We process the personal data of our users, in principle, only to the extent of what is necessary to provide a functional website as well as our contents and services. The processing of the personal data of our users takes place regularly only with the consent of the user. An exception in such cases is when prior consent is not possible for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal provisions.

Moreover, we will collect personal data (e.g. e-mail address, name, phone number and company) within the operation of our websites only if you make such data available (e.g. if you register for a newsletter on our homepage, use our contact form, register on one of our Portals, register on our ticket system PARTconcept for support enquiries or provide contact details in the settings of our apps) and if we have the authorization to do so with your consent or on the basis of a legal regulation for processing and use. Information required to render a service is indicated accordingly, any other information is voluntary. We basically use such data for the purpose of which you provided us the data, e.g. to answer your inquiry, to process your inquiry or to provide you with access to certain information or offers..

Insofar as consent has been obtained by the person concerned to process personal data, Art. 6(1)(a) of the EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data to fulfill a contract, the contracting party, which is the person concerned, Art. 6(1 lit)(b) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.  This also applies to processing required for the execution of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to meet a legal obligation which our company is subject to, Art. 6(1)(c) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In case the vital interests of the person concerned or another natural person make the processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6(1)(d) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and outweigh the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned, then Art. 6(1 lit)(f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.  

The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as there is no longer a purpose for the storage. Storage can also take place if provided for by European or national legislators in regulations, laws or other provisions the responsible party is subject to. Blocking or deletion of the data shall also take place when the mandatory storage period by the aforementioned standards expires.

CADENAS uses data centers in Germany and Canada.

Whenever our website is called up, our system records data and information automatically from the system of the calling computer.

The following data is collected:

• IP address
• date and time of the request  
• time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time
• content of the request
• access Status/https-status code
• the transferred data volume
• website from which the request comes
• browser,
• the operating system and its interface
• language and version

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. The information is stored in the log files of our system solely for the purposes of the technical administration of our website. This data will not stored together with other personal data of the user, neither transferred to third parties.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must be stored for the length of the session.

Storage in log files takes place to ensure the functionality of the website. The data also serves to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information system. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this regard.

Our legitimate interest in data processing is for these purposes in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the data's collection is no longer necessary. Collecting the data to be provided to the website will end with each session.   

In case the storage of IP addresses in log files takes place:

If the data is stored in log files, this will be for the duration of seven days at the most. Storage beyond that point is possible. In which case the IP addresses of the users are deleted or distorted to prevent attributing to the requesting client.

The collecting of data for the website and the storing of data in log files are essential to operate the website. Therefore the user has no possibility to object.

We use Friendly Captcha (hereinafter referred to as "Friendly Captcha") on this website. The provider is Friendly Captcha GmbH, Am Anger 3-5, 82237 Woerthsee, Germany. 

Friendly Captcha is used to verify whether the entry of data into this website (e.g., into a contact form) is being processed by a person or an automated program. For this purpose, Friendly Captcha analyzes the behavior patterns of website visitors based on numerous characteristics. For the analysis, Friendly Captcha examines a wide range of information (e.g., anonymized IP address, referrer, time of the visit, etc.). For more related information please visit https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/.

The storage and analysis of the data occurs on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f)GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate in protecting the operator´s web presentations against abusive automatic spying and SPAM. In the event that respective consent has been obtained, the data will be processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, if the consent comprises the storage of cookies or access to information on the user´s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined in the TDDDG (German Telecommunications Act). Such consent may be revoked at any time. 

Consent with ConsentManager

Our website uses the ConsentManager consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of certain technologies and data protection legislation compliant documentation of the former. The party offering this technology is Jaohawi AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, website: https://www.consentmanager.de (hereinafter referred to as “ConsentManager”).

Whenever you visit our website, a connection to ConsentManager’s servers will be established to obtain your consent and other declarations regarding the use of cookies.

Moreover, ConsentManager shall store a cookie in your browser to be able to allocate your declaration(s) of consent or any revocations of the former. The data that are recorded in this manner shall be stored until you ask us to eradicate them, delete the ConsentManager cookie or until the purpose for archiving the data no longer exists. This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal retention periods.

ConsentManager uses cookies to obtain the declarations of consent mandated by law. The legal basis for the use of such cookies is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

On various occasions, cookies are used on our apps and websites in order to provide you with targeted information and to store your search settings. Cookies are small text files sent to your PC or end device from our web and normally stored on your hard drive for the browser you use. Cookies cannot run any programs nor transfer viruses onto your computer, but serve only to provide us the information needed to make your visit to our website easier and more effective.  A cookie contains a character string which enables the clear identification of the browser whenever the website is visited again. If you have an account on any of our websites, we use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits, otherwise you would have to make a new login with each visit. The stored information is saved separately from any other data that might have been provided to us. In particular, the data of cookies will not be linked with any of your additional data.

Our websites use cookies to the following extent:

(1) Session IDs

(2) persistent Cookies

(3) Third-Party-Cookies

Session IDs allow the various requests by your browser to be assigned to a common session, so that your computer will be recognized when you return to the website.

We also use cookies on our website to enable an analysis of the user's surfing behavior, in case that you have declared your consensus.

In this respect, especially the following data can be transferred:

(1) Language settings

(2) Log-in Information: User Name, Password encrypted if user selects Option "remember my Login data"

(3) Session IDs

We also use cookies on our website to enable an analysis of the user's surfing behavior.

In this respect, especially the following data can be transferred:

(1) Search terms entered

(2) Frequency of page views

(3) Utilization of website functions

User data collected in this manner are pseudonymized through technical precautions. Therefore the user visiting the website cannot be identified. The data will not be stored together with other personal data.

When calling up our website, an info banner lets the users know that cookies are used for necessary technical purposes. We also ask for consensus for the purpose of analysis. The users are referred to this data protection declaration and to the opt-out regarding the consensus for analysis cookies. It will also be pointed out that the storing of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data with the use of cookies is Art.6(1)(f) GDPR for technical necessary cookies and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for the analysis cookies.

The reason for using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for the users. Some of the functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For those, it is necessary that the browser can also be recognized after a page change.

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies will not be used to create user profiles.

The use of analysis cookies serve the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its contents. The analysis cookies show us how our website is used and help us to constantly optimize our offer.

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and from there transferred to our page. It follows that you as the user have the complete control over the use of cookies. By changing your settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or limit the transfer of cookies. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. The deactivating of cookies for our website can possibly lead to a restricted use of all of the website's functions.

The session IDs are then deleted when you log out or close the browser. Persistent cookies will be deleted automatically after a specified time, which can vary depending on the cookie.

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Google Analytics

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Google Tag Manager

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CHARGEBEE B.V.

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Friendly Captcha GmbH

Google Ads

Google Analytics

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Links from/to manufacturer catalogs

Links to price search engines

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Microsoft Clarity

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Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

YouTube

PARTcommunity

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CHARGEBEE B.V.

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Freshworks

Friendly Captcha GmbH

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Supplier Welcome Portal

We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

The Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not carry out any independent analyses. It only manages and runs the tools integrated via it. However, the Google Tag Manager does collect your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.

The Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and administration of various tools on his website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior patterns of website visitors. To that end, the website operator receives a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the utilized operating system and the user’s origin. This data is summarized in a user-ID and assigned to the respective end device of the website visitor.

Furthermore, Google Analytics allows us to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to augment the collected data sets and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that make the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing the user behavior patterns (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The website use information recorded by Google is, as a rule transferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.

The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. You may revoke your consent at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

IP anonymization
Google Analytics IP anonymization is active. As a result, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that have ratified the Convention on the European Economic Area prior to its transmission to the United States. The full IP address will be transmitted to one of Google’s servers in the United States and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google shall use this information to analyze your use of this website to generate reports on website activities and to render other services to the operator of this website that are related to the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted in conjunction with Google Analytics from your browser shall not be merged with other data in Google’s possession.

This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

With the assistance of Google Conversion Tracking, we are in a position to recognize whether the user has completed certain actions. For instance, we can analyze how frequently which buttons on our website have been clicked and which products are reviewed or purchased with particular frequency. The purpose of this information is to compile conversion statistics. We learn how many users have clicked on our ads and which actions they have completed. We do not receive any information that would allow us to personally identify the users. Google as such uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies for identification purposes.

The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. You may revoke your consent at any time.

For more information about Google Conversion Tracking, please review Google’s data protection policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online promotional program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Ads enables us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websites, if the user enters certain search terms into Google (keyword targeting). It is also possible to place targeted ads based on the user data Google has in its possession (e.g., location data and interests; target group targeting). As the website operator, we can analyze these data quantitatively, for instance by analyzing which search terms resulted in the display of our ads and how many ads led to respective clicks.

The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. You may revoke your consent at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://business.safety.google/controllerterms/.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

This website uses the Insight tag from LinkedIn. This service is provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Data processing by LinkedIn Insight tag
We use the LinkedIn Insight tag to obtain information about visitors to our website. Once a website visitor is registered with LinkedIn, we can analyze the key occupational data (e.g., career level, company size, country, location, industry, job title) of our website visitors to help us better target our site to the relevant audience. We can also use LinkedIn Insight tags to measure whether visitors to our websites make a purchase or perform other actions (conversion measurement). Conversion measurement can also be carried out across devices (e.g. from PC to tablet). LinkedIn Insight Tag also features a retargeting function that allows us to display targeted advertising to visitors to our website outside of the website. According to LinkedIn, no identification of the advertising addressee takes place.

LinkedIn itself also collects log files (URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser characteristics and time of access). The IP addresses are shortened or (if they are used to reach LinkedIn members across devices) hashed (pseudonymized). The direct identifiers of LinkedIn members are deleted by LinkedIn after seven days. The remaining pseudonymized data will then be deleted within 180 days.

The data collected by LinkedIn cannot be assigned by us as a website operator to specific individuals. LinkedIn will store the personal data collected from website visitors on its servers in the USA and use it for its own promotional activities. For details, please see LinkedIn’s privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy#choices-oblig.

Legal basis
If your approval (consent) has been obtained the use of the abovementioned service shall occur on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 TDDDG (German Telecommunications Act). Such consent may be revoked at any time. If your consent was not obtained, the use of the service will occur on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; the website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising promotions that include the utilization of social media.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448.

Objection to the use of LinkedIn Insight Tag
You can object to LinkedIn’s analysis of user behavior and targeted advertising at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

In addition, LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal information for promotional purposes in the account settings. To prevent LinkedIn from linking information collected on our site to your LinkedIn account, you must log out of your LinkedIn account before you visit our site.

This website uses Clarity. The provider is the Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/ (hereinafter referred to as “Clarity”).

Clarity is a tool to analyze user patterns on this website. Clarity records in particular cursor movements and compiles graphics that show on which parts of the website users are scrolling with great frequency (heatmaps). Clarity can also record sessions so that we can watch the use of the site in the form of videos. Moreover, we receive information on the general user conduct within our website.

Clarity uses technologies that make it possible to recognize users for the purpose of analyzing user patterns (e.g., cookies or use of device fingerprinting). Your personal data will be archived on Microsoft servers (Microsoft Azure Cloud Service) in the United States.

If your approval (consent) has been obtained the use of the abovementioned service shall occur on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 TDDDG (German Telecommunications Act). Such consent may be revoked at any time. If your consent was not obtained, the use of the service will occur on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; the website operator has a legitimate interest in the effective analysis of user patterns.

For more details on Clarity’s data privacy policy, please see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/faq.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000KzNaAAK&status=Active

This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo.

Through Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data on the use of our website-by-website visitors. This enables us to find out, for instance, when which page views occurred and from which region they came. In addition, we collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser, and operating sysem used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user patterns, in order to optimize the operator´s web offerings and advertising. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user´s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time. 

For analysis with Matomo we use IP anonymization. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis, so that it is no longer clearly assignable to you. 

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers to that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on. 

This statement of data privacy applies only to our websites and their subpages. Our websites can also contain links to other providers not covered by this statement. If you leave our websites via a link, it is recommended to carefully read the data protection regulations of each website that collects personal data.

We have integrated buttons with graphics of Facebook, Linkedin and Youtube on our homepage so that you can find CADENAS on those social media platforms with one click. In the interest of the most extensive protection of your data, the buttons are only integrated as a link to the respective services. This assures that data transfer to any operator of the social network will not take place without previous activation on your part. After clicking the button, you will be forwarded to the provider and can then visit the pages of CADENAS on each of the platforms, find out about activities and topics around CADENAS, leave your comments and exchange ideas with others. Third-party pages are operated exclusively by the same. We neither have any influence on the data collected there and the data processing nor do we have any knowledge about the full extent of data collection, the purpose thereof as well as the storage periods. Information on the handling of your personal data when using those websites is available in the data protection regulations of the provider.

This website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. 

If you visit a page on this website into which a YouTube has been embedded, a connection with YouTube´s servers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified which of our pages you have visited. 

Furthermore, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website´s visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud. Furthermore, the data collected will be processed in the Google advertising network. 

If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have to option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. 

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and §25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user´s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time. 

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

This website uses the mapping service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With the means of this service, we can integrate map material on our website.

To enable the use of the Google Maps features, your IP address must be stored. As a rule, this information is transferred to one of Google’s servers in the United States, where it is archived. The operator of this website has no control over the data transfer. In case Google Maps has been activated, Google has the option to use Google Fonts for the purpose of the uniform depiction of fonts. When you access Google Maps, your browser will load the required web fonts into your browser cache, to correctly display text and fonts.

We use Google Maps to present our online content in an appealing manner and to make the locations disclosed on our website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

For more information on the handling of user data, please review Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Share function

We offer you the so-called “share function” on our websites. This can be used to share the contents of our websites, such as news or CAD models, with persons who you think would be interested, per e-mail and via Social Media Buttons (Facebook, Tumblr, Xing, Pinterest, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter).

In case you share contents via email, please be aware of the fact that you are responsible for the sent email and deemed to be Data Controller pursuant to the German Federal Data Protection Act. In the interest of the fullest protection possible for your data, the Buttons on our websites and in our apps are integrated only as a link to the respective services. This ensures that a data transfer does not take place to the operator of each social network without prior activation performed by you. After clicking onto the button without being logged into the social network, the login window of the selected social network will open in a new browser window and at the same time a cookie will be placed on your hard disk. If you click the button while being already logged into the social network, the network will be able to allocate your visit to your account on the social network. Websites of third parties are solely operated by them. We neither have any influence on the data collected and processed, nor do we know anything about the full extent of the data collection, the purposes as well as the storage limits. Information about the handling of your personal data when using those websites is available in the provider’s data protection policy.

Facebook

We have integrated elements of the social network Facebook on this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. According to Facebook’s statement the collected data will be transferred to the USA and other third-party countries too.

An overview of the Facebook social media elements is available under the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

If the social media element has been activated, a direct connection between your device and the Facebook server will be established. As a result, Facebook will receive information confirming your visit to this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook Like button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link content of this website to your Facebook profile. Consequently, Facebook will be able to allocate your visit to this website to your user account. We have to emphasize that we as the provider of the website do not receive any information on the content of the transferred data and its use by Facebook. For more information, please consult the Data Privacy Policy of Facebook at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 DSGVO). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook. The processing by Facebook that takes place after the onward transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in a joint processing agreement. The wording of the agreement can be found under: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook tool and for the privacy-secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

XING

This website uses elements of the XING network. The provider is the New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany.

Any time one of our sites/pages that contains elements of XING is accessed, a connection with XING’s servers is established. As far as we know, this does not result in the archiving of any personal data. In particular, the service does not store any IP addresses or analyze user patterns.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on data protection and the XING share button please consult the Data Protection Declaration of Xing at: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

Tumblr

This website uses buttons and other elements provided by Tumblr. The provider of this service is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.

If the social media element has been activated, a direct connection between your device and Tumblr’s server will be established. As a result, Tumblr will receive information on your visit to this website.

The Tumblr buttons enable you to share a report or a page on Tumblr or to follow the provider on Tumblr. If you access one of our websites via the Tumblr button, your browser will establish a direct connection with Tumblr’s servers. We do not have any control over the volume of data Tumblr collects and transfers with the assistance of this plug-in. Based on the current status of the information we have the IP address of the user, and the URL of the respective website are both transferred.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

For further information on this subject, please consult Tumblr’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/en.

Pinterest 

We use elements of the social network Pinterest on this website. The network is operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you access a site or page that contains such an element, your browser will establish a direct connection with Pinterest’s servers. During this process, the social media element transfers log data to Pinterest’s servers in the United States. The log data may possibly include your IP address, the address of the websites you visited, which also contain Pinterest functions. The information also includes the type and settings of your browser, the data and time of the inquiry, how you use Pinterest and cookies.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information concerning the purpose, scope and continue processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your affiliated rights and options to protect your private information, please consult the data privacy information of Pinterest at: https://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.

LinkedIn 

This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Any time you access a page of this website that contains elements of LinkedIn, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is notified that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the time, LinkedIn will be in a position to allocate your visit to this website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provider of the websites do not have any knowledge of the content of the transferred data and its use by LinkedIn.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de.

For further information on this subject, please consult LinkedIn’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448.

X (formerly Twitter) 

We have integrated functions of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) into this website. These functions are provided by the parent company X Corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The branch Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland, is responsible for the data processing of individuals living outside the United States.

If the social media element has been activated, a direct connection between your device and X’s server will be established. As a result, X (formerly Twitter) will receive information on your visit to this website. While you use X (formerly Twitter) and the “Re-Tweet” or “Repost” function, websites you visit are linked to your X (formerly Twitter) account and disclosed to other users. We must point out, that we, the providers of the website and its pages do not know anything about the content of the data transferred and the use of this information by X (formerly Twitter). For more details, please consult the X (formerly Twitter) Data Privacy Declaration at: https://x.com/en/privacy.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.x.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

You have the option to reset your data protection settings on X (formerly Twitter) under the account settings at https://x.com/settings/account.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/2710.

We publically maintain accessible profiles in social networks. The social networks we use are detailed below. Social networks such as Facebook, Google+, etc. can, as a rule, analyse your user behavior comprehensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media contents (e.g. like- buttons or banners). When you visit our social media presence, numerous data protection processes are triggered. Specifically: When you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign the visit to your user account. Your personal data might also be collected even if you are not logged in or you do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, data collection can take place via the cookies stored on your end device or by the collecting of your IP address. With the help of such data, the operators of social media portals can create user profiles that contain your preferences and interests. This way, interest-related advertising can be displayed for you in and outside of the respective social media presence. If you have an account with a certain social network, interest-related advertising can be displayed on all devices where you are or were logged in. Moreover, please note that we cannot trace all processing operations on the social media portals. Depending on the provider,  additional processing can be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, see the terms of use and data protection regulations of the respective social media portal.

Our social media presence should be as comprehensive on the Internet as possible. This is a legitimate interest as set out in Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The analyzing processes initiated by the social networks are possibly based on differing legal grounds, which must be stated by the operators of the social networks (e.g. Consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

When you visit one of our social media presences (e.g. Facebook), we, together with the operators of the social media platform, are responsible for starting the data-processing operations for that visit. You can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, limitation of the processing, data portability and complaints) in general against us as well as against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. against Facebook). Please note that, even though we share the responsibility with the operators of social media portals, we cannot entirely influence data processing operations of those social media portals. Our options primarily go by the company policy of each provider.

The data we collect directly from the social media presence are deleted as soon as they have served their purpose for being stored, if you request us to do so, if you revoke your consent to store the data or there is no longer any reason for the storage of your data.  Stored cookies remain on your end device till you delete them. Mandatory legal provision – esp. retention periods – remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which are stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. You can find out the details directly from the operators of the social networks (e.g. in their privacy statement, see below).  

- Facebook – We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland (hereinafter Meta). According to Meta’s statement the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and to other third-party countries.

You can customize your advertising settings independently in your user account. Click on the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Details can be found in the Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452

- X (formerly Twitter) We use the short message service X (formerly Twitter). The provider is the parent company X Corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Responsible for the data processing of individuals living outside the United States is the branch Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.

You can customize your X (formerly Twitter) privacy settings in your user account. Click on the following link and log in: https://x.com/settings/account/personalization.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.x.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

For details, see the X (formerly Twitter) Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.

- XING – We have a profile on XING. The provider is New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany. Details on their handling of your personal data can be found in the XING Privacy Policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

- LinkedIn – We have a LinkedIn profile. The provider is the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you want to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

For details on how they handle your personal information, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448

- YouTube - We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

It is possible to subscribe to a free newsletter on our website. Data will be transferred to us from the input mask when registering for the newsletter. The administration takes place through CADENAS GmbH, a member of the CADENAS group.

The e-mail address, first name, surname, company and language are mandatory for newsletter registration. The use of a personal user profile is optional. This data will also be completely deleted upon revocation (see under IX 6).

In addition, the following data is collected at registration;

(1) IP address of the requesting computer

(2) Date and time of registration

For the processing of the data, your consent will be obtained and this data protection declaration will be referred to during registration.

We use Mailingwork to send news, letters, invitations, statistics and system notifications. The provider is Mailingwork GmbH, Schönherrstraße 8, 09113 Chemnitz, Germany.

Mailingwork is a service that can be used to organize the sending of newsletters, among other things. Your data will be stored on Mailingwork's servers in Germany. With a revocation to datenschutz@fsf.de the data will also be deleted at Mailingwork.

To secure your data, we have concluded an order processing contract with Mailingwork in accordance with Art. 28 para. 3 GDPR. This contract ensures that your personal data, which we pass on to Mailingwork for processing, is protected in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR.

For more details, please refer to Mailingwork's privacy policy: https://mailingwork.de/datenschutz

1.1 Receipt of newsletter by registration

Legal basis for the processing of data, after the user registers for the newsletter, is the submitting of the user's consent Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

1.2 Receiving the newsletter due to the sale of goods or services

Legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services ist § 7(3) UWG.

The collection of the e-mail address, the first and last name, the language and the company serves to deliver the newsletter, to provide the newsletter text with a personal address by name and to fulfill legitimate interest. The voluntary use of the personal user profile serves the purpose of creating a customized newsletter that is adapted to the interest of the customer. 

The collecting of the e-mail address and other voluntary information (e.g. title, first and last name) of the user serves to deliver the newsletter as well as to supply the newsletter text with a personal addressing by name.

The collecting of any other personal data during registration serves to prevent the misuse of services or the e-mail address used.

If you consent to the optional use of the personal user profile when registering for the newsletter, your data will be processed automatically. The aim is to create a personal newsletter based on your interests (click behavior within the newsletter; profiling). 

The data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the data's collection is no longer necessary. The user's e-mail address will be stored for as long as the newsletter is subscribed to.

We use the so-called double-opt in when registering for our newsletter. This means we will send you a confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address obtained from you, where you confirm your wish to receive the newsletter. If this is not confirmed within 14 days, your registration will be automatically deleted. If you confirm your subscription to the newsletter, we will store your data until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. 

The subscription to the newsletter can be cancelled by the user at any time. A link for this purpose is in every newsletter.

At this point, it is also possible to withdraw your consent to the storage of your personal data that was collected during registration.

The e-mail address, first name, surname, company and language are mandatory for newsletter registration. The use of a personal user profile is optional. This data will also be completely deleted upon revocation. 

On some of our websites, such as 3Dfindit.com, we offer the option of registering by providing personal data in order to use exclusive functions, such as downloading CAD models. The data is entered into a form and transmitted to CADENAS and stored. 

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, i.e. your registration is only complete once you have confirmed your registration via an activation e-mail sent to you for this purpose. If you do not confirm your registration within 30 days, your registration will be automatically deleted from our database. 

The following data is collected as past of the registration process for standard CADENAS portals such as 3Dfindit. 

Business contact information

(1) Business e-mail address
(2) Password
(3) Title
(4) First name
(5) Last name
(6) Job title        
(7) Business telephone number 

Company information
(8) Company name
(9) Sector
(10) Number of employees
(11) Street (company)
(12) Postal code (company)
(13) City (company)
(14) Country (company)

Consent by the user

Confirmation of the CADENAS Terms of Use 

Consent to data transfer to CADENAS partners based on the following legal bases:

- Fulfillment of legitimate interests is required pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit f GDPR

- Your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit a GDPR 

Optional consent to CADENAS newsletter

Optional consent to be contacted by manufacturers and distributors for advertising purposes

Legal basis for the processing of data, after the user registers for the newsletter, is the submitting of the user's consent Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

If the registration serves to fulfill a contract of which the user is a party (e.g. use / license agreement for the providing and obtaining of CAD models) or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the legal basis for the data processing  is also Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Every access to our portal and every retrieval of CAD models is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. Logged are: search queries, name of the retrieved file, date and time of retrieval, format, notification of successful retrieval, web browser, browser language, country, requesting domain and IP. If the user was registered and logged in to the portal at the time of access, the data required for registration will also be logged. 

3.1 To provide certain content and services on our portals 

CADENAS generates the product information (CAD models, PDF data sheets, etc.) offered for download or e-mail dispatch on an ad hoc basis, which results in costs for CADENAS for each generation. In order to protect the portals from misuse, a generation process is only possible after a one-time successful registration. For data to be sent by e-mail, the e-mail address must also be verified by double opt-in, which is guaranteed by a successful registration process. We process the data you provide for the duration of your use of the portal, unless you delete it beforehand. You can manage and change all details in the protected customer area, with the exception of the business e-mail address. 

3.2 To fulfill a contract with the user and to carry out pre-contractual measures

We require and process in particular your business e-mail address verified by double opt-in as the intended shipping address for the delivery of the ordered CAD models and as proof of delivery for us to the respective manufacturer or distributor (hereinafter “CADENAS Partner”) of the retrieved product catalog. For this purpose, we are entitled and obligated to the CADENAS Partner, in particular to transmit the data you provided during registration (see X.1) and the CAD models you requested to the respective CADENAS Partner of the requested product catalog, so that they can carry out an invoice check of the delivery order based on this data. In addition, the data will be forwarded to the CADENAS partner for the purpose of contact via e-mail and phone, product advertising, product presentation or for technical consultations, possible technical changes or rejects as well as consulting. Furthermore, the CADENAS partner receives personal data such as your e-mail address and, if applicable, other contact data from you if you voluntarily provide it to him via additional functions such as Request for Quotation (RFQ) or request catalogs.

An overview of CADENAS partners can be found here (manufacturers and distributors marked with the addition “3Dfindit.com”):
https://available-catalogs.cadenas.de/?sid=5

3.3 Based on your consent 

If you have given us your consent to process personal data for specific purposes (e.g. forwarding to CADENAS partners, sending newsletters, advertising or market and opinion research), the lawfulness of this processing is based on your consent. Any consent you have given can be revoked at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent that were given to us before the GDPR came into force, i.e. before May 25, 2018. The withdrawal of consent is only effective for the future and does not affect the legality of the data processed until the withdrawal.

3.4 As part of the balancing of interests 

Where necessary, we process your data beyond the actual fulfillment of the contract to protect our legitimate interests or those of third parties. Examples

·       Examination and optimization of procedures for needs analysis,

·       Enforcement of legal claims and defense in legal disputes,

·       Ensuring the IT security and IT operations of the company,

·       Prevention and investigation of criminal offenses, measures for business management and further development of services and products,

·       Risk management within the company.

The other personal data processed for the retrieval of CAD models is used to prevent misuse of the provision of CAD models (e.g. breach of fair use policy) and to ensure the security of our IT systems.

Within the company, those departments that need your data to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations will have access to it. Service providers and vicarious agents employed by us as part of order processing relationships may also receive data for these purposes if they maintain data secrecy in particular. These are companies in the categories of IT services, logistics, printing services, telecommunications, debt collection, consulting, sales and marketing.

If you register on the CADENAS portal of a specific CADENAS partner (manufacturer, distributor) or generate product information from CADENAS partners, we will pass on personal data that you have provided for this purpose in order to carry out the order (see X.3). The CADENAS partner may also be based outside the EU.

Furthermore, the CADENAS partner receives personal data such as your e-mail address and, if applicable, other contact data from you if you voluntarily provide it to him via additional functions such as Request for Quotation (RFQ) or request catalogs.

The data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the data's collection is no longer necessary.

This is the case for the data collected during registration, if registration is withdrawn or amended on our website.

For data collected to perform a contract (e.g. agreement of use to provide and obtain CAD models) or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, whenever the data is no longer necessary for the implementation of the contract. Also, after concluding a contract, it can become necessary to store the personal data of the contract partner in order to meet contractual or legal obligations.

We will process and store your personal data as long as needed to meet our contractual and legal obligations.

Moreover, we are subject to various retention and documentation obligations from, among other things, the commercial code (HGB) and the tax code (AO).  The specified deadlines for retention and documentation are usually six to ten years.

The storage period is finally assessed according to limitation periods which are usually three years in accordance to §§ 195 ff. of the Civil Code (BGB), but in certain cases can be up to thirty years, although the regular limitation period is three years.

Users have the option to cancel registration at any time. You can modify the data stored about you at any time, with the exception of your business e-mail address. To do this, the existing account must be deleted and a new one created. 

You can delete and manage your account and change your information in the protected customer area.

If the data is necessary to perform a contract or to implement pre-contractual measures, a premature deletion of the data is only possible if not prevented by contractual or legal obligations (see X 5.).

There is a contact form on our website which can be used for electronic contacting. If the user takes advantage of it, the data entered into the input mask will be transferred to us and stored. The data consists of:

(1) Title
(2) First name
(3) Surname
(4) Company
(5) Department
(6) E-mail address
(7) Phone number
(8) Country
(10) City
(11) Your inquiry
(12) Selection of the product area to which the request relates

The following data is also stored at the time the request is sent:

(13) Date and time of request 

For the processing of the data, your consent will be obtained and this data protection declaration will be referred to during registration.

As an alternative, contacting is also possible via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user's personal data submitted with the e-mail will be stored.

In this context, no further data will be transferred to any third parties. The data will only be used to process the conversation.

Legal basis for the processing of data, after the user registers for the newsletter, is the submitting of the user's consent Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Legal basis for the processing of data transferred by e-mail is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.  If e-mail contact is aimed for after concluding a contract, the legal basis for processing is also Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. 

Furthermore, the processing serves the fulfillment of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. 

The processing of personal data from the input mask serves only for contacting. In case of contacting by e-mail, here is also a legitimate interest in the processing of the data.

To ensure your contact to the nearest CADENAS location, we will also transfer your data, if necessary, to a CADENAS branch office or subsidiary near you.

Any other personal data processed during dispatch serves to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the safety of our information technology systems.

The data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the data's collection is no longer necessary. This is the case when the conversation with the user is finished, for the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and the data has been sent by e-mail. The conversation is finished when it can be assumed that the matter has finally been clarified.

The additional personal data collected during dispatch will be deleted after a period of seven days.

The user can at any time withdraw his consent to the processing of his personal data. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he has the option to object to the storage of his personal data. In this case, the conversation can no longer continue.

You can  also submit the withdrawal of your consent and the objection to storage anytime in text form (e-mail).

In this case, all personal data that was stored in the course of contacting will be deleted.

If you make use of our apps, we will use your data to provide the product or service that you have selected. Necessary information will be transferred to the app store during the download, in particular

(1)   user name,
(2)   e-mail address 
(3)   customer number of your account,
(4)   time of download
(5)   payment information and  
(6)   the individual device number

We have no influence on this data collection and are not responsible for it. We process the data provided insofar as necessary to download the app onto your end device. Beyond that, your data will not be stored.

Legal basis for the processing of data, after the user registers for the newsletter, is the submitting of the user's consent Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Legal basis for the processing of data transferred while using this app is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the use of the app serves the concluding of a contract (e.g. obtaining/download of CAD models), an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

3.1 Download of CAD files

If you wish to receive the CAD files by e-mail, you can register in the app settings. Information required for downloading CAD models is marked accordingly, all other is voluntary.

If you request CAD models via our app by e-mail, we will store your data that is necessary to fulfill the contract. All information can be managed and changed in the protected customer area.

3.2 Use of your photos

Depending on the respective operating system of your end device, we ask for permission in a pop-up to use your photos while downloading or when you begin using the app. If you refuse, we will not use the data. It could be, however, that you then will not be able to use all the functions of the app. Later on, you can alway consent or withdraw permission in the settings of your operating system.

If you allow access, the app will access only the said data and transfer to our server, insofar as is necessary to render the functionality.

3.3 Collection of your location data

Our offer also includes so-called Location Based Services, with which we make you special offers tailored to your respective location.To offer you such functions of the app, we will collect your location data by means of GPS and your IP address in anonymized form, with your permission. You can allow or refuse this function at any time in the settings of your operating system. Your location will only be transferred to us whenever you use app functions that require us to know your location.

The data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the data's collection is no longer necessary and no legal retention obligations exist.

Users have the option to cancel registration at any time. You can modify your stored data anytime.

You can delete and manage your account and change your information in the protected customer area.

If you process personal data, you are the person concerned pursuant to the GDPR. You have the following rights against the responsible party:

You can request a confirmation from the responsible party of whether your personal data is being processed by us.

If your data is being processed, you can request the following information from the responsible party:

1. the purpose of the processing of your personal data;
2. the categories of personal data being processed;
3. the recipients or categories of the recipients to which the said personal data have been or will be disclosed;
4. the expected storage period of your personal data or, in case concrete information is not available, criteria for the setting of the storage period;
5. the existence of a right to correction or deletion of your personal data, a right to the limitation of processing by the responsible party or a right of objection against the processing.
6. the existence of a right to appeal with a supervisory authority;
7. all available information about the origin of the data, if the personal data was not collected from the person concerned;
8. the existence of automatic decision making, including profiling as per Art. 22(1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and the effects hoped for of such a processing for the person concerned.

You have the right to request information about whether your personal data will be transferred to a third country or an international organisation. In this connection, you can ask about the suitable guarantees as per Art. 46 GDPR relating to the transfer.

You have a right of correction and/or completion against the responsible party, insofar as your processed personal data is not correct or incomplete. The responsible party is to make adjustments immediately.

You can request a limitation of the processing of your personal data on the following conditions:

1. if you dispute the correctness of your personal data for a long enough period to allow the responsible party ample time to check the correctness of your personal data.
2. the processing is unlawful and you refuse the deletion of the personal data and request, instead, limiting the use of personal data;
3. the responsible party has no further need of the personal data, however you have need of the data for the establishment, exercise and defense of legal claims or
4. if you have objected to the processing as per Art. 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet sure if the responsible party's legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of your personal data has been limited, such data – except for storage purposes – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal entity or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

If limitation was according to the above conditions, you will be informed before the limitation is removed.

a) Obligation to delete

You can request of the responsible party to delete your personal data immediately, and the responsible party is obligated to delete the data immediately, provided one of the following reasons apply:

1. Your personal data is no longer needed for the purposes the data was collected or otherwise processed.
2. You revoke your consent for the processing that was based on Art. 6 (1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing of your data.
3. As per Art. 21 (1) GDPR, you enter an objection against the processing and there are no other overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or as per  Art. 21(2) GDPR, you enter an objection against the processing.
4. Your personal data was unlawfully processed.
5. The deletion of your personal data is to meet a legal obligation in accordance with European Union law or that of the member states, which the responsible party is subject to.
6. Your personal data was collected with regard to the services of the information society as per Art. 8(1) GDPR.

b) Information to third parties

If the responsible party made your personal data public and if he is obligated to delete your data according to Art. 17(1) GDPR, he is to take suitable measures, in consideration of available technology and the costs of implementation, also of a technical kind, to inform you that as the person concerned, the deletion of all links to the respective personal data has been requested, including copies or replications of the personal data.

c) Exceptions:

The right to have data deleted does not apply insofar as processing is necessary

1. to practise the right of freedom of opinion and information;
2. to meet a legal obligation that requires processing according to the law of the European Union or member states,which the responsible party is subject to, or for the performance of a task that is in the public's interest or the excercise of official authority that has been transferred to the responsible party.
3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health as per Art.9(2)(h)(i) as well as Art. 9(3) GDPR.
4. for archive, scientific or historical research purposes in the public's interest in accordance with   Art. 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right mentioned in Section a) renders the expected realization of the objectives of processing impossible or seriously affected, or
5. for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If you have asserted the right of correction, deletion or limitation against the responsible party, he is obligated to inform all those recipients in possession of your personal data of the correction or deletion of the data or the limitation of processing, unless it proves to be impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed about those recipients by the responsible party.

You have the right to receive your personal data, which you provided to the responsible party, in a structured, conventional and machine-readable format. Moreover, you have the right to transfer the data to another responsible party without hindrance by the responsible party whom you provided with your personal data, as long as

1. the processing is based on consent according to Art.6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or in a contract as per Art.6(1)(b) GDPR and
2. the processing takes place by means of automated processes.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to cause that your personal data be directly transferred from one responsible party to another, if technically possible.  The freedom and rights of other persons must not hereby be affected.

The right to data portability does not apply to a processing of personal data which is necessary to perform a task, which is in the public's interest or in exercising official authority transferred to the responsible party.

You have the right, for reasons stemming from your special situation, to object to the processing of your personal data, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling supported by these provisions.

If you file an objection, the responsible party will no longer process your personal data unless he can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedom, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such advertising; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is directly related to direct advertising.

If you object to the processing for purposes of direct advertising, we will no longer process your personal data for such purposes.

You have the option, relating to the use of services of the information society - regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC - to exercise your  right of objection by means of automated processing, where technical specifications are used.

You have the right to withdraw from your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. After consent has been withdrawn, the legality of the processing done up to the time of the withdrawal remains unaffected.

You have the right not to be subject to a decison solely based on automated processing - profiling included – which has indirect legal effects for you or otherwise affect you adversely. This does not apply, if the decision

1. is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract between you and the responsible party,
2. is permissible as per legal regulations of the European Union or member states, which the responsible party is subject to, and those legal regulationss contain appropriate measure to ensure you rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests or
3. is made with your expressed consent.

However, those decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data in accordance with Art. 9(1) GDPR, as far as Art. 9(2)(a) or (g) GDPR does not apply and suitable measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as their legitimate interests.

In regards to (1) and (3) of the mentioned cases, the responsible party is to take suitable measures to ensure the rights and freedoms as well as their legitimate interests, which is to include at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the responsible party, to present one's own point of view and to challenge the decision.

Irrespective of another administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right of appeal with a supervisory authority, in particular with the member state of your residence, your workplace or the place of the presumed infringement, if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data is in violation of the GDPR.

The supervisory authority, where you made your appeal, shall inform the complainant of the status and results of the appeal, including the possibility of a judicial remedy as per Art. 78 GDPR.

The competent supervisory authority for CADENAS GmbH is the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision.