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PreSens Privacy Statement

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that identifies you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy statement listed below.

Data Collection on our Website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The website operator carries out the data processing on this website. Its contact details can be found in the legal information on this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data will be collected by you giving us the information. This may be e.g. data, which you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically through our IT systems when visiting the website. These are mainly technical data (for example internet browser, operating system or time of the page request). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to adapt the performance and ensure the flawless provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

At any time you have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose as well as for further questions regarding data protection you can contact us at any time under the contact details given in the legal information. Furthermore, you have a right of appeal to the supervisory authority in charge.

Analysis Tools and Third-party Tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis tools. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy statement.

2. General and Obligatory Information

Data Protection

The website operator places great emphasis on the protection of your personal data. Your personal data is treated confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy statement.

If you use this website, various data will be collected. Personal information is information that personally identifies you. This privacy statement explains what information is collect and what it is used for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission on the Internet (for example, when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Body

The responsible data processing body on this website is:

PreSens - Precision Sensing GmbH
Am BioPark 11
93053 Regensburg, Germany
Phone: +49 941 942 72 100
Email: info@presens.de

Responsible body is the natural legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke an existing consent at any time. For this, it is sufficient to send an informal message to the website operator by email (info@presens.de). The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of Appeal to the Competent Supervisory Authority

In case of violations of the data protection law, you have the right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of the data protection officers as well as their contact details can be obtained via the following link:
www.bfdi.bund.de

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data, that is processed by the website operator on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, issued in itself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another person in charge, this will only be done to a technically feasible extent.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons, and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection in the address line of the browser changing from 'http://' to 'https://' and the lock symbol in your browser.
If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, third parties cannot read the data you submit to us.

Information, Blocking, Deletion

Within legal provisions, you have the right to access information on your stored personal data, their origin, recipient, the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For further information on personal data you can contact the website operator at any time at the address given in the legal information.

Objection to Advertising Mails

The use of published contact information in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operator of this site expressly reserve the right to take legal actions in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

3. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make this offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most of the cookies this website uses are so-called 'session cookies'. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow the website operator to recognize your browser the next time your visit.

You can configure your browser so as to be informed about the placement of cookies, to decide to only accept these in individual cases or to completely exclude all incoming cookies, and automatically delete cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you wish to use are stored based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (such as cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy statement.

Server Log Files

The website operator automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Used operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address


This data will not be merged with other data sources. Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measure.

Contact Form

If you send inquiries to the website operator via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored in order to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. The website operator will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. It is sufficient to send an informal message to the webiste operator by email. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The information you provide in the contact form will remain with the website operator until you ask to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage (for example, after your request has been processed) is no longer given. Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain unaffected.

Registration on this Website

You can register on this website to use additional features on the site. The website operator uses the entered data only for the purpose of the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be given in full. Otherwise, the website operator will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as the scope of the offer or for technical changes, the website operator uses the email address specified during registration to inform you. The processing of the data entered during the registration is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. It is sufficient to send an informal message to the website operator by email. The legality of already completed data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.

The website operator will store the data collected during registration as long as you are registered on the website and will subsequently be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Data Processing (Customer and Contract Data)

The website operator collects, processes and uses personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. The website operator collects, processes and uses personal data on the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary in order to enable or charge the user for the use of the service.

The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Data Transmission at the Completion of the Contract for Online Shops, Retailers and Goods Dispatch

The website operator only transfers personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the course of the contract, for example to the companies entrusted with the delivery of the goods or the bank responsible for processing the payment. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. A transfer of your data to third parties without explicit consent, such as for advertising purposes, does not occur. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

4. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is

Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Google Analytics uses so-called 'cookies'. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of this website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States, and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. F GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

IP Anonymization

The website operator has activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website actitivty and will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plug-in

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding configuration of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to the Google privacy policy: Safeguarding your data

Order Processing

The website operator has entered into a contract data processing agreement with Google and fully implements the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Google Analytics Remarketing

This website supports the features of Google Analytics Remarketing combined with the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords. Provider is

Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

This feature allows Google Analytics remarketing ad groups to be linked to the cross-device features of Google AdWords. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been customized based on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one end device (e.g. cell phone) may also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC). Once you have given you consent, Google will associate your web and app browsing history with your Google Account for this purpose. This way, the same personalized advertising messages can appear on any device you sign in to with your Google Account. To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users who are temporarily linked to this website's Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad promotion. You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing / targeting by turning off personalized advertising in your Google Account; follow this link: Adds Settings

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google Account is based soley on your consent, which you can submit or revoke on Google (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account (for example, because you do not have a Google Account or have objected to the merge), the collection of data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymous analysis of the website visitors for advertising purposes. For more information and privacy policy, see the Google privacy policy on Advertising

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of

Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

As part of Google AdWords, this website uses the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small test files that the Internet browser stores on your computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification of the users. If you visit certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired yet, Google and the website operator can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of advertisers. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users.

If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt out of this by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in the User Preferences of your browser. You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. The storage of 'conversion cookies' is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. For more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google privacy policy: Google Privacy

You can configure your browser so as to be informed about the placement of cookies, to decide to only accept these in individual cases or to completely exclude all incoming cookies, and automatically delete cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

5. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, the website operator requires an email address from you, as well as information that allows to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data are not collected or only on a voluntary basis. The website operator uses this data exclusively for the delivery of the requested information and does not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). The granted consent to the sotrage of the data, the email address and their use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example via the 'unsubscribe' link in the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations reamins unaffected by the revocation.

The data deposited with the website operator for the purpose of obtaining the newsletter will be stored  until your cancellation and will be deleted after cancellation of the newsletter. Data that has been stored for other purposes with the website operator (such as email addresses for the login area) remain unaffected.

6. Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube

This website uses plug-ins from the Google-run YouTube page. Site operator is

YouTube, LCC,
901 Cherry Ave.,
San Bruno, CA 94066, USA

When you visit one of the YouTube plug-in-enabled pages of this website, you will be connected to the servers of YouTube. It tells YouTube server which of these pages you've visited. If you are logged into your YouTube Account, YouTube will allow you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube Account. The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. For more information and the handling of user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Statement.

Google Maps

This website uses the mapping service Google Maps via an API. Provider is

Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheater Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. The operator of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of the online offers and an easy findability of the places indicated on this website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit f GDPR.

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy.

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