The responsible body’s data protection officer is:

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, as well as for revocation of consents granted and deletion of data, please contact our data protection officer by e-mail.

The processing of personal data requires a legal basis, which we would like to explain to you in the following.

Insofar as we obtain the respective person’s consent for the processing of their personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.

When processing personal data, which is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the person affected is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.

As far as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the person affected or another natural person make it necessary to process personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person affected do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis.

The legitimate interest of our company with regard to the websites is in the execution of our business activities as well as in the analysis, optimization and maintenance of the security of our online offer.

Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage no longer applies.

Furthermore, storage can be carried out if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other ordinances to which the person responsible is subject, e.g. in the case of statutory retention periods. Data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the above-mentioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the purpose of concluding or fulfilling a contract or for further processing justified by law.

As far as other storage periods exist, this is shown in the individual topics.

Within the scope of an order or when initiating a contract, we collect personal data of contact persons and parties involved as well as other information necessary for the order. We need these data to identify you as a customer, to process the order, to answer your inquiry, to submit an offer, to contact you or for invoicing purposes.

The data processing is carried out based on our business approach and is required in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the aforementioned purposes for the appropriate processing of your enquiry or for the mutual fulfilment of and obligation arising from the contractual relationship.

The data entered by and/or collected from you will only be passed on for the purpose of fulfilling your order, for example to group companies, mail-order companies or payment service providers, or if we are legally obliged and/or entitled to do so.

You have a right to receive information about the personal data we have stored about you. According to the legal regulations, you also have the right to have incorrect data corrected, blocked, data transferred and to have your personal data deleted. To do this, please send us an e-mail with the subject “data protection”.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is in breach of the law.

If you have given your consent you have the right to revoke it at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

You can object to the future processing of your personal data in accordance with the legal requirements at any time. The objection can be made in particular against processing for the purposes of direct advertising.

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Whenever you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer. The following data may be collected:

• Language and version of the browser software
• The operating system used and its interface
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
• Date and time of the server request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Transmitted data volume
• Access status / HTTP status code.

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

Storage in logfiles is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

These purposes are also our legitimate interest.

As a rule, we cannot assign this data to specific persons. A consolidation of this data with other data sources is not carried out. The data is also deleted within 90 days after a statistical evaluation. Data whose further storage is required for evidential purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.

We use hosting services. These serve to provide infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services to maintain the operation of this online service.

In doing so, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer based on our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer.

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. If a user calls up a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is called up again.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to make it easier for users to use websites within the scope of our legitimate interests. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. Thus, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

• PHP session cookie (CMS-administration)
• Watch list / shopping cart
• Cookies with information on the current display (device-view) such as language and filter settings
• Form protection against bots and spam

To find out which functions on our website set additional cookies, please refer to the individual functions below.

We set cookies that are not absolutely necessary only with your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time for future use here: Open configuration box

Your consent is voluntary and you can also use our website without accepting cookies. Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted by it to our website. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies for our website are deactivated, it may not be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

There is a general contact form on our website that can be used for electronic contact.

If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored with his input and consent.

When you contact us via the general contact form, your details will be stored by us to answer your questions and deal with your concerns.

As a matter of principle, data is not passed on to third parties, unless applicable data protection regulations justify a transfer or we are legally obliged to do so. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, your data will be deleted immediately, unless there is a legal exception for further processing. Your data will otherwise be deleted when we have processed your enquiry or the purpose of storage has ceased to exist and there are no other conflicting legal exceptions.

During the sending process, the user’s IP address as well as the date and time of the request are saved. Within the scope of our legitimate interests, this serves to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

We use Hubspot CRM from the service provider Hubspot (Hubspot Inc., 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA) for processing form requests. You can view the privacy policy here: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy

EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with Hubspot so that we have taken all possible measures to ensure that European data protection law is respected.

On our website you have the possibility to design rooms digitally. The resulting room plans can be requested as pdf files or saved in a user account and retrieved at a later date. To grant these functions, the data provided by the user is stored.

The purpose of collecting the e-mail address is to be able to send the user a self-created room plan by e-mail on request or to create a user account that allows the user to save room plans and retrieve them at a later date.

In some cases we make use of external service providers within the scope of your consent with regard to analysis, optimisation and economic operation of the online offer. This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the IP address of the users, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browsers. The IP address is therefore required to display such content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. Pixel tags can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain technical information similar to logfiles. In the following we list our service providers.

If your data is to be used for other purposes, we will inform you beforehand and will only use the data if you have given your express prior consent.

Within the scope of our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer we use services for which Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”) is responsible.

EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with Google so that we have taken all possible measures to ensure that European data protection law is respected.

This website uses Google Analytics as a web analysis service. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

We would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” and that IP addresses are therefore abbreviated in member states within the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area by Google before transmission in order to exclude any direct personal reference. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

On behalf of the provider, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for the website operator and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet. 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. Under no circumstances will Google link your IP address to other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google’s data protection information under http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/?hl=de

as well as especially regarding Google Analytics under: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/?hl=de and under https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

as well as regarding Universal Analytics under: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de

The data collection and storage by Google for the respective end device can be contradicted at any time with effect for the future in connection with the use under this link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

You can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent future collection of your information when you visit this website with this device:

Stop forwarding data to Google

Note: If you delete your cookies it means that the deactivation cookie will also be deleted and you will have to set it again.

This website has content from Google Maps. By visiting the website, the third-party provider receives the information that you have called up the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data automatically sent via your browser, such as your IP address, is transmitted to Google Maps in the USA and stored there. The provider may store this data as user profiles and use them for advertising and market research purposes. If you are also logged in to Google, this data is directly associated with your account. If you do not want the assignment to your profile, you must log out before activating the button. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Google.

Detailed information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google Maps can be found in the provider’s privacy policy under http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

We use the Google Tag Manager. This enables us to manage website tags via an interface and thus integrate e.g. Google marketing services into our online offer. The Tag Manager itself does not process any personal user data. For the respective Google services, please refer to the respective notes and the usage guidelines under https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

We use the online marketing solution Google "DoubleClick" to integrate ads in the Google advertising network. DoubleClick is characterised by the fact that ads are displayed in real time based on the presumed interests of users. This means that ads within our online offers are displayed in a more targeted manner, and users are only shown ads that potentially address the user’s interests and in which they have already expressed an interest on other websites in the network, for example (“Remarketing”). For these purposes, when you visit our website and other websites on which the Google advertising network is active, a code is executed directly by Google and so-called (re)marketing tags are incorporated into the website. Hereby an individual cookie is set on the user’s device (instead of cookies, comparable technologies can also be used). The cookie records which websites the user has visited, what content the user is interested in and which offers the user has clicked on, as well as technical information on the browser and operating system, referring websites, visiting time and other information on the use of the online offer.

The IP address of users is also recorded, although this is shortened within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and only in exceptional cases is it transmitted in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google may also combine the above-mentioned information with information from other sources.

User data is processed pseudonymously within the Google advertising network. Thus, from Google’s point of view, the ads are not managed and displayed for a specifically identified person, but for the cookie holder, regardless of who that cookie holder is. This does not apply if a user has expressly permitted Google to process the data without this pseudonymisation. The information collected by Google marketing services about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google’s servers in the USA.

Further information on the use of data by Google, setting and objection options, can be found in the Google privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) as well as in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

For protection against improper use, we use the identification service Google reCaptcha on our website. The query with reCaptcha serves to differentiate whether the entries in the web page form are made by a human being or abusively by automated machine processing. The query includes the sending of your IP address to Google and other data required by Google for the service reCaptcha. This data is transmitted to Google’s servers, where it is stored and processed. Under certain circumstances, Google may pass on the collected data to third parties. We would like to point out that we, as the provider, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Google. Google’s data protection regulations apply to this data. In the respective reCaptcha window, you will find a corresponding link to the current data protection regulations of Google Inc. under "Data protection declaration". You can also access these under https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

You can avoid the corresponding data collection by not using the reCaptcha function. We would like to point out that no requests can be sent in this case.

On this website we use HubSpot for our online marketing activities. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, Phone: +353 1 5187500. EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with HubSpot so that we have taken all possible measures to ensure that European data protection law is respected.

This is an integrated software solution with which we cover various aspects of our online marketing. These include: E-mail marketing (newsletters and automated mailings, e.g. to provide downloads), social media publishing & reporting, reporting (e.g. traffic sources, access, etc. ...), contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM), landing pages and contact forms.

Mehr Informationen zu den Datenschutzbestimmungen von HubSpot:
https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
https://legal.hubspot.com/data-privacy
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/reports/what-cookies-does-hubspot-set-in-a-visitor-s-browser
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/account/hubspot-cookie-security-and-privacy

If you do not wish to be recorded by HubSpot in general, you can adjust the consent given by the cookie banner for the storage of cookies at any time or prevent their use through your browser settings accordingly.

At some trade fairs and events, orders (information material or samples) requested by customers or requests to establish contact are recorded on site, e.g. by accepting business cards.

The collection of data serves the delivery of the requested information material or the requested samples or for the establishment of the requested contact and contract initiation.

For the collection of data we use the app “Pitchview” of Pitchview GmbH, Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 230, 79098 Freiburg, Germany.

Pitchview enables us, with your consent, to scan business cards of customers/interested parties or to manually collect customer data (e.g. contact details or interest in products) and store it in Pitchview.

During or after the trade fair/event, the collected data and contacts from Pitchview will be forwarded for further internal processing in our company for the purpose of the fulfilment of your contact request.