Privacy Policy

We place the highest value on protecting your data and safeguarding your privacy. Below, we therefore inform you about the collection and use of personal data when using our website.

Name and Contact Details of the Data Controller

Contact Details of the External Data Protection Officer

Email: datenschutz@rietmann.de

Anonymous Data Collection

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. We do not store any personal data in this context. To improve our offer, we only evaluate statistical data that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

Collection and Processing when Using the Contact Form

When using the contact form, we collect personal data (individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person) only to the extent provided by you. We use your personal data only to process your inquiry. Your data will then be deleted, provided you have not consented to further processing and use.

Collection, Processing, and Use of Personal Data

We collect personal data (individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person) only to the extent provided by you. The processing and use of your personal data take place for the fulfillment and handling of your order as well as for processing your inquiries. After complete contract execution, all personal data is initially stored taking into account tax and commercial law retention periods and then deleted after the period has expired, provided you have not consented to further processing and use.

Use of the Email Address for Sending Newsletters

We use your email address exclusively for our own advertising purposes for newsletter distribution, provided you have expressly consented to this. Your declaration of consent to be given in this regard is as follows:

“Subscribe to newsletter”

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by sending a message to us. The contact details for this can be found in our legal notice. Your email address will then be deleted from the distribution list.

Disclosure of Personal Data

Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. The only exceptions to this are our service partners whom we require to handle the contractual relationship. In these cases, we strictly observe the requirements of the GDPR. The scope of data transmission is limited to a minimum.

Access to the Premises of Theodor Rietmann GmbH / Video Surveillance

The premises and some buildings or production facilities of Theodor Rietmann GmbH are under video surveillance. The purpose of this processing is to safeguard domiciliary rights and property protection. The recordings are stored for a limited time and then automatically deleted. They are used exclusively for the pursuit of security-related incidents and are only passed on to third parties in the event of a specifically justified occasion, insofar as Theodor Rietmann GmbH is legally obliged to do so or the disclosure is necessary for legal and criminal prosecution. Theodor Rietmann GmbH provides information on-site about the specific video surveillance carried out by means of signs and pictograms placed near the video surveillance system.

Links to Other Websites

Various links to other websites are integrated into the internet pages. If you click on these links, your data will be transmitted to the operator of the other website. This privacy policy does not regulate the collection, disclosure, or handling of personal data by third parties. Please check the privacy policy of the respective responsible body.

When linking for the first time, Theodor Rietmann GmbH checked the external content to see whether it might trigger civil or criminal liability. However, we do not constantly check the content referred to for changes that could re-establish liability. If it is determined or we are informed by third parties that a specific offer to which a link has been provided triggers civil or criminal liability, the reference to this offer will be removed.

Cookies

Our internet pages use so-called cookies in several places. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. They serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can delete individual cookies as well as the entire cookie stock on your device.

Information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or how their storage can be blocked in advance can be found, for example, under the following links (please select the one suitable for your browser provider, if available; we have listed the most common ones here):

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Theodor Rietmann GmbH has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Use of Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

We use the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and, as part of Google AdWords, conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). When you click on an advertisement placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is placed on your computer. These cookies have limited validity, contain no personal data, and thus do not serve 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 possibility that cookies can be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Here, customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page provided with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by preventing the installation of cookies through a corresponding setting in your browser software (deactivation option). You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Further information and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. 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 an 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.

Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en/about/analytics/;

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, provided you have given us your consent; otherwise, processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. When Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When calling up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and easy findability of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent was requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/. More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participantdetail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Use of Matomo

On these internet pages, data is collected and stored for marketing and optimization purposes using the Matomo software (www.matomo.org). Usage profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the site visitor’s internet browser. The cookies enable the recognition of the internet browser. The data collected with Matomo technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separately granted consent of the person concerned and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. The collection and storage of data can be objected to at any time with effect for the future.

Use of Facebook Plugins

Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated into this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, however, the collected data is also transferred to the USA and other third countries. An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your terminal device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Insofar as personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook with the help of the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its disclosure to Facebook. The processing by Facebook that takes place after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent upon us jointly were set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products.

Data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed at Facebook can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward these to Facebook. Data transmission to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participantdetail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Use of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is

Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The use of YouTube videos is secured by a so-called 2-click solution, i.e., before the first retrieval of YouTube videos and the associated data transmission, consent must first be given by the user for this. Consent can optionally be given for all YouTube videos on the website and remains active for the duration of the session. Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your terminal device. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent was requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: YouTube at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Use of Instagram Plugins

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated into this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your terminal device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Insofar as personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram with the help of the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its disclosure to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram that takes place after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent upon us jointly were set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. Data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed at Facebook or Instagram can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward these to Facebook. Data transmission to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,

https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Further information on this can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy:

https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participantdetail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active