Privacy

The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the EU Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and this privacy policy. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data, how and for what purpose your data is collected and used and what choices you have in connection with personal data. By using this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your data in accordance with this privacy policy.

I. Responsible body

The responsible party for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of the DSGVO and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is: M&S Armaturen GmbHIndustriestrasse 2426446 FriedeburgGermany. Tel.: +49 (0) 4465 / 807 - 0E-mail : infoms-armaturen.deWebsite : www.ms-armaturen.de If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us in accordance with these data protection provisions, either in whole or in respect of individual measures, you may address your objection to the above-mentioned responsible office. You can save and print out this data protection declaration at any time.

II. collection, processing and use of personal data

We process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website and our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users takes place regularly only after consent of the user. An exception is made in cases where it is not possible

to obtain prior consent for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations. You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Insofar as data is stored, this is done without personal reference, such as the name of your Internet service provider, the page from which you are visiting us or the name of the requested file. These data are evaluated exclusively for the improvement of our offer and do not permit any conclusion on your person. Insofar as personal data such as name, address or e-mail addresses are collected on our pages, this is done on a voluntary basis, for example when opening a customer account. We use this data without separate consent exclusively for the fulfillment and processing of the order. With complete completion of the contract and full payment of the purchase price, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law, unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data. Your data will not be passed on to third parties or only with your express consent, and only insofar as this is necessary for the processing of our contractual relationship, in particular in the following cases:

• A transfer always takes place for the purpose of delivery to the shipping company commissioned by us for this purpose. The transfer includes such data that are necessary for a delivery of the goods. The forwarded data may be used by the service providers exclusively for the purpose of their service.
• Beyond this, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so or you have given us your prior consent.
• Personal data that you provide to us for the processing of orders may be stored for up to 10 years for reasons of commercial and tax law.
• Your personal data is safe with us. Our websites are protected by technical measures against damage, destruction and unauthorized access. However, we point out that data transmission on the Internet, for example, when communicating by e-mail security gaps. A complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

III. General use of the website and services

(a) Access data

Each time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer. We automatically collect information about your usage behavior and your interaction with us and register data about your computer or mobile device. We collect, store and use data about each access to our online offer (so-called server log files). The access data includes the name and URL of the accessed file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access (HTTP response code), browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL (i.e. the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. We use log data without attribution to your person or other profiling for statistical analysis for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of our online offer, but also to anonymously record the number of visitors to our website (traffic) and the extent and nature of the use of our website

and services, as well as for billing purposes to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. This information allows us to provide personalized and location-based content and to analyze traffic, troubleshoot and improve our services. We reserve the right to check the log data retrospectively if there is a justified suspicion of unlawful use based on concrete indications. We store IP addresses in the log files for a limited period of time if this is required for security purposes or if it is necessary for the provision of services or the billing of a service, e.g. if you use one of our offers. After the order process has been cancelled or after payment has been received, we delete the IP address if it is no longer required for security purposes. We also store IP addresses if we have a concrete suspicion of a criminal offence in connection with the use of our website. We also store the date of your last visit as part of your account (e.g. when registering, logging in, clicking links etc.).

(b) Cookies

The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. They serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Some of the cookies used are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your terminal device and enable us or our partner companies to recognize your browser the next time you visit us. You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of your website may be limited.

(c) E-mail contact

If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), we store your data for processing the request and in case follow-up questions arise. We only store and use further personal data if you consent to this or if this is legally permissible without special consent.

(d) Newsletters and subscriptions

If you have expressly consented in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. For the receipt of the newsletter, the specification of an e-mail address is sufficient. If you purchase goods or services on our website and provide your e-mail address, this may subsequently be used by us to send you a newsletter. In such a case, only direct advertising for our own similar goods or services will be sent via the newsletter.

For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the registration process and reference is made to this data protection declaration. No data will be passed on to third parties in connection with the processing of data for the dispatch of newsletters. The data will only be used for sending the newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time at the address (insert appropriate link here). Your e-mail address will then be deleted from the distribution list immediately. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can also send your unsubscribe request at any time by e-mail to info@ms-armaturen.de.

(e) Deletion of data and storage period

Unless specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes pursued. The data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended, unless there is a necessity for the further storage of the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

(f) Legal bases

Our interests in processing data are in particular to ensure the operation and security of the website, to study the way visitors use the website, and to facilitate the use of the website. Unless specifically stated, we store personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes pursued. Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Article 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis. If processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c DSGVO serves as the legal basis. If processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO serves as the legal basis for the processing. The legal basis for the processing of data after registration for the newsletter by the user is Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO if the user has given his consent. The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services is Section 7 (3) UWG.

IV. Disclosure of personal data

Your data will be passed on to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this

is necessary for the delivery of the goods. For the processing of payments, we pass on your payment data to the credit institution commissioned with the payment or to the payment service provider selected for the order process. In principle, we use your personal data only within our company. If and to the extent that we involve third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), they receive personal data only to the extent that the transmission is necessary for the corresponding service. In the event that we outsource certain parts of data processing ("commissioned processing"), we contractually oblige commissioned processors to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of data protection laws and to ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject.

V. Data security

We make every effort to ensure the security of your data within the framework of the applicable data protection laws and technical possibilities. Your personal data will be transmitted encrypted. This applies to your orders and also to the customer login. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system, but we would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible. To protect your data, we maintain technical and organisational security measures, which we constantly adapt to the state of the art. Furthermore, we do not guarantee that our offer will be available at certain times; disturbances, interruptions or failures cannot be excluded. The servers we use are carefully backed up on a regular basis.

VI. Your rights as a person affected by data processing

According to the applicable laws, you have various rights regarding your personal data. If you wish to exercise these rights, please send your request by e-mail or by post, clearly identifying yourself, to the address mentioned in point I above. Below you will find an overview of your rights.

(a) Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

(b) Right of confirmation and access

You have the right to obtain confirmation from us at any time as to whether personal data relating to you is being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to obtain from us, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about you, together with a copy of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to the following information:

1. the purposes of processing;
2. the categories of personal data processed;
3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organisations;
4. if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration;
5. the existence of a right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to obtain the restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
6. the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
7. if the personal data is not collected from you, any available information on the origin of the data;
8. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for you.

If personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

(c) Right of rectification

You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data relating to you without undue delay. Taking into account the purposes of the you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data - also by means of a supplementary statement.

(d) Right to erasure

You have the right to request that we delete personal data relating to you without undue delay and we are obliged to delete personal data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:

1. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
3. You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
4. The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
5. The deletion of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which we are subject.
6. The personal data have been collected in relation to information society services offered, in accordance with Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If we have made the personal data public and we are obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, we shall take reasonable measures, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you have requested erasure of all links to or copies or replications of such personal data.

(e) Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request us to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

1. the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by you for a period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
2. the processing is unlawful and you have refused to erase the personal data and instead request the restriction of the use of the personal data;
3. we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you require the data for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, or
4. you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) DSGVO, as long as it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of our company outweigh yours.

(f) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you that has been provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transfer that data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR; and
2. the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures. When exercising your right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from us to another controller, where technically feasible.

When exercising your right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from us to another controller, where this is technically feasible.

(g) Right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims. If we process personal data for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) DSGVO, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest. If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an e-mail to info@ms-armaturen.de.

(h) Right to complain to a supervisory authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, workplace or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

VII Actuality and change of this privacy policy

This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status of May 2018. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.ms-armaturen.de/en/privacy.

VIII. Contact person for data protection

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, blocking or deletion of data and revocation of consents granted, please contact our data protection officer:

Kilian Meyer
Industriestrasse 24
26446 Friedeburg
Germany

Tel. : +49 (0) 4465 / 807 - 0
E-mail : Kilian.Meyerms-armaturen.de

Website : www.ms-armaturen.de

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