Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in our website and our company.

We place great importance on protecting your data and safeguarding your privacy. To ensure that you are fully informed about the collection, processing, and use of personal data on our websites, please read the following information.
 

1. Data Controller

Your data is processed on behalf of and at the request of

E. ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG,
Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 19,
74385 Pleidelsheim
(hereinafter

referred to as ZOLLER). Responsible

parties and managing directors: Christoph Zoller, Alexander Zoller, Eberhard Zoller. You can contact our Data Protection Officer at the postal address listed above or by email at datenschutz@zoller.info.
 

2. Anonymous Data Collection

You can generally visit our websites without telling us who you are. We do not store the name of your Internet service provider, the website from which you visit us, or the name of the requested file.
 

3. Collection and Processing of Personal Data

Personal data is collected and processed when you voluntarily provide it to us on our website. This can occur in the following ways:

  • When contacting us via our contact forms

  • When making inquiries about our products

  • When registering for an event or trade show

  • When registering for our newsletter

  • To be added to our press distribution list

  • When using our Bistro app

  • When applying online for our job openings or submitting a speculative application

The personal data transmitted to us in these instances is determined by the respective input form used to contact us. The personal data you enter is collected and stored for the following purposes:

  • To process your inquiries submitted via the contact forms

  • To prepare quotes

  • To provide information about our products and services

  • To handle organizational tasks related to your planned visit to our facility, an event we are hosting, or a trade show

  • To send newsletters and press releases

  • For telephone/electronic inquiries

  • For application management

  • For remote maintenance of your machines (when using the TeamViewer or FastViewer software provided by us)

3.1 Information on the distribution of newsletters and press releases

When registering for our newsletter, you must provide us with your email address. We use this exclusively to send you the newsletter. The newsletter contains information about our company and our products.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for subscribing to our newsletter. This means that after you subscribe, we will send an email to the email address you provided, asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter.

When sending the newsletter, we use personalized links to track whether you opened the newsletter and which links you clicked on, in order to determine our success rate and the frequency with which content is accessed when the newsletter is sent. For this purpose, we compile anonymized statistics that do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about an individual person.

Your email address will remain stored with us until you unsubscribe from our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending us a corresponding message. By unsubscribing, you object to the use of your email address. Your email address will then no longer be used to send the newsletter.

The newsletter data we have stored about you will not be used for any other purposes and will not be processed in any other way or disclosed to third parties, except for the purpose of sending the newsletter (within the scope of order processing attributable to us).

To be added to our press distribution list, please register via email. We also store this data to send you information about our company and our products. You can also unsubscribe by sending us a message, and your data will be deleted immediately thereafter.

3.2 Processing of Your Data for Automated Decision-Making or Profiling

We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.
 

4. Legal basis for the processing of your data

The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent (pursuant to Section 4(1) in conjunction with Section 4a of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) or Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) or the performance of a contract or the implementation of pre-contractual measures (pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).

If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which ZOLLER is subject, we process this data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

In the event that ZOLLER’s legitimate interests are safeguarded, processing takes place in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

 

5. Duration of Data Storage

We store your data for the duration of the validity of your consent or until the purpose for which it was collected has been fulfilled. Thereafter, this data will be deleted unless there are other legal obligations requiring further retention of the data. In the case of an ongoing business relationship, your contact data will be stored for the duration of the relationship and deleted upon its termination, your revocation, or your request for deletion of the data.

 

6. Data transmission

The transmission of the data you enter in the forms is encrypted in all cases.

We may arrange for the transfer of data to one or more processors (e.g., providers, web service providers, newsletter distributors), relevant sales offices, sales representatives, or partner companies, who will also use the personal data exclusively for the specified purposes.

Any further transfer of your personal data to third parties will only take place with your consent, unless there is a legal obligation to do so or to protect the rights, property, and security of E. ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG.
To the extent that external service providers come into contact with personal data, we strictly require legal, technical, and organizational measures to ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

 

7. Processing of Your Data Based on Cookies

Among other things, our website uses so-called “cookies,” which serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure overall. Cookies also enable us to measure, for example, the frequency of page views and general navigation. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. Please note that some of these cookies are transferred from our server to your computer system, some of which are so-called “session cookies.” “Session cookies” are characterized by the fact that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of the browser session. Other cookies remain on your computer system and allow us to recognize your computer system on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). Of course, you can generally refuse cookies at any time, provided your browser allows this.

When visiting our website, you can individually consent to the use of cookies and also view details about the respective categories of cookies used. With the exception of functionally necessary cookies, cookies are only used after you have given your consent.

Furthermore, we provide a link labeled “Cookie Settings” in the footer of our websites, which you can use at any time to see which cookie categories you have consented to. Here, you can also revoke previously given consent and thereby stop the future use of cookies.

7.1 Use of Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”).

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of website usage. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for the website operators, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where such third parties process the data on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. Only by giving your consent on this website do you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and for the purpose stated above. You may object to the collection and storage of data at any time with future effect (via the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of our websites). Alternatively, you may use the Google Analytics opt-out add-on (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de), provided it is available for your browser.

Or you a so-called opt-out cookie , which prevents the future collection of your user data when visiting this website.

Please note that this website uses Google Analytics with the IP anonymization feature enabled, meaning IP addresses are only processed in truncated form to prevent direct personal identification. You
can find an overview of how Google uses data on the website www.google.de/policies/privacy/partners/.

7.2 Use of the Facebook Pixel

Following your consent to conversion tracking, our website uses the Facebook Pixel from Facebook, Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”).

This allows the behavior of website visitors to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. This enables the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and future advertising measures to be optimized. The collected data is anonymous to us as the operator of this website; we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, enabling a link to the respective user profile and allowing Facebook to use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook Data Use Policy. This enables Facebook to display advertisements on Facebook pages as well as outside of Facebook. We, as the website operator, have no influence over this use of the data.

The use of Facebook Pixel is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and is carried out only for the period for which we have received valid consent from you.

You can find further information on the protection of your privacy in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can also disable the “Custom Audiences” remarketing feature in the ad settings section at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable usage-based advertising from Facebook on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.

7.3 Use of the LinkedIn Plugin

Our website also uses features of the LinkedIn network with your consent. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Every time you visit one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, a connection is established with LinkedIn’s servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website using your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button while logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. Please note that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by LinkedIn. For more information, please refer to LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The use of the LinkedIn plugin is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and is carried out only for the period for which we have received valid consent from you.

 

8. Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to other websites. 

Among other things, we also link to the website voreinstellgeraete-gebraucht.de, which we also operate and to which this Privacy Policy also applies.

Furthermore, we also link to the social media channels we use, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. No processing takes place through these links on our website.

We have no influence over whether the operators of other websites comply with data protection regulations. As a provider
, we are responsible for our own content in accordance with general laws. Links to content provided by other providers must be distinguished from this own content. We assume no responsibility for third-party content made available via links and do not endorse such content. The provider of the
linked website is solely liable for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content and, in particular, for damages resulting from the use or non-use of such information.
 

9. Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

9.1 Right to access, rectification, restriction, erasure, and data portability

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right at any time to receive information free of charge regarding your stored personal data, as well as, where applicable, the right to rectification, restriction, or erasure of this data.
If we are required to comply with statutory retention obligations, we will restrict your data for further processing rather than erase it, so that it can no longer be used for the purposes mentioned above.

You also have the right to receive your personal data stored by us in electronic form.

9.2 Right to Object in Specific Cases

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) of the GDPR.

If the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent prior to withdrawal.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

9.3 Right to object to the processing of data for marketing purposes

In certain cases, 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 purposes; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

9.4 Right to lodge a complaint

If you believe that your data is not being processed by ZOLLER in accordance with applicable data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority of your choice.

Please contact us using the contact details below with any concerns regarding your rights.

 

10. Data Security

We secure our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure of your data by unauthorized persons. These security measures are continuously improved in line with technological advancements.
 

11. Further Information and Contacts

If you have any further questions regarding data protection, please contact us. For questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, as well as for requests for information, correction, blocking/restriction, or deletion of data, and for the revocation of consent, please contact:

E. ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG
Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 19
D-74385 Pleidelsheim
+49 7144 8970-0

Data Protection Officer