PRIVACY POLICY

DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data means any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the privacy policy set out below.

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 about the controller” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part when you provide it to us. This may, for example, include data you enter into a contact form or when subscribing to a newsletter.

Other data is collected automatically, or after your consent has been obtained, by our IT systems or by integrated services when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data such as your internet browser, operating system, time of page access, or IP address.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to process enquiries, protect against misuse, measure website reach, or integrate external content, provided you have given your consent where required.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information, free of charge, about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with effect 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.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect, what we use it for, and on which legal basis this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet, for example when communicating by email, may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

b+b Automations- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH
Dieselstraße 18
64760 Oberzent
Germany

Phone: +49 6068 9310-0
Email: info@bb-automation.com

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer for our company:

Boris Koppenhöfer
Koppenhöfer & Werner Beratungsgesellschaft mbH
Nikolausstraße 11
65343 Eltville am Rhein
Germany

Email: datenschutz@bb-automation.com

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data, in particular retention periods under commercial or tax law.

Legal bases for data processing

If you have given your consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

If the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

If the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work with external service providers. Personal data is only transferred to external parties where this is necessary for contract performance, where we are legally obliged to do so, where we have a legitimate interest in the transfer, or where another legal basis permits the transfer.

Where we use processors, this is done only on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke consent already given at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, either for yourself or for a third party, insofar as this is technically feasible.

Right of access, rectification, and erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, where applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data insofar as the legal requirements are met.

SSL and TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption.

DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

Cookies and similar technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and do not cause any damage.

Some of these technologies are technically necessary for the proper functioning of the website. Others are used to analyse user behaviour or to provide external content.

Technically necessary cookies and similar technologies are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis applies. Our legitimate interest lies in the technically error-free and optimised provision of our website.

Insofar as cookies or similar technologies are used for analytics or marketing purposes, this is done exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

You can also configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, or activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Consent management

Our website uses a consent banner or consent management tool to obtain, manage, and document your consent to the storage of certain cookies and the use of certain technologies in a data protection compliant manner.

In particular, your consent decision, the time of the decision, information about your browser and device, and technically required connection data may be processed.

This processing is carried out in order to comply with our legal obligations on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Hosting and technical provision of the website

We use external service providers for hosting and technical infrastructure. The website is created and managed using Wix, and hosting and/or infrastructure services are also provided by STRATO. In this context, technical access data may be processed where necessary for the operation, delivery, security, and stability of the website.

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and reliable provision of our online offering.

Server log files

When our website is accessed, information is automatically collected in so-called server log files as part of the technical operation of the website. This includes in particular:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the technically error-free presentation, system security, and stability of the website.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions.

Depending on the content of your enquiry, this data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or to the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the efficient handling of enquiries addressed to us pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR or on your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, if such consent has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies, you request its deletion, or statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

Google reCAPTCHA / Google Cloud Fraud Defense

We use Google reCAPTCHA in our forms, which is now offered as part of Google Cloud Fraud Defense, to verify whether entries are made by a natural person or abusively by automated processing.

The provider for users in the European Union is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

By using reCAPTCHA, personal data and technical information may be processed, in particular IP address, referrer URL, browser and device characteristics, language settings, and interaction data insofar as this is necessary for the detection of automated access and abuse prevention.

The processing is carried out to protect our website and our online forms and for security, fraud, and abuse prevention, in particular against spam, abusive automated access, and other attacks.

Where reCAPTCHA is only loaded after your consent has been given, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Where reCAPTCHA is integrated for compelling security reasons and is technically necessary, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in protecting our website and forms.

Further information on data processing can be found in Google Cloud’s privacy and contractual documentation, in particular the Cloud Data Processing Addendum and the service-specific terms applicable to reCAPTCHA and Google Cloud Fraud Defense.

ANALYTICS AND TRACKING TOOLS

Google Analytics 4

Provided that you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google. The provider for users in the European Union is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables us to analyse the behaviour of users on our website. In particular, information about page views, dwell time, interactions, technical characteristics of the browser and device used, and approximate location data may be processed.

Google Analytics is used exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the consent banner.

It cannot be ruled out that, in the context of using Google services, data may also be transferred to servers outside the European Union. Further information can be found in Google’s privacy information.

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter.

Further data is only collected insofar as it is necessary for providing the newsletter or is voluntarily provided by you.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter subscription form is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future, for example via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.

The data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe or until the purpose no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Use of Brevo

We use Brevo to send and manage our newsletters. The provider is Brevo SAS, 17 rue de Salneuve, 75017 Paris, France.

Brevo enables us to send newsletters and manage newsletter subscriptions. In this context, the data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is processed on Brevo’s servers.

If newsletter performance measurement is used, this should only be carried out on the basis of appropriate consent or another valid legal basis.

Further information can be found in Brevo’s privacy policy.

PLUGINS AND EMBEDDED CONTENT

YouTube

Videos from the YouTube service are embedded on this website. The provider for users in the European Union is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit a page with an embedded YouTube video or activate an embedded video, a connection to YouTube’s or Google’s servers may be established. In the process, technical data may be processed, in particular your IP address, information about your browser and device, and information about the page you accessed.

YouTube content is only embedded after your consent has been given via our consent banner, unless the content is already loaded as a result of your active request. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG.

Where technically possible, embedded videos are used in enhanced privacy mode.

Further information on data processing by YouTube and Google can be found in Google’s privacy information.

OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING EMAILS

The use of contact data published within the scope of our legal notice obligations for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.