Privacy Protection

1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data means all data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
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 may, for example, include data you enter into a contact form.
What do we use your data for?
Some 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 obtain, at any time and free of charge, information about the origin, recipients, 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 any further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at the address given in the imprint at any time. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analytics Tools and Tools from Third Parties
When visiting our website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and so-called analytics programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior is generally anonymous; the browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis, or you can prevent it by not using certain tools. For details, please refer to our privacy policy under the section “Third-Party Modules and Analytics Tools.”
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about your options for objection in this privacy policy.
2. General Notes and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Notice Regarding the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Traph Werkzeuge GmbH
Nordstraße 42a
41472 Neuss
Telefon: 0049 21312092751
E-Mail: info@tarux.de
The Responsible Party
The responsible party 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, etc.).
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. To do so, it is sufficient to send us an informal notification by email. The legality of the data processing carried out until 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 affected person has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the State Data Protection Officer of the federal state in which our company has its registered office. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link:https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

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, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain at any time, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You may also have the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address listed in the imprint.
Objection to Promotional Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of promotional information, such as spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Some of our webpages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They 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 inform you about the setting of cookies, to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases, or to generally prevent them, as well as to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies necessary to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you request (e.g., shopping cart) are stored on the basis of 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. Insofar as other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are stored, these are dealt with separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The website provider 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 will not be combined with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email notification to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after the completed processing of your inquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.
4. Analytics Tools and Advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies.” These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP Anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
Browser Plugin
You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Opt-out of Data Collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Deactivate Google Analytics.
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).
As part of Google AdWords, we use conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across AdWords customers’ websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users.
If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your internet browser’s user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
More information on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entry on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is done 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 analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that such an analysis is taking place.
The data processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from spam.
Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following links:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
5. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, a site operated by Google. Operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must establish a connection to Google’s servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
and in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and easy findability of the locations specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.