The website www.galltec-mela.de and its sub-domains are operated by Galltec Mess-und Regeltechnik GmbH and MELA Sensortechnik GmbH. The privacy policy set out below explains what information we collect through the website, how we use it and in what cases it is disclosed.

The companies Galltec Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH and the company MELA Sensortechnik GmbH take the protection of your personal data seriously. We treat your data as confidential and according to data protection laws as well as this Privacy Policy.

The controller for data processing on this website is:
Galltec Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH
Boschstraße 4
71149 Bondorf
Telefon: +49 7457 9453-0
E-Mail: sensoren@galltec.de

The controller is the natural or legal person, who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (name, email address, etc.).

1. Data collection

It is generally possible to use our website without providing any personal data. As far as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is generally only done to provide the services you have requested.

How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide us with it. This could be data that you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit our website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or the time a page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

Which data do we collect?
Server log files: e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page access.
Cookies: e.g. session cookies for language settings or analytical cookies for analyzing user behavior.
Personal data: e.g. name, address or email addresses in the contact form and in the web shop. You can find more information about the data collected in the data protection section.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website functions correctly. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. We shall only use your personal information to provide the services you have requested. Insofar as external service providers are used by us within the scope of the provision of services, their access to the data shall also be exclusively for the purpose of the provision of services.

What rights do you have in regard to your data?
You have the right to obtain information about the source and recipient of your stored personal data and the purpose for which it is processed at any time, free of charge. You also have the right to request that this data be rectified, blocked or deleted. To do so, and for any other questions relating to the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address privacy@galltec.de. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

2. User rights

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing will also be carried out on the basis of Section 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary to fulfill the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Information about the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.

Withdrawing your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by email. The withdrawal shall not affect the lawfulness of data processing performed before withdrawal.

Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority
In the event of a data protection breach, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we are processing automatically on the basis of your consent or for the performance or a contract provided to you or a third-party in a standard and machine-readable format. If you request direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out where technically feasible.

Information, blocking, deletion
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to information about your stored personal data, its source and recipient, the purpose of the data processing, and, where applicable, the right to rectification, blocking or deletion of this data, at any time. To do so, and for any other questions relating to the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address privacy@galltec.de.

3. Data protection and mandatory information

When you use this website, various pieces of personal data are collected. Personal data means data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how we do this and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission via the Internet (e.g. e-mail communication) may involve security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to protect data completely against access by third parties.

SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries, which you send to us as the site owner. You can identify an encrypted connection in the address bar of your browser when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol shown in the browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Data storage period
Unless a specific storage period is specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); In the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons no longer apply.

Recipients of personal data
As part of our business activities, we work with various external bodies. In some cases, it is also necessary to transmit personal data to these external bodies. We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary to fulfill a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f DSGVO in the transfer or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using order processors, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid order processing contract. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing contract is concluded.

4. Data collection on our website

Server log files
The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in server log files. This data is as follows:
– Browser type and browser version
– The operating system used
– Referrer URL
– The hostname of the computer accessing the site
– The time of the server request
– IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources. The basis for the data processing is Article 6, para. 1, sub. b of the GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or steps prior to entering into a contract.

Use of cookies
This website uses functional and analytical cookies:
– Google analytics anonymous tracking
– Site Language setting
– WordPress basic functionality cookies
– Galltec cookie consent
– Webshop Order IP-cookie

What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It allows the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over time, so you don’t have to repeatedly enter them when you return to the site or navigate between pages. You have the option to delete or block these cookies, but doing so may impact the functionality of certain features on the site.

Change current cookie settings
Here you have the possibility to customize your settings for the use of cookies. If you have not only consented to the use of required cookies, you may withdraw this consent at any time. Existing cookies are then deleted.

Contact form
If you send us an enquiry via the contact form, then your information from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. Galltec+Mela reserve the right to contact you by post or email after an order or enquiry for feedback and further queries. Your details will not be shared with third parties unless necessary in order to process your order or enquiry.

The processing of your personal data within the context of establishing contact is based on taking steps prior to entering a contract in accordance with Article 6, para. 1, sub. b of the GDPR.
The data you enter in the contact form will be retained by us for the period in which the business relationship is established so that it can be used to process and answer your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Webshop
Any data provided by you is exclusively used to process your order. Your personal details, including your postal and email addresses, will not be shared with third parties. This excludes our service partners who require personal data for processing your order, such as the delivery service and your bank. In this case, the data shared is limited to the required minimum. We put in place technical and organisational safety measures to protect your details held by us from accidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction, or unwarranted access.

Payment processing
Depending on the selected payment method, payment processing for orders may be carried out by a service provider.
The legal basis for payment processing is Art. 6 (1) letter (b) of the GDPR. The processing of your personal data is necessary for the performance of the contract concluded with you, whereby the payment method can be freely chosen by you. The data is stored by us for as long as it is required for the fulfilment of the contract. Furthermore, we store this data for the fulfilment of contractual obligations and to abide by the legally prescribed retention periods under commercial and tax law.

5. External partners

Hosting
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the server(s) of the host(s). This can include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. Device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data. We use the following host(s): Greenhost, Johan van Hasseltkade 202, 1032 LP Amsterdam, Nederland.

Newsletter
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we will require an email address from you and information that will enable us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you consent to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We only use this data to send the requested information and do not pass this on to third parties.

We use the Webservice Campaign Monitor to send our newsletter. Provided by Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd. 631 Howard St., 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Campaign Monitor uses the data you provide exclusively to send the newsletter and does not pass the data on to third parties who are not involved in processing the newsletter. Campaign Monitor is compliant with the GDPR, and continues to regularly monitor and audit for compliance. For the latest information relating to Consent, Lawful Data Processing, Security and more, see their Trust Center. Click here to read more about the Cookie and Privacy policies from Campaign Monitor.

The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6, para. 1, sub. a of the GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of this data and email address and to this being used to send the newsletter at any time by using the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter, for example. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the data processing operations already performed.

The data you provide to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you are unsubscribed from the newsletter and will be deleted once you are unsubscribed. Data that we have stored for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the members area) remains unaffected.

6. Plugins und Tools

Google Analytics Privacy-Policy
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google” – 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The responsible service provider in the EU is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google Inc. and, if applicable, US authorities can access the data stored by Google.

IP anonymisation
We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. Your IP address is therefore truncated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that are signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, before it is transmitted to the USA. The full IP address will only be will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there in exceptional cases.

Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Google Fonts (locale Hosting)
This website uses web fonts provided by Google to render fonts uniformly. When you call up a site, your browser loads the necessary web fonts in your browser cache so that text and fonts display correctly. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers.
You can find out more about Google web fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps service. This is a service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94034, USA (“Google”). To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transmission.
We use Google Maps to make it easier for you to find our dealers worldwide. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) letter (f) of the GDPR, which is also the legal basis for the use of Google Maps. You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

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

SolidWP

We have integrated SolidWP on this website. The provider is iThemes Media LLC, 1720 South Kelly Avenue Edmond, OK 73013, USA (hereinafter “SolidWP”). SolidWP is used to protect our website from unwanted access or malicious cyberattacks.

For this purpose, SolidWP collects, among other things: Your IP address, time and source of login attempts and log data (e.g. the browser used). SolidWP is installed locally on our servers.

The use of SolidWP is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from cyber attacks as effectively as possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. Device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

VERSION: January 2024