Data privacy statement in
accordance with Art. 13 GDPR
Data privacy statement in accordance with
Art. 13 GDPR
1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the Controller
1.1 Thank you for visiting our website, and thank you for your interest in us. In the following, we will inform you about the handling of your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 Blanc und Fischer Corporate Services GmbH & Co. KG is the Controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Blanc-und-Fischer-Platz 1-3,
75038 Oberderdingen, Germany,
phone: +49 (0)7045-45 0,
e-mail: info[at]blanc-fischer.com.
1.3 The Controller has appointed a Data Protection Officer. They can be reached at the above address and the addition -Data Protection Officer- or at the e-mail address:
1.4 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the Controller). You can identify an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If you use our website for information purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transfer information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (“server log files”). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- The visited website
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable, in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files at a later date if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Duration of storage of personal data
4) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (“session cookies”). Other cookies remain on your end device and allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (“persistent cookies”). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie.
On this website, we use different categories of cookies: Technically necessary cookies without which the functionality of our website would be restricted, and also optional analysis, functional, and marketing cookies, which generally come from third-party providers.
4.1 Technically necessary cookies (“essential cookies”)
These cookies are essential to enable you to move around our websites and use their features. They save, for example, which products you have placed in your shopping cart or the progress of your order, or whether you agree to the use of cookies, and your choices in the cookie settings. These cookies are generally session-specific and expire after your visit to the website (session), unless the respective functionality requires that they are stored for longer (e.g., saving the cookie settings). Disabling this category of cookies would restrict the functionality of the website in whole or in part. The legal basis for the use of essential cookies and the processing of your data by these cookies is our legitimate interest in making the features of our website evident to you and making them available for use, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
4.2 Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use a website in general, such as which pages you visit most often and whether you receive error messages from websites. All information collected using these cookies is solely intended to understand and improve the functionality and service of the website.
The legal basis for the use of analytics cookies and the processing of your data by the providers of these cookies is your prior consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on “Cookie settings” in the footer of this website.
4.3 Functional cookies
We use functional cookies to improve and simplify the use and performance of our website.
The legal basis for the use of functional cookies and the processing of your data by the providers of these cookies is your prior consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on “Cookie settings” in the footer of this website.
4.4 Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to tailor advertising more specifically to you and your interests. They are also used to limit how often you see the same ad, measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign, and understand how people behave after viewing an ad. These cookies are usually placed on web pages by advertising networks with the consent of the website operator (i.e., in this case by us). They recognize that a user has visited a website and either pass this information on to other companies, e.g., advertising companies, or adapt the displayed advertising accordingly. Often they are linked to a particular website feature provided by this company. In this way, we intend to tailor the advertising on other websites specifically to you and to provide the advertising networks we use with information about your visit so that later you can be presented with the advertising that you are potentially interested in based on your browsing behavior.
The legal basis for the use of marketing cookies and the processing of your data by the providers of these cookies is your prior consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on “Cookie settings” in the footer of this website.
4.5 List of analytics, functional, and marketing cookies
You can access the list of cookies used by us and the providers who receive personal data from you via the cookies on the Cookie Platform. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on “Cookie settings” in the footer of this website.
If you would like us to send you further information about these cookies instead, please contact us using the contact details provided in Section 1.
4.6 How can I declare or withdraw my consent to cookies?
If you are visiting our website for the first time, the information on data protection and the text regarding consent to optional cookies will be displayed on the home page. By clicking on the individual categories (analytics, functional, and marketing cookies) and then confirming by clicking on “Accept all“, you agree to the setting of these cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on “Cookie settings” in the footer of this website.
4.7 Google Analytics analysis system
With your consent (pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC (hereinafter: “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see Section 2) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), and time of the server request, is sent to a server of Google Ireland Ltd. within Member States of the European Union or in other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Your IP address is anonymized on the servers and then transferred to a Google server in the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google concerning the use of Google Analytics. Through this agreement, Google assures that it processes the data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and guarantees that the right of the data subject are protected.
The legal basis for processing analyses using Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(1) (a) GDPR. In this way, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet requirements and is continuously optimized. On the other hand, we use Google Analytics to statistically record the use of our website. Furthermore, we use the data for the optimized display of advertising content. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
With your consent to the use of Google Analytics, you give your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1)(1) )(a) GDPR for the transfer of your data to a third country (USA). Please note that there is no adequate level of data protection in the US and there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you being entitled to legal remedies.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case, it may not be possible to use all features of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on or deactivating it via Consent Manager. You can find further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de or https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/.
With your consent (pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC (hereinafter: “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see Section 2) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), and time of the server request, is sent to a server of Google Ireland Ltd. within Member States of the European Union or in other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Your IP address is anonymized on the servers and then transferred to a Google server in the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google concerning the use of Google Analytics. Through this agreement, Google assures that it processes the data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and guarantees that the right of the data subject are protected.
The legal basis for processing analyses using Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(1) (a) GDPR. In this way, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet requirements and is continuously optimized. On the other hand, we use Google Analytics to statistically record the use of our website. Furthermore, we use the data for the optimized display of advertising content. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
With your consent to the use of Google Analytics, you give your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1)(1) )(a) GDPR for the transfer of your data to a third country (USA). Please note that there is no adequate level of data protection in the US and there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you being entitled to legal remedies.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case, it may not be possible to use all features of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on or deactivating it via Consent Manager.
You can find further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de or https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/
analytics/terms/de/.
With your consent (pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC (hereinafter: “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see Section 2) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), and time of the server request, is sent to a server of Google Ireland Ltd. within Member States of the European Union or in other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Your IP address is anonymized on the servers and then transferred to a Google server in the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google concerning the use of Google Analytics. Through this agreement, Google assures that it processes the data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and guarantees that the right of the data subject are protected.
The legal basis for processing analyses using Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(1) (a) GDPR. In this way, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet requirements and is continuously optimized. On the other hand, we use Google Analytics to statistically record the use of our website. Furthermore, we use the data for the optimized display of advertising content. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
With your consent to the use of Google Analytics, you give your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1)(1) )(a) GDPR for the transfer of your data to a third country (USA). Please note that there is no adequate level of data protection in the US and there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you being entitled to legal remedies.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case, it may not be possible to use all features of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on or deactivating it via Consent Manager.
You can find further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics at: https://policies.google.com
/privacy?hl=de&gl=de or https://marketingplatform.
google.com/about/
analytics/terms/de/.
5) Contact
Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g., via our contact form, e-mail, or telephone). The data collected if a contact form is submitted is displayed in in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or inquiry and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If your making contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after we have finished processing your request. This is the case if it can be deduced from the circumstances that the matter in question has been permanently clarified and if there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
We will forward your contact request to companies in our Group if your request indicates that this is justified.
6) Social media (LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram)
To increase our online presence, we use social media platforms to report on products and the company, and to be able to exchange information with customers, suppliers, employees, interested parties, and job applicants. In doing so, we also process personal data.
In principle, data processing is based on the regulations of the social media platform. Data processing is handled by the platform operator. Further information can be found in the data privacy policies of the operators:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
- YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Instagram: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy
We process personal data for our own purposes as follows:
To increase our online presence, we use social media platforms to report on products and the company, and to be able to exchange information with customers, suppliers, employees, interested parties, and job applicants. In doing so, we also process personal data.
In principle, data processing is based on the regulations of the social media platform. Data processing is handled by the platform operator. Further information can be found in the data privacy policies of the operators:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.
com/legal/privacy-
policy - YouTube: https://policies.google
.com/privacy - Instagram: https://de-
de.facebook.com/
about/privacy
We process personal data for our own purposes as follows:
- Public relations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
- Public image building pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
- Statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
- Viewing and answering posts sent/posted to our company page, in groups we manage, in response to posts, or to news feeds (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Viewing and answering contact requests sent to us via the platforms (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Processing of surveys with specification of the user with their express consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) or on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Processing of competitions to check the specified participation criteria, to share or post the transmitted content required for participation (e.g., videos or images), to draw the winners, and to provide the prize. This is done with explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) or on the basis of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
In principle, data is only processed within the social media platform. It is used outside the platform only if this is absolutely necessary for the processing of the purpose or for the processing of a concern expressed by you. For the aforementioned data processing, we use other service providers, such as E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH, who support us in fulfilling the above-mentioned purposes. E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH belongs to the same “parent company” with us. We have concluded corresponding order processing agreements with the service providers in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
If the data is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest, this is based on our interest in implementing measures for business management and further development of services and products, implementing advertising measures for our own or Group-wide services and products, and in order to process your inquiries, complaints, returns, or other concerns.
The data is deleted in accordance with the rules of the social media platforms or when a group of advertising measures or a post is deleted. Data of participants in a survey or of participants in a competition will be deleted at the end of the process, as long as no other information has been accepted in a declaration of consent or there are statutory retention obligations.
Additional explanation regarding Instagram
Meta Ireland agrees to assume primary responsibility under the GDPR for the processing of insights data and to fulfill all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of insights data (including Articles 12 and 13 GDPR, Articles 15 to 22 GDPR, and Articles 32 to 34 GDPR). In addition, Meta Ireland will make the essentials of this website insights add-on available to the data subjects.
Additional explanation regarding LinkedIn Insights
We are jointly responsible for the processing of insights data with LinkedIn. Details concerning the responsibilities can be found at https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum
LinkedIn agrees to assume primary responsibility under the GDPR for the processing of insights data and to fulfill all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of insights data (including Articles 12 and 13 GDPR, Articles 15 to 22 GDPR, and Articles 32 to 34 GDPR). In addition, LinkedIn will make the essentials of this website insights add-on available to the data subjects.
7) Rights of the data subject
The applicable data protection law grants you extensive data subject rights (information and intervention rights) towards the Controller with regard to the processing of your personal data; these are as follows:
Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR:
In particular, you have a right of access to your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period and the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you directly, the existence of automated decision-making processes including profiling, and, where applicable, significant information about the logic involved, and the scope and intended effects of such processing affecting you, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR when transferring your data to third countries;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR:
You have the right to have incorrect data concerning you corrected without delay and/or to have incomplete data stored by us completed;[at]
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR::
You have the right to request deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, this right shall not apply, in particular, if processing is necessary for the exercise of the right of freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR:
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data contested by you is checked, if you reject a deletion of your data due to unauthorized data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data, if you require your data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims once we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved, or if you have lodged an objection for reasons pertaining to your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate reasons override your request;
Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR:
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the Controller, the Controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR:
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR:
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned without delay, provided that there is no legal basis for further processing without consent. Withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until its withdrawal;
Right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR:
If we process your personal data in the context of a balancing of interests on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right at any time to object to this processing with future effect for reasons arising from your particular situation. If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, further processing may take place if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such advertising. You can object as described above. If you exercise your right to object, we will terminate the processing of the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Article 77 GDPR:
If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. A list of supervisory authorities including their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. A list of supervisory authorities including their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/
Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. A list of supervisory authorities including their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/
DE/Infothek/Anschriften_
Links/anschriften_links-
node.html.