Privacy Policy
The following privacy policy applies to the use of our online offering at www.kurth-bohrtechnik.de (hereinafter “Website” or “Portal”).
We attach great importance to data protection. The collection and processing of your personal data is carried out in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We collect and process your personal data in order to be able to offer you the above-mentioned portal. This statement explains how and for what purpose your data is collected and used and what choices you have in connection with your personal data.
By using this website, you agree to the collection, use and transfer of your data in accordance with this privacy policy.
1 Controller
The controller responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is:
Dipl.-Ing. Lutz Kurth
Bohr- und Brunnenausrüstungen GmbH
G.-A.-Hanewacker-Straße 4
99734 Nordhausen
Phone: +49 (0) 3631 - 47 170 - 0
If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us in accordance with this privacy policy either in whole or for individual measures, you may address your objection to the controller named above.
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2 General use of the website
2.1 Hosting
The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services as well as technical maintenance services, which we use for the purpose of operating this website.
In this context, we and/or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offering on the basis of our legitimate interest in an efficient and secure provision of this online offering in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR.
2.2 Access data
We collect information about you when you use this website. We automatically record information about your usage behaviour and your interaction with us and log data about your computer or mobile device. We collect, store and use data about every access to our online offering (so-called server log files). The access data includes:
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Name and URL of the retrieved file
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Date and time of access
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Amount of data transferred
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Notification of successful retrieval (HTTP response code)
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Browser type and browser version
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Operating system
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Referrer URL (i.e. the previously visited page)
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Websites that are accessed by the user’s system via our website
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Internet service provider of the user
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IP address and the requesting provider
We use these log data without assigning them to your person or otherwise profiling you, for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operating, securing and optimising our online offering, but also for anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our website (traffic) and the scope and type of use of our website and services, as well as for billing purposes in order to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. Based on this information, we can provide personalised and location-based content, analyse data traffic, search for and fix errors and improve our services.
This also constitutes our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR.
We reserve the right to subsequently check the log data if there is a justified suspicion of unlawful use on the basis of concrete indications. We store IP addresses for a limited period in the log files if this is necessary for security purposes or for the provision of services or for billing a service, e.g. if you use one of our offerings. After the process (e.g. order) has been cancelled or payment has been received, we delete the IP address if it is no longer required for security purposes. We also store IP addresses if we have concrete suspicion of a criminal offence in connection with the use of our website. In addition, we store the date of your last visit as part of your account (e.g. upon registration, login, clicking links etc.).
2.3 Active components
We do not use active components such as Java applets or ActiveX controls in the context of our web offering. JavaScript is required to provide the search function and the option of encrypted contact. If you have disabled JavaScript in your internet browser, these functionalities may not be available or only to a limited extent; you can still use our website.
2.4 Secure data transmission
For our website we offer HTTPS with Perfect Forward Secrecy and the current TLS 1.2 encryption protocol as transport encryption. We recommend that you keep your internet browser up to date to ensure a secure transmission of your data during transport.
2.5 Cookies
We use so-called session cookies to optimise our online offering. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the respective servers when visiting a website and temporarily stored on your hard drive. This file contains a so-called session ID which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to a single session. This way your computer can be recognised when you return to our website. These cookies are deleted after you close your browser. They are used, for example, to enable you to use the shopping cart function across multiple pages.
We also use persistent cookies to a limited extent (also small text files that are stored on your device), which remain on your device and enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit. These cookies are stored on your hard drive and delete themselves after a specified time. Their lifespan ranges from 1 month to 10 years. This allows us to present our offering in a more user-friendly, effective and secure way and, for example, to display information on the site that is specifically tailored to your interests.
Our legitimate interest in using cookies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR lies in making our website more user-friendly, more effective and more secure.
The following data and information may be stored in the cookies:
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Login information
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Language settings
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Entered search terms
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Information about the number of visits to our website and the use of individual functions of our online offering
When a cookie is activated, it is assigned an identification number. No allocation of your personal data to this identification number is made. Your name, your IP address or similar data that would enable direct attribution of the cookie to you are not stored in the cookie. Based on cookie technology, we only receive pseudonymised information, such as which pages of our shop were visited, which products were viewed, etc.
You can set your browser to inform you in advance about the setting of cookies and to allow you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or to exclude acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, or to prevent cookies completely. This may restrict the functionality of the website.
2.6 E-mail contact
If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), we store your details for processing your enquiry and in case follow-up questions arise.
This also constitutes our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR.
We only store and use further personal data if you consent to this or if this is permitted by law without special consent.
2.7 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google has submitted to and certified itself under the EU–US Privacy Shield agreement. By doing so, Google undertakes to comply with the standards and provisions of European data protection law. Further information can be found in the entry linked below:
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by visitors is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
This also constitutes our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (f) GDPR.
In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will, however, first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. IP anonymisation is active on this website. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities and provide us with other services related to website and internet usage.
The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
2.8 Storage period
Unless a specific storage period is stated, we store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes pursued.
In addition, we process the inventory data described below.
3 Your rights as data subject
Under the applicable laws, you have various rights regarding your personal data. If you wish to exercise these rights, please send your request by e-mail or by post, clearly identifying yourself, to the address mentioned in Section 1.
Below you will find an overview of your rights.
3.1 Right to confirmation and access
You have the right to obtain confirmation from us at any time as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to obtain free access to the personal data stored about you as well as a copy of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to the following information:
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the purposes of the processing;
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the categories of personal data being processed;
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the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organisations;
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where possible, the intended duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration;
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the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
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the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
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if the personal data are not collected from you, all available information about the origin of the data;
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the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22 paras. 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for you.
Where personal data are transferred to a third country or an international organisation, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR relating to the transfer.
3.2 Right to rectification
You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.
3.3 Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
You have the right pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR to require us to erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, and we are obliged to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
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The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
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You withdraw your consent on which the processing is based according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 (a) GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.
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You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
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The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
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The erasure of the personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which we are subject.
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The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
Where we have made the personal data public and are obliged pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR to erase them, we shall, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers who are processing the personal data that you have requested the erasure of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.
3.4 Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
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The accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
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The processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
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We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
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You have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR pending verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours.
3.5 Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where:
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the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 (a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (b) GDPR, and
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the processing is carried out by automated means.
In exercising your right to data portability pursuant to paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller, where technically feasible.
3.6 Right to object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you that is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 (e) or (f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. We will then no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or where the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where personal data are processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
You also have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
3.7 Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
Automated decision-making based on the personal data collected does not take place.
3.8 Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
3.9 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you is unlawful.
4 Data security
We strive to protect your data within the framework of the applicable data protection laws and technical possibilities to the maximum extent.
Your personal data are transmitted to us in encrypted form. This applies to your orders as well as to the customer login. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption system, but point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
To protect your data, we maintain technical and organisational security measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, which we continuously adapt to the state of the art.
We also do not guarantee that our offering will be available at specific times; disruptions, interruptions or failures cannot be ruled out. The servers we use are regularly and carefully backed up.
5 Disclosure of data to third parties, no data transfer to non-EU countries
As a rule, we use your personal data only within our company.
If and insofar as we involve third parties in the performance of contracts (e.g. logistics service providers), they receive personal data only to the extent that this is necessary for the respective performance.
In cases where we outsource certain parts of data processing (“order processing” / “commissioned processing”), we contractually oblige processors to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of data protection laws and to ensure the protection of the rights of the data subjects.
Data transfer to entities or persons outside the EU, except in the cases referred to in Section 2 of this statement, does not take place and is not planned.
6 Data protection officer
If you have any further questions or concerns about data protection, please contact our data protection officer: