PRIVACY POLICY
General privacy policy
By using our website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data in accordance with the following description. Our website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages called up or the name of the file called up, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address or e-mail address, are collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. No data will be passed on to third parties without your consent.
Designation of the responsible body
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is
Block Optic Design GmbH
Semerteichstr. 60
44141 Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
represented by:
Management Jörg Grawunder, Hans-Christian Block
The controller decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).
Server data
For technical reasons, the following data, which your Internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider, is recorded (so-called server log files):
– Browser type and version
– Operating system used
– Website from which you visit us (referrer URL)
– Website that you visit
– Date and time of your access
– Your internet
Cookies
This website fulfils the obligation to indicate the use of cookies. By using cookies, websites can be made more user-friendly, effective and secure. Text files containing information points based on user activities are temporarily stored in the user’s browser. Visitor preferences and website settings can thus be defined and saved. The stored cookies can be viewed and managed for each website: Chrome: Click on the lock (for SSL-certified sites) or the information icon (i) at the top next to the address bar. Select [Number] will be used. Firefox: Click on the symbol at the top left of the web address. Follow the click box to the right and select ‘More information’. Cookie management is located under ‘Privacy & History’ Internet Explorer: Select the ‘Tools’ > ‘Internet Options’ button behind the cogwheel icon. Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab. Under Settings you will find the ‘Advanced’ item with the management options for cookies. By saving cookies, you enable this website to adapt its content and structure to the individual needs of visitors. Website settings are stored for a limited period of time and retrieved when you visit the website again. With the application of the GDPR 2018, webmasters are obliged to comply with the basic regulation published at https://eu-datenschutz.org/ and to inform their users accordingly about the collection and evaluation of data. The lawfulness of the processing is based on Chapter 2, Article 6 of the GDPR.
How to contact us
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us by e-mail and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user is stored for the purpose of processing the contact. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our website.
Contact form/quotation form
If you send us enquiries via the quotation form, your details from the quotation form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent. In this way we fulfil, among other things, the legal requirement to enable rapid electronic contact with us. If you use this option, your data will be processed and automatically stored for the purpose of answering the enquiry in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. We delete the enquiries if they are no longer required and no legal archiving obligations apply.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from ‘http://’ to ‘https://’ and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
Google Web Fonts
Google Web Fonts are implemented on this website. This enables the display of fonts. By using Google Web Fonts, an external Google server in the USA is called up when using this website, i.e. Google is theoretically informed about the use of the website. Further data protection information can be found on the pages of the provider ‘Google’.
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Information/revocation/deletion
In accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and the GDPR, you can contact us free of charge if you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data and the correction, blocking or deletion of such data or if you wish to withdraw your consent. We would like to point out that you have the right to have incorrect data corrected or personal data deleted if this claim does not conflict with any legal obligation to retain data.
Wordfence
This site uses the WORDFENCE security plugin to protect the website from hacker attacks etc. The provider is DEFIANT. The provider is DEFIANT, 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104.
The provided GDPR-compliant data processing agreement has been concluded.
WORDFENCE currently uses three cookies and the following explains what each cookie does, who set the cookie and why the cookie helps protect the site.
wfwaf-authcookie- (hash) What it does: This cookie is used by the WORDFENCE firewall to perform a capability check on the current user before loading WordPress. Who receives this cookie: This cookie is only set for users who can log into WordPress. How this cookie helps: With this cookie, the WORDFENCE firewall recognises logged-in users and allows them increased access. WORDFENCE can also recognise users who are not logged in and restrict their access to secure areas. The cookie informs the firewall what level of access a visitor has to help the firewall make smart decisions about who to allow and who to block.
wf_loginalerted_ (hash) What it does: This cookie is used to notify the WORDFENCE administrator when an administrator logs in from a new device or location. Who receives this cookie: This cookie is only set for administrators. How this cookie helps: This cookie helps website operators to know if an admin login has taken place from a new device or location.
wfCBLBypass What it does: WORDFENCE allows a site visitor to bypass country blocking by accessing a hidden URL. This cookie can be used to track who is authorised to bypass the country block. Who receives this cookie: When a hidden URL defined by the site administrator is accessed, this cookie is used to check whether the user can access the site from a country that is restricted by country blocking. This is set for anyone who knows the URL that allows bypassing the default country block. This cookie is not set for anyone who does not know the hidden URL to bypass country blocking. How this cookie helps: This cookie gives website owners the ability to allow certain users blocked countries even though their country has been blocked.
You can find more information on the handling of user data in DEFIANT’s privacy policy: https://www.WORDFENCE.com/privacy-policy/
Yoast SEO
We use plugins from Yoast SEO on our website. This is an offer from Yoast BV, Don Emanuelstraat 3, 6602 GX Wijchen, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0)24 82 00 337 (Chamber of Commerce / KvK: 55404367, VAT Number: NL851692540B01).
This plugin takes care of the complete technical optimisation of our websites for search engines. It also supports the development of content. For more information, please refer to Yoast BV’s privacy policy, which you can view at https://yoast.com/privacy-policy/.
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.
