Privacy Policy

We appreciate your visit to our website and your interest in our company. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your real name, address, telephone number and date of birth. Since this data enjoys special protection, we only collect it to the extent technically necessary. Below we explain what information we collect during your visit to our website and how it is used. Our data protection practices are in line with the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). We will collect, process and store your personal data exclusively to process inquiries and, if necessary, to process orders/contracts. Only if you have previously given your consent separately will your data be used for further purposes specified in the consent, e.g. for information about offers via newsletter, etc.

1. Responsible body within the meaning of §13 Section1 TMG / §3 Section7 BDSG
The responsible body within the meaning of data protection law is:

AUT-TECH Software GmbH
Max-Planck-Straße 35
50858 Köln

Management: Jürgen Linder, Eduard Rotmann

Phone: +49 22 34 – 2 19 73 – 0
Fax: +49 22 34 – 2 19 73 – 98
E-mail address: office-sw@aut-tech-group.com

2. Anonymous / pseudonymized use of the website
In principle, you can visit our website without providing any personal data. Pseudonymized usage data will not be merged with the data of the bearer of the pseudonym. There is no creation of pseudonymous usage profiles.

3. Besondere Funktionen der Internetseite
Unsere Seite bietet Ihnen verschiedene Funktionen, bei deren Nutzung von uns personenbezogene Daten erhoben, verarbeitet und gespeichert werden. Nachfolgend erklären wir, was mit diesen Daten geschieht:

Contact form(s):
We will only use the data recorded via our contact form(s) to process inquiries received through the contact form(s). After the requests have been processed, the data collected will be deleted immediately unless there are statutory retention periods.

4. Data transfer / purpose limitation – sent via contact form
We only pass on personal data to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for us to fulfill our contractual obligations, in particular to process a concluded contract. Personal data will not be passed on to third parties except for the stated purposes of contract and payment processing. If you provide us with personal data as part of your express consent, this data will only be used for the purpose on which the consent is based and to which you have agreed in advance. We will only store your personal data for as long as necessary for the intended purpose of data collection or as required by law. You can revoke your consent at any time. Your concerns will be considered in accordance with the statutory provisions. You can obtain information about the data stored concerning you from the responsible body.

5. Statistical evaluation of visits to this website
We collect, process and store the following data when you access this website or individual files on the website: IP address, website from which the file was accessed, name of the file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred and notification of success of retrieval (so-called web log). We use this access data exclusively in non-personalized form to continually improve our Internet offering and for statistical purposes. We also use the following plugins and active script content to evaluate visits to this website:

Google-Analytics:
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google). Google Analytics uses various technologies, including so-called 'cookies', which are stored on your computer and enable the use of this website by visitors to be analyzed. The information obtained by Google Analytics about your use of this website is transmitted to Google servers, which may be operated in countries outside the member states of the European Union and possibly also outside of contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. By activating IP anonymization within the Google Analytics tracking code on this website, your IP address will be anonymized by Google before transmission. This website uses a Google Analytics tracking code that includes the operator gat._anonymizeIp(); has been expanded to only enable anonymous recording of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your visit to this website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of Google cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the Google cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by using the following link (http: //tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) download and install the available browser plugin. The security and data protection principles of Google Analytics can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

If you have given your consent, we use the web analysis service Google Analytics 4 (hereinafter “Google Analytics”) on this website. Google Analytics is a service provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA, which is available to users in the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland through Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 4, D04 V4X7, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”).

When you visit our website, cookies are generally used through the use of Google Analytics and your user behavior is recorded in the form of so-called “events”. Such events can be:

  • Your first visit to our website and subsequent page views
  • How long you spend on the website
  • Your “click path”, i.e. H. Your interaction with our website
  • ads seen/clicked
  • Your “scrolls” when you scroll 90 percent of the page
  • Your clicks on outbound/external links
  • Internal internal searches on the website
  • Your interaction with YouTube videos embedded on our website
  • File Downloads
  • Language settings

Google Analytics also records:

  • your approximate location (region)
  • Your IP address (in shortened form)
  • technical information about your browser (type/version), the operating system you use and the devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
  • the referrer URL (via which website / advertising medium you came to our website)
  • Time of server request

In Google Analytics, the anonymization of IP addresses is activated by default. Your IP address is only used for geolocation and is then anonymized. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Recipients of the aforementioned data are or can be:

  • Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 4, D04 V4X7, Ireland
  • Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA
  • US authorities

Google will use the aforementioned information to evaluate your use of our website using AI and machine learning and to compile reports on website activity. By using AI, your user behavior can be recognized and merged across devices. This AI can also evaluate how you interact with marketing campaigns on our website - also across devices. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyze the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns. Your data is processed overall in a pseudonymized form.

The pseudonymized data can be transferred by Google to a server in the USA and stored there. By agreeing to the use of this service via your consent in our cookie consent manager (or other forms, registrations, etc.), you also agree to the processing of your data in the USA in accordance with Art. 49 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit .a GDPR agree. The USA is viewed by the ECJ as a third country with an inadequate level of data protection according to EU standards. In particular, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes - possibly without the possibility of legal remedy - the exact scope and consequences of which we do not know, over which we have no influence and of which You may not be aware of it.
Die genannten Verarbeitungsvorgänge erfolgen ausschließlich bei Erteilung Ihrer ausdrücklichen Einwilligung gemäß Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO iVm. Art. 49 Abs. 1. Satz 1 lit. a DSGVO.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies will be automatically deleted after 14. The specific storage period of the processed data at Google cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in Google's data protection declaration:

Further information on data protection when using Google Analytics can be found at:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362?hl=de

https://policies.google.com/?hl=de

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

Google-Maps:
This website uses the product Google Maps from Google Inc. By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data by Google Inc, its representatives and third parties. You can find the terms of use of Google Maps under “Terms of Use of Google Maps”.

Google Web Fonts (local Hosting)
This site uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers. For more information about Google Web Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq

* Matomo (formerly Piwik):
This website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source web analysis tool (https://matomo.org), to collect and store data for marketing and optimization purposes. Usage profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor's Internet browser. Cookies enable recognition of the Internet browser. The data collected with Piwik will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separate consent of the person concerned and will not be combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.

6. External content and/or processing of data outside the EU
We use active Java script content from external providers on our website. By accessing our website, these external providers may receive personal information about your visit to our website. Processing of data outside the EU is possible. You can prevent this by installing a Java Script blocker such as the browser plugin 'NoScript' (www.noscript.net) or deactivating Java Script in your browser. This may lead to functional restrictions on the websites you visit.

Specifically, we use:

* Doubleclick:
Our website uses DoubleClick, a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. DoubleClick is used to serve ads when you visit our website. DoubleClick uses information (but not personal information such as your name or email address) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like to learn more about these methods or to know what options you have to prevent this information from being used by DoubleClick, click here: http://www.google.de/policies/technologies/ads/.

* Facebook:
Plugins from Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA or its subsidiary Facebook Ireland Ltd., Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland (Facebook) are loaded onto our pages. If you have activated scripts in your browser and have not installed a script blocker, your browser will transmit personal data to Facebook without asking separately. When logged in, the data can be assigned directly to the Facebook profile. We do not know which data Facebook links with the personal data received and for what purposes Facebook uses this data. Further information can be found in Facebook's privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook user account and block the execution of Facebook script content in your browser, e.g. with the script blockers from www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com.

* Fonts.net (Fonts.com):
Java script code from Monotype GmbH, Werner-Reimers-Straße 2-4, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany (Fonts.net) is loaded on our site. If you have activated Java Script in your browser and have not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to Fonts.net. We do not know which data Fonts.net associates with the data received and for what purposes Fonts.net uses this data. Further information can be found in Fonts.net's privacy policy: http://www.monotype.com/legal/privacy-policy. To prevent the execution of JavaScript code from Fonts.net altogether, you can install a Java script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).

* Google Video:
Java script code from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google Video) is loaded on our site. If you have activated Java Script in your browser and have not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to Google Video. We do not know what data Google Video associates with the data it receives and for what purposes Google Video uses this data. Further information can be found in Google Video's privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. To prevent Google Video's Java Script code from running altogether, you can install a Java Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).

* Googletagmanager.com:
ava script code from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google) is loaded on our site. If you have activated Java Script in your browser and have not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to Google. We do not know which data Google associates with the data received and for what purposes Google uses this data. To prevent Google's Java Script code from being executed altogether, you can install a Java Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net).

* Vimeo:
Java script code from Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA (Vimeo) is loaded on our site. We use the provider Vimeo to integrate videos on our website. If you have activated Java Script in your browser and have not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to Vimeo. We do not know which data Vimeo associates with the data received and for what purposes Vimeo uses this data. Further information can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy (http://vimeo.com/privacy). To prevent Vimeo's Java Script code from being executed altogether, you can install a Java Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).

* Youtube:
Java script code from YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA (hereinafter YouTube) is loaded on our site. We use the provider YouTube to embed videos on our website. If you have activated Java Script in your browser and have not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to YouTube. We do not know which data Youtube links with the data received and for what purposes Youtube uses this data. Further information can be found in YouTube's privacy policy (http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy). To prevent YouTube's Java Script code from being executed altogether, you can install a Java Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).

* ytimg:
ava script code from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google) is loaded on our site. If you have activated Java Script in your browser and have not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to Google. We do not know which data Google associates with the data received and for what purposes Google uses this data. To prevent Google's Java Script code from being executed altogether, you can install a Java Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net).

7. Information about the use of cookies
We use cookies on various pages to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. The so-called 'cookies' are small text files that your browser can store on your computer. The process of storing a cookie file is also called 'setting a cookie'. You can set your browser according to your wishes so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, decide whether to accept them on a case-by-case basis, or generally accept or generally exclude the acceptance of cookies. Cookies can be used for different purposes, e.g. to recognize that your PC has already had a connection to a website (persistent cookies) or to save recently viewed offers (session cookies). We use cookies to offer you increased user comfort. In order to use our convenience functions, we recommend that you allow the acceptance of cookies for our website.

8. Data security and data protection, communication via email
Your personal data is protected by technical and organizational measures during collection, storage and processing so that it is not accessible to third parties. When communicating via email, we cannot guarantee complete data security, so we recommend that you use the postal service for information that requires a high level of confidentiality.

9. Revocation of consent – ​​data information and change requests – deletion & blocking of data
According to the Federal Data Protection Act, you have the right to free information about your stored data and, if necessary, the right to correct, block or delete this data. Your data will then be deleted unless legal regulations conflict with this. You can revoke your permission to use your personal data at any time. You can send requests for information, deletion and correction of your data, as well as suggestions, at any time to the following address:

AUT-TECH Software GmbH
Max-Planck-Straße 35
50858 Köln

Management: Jürgen Linder, Eduard Rotmann

Phone: +49 22 34 – 2 19 73 – 0
Fax: +49 22 34 – 2 19 73 – 98
E-mail address: office-sw@aut-tech-group.com