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1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to identify you personally. For more detailed information about data protection, please see our Privacy Statement listed below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is performed by the website operator. The website operator’s contact data can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?
We collect the data that you disclose to us. This can include data such as the information you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This concerns, above all, technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time when the site was accessed). This data is collected automatically when you visit our website.

For which purposes do we use your data?
Part of the data is collected to ensure to ensure the error-free operation of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge regarding the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or erased. You can contact us at the address provided in the imprint at any time should you have any further questions regarding data protection. In addition, you also have the right to file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
Your surfing behavior when visiting our website may be statistically evaluated. This takes place, above all, using cookies and so-called analytics software. The analysis of your surfing behavior generally takes place anonymously; your surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Please see the following Privacy Statement for more detailed information. You can object to this analysis. Please see the Privacy Statement for information regarding your opt-out options.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in keeping with data protection regulations as well as this Privacy Statement. When you use this website, different types of personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Statement explains which data we collect and the purposes for which we use it. It also explains how and to what purpose this takes place. We draw your attention to the fact that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may involve security flaws. It is not possible to protect your data completely against access by third parties.

Information about the responsible authority

The responsible authority for data processing on this website is:

PURUS PLATICS GmbH
Am Blätterrangen 4
95659 Arzberg, Germany
Telefon: +49 (0)9233 7755 0
E-Mail: info@purus-plastics.de.

The responsible authority is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.). The data protection officer of the responsible authority is Bert Jäckel. He can be reached via e-mail to datenschutz@purus-plastics.de. He can also be reached by telephone with reference to the responsible authority or you can send a letter to our address using the reference “Data protection officer, to the attention of Mr. Jäckel.”

Revoking your consent to data processing

Many data processing processes are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw previously given consent at any time. This merely requires an informal notification via e-mail. The legality of data processing up to the withdrawal of consent remains unaffected.

Right to file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the affected party has the right to file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. The relevant supervisory authority responsible for data protection issues is the state data protection agency of the state in which our company resides. A list of data protection officers as well as their contact information can be obtained from the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we have processed automatically based on your consent or the fulfillment of a contract in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you may transmit this data to third parties as you see fit. If you request a direct transmission of the data to another responsible person, this shall only take place as far as technically possible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL and/or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content such as orders or requests that you may send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection when the address line of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon appears in your browser line. When SSL and/or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you disclose to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, suspension, deletion

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to receive information about your saved personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, the right to have it corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at the address provided in the imprint at any time should you have any further questions regarding personal data.

Objection to advertising e-mails

The use of contact data published within the scope of our obligation to provide publication details for sending advertising or information material that was not expressly requested is hereby refuted. The operator of this site expressly reserves the right to take legal steps in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertisements, i.e. via spam emails.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Internet sites sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed in your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies used by us are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted when you leave our site. Other cookies remain on the end user device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to remember your browser when you next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about setting cookies and can allow cookies to be saved only in individual cases or you can deny the acceptance of cookies in general and set the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. The functionality of this website may be limited when you deactivate cookies. Cookies that are required for the performance of an electronic communication process or for providing specific functions desired by you (e.g. shopping basket function) are saved in accordance with Art. 6 Sec. 1 l. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in saving cookies in order to provide its services in an optimized and error-free manner. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are saved, these are discussed separately in this Privacy Statement.

Server log files

The provider of the sites automatically collects and saves information in so-called server log files, which are transmitted automatically to us by your browser. These include:

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

A collection of this data with other data sources does not take place. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 sec. 1 l. f GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact form

When you provide us with your information via a contact form request, your information from the request form is saved, including the contact data provided by you there, for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not forward this data without your consent. When using the e-mail addresses listed on our contact page, the data that you provide in the e-mail to the respective partner on-site and to us is saved. This data is also saved for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions by us or the partner. The processing of the data provided in the contact form only takes place with your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 l. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. This merely requires an informal notification via e-mail. The legality of data processing procedures up to the withdrawal of consent remains unaffected. The data entered by you in the contact form remains with us until you demand its deletion, withdraw your consent to saving or if the purpose for saving this data has lapsed (e.g. completed processing of your request). Mandatory legal regulations – retention periods in particular – remain unaffected.

4.  Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses the 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 saved to your computer and enable the analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your website use is usually transmitted and saved to a Google server in the USA. Google Analytics cookies are saved in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 l. f GDPR. The website operator has a legal interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize the website and its advertisements.

IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address is truncated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other signatories to the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. The full IP address is only transmitted by Google to servers in the USA in extraordinary cases and truncated there. Google uses this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your usage of the website, compile reports about web activities and provide other services linked to the web usage and Internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

Browser plugin 
You can prevent the saving of cookies via a corresponding setting in your browser software. However, we have to point out that if you do this, you will not have access to the full range of functions of this website. In addition, you can also prevent the collection of the data created by the cookie and prevent the use of data related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the available browser plugin: 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. This sets an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, please see the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Contract data processing
We have entered into a contract with Google for contract data processing and fully comply with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities regarding the use of Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics for Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic characteristic” function by Google Analytics. This enables us to generate reports with information regarding the age, sex and interests of site visitors. This data is generated from interest-related advertisement by Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be matched to specific persons. You can deactivate this function at any time via the display settings in your Google account or you can decline the collection of your data by Google Analytics in general as detailed under “Objection to data collection.”.

5. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses a plugin from the site YouTube operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our sites equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection is established to the YouTube servers. This informs the YouTube server as to which of our sites you have visited. When you log in with your YouTube account,you are allowing YouTube to link your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. The use of YouTube takes allows us to give you an appealing display of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 sec. 1 l. f GDPR. For more information about the handling of user data, please see the YouTube Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Our website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you visit one of our sites equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection is established to the Vimeo servers. The Vimeo server receives information as to which of our sites you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have Vimeo account. The information obtained by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA. When you log in with your Vimeo account, you are allowing Vimeo to link your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. For more information about the handling of user data, please see the Vimeo Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. In order to use Google Maps functionality, your IP address must be saved. This information is usually transmitted to the Google servers in the USA and saved there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. The use of Google Maps allows the appealing display of our online offers and the easy location of places listed on our website. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 sec. 1 l. f GDPR. For more information about the handling of user data, please see the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.