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1. Collection of personal data and purpose of processing

(1) The following section outlines how your personal data is collected when you use our website. Personal data means any information that can be used to identify you, for example your name, postal address, e-mail addresses, user behaviour. The purpose of processing is to operate a website in the interests of offering high-quality embedded software systems.

(2) The controller within the meaning of Article 4(7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Solectrix Holding GmbH

Managing directors, responsible for journalistic-editorial content within the meaning of section 18 (2) of the State Media Treaty (MStV)

Stefan Schütz, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Jürgen Steinert, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Hans Hofmann, MBA
Andreas Rottmair, Dipl.-Ing. Univ.
Jonas Höfer, B.A.

Data protection officer
Andreas Rottmair
Solectrix GmbH

Dieter-Streng-Str. 4
90766 Fürth
Germany

Telefon: +49(0)911 – 30 91 61 0
E-mail: datenschutz@solectrix.de

(3) When you contact us by e-mail or via the contact form on our website, we store the data you provide (your e-mail address, if applicable your name and telephone number) in order to respond to your queries. We delete the data arising in this connection as soon as we no longer need to store it or, if statutory record-keeping requirements apply, we restrict its processing.

(4) If we engage service providers with respect to specific functions of our products and services, or if we intend to use your data for advertising purposes, we provide you with detailed information about the relevant processes below. We will also notify you of the set criteria used to determine how long we store your data for.

2. Your rights

(1) You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Right of access (Article 15 GDPR),
  • Right to rectification and erasure (Articles 16 and 17 GDPR),
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR),
  • Right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR),
  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR),
  • Right to withdraw your consent (Article 7(3) GDPR).

(2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

3. Collection of personal data when you visit our website

(1) If you visit our website for information purposes only, in other words if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following information that we need from a technical viewpoint to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security (the legal basis is point (f) of Article 6(1) sentence 1 GDPR):

  • Date and time of access
  • Names of pages requested
  • Names of files downloaded
  • Data volume transferred
  • Access status code (successful/error)
  • Your browser type and version
  • Your operating system
  • URL of the referrer website (that redirected you to our website)
  • IP address of the computer requesting access
  • Internet service provider used to gain access

(2) In addition to the data referred to above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your hard drive and that are used to transmit specific information to the person or entity setting the cookie (in this case us). Cookies cannot run programs or infect your computer with viruses. Their purpose is to make our website more user-friendly and increase its effectiveness overall.

(3) Use of cookies

a) This website uses the following types of cookies with the scope and functions described below:

  • Transient cookies (see point b),
  • persistent cookies (see point c).

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. They include in particular session cookies, which store a “session ID” used to assign your browser’s various requests to a given session. This enables us to “recognise” your computer when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close your browser.

c) Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specific length of time that can vary from cookie to cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.

d) You can customise your browser’s settings, for instance to block third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that this may prevent you from using all of the features of this website.

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4. Other functions and content on our website

(1) In addition to using our website for purely information purposes, we offer various services that you may choose to take advantage of. To do so, you must generally enter further personal data that we will use to provide the given service and that is subject to the above-mentioned principles of data processing.

(2) In some cases we use external service providers to process your data. These processors are carefully selected and engaged by us, are contractually bound to observe our instructions pursuant to written data processing agreements in accordance with Article 28 GDPR, and are subject to regular monitoring.

(3) Furthermore, we may disclose your personal data to third parties in cases where we offer and you choose to participate in special offers, competitions, agreements or similar services in cooperation with partners. You will receive further information when you provide your personal data or in the description of the product or service offered.

(4) If our service provider or partner has its registered office outside the European Economic Area (EEA), you will be notified of this fact in the description of the product or service offered.

5. Web analytics services and tracking tools

Google Maps

Our website uses “Google Maps”, a web mapping service developed by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). This allows us to embed interactive maps in the website and offer you a user-friendly map function. When you visit our website, Google is notified that you have visited the respective sub-page, which includes transmitting your IP address. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in with, or whether no such user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be associated directly with your account. You can prevent this being associated with your profile on Google by logging out in advance. Google stores your data as user profiles for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or customised website design. This analysis is used in particular (including for users who are not logged in) to provide custom advertising content and to notify other users of your activities on our website.

We use Google Maps to provide you with the interactive maps offered by the service and in doing so to improve your user experience on our site. We have a legitimate interest in doing so.

You have a right to object to such user profiles being created, in which case you must contact Google.

Google is committed to and self-certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. In doing so, Google undertakes to observe the standards and requirements of European data protection law. Further information is available from the entry in the Privacy Shield list: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy. You will also find further information on your respective rights and options for setting your privacy preferences: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

As a US company, Google and its services listed below are subject to the US CLOUD (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act, which allows US government agencies access to the data stored by Google. We have no control over this.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse and create statistical reports on the use of the website. The information obtained therefrom is used to optimise our website and advertising measures. Google Analytics is a web analytics service operated and provided by Google (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; for Europa: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).

The data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with point (a) of Article 6(1) GDPR. The data recorded when you visit the website includes the following:

– Visitor data:

IP address (truncated, thereby rendering it impossible to directly identify the user)

Origin (country and city), language, operating system, device (PC, tablet PC or smartphone)

Browser and all add-ons used

– Traffic sources:

Origin of your visit (i.e., from which websites or via which advertising mediums you were redirected to us)

– User behaviour:

Google processes the website usage data on our behalf and undertakes to ensure the confidentiality of the data processed. Google also processes this data for its own purposes (e.g., to create profiles or linking to any Google accounts). The data on your use of the website collected using “cookies” are generally transferred to and stored on one of Google’s servers in the US.

Google Analytics stores cookies in your browser for a period of two years since your most recent visit. These cookies store a randomly generated user ID, with which you can be recognized the next time you visit our website.

The recorded data and randomly generated user ID are stored together to allow pseudonymised user profiles to be analysed. We automatically delete this user data after 26 months.

This website anonymises IP addresses using the “anonymizeIP” IP masking function. The IP addresses of users in member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area are truncated and anonymised before being transferred. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google uses this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide us with other services relating to website and Internet usage.

Google Tag Manager (GTM)

This website uses “Google Tag Manager” (GTM), an organisational tool provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Tag Manager is a service that enables us to deploy tracking or statistics tools (such as Google Analytics) and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager does not create its own user profiles, place its own cookies or conduct its own analysis. It serves solely to manage and operate the tools deployed using it. We only transmit an anonymised version of your IP address to Google (after using the “anonymizeIP” masking function), and as such Google Tag Manager only collects anonymised IP addresses and passes them on to Google Analytics.

Your personal data are processed solely on the basis of your prior express consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR that you gave when selecting cookies in the Cookie Consent Tool.

Please see Google’s privacy policy for further details.

As a US company, Google is subject to the CLOUD Act. This allows US government agencies to access the data stored by Google, irrespective of the specific server location.  We have no control over this.

Right to object/withdraw consent

You can prevent the processing by taking the following action:

You can change your browser setting to prevent cookies from being stored. However, in such case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in their entirety. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie in relation to your usage of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data. To do so, download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB

Please visit Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB for more information and specifically support.google.com/analytics/answer for information about how Google Analytics handles user data.

6. Right to object to or withdraw consent for the processing of your data

(1) If you have consented to the processing of your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent affects the lawfulness of processing your personal data after you have notified us of such withdrawal.

(2) If we process your personal data based on a balancing of interests, you can object to processing. This is the case in particular if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which we present in each case next to the following description of functions. Upon exercising your right to object, we ask that you present the reasons for requesting that we cease processing your personal data as we have been doing. If you raise a substantiated objection, we will conduct a review and either cease or modify the data processing, or demonstrate to you our compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the processing.

(3) You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data for marketing and data analysis purposes. If you wish to object to marketing, please notify us using the contact details below:

Solectrix GmbH
Dieter-Streng-Straße 4
90766 Fürth
Germany
E-mail: datenschutz@solectrix.de

7. Product enquiries

If you send us enquiries about individual products via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry.

These data are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, insofar as such processing is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in efficiently processing enquiries addressed to us about our products (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We will retain the data you provide in the contact form until the purpose for which they were stored no longer exists. As a rule, we store your data for a maximum of two years after your enquiry has been processed. The foregoing shall not affect mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, or any specific data retention interests.

8. Concluding remarks

Collecting and processing data is a necessary part of doing business, as is ensuring the protection and security of that data. This is more than merely a legal requirement; it is a fundamental interest of our own.

Should you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection in connection with our services, please do not hesitate to get in touch using the contact details given above (see section 1).