Privacy policy

Data Privacy Statement / Use of Cookies

Storage and processing of personal data

Every time a user accesses a page on our website, and every time a file is accessed, access data regarding these actions is anonymised and stored in a log file on our server or on the servers of our service providers. This procedure immediately and automatically deletes any references to specific persons in the data.

The basic components of each data set are:

• the page from which the file was requested
• the name of the file
• the date and time of the request
• the IP address of the computer from which the request originated
• the quantity of data transmitted
• the access status (file transmitted, file not found, etc.)
• a description of the type of web browser used

This anonymised stored data is exclusively processed for statistical purposes.

We exclusively store and process your personal details to fulfil our own business purposes (Art. 6 Para. 1 f GDPR).  We handle your data confidentially and do not disclose it to third parties without justification.

We use third parties as service providers to process data, including personal data in the context of our own business purposes. These third parties are cloud providers, activity analysis service providers and web analysis services. The following text contains more detailed descriptions of these services providers.

You can, on request and at any time, obtain information on the type and scope of personal data we hold concerning you. Additionally, in accordance with legal provisions, you have the right to rectification, the right to block and the right to deletion of this personal data.

Responsible contact partner

The data controller in the context of the processing of data collected on this website is:
HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG, Marienwerderstrasse 3, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)5772/47-0; E-Mail: info@HARTING.com

The contact partner at HARTING is:
Dr Laker, HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG, Marienwerderstrasse 3, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)5772 47848, E-Mail: datasecurity_de@HARTING.com

You can contact the external data protection officer at:
Jhcon.de, Dipl.-Ing.Jörg Hagen, Königstrasse 50a, 30175 Hannover, Germany
E-Mail: hagen@jhcon.de

Tracking mechanisms

The purpose of tracking mechanisms is to allow the operator of a website to monitor – and in some cases control – online marketing measures with reference to their efficacy. Commonly used synonyms for the term ‘tracking’ include ‘web controlling’, ‘web analysis’ and ‘traffic analysis’. Tracking encompasses success monitoring, control and efficiency analysis of a website and the online marketing measures it uses.

Measures used for tracking purposes generally examine where a website’s visitors come from, their behaviour and actions on the platform as well as, in some circumstances, what they do after leaving the page. There are essentially two different methods used to carry out tracking.
We use tracking mechanisms to measure and analyse its reach.

Reach measurement and analysis

Reach measurement and analysis (as well as clickstream analysis, data traffic analysis, traffic analysis, web analysis, web controlling, etc.) denotes the collection and evaluation of data regarding the behaviour of website visitors. An analysis mechanism typically examines where visitors come from, which areas of a website are visited and how often, and for how long individual subpages and categories are viewed. First and foremost, it serves to optimise the website and achieve specific objectives more effectively (e.g. to increase page visits, visitor frequency or newsletter subscriptions, etc.). At a fundamental level, a differentiation can be made in web analysis between analytical procedures to measure site efficacy on a permanent basis and methods to find weak spots in a website and identify potential ways to improve these.

Cookies

On this website we use cookies that are stored on your end device as soon as you use the website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk and assigned to the browser you use. These cookies transfer information, for example about the use of a website, to the location that sets the cookie. In this case, this can be us as the website operator, but can also be the third parties named in this document. Cookies do not execute programs and cannot transfer viruses to your computer. 

Using cookies enables us to make it easier to navigate a website and also offers a high degree of user-friendliness. Moreover, cookies help us to identify particularly popular areas of our website. They make it possible to collect information regarding a specific period of time and identify the visitor’s computer. We use permanent cookies to improve user guidance and provide personalised content. We also use so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when you close your browser. You can configure your browser so that it informs you when cookies are placed,  thereby making the use of cookies transparent for you.

We use the following cookies on our website:

Essential cookies: These cookies are required for you to be able to move around the website and use specific security-related functions. They ensure the stability of the website, offer a secure log-in, store, for example, the progress of your order, your log-in data and your shopping cart. It also saves your language settings. 

Functional cookies: These cookies make it possible to provide the services you request, e.g. when you wish to view a video. Functionality cookies also make it possible to retain any settings you configure on the website (e.g. location). These cookies cannot track you when you browse other websites and cannot identify where you have surfed on the Internet outside of our website. Without these cookies, we would be unable to provide certain services or functions on request. All information collected with the help of these cookies is anonymous and is exclusively used to improve the website’s functionality and services. 

Statistics cookies: In order to further improve our offering and our website, we collect anonymous data for statistics and analysis. With the help of these cookies we can, for example, determine the number of visitors and the effect of certain pages on our website and optimise our content. We also use cookies on our website, which enable an analysis of the surfing behaviour of the users. Analytical cookies allow us to analyse the website so that we can measure and improve the performance of our pages. The data collected from you in this way is pseudonymised by technical precautions so that it is no longer possible to assign the data to you. The data will not be stored together with your other personal data.  

Control of cookie usage: Cookies necessary for the operation of this website are set automatically when the website is accessed. Other cookies and functionalities not required for use by us as website operator and by third parties may only be used with your consent. You will be asked to select permitted cookies and functions when accessing this website. This selection is in turn stored in a cookie until you delete this cookie from your device.  

You can find further information on the specific cookies we use at Cookie settings on our website. There you can also correct your selection of permitted cookies and functions at any time with the user guidance for the consent of cookies. 

Generally speaking, you can preselect the use of cookies on your hard drive in your browser settings. Please note in this case: If you completely block cookies from being used in the settings of the web browser you use, you will be unable to use certain functionalities of our website or will be restricted in doing so.

Reach measurement and analysis using Google Analytics

To design our website in a way that meets users’ needs, we create pseudonymised user profiles with the help of Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway 1600, 94043 Mountain View, CA (US)  and Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, (“Google”). Google uses cookies to facilitate analysis of how individual visitors use a website. The information generated by the cookie regarding use of this website is generally transmitted to, and stored on, one of Google’s servers in the USA. However, as we have activated IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google prior to its transmission from within European Union member states or in other signatory countries of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA before being truncated. Google will use this information on our behalf in order to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports regarding website activities and to provide us with additional services relating to usage of the website and the internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data.

Plug-ins and Tools

Google Web Fonts (local embedding)
This website uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google to ensure the uniform use of fonts on this site. These Google fonts are locally installed so that a connection to Google’s servers will not be established in conjunction with this application. For more information on Google Web Fonts, please follow this link: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Data security

We would like to point out that, given the current state of technology, it is not possible to guarantee complete protection of data transmitted over the Internet. In some circumstances, third parties may be able to penetrate network security and monitor communications. In this regard, please note that the transmission of data via email is fundamentally not encrypted.

Retention period

If we receive personal data and no related business transaction occurs, we will delete this data after 3 years at the latest. Naturally, we will also delete your data if a business purpose no longer exists and you revoke your consent.

Right of access, right to rectification, right to information

You have the right at all times to access your stored personal data, as well as information regarding its origin, recipient and the purpose of its storage. Furthermore, you have the right to rectification and the right to deletion of your data (the ‘right to be forgotten’).

The following links additionally offer you the opportunity to access information on the personal data that we collect in accordance with Articles 13 & 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation:

• Data privacy information for clients, distributors, interested parties and suppliers
• Data privacy information for HARTING employees and applicants
• Data privacy information for HARTING visitors

Revocation of consent

You can revoke your consent regarding use of your data at any time either in writing or electronically. The same applies if your personal data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f of the GDPR.

Revocation via email:  datasecurity_de@HARTING.com

Revocation by post: FAO Dr Laker, HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG, Marienwerderstrasse 3, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany

In the event that you revoke your consent to the storage and processing of your data, we may be unable to offer you certain services, such as participation in competitions.

If you revoke your consent, we will no longer process your personal data. This shall not apply in the event we can demonstrate that the processing is necessary for compelling and legitimate grounds which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or in the event that the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or rights.

Complaints body

You also have the right to submit complaints at any time to the respective supervisory authority for data privacy. To do so, please contact the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information for North Rhine-Westphalia, Kavalleriestrasse 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany – Postal address: Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit NRW, PO Box 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, Germany.

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