Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website.

Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.

Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy 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 the operator's contact details in the section "Information on the controller" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us.

This may, for example, be data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website.

This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view).

This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient 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 consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future.

You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time about this and any other questions on data protection.

2. Hosting

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers.

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

We use the following host:

Data transfer to the USA

Vercel is a US company. Data is transferred to the USA. The data transfer is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

Details can be found here: https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy

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 is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally.

This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps.

Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Storage period

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

In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.

Consent can be revoked at any time.

Furthermore, we process your data if it is required to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Information on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law.

When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there.

Please note that a level of data protection comparable to the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries.

We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time.

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

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

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Right to data portability

If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place insofar as it is technically feasible.

Access, correction and deletion

You can contact us at any time about this and any other questions on 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 about this.

The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this.

  For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

• If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims,

  you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed against each other.

  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.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Cookie settings

Our websites use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device.

They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies).

Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.

Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.

Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies).

Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services of third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for handling payment services).

Cookies have 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 to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services.

If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

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
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Storage period: The server log files are stored for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted.

Contact form

We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Application form

Your applicant data will be deleted after the application process has been completed, unless there is another legal basis for further storage.

5. Analytics tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors.

The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, length of stay, operating systems used and the origin of the user.

This data is assigned to the respective device of the user. It is not assigned to a user ID.

Furthermore, we can use Google Analytics to record, among other things, your mouse and scroll movements and clicks.

Google Analytics also uses various modelling approaches to supplement the collected data sets and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that make it possible to recognise the user for the purpose of analysing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting).

The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/

Browser plugin

More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Data processing agreement

6. Plugins and tools

Google Fonts (local hosting)

For the uniform display of fonts, this site uses so-called Google Fonts provided by Google. The Google Fonts are installed locally.

No connection to Google servers takes place.

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

7. Your rights at a glance

You have the following rights:

• Right of accessArt. 15 GDPR
• Right to rectificationArt. 16 GDPR
• Right to erasureArt. 17 GDPR
• Right to restriction of processingArt. 18 GDPR
• Right to data portabilityArt. 20 GDPR
• Right to objectArt. 21 GDPR
• Right to revoke consent givenArt. 7(3) GDPR
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authorityArt. 77 GDPR

8. Direct marketing by post and phone to business contacts

We introduce our services by letter and by phone to companies that our services could suit. For this purpose we process personal data of contact persons in these companies. We do not collect this data from the contact persons themselves. This section therefore provides the information required under Art. 14 GDPR. The controller is Rocket Abt Holding GmbH (brand: AutomationsManufaktur), Machandelweg 1a, 29525 Uelzen, Germany, email: info@automationsmanufaktur.de.

Your right to object to direct marketing (Art. 21(2) GDPR)

Where the data comes from

We collect the data from publicly available sources. These are mainly the legal notice and the contact or team pages of your company website and the business profile of your company on Google Maps. In addition we use public registers such as the commercial register and the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) as well as business directories.

Which data we process

• name and position of the contact person in the company
• company, business address and website
• the business phone number, usually that of the switchboard, and a business email address if it is publicly listed or you give it to us
• information about the company such as industry, location and approximate size
• date and outcome of our letters and calls, notes on the conversation, your response and any appointment agreed

Purpose and legal basis

We use the data to introduce our services to you and to arrange an appointment for a conversation. If an appointment is made, we also use the data to prepare and hold the conversation. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to introduce our services to companies. Recital 47 GDPR expressly recognises direct marketing as a possible case of legitimate interest. We only approach companies whose industry and size suit our services, and we only call business numbers.

We use industry, size and region to decide which companies we approach first. No automated individual decision within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place.

Recipients

Your data is received by:

• an external service provider that arranges appointments by phone on our behalf
• a printing and mailing service provider that prints and sends our letters
• technical service providers that operate servers, network, email delivery, appointment calendars and video conferencing for us

All of these service providers act for us as processors under Art. 28 GDPR. They are contractually bound by our instructions and may not use the data for any other purpose. Some of them are based in the USA. Where data is transferred to a country outside the EU and the EEA, we base the transfer on an adequacy decision of the European Commission, such as the one on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, or on standard contractual clauses under Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR. You can obtain a copy of the standard contractual clauses from us on request.

Storage period

If you do not respond to our approach, we delete your data no later than twelve months after our first letter or call. Further letters or calls during this period do not extend this period.

If you ask us to get back to you at a later date, we store your data until that date.

If you arrange an appointment with us or engage us, we store your data for as long as we need it for the conversation and the collaboration. After that we only keep it where statutory retention obligations apply.

If you object, we no longer use your data for marketing and delete it. We only keep a blocking note with company, name, address or phone number and the date of your objection. This ensures that we do not approach you again, even if your company appears in our research again later. We keep the blocking note for as long as we carry out direct marketing by post or phone. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 17(3)(b) and Art. 21(3) GDPR.

If you want the blocking note to be deleted as well, we delete it. In that case, however, we cannot rule out that we approach you again at a later date.

Your other rights

You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) and restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR). You can also lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). Details are given in section 3.