Privacy policy / Datenschutzbestimmung
The protection of your personal data is very important to us. To ensure that all data processing procedures on our website and in our offers are transparent and comprehensible for you as a visitor to our website, we explain in this data protection declaration the type, scope and purpose of processing your personal data on our website. The terms used are to be read in accordance with Art. 4 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter "GDPR").You can save or print out the data protection declaration by selecting either the "print" or "save page as" commands in your browser.
Actuality and change of this privacy policy
This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status of August 2020. Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on our website at
https://www.rotaryeurope.eu/privacy-policy-cookie-restriction-mode.
Controller
Responsible for the processing of personal data on this website:
Rotary Europe GmbH
Gutbrodstraße 1
66500 Hornbach
Tel.: +49 6338 994450
Fax: +49 6338 9944516
E-Mail: info@rotaryeurope.eu
Data protection requests
All requests for the processing of your personal data or the exercise of your rights as set out below should be addressed by e-mail, fax or post to the above-mentioned controller.
General information on the processing of personal data
Types of data processed
On our website we collect and process inventory data (e. g. names, addresses), contact data (e. g. e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, postal address), usage data (e. g. websites visited, links clicked on, interest in content, access times, access locations), content data (e. g. comments, text entries, photos, videos) and meta and communication data (e. g. device information, browser information, IP addresses).
Categories of data subjects
The data subjects affected by the processing of personal data are all visitors and users of our website.
Purpose of the processing
We collect and process the personal data of the users of our website in order to communicate with and inform you (e. g. contact and other inquiries, newsletters) and, if necessary, to carry out statistics, reach measurement and analyses (e. g. with marketing and analysis tools), so that we can better design and optimize content and functions, to technically manage and optimize the website and to close security gaps.
Legal bases for the processing of personal data
We only process personal data on a legal basis if we are entitled to do so. In the following we will name these legal bases individually. Otherwise, we are always entitled to process personal data if the data subject has given his or her consent (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR) or if we are obliged to perform contractual or pre-contractual obligations (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (b) GDPR), when we comply with legal obligations (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (c) GDPR) or when we safeguard our legitimate interests (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR).
Recipient of personal data
We sometimes transfer personal data to processors or other third parties (e. g. hosting agencies etc.) with whom we work together. We are entitled to do so if the data subject has consented to this (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR) or if we are thereby performing contractual or pre-contractual obligations (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (b) GDPR), if we are thereby complying with a legal obligation (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (c) GDPR) or if we are safeguarding our legitimate interests (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR). We conclude a so-called processing contract with processors in accordance with Art. 28 (3) GDPR, whereby they also commit themselves to respect data protection.
Dritter Integration of third-party services and content
Within our website, we use content or service offers from third parties on the basis of our legitimate interests (i. e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR) in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter referred to uniformly as ‘content’).This always presupposes that the third-party providers of such content are aware of the IP address of the users, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browsers. The IP address is therefore required to display this content. We make every effort to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. Third party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as ‘web beacons’) for statistical or marketing purposes. ‘Pixel tags‘can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain technical information on the browser and operating system, referring web pages, visiting time and other details on the use of our online offer, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.
Processing of personal data in third countries
If data is transferred from us to a third country, e. g. because we commission service providers there, we are entitled to do so if the data subject has given his / her consent (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR) or if we thereby fulfil contractual or pre-contractual obligations (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (b) GDPR), if we thereby comply with a legal obligation (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (c) GDPR), when we comply with legal obligations (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (c) GDPR) or if we safeguard our legitimate interests (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR). A third country is any country outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA). When transferring data to third countries, we ensure the compliance with Art. 44 et seq. GDPR, regarding existing guarantees or findings of the EU on an adequate level of data protection in the third country, and the conclusion of any necessary agreements, e. g. standard contractual clauses.
Encrypted transmission of your data
All personal data that you enter on our website and send to us will be encrypted on our website using state-of-the-art technology.In addition, we secure our website and associated IT systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your personal data by unauthorized persons.
Hosting
This website is hosted on the servers of 4PACE GMBH-DEUTSCHLAND. The hosting services used by us serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this website. The legal basis for the use of the hosting services is the protection of our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic and secure operation of our website (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR).To this end, our hosting provider processes personal data. The data is stored for as long as there is a purpose for this. Afterwards the data will be deleted, unless this is contrary to statutory storage obligations.
Collection of access data and web server log files
On the basis of our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR, we collect the following data about every access to our website (so-called web server log files):
• IP-Adresse des Nutzers
• Name of the website accessed
• File, date and time of access
• Amount of data transmitted (Body Bytes Sent)
• Called URL / subpage• Protocol (e. g. http 2.0)
• Status
• User agent
The data is used for statistical analysis for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the website. For security reasons (e. g. for the clarification of cases of fraud / abuse), the data is kept within the framework of legal regulations. If longer storage is required for evidence purposes, the data will only be deleted after the matter has been finally clarified.
Deletion / restriction of the processing of your personal data
We store your personal data only as long as necessary to achieve the purposes stated here. Beyond that, we only store your data if required by legal retention obligations (e.g. 6 years according to § 257 (1) HGB (German Commercial Code) and 10 years according to § 147 (1) AO (The Fiscal Code of Germany) for commercial and business letters, invoices, offers etc.). After discontinuation of the respective purpose or expiry of these periods, the data will be blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions pursuant to Art. 17, 18 GDPR.
Your rights as a data subject
You have the right to access information and a copy of your personal data stored by us at any time and free of charge (see Art. 15 GDPR).You have the right to rectify or complete any incorrectly stored data (see Art. 16 GDPR).You also have the right to restrict the processing of your data (see Art. 18 GDPR) and the right to have your data erased (see Art. 17 GDPR). Deletion of your data is not possible if we are obliged to continue to store the data for the purpose of processing the contract or due to other statutory retention obligations. Instead of deleting your data, we will block it.You also have the right to demand the return of your data stored with us and to transfer it to another company or have it transferred by us (see Art. 20 GDPR).You also have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning you (see Art. 21 GDPR).You also have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning you (see Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR).To exercise the above rights, please contact the above-mentioned address for data protection inquiries. In addition, you may also submit a complaint to the competent data protection supervisory authority (see Art. 77 GDPR).
Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
Rheinland-Pfalz
Postfach 30 40
55020 Mainz
Telefon: +49 (0) 6131 208-2449
Telefax: +49 (0) 6131 208-2497
E-Mail: poststelle@datenschutz.saarland.de
Use of cookies
Furthermore, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files which enable specific information relating to the device to be stored on the visitor's access device (PC, smartphone). They are used to make websites more user-friendly (e.g. storage of login data), to collect statistical data on website use and for analysis to improve the website. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer.
This website uses transient (temporary) persistent (permanent) cookies.
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser or log out. This includes in particular session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This enables your computer to be recognized when you return to our website.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
Both types of cookies can be from us (then "first-party cookies") or from third parties ("third-party cookies").
Necessary cookies are required due to our legitimate interest in the operation and presentation of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. f GDPR. The visitor can consent to the processing of unnecessary cookies, for example for analysis or marketing purposes, via the cookie banner, so that data processing is carried out on the basis Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can generally object to the use of cookies for reach measurement and advertising purposes via the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the US website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).
You can prevent the storage of all or only certain cookies by setting your browser in the security settings accordingly. Cookies already stored can be deleted in the browser. In these cases, however, the use of the website may be restricted. These possibilities apply to all cookies mentioned below, which we use for this website.
Use of other functions
Contact/ Contact form
When you contact us by e-mail, fax, telephone or post / by means of our contact form, the data you provide (e. g. e-mail address, name, telephone number, address) will be processed by us in order to answer your enquiries or send you information material. We are entitled to do this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 (b) GDPR. User data may also be stored in a customer relationship management system (‘CRM system’) or comparable databases.We delete all data after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
Webshop
Registration
On this website we offer a web shop for business customers. To order goods it is necessary to be registered as a customer. For this purpose, an explicit registration request must be sent to Rotary Europe GmbH. After receipt of this, among other things, personal data will be requested in order to check whether a registration as a business customer is possible. In the course of registration, we collect contact, billing and delivery data of customers (e.g. name, delivery address, billing address, e-mail address, delivery service, company name, department, VAT ID) and address data of recipients in case of a different delivery address.
The legal basis for the collection of the data is the fulfilment of pre-contractual or contractual measures in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. b GDPR.
After successful registration, the customer can log on to the website using a user name and password and place orders and add products to the wish list.
The data is stored for the purpose of contract processing and for warranty and guarantee claims. In addition, the data will be stored for the purpose of fulfilling other legal requirements even if registration is not successful. The legal basis for this is the fulfilment of legal obligations in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. c GDPR.
Transfer of data to third parties
For the purpose of processing the contract, e.g. for payment, invoicing and shipping, the data collected is forwarded to parcel and postal service providers (e.g. UPS, DHL), payment service providers (e.g. banks, credit institutions, Paypal) and credit information services (e.g. Creditreform). The legal basis for this is the fulfilment of pre- or contractual measures in accordance with Art. 6 1 (1) lit. b GDPR or the protection of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 1 (1) lit. f GDPR.
All data is transmitted encrypted according to the state of the art.
The data is stored for the purpose of contract processing and for warranty and guarantee claims. In addition, the data may be stored for a longer period for the purpose of fulfilling other legal requirements. The legal basis for this is the fulfilment of legal obligations in accordance with Art. 6 1 (1) lit. c GDPR.
Delection of customer account
You can request the deletion of your customer account at any time. You are responsible for backing up the data contained therein before deleting the account.
After deletion of the account, we are nevertheless authorized to continue to store contractual documents for the fulfilment of legal obligations in accordance with Art. 6 1 (1) lit. c GDPR. The data will then be blocked.
Google Webfonts
This website uses script libraries and font libraries with fonts from the provider Google Ireland, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, (‘Google Fonts’, https://www.google.com/webfonts/) to display the contents of the website in a graphically appealing manner. The legal basis for data processing within the scope of this application is the protection of our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic and secure operation of our website (see Art. 6 (1) 1 (f) GDPR).
Within the framework of this application, the browser of the user visiting our website automatically calls up the Google server, which is usually located in the USA.
The Google fonts are then transferred to the memory (cache) of the browser in order to be able to use them for display. If the browser does not support the Google fonts or access, the text on our website is displayed in a standard font.
In addition, the following data is collected and stored when the Google server is accessed: Name of the browser used, version of the browser, website from which the request was initiated, visitor's operating system, visitor's screen resolution, visitor's IP address, language settings of the browser or operating system used by the visitor.
This data, which is transmitted to Google in connection with the page request, is sent to resource-specific domains such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com. No cookies are stored on your devices. The data stored by Google is not associated with data that may be collected or used in connection with the parallel use of other Google services such as Gmail.
You can set your browser so that the fonts are not loaded from the Google servers (e.g. by installing add-ons like NoScript (www.noscript.net) or Ghostery for the browser Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/ghostery/).
You can also set your advertising preferences for Google applications here: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.You can find out more about the Google Fonts library here: https://fonts.google.com/about or https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#Privacy.
You can find the privacy policy of the library operator Google here: http://www.google.com/intl/de-DE/privacy/ or https://policies.google.com/privacy/update?hl=de
YouTube
This website embeds YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is Google Ireland, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, or YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. Legal basis for the consent obtained by means of cookie banners or by means of banners on the video itself (see Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR).
When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which pages you visit. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by first logging out of your YouTube account.
When a YouTube video is started, YouTube uses cookies that collect information about visitor behavior.
If you've disabled cookies for the Google Ad program, you won't have to worry about these cookies when watching YouTube videos. YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block cookies from being stored in your browser. You also have the possibility to set an opt-out cookie: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
For more information about YouTube's privacy policy, please see the Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/