DATA PROTECTION

I. NAME AND ADDRESS TO THE RESPONSIBLE BODY

The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection character is:

Hippold GmbH
Metal products manufacturing

Reinhardsrieder Str. 5
87647 Kraftisried
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0) 8377 9209-0
Fax: +49 (0) 8377 9209-50

E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.hippold.de

II. GENERAL INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS

We are pleased that you visit our homepage and thank you for your interest in our company. Dealing with our customers and prospects is a matter of trust. The trust placed in us has a very high priority and thus the importance and obligation to handle your data carefully and to protect it from misuse.

In order to make you feel safe and secure when visiting our website, we take the protection of your personal data and its confidential treatment very seriously. Therefore, we act in accordance with applicable personal data protection and data security legislation.

With these instructions on data protection in this privacy policy, you want to inform us when we store which data and how we use it, of course, in compliance with the applicable German case law. The data protection with us. takes into account the European data protection level (GDPR) and is based in particular on the current Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG new).

III. INFORMATION ON THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

(1) Below we inform about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data personally available to you, e.g. Name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.

(2) When you contact us by e-mail or through a contact form, we will store the information you have provided (your e-mail address, your name and your telephone number if applicable) in order to answer your questions.

(3) We will delete the data arising in this context after the storage is no longer required, or restrict the processing if there are statutory retention requirements. Further details can be found in this Privacy Policy.

(4) If we rely on 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 below about the respective transactions. In doing so, we also name the specified criteria for the storage duration.

IV. YOUR RIGHTS (AFFECTED RIGHTS)

(1) You have the following rights with respect to the personal data concerning you:

• Law according to Art. 7 (3) GDPR. To give your once given consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by your revocation;

• Right to information acc. Art. 15 GDPR about your personal data processed by us. Here you can find out about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed and the planned storage period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing or opposition, the existence of a The right to complain, the source of your data, if not collected from us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where appropriate, meaningful information about its details;

• Right to correction acc. Art. 16 GDPR. Accordingly, you can immediately request the correction of incorrect or the completion of your personal data stored with us;

• Right to delete acc. Art. 17 GDPR. In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR you have the right to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of the public interest or for assertion, Exercise or defense of legal rights is required;

• Right to restriction of processing acc. Art. 18 GDPR. Thereafter you may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you this for the assertion, exercise or defense of Legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

• Right to object to the processing acc. Art. 21 GDPR;

• Right to data portability acc. Art. 20 GDPR. You have the right to receive any personal information you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that you send it to another person in charge.

(2) You also have acc. Art. 77 GDPR the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us. The competent supervisory authority is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. An overview of the state data protection officers together with their contact details is available at https: // www. Bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

(3) The assertion of all rights specified in Affected Rights, Paragraph (1) and (2) is basically free of charge for you.

However, in the case of manifestly unfounded or, in particular in the case of frequent repetition, excessive requests, we may, in accordance with Article 12 (5) of the GDPR, either claim an appropriate fee and take into account the administrative costs of notifying or communicating or implementing the requested measure or refuse to act on the application.

V. COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA WHEN VISING OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS ART AND PURPOSE OF USING THE SITE

(1) You can visit our website without telling us who you are. Our web servers automatically save information of a general nature. When you visit our websites, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file.

In the case of merely informative use of the website, ie if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The following information will be collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

- IP address of the requesting computer,
- date and time of the request,
- name and URL of the retrieved file,
- website that receives the request (referrer URL),
- used browser,
- Operating system, if applicable, name of your access provider,
- Language and version of the browser software.

The data mentioned are processed by us for the following purposes

- ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
- ensuring comfortable use of our website,
- Evaluation of system security and stability as well
- for further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR follows the data collection purposes listed above. In no case we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you. (2) Our website or websites partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Further details can be found in this Privacy Policy.

VI. USE OF COOKIES

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not harm your device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malicious software.

In the cookie information is stored, each resulting in connection with the specific terminal used. However, this does not mean that we are immediately aware of your identity.

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our page.

In addition, to improve usability, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to take advantage of our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what inputs and settings you have made, so you do not have to re-enter them.

The data processed by cookies are for the purposes mentioned in order to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR required.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or always a hint appears before a new cookie is created. However, disabling cookies completely may mean that you can not use all features of our website.

VII. STORAGE TIME AND DATA DELETION

Your personal data will in particular be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. Thereafter, the data will be erased unless the storage is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation which requires processing under the law of the Union or of the Member States to which the controller is subject. Such a legal obligation is the statutory storage obligations, e.g. 10 years (for accounting data and payroll accounting) or 6 years (for commercial correspondence). During the period of retention, the data will be blocked, after which the deletion will take place.

VIII. CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who the request came from and to answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. The data processing for the purpose of contacting us is in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR based on your voluntarily granted consent. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after completion of the request made by you.

For the purpose of correspondence with us, you can also enter the personal data provided on our website in the designated input fields.

These data will only be processed for this correspondence with you and for the purpose for which you have given us the data as part of this communication, such as: For example, to process your requests or to contact you at your request. In this case, the processing of personal data takes place with your consent and is then gem. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR allowed. We will delete your related information if the purpose for which you provided us with your information is fulfilled or done, and we are not legally entitled or required to continue to store it.

IX. OTHER PROCESSES DUE TO AN AUTHORIZED INTEREST

If necessary, we process your data beyond the actual fulfillment of a contract concluded with you or a consent granted by you for the protection of legitimate interests of us or third parties, unless a balance in individual cases shows that your legitimate rights and freedoms, the protection of personal Require data (see Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). These may include:

• Advertising, provided that you have not objected to the use of your data;
• asserting legal claims and defense in legal disputes;
• ensuring IT security and IT operations;
• prevention and investigation of criminal offenses;
• Measures for the business control and further development of services and products.

X. CONSENT

Any further processing of your personal data will only be carried out if you have given us your consent and in accordance with this. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR are entitled to process your personal data. In some areas of our website, you have the opportunity to grant such express consent. In doing so, we will inform you of the purpose for which the data will be processed in the event of your consent and how long we will store this personal data.

XI. CONTRADICTION OR REVOCATION AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA

(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke them at any time. Such revocation will affect the admissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have given it to us.

(2) Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if, in particular, the processing is not required to fulfill a contract with you, which we describe in each case in the following description of the functions. In the event of such a disagreement, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the case of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling legitimate reasons on which we continue the processing.

(3) Of course, you may object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time.

(4) If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, please send an e-mail to the e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

XII. SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG - INS

On our website, we use social media plug-ins of the social network Facebook on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR; Twitter and Instagram to introduce our company. The underlying commercial purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. The responsibility for the privacy-compliant operation is to be guaranteed by the respective provider. The integration of this plug-in by us is done through the so-called two-click method to protect visitors to our website as best as possible.

Facebook
Our website uses social media plug-ins from Facebook to personalize their use. For this we use the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button. It is an offer from Facebook.

If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and incorporated by this into the website. By integrating the plugin, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our advertising presence, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are currently not logged in to Facebook. This information, including your IP address, will be transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the US and stored there.

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly assign the visit to our website to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, e.g. confirm the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of Facebook and stored there. The information will also be published on Facebook and displayed to their Facebook friends.

Facebook may use this information for the purpose of advertising, market research and tailor-made Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook uses usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website in relation to the advertisements displayed on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy at (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/) of Facebook.

XIII. GOOGLE MAPS

This website uses Google Maps to display maps and create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you use the advanced features of Google, for example by clicking on the displayed map, you are using a service provided by Google beyond our control. In this case, Google's policies and guidelines apply.

For more information, visit the website at www.google.com

• Google's Terms of Use ("Terms and Conditions"),
• Additional Terms of Use for Google Maps / Google Earth ("Additional Terms of Use for Google Maps / Google Earth"),
• the legal notices for Google Maps / Google Earth ("legal notices") as well as
• the Google Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy").

The Google Privacy Policy provides information about what data is collected for what purpose and what Google does with that information.

XIV. DATA SECURITY - SSL ENCRYPTION

We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

We also use SSL or TLS encryption (SSL = Secure Sockets Layer) during your visit to the website (TLS = Transport Layer Security). Whether a single page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form is indicated by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http: //" to "https: //", and also by the lock symbol in your browser line. If you enable SSL or TLS encryption, data that you send to us can not be read by third parties.

XV. UPDATE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, an update of this privacy policy may be necessary, for example, by new legal or regulatory requirements and new offers on our website. We will inform you at this point. In general, we recommend that you visit this Privacy Notice periodically to see if there have been any changes.

XVI. PRINT AND SAVE THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy can be printed and saved directly, for example by the print or save function in your browser.