Privacy policy
At Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd. we take the protection of our registered users' data very seriously. The collection, processing and utilisation of your personal data are only carried out in strict adherence to statutory provisions.
The following declaration provides you with information on the type of personal data we collect, and how it is processed and utilised.
1. Subject of this privacy policy
This privacy policy applies to Internet offers and services which can be accessed on Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd. Internet pages. It also applies to personal data provided to us by visitors of our Internet pages as part of an order for our catalogue or newsletter.
Unless otherwise mentioned, this data privacy declaration exclusively governs the handling of personal data by Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd.. In the event that you are utilising services by third parties, only the data protection provisions of these third parties shall apply.
2. Responsible authority
The responsible authority in line with the Federal Data Protection Act is
Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd.
The Tower, Hornbeam Park, Harrogate HG2 8QT.
Vat No: 579 827 177
For questions related to data protection please send an e-mail to
info@hein-gericke.co.uk
3. Use does not imply approval
The utilisation of your data is governed by the applicable statutory provisions, in particular the Federal Data Protection Act and Telemedia Act. Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd. will request your express authorisation for the use of any data for a purpose that requires your approval in accordance with statutory provisions. You can at any time revoke an authorisation once given, and this will be effective into the future, and/or object to the future use of your data. Simply registering, using the services or being aware of this declaration are not the same as giving your express declaration of consent.
4. Collection of data
Our Internet offering can in principle be used without entering personal data. The decision to register on the Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd. Internet pages as a user, and to provide us with personal data, is your choice.
If you decide to order a Hein Gericke catalogue or subscribe to our newsletter, some information related to your person will be required. In accordance with the principle of collecting only data that is required, we will only collect the data that is required for the use of the relevant area of our Internet offering or data that you have willingly submitted in order for us to be able to contact you.
For such purposes, we will collect your name, address, e-mail and other personal data requested by us.
Furthermore, some technical data, such as your IP address, browser type and access times from your computer are automatically forwarded to us and stored on our server.
The IP address is the globally valid and unmistakeable identification of your computer on the Internet. On a functional level, the IP address is like a telephone network in a telephone network. You do not generally have a permanent IP address, since it is assigned by your provider on a merely temporary basis for access purposes. At the same time, it is in principle possible to clearly trace user data using the access data stored in the access provider, even for non-permanent IP addresses.
We will only use anonymous IP addresses for analytical purposes, in order to compile statistical records on which of our web pages receive the best Internet traffic and how many are accessed on a daily basis. This rule does not apply however where we are trying to trace unauthorised access to our Internet offering.
In order to ensure that we recognise you on your next visit to our Internet page, we use so-called cookies, which are also used by most other companies. These are small text files which recognise the user.
However, our Internet offering may in principle also be used without cookies. To do this, simply deactivate your Internet browser's 'accept cookies' option. Use the Help function in your browser to find out how this process works.
We use Google Analytics; at the request of Google Inc. we hereby advise you of the following:
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google") Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, text files which are stored on your computer and which allow for an analysis of your use of the website. Information created by the cookie regarding your use of the website (including your IP address) is forwarded to and stored at a Google server in the US. Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to prepare reports regarding website activities for website operators, and to provide additional services related to website and Internet use. Where applicable, Google will also forward this information to third parties, insofar as this is statutorily prescribed or the third parties are processing this data on Google's behalf. Google will never connect your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent the installation of cookies by changing the settings in your browser software; however, we should point out that in that case you may not be able to fully utilise all functions of this website. By using this website you agree to Google processing the data collected from you as described above, for the aforementioned purposes.
Where approval for the collection, processing and use of personal data in line with our Internet offering is provided electronically, we will also store this declaration.
5. Use of your data
Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd. will use your personal data for the following purposes, whereby not all data submitted to us will actually be used for all purposes.
We will use name and address data (inventory data) submitted by you and stored by us in line with an order for a catalogue or newsletter subscription of our Internet pages to send you the catalogue or newsletter. Furthermore, we will also use your data to contact you, informing you about news regarding our e-mail offers, for example. If you do not wish to receive this information, you can contact us accordingly at any time.
We will also provide your personal data to third parties to meet the requirements of a contract, to enable third parties to perform technical, logistical or other services on our behalf for the purpose of a contract.
At the same time we will use your personal data, subject to your agreement, in line with statistical analyses for market research purposes and to optimise our offering.
6. Transfer of data
Your personal data will not be sold to third parties.
Moreover, we will only forward your personal data to third parties to the following extent:
As part of our contractual relationship, we will forward your personal data only to those companies and individual persons who we have commissioned to perform individual tasks and services. For example, we commission companies to analyse usage of our Internet offering and to process orders (in particular transport companies) and payments (credit cards, debit notes and purchases on account).
These companies will only receive personal data which is required to carry out their duties. These companies are also subject to the rules of the Federal Data Protection Act.
Apart from the above, we will only forward your personal data to third parties to the extent that we are required to do so by law or court order.
7. Deletion of data
As soon as your data is no longer required for one of the above-mentioned purposes, it will be deleted. Data which must be stored for tax reasons will be locked and will no longer be available for further use.
8. Data security
Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd. will take precautions to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, misuse and destruction.
9. Information on my stored data
In addition to the right to rescind approvals for the use or transmission of your data for advertising purposes, as per the Federal Data Protection Act, you also have the right to receive immediate and free information regarding stored personal data.
This information may also be provided electronically, if requested. Please contact:
Hein Gericke (UK) Ltd.
The Tower, Hornbeam Park, Harrogate HG2 8QT.
Vat No: 579 827 177
or by e-mail:
info@hein-gericke.co.uk
Under certain conditions, you also have the right to correct, lock or delete your stored data. This does not apply to data required for accounting and invoicing purposes.
