Privacy Policy

1. 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 as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal data is data that is linked to your person and with which you can be characterized. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how this is done and what choices you have regarding data processing.

We operate in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, which has been in force since May 25, 2018.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:

KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH
Hegauer Weg 38
14163 Berlin, Deutschland

Telephone: +49 30 809727-0

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. Please send your email to: datenschutz@knauer.net

The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser's address line when it changes from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon is displayed in your browser's address bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

2. Data protection officer

Statutory data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Please send your request to:
datenschutz@knauer.net

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, 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 in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

Note on data transfer to the USA:

Tools from companies based in the USA are integrated on our website. When these tools are active, your personal data can be passed on to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to surrender personal data to security authorities without you as the person concerned being able to take legal action against this. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

How can I manage cookies?

UserCentrics Cookie Dialog

For your consent to set cookies and possible settings, we use a plugin from Usercentrics Content Management.

A popup opens when you first visit our website, where you can "Accept", "Deny" or also set the use of cookies under "More". The setting options are grouped into "Marketing" and "Functional" cookies. Essential cookies cannot be deselected at this point. If you select "Advanced", you can make even finer selections.

Depending on the degree of cookie rejection, restrictions on the usability of our website may result.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files". These are:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

These data will not be combined with data from other sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form on our website, before submitting your data, you agree that your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details provided by you, will be used to process the request and in case of follow-up questions within the scope of your given consent stored and used by us.

If your contact details indicate areas outside of Germany, your request will be forwarded to our certified local dealers, as they are responsible for processing your request. A list of dealers can be found here: https://www.knauer.net/en/Support/Distributors-worldwide. You also agree in this procedure before submitting your data to us.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, send an informal message by e-mail to datenschutz@knauer.net. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The information you provide in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or delete the purpose for data storage (for example, after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain unaffected.

Registration on this website

If you are a distributor of our products, you can register on our website to use additional features on the site. We only use the data entered for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be given in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as the scope of the offer or for technical changes, we use the e-mail address specified during registration to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the already completed data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will subsequently be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Job application

By sending or submitting your personal application to KNAUER, you agree that your details from the application documents will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the application and in the event of follow-up questions within the framework of your given consent and be used before submitting your data,. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

The processing of the data provided in the context of your application takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this, send an informal message by e-mail to jobs@knauer.net. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide in the application will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage (after completion of the staffing process) has expired. Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain unaffected.

4. Social media

We integrate elements of social media services on our website to display images, videos and text.

When you visit pages that display these elements, data is transferred from your browser to the respective social media service and stored there. We have no access to this data.

The following links will take you to the pages of the respective social media services where it is explained how they handle your data:

Instagram Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
For YouTube the Google Privacy Policy applies: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Facebook data policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy

Due to the ineffective EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement, the United States of America is an insecure third country according to the GDPR. By visiting these pages, your personal data can be passed on to the US servers of the respective companies.

It is used on the legal basis in accordance with Art. 49 (1) lit. a) GDPR. With your consent, you also consent to the processing of your data in the USA.

Facebook plugins (Like & Share buttons)

Our website includes plugins for the social network Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the Like button on our site. For an overview of Facebook plugins, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our site, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. This enables Facebook to receive information that you have visited our site from your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like button" while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our site to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate visits to our site with your user account. Please note that, as the operator of this site, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to Facebook or of how Facebook uses these data. For more information, please see Facebook's privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our site with your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Due to the ineffective EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement, the United States of America is an insecure third country according to the GDPR. By visiting these pages, your personal data can be passed on to the US servers of the respective companies.

It is used on the legal basis in accordance with Art. 49 (1) lit. a) GDPR. With your consent, you also consent to the processing of your data in the USA.

Twitter plugin

Functions of the Twitter service have been integrated into our website and app. These features are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you use Twitter and the “Retweet” function, the websites you visit are connected to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In doing so, data will also be transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by Twitter. For more information on Twitter's privacy policy, please go to https://twitter.com/privacy.

Your privacy preferences with Twitter can be modified in your account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Due to the ineffective EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement, the United States of America is an insecure third country according to the GDPR. By visiting these pages, your personal data can be passed on to the US servers of the respective companies.

It is used on the legal basis in accordance with Art. 49 (1) lit. a) GDPR. With your consent, you also consent to the processing of your data in the USA.

LinkedIn plugin

Our site uses functions from the LinkedIn network. The service is provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn features is accessed, your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages from your IP address. If you use the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by LinkedIn.

More information can be found in the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XING Plugin

Our website uses features provided by the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time one of our pages containing XING features is accessed, your browser establishes a direct connection to the XING servers. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored nor is usage behavior evaluated.

For more information about data protection and the XING Share button, please see the XING privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

5. Analytics and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by 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 the use of the website by you. 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.

Browser plugin

You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objecting to the collection of data

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: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Demographic data collection by Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics' demographic features. This allows reports to be generated containing statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This collected data cannot be attributed to any specific individual person. You can disable this feature at any time by adjusting the ads settings in your Google account or you can forbid the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section "Refusal of data collection".

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Google Analytics. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Hotjar interaction analysis

As part of their analytics services, Google (see https://policies.google.com/privacy) and Hotjar (see https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy and https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/gdpr-commitment) place cookies on our website. We use these services to measure and report on how users interact with our website. Google and Hotjar may disclose this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process the information on Google's or Hotjar's behalf.

Wherever possible, Google and Hotjar anonymize the data they collect. The information gathered by these cookies will not be used by KNAUER to identify specific individuals or visitor profiles, and will not be transferred or made available to third parties for any reason other than those stated above.

Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking

GoogleAds are an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland ("Google"). We work with Google Ads. However, the ads are not placed on our website, but our website contains landing pages that are linked to by externally placed GoogleAds.

As part of Google Ads, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set on your end device. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification of the user. Should the user visit certain pages of the website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the website can tell that the user clicked on the ad and proceeded to that page.

Each Google AdWords advertiser has a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked using the website of an AdWords advertiser. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for the AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Google Ads customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, advertisers do not obtain any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt-out of this by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie by changing your browser settings. In doing so, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

More information on Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Microsoft Bing Ads

We use Bing Ads in our Internet presence for remarketing and for the tracking of transactions. This is a service provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 - 6399, USA, hereinafter only referred to as "Microsoft", which uses the so-called Universal Event Tracking (UEN).

Through the certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000KzNaAAK&status=Active

guarantees Microsoft that the data protection requirements of the EU will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

If you click on an advertisement placed by us in the Internet search engine "Bing", Microsoft will store a cookie on your end device for tracking functionality via your Internet browser. This tracking cookie loses its validity after 180 days and does not serve your personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not expired, both Microsoft and we can recognize that you have clicked on an advertisement placed by us at Bing and have been redirected to our website from there.

Microsoft uses the information collected by the tracking cookie to compile visit statistics for us. This provides us with information about the number of hits on the advertisements placed by us at Bing and the web pages of our website that were subsequently accessed. However, we do not receive any information that could be used to identify you personally.

In addition, Microsoft may be able to track your user behavior via cross-device tracking across multiple devices. This enables Microsoft to show you personalized advertising across multiple devices.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. You will find details on this under the item "Cookies" above.

If you have a Microsoft account, you can also change the settings for personalized advertising at http://choice.microsoft.com/opt-out.

Furthermore, Microsoft offers further information on Bing Ads and on the collection and use of data as well as on your rights and possibilities for the protection of your privacy at https://help.bingads.microsoft.com/#apex/3/de/53056/2

and https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Microsoft Bing Ads. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

SalesViewer

Use of SalesViewer® technology:

This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH on the basis of the website operator’s legitimate interests (Section 6 paragraph 1 lit.f GDPR) in order to collect and save data on marketing, market research and optimisation purposes.

In order to do this, a javascript based code, which serves to capture company-related data and according website usage. The data captured using this technology are encrypted in a non-retrievable one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymised and is not used to identify website visitors personally

The data stored by Salesviewer will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal obligations to retain them.

The data recording and storage can be repealed at any time with immediate effect for the future, by clicking on https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out in order to prevent SalesViewer® from recording your data. In this case, an opt-out cookie for this website is saved on your device. If you delete the cookies in the browser, you will need to click on this link again.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive our newsletter, we require a valid email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive this newsletter. No additional data is collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We only use this data to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke consent to the storage of your data and email address as well as their use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. through the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until you cancel your subscription when said data will be deleted. Data we have stored for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the members area) remain unaffected.

Emailkampane

KNAUER uses the service emailkampane for sending newsletters to the contacts of its CRM eWay. Provider is Commerce Media s.r.o., Rohacova 145/14, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic. Emailkampane is a service with which newsletter delivery can be organized and analyzed. The data entered by you for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) are stored on the servers of KNAUER in Germany or Emailkampane in the Czech Republic.

Our newsletters sent with Emailkampane allow us to analyze the behavior of newsletter recipients.

For example, we can analyze how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often a link in the newsletter was clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed which a predefined action (for example, downloading a document on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. For more information on data analysis by email campaign newsletter, please visit: https://emailkampane.cz.

Data processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

If you do not want an analysis through Emailkampane, you have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter by sending an email to sales@knauer.net.

The data you have provided to us for the purposes of subscribing to the newsletter will be saved by us until your subscription and will be deleted after unsubscribing from our servers as well as from the servers of Emailkampane. Data that has been stored for other purposes with us (such as e-mail addresses for the partner area) remain unaffected.

For further information, please refer to the privacy policy of Email Campaign at: https://emailkampane.cz.

Order data processing contract

We have concluded an order data processing contract with Emailkampane and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using email campaigns.

Legal basis

Data processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

Storage duration

The data you have provided to us for the purposes of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until the time of your submission from the newsletter. The data will be deleted from our servers after unsubscribing of the newsletter. Data that has been stored for other purposes with us (such as e-mail addresses for the partner area) remain unaffected.

Mailerlite

We use the service of MailerLite UAB, Paupio g. 46, 11341 Vilnius, Lithuania for pop-ups and forms. We use MailerLite on the basis of an order processing contract according to Art. 28 GDPR. The data processing is carried out on servers within the European Union. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR (balancing of interests, based on our interest in measuring the success of advertising campaigns and sending only relevant information by e-mail). Further information on data protection at MailerLite can be found here: https://www.mailerlite.com/privacy-policy. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.

MailChimp

We offer you the possibility to register for our free newsletter via our website. For newsletter registration we use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, in the following only "The Rocket Science Group".
The Rocket Science Group offers under

http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

further data protection information.

If you register for our newsletter, the data requested during the registration process, such as your e-mail address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration are stored. Within the scope of the further registration process, your consent to the sending of the newsletter will be obtained, the content will be described in detail and reference will be made to this data protection declaration.

You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. To do so, you must simply inform us of your revocation or click on the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using MailChimp. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

7. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using YouTube. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Google Fonts

Google Fonts is a collection of fonts that may be used for personal use as well as commercially. On our website, for example, we use the Roboto font, which comes closest to our corporate design.

The fonts are made available online by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, Ireland.

When you open a page of our website, your browser also loads included elements such as graphics and also font files from the respective sources in order to display the website as we intended.
Your browser usually informs the servers, that supply ressoures such as Google Fonts about its IP address, CSS request, which font was requested, and from which page the request originated. This data could be evaluated by the server operator (Google).

Depending on the browser, you can prevent the request of graphics or fonts such as Google Fonts and thus prevent any messages going out to Google Font servers. However, you will have a correspondingly limited user experience (default font of your browser).

The data processed by Google Ireland Ltd. in the EU may also be passed on to the parent company outside the EU.

Google data protection details at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Googel Fonts. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Google Maps

Google Maps is a geographic mapping service that we use on our website to describe locations, e.g. for events or the addresses of our sales partners.

The service is provided by Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin).

If your browser calls one of our pages in which a Google Maps map is embedded, it usually communicates the date/time of the call, IP address, the URL of the call and, if applicable, location information of the caller to the delivering Google Maps server when requesting it. Cookies are also set to store settings and history for Google Maps. To our knowledge, the retention period is 6 months.

You can prevent cookies from being set via the cookie dialog or your browser.

Learn more about how Google uses cookies at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en.

The data processed by Google Ireland Ltd. in the EU may also be passed on to the parent company outside the EU.

Google data protection details at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Google Maps. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Google reCAPTCHA

In our internet presence we use Google reCAPTCHA v3 to check and avoid interactions on our website through automated access, e.g. through so-called bots. This is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter only "Google".

This service enables Google to determine from which website an inquiry is sent and from which IP address you are using the so-called reCAPTCHA input box. In addition to your IP address, Google may also collect other information that is necessary for the offer and guarantee of this service.

Google offers under https://policies.google.com/privacy further information on the general handling of your user data.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Google reCAPTCHA. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Google Tag Manager

The Tag Manager is used to collect data on a website, and the data is forwarded to the respective analysis tool. In the process, the data is only forwarded, but not collected or stored.

Google describes the Tag Manager as a cookie-less domain that only triggers other tags and does not access the collected data itself.

Service used: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt-out link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or https://myaccount.google.com/
Legitimate interests: Coordination of different tools, management, ease of use and presentation.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Google Tag Manager. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Live Chat (Zendesk Chat)

Purpose of the live chat from Zendesk

On our website we use the Zendesk-Chat, a live chat software of the US company Zendesk Inc. which processes and documents the messages and data received via the live chat for the purpose of direct communication in real time (so-called live chat) with visitors to our website.

Each time our website is accessed, which is equipped with a Zendesk Chat component, data is collected by this component for the purpose of operating the live chat system and analysing the operation of the system.

Scope of data collection by Zendesk

By means of Zendesk Chat, the user is shown to see whether one of our employees is online at the moment, in order to provide immediate answers to questions. If you use our live chat system, the information you provide will be stored to answer your questions. The data collected includes

Chat history
Specified name
IP address
Country of origin
Visited pages
Duration of the visit of the pages
Other personal information, depending on the information provided (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number)

It is possible to record contact information such as name, telephone number and e-mail address to facilitate contact. This data will not be passed on to third parties and will only be used to process and document inquiries.

Zendesk, Inc, 1019 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103, is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

For more information about Zendesk's data processing practices, please refer to Zendesk's Privacy Policy at www.zendesk.de/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/ and the EU Privacy Policy page www.zendesk.de/company/customers-partners/eu-data-protection/.

You will also find more information about your rights to privacy there: www.zendesk.de/company/customers-partners/eu-data-protection/zendesk-chat/#content-top

If you have any questions, you can also contact Zendesk directly: privacy@zendesk.com.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Zendesk. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Scope of data collection by KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH

As a provider of the Zendesk chat we are able to

restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Services
access and process your personal data that you have provided to Zendesk
access and export your personal data processed by Zendesk; and
change your personal data, including your end user profile

The processing of personal data from the input mask of the Zendesk-Chat is done for the direct processing of sales and support requests and other questions by means of the Zendesk-Chat. The chats you have entered, including the e-mail address (if provided), will be forwarded to our CRM system e-way in order to process sales and support requests and other questions. Any chats that are conducted are logged and stored there, and if possible, they are allocated to the relevant contact person and company on the basis of the e-mail address provided.

Data security

Within the scope of the online consultation you communicate via an encrypted Internet connection. This prevents unauthorised third parties from accessing the contents of the online consultation.

Data transfer and its recipient

If the contact details you provide concern areas outside of Germany, your request will be passed on to our certified dealer(s), as they are responsible for processing it. You can find a list of the dealers here: https://www.knauer.net/en/Support/Distributors-worldwide

Online appointment (Calendly)

This website uses Calendly.com for the offered online appointment service. This site provides an external platform for making appointments. A script is used to integrate the appointment scheduling into the source code on our website. By using the appointment service you automatically use the services of Calendly.com. There, data is transferred that serves the security and documentation of KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH. The data collected includes Name, IP address at the time of appointment, agreed date and time. This data is not passed on to third parties and is only used for administration and organization of the appointments as well as for internal statistics. With the use of the appointment arrangement you agree that you are in agreement with it. You can find more information from Calendly.com here. Please be sure to read them. Please note, however, that the site is only available in English: https://calendly.com/pages/privacy

Your details from the Calendly form, including the data you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. This data remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for which it was stored ceases to apply (e.g. appointment made). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Calendly. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Registration for webinars and web conferences

We make use of the possibility to hold online conferences, meetings and webinars. For this we use the services of other providers, which we have carefully selected.

If you register for one of our webinars or web conferences, we will store the data required to conduct it (e-mail address, first and last name, company name if applicable). If you have agreed to these data protection provisions via the checkboxes, we will forward your data after the web conference for marketing purposes and for direct contact with our internal sales team and any companies and speakers involved (these are listed on the registration page).

You can withdraw your consent to the forwarding of your data to our sales team at any time. You can revoke your consent by sending an e-mail to sales@knauer.net or by sending a message to the contact details given in the imprint.

Online conferences, meetings and webinars

During the active use of such offers, data of the communication participants is processed and stored on the servers of the third party providers used, insofar as this data is necessary for the communication process. Furthermore, usage and metadata may be processed.

Categories of data subjects: participants in the respective online offering (conference, meeting, webinar)
Categories Data: master data (e.g. name, address), contact data (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), meta and communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses)
Purposes of processing: processing of enquiries, increase of efficiency, promotion of cooperation between companies or locations
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. (a) GDPR)

GoToMeeting

Service used: LogMeIn, 320 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210, USA
Privacy policy: https://www.logmeininc.com/de/legal/privacy

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using GoToMeeting. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Microsoft Teams

Service used: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA
Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement
Opt-out link: https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings/signedout?ru=https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Microsoft Teams. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

TeamViewer

Service used: TeamViewer GmbH, Jahnstr. 30, 73037 Göppingen, Germany
Privacy policy: https://www.teamviewer.com/privacy
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)

Use of survey services on the website with data transfer

We carry out surveys and questionnaires on our online offer. For this purpose we use the Office 365 Tool Microsoft Forms, as well as for the registration of webinars, trainings and workshops (hereinafter referred to as "surveys"). This helps us to improve our offerings and to better respond to the needs of our customers. It is not necessary to be able to assign feedback to a specific person for this purpose. Participation in surveys or questionnaires or registration for courses and webinars is voluntary.

Categories of persons concerned: Survey participants
Categories data: Meta and communication data (e.g. device information, IP address), usage data (e.g. interests, access times), master data (e.g. name, address), contact data (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number)
Purposes of processing: Marketing, customer retention and acquisition of new customers, improvement / optimization of the offer

Microsoft Forms

Service used: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmondt, WA 98052-6399, USA
Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA when using Microsoft Forms. The USA is an unsafe third country. There is a risk that authorities will access the data for security and monitoring purposes without you being informed of this or being able to appeal. The consent for the transfer to an insecure third country is based on Art. 49 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Mandatory information for suppliers

Mandatory information acc. Art. 13, 14 GDPR

We hereby inform you about the processing of your personal data by us and the rights you are entitled to under the data protection regulations. Which data is processed in detail and in which way will be used depends on the services you have requested or agreed with you.

Contact details of the responsible person

Company: KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH
Contact: Vanessa Gnäbner
Address: Hegauer Weg 38, 14163 Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +49 30 809727-0

Contact details of the data protection officer

Contact: datenschutz@knauer.net

Where do we get your personal information from?
We process personal data that we receive from you as part of our business relationship. The collection of your data takes place basically with you. The processing of the personal data provided by you is necessary for the fulfillment of the contractual obligations resulting from the contractual relationship concluded with us. Due to your cooperation obligations, it is essential to provide the personal data requested by us, otherwise we can not fulfill our contractual obligations.

In the context of pre-contractual measures, the provision of your personal data is necessary. If the requested data is not provided by you, a contract can not be concluded.

In order to provide our services, it may be necessary to process personal data obtained from other companies or other third parties for their intended purpose (for example, to fulfill orders, to fulfill contracts or to give consent).

Furthermore, we may process personal data from publicly available sources, eg. B. Internet presence or commercial register, which we use and only for the purpose of the contract.

Which data do we process?
Relevant personal information that we process about you is personal information (name, address, and other contact information), credentials (e.g., badge data), and authentication data (e.g., signature sample). In addition, this may include order data (e.g. payment orders), data from the fulfillment of our contractual obligations (e.g. invoices), information about your financial situation (e.g. creditworthiness data, scoring / rating data), documentation data (e.g. consulting protocol), register data, data about your use from our offered telemedia (e.g. time of calling our websites, apps or newsletters, clicked pages of us or entries) as well as other data comparable with the mentioned categories.

Purposes and legal bases of the processing
The personal data provided by you will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG):

On the basis of a consent (in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR)
The purposes of the processing of personal data arise from the granting of consent.

Any given consent can be revoked at any time by you with effect for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Example: sending a newsletter

For the fulfillment of contractual obligations (pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR)
The purposes of the data processing arise on the one hand from the initiation of pre-contractual measures, which precede a contractually regulated business relationship and, on the other hand, to the fulfillment of the obligations arising from the contract concluded with you.

Due to legal requirements (pursuant to Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR) or in the public interest (pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) of the GDPR)
The purposes of data processing arise from legal requirements or are in the public interest (eg compliance with retention obligations, proof of compliance with information and information obligations).

In the context of weighing interests (pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR)
The purposes of processing arise from the protection of our legitimate interests. It may be necessary to process the data provided by you beyond the actual performance of the contract. Our legitimate interest may be used to justify the further processing of the data you have provided, unless your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms prevail. Our legitimate interest may be in individual cases: Assertion of legal claims, defense against liability claims, prevention of criminal offenses.

Who receives the personal data provided by you?
Within our company, those areas have access to personal data provided by you that they need to fulfill their contractual and legal obligations and that are authorized to process this data.

In fulfillment of the contract concluded with you, only those persons will receive the data provided by you, which they need for legal reasons.

As part of our service delivery, we hire contractors who contribute to fulfill contractual obligations, such as: For example, data center service providers, IT partners, shredders, etc. These contractors are contractually obliged by us to comply with the professional secrecy and compliance with the requirements of the GDPR and the BDSG.

Will the data provided by you transmitted to third countries or international organizations?
A transfer of the data provided by you to a third country or an international organization will never take place. Should you wish to transfer the data provided by you to a third country or an international organization in individual cases, we will only do so after your written consent.

Does automated decision making including profiling take place?
For the processing of the data provided by you no fully automated decision making (including profiling) acc. Art. 22 GDPR is used.

Duration of processing (deletion criteria)
The processing of the data provided by you takes place as long as it is necessary to achieve the contractually agreed purpose, as long as the contractual relationship with you exists. After the termination of the contract, the data provided by you will be processed to comply with statutory retention requirements or based on our legitimate interests or your consent. After the expiry of the statutory retention periods and / or the loss of our legitimate interests and / or your consent, the data provided by you will be deleted.

Expected deadlines of our storage obligations and our legitimate interests:

Preservation of evidence under the statute of limitations. According to §§195 ff. Of the Civil Code (BGB), these limitation periods can be up to 30 years, whereby the regular limitation period is three years.

Information about your rights

Right to information acc. Art. 15 GDPR:

You have the right, upon request, to obtain free information as to whether and what data is stored about you and for what purpose the storage takes place.

Right to correction acc. Art. 16 GDPR:

You have the right to request immediate correction of your incorrect personal data from the person responsible. Taking into account the purposes of processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

Right to cancellation ("right to be forgotten") acc. Art. 17 GDPR:

You have the right to ask the person responsible for your data to be deleted immediately. The controller is obliged to delete personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

The purposes for which the personal data were collected is no longer available
You revoke your consent to processing and there is no other legal basis for processing.
You contradict the processing and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The personal data were processed unlawfully.
The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under European Union law or national law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 (1).

Right to restriction of processing acc. Art. 18 DS-GMO &. § 35 BDSG:

You have the right to request the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:

The accuracy of your personal data is questioned by you.
The processing is illegal; They refuse a deletion, however.
Personal data is no longer needed for the purposes of processing; However, you need the information to assert, exercise or defend your rights.
You have objection to the processing gem. Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR. As long as it is not clear whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible prevail over you, processing will be restricted.

Right to data portability acc. Art. 20 GDPR:

You have the right to receive the data provided by you in a structured, common and machine-readable format from the person responsible. A forwarding to another responsible person may not be hindered by us.

Right of objection Art. 21 GDPR:

Please contact the person responsible for processing (see above).

Complaint right with the supervisory authority acc. Art. 13 para. 2 lit. d, 77 GDPR i. V. m § 19 BDSG:

If you believe that the processing of your data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the regulatory authority. Please contact the responsible supervisory authority

Revocation of consent acc. Art. 7 (3) GDPR:

Is the processing based on your consent in accordance with. Article 6 (1) (a) or Article 9 (2) (a) (processing of special categories of personal data), you are entitled at any time to revoke the purposefully agreed consent without the legality of the consent to revocation processing is affected.