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**Privacy Policy**
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**1) Introduction and Contact Information of the Data Controller**
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when you use our website. Personal data includes all data that can personally identify you.
1.2 The data controller for the processing of data on this website, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is
Marco Fischer,
Service for Hobeltechnik Marco Fischer,
Zierheidchen 7,
53577 Neustadt,
Germany,
Phone: +4915222596976,
Email: office@sfh-fischer.de.
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
**2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website**
2.1 For purely informational use of our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary to display the website:
- The page on our website you visited
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the page
- The browser used
- The operating system used
- The IP address used (if necessary: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out according to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. No transfer or other use of data takes place. However, we reserve the right to check server log files retrospectively if specific indications suggest illegal use.
2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security purposes and to protect the transmission of personal and confidential data (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” prefix and the lock icon in your browser's address bar.
**3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network**
To host our website and display content, we use a provider who performs services either independently or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibit unauthorized sharing with third parties.
**4) Cookies**
To make visiting our website attractive and enable certain functions, we use cookies (small text files stored on your device). Some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (“session cookies”), while others remain on your device longer and allow site settings to be saved (“persistent cookies”). The storage duration for these cookies can be found in your browser's cookie settings.
If personal data is processed using cookies, processing is based on Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR (for contract fulfillment), Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR (for consent), or Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR (to protect our legitimate interest in the best possible functionality and effective website design).
You can set your browser to inform you about cookies, allowing you to decide on their acceptance individually or generally exclude cookies. Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.
**5) Contacting Us**
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected via the contact form is visible on the form itself. These data are stored and used solely to respond to your inquiry and for technical administration related to the contact.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is for the purpose of concluding a contract, an additional legal basis is Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully resolved and if no legal retention obligations apply.
**6) Tools and Other Services**
*Cookie-Consent Tool*
This website uses a “Cookie Consent Tool” to collect effective user consent for cookies that require consent and cookie-based applications. When users visit our site, an interactive interface is displayed, allowing users to provide consent for specific cookies and/or applications by checking boxes. Only cookies/services requiring consent are activated if the user consents by checking the boxes, ensuring that such cookies are only placed on the user's device with consent.
The tool uses technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Generally, no personal user data is processed.
If, in specific cases, personal data (such as IP addresses) is processed to store, assign, or log cookie settings, this processing is based on our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific consent management for cookies, as per Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR.
An additional legal basis is Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR, as we are legally obliged to make the use of non-essential cookies dependent on user consent.
We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure data protection and prevent unauthorized sharing. Further information about the provider and settings can be found in the interface on our website.
**7) Rights of the Data Subject**
7.1 Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights concerning the processing of your personal data (information and intervention rights), where relevant conditions apply as specified in the GDPR:
- Right to information per Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification per Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure per Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing per Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to notification per Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability per Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to withdraw consent per Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
- Right to complain per Art. 77 GDPR.
7.2 *Right to Object*
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE MAY CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ESTABLISH, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA FOR SUCH PURPOSES. YOU CAN EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
**8) Retention Duration of Personal Data**
The retention period for personal data depends on the legal basis, processing purpose, and relevant statutory retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax-related retention periods).
Personal data processed based on explicit consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
Where statutory retention periods apply, data processed based on Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR will be routinely deleted after the retention periods if they are no longer necessary and/or if we have no further legitimate interest in retaining them.