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to save this file on your computer or mobile device and gain access to information. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of the visit and how you use a particular website or mobile application.
Why do we use cookies
Cookies make sure that during your visit of our online shop you remain logged in, all items remain stored in your shopping cart, you can shop safely and the website keeps running smoothly. The cookies also ensure that we can see how our website is used and how we can improve it. Furthermore, depending on your preferences our own cookies may be used to present you with targeted advertisements that match your personal interests.
What type of cookies do we use?
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Some of the following actions can be performed by using these cookies.
– Store articles in a shopping cart for online purchases
– Save your cookie preferences for this website
– Saving language preferences
– Log in to our portal. We need to check whether you are logged in.
Performance cookies
These cookies are used to gather statistical information about the use of our website, also called analytics cookies. We use this data for performance and website optimization.
Functional cookies
These cookies enable more functionality for our website visitors. These cookies can be set by our external service providers or our own website. The following functionalities may or may not be activated when you accept this category.
– Live chat services
– Watch online videos
– Social media sharing buttons
– Login to our website with social media
Advertising / tracking cookies
These cookies are set by external advertising partners and are used for profiling and tracking data across multiple websites. If you accept these cookies, we may show our advertisements on other websites based on your user profile and preferences.
These cookies also save data about how many visitors have seen or clicked on our advertisements in order to optimize advertising campaigns. These are based on your consent. You have the right to revoke this consent at any time. Use the following link to do so:
The cookies we use on our website
Necessary | ||||
Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider |
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cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | https://www.aalberts-st.com/ | a year | Cookie First |
cookiefirst-id | This cookie contains your unique ID so CookieFirst can identify unique visitors to this website. | api.cookiefirst.com | a year | Cookie First |
Advertising | ||||
Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider |
_gat_***** | Set by Google Analytics to control the request rate. | .aalberts-st.com | a minute | Google LLC |
YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | .youtube.com | Session | |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie allows Youtube to check for bandwidth usage. | .youtube.com | 6 months | |
IDE | Cookie from Double Click (Google) which helps us to analyze and optimize our advertising campaigns. | .doubleclick.net | a year | |
GPS | Cookie which allows Youtube to track mobile devices based on GPS data. | .youtube.com | 30 minutes | |
test_cookie | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor’s browser supports cookies. | .doubleclick.net | 15 minutes | |
_gid | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor it tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. | .aalberts-st.com | a day | Google, Inc |
_ga | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor it tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. | .aalberts-st.com | 2 years | Google, Inc |
Through our website, you can click on various social media tools and view our information there or exchange information about our services with other users. This is LinkedIn. You can recognise these offers by the respective icons.
All of these references are deactivated links, i.e. no data will be transmitted by you to the respective providers as long as you do not click on the links. If you click on the links, your data will be transmitted to the respective provider, in particular, the page from which you were linked. This also applies if you do not have your own account with the respective provider or are not logged in.
We have no control over what personal data these third parties collect and how they handle it. Neither are we aware of this. Please note that some of these providers are based outside the EU and your data are therefore likely to be transferred to third countries for which an adequate level of data protection is not necessarily guaranteed. Further information on the handling of your data can be obtained from the respective third-party providers.
Third-party information:
LinkedIn, 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA,
Data protection statement: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en,
Through the social media links, we enable you to receive even more attractive offers from us on other channels as well and to communicate directly with these offers and their users. We thus make our website more attractive and interesting for you.
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO. Your consent also includes the transfer of data to the USA to the respective provider. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Use the following link to do so:
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address beforehand within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the European Economic Area Agreement. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide services associated with Internet use to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. As a result, IP addresses are further processed in abbreviated form, so that a personal reference can be prevented. If the data collected about you contains a personal reference, this is immediately eliminated and the personal data is thus immediately deleted.
We use Google Analytics in order to be able to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The collected statistics allow us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user.
We only use Google Analytics after your express consent by confirming on the banner displayed during your visit (Art. 6. 1. (a) EU GDPR). Giving your consent is voluntary. You can also use the website without Google Analytics. You can withdraw your consent at any time and prevent the use of Google Analytics.
Third Party Information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland,
Data protection statement: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en
Overview of data protection: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en
Terms of use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO. Your consent also includes the transfer of data to the provider Google in the USA. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Use the following link to do so:
Google Maps
(1) On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function comfortably. The legal basis for the use of the maps is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO, i.e. the integration only takes place after your consent.
(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, the above-mentioned basic data such as IP address and timestamp are transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.
(3) The information collected is stored on Google servers, including in the USA. For these cases, the provider has, according to its own information, imposed a standard on itself that corresponds to the former EU-US Privacy Shield and has promised to comply with applicable data protection laws in the international transfer of data. We have also agreed to so-called standard data protection clauses with Google, the purpose of which is to ensure compliance with an appropriate level of data protection in the third country.
(4) For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also receive further information about your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Use the following link to do so:
Use of Google Adwords conversion tracking
We use the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and in this context conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no way that cookies can be tracked across AdWords customers’ websites.
The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. Here, we learn the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users
To do this, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
Furthermore, you can disable personalized advertising for you in Google’s advertising settings. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922. You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third parties by calling up the Network Advertising Initiative deactivation page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and following the opt-out instructions. You will find more information as well as Google’s data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO. Your consent also includes the transfer of data to the provider Google in the USA. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time. Use the following link to do so:
YouTube video integration
(1) We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offer, which are stored on YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. [These are all integrated in “extended data protection mode”, i.e. no data about you as a user is transmitted to YouTube if you do not play the videos. Only when you play the videos, the data mentioned in paragraph 2 are transmitted. We have no influence on this data transmission]. The legal basis for the display of the videos is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO, i.e. the integration only takes place after your consent.
(2) By visiting the website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the above-mentioned basic data such as IP address and timestamp are transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this.
(3) The information collected is stored on Google servers, including in the USA. For these cases, the provider has, according to its own information, imposed a standard on itself that corresponds to the former EU-US Privacy Shield and has promised to comply with applicable data protection laws in the international transfer of data. We have also agreed to so-called standard data protection clauses with Google, the purpose of which is to ensure compliance with an appropriate level of data protection in the third country.
(4) For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube, please refer to the privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
If you wish to withdraw your consent for the use of YouTube, please use the following link:
our appearances in social networks
(1) We have various presences in so-called social media platforms. We operate the presences with the following providers:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
LinkedIn Datenschutzrichtlinie
New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Deutschland, Tel.: +49 40 419 131-0, Fax: +49 40 419 131-11, E-Mail: info@xing.com
- YouTube
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
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Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Irland
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Irland
(2) We maintain publicly accessible profiles on various social networks. Your visit to these profiles initiates a variety of data processing operations. In the following, we provide you with an overview of which of your personal data is collected, used and stored by us when you visit our profiles. Personal data is information that can be assigned to you as a specific person (e.g. name, age, address, photos, e-mail addresses, and possibly also IP addresses). Furthermore, we inform you about your rights with regard to the processing of your personal data. You are not obliged to provide us with your personal data. However, this may be necessary for individual functionalities of our profiles in social networks. These functionalities will not be available to you or only to a limited extent if you do not provide us with your personal data.
When you visit our profiles, your personal data is collected, used and stored not only by us, but also by the operators of the respective social network. This happens even if you yourself do not have a profile in the respective social network. The individual data processing operations and their scope differ depending on the operator of the respective social network and they are not necessarily traceable for us. For details about the collection and storage of your personal data as well as the type, scope and purpose of their use by the operator of the respective social network, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective operator.
(3) The data collected about you in this context is processed by the platforms and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union, in particular the USA. According to their own statements, all of the aforementioned providers maintain an appropriate level of data protection equivalent to that of the former EU-US Privacy Shield and we have concluded the standard data protection clauses with the companies. We are not aware of how the social media platforms use the data from your visit to our account and interaction with our posts for their own purposes, how long this data is stored and whether data is passed on to third parties. Data processing may differ depending on whether you are registered and logged in to the social network or visit the site as a non-registered and/or non-logged-in user. When you access a post or the account, the IP address assigned to your terminal device is transmitted to the provider of the social media platform. If you are currently logged in as a user, a cookie on your end device can be used to track how you have moved around the network. Buttons embedded in websites enable the platforms to record your visits to these website pages and assign them to your respective profile. Based on this data, content or advertising can be offered tailored to you. If you wish to avoid this, you should log out or deactivate the “stay logged in” function, delete the cookies present on your device and restart your browser.
(4) If you use our profiles on social networks to contact us (for example, by creating your own posts, responding to one of our posts or by sending us private messages), the data you provide us with, such as contact details, will be processed by us solely for the purpose of being able to contact you. The legal basis for the data collection is thus Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) and b) DSGVO.
(5) To exercise your data subject rights, you can contact both us or the provider of the social media platform. Insofar as one party is not responsible for responding or must receive the information from the other party, we or the provider will then forward your request to the respective partner. Please contact the operator of the social media platform directly for questions about profiling, processing of your data when using the website. For questions about the processing of your interaction with us on our site, write to the contact details provided by us above.