Data protection

Data protection declaration

Website data protection statement and at the same time information for data subjects pursuant to Article 13 and Article 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

 

 

General Information

Information about the controller

Company: MERZ Schaltgeräte GMBH + CO KG
Legal representative:   Siegfried Glaser
Adress: Kernerstraße 15, 74405 Gaildorf

Contact details for data protection officer: datenschutz@merz-elektro.de

General data processing information

Affected data:

Personal data is only collected if you communicate it to us yourself. Apart from that, no personal data is collected. Any processing of your personal data that goes beyond the scope of the statutory permission is only possible on the basis of your express consent.

Processing purpose:   Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of priority legislation.
External service providers or other contractors.
Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers: As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

Specific information about the website

Use of a newsletter

When registering for our newsletter, you provide us with your email address and, on an optional basis, other information. We use these data solely for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. We retain the data that you disclose in your newsletter application until you cancel your subscription to our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in the newsletter intended for this purpose, or by sending us the appropriate notification. By unsubscribing, you revoke the use of your email address.

We also use your email address, which we receive in connection with the sale of a product or service, exclusively for direct advertising in the form of our newsletter for products or services that we sell that are similar to the ones you ordered, provided that you have not objected to having your email used in this way. You may object to the use of your email address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. Your objection (and thus the cancellation of our newsletter) can be communicated by sending the appropriate message to our email address.

Use of our own “cookies”

This website uses its own “cookies” to increase user-friendliness (“cookies” are text files sent by the web server to the user’s browser and stored there for later retrieval). Our own “cookies” never store any personal information. You can prevent the use of “cookies” in general if you set your browser to disallow the storage of “cookies.”

Facebook “like” button

This website uses social plugins from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereafter: “Facebook”). When you visit web pages that have a plugin like that, data about your visitor behavior is automatically sent to Facebook’s servers. The website operator has no influence on the nature and extent of the data collected and transmitted to Facebook. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can allocate the visit to your Facebook account. For further information about data privacy on Facebook, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Use of Facebook Remarketing

The provider uses the "Custom Audiences" remarketing feature of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook") on the website. By means of this function the provider can address the visitors of the website purposefully with advertisement, by personalized for visitors of the website, interest-based Facebook ads are served when they visit the social network Facebook. To carry out the function will be on the website of the provider implemented the remarketing tag from Facebook.

Through this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is made when visiting the website. This will be sent to the Facebook server, which of our websites you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook, about your rights and how to protect your privacy, see the privacy policy of Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If you do not want Facebook the information collected directly Associate with your Facebook user account, you can disable the remarketing feature "Custom Audiences" "HERE". To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

Use of Matomo

This website uses Matomo, an open source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. Matomo 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 is stored on a server in Germany. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. You have the option to prevent the installation of cookies by changing the settings of your browser software. We would like to point out that if you change this setting, not all functions of this website may be available. You can decide whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the website operator to collect and analyze various statistical data.

Information about other data processing procedures

Specific information about the application process

Affected data:  Application information
Processing Purpose:  Implementation of application process.
Categories of recipients:  Public authorities in the event of priority legislation.
External service providers or other contractors, et al for data processing and hosting Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due  to a prevailing interest, et al Customers and prospects in the context of order acquisition.
Third-country transfers:  As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union, et al Email Provider.
Duration of data storage:  Application data will generally be deleted within four months after communication of the decision, unless consent has been given for a longer period of data storage.

 

Specific information for the processing of customer data/prospective parties’ data

Affected data:  Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on
the basis of your express consent.
Processing Purpose:  Contract execution, et al Offers, orders, sale and invoicing, quality assurance.
Categories of recipients:  Public authorities in the event of priority legislation.
External service providers or other contractors, et al for data processing and hosting, for shipping, transport and logistics, service providers for the printing and dispatch of information and call centers. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest, et al for the credit check on purchase on account, for the electronic dispatch of
information, for quality assurance purposes.
Third-country transfers:  As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union, et al Email Provider.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

 

Specific information on the processing of employee data

Affected data:  Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on
the basis of your express consent.
Processing Purpose:  Contract execution within the employment relationship.
Categories of recipients:  Public authorities in the event of priority legislation, et al Tax Office, Social Insurance Institution, Professional Association. External service providers or other contractors, et al for data processing and hosting, for payroll, for travel
expenses, for insurance benefits, for vehicle use. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest, et al for order acquisition, insurance benefits.
Third-country transfers:  As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union, et al Email Provider.
Duration of data storage:  The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

 

Specific information on the processing of supplier data

Affected data:  Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on
the basis of your express consent.
Processing Purpose:  Contract execution, et al Inquiries, Purchasing, Quality Assurance.
Categories of recipients:  Public authorities in the event of priority legislation, et al Tax Office, Customs. External service providers or other contractors, et al for data processing and hosting, accounting, payment processing. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers:  As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union, et al Email.
Duration of data storage:  The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

 

Further information and contacts

In addition, you may invoke your rights to information, correction or deletion at any time, to restrict processing, to object to processing, and to data portability. Here you will find the option to contact us by email or letter [Legal information]. You also have the right to contact the data protection supervisory authority for complaints.