Privacy Policy

We would like to inform you below about the processing of personal data when using our website.

1. Responsible
Responsible for this website is:

Schümer Textile GmbH
Geiststrasse 3 – 9
48465 Schuettorf

You can find further information about our company and the authorized representatives in our legal notice.

2. What data is processed?
Legal basis for data processing
In order to be able to offer you our website and the associated services, we process personal data on the basis of the following legal bases:

– Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR)
– to fulfill contracts (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR
– on the basis of a balance of interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f) GDPR)
– to fulfill a legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c) GDPR).

We will refer to the relevant terms in connection with the respective processing so that you can classify the basis on which we process personal data.

If personal data is processed based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent to us at any time with future effect.

If we process data on the basis of a balance of interests, you as the data subject have the right to object to the processing of personal data, taking into account the requirements of Article 21 GDPR.

Access data
When you visit our website, personal data is processed in order to be able to display the content of the website on your device.

In order for the pages to be displayed in your browser, the IP address of the device you are using must be processed. There is also additional information about the browser of your end device.

We are obliged under data protection law to also guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of the personal data processed with our IT systems.

For this purpose and for this interest, the following data is logged on the basis of a balance of interests:

– IP address of the calling computer (for a maximum of 7 days)
– Operating system of the calling computer
– Browser version of the calling computer
– Name of the file accessed
– Date and time of access
– amount of data transferred
– Referring URL.

The IP address will be deleted from all systems used in connection with the operation of this website after 7 days at the latest. We can then no longer establish a personal reference from the remaining data.

The data is also used to identify and correct errors on the website.

contact form
We offer a contact form on our website, through which you can request information about our products or services or contact us in general. We have marked the data you need to answer an inquiry as mandatory fields. Information on other data fields is voluntary.

We need this information to process your request, to address you correctly and to send you an answer. Data processing takes place in the event of specific inquiries regarding the fulfillment of a contract or the initiation of a contract. For general inquiries, processing is based on a balance of interests.

Inquiries received via the contact form on our website are processed electronically in order to answer your inquiry. In this context, other persons or departments and possibly third parties may also become aware of the form content that you have sent.

The form data is transmitted over the Internet via encrypted connections.

Newsletter
You can also subscribe to an email newsletter on our website. In addition to the voluntary information in the respective form, we only process your email address. However, this is also mandatory in order to be able to send you the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. Alternatively, you will find a link to unsubscribe in every newsletter email.

In order to be able to analyze and optimize the popularity of our newsletter mailings, we log when emails are opened and links are clicked. This usage analysis is based on a balance of interests. You can object to this processing by unsubscribing from the newsletter.

Cookies
Cookies are used on our website. Cookies are small pieces of text information that are stored on your device via your browser. Cookies are required to enable certain functions of our website.

We use both session cookies, which are automatically deleted from your browser immediately after you have finished visiting the website.

You have the option of preventing the setting of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we would like to point out that the use of our website may then only be possible to a limited extent. Cookies do not install or start any programs or other applications on your computer.

Cookies are used on the basis of a balance of interests. Our interest is the user-friendly visit to our website.

3. Purposes of processing personal data
We process the aforementioned data for the operation of our website and for the fulfillment of contractual obligations towards our customers or to protect our legitimate interests.

For inquiries from you outside of an active customer relationship, we process the data for the purposes of sales and advertising. You can object to the use of your personal data for advertising purposes at any time.

4. Voluntary information
As far as you have data against us e.g. voluntarily in forms and these are not necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, we process this data on the justified assumption that the processing and use of this data is in your interest.

5. Recipient / transfer of data
Data that you provide to us will never be passed on to third parties. In particular, your data will not be passed on to third parties for their advertising purposes.

However, we may use service providers for the operation of this website or for other products or services from us. Here it can happen that a service provider gets knowledge of personal data. We carefully select our service providers – especially with regard to data protection and data security – and take all data protection measures required for permissible data processing.

6. Data processing outside the European Union
As far as personal data is processed outside the European Union, you can see this in the previous explanations.

7. Data protection officer
We have appointed a data protection officer. You can reach it as follows:

Schümer Textile GmbH
– Data protection officer –

Geiststrasse 3-9
48465 Schuettorf

Email: datenschutz@schuemer.de

8. Your rights as a data subject
You have the right to information about your personal data. You can contact us at any time for information.

In the case of a request for information that is not made in writing, we ask for your understanding that we may require you to provide proof that you are the person you claim to be.

You also have the right to correction, deletion or restriction of processing, insofar as you are legally entitled to do so.

Finally, you have a right to object to processing within the framework of the legal requirements. The same applies to a right to data portability.

9. Deletion of data
We generally delete personal data when there is no need for further storage. A requirement may exist in particular if the data is still required to fulfill contractual services, to be able to check and grant or reject warranty and possibly guarantee claims. In the case of statutory retention requirements, deletion is only considered after the respective retention obligation has expired.

10. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to complain about the processing of personal data by us to a data protection supervisory authority.

11. Changes to this data protection notice
We will revise this data protection notice in the event of changes to this website or for other occasions that make this necessary.