Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally or contractually required, nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided in the subsequent processing operations.
"Personal data" is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Server log files
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.
Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host / IT service provider through your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer.
Contact person responsible
Contact us if you wish. The person responsible for data processing is: ecofiltex Bongartz GmbH, Am Königshof 63a, 27478 Cuxhaven Germany, +49 (0)4721 - 678 00 30, office@ecofiltex.com
Customer contact via email
If you contact us proactively by email, we will only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves to process and answer your contact request.
If the contact is for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the event of a purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and answering your request. In this case, you have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing will be carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in processing and answering your request. In this case, you have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
We only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Use of the email address for sending newsletters
We use your email address, regardless of the contract processing, exclusively for our own advertising purposes to send newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until the revocation. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.
Your data will be passed on to an email marketing service provider as part of order processing. It will not be passed on to other third parties.
Use of the email address for sending direct advertising
We use your email address, which we received as part of the sale of a product or service, to electronically send advertising for our own products or services that are similar to those you have already purchased from us, provided you have not objected to this use. The provision of the email address is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide this information means that no contract can be concluded. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR due to our predominantly legitimate interest in direct advertising. You can object to this use of your email address at any time by notifying us. The contact details for exercising the objection can be found in the imprint. You can also use the link provided for this in the advertising email. There are no costs for this other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.
Shipping service provider merchandise management
Passing on the email address to shipping companies to inform them about the shipping status
We pass on your email address to the transport company as part of the contract processing, provided that you have expressly consented to this during the ordering process. The purpose of the data being passed on is to inform you about the shipping status by email. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Use of an external merchandise management system
We use a merchandise management system to process contracts as part of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data collected as part of the order is transmitted to Bremer Versandwerk GmbH, Zum Panrepel 17, 28307 Bremen.
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is accessed again.
Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide individually whether to accept them, as well as prevent the cookies from being stored and the data they contain from being transmitted. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all of the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can find out how to manage (and deactivate) cookies in the most important browsers using the links below:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Technically necessary cookies
Unless otherwise stated in the privacy policy below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize your browser even after you change pages and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after you change pages.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 25 Paragraph 2 TTDSG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.
You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Use of CookieFirst
We use the consent management tool CookieFirst from Digital Data Solutions B.V. (Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam; “CookieFirst”) on our website.
The tool enables you to give consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to exercise your right to withdraw consent for consents already given. The data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting the necessary consents to data processing and thus complying with legal obligations.
Cookies can be used for this purpose. The following information, among others, can be collected and sent to CookieFirst: clearly identifiable ID, date and time of consent, opt-in and opt-out data. This data will not be passed on to other third parties.
The data is processed to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
You can find more information on data protection at CookieFirst at: https://cookiefirst.com/legal/privacy-policy/
Analysis Advertising tracking
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered. For this purpose, the IP address must be stored for the duration of the session. The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. The data is also used to optimize the website and to ensure the security of the information technology systems. This data is not stored together with other personal data. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR.
Rights of the data subject and storage period - Duration of storage
After the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then taking into account statutory retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the deadline has expired, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, to rectification, to erasure, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, according to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 Para. 1 f GDPR, as well as to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.
Right to complain to the supervisory authority
According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can reach using the following contact details:
State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony
Prinzenstraße 5
30159 Hannover
Tel.: +49 511 1204500
Fax: +49 511 1204599
E-mail: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de
Right of objection
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future for reasons arising from your particular situation.
After an objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be stopped unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
If the personal data processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us. After the objection has been made, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
last updated: July 22, 2024
