Privacy Policy
The following privacy policy applies to the use of our online offering
www.sig-automation.com
We attach great importance to data protection. The collection and processing of your personal data is carried out in accordance 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 aforementioned portal.
This declaration describes how and for what purpose your data is collected and used and what options you have in connection with 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 for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is:
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2. General Use of the Website
2.1 Hosting
The hosting services we use serve the provision of 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 the website.
In doing so, we 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 based on our legitimate interests 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 collect information about your usage behavior and your interaction with us and record 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).
Access data includes:
This also includes anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our website (traffic), the scope and type of use of our website and services – including for billing purposes to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners.
Based on this information, we can:
We reserve the right to subsequently check the log data if there are concrete indications of a justified suspicion of unlawful use.
We store IP addresses:
2.3 Cookies
We use so-called session cookies to optimize our online offering.
A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the server when visiting a website and stored on your hard drive.
It contains a session ID with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to a common session.
These cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser. They enable, for example, the use of the shopping cart function across multiple pages.
In addition, we also use a small number of persistent cookies (also small text files) that remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
They are automatically deleted after 1 month to 10 years – depending on the cookie.
Our legitimate interest in using cookies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR is to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure.
The cookies store, for example, the following data:
We receive only pseudonymized information, such as which pages of our shop were visited.
Note:
You can configure your browser to inform you in advance when cookies are set, to decide in individual cases whether to accept them, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, or to completely prevent cookies.
This may restrict the functionality of the website.
2.4 Email Contact
When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), we store your details in order to process the inquiry 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 other personal data if you consent to it or if this is legally permissible without special consent.
2.5 Storage Duration
Unless specifically stated otherwise, we store personal data only as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued.
3. Processing of Inventory Data
In addition, we process the inventory data described below.
3.1 Newsletter
To send you our newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure.
Only if you have previously expressly confirmed to us that you would like to receive the newsletter, we will send you an activation email and ask you to confirm by clicking on a link contained in this email that you wish to receive our newsletter.
You can unsubscribe at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the base rates.
A notification in text form to the contact details mentioned under section 1 (e.g. email, fax, letter) is sufficient for this.
Of course, you will also find an unsubscribe link in every newsletter.
3.2 Legal Basis and Storage Duration
The legal basis for data processing according to the preceding sections is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a), b) and f) GDPR.
Our interests in data processing are in particular:
4. Your Rights as a Data Subject
According to applicable law, you have various rights with regard to your personal data.
If you would like to exercise these rights, please send your request by email or post to the address specified in section 1, clearly identifying yourself.
Below is an overview of your rights:
4.1 Right to Confirmation and Information
You have the right at any time to obtain confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.
If this is the case, you have the right to obtain free information about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data.
You also have the right to the following information:
You have the right to demand that we rectify without delay any inaccurate personal data concerning you.
Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed — also by means of a supplementary statement.
4.3 Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”)
In accordance with Article 17 paragraph 1 GDPR, you have the right to demand the immediate erasure of personal data concerning you, and we are obliged to erase this data without delay where one of the legal grounds applies.
4.4 Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to demand the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:
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.
You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that:
4.6 Right to Object
You have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 e) or f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
We will no longer process the personal data unless:
You also have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 paragraph 1 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
4.7 Automated Decisions 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.
No such automated decision-making takes place on our part.
4.8 Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
4.9 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 residence, workplace, or the location of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.
5. Data Security
We make every effort to ensure the security of your data within the framework of applicable data protection laws and technical capabilities.
Your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. This applies to:
Please note that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities.
Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
To secure your data, we maintain technical and organizational security measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, which we regularly adapt to the state of the art.
We also do not guarantee that our service will be available at specific times.
Disruptions, interruptions, or failures cannot be ruled out.
The servers we use are regularly and carefully secured.
6. Disclosure of Data to Third Parties, No Transfer of Data Outside the EU
As a rule, we use your personal data only within our company.
If and to the extent that we engage third parties in the course of fulfilling contracts (e.g. logistics service providers), they receive personal data only to the extent necessary to perform the relevant service.
If we outsource certain parts of data processing ("order processing"), we contractually oblige our processors to:
7. Use of Google Maps
We use the component “Google Maps” from the company:
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Each time a page containing a "Google Maps" component is accessed, Google sets a cookie in order to:
This cookie is not automatically deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain time unless you delete it manually.
Note:
If you do not agree to this processing of your data, you can deactivate the service of "Google Maps" and thereby prevent the transmission of data to Google.
To do this, you must disable the JavaScript function in your browser.
However, we point out that in this case, "Google Maps" may not be usable or may be usable only to a limited extent.
The use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained via "Google Maps" is carried out in accordance with:
The following privacy policy applies to the use of our online offering
www.sig-automation.com
We attach great importance to data protection. The collection and processing of your personal data is carried out in accordance 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 aforementioned portal.
This declaration describes how and for what purpose your data is collected and used and what options you have in connection with 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 for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is:
- Smart Industry Group GmbH
- Managing Director: Mr. Mykhailo Syrotenko
- Von-Werthern-Straße 4A
- 96487 Dörfles-Esbach
- Phone: +49 151 4013 5181
- Website: www.sig-automation.com
- Email: ceo@sig-automation.com
You can save and print this privacy policy at any time.
2. General Use of the Website
2.1 Hosting
The hosting services we use serve the provision of 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 the website.
In doing so, we 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 based on our legitimate interests 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 collect information about your usage behavior and your interaction with us and record 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).
Access data includes:
- Name and URL of the accessed file
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data transferred
- Notification of successful access (HTTP response code)
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referrer URL (i.e. the previously visited page)
- Websites accessed by the user’s system via our website
- Internet service provider of the user
- IP address and the requesting provider
This also includes anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our website (traffic), the scope and type of use of our website and services – including for billing purposes to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners.
Based on this information, we can:
- Provide personalized and location-based content
- Analyze traffic
- Detect and correct errors
- Improve our services
We reserve the right to subsequently check the log data if there are concrete indications of a justified suspicion of unlawful use.
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 billing
- After termination of the ordering process or after receipt of payment, only if they remain relevant for security
- In the event of a specific suspicion of a criminal offense in connection with the use of our website
2.3 Cookies
We use so-called session cookies to optimize our online offering.
A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the server when visiting a website and stored on your hard drive.
It contains a session ID with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to a common session.
These cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser. They enable, for example, the use of the shopping cart function across multiple pages.
In addition, we also use a small number of persistent cookies (also small text files) that remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
They are automatically deleted after 1 month to 10 years – depending on the cookie.
Our legitimate interest in using cookies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR is to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure.
The cookies store, for example, the following data:
- Login information
- Language settings
- Entered search terms
- Information about the number of page views and the use of individual functions
We receive only pseudonymized information, such as which pages of our shop were visited.
Note:
You can configure your browser to inform you in advance when cookies are set, to decide in individual cases whether to accept them, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, or to completely prevent cookies.
This may restrict the functionality of the website.
2.4 Email Contact
When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), we store your details in order to process the inquiry 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 other personal data if you consent to it or if this is legally permissible without special consent.
2.5 Storage Duration
Unless specifically stated otherwise, we store personal data only as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued.
3. Processing of Inventory Data
In addition, we process the inventory data described below.
3.1 Newsletter
To send you our newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure.
Only if you have previously expressly confirmed to us that you would like to receive the newsletter, we will send you an activation email and ask you to confirm by clicking on a link contained in this email that you wish to receive our newsletter.
You can unsubscribe at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the base rates.
A notification in text form to the contact details mentioned under section 1 (e.g. email, fax, letter) is sufficient for this.
Of course, you will also find an unsubscribe link in every newsletter.
3.2 Legal Basis and Storage Duration
The legal basis for data processing according to the preceding sections is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a), b) and f) GDPR.
Our interests in data processing are in particular:
- Initiation
- Conclusion and fulfillment of contracts
- Direct advertising
- Product information
4. Your Rights as a Data Subject
According to applicable law, you have various rights with regard to your personal data.
If you would like to exercise these rights, please send your request by email or post to the address specified in section 1, clearly identifying yourself.
Below is an overview of your rights:
4.1 Right to Confirmation and Information
You have the right at any time to obtain confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.
If this is the case, you have the right to obtain free information about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data.
You also have the right to the following information:
- The purposes of processing
- The categories of personal data being processed
- The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations
- If possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine this duration
- 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
- The existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- If the personal data is not collected from you, all available information about the origin of the data
- The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and — at least in these cases — meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you
- If personal data is transferred to a third country or an international organization, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer
You have the right to demand that we rectify without delay any inaccurate personal data concerning you.
Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed — also by means of a supplementary statement.
4.3 Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”)
In accordance with Article 17 paragraph 1 GDPR, you have the right to demand the immediate erasure of personal data concerning you, and we are obliged to erase this data without delay where one of the legal grounds applies.
4.4 Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to demand the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:
- You contest the accuracy of the personal data (for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy)
- The processing is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction of its use
- We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require the data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims
- You have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 paragraph 1 GDPR and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons override yours
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.
You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that:
- The processing is based on your consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 a) or Article 9 paragraph 2 a) GDPR) or on a contract (Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 b) GDPR)
- The processing is carried out by automated means
4.6 Right to Object
You have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 e) or f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
We will no longer process the personal data unless:
- We can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms
- The processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims
You also have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 paragraph 1 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
4.7 Automated Decisions 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.
No such automated decision-making takes place on our part.
4.8 Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
4.9 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 residence, workplace, or the location of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.
5. Data Security
We make every effort to ensure the security of your data within the framework of applicable data protection laws and technical capabilities.
Your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. This applies to:
- Your orders
- Customer login
Please note that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities.
Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
To secure your data, we maintain technical and organizational security measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, which we regularly adapt to the state of the art.
We also do not guarantee that our service will be available at specific times.
Disruptions, interruptions, or failures cannot be ruled out.
The servers we use are regularly and carefully secured.
6. Disclosure of Data to Third Parties, No Transfer of Data Outside the EU
As a rule, we use your personal data only within our company.
If and to the extent that we engage third parties in the course of fulfilling contracts (e.g. logistics service providers), they receive personal data only to the extent necessary to perform the relevant service.
If we outsource certain parts of data processing ("order processing"), we contractually oblige our processors to:
- Use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of data protection laws
- Ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject
7. Use of Google Maps
We use the component “Google Maps” from the company:
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Each time a page containing a "Google Maps" component is accessed, Google sets a cookie in order to:
- Process user settings
- and user data
This cookie is not automatically deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain time unless you delete it manually.
Note:
If you do not agree to this processing of your data, you can deactivate the service of "Google Maps" and thereby prevent the transmission of data to Google.
To do this, you must disable the JavaScript function in your browser.
However, we point out that in this case, "Google Maps" may not be usable or may be usable only to a limited extent.
The use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained via "Google Maps" is carried out in accordance with: