Privacy Policy
This is a courtesy translation; the German version prevails.
Thank you for your interest in our website. Protecting your personal data is very important to us. Here we would like to inform you about data protection at our company. We naturally comply with the statutory provisions of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG), the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and other data protection regulations (e.g. the European General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR — effective as of 25 May 2018).
You can trust us with your personal data!
It is encrypted by digital security systems before being transmitted to us. Our website is protected by technical measures against damage, destruction or unauthorised access. Our employees have been contractually obliged in writing to comply with the relevant data protection and data security regulations and to safeguard data secrecy. In addition, employees are regularly trained in these areas.
Subject matter of data protection
The subject matter of data protection is personal data. Under Section 3(1) of the BDSG, this refers to individual details about the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number, and may also include usage data such as your IP address.
General data protection notice
(1) User information generated when visiting our website is neither stored nor processed.
(2) For enquiries submitted via our contact form, we record name, e-mail address, date and time in order to process the enquiry.
Piwik analytics service
Piwik
Our website uses the Piwik web analytics service, which transmits usage information generated by cookies (including your shortened IP address) to our server and stores it for usage analysis purposes, which helps us optimise our website.
In this process your IP address is immediately anonymised, so that you remain anonymous to us as a user. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties. You can prevent the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, in that case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
Third-party sites / social plugins
The SIFAT ROADSAFETY GMBH website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. SIFAT ROADSAFETY GMBH does not pass on personal information to these websites. Nor are we responsible for their data protection measures. For further information, please refer to the privacy policies of these companies.
Third-party cookies
By using our website, certain third-party cookies may be stored on your device. Third-party cookies are placed by websites and/or parties other than SIFAT. Third-party cookies may be used on this website to improve our products or services. These third-party cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of these external services.
SIFAT ROADSAFETY GMBH does not send unsolicited e-mails (spam). We use e-mails to communicate with our visitors, to respond to visitors' e-mails, to confirm online orders and to send information requested by visitors. If you receive an unwanted e-mail from us, you can reply to state that you do not wish to receive further e-mails. SIFAT ROADSAFETY GMBH provides an unsubscribe function in e-mail campaigns so that subscribers can opt out of further e-mail communication.
Purpose-bound use of data
We observe the principle of purpose limitation and collect, process and store your personal data only for the purposes for which you provided it to us. Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent, unless this is necessary for the provision of the service or the performance of a contract. Disclosure to government agencies and authorities entitled to receive information is made only within the scope of statutory disclosure obligations or when we are obliged to provide information due to a court decision.
We also take internal data protection within our company very seriously. Our employees and the service providers commissioned by us have been obliged to maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection regulations.
Right to information and withdrawal
You may obtain, free of charge and without giving reasons, information about the data we hold about you at any time. You may have data collected about you blocked, corrected or deleted at any time. You may also withdraw, at any time and without giving reasons, any consent you have given for the collection and use of your data. Please contact the address given in the legal notice for this purpose. We are happy to answer any further questions you may have about our data protection notices and the processing of your personal data at any time.
Please note that data protection regulations and practices, e.g. at Google, may change continuously. It is therefore advisable and necessary to stay informed about changes to statutory provisions and to the practices of companies such as Google on an ongoing basis.
Cookies
SIFAT ROADSAFETY GMBH uses cookies to make its website easier to use and to tailor it to visitors, e.g. to implement a login or for caching. Cookies are small data packets that your browser temporarily stores on your device at our instigation. Cookies do not store user information and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. They do not contain viruses and cannot be used to personally identify or spy on you.
You can configure your internet browser so that our cookies cannot be stored on your device, or so that cookies already stored are deleted. Please visit www.aboutcookies.org for this purpose, or use the opt-out function of the Piwik program. Please note that you may not be able to use some functions of our website if you restrict the use of cookies.
By visiting our website, you consent to the use of cookies by SIFAT ROADSAFETY GMBH in accordance with our privacy policy.