Privacy Policy
1. AN OVERVIEW OF DATA PROTECTION
GENERAL
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy below.
DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
2. GENERAL INFORMATION AND MANDATORY INFORMATION
DATA PROTECTION
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
NOTICE CONCERNING THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WEBSITE
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
s.m.s, smart microwave sensors GmbH
In den Waashainen 1
D-38108 Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Germany
Telephone: +49 531 39023-0
Email: info@smartmicro.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
REVOCATION OF YOUR CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
RIGHT TO FILE COMPLAINTS WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
INFORMATION, BLOCKING, DELETION
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.
OPPOSITION TO PROMOTIONAL EMAILS
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
3. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
STATUTORY DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
Data Protection Team
s.m.s, smart microwave sensors GmbH
In den Waashainen 1
D-38108 Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Germany
Telephone: +49 531 39023-0
Email: info@smartmicro.de
4. DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE
SERVER LOG FILES
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.
FRIENDLY CAPTCHA
To protect our contact and inquiry forms from misuse by automated programs and bots, we use the Friendly Captcha service. The provider is Friendly Captcha GmbH, Am Anger 3–5, 82237 Wörthsee, Germany (www.friendlycaptcha.com).
Friendly Captcha is a privacy-friendly security solution designed to detect and prevent automated access to websites. When a protected form is accessed, a connection to Friendly Captcha’s servers is established. The system provides the user’s browser with a cryptographic challenge that is solved automatically in the background. The result is then transmitted to Friendly Captcha for validation. This process helps determine whether a request originates from a human user or from an automated system.
The processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of protecting our website, forms, and IT systems against spam, abusive requests, and automated attacks.
Friendly Captcha does not set cookies on the user’s device and does not read any existing cookies. IP addresses are processed only in hashed form, preventing both us and Friendly Captcha from identifying individual users.
According to the provider, any personal data processed as part of the service will be deleted no later than 30 days after collection.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in protecting our website, communication channels, and IT systems from misuse, automated access, spam, and malicious attacks, as well as ensuring the secure provision of our online services.
Further information about data processing by Friendly Captcha can be found at:
https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/
5. SERVICES OF THIRD PARTIES
FONT AWESOME PRIVACY STATEMENT
On our website we use web fonts or icons that are provided by the company Fonticons, Inc. in order to provide you a website structure as clear as possible. When using our website the browser automatically loads the required web fonts or icons in your browser cache to show texts, fonts and icons correctly. To do so, your browser connects to the servers of Fonticons, Inc. This way, Fonticons, Inc. is informed that our website is accessed via your IP address. The usage of Font Awesome is in the interest of a uniform display of our website.
For further details, we strongly encourage you to read their own privacy policy.
YOUTUBE PRIVACY STATEMENT
On our website we included YouTube videos. This way we can present interesting content directly on our website. YouTube is a video portal that is a subsidiary of Google LLC since 2006. The video portal is carried out by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you use a page on our website that includes a YouTube video, the browser connects to the servers of YouTube or Google automatically. Hereby, depending on the settings, different data are transmitted. Google is responsible for the entire data processing and the privacy policy of Google is valid.
For further details, we strongly encourage you to read their own privacy policy.
COOKIEBOT PRIVACY STATEMENT
On our website we use functions by the provider Cookiebot. Behind Cookiebot is the company Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Kopenhagen, DK. Cookiebot offers us inter alia the possibility to provide you a detailed Cookie notice. By the usage of this function your data can be delivered to, or saved and processed by Cookiebot or Cybot.
What is Cookiebot?
Cookiebot is a software product by the company Cybot. The software creates a Cookie note for our website in accordance with the DSGVO automatically. The technology behind Cookiebot also scans, controls and evaluates all Cookies and tracking measures on our website.
Why do we use Cookiebot on our website?
We take data protection very seriously. We want to show you exactly what is happening on our website and which data of yours is saved. Cookiebot helps us to get a good overview over all our Cookies. This way we can inform you precisely and transparently about the Cookies on our website. You always get a current Cookie note in compliant with data security and can decide for yourself which Cookies you accept and which ones you decline.
For further details, we strongly encourage you to read their own privacy policy.
SALESFORCE CRM AND PARDOT
We use Salesforce CRM and Pardot to manage customer, prospect, and business partner data, as well as for marketing automation, lead generation, and communication activities. These services are provided by Salesforce.
As part of the use of Salesforce CRM and Pardot, personal data may be processed, including in particular your first and last name, contact details, email address, company information, form and registration data, as well as information about your interactions with our websites, emails, events, and webinars.
Data that you provide to us through contact forms, webinar registrations, event registrations, or other interactions may be processed in Pardot and synchronized with our Salesforce CRM system. This processing is carried out for the purpose of handling your inquiries, managing business relationships, and providing requested information and services.
We use Pardot to distribute our newsletters. Newsletter subscriptions are managed using a double opt-in process. The legal basis for sending newsletters and analyzing user behavior related to newsletter activities is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect.
Where you have consented to the use of corresponding analytics and tracking functions, we also use Pardot to analyze user behavior in order to optimize our communication and information services. This may include information such as which emails were opened, which links were clicked, and which pages on our website were visited.
Data is generally processed in data centers located within the European Union. However, access by Salesforce from third countries cannot be entirely excluded where necessary for the provision of services. Appropriate data processing agreements have been concluded with Salesforce.
Further information regarding data protection at Salesforce and Pardot can be found at:
https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/
For data protection-related inquiries, you may also contact Salesforce at:
privacy@salesforce.com
WEBINARS (WEBINARGEEK)
We use WebinarGeek B.V., Chroomstraat 12, 2718 RR Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, to host and manage our webinars.
As part of the registration for and participation in a webinar, the following data may be processed:
- First name
- Last name
- Email address
- Company
- Country
- Date and time of registration
- Duration of webinar participation
- IP address
- Interactions during the webinar (e.g., chat messages or poll responses)
The processing of this data is carried out for the organization, execution, and follow-up of the respective webinar. This includes, in particular, registration confirmations, reminder emails, access credentials, and webinar-related information provided after the event.
For webinar follow-up purposes, registration data may be processed in Pardot and synchronized with our Salesforce CRM system. Such processing is carried out exclusively in connection with the respective webinar.
Our webinars may be recorded. Participants will be informed accordingly before any recording takes place.
The legal basis for processing personal data in connection with webinar participation is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
If analytics, tracking, or marketing functions are used in connection with WebinarGeek, they will only be activated based on your consent via our consent management platform Cookiebot in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) in accordance with Article 28 GDPR has been concluded with WebinarGeek.
Further information can be found at:
https://www.webinargeek.com/privacy
GOOGLE TAG MANAGER
This website uses Google Tag Manager. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). It is used to manage the Google services on our website. The legal basis for this processing is consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
The service is integrated via a server-side tagging server. Your data is collected in a server container and only sent to Google after all personally identifiable information has been removed, so that Google only receives anonymized information. Server-side tagging also prevents providers from accessing third-party cookies.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The legal basis for this processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
With your consent, Google Analytics cookies will be set. They are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information collected is collected by server-side tagging in our server container and only sent to Google after all personally identifiable information has been removed, whereby a transfer of this anonymized data to the USA is not excluded.
Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating the use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The user data will be deleted after 24 months at the latest.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future and prevent the use of data by Google by downloading and activating the available browser https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
Further information on data protection at Google can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.