Privacy Policy Sanicus GmbH

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that allows you to be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section „Information on the Controller“ in this privacy policy.

How do we capture your data?

Your data is collected, firstly, when you provide it to us. This can include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems or with your consent when you visit the website. This primarily involves technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the flawless provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What are your rights regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with future effect. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. In addition, you have the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time with regard to this and other data protection queries.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

Your browsing behaviour can be statistically analysed when visiting this website. This is mainly done using so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information about these analysis programmes can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host our website’s content with the following provider:

External hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hoster/s. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online services securely, quickly, and efficiently by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If appropriate consent has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary for the fulfilment of its performance obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider(s):

RATEXO IT Solutions
Beckumer Street 74
44581 Castrop-Rauxel

Order processing

We have concluded a contract for order processing (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag - AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a legally required contract under data protection law, which ensures that the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We would like to point out that data transfer on the internet (e.g. in email communication) may have security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to protect data completely from third-party access.

Notice regarding the responsible party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Sanicus GmbH
Julius-Pintsch-Ring 13
15517 Fürstenwalde

Telephone: +49 (3361) 376407-0
Email: nfo@sanicus.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion, or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place once these grounds no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have given consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR where special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. We also process your data where this is required to fulfil a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may further be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the legal basis relevant in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business operations, we collaborate with various external parties. This sometimes requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only transfer personal data to external parties if it is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using processors, we only transfer our customers' personal data on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out up to the revocation shall remain unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data processing in special cases, and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. You can find the relevant legal basis on which processing is based in this privacy statement. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right of complaint to the responsible supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, correction, and deletion

You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data, within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. You can contact us at any time for this and for further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time regarding this. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we will generally require time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to require us to restrict the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have lodged an objection under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, that data may, apart from storage, only be processed with your consent, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as orders or enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this page uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can tell if a connection is encrypted by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the padlock icon in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Biscuits

Our websites use so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your terminal device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.

Cookies can originate from us (First-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies serve various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used for analysing user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions desired by you (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies, processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Contact Form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide therein, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided your enquiry relates to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) provided this has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - particularly retention periods - remain unaffected.

Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your request, including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your enquiry. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – particularly statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Social media

Facebook

Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated into this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can find an overview of Facebook’s social media elements here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

If the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Facebook server. This allows Facebook to receive the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook „Like button“ while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. You can find further information on this in Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

Where consent has been obtained, the aforementioned service will be used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. Where no consent has been obtained, the service will be used on the basis of our legitimate interest in maximum visibility on social media.

To the extent that personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its transfer to Facebook. The subsequent processing by Facebook after the transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent upon us jointly have been recorded in a joint processing agreement. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a data protection-compliant manner. Facebook is responsible for the data security of its products. You can assert your rights as a data subject (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert your rights as a data subject with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

The company is certified under the „EU-US Data Privacy Framework“ (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Any company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Instagram

This website incorporates functions of the Instagram service. These functions are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If the social media element is active, a direct connection will be established between your end device and the Instagram server. Instagram will therefore receive information about your visit to this website.

When you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to this website with your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of the pages, receive no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its forwarding to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram that takes place after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent upon us jointly have been laid down in an agreement on joint processing. The text of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool, and for the legally compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook or Instagram products. You can assert your data subject rights (e.g. requests for access) directly with Facebook concerning the data processed by Facebook or Instagram. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

More information on this can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

6. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We are using YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website until they watch the video. However, the enhanced privacy mode does not necessarily exclude the sharing of data with YouTube partners. In this way, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google Marketing Network, regardless of whether you watch a video.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting) after a video has started playing. In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.

If applicable, further data processing operations, over which we have no influence, may be triggered after a YouTube video is started.

The use of YouTube is for the purpose of presenting our online services in an engaging manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can find further information about data protection at YouTube in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This page uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google, for a standardised display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google's servers is made.

Further information on Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps mapping service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use Google Maps features, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of a uniform display of fonts. When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online services and the easy location of places indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. You can find details here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

For more information on how user data is handled, please see Google's Privacy Policy. https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA on this website. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is done by a human or an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the website visitor's behaviour based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various pieces of information (e.g. IP address, length of time the website visitor spends on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

Data storage and analysis are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated espionage and spam. If appropriate consent has been sought, processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA can be found in Google's Privacy Policy and Google's Terms of Service at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

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