Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our website. The secure handling of your data is particularly important to us. We would therefore like to provide you with detailed information about how your data is used when you visit our website.

Responsible body

The responsible person within the context of the general data protection regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states and other legal data protection provisions is:
 Kinshofer GmbH
Raiffeisenstrasse 12
83607 Holzkirchen
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 8021 8899 0

Fax.: +49 (0)8021 8899 37

E-mail: info@kinshofer.com

Website: https://www.kinshofer.com

 this is represented by the General Manager, Dipl.-Ing Thomas Friedrich, Harald Thum

Data protection officer

The data protection officer of the responsible person is:
Christian Paulus

DS Consult + Compliance GmbH

Ettmannsdorfer Str. 109

92421 Schwandorf

Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)9431 7173 010

Fax.: +49 (0)9431 7173 197

E-mail: info.dscc@d-s.group

Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 par. sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of enquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 par. sentence 1 lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Art. 6 par. sentence 1 lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could also be based on Art. 6 par. sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. This legal basis applies to processing operations that are not covered by any of the above legal bases, if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail.

Transfer of data
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:

you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims pursuant to Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
in the event that there is a legal obligation to disclose information in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Notice on cookies
In this policy, we explain what cookies are, what types of cookies we use, and how you can manage your cookie settings.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. These files store certain information about your device and your preferences and enable the website to recognise you when you visit again.

Similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons or local storage are used for similar purposes.

Legal basis for the use of cookies in Germany

The legal basis for setting cookies in Germany is divided into two parts:

Essential cookies: No active consent is required for cookies that are technically necessary to provide you with the services you have expressly requested (e.g. language selection, shopping basket, login function). The legal basis here is generally Section 25 par. 2 no. 2 TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).

Non-essential cookies: For all other cookies (e.g. analytics, marketing, convenience), your explicit and informed consent is required (opt-in). The legal basis is Section 25 par. 1 TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

Types of cookies we use

We use different types of cookies for different purposes. The exact list of cookies used on our website, their storage period and the respective provider are displayed in our cookie consent tool (consent banner) and in the detailed view.

Technically necessary cookies (always active)

These cookies are essential for the basic functioning of our website, e.g. navigation, display of content or ensuring IT security. Without them, the website could not be used or could only be used to a limited extent. They cannot be disabled.

Examples: Session cookies for the login area (if applicable), cookies for storing your cookie settings.

Analysis and statistics cookies (consent required)

These cookies help us understand visitor behaviour by collecting and analysing anonymous information. They enable us to measure and improve the performance of our website, for example by determining which pages are most popular.

Examples: Cookies for Google Analytics, Matomo or other analytics tools.

Marketing and third-party cookies (consent required)

These cookies are used to show visitors relevant advertisements on other websites. They track visitors across websites to build a profile of their interests and carry out targeted marketing activities (e.g. retargeting). This also includes cookies from social media platforms if these are integrated into our website.

Examples: Cookies for LinkedIn, YouTube (video embeds), Google Ads, HubSpot.

Managing your cookie settings

You can control your cookie settings at any time.

About the cookie consent tool: You can revoke or change your consent when you first visit our website or at any time via the link [Usercentrics button at the bottom left (fingerprint) of the website]. You can opt out of the use of analytics and marketing cookies or select individual categories.
About your browser: You can also manage, block or delete cookies via the settings of your web browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Edge). Please note that disabling technically necessary cookies may severely limit the functionality of our website.

Data transfer to third countries (e.g. USA)

Insofar as we use cookies from providers whose headquarters are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA) (e.g. the USA, where there is no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU) and which can be accessed by local authorities, your personal data will only be transferred if you have given us your express consent via the cookie consent tool.

Rights of data subjects
You have the right:

pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can obtain information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details;
pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us;
pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims;
pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to have it deleted and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller;
pursuant to Article 22 GDPR, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you;
pursuant to Art. 7 par. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent at any time. As a result, we are no longer permitted to continue processing data based on this consent in the future and
pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or the place of the alleged breach if the data subject believes that the processing of personal data concerning them violates the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

General collection of data
When you access our website or retrieve a file, data about this process is stored in a log file on our web server. The following data may be stored in detail:

IP address (if possible, this will be stored anonymously)
Domain name of the website you came from
Names of the files accessed
Date and time of a retrieval
Name of your Internet service provider
as well as, if applicable, the operating system and browser version of your device

We only store IP addresses for data security reasons in order to ensure the stability and security of our system (legal basis: Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR). We reserve the right to statistically evaluate anonymised data sets.

Contact forms

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. Your data will be used exclusively for the purpose of answering and processing your enquiry. Data processing is carried out here in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent. You may object to this at any time (right of revocation).

Google Maps

This website uses the map software Google Maps from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of any data that may be collected automatically by Google and its representatives. Terms of Service for Google Maps. For further information, please refer to Google's privacy policy. Google Maps reloads Google fonts in order to display the map correctly. Google fonts are also loaded from a Google server. Further information about these Google fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

Please note that, due to the Cloud Act, American intelligence agencies may be able to access personal data that is inevitably exchanged with Google when this tool is integrated, due to the Internet Protocol.

Google Analytics

We use the Google Analytics analysis service. This web analytics service is operated by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Analytics to evaluate your use of our website and to compile reports on user activity.

This analysis tool works primarily on the basis of cookies. A cookie is a data record that is sent when you visit a website and temporarily stored on the hard drive of the website user to enable analysis of your use of the website. The information stored by the cookie is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. As part of IP anonymisation, your IP address is truncated by Google within a Member State of the EU or another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. On our behalf, Google will use the transmitted information to compile a report on the use of the website. We have concluded a contract with Google for order processing. If you wish to prevent the use of cookies, you can do so by making local changes to your settings in the Internet browser used on your computer (e.g. Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, etc.), i.e. the program used to open and display Internet pages. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google's cookie by downloading and installing a browser plugin offered by Google at the link below: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. A so-called opt-out cookie will then be set, which will prevent your data from being collected in future when you visit this website: Disabling Google Analytics

Further information on the terms of use and data protection of Google and Google Analytics can be found at the lower level. http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html as well as at https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/. Please note that Google Analytics has been supplemented with the extension “anonymizeIp”. This ensures that IP addresses are recorded anonymously.

Information about cookies:

Categorisation for consent: Marketing

Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): _ga (2 years), _gid (1 day), _gat_UA-* (1 minute),_utma (2 years), _utmb (30 minutes), _utmc (session), _utmt (10 minutes), _utmz (6 months)

Google Tag Manager

We use Google's Google Tag Manager. “Google” is a group of companies consisting of Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, and other companies affiliated with Google LLC.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google. Google Tag Manager is a support service and only processes personal data for technically necessary purposes. The tool loads other components, which may in turn collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data.

Further information on Google Tag Manager can be found in Google's privacy policy.

Please note that, due to American laws, American intelligence agencies may be able to access personal data that is inevitably exchanged with Google when this tool is integrated, due to the Internet Protocol.

YouTube videos

We have integrated YouTube videos into our website, which are stored on the servers of the provider YouTube and can be played from our website via an embed. The videos are embedded with the option for advanced privacy settings enabled. When you play these videos, YouTube cookies and DoubleClick cookies are stored on your computer and data may be transferred to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”), as the operator of YouTube.

When playing videos stored on YouTube, at least the following data is currently transferred to Google as the operator of YouTube and the DoubleClick network: IP address and cookie, the specific address of the page accessed on our website, system date and time of access, your browser ID.

This data is transferred regardless of whether you have a Google user account that you are logged in with or whether you do not have a user account. If you are logged in this way, this data may be directly assigned to your account by Google. If you do not want this information to be linked to your profile, you must log out before activating the play button for the video.

YouTube and Google store this data as usage profiles and may use it for advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of their websites. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for unregistered users) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google as the operator of YouTube to exercise this right.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google can be found on this information page.

Links to other websites

Our website/app may occasionally contain links to third-party websites or to other websites belonging to us. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please review these privacy policies before providing personal information to these websites.

Comment function

On individual pages or posts, there is an optional comment function for users who wish to share their opinion on the respective page or post. The comment will be approved after positive review and will appear publicly on the page where the comment was submitted. There is no entitlement to the approval of a comment. The commenter must provide a name, which may be a pseudonym. The commenter must also provide an email address. This serves to inform him about the status of his comment, especially if he has asked a question in the comment and is waiting for an answer. The email address will not be displayed publicly, passed on to third parties or evaluated manually. The IP address of the commenter is only stored in anonymised form. The comment will be permanently stored until you (or an administrator) delete it. The email address you provide in your comment will only be stored for the purpose of sending you a notification in the event of a reply to your comment. Any additional information you provide in your comment will be published alongside the comment, provided you choose to include it. If you are asked for a name, you may also use a pseudonym.

SSL encryption

This website uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption for the transfer of data from your browser to our server and to servers that provide files that we integrate into our website.

With SSL, data is transmitted in encrypted form. The data cannot be altered and the sender can be identified.

You can recognise the presence of SSL encryption by the text “https” preceding the address of the website you are visiting in your browser.

References to third-party websites

This website contains references to third-party websites in the form of links. Only when you click on such a link will data be transferred to the link destination. This is technically necessary. The data transferred includes, in particular: Your IP address, the time at which you clicked on the link, the page on which you clicked on the link, information about your internet browser. If you do not want this data to be transferred to the link destination, do not click on the link.

Use of Facebook visitor access statistics

We use the visitor access statistics (remarketing function) “Custom Audiences” from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”), also known as Facebook Pixel. This function enables us to target visitors to the website with advertising by displaying personalised, interest-based Facebook advertising to visitors to this website when they visit the Facebook social network. The function will only be activated after you have given your permission. If this function is activated, a direct connection to a Facebook server is established when you visit this website. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our Internet pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. Further information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If you do not want Facebook to immediately associate the collected information with your Facebook user account, you can disable the remarketing feature “Custom Audiences”.“ disable here. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable Facebook's usage-based advertising here.: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.

Please note that, due to the Cloud Act, American intelligence agencies may be able to access personal data that is inevitably exchanged with Facebook when this tool is integrated, due to the Internet Protocol.

Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): ATN (2 years), AA003 (2 months), _fbp (3 months), fr (3 months)

Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

We use the Google AdWords advertising programme with visitor analysis provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). When you click on an advertisement placed via the Google advertising programme, a cookie is stored on your computer. If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that you clicked on the advertisement (possibly on another website) and were redirected to this page. The information obtained with the help of cookies is used to compile conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our Google AdWords advertisements and were redirected to a page with visitor analysis. We do not receive any information that could be used to personally identify users. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in targeted advertising and analysis of the impact and effectiveness of our advertising). You have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time. You can prevent cookies from being stored by disabling cookies in your browser. In this case, some functions of this website may not be fully usable. Furthermore, in the Google advertising settings, one can disable personalised advertising. You can also Disable third-party cookies. For further information, please refer to Google's privacy policy.

Google Remarketing via DoubleClick

We use the Remarketing function provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). This function is used to show visitors to the website interest-based advertisements within the Google advertising network DoubleClick. The website visitor's browser stores cookies for this purpose, which enable the visitor to be recognised when they visit websites that belong to Google's advertising network. On these pages, visitors can then be presented with advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use the Google remarketing function. If you do not wish to use the remarketing function, you can disable it by adjusting the relevant settings. You can also disable cookies via the Advertising Network Initiative by following the instructions.

Use of Facebook visitor access statistics

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable Facebook's usage-based advertising here.: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.

Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): ATN (2 years), AA003 (2 months), _fbp (3 months), fr (3 months)

Google Maps form

We provide an input form that allows you to display the location of an address on the map, for example for route planning. The underlying map software is provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Only when you submit the form will your input, including your IP address and the address of the page on which the form is located, be transmitted to Google. By using this form, you consent to the collection, processing and use of your data by Google and its representatives. Terms of Service for Google Maps. Google Privacy Policy

Google reCAPTCHA

To protect your communications via the online form, we use the reCAPTCHA component from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). reCAPTCHA can reduce abuse through automated, machine processing. reCAPTCHA transmits your IP address and, if necessary, other data required by Google for reCAPTCHA to Google. Your input via the reCAPTCHA component is transmitted to Google and processed there. By using reCAPTCHA, you agree that the images you recognise will be used in the digitisation of old works. The IP address transmitted by your browser when using reCAPTCHA will not be merged with other Google data. The different data protection provisions of Google apply to this data. Further information on Google's privacy policy can be found here: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Google reCAPTCHA reloads Google fonts in order to display the visual CAPTCHA element correctly. Google fonts are also loaded from a Google server. Further information about these Google fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

Information about cookies

Categorisation: Safety

Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): 1P_JAR (1 month), CGID (6 months), IDE (1 year), ANID (9 months), CONSENT (19 years), NID (6 months), DV (10 minutes), SNID (6 months).

Security notice

We secure our website and other IT systems against loss, destruction, unauthorised access, unauthorised modification or unauthorised distribution of your data by means of appropriate technical and organisational measures. However, despite all due care, complete protection against all risks is not always possible. As we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating by e-mail, we recommend sending confidential information by post.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy if the legal situation or this online offering or the type of data collection changes. However, this only applies to statements regarding data processing. If the user's consent is required or if parts of the privacy policy contain provisions governing the contractual relationship with users, the privacy policy will only be amended with the user's consent.