Data Protection

1. Data Protection Overview

General Information

The following information gives a simple overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed underneath this text. Data collection on our website.

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the legal statement of this website.

How do we record your data?

Your data will firstly be collected based on what you share with us. This may, for example, be data which you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when visiting the website. This is above all technical data (for example internet browser, operating system or time of the page request). The collection of this data is automatic as soon as you enter our website.

Why do we use your data?

Part of the data is collected to ensure a flawless delivery of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

At any time, you have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions about data protection, you can contact us any time at the address provided in the legal statement. Furthermore, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third party tools

When you visit our website, your browsing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This happens mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior is usually anonymous; the browsing behavior cannot 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 to object in this privacy policy.

2. General information and obligatiory information data protection

The operators of these sites 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. If you use this website, various personal details will be recorded. Personal information is information that personally identifies you. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and why this happens. Please note that data transfer over the internet (for example, when communicating by email) may have security weaknesses. Complete protection of the data from third party access is not possible.

Notice on the responsible body

The responsible data processing body for this website is: Marcus Jungheim, Jochen Gerber, Francisco J. Bähr, Oliver Schmitt FOUR PARX GmbH Philipp-Reis-Straße 14 63303 Dreieich-Sprendlingen Telephone: +49 6103 – 8 00 06 – 0 Email: mail@four-parx.com The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, etc.)

Withdrawal of your agreement for data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your existing consent at any time. An informal message by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authorities

In the case of violations of the data protection act, the person concerned has the right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for matters of data protection is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of the data protection officers as well as their contact details can be accessed via the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to data transferability

You have the right to access data that we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, in itself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. Should you require the direct transfer of this data to another responsible person, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL and TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transfer of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as a site operator. An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://”  and the lock icon will also appear in your browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Rights of access, blocking, deletion

You have the right to access information on your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For further information on personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal statement.

Objection to advertising mail

The use of contact information published under the legal statement obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby rejected. The operators of the site expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

3. Data protection officer as required by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

FOUR PARX GmbH
Philipp-Reis-Straße 14
63303 Dreieich-Sprendlingen
Telephone: +49 6103 - 8 00 06 - 53
Email: datenschutz@four-parx.com

4. Data collection using website cookies

Internet sites may use something called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our services more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies that we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the use of cookies, can allow cookies only in individual cases, can accept cookies in certain cases or can generally disable cookies and enable the automatic deletion thereof when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you wish to use (e.g. shopping cart function) are processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically correct and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (such as cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are stored, they will be handled separately in this privacy policy.

Server log data

The site provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • User operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of server request
  • IP Address

This data shall not be merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored in order to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent. The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. An informal message by email will be sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal. The information you provide in the contact form will remain with us until you ask to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or remove the purpose for data storage (for example, after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Analysis tools and advertising Google analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer which allow your website usage to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your usage is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google 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. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google information.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by altering the settings of your browser software; however, please be aware that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this website. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available to install at the following: 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 enabled that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Google Analytics deaktivieren For more information on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Contract data processing

We have entered into a contract data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic feature of Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographics feature” of Google Analytics. As a result, reports can be produced that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time through the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as outlined in the section “Objection to data collection”.

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the power of Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device capabilities of Google Ads (formerly AdWords) and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This feature allows you to link the advertising audiences created with Google Analytics Remarketing to the cross-device capabilities of Google Ads (formerly AdWords) and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been customized based on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one end device (e.g. cell phone) may also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC). Once you have given your consent, Google will associate your web and app browsing history with your Google account for this purpose. That way, the same personalized advertising messages can appear on any device you sign in to with your Google account. To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users who are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad promotion. You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by turning off personalized advertising in your Google account using the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/. The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can confirm or withdraw on Google (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google account (for example, because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merge), the collection of the data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest results from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymous analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes. For more information and the privacy notice, see the Google privacy policy at:  https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Google Tag Manager

This website uses the Google Tag Manager. This service allows website tags to be managed through an interface. The Google Tool Manager only implements tags. This means that no cookies are used and no personal data is collected. The Google Tool Manager triggers other tags, which in turn collect data if necessary. However, the Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at domain or cookie level, it remains valid for all tracking tags if they are implemented with the Google Tag Manager.

Google Ads and Google conversion tracking

This website uses Google Ads (formerly AdWords). Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is turned on. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and ourselves are able to recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to the page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through Google Ads customers sites. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversions tracking tag page. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out of this by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your internet browser under Preferences. You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. For more information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google privacy policy:  https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the enabling of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, or accept cookies in certain cases, or generally exclude and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

6. YouTube plugins and tools

Our website uses plug-ins from the Google-powered YouTube site. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our YouTube plug-in enabled sites, you will be connected to the YouTube servers. It tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube will allow you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. For more information about how to handle user data, please refer to the YouTube privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Our site uses plug-ins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. If you visit any of our sites equipped with a Vimeo plug-in, you will be connected to Vimeo’s servers. This tells the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the United States. If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. For more information on how to handle user data, see the Vimeo privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform representation of fonts. When you bring up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. To do so, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. As a result, Google learns that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s data privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This site uses the mapping service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to and stored on a Google server in the United States. The provider of this site has no influence on data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online services and an easy location of the places we specify on the site. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.