Data protection

The following data protection statements apply in the case of data processing by OHROPAX GmbH.

Contact information of person responsible for processing:
Michael Negwer, Am Kappengraben 17, 61273 Wehrheim, info(at)ohropax.de

The company’s data protection officer can be reached at the above address, for the attention of the data protection officer, or at datenschutz(at)ohropax.de.

1. Privacy policy

1.1. Information regarding the collection of personal information and provider information

Below we provide information about the collection of your personal data when you use this website. Personal data is all data relating to your person, such as your name, address, email addresses or user behaviour.

OHROPAX GmbH is the service provider in accordance with section 13 of the German telemedia act (Telemediengesetz – TMG) and the responsible body in terms of data protection law. See also our legal information.

1.2. Data security

Technical and organisational measures are in place to ensure that we and our employees, as well as external service providers, comply with data protection regulations. The technical measures are adapted in accordance with the latest technology.

1.3 Data collection in the case of access to our website

1.3.1 Data collection in the case of informational use

If you only use the website for information purposes, i.e. if you do not provide any other information, we do not collect any personal data with the exception of the following, which is stored in a log file for a maximum of 14 days:

  • IP address of the person accessing our website;
  • Name of accessed file;
  • Date and time of access;
  • Data volume transmitted;
  • Report regarding whether the access was successful;
  • Referrer address (where the user came from);
  • Browser used by user
  • Search term used;

The data listed above is only evaluated for the purposes of optimising our website.

1.3.2 Data collection in the case of use of our online shop

If you would like to order something from our online shop, you only need to enter the data required for the order once for this order. We store your data for the purposes of execution of the contract and delete it for the future as soon as there is no longer a legal obligation to store it. Mandatory data required for the processing of contracts is marked separately, while further information is provided voluntarily.

We use the data you provide to process your order. For this purpose, we pass on your address details to an authorised shipping company and, if necessary, your payment details to our processing bank. We will delete this data for the future following processing of the contract and expiry of retention requirements under tax or commercial law.

To prevent unauthorised access to your personal data by third parties, in particular financial data, the order process is encrypted using SSL technology.

1.3.3 Data collection in the case of making contact

If you contact us using the ‘Contact’ option, order information material or products, or complete our product evaluation questionnaire, we will ask you for your name, email address and other personal information. It is up to you whether or not you provide this information. The data is stored on our server for evaluation purposes, for your information, and for sending and responding to your questions. The data can only be accessed by a small number of specially authorised employees and external service providers who are involved in the technical, commercial or editorial management of the server. We delete this data once it is no longer necessary to store it or we restrict processing in the case of legal retention requirements.

1.3.4 Protection of minors

Persons under the age of 18 should not provide any personal data to us without the approval of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request any personal data from children or teenagers. We do not knowingly collect this type of data and do not disclose it to third parties.

1.4 Disclosure of personal data to third parties

We use external service providers to process some of your data, for example in relation to payment processing or shipping of products. These have been carefully selected by us and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and we regularly monitor them. The service providers will not disclose this data to third parties.

Apart from this, data recorded when accessing our website or which you have voluntarily transmitted to us will only be transmitted to third parties if you have expressly consented to its transmission; if we are obliged to do so by law or by court decision; or if the transmission is necessary for our own legal or criminal investigations. Data is not shared for any other non-commercial or for commercial purposes. Also in the case of ordering products and requesting information material, we use the personal data you enter only within our company and the companies commissioned with payment processing or shipping.

1.5 Use of cookies

Furthermore, cookies are stored on your computer when you use the website. Cookies are small text files stored on the hard drive associated with your browser which allow certain information to be transmitted to the place that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are used to make online services more user-friendly and efficient.

Most browsers are configured to accept cookies automatically. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or configure your browser so that cookies are only stored for the duration of the respective session online.

1.6 Your rights

For further information regarding the handling of personal data within our company, please contact our data protection officer at the address specified above.

We will inform you at any time on request about the personal data stored about you, including its origin, recipients and categories of recipients with whom this information is shared, as well as the purposes of the data storage and processing. Inaccurate data will be amended by us when we become aware of this. Please send your request for information and amendment to the address specified in the legal information section.

If you give your consent to use the data, you can revoke this at any time.

You have the right to data portability and to object to data processing. You can also make a complaint to the responsible data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

1.7 Changes to privacy policy

Current technical or legal requirements may require us to change our privacy policy under certain circumstances. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time.

2. Reference to third-party websites

Our website contains links to websites from other providers. We have no influence on whether these providers comply with data privacy regulations.

3. Use of Google Analytics, consent for data transmission

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address, which however is anonymised using the _anonymizeIp() method so that it can no longer be allocated to a particular connection) is transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. Google will use this information in order to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for the website operator and provide additional services associated with website use and Internet use. Google may also transmit this information to third parties in the event that this is a legal requirement or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with other Google data under any circumstances. You can prevent the setting of cookies by enabling the relevant setting in your browser software; however, please be advised that you will not be able to make full use of all features of this website in this case.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data collected about yourself by Google in the manner and for the purposes outlined above. You can object to the collection of data by Google Analytics with future effect by installing the deactivation add-on for your browser from the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-gb).

For more information about usage conditions and data protection, visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms.html or http://www.google.com/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

4. Use of Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps to display interactive maps and to produce travel directions. Google Maps is a map service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, United States. By using Google Maps, information concerning the use of this website, including your IP address and the (start) address entered in the route planner function, may be sent to Google in the United States. When you access one of our websites containing Google Maps, your browser will establish a direct connection with Google’s servers. The map content is transmitted directly to your browser from Google and is then integrated into the website. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data collected by Google during this process. As far as we know, this data includes at least:

  • the date and time of your visit to the website,
  • the Internet address or URL of the website accessed,
  • the IP address, (start) address entered in the route planner.

We have no influence on how this data is processed and used by Google and therefore take no responsibility for this. If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data concerning you via our website, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. However, if you do so, you will be unable to use the map function. See Google’s privacy policy to learn more about the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of this data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and your options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-gb).

By using our website, you consent to the processing of information relating to you by Google in the manner and for the purposes outlined above.

5. Use of Adobe Typekit

We use Adobe Typekit for the visual design of our website. Typekit is a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd., which gives us access to a font library. To display the fonts we use, your browser must connect to an Adobe server in the United States and download the font required for our website. Adobe consequently receives the information that our website was accessed by your IP address. For more information about Adobe Typekit, see Adobe’s privacy policy, which is available here: www.adobe.com/privacy/typekit.html

6. Use of JavaScript libraries

Active components, such as JavaScript, Java applets and ActiveX controls, are used. These functions can be deactivated in your web browser settings.

7. Use of social media plug-ins

We currently use the following plug-ins: Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram, YouTube. We use a two-click solution for this. This means that when you visit our website, no personal data is shared with the providers of these plug-ins. You can identify the provider of the plug-in from the provider’s logo (Facebook = Facebook logo; Google Plus = Google Plus logo; Instagram = Instagram camera; YouTube = YouTube logo). Personal data is only transmitted if you click on one of these plug-ins. When the plug-in is activated, data is transmitted to the respective plug-in provider in anonymous form and stored there (with the American providers in the United States). We have no influence on the data collected or on the data-processing procedures, and we are not aware of the full scope of the data collection, the purposes thereof or the retention periods. As the plug-in provider collects data using cookies in particular, we recommend that you delete all cookies through your browser’s security settings before clicking on the respective logo.

If you activate a plug-in, the plug-in provider is notified that you have accessed the corresponding sub-page on our website. In addition, the data specified under 1.3.1 of this policy is transmitted, while in the case of Facebook, only an anonymous IP is collected in accordance with the information provided by the respective providers in Germany. This occurs regardless of whether you have an account with this plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the plug-in provider, this data is associated directly with your account. If you press the button and link to the page, for example, the plug-in provider also stores this information in your user account and shares this publicly with your contacts. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile by the plug-in provider, you should log out before pressing the button.

The plug-in provider stores this information in the form of usage profiles and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the customised design of its website. This evaluation is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) for the purposes of displaying demand-based advertising and to inform other social network users about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. To exercise this right, you will need to contact the respective plug-in provider.

Further information regarding the purpose and scope of the data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the privacy policies from these providers referenced below. There, you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options to help you protect your privacy.

Addresses of the respective providers and URL with their data protection information:

8. Newsletter

We provide a free newsletter. The aim of this newsletter is to provide information about our latest offers, new products, voucher promotions, events and other news from our company. We need your email address for this purpose. You will only receive the newsletter if you sign up for it on our website. This can also happen during the order process. You will then receive an email from us asking you to confirm your registration. Once you provide your confirmation, you will begin receiving our newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration for the newsletter within 24 hours, your registration will be deleted automatically.

If you only register for the newsletter, we will only use your email address to send you our newsletter. We will only store your email address until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. We store your email address exclusively for the purposes of sending you our newsletter. In addition, we store your IP addresses and times at which you register and give your confirmation in order to prevent misuse of your personal information. Your data stored is not disclosed to third parties.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and revoke your consent to receive the newsletter. You can revoke your consent by clicking on the link provided in the newsletter email, sending an email to info(at)ohropax.de or sending a message to the contact details provided in the legal information section. The information required to revoke your consent is also contained in each newsletter.