DATA PROTECTION POLICYThe responsible party for the purposes of data protection legislation is:Ammer Systemtechnik GmbHDr.-Zoller-Str. 486399 BobingenGermanyPhone: 08234-70634-0Email: info@ammer-st.comWebsite: www.ammer-st.comCOLLECTION OF GENERAL INFORMATIONWhen you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. These server logfiles include information such as the type of web browser and operating system used, and the domain name of your internet service provider. None of this data can be used to identify you or draw conclusions about you. This information is needed for technical reasons so that the website can correctly display information you request. You cannot use the internet without this data being gathered. We statistically evaluate anonymous information of this nature in order to optimize our website and the programming behind it.COOKIESLike many other websites, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that the website server loads to your computer’s drive. This automatically gives us certain types of data about your computer and your internet connection, such as your IP address, browser used and operating system.Cookies cannot be used to start programs or load viruses onto a computer. The information from the cookies lets us make navigation easier for you and present our website correctly on your system.In no case do we provide the data we collect to third parties, or link to personal data without your consent.Naturally you can also visit our website without cookies. Internet browsers are normally set to accept cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time by changing your browser settings. Please see your browser’s help function for information on how to change this setting. Please note that if you deactivate cookies, some functions of our website may not work.REGISTRATION ON OUR WEBSITEWhen you register to use our personalized services, some personal data is gathered such as your name, address, contact and communications data like telephone number and email address. If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we offer only to registered users. Registered users can also at any time change or delete the information they give us at registration. Naturally we will also provide information to you at any time about the personal data we store about you. We will be happy to correct or delete it at your request, as long as there is no legal retention requirement. To contact us for this purpose, please use the contact data provided at the beginning of this Data Protection Policy.PROVIDING PAID SERVICESTo provide paid services we need additional data, such as payment data.SSL ENCRYPTIONIn order to ensure the security of your data during transfer, we use encryption of the latest standard (such as SSL) over HTTPS.COMMENT FUNCTIONWhen users leave comments in the blog, in addition to that content we also record the time of entry and the username that the user had previously selected. This is to protect us, because we are liable for illegal content on our website, even if it is put there by users.CONTACT FORMIf you contact us by email or contact form, the information you provide will be retained so that we can process your inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.DELETION OR BLOCKING OF DATAWe adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. Therefore we retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes named here, or to comply with the various legally mandated retention periods. When the purpose the data was collected for is no longer relevant or the retention periods have expired, we routinely block or delete the data in accordance with legal requirements.USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICSThis website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. Information generated by cookies about your use of this website is normally sent to a Google server in the US and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will first be abbreviated by Google within a European Union member state or other signatory state of the European Economic Area agreement. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address go to a Google server in the US before being abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use the information to evaluate your use of the site, in order to compile reports on website activity and provide further services to the website operator relating to website and internet use. The IP address of your browser used by Google Analytics will not be linked to other data by Google.You can prevent storage of these cookies by making the appropriate settings on your browser. However, be aware that this may prevent you from being able to use all of the functions of the website. In addition, you can prevent the capture and use of cookie-generated data related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google by downloading and installing a browser plugin from this address: Browser-Add-on zur Deaktivierung von Google Analytics.USE OF SCRIPT LIBRARIES (GOOGLE WEBFONTS)In order to show our content correctly and graphically appealingly across different browsers, our website uses script and font libraries such as Google Webfonts (https://www.google.com/webfonts/). Google Webfonts are transferred to the cache of your browser in order to avoid multiple loadings. If your browser does not support Google Webfonts or prevents access to them, content will be shown in a standard font.Accessing a script or font library automatically triggers a connection to the library operator. It is then theoretically possible for the operator to collect data, although currently it is unclear whether this is done and if so for what purposes.The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/USE OF GOOGLE MAPSThis website uses Google Maps API to show geographical information visually. Google captures, processes and uses data on visitor use of Google Maps. For more information on data use by Google, see Google’s privacy policy. In their data protection centre you can also edit your personal privacy settings.You can find detailed instructions on managing your data in connection with Google products hereGoogle AdWordsOur website uses Google conversion tracking. When you come to our website through an advertisement placed by Google, Google Adwords places a cookie on your computer. This conversion tracking cookie is set when you click on an advertisement placed by Google. These cookies function only for 30 days and do not provide personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie is still present, we and Google can detect that the user clicked on the advertisement and was taken to our site. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked by other AdWords customer websites. The information gathered by conversion cookies is used to make conversion statistics for AdWords customers who want conversion tracking. It tells these customers the overall number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were transferred to a site with a conversion tracking tag. However, these customers receive no information that can be used to identify users personally.If you do not wish to be included in tracking, you can disallow the cookies, either by setting your browser so it blocks all automatic cookies, or by setting it to block cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com”.Please note that you should not delete the opt-out cookie if you want to block the collection of measurement data. If you delete all the cookies in your browser, you will have to reset the opt-out cookie.USE OF GOOGLE REMARKETINGThis website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. This function serves interest-based ads to website users within the Google advertising network. A cookie is loaded to the website user’s browser that makes it possible to recognize the user when he or she opens websites in the Google advertising network. On these websites users can be shown advertisements relating to content that they previously viewed on websites that use the Google remarketing function. According to Google, it collects no personal data during this process. If you nevertheless do not wish to be included in the Google remarketing function, you can block it entirely using the settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can opt out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising via the Network Advertising Initiative by following the instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.YOUR RIGHT TO ACCESS, RECTIFICATION, RESTRICTION, ERASURE AND OBJECTION You have the right to access information at any time about the personal data about you that we store. You further have the right to rectify your personal data, restrict its use, or have it erased, except for mandated retention of data on business transactions. Please contact our Data Protection Officer for particulars. The contact information is at the end of this Policy.In order for the use of data to be restricted, this data must be held in a lock file so that we know which data it is. You can also request that this data be deleted, if there is no legally mandated archiving requirement. If there is such a requirement, we will block the use of the data at your request.You can change or retract your consent to future use by informing us.CHANGES TO OUR DATA PROTECTION POLICY We retain the right to modify this Data Protection Policy from time to time so that it is always in accord with current legal requirements, or to account for changes such as the introduction of new services. The new Data Protection Policy applies to visits to our websites undertaken as of the time of publication.QUESTIONS ON DATA PROTECTION If you have questions on data protection, please write us an email.