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GTR international GmbH : Privacy Policy

General information
The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that could personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found below in our Privacy Policy.

Please note: the Privacy Policy was originally written in the German language; the English version is a translation for information purposes only. In case of legal dispute, only the official German version of this document is legally valid and binding.

Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?
One way your data is collected is by you giving it to us. This may be, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically when visiting the website through our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (for example Internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). The collection of this information is automatic as soon as you visit our website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is displayed properly and works without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

Analysis tools and third-party tools
When visiting our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens in particular with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior can not 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 policy. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities of objection in this privacy policy.

General and Mandatory Information

Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal data. Personal data (for example name, address or e-mail addresses) is always collected, if possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent. We warn you that data transmission on the Internet (for example in communication via e-mail) may have security holes. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Cookies
The Internet pages partly use cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve to make our site more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and which your browser saves. Most of the cookies we use are so-called „session cookies“. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on the next visit. You can set your browser to inform you about setting cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. The functionality of this website may be limited when cookies are deactivated.

Designation of the Responsible Controller

The responsible authority for data processing on this website is:

GTR International GmbH
Bernd and Fabian Rietpietsch
Gebrüder-Heyn-Str. 15
21337 Lüneburg Germany

The responsible authority decides, alone or jointly with others, on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact information, etc. )

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Some processes of data processing are possible only with your express consent. A revocation of consent that you have already given is possible at any time. An informal message by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the responsible regulatory authority
As the person concerned, you are entitled to file a complaint with the responsible regulatory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The responsible supervisory authority with regard to data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which the headquarters of our company is located. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact information: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html .

Right to Data Portability
You have the right to be given a copy, or to have a copy sent to third parties, of data that we process on the basis of your consent or automatically in fulfillment of a contract. The provision is made in a machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of the data to another responsible authority, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion
You have the right at any time in the context of the applicable legal provisions to be provided free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, their recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct, block or delete this data. You can always contact us via the contact options listed in the imprint for questions about this and further questions on the subject of personal data.

SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as a site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. Thus, data that you submit via this website, is not readable by others. You will recognize an encrypted connection by the „https://“ address bar of your browser and at the lock icon in the browser bar.

Server log files
In server log files, the website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically sends to us. These are:

  • Visited page on our domain
  • Date and time of the server request
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • IP address

There is no merge of this data with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or precontractual measures.

Google Analytics:
Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The web analytics service provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses „cookies.“ These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and they allow analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Server location is usually the US.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize our website and possibly also advertising.

IP anonymization
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization feature. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address 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. There may be exceptions where Google transmits and truncates the full IP address to a server in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to report on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. There is no merger of the Google Analytics transmitted IP address with other Google data.

Browser plugin
The setting of cookies through your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted. Likewise, you can prevent the collection of data regarding your website use, including your IP address and subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plug-in which can be accessed via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

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 that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics

For details on how user data is handled on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en .

Order processing
To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have entered into a contract processing agreement with Google.

Demographic features in Google Analytics
Our website uses the „demographics feature“ of Google Analytics. It can be used to generate reports that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising from Google and from third-party visitor data. An assignment of the data to a specific person is not possible. You can disable this feature at any time. This is possible through the ad settings in your Google Account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section „Objection to data collection“.

Matomo (formerly Piwik)
Our website uses the web analysis service Matomo. Matomo is an open source solution. Matomo uses „cookies.“ These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that allow analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about the use of our website is stored on our server. Before saving, your IP address will be anonymised. Cookies from Matomo remain on your device until you delete them. Matomo cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the anonymous analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website and possibly also advertising. None of the information stored in the Matomo Cookie about the use of this website shall be passed on or shared. The setting of cookies through your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted. Here you can deactivate the storage and use of your data. Your browser sets an opt-out cookie, which prevents the storage of Matomo usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be removed. When you visit our website again, the opt-out cookie to prevent the storage and use of your data to be set again. [Insert Matomo iframe code here]

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.

AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we work with conversion tracking. After clicking on a Google-served ad, a cookie will be set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Google AdWords cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of users. With the cookie, we and Google recognize that you have clicked on an ad and have been redirected to our website.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies are not traceable through AdWords client websites. Conversion cookies are used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords advertisers who use conversion tracking. Adwords customers learn how many people clicked on their ad and were redirected to conversion tracking tag pages. However, advertisers are not provided with information that allows them to personally identify the users. If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can object to the use. For this, the conversion cookie needs to be disabled in the user settings of the browser. Then, there is no inclusion in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of „conversion cookies“ is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We as website operators have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and advertising.

For details on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ .

With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. The deactivation of cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

Google Web Fonts
Our website uses web fonts from Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

By using these web fonts, it will be possible to present to you the desired presentation of our website, regardless of which fonts are available to you locally. This is done by retrieving the Google Web fonts from a Google server in the US and then sharing your data with Google. This is your IP address and which page you visited. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transmission of our website.

The company Google is certified for the US-European privacy agreement „Privacy Shield“. This privacy agreement aims to ensure compliance with the level of data protection in the EU. For details about Google Web fonts, see: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and more information in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=en

Security and integrity of the data
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR to protect personal data against unintentional or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized use, disclosure or access, and against all other unlawful forms of processing or misuse.

Rights of the persons affected
If you have questions about data protection or want to assert your rights, then you are welcome to contact us at: datenschutz@gtrinternational.de

This relates in particular to the right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to rectify according to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to limit processing under Art. 18 GDPR and the right of data transfer according to Art. 20 GDPR.

According to Art. 77 GDPR you also have the right to file a complaint with the responsible regulatory authority.

Consent, right of withdrawal and right to objection
Insofar as we use data for a purpose that requires your consent in accordance with the statutory provisions, we will always ask for your express consent and record your consent in accordance with the data protection regulations. You may withdraw your given consent at any time with future effect and/or object to future uses of your data for advertising, market and opinion research purposes. You are entitled to correct, supplement, delete or block your personal data. To revoke a consent or for a contradiction a simple message to us is sufficient. datenschutz@gtrinternational.de

Changing of these provisions
From time to time, we may need to change this privacy policy. We therefore recommend that you read this privacy policy at regular intervals. However, rest assured that changes will not be retroactive and that we will not change the way in which previously collected information is treated.