Privacy Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of Art. 4(7) GDPR is:

Strobel Industry GbR
Wagrienring 12-14
23730 Sierksdorf
Germany
Phone: +49 172 510 0715
Email: info@strobel-industry.de

Partners authorised to represent the company: Thomas Strobel, Johannes Strobel

2. Data protection officer

Due to the size of the company, the appointment of a data protection officer under Art. 37 GDPR in conjunction with Section 38 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) is not required. For questions about data protection, please use the contact details given in section 1.

3. Hosting

This website is hosted on servers of Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (hereinafter “Hetzner”). Hetzner processes personal data exclusively on our instructions under a data processing agreement concluded with us in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the technically secure and efficient provision of this website).

4. Server log files

When you visit our website, your browser automatically sends information to the server, which is stored temporarily in so-called log files:

• IP address of the requesting computer (shortened after processing)
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the file retrieved
• Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
• Browser used, language and operating system
• Status code of the response and amount of data transferred

Purposes: ensuring a smooth connection, ensuring system security, detecting and defending against attacks.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in stable and secure operation).

Storage period: log files are deleted automatically after 14 days at the latest, unless security-related incidents require longer storage.

5. Contact by email or phone

If you contact us by email or phone, the information you provide (name, contact details, content of your message) is stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for any follow-up questions.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (initiation or performance of a contract); for pure requests for information, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering your enquiry).

Storage period: we delete the data as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. If a contract is concluded, the retention periods under commercial and tax law apply (6 or 10 years under Section 147 of the German Fiscal Code (AO) and Section 257 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)).

6. Cookies and consent management

We use cookies and comparable technologies (e.g. localStorage) on this website. Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your device. They do no harm and do not contain executable programs or viruses.

Technically necessary storage

To store your cookie setting (consent / refusal), we use the localStorage of your browser. This storage is technically necessary for the cookie selection to work.

Legal basis: Section 25(2) no. 2 of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Optional cookies (only with consent)

All other cookies, in particular the Google Analytics analysis cookies described below, are set exclusively after your express consent via the cookie banner.

Legal basis: Section 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page. Analytics stops immediately and the analytics cookies are deleted.

7. Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter “Google”).

Google Analytics uses cookies (including _ga, _ga_*) that enable an analysis of your use of the website. In particular, the following is recorded: shortened IP address, device and browser information, date and time of the request, pages visited, time spent on the site, interactions with content (e.g. clicks on phone links, email links or emergency service buttons).

We have activated IP anonymisation (anonymize_ip: true), so that your IP address is shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transferred. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

Data transfer to the USA: Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (adequacy decision of the European Commission of 10 July 2023). In addition, standard contractual clauses under Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR apply.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent via the cookie banner).

Storage period: the analytics cookies remain on your device for up to 2 years unless you withdraw consent earlier (some browsers limit this to about 13 months). Google keeps event-level usage data for no more than 14 months and then deletes it automatically. Google signals and ad personalisation are switched off.

Withdrawal: you can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.

8. Disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• you have given your express consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR,
• the disclosure is permitted under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in your data not being disclosed,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure under Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and
• this is legally permissible and required under Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.

9. Google Maps

On the Einsatzgebiet page (service area), we embed a map view from Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The map is only loaded when you click the button “Karte bei Google Maps laden” (load map from Google Maps) on that page. Until then we show our own graphic, which does not connect to Google.

When the map is loaded, a connection to Google servers is established. In the process, your IP address, information about your browser and the page visited may be transmitted to Google and cookies may be set. A transfer to third countries, in particular to the USA, cannot be ruled out. We have no influence on further processing by Google.

The legal basis is your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, which you give by clicking the button. Without this click the map is not loaded. If you wish to avoid this, you can enter our address directly into a navigation device. You can find the address in the legal notice (Impressum) and on the Einsatzgebiet page, also without the map.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

10. SSL/TLS encryption

To protect the transmission of confidential content (e.g. enquiries that you send to us), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser begins with https://.

11. Rights of data subjects

You have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you, vis-à-vis the controller named in section 1:

• Access to the data processed (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Rectification of inaccurate data or completion of incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Erasure of your stored data (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Data portability, i.e. receiving the data in a common, machine-readable format (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Objection to processing based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, in particular to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
• Withdrawal of consent once given, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
• Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

The competent supervisory authority for Strobel Industry GbR is:

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (ULD)
Holstenstraße 98
24103 Kiel
www.datenschutzzentrum.de

12. Obligation to provide data

You are not obliged to provide us with personal data. If you contact us via the website or by email / phone, we need certain data (e.g. name, contact details) in order to process your enquiry. If you do not provide this data, we may not be able to process your enquiry, or not completely.

13. Automated decision-making

Automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR, including profiling, does not take place.

14. Validity of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is valid as of the date stated above. Due to the further development of our website, changes in legal requirements or new technical procedures, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. The current version is available at any time at strobel-laser-service.de/datenschutz (German).