Privacy Policy of FCT Systeme GmbH

1) Basic Information

The protection of your data is important to us. Therefore, we kindly ask you to read the following summary regarding data collection on our website www.fct-systeme.de carefully.

This privacy policy aims to inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection of personal data by FCT Systeme. Data collection and sharing comply with the requirements of the GDPR and the BDSG. Changes and updates to this privacy policy may occur, so we recommend reviewing it regularly.

We assure you that this data is used solely for functionality, statistical analysis, and improvement of our services. According to legal requirements, data is stored only as long as necessary for the stated purposes. Exceptions apply if a longer storage period is required by the GDPR. The legal deletion rules are observed.

Your data is treated confidentially. If you have any questions or concerns about the collection of your data, you will find the relevant contact information at the end of this document.

2) Handling of Personal Data

This website collects and uses personal data. The data collection is based on a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f of the GDPR. Additionally, we rely on some user information to provide our services.

Data is only collected, used, and shared with third parties within the limits permitted by law and/or when users have given their consent. As the operator, we may store, disclose, or later access personal data only if legally permitted (e.g., in the case of suspected illegal activity).

By visiting and using our site, various personal data may be collected as defined in Art. 4 of the GDPR. These are listed below.

Access Data

When our system automatically processes your visit, a log file is created. This means that certain information from your device is recorded as server log files. For security purposes, such data is collected when you access our site. These server log files are stored for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. The personal data collected in this way includes:

Access to the site: date, time, frequency
How you reached the site (e.g., referring site, hyperlink)
Amount of data sent
Browser type and version
Your IP address

You may use our services without disclosing personal information. In general, we will still store anonymized access data, without identifying the individual.

3) No Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

In principle, your data will not be shared with third parties. Additionally, we ensure through appropriate measures and regular checks that data collected by us cannot be accessed or intercepted by third parties.

4) Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files placed in your browser. They help recognize your browser and device on your next visit, restoring settings or changes you previously made. We use cookies to:

Personalize and enhance our services
Prevent fraud and ensure security
Measure reach in a pseudonymized form

You can block cookies at any time and delete any previously set cookies in your browser. Please note that some website features may not function correctly or may be limited if cookies are disabled.

If you do not want cookies from a specific provider used for reach measurement, you can disable them on the following pages:

Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
U.S. opt-out page: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
European opt-out page: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

5) Web Analytics Services

This site uses Google Analytics, a service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Google LLC is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

This service enables us to understand the use of our website through reports, allowing us to tailor our services to user needs. IP anonymization has been activated on this website. This means that IP addresses are shortened within EU member states. Only in exceptional cases are full IP addresses sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

Google Analytics uses its own cookies. Data collected is typically transmitted to and stored on servers in the USA.

To disable these cookies, you can use the following browser plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Data collected by Google Analytics is not combined with other Google services data. More information about how the tool works can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

6) No Social Media Plugins

We do not use any social media plugins.

7) Right of Withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the collection of your data at any time. This applies for the future; data collected up until the withdrawal remains unaffected. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us at: datenschutzbeauftragter@fct-systeme.de

8) Right to Correction, Deletion, or Blocking

You have the right to have your data corrected, deleted, or blocked. Blocking applies when deletion is not legally permitted.

9) Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in accordance with applicable data protection regulations. The current version is dated May 2018.

10) Information and Contact

Data protection is monitored by our Data Protection Officer. For questions, information requests, complaints, or suggestions regarding our data protection practices, please contact: datenschutzbeauftragter@fct-systeme.de