Privacy Policy

GENERAL INFORMATION

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, in part, by you providing it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). Data collection occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time at the address specified in the imprint for these and other questions regarding data protection.

ANALYSIS TOOLS AND THIRD-PARTY TOOLS

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be evaluated statistically. This happens mainly through cookies and so-called analysis programs.

You will find detailed information about these analysis programs in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

EXTERNAL HOSTING

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hoster. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

The use of the hoster is for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement

To ensure compliant data processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with our hoster.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

DATA PROTECTION

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

We point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

NOTICE OF THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

JDKRUEGER OÜ
Keemia 4
10616 Tallinn
Estonia

Phone: +49 30 692 033 130
Email: info@jdk.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

REVOCATION OF YOUR CONSENT TO DATA PROCESSING

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. A simple email to us is sufficient. The legality of data processing carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

RIGHT TO OBJECT TO DATA COLLECTION IN SPECIAL CASES AND TO DIRECT MARKETING (ARTICLE 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(2) GDPR).

RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to receive data that we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a common, machine-readable format or to have it transmitted to another controller. This applies only insofar as the transmission is technically feasible.

SSL OR TLS ENCRYPTION

This page uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

INFORMATION, DELETION, AND CORRECTION

Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and if necessary, the right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address specified in the imprint regarding these and other questions about personal data.

RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING

You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address specified in the imprint for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection under Article 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted processing of your personal data, such data may – except for storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING EMAILS

We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website

COOKIES

Our websites use so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion occurs through your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services from the third party (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies serve to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies required for the execution of electronic communication (necessary cookies) or for the provision of certain functions you request (functional cookies, e.g., for shopping cart functionality) or for optimization of the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to store cookies was requested, the storage of the relevant cookies occurs exclusively on the basis of this consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Insofar as cookies from third parties or for analysis purposes are used, we will inform you separately within this privacy policy and, if necessary, request consent.

SERVER LOG FILES

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

A consolidation of this data with other data sources does not take place.

The collection of this data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, server log files must be collected.

CONTACT FORM

If you send us inquiries via contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this was requested.

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

REGISTRATION ON THIS WEBSITE

You can register on this website to use additional functions on the site. The data entered is used only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as to the scope of services or technically necessary changes, we will use the email address provided during registration to inform you.

The processing of data entered during registration occurs for the purpose of performing the usage relationship established by the registration and, if applicable, for the initiation of further contracts (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

The data collected during registration will be stored as long as you are registered on this website and will subsequently be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

COMMENT FUNCTION ON THIS WEBSITE

In addition to your comment, the comment function on this page stores information about the time the comment was created, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen.

Storage of IP Address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not review comments on this website before publication, we need this data to take action against the author in case of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to Comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registration. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time using a link in the info emails. The data entered in connection with subscribing to comments will be deleted in this case; however, if you have submitted this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g., newsletter subscription), this data will remain with us.

Storage Duration of Comments

Comments and associated data (e.g., IP address) are stored and remain on this website until the commented content is completely deleted or comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).

Legal Basis

Comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. A simple email to us is sufficient. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses functions of the Google Analytics web analysis service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If appropriate consent was requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing occurs exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means your IP address is shortened by Google within EU Member States or other EEA contracting states before transmission to the USA. 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, compile reports about website activity, and provide other services related to website use and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by configuring your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website fully in this case. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information about how Google handles user data in Google Analytics, see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of German data protection authorities in the use of Google Analytics.

Storage Duration

User- and event-level data stored by Google that is linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User ID), or advertising IDs (e.g., DoubleClick cookies, Android Advertising ID) is anonymized or deleted after 26 months. For details, see the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en

GOOGLE ANALYTICS REMARKETING

This website uses Google Analytics Remarketing features in conjunction with cross-device features of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

This feature allows advertising audiences created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the cross-device features of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages adapted to your previous use and browsing behavior on one device (e.g., mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g., tablet or PC).

If you have given appropriate consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history with your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on each device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device display advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The consolidation of collected data in your Google account occurs exclusively on the basis of your consent, which you can give or revoke with Google (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). For data collection operations not consolidated in your Google account (e.g., because you do not have a Google account or have objected to consolidation), data collection is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in anonymous analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

You can find further information and privacy terms in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en.

GOOGLE ADS AND GOOGLE CONVERSION TRACKING

This website uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification of users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked across websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie serves to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that would allow them to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of „conversion cookies“ and the use of this tracking tool are based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If appropriate consent was requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing occurs exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking, see Google’s privacy terms: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

FACEBOOK PIXEL

This website uses Facebook’s visitor action pixel for conversion measurement. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the collected data is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

In this way, the behavior of site visitors can be tracked after they have been redirected to the website operator’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This allows the effectiveness of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and future advertising measures to be optimized.

The data collected is anonymous for us as the operator of this website; we cannot draw conclusions about the identity of users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook’s Data Use Policy. This enables Facebook to display ads on Facebook pages and outside of Facebook. The website operator cannot influence this use of data.

The use of Facebook Pixel is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising measures, including on social media. If appropriate consent was requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing occurs exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find further information on protecting your privacy in Facebook’s privacy notice: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also disable the „Custom Audiences“ remarketing feature in the advertising settings area at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. For this, you must be logged into Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable interest-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/en/your-ad-choices/.

6. eCommerce and Payment Providers

PROCESSING OF DATA (CUSTOMER AND CONTRACT DATA)

We collect, process, and use personal data only insofar as it is necessary for the establishment, content arrangement, or modification of the legal relationship (master data). This is done on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process, and use personal data regarding the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as it is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill for it.

Collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.