Responsible Provider
The responsible entity within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
point electronic GmbH
Erich-Neuß-Weg 15
06120 Halle (Saale)
Phone: +49 (0) 345 1201190
Email: info@pointelectronic.de
Questions about Data Protection
You can contact us at the above contact details at any time with your questions about data protection.
Your Data Subject Rights
At the above contact details, you can exercise the following rights at any time:
- Information about your data stored with us and its processing,
- Correction of incorrect personal data,
- Deletion of your data stored with us,
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations,
- Objection to the processing of your data with us, and
- Data portability if you have consented to data processing or concluded a contract with us.
If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
Purposes of Data Processing by the Responsible Entity and Third Parties
We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those stated. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
- You have given your explicit consent,
- processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you,
- processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation,
processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.
Deletion or Blocking of Data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. Therefore, we store your personal data only as long as necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as specified by the various storage periods prescribed by law. After the respective purpose has ceased or these periods have expired, the corresponding data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.
Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website (Server Logs)
When you access our website, general information is collected. This information (server logs) includes:
- Name of the retrieved web page,
- File, date and time of access,
- Amount of data transferred,
- Type and version of the browser used,
- User's operating system,
- Referrer URL (previously visited page),
- Requesting provider.
This information is technically necessary. It is processed for the following purposes in particular:
- Ensuring an error-free connection to the website,
- Ensuring smooth use of our website,
- Evaluation of system security and stability, and
- For further administrative purposes.
The recipients of the data are only the responsible entity and, if applicable, the processors.
Anonymous information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us to optimize our Internet presence and the technology behind it.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies." Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically gives us certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system, and your Internet connection.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or to transmit viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate navigation for you and ensure the correct display of our websites.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed to third parties or linked with personal data without your consent.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can disable the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use your browser's help functions to find out how to change these settings. Please note that some functions of our website may not work if you disable cookies.
SSL Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption methods corresponding to the current state of technology (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS.
Contact Form
If you contact us via email or contact form with questions of any kind, you give us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contact. Providing a valid email address is required for this. This serves to assign the inquiry and respond to it. Providing additional data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for processing the inquiry as well as for possible follow-up questions. After your inquiry has been processed, your personal data will be automatically deleted.
Use of powerCaptcha
Our website uses the service "POWER CAPTCHA" (power-captcha.com) from Uniique Information Intelligence AG, Oehleckerring 11, 22419 Hamburg. This service checks whether access to a web offer, such as a login or form, is legitimate or performed by automated systems. The following data are collected:
- Request headers (User-Agent, Origin, Referrer) for technical transmission.
- Timestamp.
- A specific value defined by the website operator (e.g., username, email address), which is transmitted encrypted and evaluated anonymously (one-way hash function).
- The IP address is also transmitted encrypted and evaluated anonymously (one-way hash function).
The processing serves exclusively to verify legitimate access and is carried out without the use of cookies.
Legal basis: The processing takes place according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR based on legitimate interests, in particular the protection of the website against unauthorized and automated access as well as to fulfill legal security requirements.
Further information on data processing by POWER CAPTCHA can be found at:
Use of Customer Data for Emailings
Subscription to Our Email Updates
If you subscribe to our email updates, we will send you information about our offers. Mandatory information for sending the mailings are your first and last name, your country, and your email address. Providing further information is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For the subscription, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you receive the emails only if you confirm your consent for receipt by clicking on a verification link sent to the given email address. By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. We store your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to be able to trace possible misuse of your email address at a later time.
You can unsubscribe from the email updates at any time via the link provided in the email or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible party named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your email address will be deleted from our update distribution list.
Sending Email Updates to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular offers for similar goods or services from our range by email. According to § 7 (3) UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. The data processing is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, no emails will be sent by us.
You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the above advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the responsible party named at the beginning. Only transmission costs according to basic tariffs will apply. After receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.
Brevo
The sending of our email updates is carried out via this provider: Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany
Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we forward the data you provide during newsletter registration according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to this provider so that it can carry out the email dispatch on our behalf. Subject to your explicit consent according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, the provider also performs statistical evaluations of email campaign success through web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, which can measure open rates and specific interactions with the email content. Device information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and analyzed but is not merged with other data sets.
You can revoke your consent to email tracking at any time with effect for the future.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (hereinafter: Google). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and allow the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to IP anonymization enabled on these websites, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 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, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The purposes of processing include evaluating website usage and compiling reports about activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the internet, further related services are to be provided. Processing is based on the legitimate interest of the website operator.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website fully. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie about 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: Browser Add-on to disable Google Analytics.
Additionally or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can disable Google Analytics tracking on our pages by clicking this link. This will set an opt-out cookie on your device. This prevents Google Analytics from recording data on this website and browser as long as the cookie is installed.
Use of Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps API to visually represent geographic information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes, and uses data about visitors' map function usage. More information about data processing by Google can be found in the Google privacy policy. There, you can also adjust your personal privacy settings in the privacy center.
Detailed instructions for managing your own data relating to Google products you can find here.
Embedded YouTube Videos
On some of our websites, we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the respective plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. In doing so, YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube may associate your browsing behavior personally with you. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider sets cookies that collect information about user behavior.
Anyone who has disabled cookies for the Google Ads program will also not have such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block cookies in your browser.
More information on data protection at "YouTube" can be found in the provider's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy to always comply with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy then applies to your renewed visit.
This privacy policy was created with the privacy policy generator by activeMind AG.