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Data protection information

The following privacy policy applies to the use of our online service
www.formconsult.de

We attach great importance to data protection. The collection and processing of your personal data takes place in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We collect and process your personal data in order to be able to offer you the above-mentioned portal. This statement describes how and for what purposes your information is collected and used and what choices you have regarding personal information.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1. Controller
The controller responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Article 4 No. 7 GDPR is

Formconsult Werkzeugbau GmbH
Authorized managing director: Stephan Hoffmann
At Asbacher Straße 36
98574 Schmalkalden
Tel.: +49 3683 7928-0
Fax: +49 3683 7928-30
E-mail: This email address is protected from spambots! JavaScript must be enabled to display. 
Web: www.formconsult.de

If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us in accordance with these data protection regulations as a whole or for individual measures, you can address your objection to the person responsible. You can save and print this data protection declaration at any time.

2. General Use of the Site

2.1 Hosting
The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services, and technical maintenance services, which we use for the purpose of operating the website. In this context, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, prospective customers, and visitors to this online service based on our legitimate interests in the efficient and secure provision of this online service pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR.

2.2 Access Data
We collect information about you when you use this website. We automatically collect information about your usage patterns and your interactions with us, and we record data about your computer or mobile device. We collect, store, and use data about every access to our online services (so-called server log files).
Access data includes:

  • Name and URL of the retrieved file
  • Date and time of retrieval
  • amount of data transferred
  • Message about successful retrieval (HTTP response code)
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system
  • Referer URL (i.e. the previously visited page)
  • Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website
  • The user's Internet service provider
  • IP address and the requesting provider

We use this log data without assigning it to you personally or other profiling for statistical evaluations for the purposes of operation, security and optimization of our online offering, but also to anonymously record the number of visitors to our website (traffic) as well as the extent and type of Use of our website and services, also for billing purposes, to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. This information allows us to provide personalized and location-based content, analyze traffic, troubleshoot and troubleshoot, and improve our services.

This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR.

We reserve the right to review log data retrospectively if there is a legitimate suspicion of unlawful use based on concrete evidence. We store IP addresses in log files for a limited period if this
is necessary for security purposes, for providing our services, or for billing purposes, for example, when you use one of our offers. After the order process is canceled or payment is received, we delete the IP address if it is no longer required for security purposes. We also store IP addresses if we have a concrete suspicion of a crime related to the use of our website. In addition, we store the date of your last visit (e.g., registration, login, clicking on links, etc.) as part of your account information.

2.3 Cookies
We use so-called session cookies to optimize our online services. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the respective servers when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on your hard drive. This file contains a session ID, which allows different requests from your browser to be associated with the same session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. These cookies are deleted after you close your browser. They are used, for example, to allow you to use the shopping cart function across multiple pages.

We also use persistent cookies (also small text files that are stored on your device) to a small extent, which remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. These cookies are stored on your hard drive and delete themselves after the specified time. Their lifespan is 1 month to 10 years. This allows us to present our offering to you in a more user-friendly, effective and secure manner and, for example, to show you information on the site that is specifically tailored to your interests.

Our legitimate interest in using cookies in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR is to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure.

The following data and information is stored in the cookies:

  • Login information
  • Language settings
  • entered search terms
  • Information about the number of visits to our website and the use of individual functions of our website.

When the cookie is activated, it is assigned an identification number and your personal data is not assigned to this identification number. Your name, your IP address or similar data that would enable the cookie to be assigned to you will not be placed in the cookie. Based on cookie technology, we only receive pseudonymized information, for example about which pages of our shop were visited, which products were viewed, etc.

You can configure your browser to notify you before cookies are set and decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject cookies for specific cases or in general, or to block cookies entirely
. This may limit the functionality of the website.

2.4 Email Contact
When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), we store your information to process the request and in case of follow-up questions.

This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR.

We only store and use other personal data if you consent to this or if this is legally permissible without special consent.

2.5 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google has certified its compliance with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. This means Google is committed to adhering to the standards and regulations of European data protection law.
Further information can be found at the following link:
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.
Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze 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.

This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR.

If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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. IP anonymization is active on this website. On our behalf, Google will use this information 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 will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website.

Furthermore, you can prevent the transmission 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.

As an alternative to the browser plugin, or when using browsers on mobile devices, you can click the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete the cookies in your browser, you will need to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics

2.6 Storage period
Unless specifically stated otherwise, we only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected.

3. Processing of inventory data
We also process the inventory data described below.

3.1 Newsletter
To send you our newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. Only if you have expressly confirmed beforehand that you wish to receive the newsletter will we send you an activation email and ask you to confirm your subscription by clicking a link contained in that email. You can unsubscribe at any time without incurring any costs other than the standard transmission fees. A written notification to the contact details listed in section 1 (e.g., email, fax, letter) is sufficient. Of course, you will also find an unsubscribe link in every newsletter.

3.2 Legal Basis and Storage Period
The legal basis for data processing according to the preceding sections is Article 6(1)(a), (b), and (f) of the GDPR. Our interests in data processing include, in particular, the initiation, conclusion, and performance of contracts, as well as direct marketing and
product information. Unless specifically stated otherwise, we store personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued or as required by law.

4. Your rights as a data subject
Under applicable law, you have various rights regarding your personal data. If you wish to exercise these rights, please send your request by email or post to the address specified in section 1, clearly identifying yourself.
Below is an overview of your rights.

4.1 Right to Confirmation and Access
You have the right to obtain confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to request from us, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about you, along with a copy of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to the following information:

  1. the processing purposes;
  2. the categories of personal data being processed;
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;
  4. if possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that period;
  5. the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  7. if the personal data is not collected from you, all available information about the origin of the data;
  8. The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22, paragraphs 1 and 4 of the GDPR, and – at least in those cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the
    of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR
    to be informed

4.2 Right to rectification
You have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate personal data concerning you without undue delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

4.3 Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
Pursuant to Article 17(1) GDPR, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, and we are obliged to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following
grounds applies:

  1. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  2. You revoke your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 a) GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  3. You object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.
  4. The personal data was processed unlawfully.
  5. The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which we are subject.
  6. The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 (1) GDPR.

If we have made the personal data public and we are obliged to delete it in accordance with Article 17 Para. 1 GDPR, we will take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to ensure that those responsible for data processing who have the personal data to inform you that you have requested the deletion of all links to, or copies or replications of, that personal data.

4.4 Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data if one of the following conditions applies:

  1. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
  2. the processing is unlawful and you refused the deletion of the personal data and instead requested the restriction of the use of the personal data;
  3. we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need the data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
  4. You have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 Para. 1 GDPR as long as it is not yet clear whether our company's legitimate reasons outweigh yours.

4.5 Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without
hindrance from us, provided that

  1. the processing is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 a) GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 a) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 b) GDPR and
  2. the processing takes place using automated procedures. When exercising your right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another person responsible, to the extent that this is technically feasible.

4.6 Right to object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. We will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

If we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. You also have the right to
object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

4.7 Automated Decisions Including Profiling
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. No automated decision-making based on the collected personal data takes place.

4.8 Right to revoke consent under data protection law
You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

4.9 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of
personal data relating to you is unlawful.

5. Data Security
We are committed to ensuring the security of your data to the greatest extent possible within the framework of applicable data protection laws and technical capabilities.
Your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. This applies to your orders and also to customer login. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption system; however, we would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
To secure your data, we maintain technical and organizational security measures in accordance with Article 32 GDPR, which we continuously adapt to the state of the art.
We also do not guarantee that our services will be available at all times; disruptions, interruptions, or outages cannot be ruled out. The servers we use are regularly and carefully backed up.

6. Disclosure of Data to Third Parties; No Data Transfer to Non-EU Countries.
As a general rule, we only use your personal data within our company.
If and to the extent that we engage third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), these third parties receive personal data only to the extent that the transfer is necessary for the respective service.
In the event that we outsource certain parts of data processing ("contract processing"), we contractually obligate the processors
to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of data protection laws and to guarantee the protection of the rights of the data subject.
Data transfers to entities or persons outside the EU, other than in the cases mentioned in section 2 of this statement, do not take place and are not planned.

7. Use of Google Maps
We use the "Google Maps" component from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google," on our website. Each time the "Google Maps" component is accessed, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and data when displaying the page on which the "Google Maps" component is integrated. This cookie is generally not deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain period of time, unless you delete it manually beforehand. If you do not agree to this processing of your data, you can deactivate the "Google Maps" service and thus prevent the transfer of data to Google. To do this, you must deactivate JavaScript in your browser. However, please note that in this case you will not be able to use "Google Maps" at all or only to a limited extent.

The use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained via "Google Maps" is subject to the Google Terms of Service www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional terms and conditions for "Google Maps" www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html