1. Introduction and general provisions

You are visiting the website of Davies Meyer GmbH, located at Spielbudenplatz 24–25, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.

Our data protection officer Sven Jaginiak can be contacted at the above address or at datenschutz@daviesmeyer.com.

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use

a) When visiting the website

When you access our website, the browser used on your terminal device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

– name of the retrieved file,

– date and time of retrieval,

– transferred data volume,

– message as to whether the call was successful,

– description of the type of web browser used,

– used operating system,

– the previously visited page,

– providers and

– your IP address.

The data mentioned will be processed by us for the following purposes:

– ensuring a smooth connection of the website,

– ensure comfortable use of our website,

– evaluation of system safety and stability as well as

– for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for the collection of data. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed information on this under points 4 and 5 of this data protection declaration.

b) When registering for our newsletter

If you have expressly consented in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a) GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an email address. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can also send your unsubscription request to datenschutz@daviesmeyer.com by email at any time.

c) When using our contact form

If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. A valid email address must be provided so that we know who sent the enquiry and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.

Data processing for the purpose of establishing contact with us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent.

The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after you have completed your request.

3. Data transfer

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

– you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a) EU GDPR, e.g. to shipping companies by agreeing to separate conditions of participation within the framework of competitions,

– the disclosure according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f) GDPR is necessary and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,

– in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 letter c) DSGVO and

– this is legally permissible and necessary for the execution of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b) GDPR.

4. Cookies

We use so-called cookies in some areas of our website. Such file elements allow your computer to be identified as a technical unit during your visit to this website in order to make it easier for you to use our services – even during repeat visits. As a rule, however, you have the option of setting your Internet browser so that you are informed about the occurrence of cookies so that you can allow or exclude them or delete existing cookies. Please use the help function of your Internet browser to obtain information on how to change these settings. We would like to point out that individual functions of our website may not function if you have deactivated the use of cookies. Cookies do not allow a server to read private data from your computer or data stored by another server. They do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. We base the use of cookies on Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f) GDPR: the processing is done to improve the functionality of our website. It is therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests.

The following cookies are used on our website:

Cookie type: Google Analytics Cookie

Cookie names: __utma, __utmz, _ga, _gid

Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to identify visitors by a unique identification number and expires after 2 years (__ga) or 1 day (__gid).

Cookie type: Accepting website cookies

Cookie name: _cfduid, cookieconsent_status

Purpose: These cookies are used to identify your client anonymously and to store whether you have taken note of the reference to the use of cookies. No personal data is stored or transmitted.

5. Use of Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the agreement on the European economic area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” in order to guarantee an anonymous recording of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). In addition, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting IP addresses by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is then set, which prevents the further collection of your data when you visit this website. This procedure is particularly recommended when accessing our site via mobile devices. Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. respectively.

We base the use of the aforementioned analysis tool on Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f) GDPR: the processing is carried out for the analysis of user behaviour and is therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests.

6. Use of the advertising functions of Google Analytics

On this website, in addition to the standard configuration of Google Analytics, functions of Google Analytics are also used which support interest-related advertising and advertising on the basis of the surfing behaviour of users. Google Analytics uses a third-party cookie from DoubleClick to evaluate data about the surfing behaviour of users on various websites. This data can be used to make statistical statements about the demographic data and areas of interest of website users.

We expressly draw your attention to the fact that we cannot view data on individual users and cannot trace the statistical data we use back to specific users.

7. Use of other Google services (Google Maps, Google Fonts)

We use the service “Google Maps” on our website to display maps and the web font service “Google Fonts” of the provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA to display fonts on the web, in which case data may be transferred to the provider. You can view the provider’s data protection declaration at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en, and you can also deactivate the transmission of data by setting an opt-out cookie under the following link: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

8. Rights of data subjects

They are entitled to the following rights:

a. Right to information

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you will be processed.

b. Correction/deletion/restriction of processing

You also have the right to require us to

– incorrect personal data concerning you are corrected immediately (right to correction),

– personal data concerning you are deleted immediately (right to deletion) and

– the processing is restricted (right to restrict the processing).

c. Right to data transferability

You have the right to receive personal data concerning you which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to forward this data to another responsible person.

d. Right of withdrawal

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The revocation of your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until you revoke your consent.

e. Right of objection

If the processing of personal data concerning you is necessary for the performance of a task which is in the public interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 letter e) GDPR) or to safeguard our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f) GDPR), you have the right to object.

f. Right of appeal

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority, without prejudice to other legal remedies. The data of your competent supervisory authority can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.