Privacy policiy

§ 1 Information on the Collection of Personal Data

  1. In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be personally related to you, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behavior.

  2. The person responsible according to Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is SMF Solutions GmbH, Ollenhauerstraße 4, 53113 Bonn, represented by the managing directors N. Schillo, M. Müller, J. Freerks.

  3. When you contact us by email or through a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, your name, your address, and your telephone number) will be stored by us to answer your questions. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us takes place according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR based on your voluntarily given consent. The data collected in this context will be deleted after storage is no longer necessary, or processing will be restricted if there are legal storage obligations.

  4. If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer or if we want to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We also mention the defined criteria for the storage duration.

§ 2 Your Rights

    • Right to information,
    • Right to correction or deletion,
    • Right to restriction of processing,
    • Right to object to processing,
    • Right to data portability.

      You have the following rights against us regarding your personal data:

  2. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

§ 3 Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

  1. When using the website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):

    • IP address
    • Date and time of the request
    • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
    • Content of the request (specific page)
    • Access status/HTTP status code
    • Amount of data transferred in each case
    • Website from which the request comes
    • Browser
    • Operating system and its interface
    • Language and version of the browser software.
  2. In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the site that sets the cookie (here by us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.
  3. Use of Cookies:
    1. Diese Website nutzt folgende Arten von Cookies, deren Umfang und Funktionsweise im Folgenden erläutert werden:

      • Transiente Cookies (dazu b)

      • Persistente Cookies (dazu c)

    2. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes in particular the session cookies. They store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

    3. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified duration, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

    4. You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. We point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.

  4. We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again for each visit.

§ 4 Objection or Revocation Against the Processing of Your Data

  1. If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time. Such a revocation affects the permissibility of processing your personal data after you have expressed it to us.

  2. As far as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary to fulfill a contract with you, which we each show in the following description of the functions. In the event of such an objection, we ask for an explanation of the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the case of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate reasons on the basis of which we continue the processing.

  3. Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time.

  4. If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, an email to info@SMF-Solutions.de is sufficient.

§5 Transfer of Data

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

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

  • You have given your express consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

§ 6 Additional Functions and Offers of Our Website

  1. In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly checked.

  2. Google Web Fonts

    1. This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

    2. Third-party provider information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. User terms: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq, Privacy overview: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the Privacy Policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

§ 7 Data Security

We use the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure within the website visit in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. In most cases, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we instead use 128-bit v3 technology. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted encrypted, you can see from the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction, or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

§ 8 Third Party Providers

As far as our offer contains links to external websites of third parties, we have no influence on their contents. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the contents of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal infringements at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. However, a permanent control of the contents of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

§ 9 Currentness and Amendment of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of April 2022.

Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may be necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be accessed and printed out at any time on this page.