1. PRIVACY AT A GLANCE

GENERAL INFORMATION

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website. How do we collect your data? Your data is collected partly by you providing it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically when visiting the website by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page visit). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter our website. What do we use your data for? Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the topic of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This is done mainly with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the options for objection in this privacy policy.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION AND MANDATORY INFORMATION

PRIVACY POLICY

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security gaps. Comprehensive protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

NOTE ON THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY

The responsible entity for data processing on this website is: 

GarLa Gruppe AG
Huobstrasse 3
CH-8808 Pfäffikon Schwyz

Telephone: +41 (0) 44 482 66 66
E-Mail: info@garla-gruppe.ch

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).

REVOCATION OF YOUR CONSENT TO DATA PROCESSING

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent that has already been given at any time. A simple notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation

RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO THE COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

In the event of data protection violations, the affected person has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company has its registered office. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link:  https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, and to have it handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out to the extent technically feasible.

SSL OR TLS ENCRYPTION

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this page uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar. When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

INFORMATION, BLOCKING, DELETION

You have at any time, within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING EMAILS

The use of contact data published within the framework of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the sites expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, by spam emails.

3. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

Statutorily required data protection officer: We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

ecoprotec GmbH
Pamplonastreet 19
33106 Paderborn

Germany 

Phone: +49 5251 877 888 303
Email: datenschutz@garla-gruppe.com

4. DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE

COOKIES

The websites partially use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser during your next visit. You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to generally exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process or for providing certain functions desired by you (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. To the extent that other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

SERVER LOG FILES

The provider of the sites automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: browser type and browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request, IP address. A merging of this data with other data sources does not take place. The basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

5. ANALYSIS TOOLS AND MARKETING

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies.” These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. IP anonymization We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This will shorten your IP address by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

BROWSER PLUGIN

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website fully. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Objection to Data Collection You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: «Disable Google Analytics» More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de“.

ORDER DATA PROCESSING

We have concluded a contract for data processing with Google and fully adhere to the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

6. NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER DATA

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not share it with third parties. The processing of the data entered in the newsletter subscription form is carried out solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The consent given for the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter can be revoked by you at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the withdrawal. The data you have submitted to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after unsubscribing. Data that has been stored with us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

RAPIDMAIL

This website uses Rapidmail for sending newsletters. The provider is rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg i.Br., Germany. Rapidmail is a service with which, among other things, the sending and analysis of newsletters can be organized. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Rapidmail’s servers in Germany. If you do not want analysis by Rapidmail, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website. Data analysis by Rapidmail For the purpose of analysis, the emails sent with Rapidmail contain a so-called “tracking pixel,” which connects to the servers of Rapidmail when the email is opened. In this way, it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened. In addition, we can use Rapidmail to determine whether and which links in the newsletter message are clicked. All links in the email are so-called tracking links, which can be used to count your clicks. More details about the analysis functions of Rapidmail can be found at the following link: “https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/”

LEGAL BASIS

The data processing is carried out on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place is unaffected by the revocation. Storage period The data you provide to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from Rapidmail’s servers after unsubscribing from the newsletter. Data stored with us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected. For further details, please refer to Rapidmail’s data security information at:  https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.

CONCLUSION OF A CONTRACT ON ORDER DATA PROCESSING

We have concluded a contract with Rapidmail in which we oblige Rapidmail to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties. This contract can be viewed at the following link: “https://de.rapidmail.wiki/files/adv/muster-auftragsdatenverarbeitung.pdf”.

7. PLUGINS AND TOOLS

GOOGLE WEB FONTS

This site uses so-called web fonts, provided by Google, for a uniform display of fonts. When a page is accessed, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This allows Google to become aware that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts occurs in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer is used. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at “https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq” and in Google’s privacy policy:  https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

GOOGLE MAPS

This site uses the Google Maps mapping service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no control over this data transmission. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and in making the locations we provide on the website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. More information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.