Privacy Policy
1. Data protection at a glance
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 be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice (Impressum) of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Some of your data is collected when you provide it to us—for example, data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily consists of technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure the website functions without errors. 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 about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time, free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice regarding this or any other questions about data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
2. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages 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. Various items of personal data are collected when you use this website.
Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs. Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
HÖRSTIL GmbH & Co. KG
Reichartstraße 15 | 99094 Erfurt
Tel: 0361 240 230 27
info@hoerstil.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for this purpose. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of data protection violations, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link: Addresses and links.
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 to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content—such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator—this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar. When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as—where applicable—the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted. You may contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice regarding this matter or for further questions concerning personal data.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our web pages use “cookies.” Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. They help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser upon your next visit.
You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are being set and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to accept cookies only in specific instances or reject them generally, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process or for providing specific functions you have requested (e.g., the shopping cart function) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Any other cookies (e.g., cookies used to analyze your browsing behavior) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in “server log files,” which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes: browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request, and IP address.