DATA PROTECTION

Thank you for visiting our website as well as your interest in our company and our products. Confidentiality and security of your personal data are a priority to us so that you can feel safe and comfortable on our website.

With the given information about data protection we would like to explain to you which data will be saved and how we will use it - always adhering to the German data protection rules.

Anonymous data collection
You can basically visit the parts on our website that are open to the public without telling us who you are. Our web server automatically secures general information. Like the type of web browser, the chosen operating system, domain name of your internet service provider, IP Address, the website from where you visit, the website you visit with us as well as the date and duration of the visit.

This is exclusively for information purposes only and cannot be traced back to you as a person. Data collection is for statistical use only and anonymous.

Collection and processing of personalized data
Personalized data is only collected, if you yourself for example disclose them for the execution of a contract, a survey, a competition or a registration in the password protected area. Here you are informed about the intended reason of process and if need be asked to give your consent for the securing of data.

Collection and contribution of collected data
Personalized data collected on our website will only be used for dealing with orders or questions you might want to have answered. Further more usage of your data will be administered under the responsibility of Georg A. Steinmann Lederwarenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG into a centrally managed customer-and potential customer-data bank where your data is joined together only by Steinmann with your consent. Your respective consent can be revoked at any time. Your data will not be sold, rented or handed over to a third person.

Personalized data will only be handed over to governmental institutions in case of mandatory national legal regulations. Our staff, agencies and dealers are bound to treat your data strictly confidential.

Cookies
In some parts of our website are installed cookies. A cookie is a small text file, which will be saved on your hard disk. Cookies do not damage your computer and contain no viruses. The cookies on our website do not collect personalized data. We use the information contained in the cookies for the administration of a session in the pass word secured section of our website.

You may of course view the parts on our website that are open to the public without the cookies. If you do not wish cookies to be saved on your computer, just deactivate the respective options in the configuration of your browser. You can of course cancel cookies in the configuration of your browser at any time. If you do not accept cookies our offer might have functional restrictions.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”).  Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.  You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.  By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Safety
Steinmann administers technical and organisational security measures to safeguard your given information against random or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or access of unauthorized persons. Our security measures are constantly adjusted with the help of the latest technologic developments.


Rights of the involved
On request we will tell you in writing if and which personalized data are secured with us. Should despite of our intense efforts for data accuracy and actualisation false information be secured, we will alter them if you wish us to do so. You can revoke your consent for secured personalized data with a short notice at any time.

In addition, you may address questions regarding the process of personalized data, thoughts or complaints to the data security adviser of our cooperation.

This information is intended solely for informational purposes; the original German text shall be legally binding.