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Privacy Policy

Thank you very much for visiting our website. We would like to inform you here how we process your personal data when you use our services.

1.    Name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer

1.1.    Controller
OKO-tech GmbH & Co. KG
Mr. Wim Ossenkop, Mr. Kai Ossenkop
Obernhagen 2
D-31840 Hess. Oldendorf

E-Mail:  contact[-at-]oko-tech[-dot-]de
Tel.:  (+49) 05152 / 52 44 10 
Fax:  (+49) 05152 / 52 44 27

1.2.    Contact details of the data protection officer
You can contact our external company data protection officer, Mr. Klaus Mönikes, as follows: klaus.moenikes[-at-]privsec[-dot-]de

Your opinions regarding privacy are important to us. Let us know what you think. For comments or questions, please send us an e-mail:
contact[-at-]oko-tech[-dot-]de

2. General information on data processing

2.1.    When do we collect and process personal data?
As a matter of principle, we will collect and process personal data about you as a visitor of our website only if this is necessary for providing a functional website, its contents and services and if you actively submit the data to us. The legal basis for processing is Article 6 (1) (f) or Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Your personal data may therefore be processed in different cases, e.g., when you visit our website or contact us.
We can collect personal data for different purposes, e.g., for processing and fulfilling orders or enquiries, for managing your client account as well as for improving design, structure and functionality of the website, for improving continuously our services and for providing information about products and services.

You can find information on the legal basis and further details in the following explanations.

2.2.    Visiting our website
When you access our website, our system will automatically collect data and information of the computer system of the calling computer.
The legal basis of this processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
The following information will be collected without action on your part and stored until automated deletion:
Each time you visit our website, the IP address of the calling computer will be stored. Date and time of access, name and URL of the retrieved file, the website from which the access is made (referrer URL), browsers used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider will be processed.  

2.3.    Contact requests
If you send us a message via one of the contact options offered (contact form, e-mail address provided, telephone/telefax), personal data will be transmitted, collected and processed. We will use the data you provided us with to process your request. We will not pass on your information to third parties.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your request serves to conclude a contract with us, additional legal basis for processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
By voluntarily submitting your personal data, you agree to be referred to by us as an interested party. Thus, we will inform you about news concerning our products. You can revoke this consent at any time and request the deletion of your data.

2.4.    Newsletter

Currently, we do not provide a newsletter.


2.5.    Website analysis

Our website uses web analytics services. Whenever one of our pages is retrieved which contains functions of a web analytics service, it will connect to servers on that network. We point out that we measure this usage behavior (clicks, mouse movements, scrolling behavior etc.) on our website and that we collect, store and evaluate data for marketing and optimization purposes. The legal basis for this pro-cessing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Usage profiles can be created under a pseudonym from this data.  Cookies enable recognition of the Internet browser.

We use the services of these providers:
•    Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
The Google Analytics Privacy Policy can be found at
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=en
Data collection and storage can be objected to here at any time with effect for the future by depositing your revocation with the service provider Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

•    Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Centre 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000 MALTA (EU).
By continuing to use this website, you agree to the above-mentioned processing of the data by Hotjar and its third party providers under their respective privacy policies. Hotjar also uses services of third parties, such as Google Analytics, to provide the service. You can prevent the collection of data by Hotjar by clicking on the link and following the instructions: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out

•    MyFonts Counter, a web analytics service provided by MyFonts Inc., 600 Unicorn
Park Drive, Woburn, MA 01801, USA, a subsidiary of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., based at the same place. According to the license terms, a page-view tracking is performed by counting the number of site visits for statistical purposes and transmitting them to MyFonts. MyFonts collects anonymous data only.
Transmission may be carried out by activating JavaScript code in your browser. To prevent the execution of MyFonts JavaScript code altogether, you can install a JavaScript blocker (noscript.net, e.g.). You can find more information about MyFonts Counter in the MyFonts counter privacy policy statement https://www.monotype.com/legal/privacy-policy/web-font-tracking-privacy-policy/

2.6.    Use of social media networks
Currently, our website does not use features of social media networks except YouTube. Whenever you visit one of our sites, you will be connected to servers of this social network. The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
We do not offer users any option to leave individual comments on blog-posts on the sites of this social media network.
We point out that we as the provider of the sites do not obtain any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by the network provider. Here, the storage of personal data can be done by the network provider. If you are logged in in your personal account in a social media network, the social media network can associate your visit and your surfing behavior with you and your user account. You can prevent this by logging out of your account.
This website integrates YouTube components. YouTube provides users with videos via the Internet portal. The data protection provisions on the collection, processing and use of personal data published by YouTube are available at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=en
The provider is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

3. Rights of the data subject

If we process your personal data, you are a data subject in the sense of the GDPR and you have the following rights against us as the controller:

3.1.    Right of access by the data subject
According to Art. 15 GDPR, you shall have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and further information mentioned in Article 15 GDPR.

3.2.    Right to rectification
According to Art. 16 GDPR, you shall have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectificaton of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

3.3.    Right to erasure 
You shall have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay. We shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the grounds mentioned in Art. 17 GDPR applies.

3.4.    Right to restriction of processing
In compliance with Art. 18 GDPR, you shall have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing your personal data where one of the grounds mentioned applies.

3.5.    Right to data portability
According to Art. 20 GDPR, you shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) and the processing is carried out by automated means.

3.6.    Right to object
According to Art. 21 GDPR, you shall have the right to object to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
If you wish to exercise your right, please contact us as the controller via the contact details mentioned above. If you wish to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data, please send us an email captioned “Revocation of consent to the processing of personal data”.  In this case, all personal data which have been stored in the course of contacting will be deleted. If you have any questions, please contact us.

3.7.    Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
According to Art. 77 GDPR, you shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
Our supervisory authority for data protection is:
The State Commissioner for Data Protection, Lower Saxony
Internet link: www.lfd.niedersachsen.de

Safeguards to protect your data

4.1.    Privacy protection
We are committed to protecting your privacy and to keeping your personal data confidential. We have taken extensive technical and organisational measures to prevent any manipulation, loss or misuse of your data stored in our organisation. These measures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.
When we collect data, we (or our processors) process your data on specially protected servers in the EU. Due to the authorisation management, access is only possible for a few authorised persons who are involved in technical, commercial or editorial support.

4.2.    Encryption of website communication
Among other things, this includes the use of recognized encryption methods (SSL or TLS).
However, we point out that due to the structure of the internet, it is possible that the rules of data protection and the safeguards mentioned above are disregarded by other persons or institutions not within our area of responsibility.

4.3.    Unencrypted communication
Unencrpyted disclosed data –  e.g. disclosed by unencrypted e-mail – can be read by third parties. We have no technical influence on this. It is your responsibility to protect the data provided by you against misuse by encryption or otherwise.

5. Changes to this privacy policy

If required, such as through amendments to the General Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act, we will update this Privacy Policy and publish the new version on our website.

Last updated November 2018

Liability for Content

The contents of our website have been compiled with utmost care. However, we do not accept any liability for the contents being correct, complete and up-to-date. According to the German Tele-Media Act, we are responsible, as a service provider, for our own contents on these web pages according to the general law. Service providers are not obligated, however, to monitor any third party information provided or stored by them or to investigate circumstances which point to an illegal act. Our obligation to remove or block the use of information according to the general law remains unaffected. Respective liability is only possible, however, upon becoming aware of a specific violation. We shall promptly remove any content upon becoming aware that it violates the law.

Liability for Links

Our service contains links to external third party web sites. We have no influence whatsoever on the contents of these websites and therefore do not accept any liability for these third-party contents. The content of such third-party sites linked is the responsibility of the respective owners/providers. At the time third-party web sites were linked to our web site, we found no indication whatsoever of any likely contravention of the law. However, permanent monitoring of the contents of the web sites linked to our web site without a specific indication for a violation of the law is not reasonable. We shall promptly delete a link upon becoming aware that it violates the law.

Copyrights

The providers of the web site aim to always regard the copyrights of others and to revert to works which have been compiled by them or which are public domain. The contents and works provided on these web pages by the service provider are governed by the copyright laws of Germany. Third-party contributions are marked as such. Duplication, processing, distribution and any form of commercialization beyond the scope of the copyright law require the written consent of its respective author or creator. Downloads or copies of the web site are permitted for private use only, not for commercial use.