Data Protection

We at eschbach GmbH take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations. When using this website, various personal data are collected. The following privacy policy gives you a simple overview of the purpose for which we collect your data and how we ensure the protection of your data.

1. Name and Contact Details of the Responsible Party

This privacy policy applies to data processing by:

eschbach GmbH
Schaffhauser Str. 97
79713 Bad Säckingen

Phone: +49 (0) 7761 - 559 59- 0
E-mail: info@eschbach.com

2. Name and Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer

Tilo Schillinger
c/o Schillinger & Partner GmbH
Werderstrasse 28
D-79379 Müllheim

Email: dataprotection@eschbach.com

Our external data protection officer, Tilo Schillinger, can be contacted directly at the e-mail address given or at the address given above. Please send postal correspondence to the attention of Mr. Tilo Schillinger or under the indication "Confidential".

3. Collection and Use of Your Data

When you visit our website, data is automatically collected by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

Personal data such as name, address, telephone number, email address or other identifying information is not collected. We will only collect this data if you provide it to us voluntarily, for example by using the contact form or sending us an email.

Accordingly, you may visit our website without providing any personally identifiable information.

We reserve the right to anonymize the data you provide, to store it in aggregated form and, if necessary, to combine it with other data in order to compile anonymous statistics (e.g. on the number of visitors).

4. Storage, Use and Processing of Your Data

We use, process and store your personal data to fulfill your requests, such as to answer your inquiries, to process your orders as well as to prepare, negotiate, execute and fulfill contracts and to send you certain information.

5. Passing on of Your Data

We do not pass on your personal data to third parties. However, we would like to point out that we are obliged to pass on your data to third parties due to contractual or legal requirements. Furthermore, you may object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing at any time.

6. Your Rights Regarding the Processing of Your Personal Data.

To exercise your rights, please contact the responsible office of eschbach GmbH. In this regard, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

a) Right to Information

You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us. In this regard, you can, for example, information about processing purposes; categories of personal data; categories of recipients to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed; storage period; existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection; existence of a right of complaint to the supervisory authority; origin of your data, if it was not collected by us; existence of automated decision-making, including profiling.

b) Right to Rectification

You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected without delay.

c) Right to Erasure ("right to be forgotten").

You have a right to immediate erasure ("right to be forgotten") of your personal data if, for example, the purpose of processing is no longer necessary, in the event of a withdrawal of consent, in the absence of a legal basis for processing your personal data.

d) Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data, for example, if the accuracy of the data is disputed, the processing is unlawful and you refuse erasure and instead request restriction of use and we no longer need it for the purposes of processing, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or an objection to the processing has been filed.

e) Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have personal data that you have provided to us handed over in a structured, common and machine-readable format and transferred to another controller if the processing is automated.

A direct transfer of your personal data to another controller will only take place insofar as this is technically feasible.

f) Right of Objection

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will no longer process your personal data after a revocation, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Furthermore, you may object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing at any time.

g) Right in Case of Automated Decisions Including Profiling

You have the right not to be determined exclusively on an automated decision, including profiling. This means that in this respect you have the right to question this decision and, if necessary, to have it rectified.

h) Right to Complain to the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of data protection law or if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

In this regard, you can contact the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg in matters of data protection law.

https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de

7. Protection of Your Data when Visiting our Website

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

8. Data Collection on our Website

a) Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and Browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrered URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

b) Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via contact form, your data from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time. In this regard, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient.

The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies.

Data storage no longer applies. Legal requirements, such as data retention periods, remain unaffected. We point out that data transmission on the Internet, for example when communicating by e-mail, may have security gaps and therefore a complete protection of data against access by third parties from our side is not possible.

9. Analysis Tools and Tools from Third Parties

When visiting our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following privacy policy. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.

a) Cookies

Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.

b) Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.

Browser Plugin

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. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics opt-out. For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's privacy policy:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Demographic Characteristics with Google Analytics

This website uses the "demographic characteristics" function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the item "Objection to data collection".

c) Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one end device (e.g. cell phone) can also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history with your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on every end device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad targeting.

You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising in your Google account; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb.

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In the case of data collection processes that are not merged in your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of the data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in Google's data protection declaration at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads

d) Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google").

Within the framework of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user's computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify the user. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across AdWords customers' websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. The customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of "conversion cookies" is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

More information on Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

e) Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

f) Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, 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 transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

g) CrazyEgg

In order to continuously improve the usability of the website we use Crazy Egg on selected pages to better understand how our users use our pages and which link/click options are used.

CrazyEgg generates reports for these pages that reflect the overall group behavior of all users who have used this website.

CrazyEgg uses cookies to collect data anonymously, so that conclusions about usage behavior, network traffic, user preferences are recognizable.

This data is not merged with other data sources.

More information about CrazyEgg can be found in CrazyEgg's privacy policy: https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy.

You have the option to restrict the use of your data by Crazy Egg. Please use the following link to do so: https://www.crazyegg.com/opt-out

h) Use of Tawk.to - Live Chat

This website optionally offers the use of Tawk.to (live chat software).

Provider is: Tawk.to ltd, 187 E Warm Springs Rd, SB298, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, US

www.tawk.to

Via a script the chat is integrated in the source code on our website. By using the chat, you automatically use the services of Tawk.to. The data collected includes: Chat history, IP address at the time of the chat and country of origin. This data is not shared with third parties and is used only for protection and internal statistics. By using the chat, you agree to be bound by this. The data collected with Tawk.to technologies are not used to personally identify the visitor of this website. They are not stored and are deleted after the chat. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Tawk.to, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Tawk.to: www.tawk.to/privacy-policy/.

i) Use of Bing Ads

On our website we also use the conversion tracking of Microsoft (Bing Ads)

Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA.

In doing so, Bing Ads sets a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Microsoft Bing Ads ad. In this way, Bing Ads and we can recognize that someone has clicked on an ad, been redirected to our website and reached a previously determined target page (conversion page). We only learn the total number of users who clicked on a Bing ad and were then redirected to the conversion page. No personal information about the user's identity is shared. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also prevent the setting of a cookie required for this.

You can generally deactivate the automatic setting of cookies via browser settings. Further information on data protection and the cookies used by Microsoft Bing can be found on the Microsoft website: privacy.microsoft.com/en/privacystatement

j) Use of Xing

We have placed a hyperlink on our site, in the form of a button to our page on the Xing network. XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany

If you click on the Xing button while logged into your Xing account, Xing will be able to track your visit to our site.