Privacy policy

August Pohli GmbH & Co.KG appreciates your visit to our website and your interest in our company and our products. The protection of your personal data during processing is an important concern for us and we want you to feel secure when visiting our website. We adhere strictly to the rules of data protection laws. Below we explain what information is collected and used during your visit to our website.

1. name and address of the person responsible

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws is

Au­gust Pohli GmbH & Co. KG
Höl­ker Feld 10-12
42279 Wup­per­tal
Phone: +49 (0) 202 648 24 0
Fax: +49 (0) 202 648 24 24
E-Mail: datenschutz@​pohli.​de

represented by the managing directors Eberhard Robke, Frank Bergmann

2. name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer of the controller is

sicdata management consultancy
To­bi­as Erd­mann
Hei­li­gen­stock 34d
42697 So­lin­gen

Phone: 0212 73 87 24 -0
E-Mail: datenschutz@​pohli.​de

3. scope of the processing of personal data

Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your name, address and telephone number. Your personal data will only be processed when you visit our website if this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. We only process your personal data if we are permitted to do so by law or if you have consented to the processing.

4. provision of the website and creation of log files

When you visit our Internet pages, our web server temporarily stores the connection data of the requesting computer, the Internet pages you visit, the date and duration of the visit, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used and the Internet pages from which you visit us as standard for the purpose of system security.

This data cannot be assigned by us to a specific person or persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. The data will be deleted immediately after a statistical evaluation; there is no evaluation for marketing purposes.

These log files are processed to ensure the functionality of our website, to evaluate system security and stability, to ensure convenient use of our website and for administrative purposes.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest in processing the data arises from the aforementioned purposes for processing the data.

5. use of the contact form

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us electronically using a form provided. As you can see from the form, a valid e-mail address is required. We need the e-mail address to determine who sent the request to us and to be able to process and respond to the request. All other information in the contact form can be provided by you voluntarily, as well as your consent to the sending of a free catalog.

The legal basis for data processing in the context of the contact form is Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, according to which the data processing is based on your voluntarily given consent.

Your personal data will be automatically deleted as soon as your request via the contact form has been completed.

6. Cook­ies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on your computer system. If you access our website, a cookie may be stored on your operating system. The characteristic string that this cookie contains allows the browser to be clearly identified when the website is accessed again. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. In addition, some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change. We also use cookies to analyze the surfing behavior of our website visitors. We use technical precautions to pseudonymize the data collected in this way so that it is no longer possible to assign it to the visiting visitor; it will not be stored together with your other personal data.

If you access our website, you will be informed by an information banner about the use of cookies and referred to our data protection declaration.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Article 6 Paragraph. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest in using cookies is to improve the quality of our website and its content. Through cookies we learn how the website is used and can therefore continually optimize our offering.

Since the cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted from it to our website, you also have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. We would like to point out that deactivating cookies for our website may mean that it may no longer be possible to use all functions of our website to their full extent.

7. Bing Maps

Our website uses the Bing Maps map service, which is offered by One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA, hereinafter referred to as Microsoft. Bing Maps transfers data from visitors to our website (e.g. the IP address) to a Microsoft server in the USA and stores it there. We have no influence on the transmission of data through Bing Maps. In addition, Bing Maps uses cookies that are stored in your browser.

The use of Bing Maps on our website is based on our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph. 1 lit. f) GDPR to make it easier to get to our place of business and to illustrate accessibility. Information about the Microsoft Bing Terms of Use can be found here:
https://​www.​microsoft.​com/​en-us/​maps/​product/​terms-april-2011#​l1.
You can find information about data protection at Microsoft at the following link: https://​privacy.​microsoft.​com/​de-DE/​privacystatement.

8. Rights of the data subject

If personal data is processed within the meaning of the GDPR, you as a user have the following rights:

a) Right to information

In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you can request confirmation from us as to whether and to what extent personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If there is processing, you can request information from us in particular about the purposes for which the personal data is being processed; the categories of personal data that are processed; the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed; the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period; the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing; the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; all available information about the origin of your data if the personal data is not collected by us.

b) Right to rectification

Under Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to rectification and/or completion if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. We must make the correction without delay.

c) Right to restriction of processing

Furthermore, pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you, provided that you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data, the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead, or provided that we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or provided that you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR. 1 GDPR and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

d) Right to deletion

According to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request that we immediately delete the personal data concerning you, unless the processing is carried out to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest in the area public health or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

e) Right to data portability

According to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format.

f) Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

According to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR you have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before its revocation.

g) Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Under Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. The supervisory authority of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged violation is available to you for this purpose.

9. Right to object

According to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, provided that the processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR takes place. If your personal data is processed for direct advertising, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, which we will implement without specifying a special situation.

10. Data Security

Our website uses the SSL process (Secure Socket Layer). You can recognize the encrypted transmission by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the bottom status bar of your browser or when https:// appears in the address bar of your browser. In addition, we use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data. We adapt our security measures to the current technical status.

11. Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our security and data protection measures if this becomes necessary due to technical developments or changes in the law. In these cases, we will also adapt our data protection information accordingly. Please therefore note the current version of our data protection declaration.

As of: July 2018