Privacy policy 

Privacy policy 

We are pleased about your visit to our website. The protection of your personal data is an important concern for us and we want you to feel safe when visiting our website. Your personal data will be processed and protected in accordance with the contents of this privacy policy and in compliance with the applicable data protection provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) or the national provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Name and contact details of the responsible person

IBS Filtran Kunststoff-/ und Metallerzeugnisse GmbH, Industriestr. 19, 51597 Morsbach, Germany, as the operator of the website HTTPS://WWW.IBS-Filtran.com, is the responsible entity in the sense of the DSGVO.

Contact the data protection officer

You can contact our data protection officer at DATENSCHUT[email protected] at any time with any data protection concerns.

What is personal data?

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Data processing purposes

The scope and nature of the collection, processing and use of your data differs depending on whether you visit our website merely to retrieve generally available information or to make use of additional services. In principle, we process your personal data within the scope of our business activities for pre-contractual or contractual purposes. In addition, the exercise of our legitimate interest or compliance with legal requirements may also be the substantive purpose of data processing by us. We inform you about the respective concrete purposes of data processing in the following areas.

Legal basis of data processing

We process your personal data according to the following legal bases:

  • To fulfill pre-contractual or contractual obligations (Art. 6 para. 1b) DSGVO).
  • Based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1a) DSGVO)
  • In the context of a balancing of interests (Art. 6 para. 1f) DSGVO)
  • Due to legal requirements (Art. 6 para. 1c) DSGVO)

In addition, depending on the type and scope of processing, further legal bases may exist according to country-specific provisions. We will inform you about the specific legal basis for data processing in our respective processing activities.

Use of our website for information purposes

For a purely informational use of our website, it is generally not necessary for you to provide personal data. Rather, in this case, when you call up our web pages, we only record the data that your Internet browser automatically transmits to us, such as:

  • Referrer (previously visited website)
  • Requested website or file
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Type of device used
  • Time of access
  • IP address in anonymized form
  • other similar data and information, which serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

This is usually done through the use of log files. The purpose of the processing is to ensure the functionality and compatibility of our website for technically unproblematic use, including troubleshooting, as well as protection against technical attacks and misuse of the use. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the proper operation of our website. The log file data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purpose of processing.

Use of our website for other services

If you make use of further services of our company via our website, it may be necessary for you to provide personal data for this purpose. The personal data required for the provision of services is specified in the respective input mask or application. You can provide further information voluntarily. You can tell which information is required and which is voluntary by the fact that the mandatory information is marked with an asterisk (*) or with the note “mandatory field”. Your data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of providing the service you requested. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data as well as the information about when your personal data will be deleted can be found in the description of the specific services.

Contact form
Contact us

On our website we offer you the possibility to contact us by means of a contact form. The personal data that you provide as a result of contacting us via a contact form will only be processed for the purpose of processing your contact via the contact form. Data will only be passed on to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of processing your contact. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b) DSGVO. Your personal data will be deleted if they are no longer required to fulfill the purpose of your contact. We would like to point out that your messages may have to be stored within the framework of legally existing storage obligations. In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 c) DSGVO.

Contact by mail

On our website we offer you the possibility to contact us by e-mail. Please note that unencrypted communication by e-mail is not secure. It cannot be ruled out that data transmitted in this way may be read, copied, modified or deleted by unauthorized persons. The personal data that you provide as a result of contacting us via an e-mail inquiry will only be processed for the purpose of handling your e-mail inquiry. A transfer to third parties only takes place if this is necessary for the purpose of processing this contact. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b) DSGVO. Your personal data will be deleted if they are no longer required to fulfill the purpose of your contact. We would like to point out that your messages may have to be stored within the framework of legally existing storage obligations. In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 c) DSGVO.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Your IP address will therefore be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged 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. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (HTTP://TOOLS.GOOGLE.COM/DLPAGE/GAOPTOUT?HL=DE). For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/TERMS/EN.HTML or HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/POLICIES/PRIVACY/

We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “anonymizeIp” to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses.

Other functions and contents

If we use additional functions and content (e.g. map or font services) on our website, by means of which we or the provider of the services process personal data from you, we will inform you about this at this point.

BootstrapCDN

We use MaxCDN (BootstrapCDN), a content delivery network service (CDN) from NetDNA, LLC (3575 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Suite 330, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA; “MaxCDN”) on our homepage. MaxCDN enables shorter and more stable loading times of data and information even with higher accesses. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para.1 f) DSGVO. The legitimate interest is to ensure the functionality of our website. For this purpose, among other things, your IP address is transmitted to MaxCDN. The provider operates servers in the EU, but it cannot be ruled out that your browser also accesses servers outside the EU. To prevent the execution of JavaScript altogether, you can install a JavaScript blocker in your browser or switch off the JavaScript application in your browser. You can find more information about the provider’s privacy policy at HTTPS://WWW.BOOTSTRAPCDN.COM/PRIVACY-POLICY/.

CloudFlare

Our pages use functions from CloudFlare. The provider is Cloudflare, Inc, 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. CloudFlare offers a so-called worldwide distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the information transfer between your browser and our web pages is routed through CloudFlare’s network. CloudFlare is thus able to analyze the data traffic between users and our websites, for example, to detect and prevent attacks on our services. In addition, CloudFlare may store cookies on your computer for optimization and analysis. The legal basis for the use of CloudFlare is Art. 6 para.1 a) DSGVO.
For more information, please visit WWW.CLOUDFLARE.COM/PRIVACYPOLICY.

You can prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by CloudFlare by disabling the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this can be found, for example, at WWW.NOSCRIPT.NET or WWW.GHOSTERY.COM).

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 store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Google Fonts

External fonts “Google Fonts” are used on our website. Google Fonts is a service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para.1 lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest is to ensure the functionality of our website. In doing so, your browser also passes on personal data to Google LLC. in the USA. You can find more information about data processing by Google here: HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/POLICIES/PRIVACY/

Google Photos

A service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter: ggpht) is used on our website. In doing so, your browser also passes on personal data to Google LLC. in the USA. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para.1 a) DSGVO. You can find more information about data processing by Google here: HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/POLICIES/PRIVACY/.

You can prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by ggpht by disabling the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser.

Recipients and data transmission

We have bundled certain data processing operations within our company. These can be performed centrally by our individual divisions, e.g. for processing inquiries. External contractors and service providers (e.g. logistics companies or IT service providers) may also be used to ensure that our tasks are performed and to fulfill contracts. In addition, data may go to recipients to whom we are obligated or entitled to disclose data due to contractual or legal obligations or due to your consent.

Data transfer to third countries

Data will only be transferred to third countries (countries outside the EU and the European Economic Area EEA) if this is necessary for the execution of a contract/order/business relationship, including the initiation thereof, or if it is permissible due to our legitimate interest or your consent, and only in compliance with the data protection requirements stipulated for this purpose.

Note on data transfer to the USA

Services from companies based in the USA are integrated into our website. In the context of the use of these services, personal data may be transmitted to US servers of the respective service providers. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country in the sense of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take sufficient legal action against this. It can therefore not be completely ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Deletion of your data

We process your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the respective purpose or until a legal basis for the processing (e.g. revocation of consent to data processing) no longer exists. In doing so, we observe the existing statutory retention and storage periods.

Your rights

You have the right:

  • obtain information free of charge about the personal data we have stored about you (right to information)
  • request confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data relating to you (right to confirmation)
  • to demand that we delete the personal data relating to you without delay, insofar as their processing is no longer necessary and the other requirements of the GDPR for deletion are also met (right to erasure)
  • demand the immediate correction and completion of any inaccurate personal data concerning you (right to rectification)
  • request the restriction of the processing of your personal data (right to restriction of processing)
  • to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format (right to data portability)
  • object to the processing of your personal data (right to object).
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you (right to decision in individual cases).
  • revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future.
  • complain to the supervisory authority responsible for data protection if you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR (right to complain).

For further information on your rights, please contact our data protection officer [email protected].

Change of our privacy policy

In order to ensure that our privacy policy always complies with the current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the data protection declaration has to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services. The new data protection statement will then apply the next time you visit our website.

Status: January 2023