Privacy Policy
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH is pleased that you are visiting our websites and are interested in our products and services.
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH respects your privacy. Please carefully read the information on data protection to learn how we handle your personal data.
If we receive personal data from you, it will be processed with the utmost care. These regulations also apply to www.viele-schoene-sachen.de and the affiliated companies of PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH, as long as they do not have their own privacy policies.
Personal Data
“Personal data” are individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person.
These include all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, particularly by association with an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
PROCESSING
„”Processing” refers to any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. These operations include collecting, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adapting, or altering, retrieving, consulting, using, disclosing by transmission, disseminating or otherwise making available, aligning or combining, restricting, erasing, or destroying data.
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH takes technical and organizational measures to protect your data against accidental alteration, unauthorized access, or unauthorized disclosure or loss.
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH will process your personal data only as far as necessary for our product offerings and only if you have voluntarily given your electronic or other consent.
If special, sensitive personal data are collected, used, and processed, we will do so only if we have obtained your explicit consent in advance.
DATA COLLECTION AND USE
We collect your data exclusively for specific purposes in the following cases:
• Registration as an interested party: If necessary, your data will be passed on to partner companies of PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH (cooperation partners/license partners).
• Sending materials
• Mutual information and offer exchanges, whether as a private or commercial user
• Sending contact forms and/or questionnaires
• Participation in competitions organized by PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH
• Subscriptions to newsletters and the sending of newsletters and mailings
• Participation in communities, including our pages/channels and blogs on social networks
For some services (e.g., sending materials by post), we need your personal data so they can be used effectively and processed correctly. These include: name, address, gender or salutation, date of birth, customer number, phone number, fax number, and email address.
Filling in the fields provided for this purpose is entirely voluntary and can be stopped at any time upon request (e.g., newsletter).
Please note that, depending on your settings in social networks and depending on whether you are logged into social networks, certain personal data (e.g., username, interests, marital status, photos, posted comments, etc.) may be transmitted.
If you use social networks to contact us, we ask that you also consider the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective provider, as we have no influence over them.
WHO PROCESS YOUR DATA
We process your data in various ways to present our products optimally. With your consent, your personal data may be shared with partner companies, contractually bound individuals, organizations that support our services and products, and other companies (e.g., Google, see below).
Our advertising service providers also have access to your data. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
We analyze user behavior through other advertising service providers to optimize our offering. These may change over time. Service providers have access to your personal data to perform tasks on our behalf. These service providers must also adhere to data protection guidelines and are not authorized by us to disclose or further use your personal data unless the data is pseudonymized. The pseudonymization of personal data does not allow these data to be associated with a specific person without additional information or significantly complicates this association.
If our service providers use cookies or similar tracking technologies to provide you with advertisements or other content based on your browser activities and interests, you can object to the use of cookies or other tracking technologies through specific browser settings. You can find more information by paying attention to the technical information of your browser or mobile device. Instructions for deleting and disabling cookies and other tracking/recording tools are also available. Additional options for opting out of the use of cookies or other tracking technologies can be found on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website (www.youronlinechoices.eu).
If government authorities assert a legal claim to data release, and we are forced to release it or have a legitimate claim, we will process your data
CONSENT
We process personal data based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. Additionally, we are obligated under the Telemedia Act to record your (electronic) consent for the collection or use of personal data. Upon request, you can access the content of the (electronic) consent at any time and revoke the consent at any time with future effect. After receiving your revocation, we will delete your data unless we are legally obliged to retain it.
Should we process your personal data based on our legitimate interests under Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (or based on the legitimate interests of third parties, such as partners and others involved in providing our services or products), we will notify you in advance of what those legitimate interests are.
DATA SHARING
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH will not share the data collected and stored with your consent with third parties. The only exception is the contractual agreement with business partners, particularly for the website operated by PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH: www.viele-schoene-Sachen.de, as well as sponsors, for example, in the case of competitions where your consent is explicitly requested and necessary for participation.
Cases of your inquiries to our cooperation partners (e.g., regarding construction financing, moving, inquiries to experts) or individual cases to which you explicitly consent or which occur through implicit behavior are also excluded.
Our business partners and sponsors are obligated to comply with legal data protection regulations. Liability for this rests with the business partners and sponsors; therefore, we also refer to their privacy policies and ask you to read them carefully.
COOKIES
During your visit to our (Internet) sites, PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH uses so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your computer. To provide you with the best possible service, we use both “permanent cookies” and “session cookies.”
The data stored in permanent cookies is used to provide you with the most comfortable search experience possible beyond your current visit and is only used for this purpose.
If you do not want to allow permanent cookies, you can do so by deactivating permanent cookies in your browser (please refer to the help function in the menu bar of your browser for details on how to do this). Deactivation has no impact on the usability of our site.
The data stored in session cookies apply only to your current visit to our Internet sites and are used to provide you with unrestricted use of our services and the most comfortable search experience for your current visit to our site. We also use session cookies for market research purposes. This data is anonymized so that you cannot be personally identified. If you do not wish to allow session cookies, you can deactivate them in your browser (please also refer to the help function in the menu bar of your browser for details on how to do this). If session cookies are deactivated, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to use all of our services without restriction.
Google Analytics
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH also uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). Google Analytics also uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of the websites of PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can prevent this processing by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). This will prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data.
We, the PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH organization, point out that Google Analytics is used with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” so that the IP addresses transmitted to Google are processed only in truncated form to exclude a direct personal reference. Google will use this information to evaluate your visit to the website, to compile reports on website activity for PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH (the website operator), and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this 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 for Google Analytics by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all functions of PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH. You can object to the collection and storage of data for Google Analytics at any time with effect for the future.
This website also uses Google Conversion Tracking. When you reach our website via a Google advertisement, Google Adwords places a cookie on your computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on the website of the AdWords customer and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can see that the user has clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to this page. Each AdWords customer receives a different cookie, so cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie generates conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers see the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that could personally identify users. Users who do not wish to participate in tracking can easily disable the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via their internet browser under user settings. These users will not be included in conversion tracking statistics. For more information, visit Google’s website at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Your Rights as a Data Subjects
If you are a user of PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH, you have the following rights regarding the personal data we store about you:
- You have the right to information under Art. 15 GDPR.
- You have the right to correction under Art. 16 GDPR.
- You have the right to deletion under Art. 17 GDPR.
- You have the right to limitation of processing under Art. 18 GDPR.
- You have the right to data portability under Art. 20 GDPR.
- You have the right to object to the processing of personal data under Art. 21 GDPR.
To assert these rights, please contact PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH in writing, by phone, or via email.
You also have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law.k.
Data Retention
We store your data only as long as necessary to achieve the purpose for which the data was collected or as required by law. When these conditions no longer apply, your data will be deleted, blocked, or anonymized in compliance with data protection regulations.
Final Provisions
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH reserves the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. The current version of this privacy policy is always accessible on our website.
Contact details of the data protection officer: PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH
• Data Protection Officer – [Address] Email: [Email Address] Telephone: [Phone Number]
This privacy policy applies to all internet services of PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH
Use of Social Media Plugins
(1) We currently use the following social media plugins: [Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Xing]. We employ the so-called two-click solution. This means that when you visit our site, no personal data is initially transmitted to the plugin providers. You can identify the plugin provider by the marking on the box above its initial or the logo. We offer you the opportunity to communicate directly with the plugin provider via the button. Only if you click on the marked field and thereby activate it, will the plugin provider receive the information that you have visited the website of our online service. In addition, the data collected during your visit to our website will be transmitted. According to the respective providers in Germany, IP addresses are anonymized immediately after collection in the case of Facebook and Xing. By activating the plugin, your personal data is transmitted to the respective plugin provider and stored there (in the USA for US providers). Since the plugin provider collects data, especially via cookies, we recommend deleting all cookies via your browser’s security settings before clicking on the gray box.
(2) We have no influence on the collected data and data processing procedures, nor are we aware of the full extent of data collection, the purposes of processing, or the storage periods. We also do not have any information on the deletion of the data collected by the plugin provider.
(3) The plugin provider stores the data collected about you as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research, and/or tailoring their website to your needs. Such an evaluation takes place in particular (even for non-logged-in users) to display need-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, but you must contact the respective plugin provider to exercise this right. Through the plugins, we offer you the opportunity to interact with social networks and other users, so we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of plugins is Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
(4) The data transfer takes place regardless of whether you have an account with the plugin provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the plugin provider, the data collected on our website will be directly assigned to your existing account with the plugin provider. If you press the activated button, for example, to link the page, this information will also be stored in your user account and shared publicly with your contacts. We recommend that you log out regularly after using a social network, especially before activating the button, as this allows you to avoid associating it with your profile at the plugin provider.
(5) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plugin provider can be found in the data protection declarations of these providers. There you will also find further information about your rights and settings options to protect your privacy.
(6) Addresses of the respective plugin providers and URLs with their privacy policies:
a. Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; www.facebook.com/policy.php; further information on data collection: www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other and www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info. Facebook has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
b. Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountainview, California 94043, USA; www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING AND CONTENT
Where we publish advertisements for other companies on our websites, we will clearly mark these as such. The responsibility for the use of data is clearly identifiable to you. The possibility of advertising is based on a future assessment of interests that meets the principles of the GDPR and the UWG, adhering to fair process rules and in a manner understandable to the data subject. If you find any issues that, in your opinion, violate these principles, please let us know. As we are constantly working on improvements, we welcome your suggestions and will adjust processes as necessary.
If you leave the PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH website via a link to an external site, we expressly point out that you are accessing another Internet service provider. This means that the links so marked refer to content that is not stored on our server. If this is not already clear from the text, we will indicate the link to an external site, for example, with a note “external link.”
With the judgment of May 12, 1998 “Liability for Links” (312 O 85/98), the Hamburg Regional Court clearly stated that by placing a link, one can be held co-responsible for the content of the linked page and therefore potentially liable. This can only be avoided by clearly dissociating from such content. The external content was checked at the time the link was created. However, it cannot be ruled out that the content may subsequently be changed by the respective providers. Therefore, we expressly point out that we dissociate ourselves from the content of the pages linked to our website and all other pages of our Internet presence. We also expressly point out that we have no control over the content of external websites. If there are violations of laws or good morals on the linked sites, we will immediately remove the links to such pages from our website as soon as we become aware of them.
There may be other privacy statements on the servers to which external links lead. To verify them, you should visit the homepage of the corresponding offer and, if necessary, contact the respective provider directly.
DATA RETENTION OBLIGATIONS
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was processed (e.g., to provide you with offers, products, and services or to comply with legal, tax, or accounting requirements). If there is no longer a legitimate need to continue processing and storing the data, we will delete or anonymize your personal data. If this is not immediately possible (e.g., because your personal data is located in backup archives), we ensure that it is adequately stored and removed from further processing until it can be deleted.
RIGHT OF ACCESS AND OBJECTION
You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, or blocking against PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH at any time and object to further use.
YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
If you wish to view, correct, update, or delete your personal data, you can contact us at any time via the address provided below. After proper verification, we will comply with your request.
You can object to the processing of your personal data or ask us to restrict the processing of your data. If you wish to request the portability of your personal data, you can also contact us using the contact information provided.
You may opt out of receiving promotional communications. You can exercise this right by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in promotional emails (newsletters, etc.) we send you. To cancel other types of advertising (mail or telemarketing), please contact us at the contact details below.
You have the right to withdraw consent to data processing at any time. If we receive a revocation, this will not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out before your revocation and will not affect the lawfulness of previous or future processing of your personal data, where another legal basis besides your consent exists. We will take your request seriously and act accordingly. We would like to inform you that, in accordance with legal provisions, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority regarding our processing of your personal data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. We will respond to all requests we receive from data subjects to ensure that you can exercise your data protection rights as provided by applicable law.
For further information, please contact us at the following address:
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH
Im Langzeil 8
D-75181 Pforzheim
Email: info@pf-gmbh.de
Please understand that if you withdraw, we may no longer be able to provide you with certain services, such as newsletters, offers, sending informational material, or participation in competitions, as the use of such services may not be possible without your email address.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
The services offered by PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH are constantly evolving. The nature and form of these services may change without notice. Therefore, we reserve the right to modify the privacy policy regularly. The changes will be published on our website. Therefore, we recommend that you regularly visit the website and review the most current version.
Upon publication, the changes to the privacy policy will become effective; if you do not agree with the amended terms, you will need to change your settings and discontinue visiting our websitesn.
HOW TO CONTACT US – DATA PROTECTION
If you have any concerns or questions about the use of your personal data, you can contact us at the following email address: info@pf-gmbh.de
The controller responsible for processing your personal data is:
PF Vertriebs & Beratungs GmbH
Im Langzeil 8
D-75181 Pforzheim
Email: info@pf-gmbh.de
Company Data Protection Officer: Frank Becker (frank.becker@pf-gmbh.de)
