Data protection
1. Data Protection Overview
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to any data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be data that you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page request). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint. You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Additionally, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please refer to the “Right to Restrict Processing” section in the privacy policy.
2. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data refers to data that can personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.
Information on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
EcoTube Germany GmbH
Am Weidenbruch 21
18196 Kessin OT Beselin
Phone: +49 (0) 38208 824274
Email: info@ecotube.eu
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. A simple email notification to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which the processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct advertising purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such advertising, including profiling related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection under Art. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to File a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In case of violations of the GDPR, the affected individuals have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, workplace, or place of the alleged violation. This right is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Blocking, Deletion, and Correction
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:
- If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or establish legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may only be processed – apart from its storage – with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising being sent, for example, through spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies,” which are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies required to perform electronic communication processes or to provide certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g., cookies to analyze your browsing behavior) are stored, they will be addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not combined with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – the server log files must be collected for this purpose.
Contact Form
When you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information provided, including your contact details, will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form occurs exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email notification to us is sufficient for this. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.
Inquiry via Email, Telephone, or Fax
If you contact us via email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including any personal data (such as name and inquiry), will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling your request. This data will not be shared without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) and/or our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) since we have a legitimate interest in effectively processing inquiries addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, especially legal retention periods, remain unaffected.
Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)
We collect, process, and use personal data only insofar as it is necessary for the establishment, content arrangement, or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process, and use personal data concerning the use of our website (usage data) to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill the user.
The customer data collected will be deleted after the completion of the order or the termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.