In principle, you can use our website without providing any personal data. If a data subject wishes to make use of our company’s services via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we always obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data (e.g. name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject) is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations that apply to us.
With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us. This privacy policy also informs data subjects of their rights.
As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via our website. However, data transmissions over the Internet can generally contain security gaps. Therefore, 100% protection cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, every data subject can of course also transmit personal data to us alternatively, e.g. by telephone.
Definitions
This privacy policy is based on the definitions used by the European legislator when issuing the GDPR (Article 4 GDPR). This privacy policy is intended to be both easy to read and easy to understand for every person. To ensure this, we would first like to explain the terms used. This Privacy Policy uses the following definitions, among others:
Name and contact details of the controller
This data protection notice applies to data processing by:
Responsible: BRAUN Windturbinen GmbH, represented by the Managing Director: Ms. Manuela Ermert Braun, Südstraße 19, 57583 Nauroth, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)2747 / 930585, Fax: +49 (0)2747 / 914053, E-Mail: info@braun-windturbinen.com
Our website is encrypted for security reasons (SSL or TLS encryption).
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the lock symbol in the browser line and the string “https://” in the browser.
Collection and storage of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their use
When visiting the website
In principle, you can use our website without disclosing your identity. When you access our website, information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:
The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit my website. You can find more detailed explanations in sections 5 and 7 of this privacy policy.
When using our contact form
If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on our website. A valid e-mail address is required so that we know who the request comes from and to be able to answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. It is up to you to decide whether you want to enter this data as part of the contact form.
Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.
The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after the enquiry you have made has been completed.
When ordering through our website
You can either place orders through our website as a guest without registering, or register as a customer in our shop for future orders. Registration has the advantage for you that in the event of a future order, you can log in to our shop directly with your e-mail address and password without having to re-enter your contact details.
Your personal data will be entered into an input mask and transmitted to us and stored. If you place an order via our website, we first collect the following data both in the case of a guest order and in the case of registration in the shop:
The collection of this data takes place
As part of the ordering process, consent will be obtained from you to process this data.
The data processing takes place upon your order and/or registration and is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the aforementioned purposes for the appropriate processing of your order and for the mutual fulfilment of obligations arising from the purchase contract.
The personal data collected by us for the processing of your order will be stored until the expiry of the statutory retention period and then deleted, unless we are obliged to store it for a longer period of time in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 (c) GDPR due to retention and documentation obligations under tax and commercial law (from HGB, StGB or AO) or you consent to storage beyond this period in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (a) GDPR have.
Use of single sign-on procedures
– Facebook Connect
If you have a Facebook profile, you can log in to our website to create a customer account / to log in / register using the social plugin “Facebook Connect”. The operator of the social network is Facebook (Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA)
The “Facebook Connect” plugins can be found on the blue button with Facebook logo, as well as the designation “Connect with Facebook” or “Log in with Facebook”.
Facebook” or “Sign in with Facebook”. If you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. In this way, Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the respective page of our website. This happens even if you don’t have a Facebook profile or if you’re not currently logged in to Facebook and logged in.
Your IP address and the information about the page accessed will be transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored. Data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR against the background of Facebook’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising based on your surfing behavior on the Internet.
You can log in to our site with your Facebook data using the Facebook Connect button. As part of the registration process on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we obtain your explicit consent to exchange data with Facebook. Only then do we receive the general information stored in your user profile from Facebook (e.g. user ID, name, profile picture, age, gender). The data we receive depends on your personal privacy settings on Facebook. We store and use the data received from Facebook to create a customer account for you with the necessary data. This requires that you have previously shared the file (title, first name, last name, contact details, country, email address, date of birth) on Facebook. In accordance with your consent, we may in turn transmit data to your Facebook profile. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller. You can find more information about data protection in Facebook’s privacy policy (http://www.facebook.com/policy.php).
Log out of Facebook before visiting our website if you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile.
Disclosure of data
We will pass on your personal data (name, delivery address) to third parties exclusively to the service partners involved in the execution of the contract, such as the logistics company commissioned with the delivery and the bank commissioned with payment matters, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods or for payment processing. The legal basis for the disclosure of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
Disclosure of e-mail address and/or telephone number to shipping service providers
– e.g. DHL, DPD, GLS, Hermes, UPS
If you have given your express consent to the disclosure of your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the shipping service provider as part of the ordering process, we will pass on this personal data to the respective shipping service provider on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR so that they can coordinate all details of the delivery (e.g. delivery date, location) with you.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future vis-à-vis the above-mentioned data protection officer or the respective shipping service provider.
You can object to the processing of your data at any time by notifying PayPal. However, PayPal may still be authorised to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned above.
We will also only share your personal information with third parties if:
As part of the ordering process, consent will be obtained from you to pass on your data to third parties.
Use of cookies
We use cookies on our site. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.
The cookie stores information that arises in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we will immediately become aware of your identity.
On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a certain set period of time. If you visit our site again to make use of our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see section 7). These cookies allow us to automatically recognise that you have already been to us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
The data processed by cookies is necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or that a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, disabling cookies completely may mean that you will not be able to use all the features of our website.
Links to third-party websites
The links published on our website are researched and compiled by us with the greatest possible care. However, we have no influence on the current and future design and content of the linked pages. We are not responsible for the content of the linked pages and expressly do not adopt the content of these pages as our own. The provider of the website to which reference is made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content as well as for damage caused by the use or non-use of the information. The liability of the person who merely refers to the publication by means of a link is excluded. We are only responsible for third-party information if we have positive knowledge of it, i.e. also of any illegal or punishable content, and it is technically possible and reasonable for us to prevent its use.
Use of social media
– Youtube Videos
On our website, we use the Youtube embed function to display and play YouTube videos from the provider “Youtube” (belonging to Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
The extended data protection mode is used, which, according to the provider, only triggers the storage of user information when a YouTube video is played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, YouTube uses cookies to collect information about the behavior of the users. YouTube is to use this information to improve the user interface. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your Google account when you start a YouTube video. Log out of Google first if you do not want to be associated with your YouTube profile. Your data will be stored by Google as user profiles and evaluated accordingly. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests, e.g. in the display of personalized advertising. You can object to YouTube against the creation of the user profiles. Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy (available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de).
Analysis and tracking tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.
Matomo
We use the web analysis tool “Matomo” to design our websites according to your needs. Matomo creates usage profiles based on pseudonyms. For this purpose, permanent cookies are stored on your device and read by us. In this way, we are able to recognize and count returning visitors. We also use the Heatmap & Session Recording modules. Matomo’s heatmap service shows us the areas of our website where the mouse is moved most often or which are clicked on most often. The session recording service records individual user sessions. We may replay recorded sessions and thus analyze the use of our website. Data entered in forms is not recorded and is not visible at any time.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TDDDG, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, provided that you have given your consent via our banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Please make the appropriate settings via our banner.
Further information on Matomo’s terms of use and data protection regulations can be found at: https://matomo.org/privacy/
Opt-out complete; your visits to this website will not be recorded by the Web Analytics tool. Note that if you clear your cookies, delete the opt-out cookie, or if you change computers or Web browsers, you will need to perform the opt-out procedure again.
You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.
The tracking opt-out feature requires cookies to be enabled.
Google Analytics1
For the purpose of the needs-based design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”). In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see section 5) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as
are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet use for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of these websites. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of third parties. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data held by Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that assignment is not possible (IP masking).
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case it may not be possible to use all functions of our website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the link mentioned above. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit our website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is placed on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will need to set the opt-out cookie again.
For more information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics, please visit the following link in the Google Analytics Help Center: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
Google Adwords Conversion Tracking
In order to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our website for you, we also use Google Conversion Tracking. Google Adwords will place a cookie (see section 5) on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google ad.
These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer’s website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can see that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page.
Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. AdWords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also reject the setting of a cookie required for this purpose – for example, via the browser setting, which generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”. Google’s privacy policy on conversion tracking can be found under the following link: https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html
Social Media Plugins
On the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, we use social plug-ins of social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+) on our website in order to make our company better known. The advertising purpose behind it is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by their respective providers. The integration of these plugins by us is carried out by means of the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.
On our website, social media plugins from Facebook are used to make their use more personal. For this we use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button. It is an offer from Facebook.
When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with Facebook’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it.
By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign your visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be published on Facebook for everyone to see.
Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and needs-based design of Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting my website.
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy, in particular Facebook’s data policy, which you can view under the following link: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Google Customer Reviews
We work with Google LLC as part of the Google Customer Reviews program. The provider is Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The program gives us the opportunity to collect customer reviews from users of our website. After making a purchase on our website, you will be asked whether you would like to participate in an e-mail survey from Google. If you give your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we will transmit your email address to Google. You’ll then receive an email from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate the buying experience on our site. The feedback you leave will then be combined with our other reviews and will appear in our Google Customer Reviews badge and Merchant Center dashboard, and will be used for Google Seller Ratings.
You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the data controller or to Google.
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
For more information about Google’s privacy in connection with the Google Customer Reviews program, please visit the following link: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=de
You can find more information about Google Seller Ratings privacy here: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2375474
Google Maps
We use Google Maps (API) from Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (country) maps to visually represent geographical information. By using this service, you will be shown our location and make it easier to get there.
As soon as you call up those subpages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as e.g. your IP address) to Google servers in the USA and stored there. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them.
You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this. Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, it is also possible to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by deactivating the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot be used. You can view Google’s terms of service at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html. For additional terms and conditions for Google Maps, see https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html. Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on Google’s website (“Google Privacy Policy”): http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Rights of data subjects
You have the right to:
Right to object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a special situation.
If you would like to exercise your right to object, an e-mail to the e-mail address of the data controller mentioned at the beginning is sufficient.
Data integrity
We use the common SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser during your visit to the website. As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we will use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted encrypted by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
We also use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
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1 Data protection authorities require the conclusion of a data processing agreement for the permissible use of Google Analytics. A corresponding template is offered by Google under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.pdf .