Privacy
DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION OF HRM TEXTIL GMBH
We, HRM Textil GmbH (hereinafter "HRM Textil"), appreciate your interest in our website www.hrm-textil.de (hereinafter "Website") and take the requirements for the protection and security of your personal data very seriously.
The collection and use of your personal data is carried out in strict compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG). HRM Textil ensures that your privacy is protected when using our Website and that any data you enter is always treated confidentially. HRM Textil also places particular emphasis on the transparency and traceability of data processing. Therefore, in the following data protection declaration, we would like to explain the extent to which and for what purposes we collect, process, and store personal data when you visit our Website. The service provider pursuant to Section 13 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and the responsible body pursuant to Section 3 Paragraph 7 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) is HRM Textil GmbH, Welfenstraße 12, 70736 Fellbach, Germany.
1. Personal Data
Personal data is any information that can be associated with a person. This includes, for example, name, address, telephone number, email address, ordered goods, payment details, and other personal data that may be required for processing your order.
2. Collection and Processing of Your Personal Data
On our website, you can learn about our new products and great offers and order goods directly through our online shop.
We collect, process, and use your personal data on our website only if you have given your consent or if a legal provision permits it. In particular, your data will not be transferred to third parties without a corresponding legal basis. Specifically, we collect and process your personal data in connection with your use of our website to the following extent and for the following purposes:
a) Visiting our website
When you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register, log in, or otherwise provide us with information, we do not collect any personal data, with the exception of the data that your browser transmits to enable you to visit the website. This data includes: 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, website from which the request originated, browser, operating system and its interface, language, and version of the browser software.
In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer additional services that you can use if you are interested. For these services, you will generally need to provide further personal data, which we use to provide the respective service. If additional voluntary information is possible, this will be indicated accordingly.
b) Using our “HRM Textil Online Shop” as a Retailer or Reseller
As a retailer or reseller, you can register with our HRM Textil Online Shop and order selected goods directly. To register as a retailer or reseller, you must first enter your information, such as your company name, industry, VAT ID, contact person, street address, postal code, city, telephone number, email address, and a password of your choice, into the registration form and submit it to HRM Textil. HRM Textil will review your application immediately. Upon successful activation, you will receive an email from us. After receiving this email, you can log in to the HRM Textil Online Shop via the retailer login and complete your registration. If you are already registered as a retailer or reseller, you can easily log in using your email address and personal password via the retailer login. If you place an order in our HRM Textil Online Shop, we will store your data necessary for fulfilling the contract, including information on payment method and shipping. We also store the voluntary data you provide.
Furthermore, you can save your personal favorites until your next visit. Simply add the desired item to your wish list, and the HRM Textil online shop will automatically save your personal wish list. This allows you to easily access your saved items on a later visit.
You can change your login details and manage your personal data at any time in your customer area of the HRM Textil online shop.
If we use your data for marketing purposes, please see "Use for Marketing Purposes."
c) Cookie Usage
To make our website user-friendly and optimally tailored to user needs, HRM Textil uses cookies in some areas. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally on your computer's hard drive, either temporarily ("session cookie") or permanently ("persistent cookie"), and kept for later retrieval.
The use and analysis of cookies is solely for the purpose of statistical evaluation and for optimizing and tailoring our website to user needs. We primarily use session cookies, which are deleted from your hard drive when you close your internet browser. Session cookies are used, for example, for login authentication and to make our website more user-friendly. We use persistent cookies to save user settings you have already made, thus making it easier for you to use certain services in the future.
Of course, you can also use our website without cookies. You can configure your internet browser to reject cookies or to notify you when cookies are being set. Instructions for disabling cookies can usually be found in your browser's "Help" section. However, please note that in this case, the functionality of our website may be limited.
d) Data Transfer to Third Parties
If necessary for providing the various services offered on our website, we will transfer your personal data to third parties in accordance with applicable legal regulations, for example, to fulfill contractual obligations.
HRM Textil also uses external service providers who process data on our behalf. These providers are carefully selected and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us.
e) Contact Requests
If you have any questions about our website, the goods or services we offer, or would like to contact us for any other reason, you can use the contact form on our website. You are also welcome to contact us directly using the contact details below. In order to process your contact requests appropriately, we collect, process, and use the personal data you provide, such as title, first and last name, email address, subject, comment, and any other data you voluntarily provide.
f) Newsletter Subscription
You have the option to register on our website to receive our newsletter, which will inform you about great promotions, exclusive price advantages, and the latest HRM textile collections. We use the double opt-in procedure for newsletter subscriptions. After you enter your email address in the provided form, we will send you a confirmation email with a clickable confirmation link. In this confirmation email, we ask you to confirm your subscription to the newsletter by clicking the confirmation link. Only after you confirm the link will we add your email address to the newsletter mailing list. It will be stored until you unsubscribe. Storage is solely for the purpose of sending you the newsletter.
Your email address is required to receive the newsletter. Providing your last name is optional and is used to personalize the newsletter.
Your consent to receive the newsletter is voluntary and can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter and on our website under the "Newsletter" section.
g) Use for Marketing Purposes
HRM Textil processes and uses the personal data collected from you for advertising, market research, and opinion polling purposes only to the extent permitted by law.
You can object to the processing and use of your personal data for advertising, market research, and opinion polling purposes at any time.
In this case, please contact us using the contact details below or by sending a message via the contact form provided on the website.
If we have collected your email address in connection with the sale of goods, we may inform you about our own similar goods via email, provided you have not objected to the use of your email address. You can object at any time with effect for the future by contacting us using the contact details below or by sending a message to the contact form provided on the website, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs at basic rates.
h) Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). 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. Please note that on our website, Google Analytics has been extended with the code "_anonymizeIp()" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (IP masking). IP anonymization is activated on this website. This means that 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 before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide HRM Textil 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. However, please note that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website.
You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) 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 add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent data collection by Google by clicking this link. This will set an opt-out cookie that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will need to set the opt-out cookie again.
Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.
3. Security
Personal data exchanged between you and HRM Textil is transmitted via encrypted connections that meet current technological standards. SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protects data transmission in the access-protected area from unauthorized access by third parties (128-bit SSL). You can recognize this encryption method by the padlock icon in the lower menu bar of your browser window and the address beginning with "https://www.". Furthermore, we take technical and organizational security precautions to protect your personal data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. HRM Textil uses a firewall system to protect against unauthorized access.
Our data processing and security measures are continuously adapted and improved in line with technological developments and current requirements. Our employees are bound by the obligation of data secrecy in accordance with Section 5 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
4. Information
We will gladly provide you with information about the data stored about you at HRM Textil at any time, free of charge. If you wish to correct, block, or delete your data, or if you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection and data security, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can also revoke any consent you may have given for the further use of your personal data at any time with effect for the future.
Please send any such requests directly to our data protection officer by email to it@hrm-textil.de or via the contact form provided on the website. You can also contact us using the contact details below.
5. Deletion of Data
Your data will be stored for as long as necessary for the provision of our services or as required by law or legal obligations.
6. Changes to the Privacy Policy
From time to time, it is necessary to amend the content of this privacy policy. We therefore reserve the right to change it at any time. We will also publish the amended version of the privacy policy here. Therefore, you should regularly review the privacy policy when visiting our website.
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) when you register for the shop. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
reCAPTCHA is used to verify whether the data entered on our website during registration is entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various pieces of information (e.g., IP address, the website visitor's time spent on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
Data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated access and spam.
Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
8. Status
This privacy policy is effective as of August 1, 2018.
CONTACT INFORMATION
HRM Textil GmbH
Welfenstraße 12
70736 Fellbach
Germany
Customer Service (available Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Phone: +49 711 64515575
Fax: +49 711 64515576
Email: info@hrm-textil.de