Privacy Notice

We value your trust and use the utmost care and security to protect your personal information from unauthorized access. The processing of personal data on our website takes place in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Responsible entity

Responsible entity within the meaning of the GDPR is the

Volz Luftfilter GmbH & Co. KG
Manfred-Volz-Straße 3,
72160 Horb am Neckar
Tel.: +49 7451 5516-0

Phone: info@volzfilters.com 

The Data Protection Officer

For questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data and in case of information, correction, blocking or deletion of data, please contact our Data Protection Officer:

Data Processing on our website

When you visit our website, our web server makes a temporary record of each access and stores it in a log file. The following data is recorded and stored until an automatic deletion:

  • IP address of the requesting processor
  • date and time of access
  • name and URL of the downloaded file
  • volume of data transmitted
  • indication whether download was successful
  • data identifying the browser software and operating system.

We record the data to enable you to visit the website (connection setup), for reasons of system security, technical administration of the network infrastructure and in order to optimize the internet service. This data is not used for identifying a particular person. A combination of this data with other data sources is not carried out, the data will furthermore be deleted after a statistical evaluation.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR

Collection, processing and use of personal data

During data processing, your concerns with regard to data protection are taken into account at all times in accordance with the legal provisions. We only collect your personal data, if you disclose it to us voluntarily when getting into contact with us or when you ask us to make you an offer (e.g. your name, e-mail address or your address). We process the disclosed data without your express consent solely for the purpose to answer your questions. After having answered your questions, your data will be blocked for further usage unless you have consented expressly in the further processing of your data.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR. 

Use of necessary cookies

In order to make the visit of our website even more comfortable for you and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are used as identifiers. We transmit this via your web browser to the hard disk of your computer and can read it during your current visit (so-called “session cookies”). In addition, we also use persistent cookies that are stored on your hard drive for up to a maximum of one year, allowing us to recognize your browser the next time you visit it. Please note that certain cookies are already set as soon as you visit our website. Our cookies are protected against being read by third parties using the security standards of your browser. You have the option to prevent the storage of cookies on your computer through appropriate settings in your browser. However, this may limit the functionality of our websites for you.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Data transfers to a country outside the European Economic Area

If you have consented to this, your personal data may be transferred to servers of a third party (e.g. Google) whose servers are located in the USA or another third country (i.e. a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA)). Please note that the USA does not have an adequate level of data protection comparable to that in the EU. Therefore, there is a risk of access to this data by governmental authorities. This risk may also exist with regard to other third countries. The permissibility of these data transfers to the USA and other affected third countries follows from Art. 49 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Google Analytics (cookies)

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text modules which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of our website. The cookies are stored by Google on your computer for a period of up to two years. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before this happens. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from 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.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” in order to guarantee an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking).

Your personal data will be transferred to the USA, where there is no adequate level of data protection comparable to that in the EU. Therefore, there is a risk of access to this data by government authorities.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR in conjunction with Article 49 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Our security standards

Your personal data is transmitted over the Internet on our website using the so-called SSL security system (Secure Socket Layer). This technology offers a high level of security and is therefore also used by banks for data protection in online banking, for example. We protect our website and other systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons.

Fulfillment of information obligations according to the GDPR:

You are entitled to the following statutory rights of data subjects, provided that the prerequisites are met:

  • Right to revoke at any time in accordance with Art. 7 paragraph (3) GDPR any consent granted to us in accordance with Art. 6 paragraph (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR; the consequence of this is that we may no longer continue data processing based on this consent for the future,
  • Right to information about your data stored with us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR,
  • Right to correct incorrect data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR,
  • Right to delete the data stored by us according to Art. 17 GDPR,
  • Right to restriction of the processing of the data stored with us according to Art. 18 GDPR,
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR,
  • Right to complain to a competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates provisions of the GDPR.

Right of objection

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of objection, simply send an e-mail to info@volzfilters.com.

If you object, your personal data will no longer be processed by us, unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection, which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms.