Data protection information
In the following, we will inform you which of your data we collect, process and use, for what purpose and when. We explain how our services work and how the protection of your personal data is guaranteed.
1. Name and contact details of the controller of this data protection information applies to data processing by
Fibertek GmbH, Diezmannstr. 22, 04207 Leipzig, Tel.: 0341-49 579-232
2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of its use a) When visiting the website
No personal data is collected from you if you simply visit our website. When you visit our website www.4x4fibertek.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted
• Stored IP address of the requesting computer,
• Date and time of access,
• Name and URL of the retrieved file,
• the website from which the access was made (reference URL)
• browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.
The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes
• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
• analysing system security and stability and
• for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations on this in sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.
b) When registering for our newsletter
If you have expressly consented in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your name and email address. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter.
Alternatively, you can also send your unsubscribe request to info@4x4fibertek.de by email at any time.
c) When using our contact form
If you have questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide your name, telephone number and/or a valid e-mail address so that we know who sent the enquiry and can respond to it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your enquiry has been dealt with.
d) for blog text comments
You have the option of leaving a comment at the end of a blog text using the ‘Write comment’ input mask. To do this, select a user name under which the comment will be published. This user name is visible to third parties on our website, as is the optional entry of a website. We also need your e-mail address.
This will be used exclusively for any queries in connection with your comment and will under no circumstances be passed on to third parties or used for other purposes. The IP address assigned to you at the time of commenting will also be stored.
3. Forwarding of data
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
• you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
• the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume
that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, or
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
4. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.
On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more convenient for you. For example, we use session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
The data processed by cookies is required for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.
5 Analysis and tracking tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimisation of our website.
On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website
and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.
a) Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’), for the purpose of designing and continuously optimising our pages to meet your needs.
Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’). In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie
information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as
• Browser type/version,
• operating system used,
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
• Host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
• time of the server enquiry,
are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to analyse the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymised so that they cannot be assigned (IP masking).
You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software;
However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection
by Google Analytics by clicking on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.
Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics help centre (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).
b) Google Adwords Conversion Tracking
We also use Google Conversion Tracking to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our website for you. Google Adwords places a cookie (see section 4) on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google advert.
These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognise that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their advert and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this - for example, by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain
‘www.googleadservices.com’ are blocked.
Google's privacy policy on conversion tracking can be found here: https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html).
c) Matomo
We use the open source software Matomo to analyse and statistically evaluate the use of the website. Cookies are used for this purpose (see section 4). The information generated by the cookie about website use is transmitted to our servers and summarised in pseudonymous user profiles. The information is used to analyse the use of the website and to enable a needs-based design of our website. The information is not passed on to third parties.
Under no circumstances is the IP address associated with other data relating to the user. The IP addresses are anonymised so that they cannot be assigned (IP masking). Your visit to this website is currently recorded by Matomo web analytics. Click here (https://matamo.org/docs/privacy/) so that your visit is no longer recorded.
6. Social media plugins
We use social plugins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on our website on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR in order to publicise our law firm. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by the respective provider.
We integrate these plugins using the so-called two-click method to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.
a) Facebook
Social media plugins from Facebook are used on our website to personalise their use. We use the ‘LIKE’ or ‘SHARE’ button for this purpose. This is an offer from Facebook. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website.
By integrating the plugin, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook account.
If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the ‘LIKE’ or ‘SHARE’ button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.
Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and customising Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to analyse your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
b) Twitter
Plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc (Twitter) are integrated on our website. You can recognise the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. You can find an overview of tweet buttons here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons).
When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter then receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter ‘tweet button’ while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to associate your visit to our website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account. Further information on this can be found in the privacy policy
of Twitter (https://twitter.com/privacy).
c) Instagram
Our website also uses social plugins (‘plugins’) from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (‘Instagram’). The plugins are labelled with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an ‘Instagram camera’. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram.
This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the ‘Instagram’ button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there.
The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts there. If you do not want Instagram to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website.
Further information on this can be found in the privacy policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388)
of Instagram.
d) Google+ social plugin
We use the plugin of the social network Google+ (‘Google Plus’) on our website. Google+ is an internet service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’. Through certification in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active Google guarantees that the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied with when processing data in the USA.
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. Further information about the possible plugins and their respective functions is available from Google at https://developers.google.com/+/web/. If the plugin is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your Internet browser will download a representation of the plugin from Google's servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Google to process your IP address. The date and time of your visit to our website are also recorded.
If you are logged in to Google while you visit one of our websites with the plugin, the information collected by the plugin about your specific visit will be recognised by Google. Google may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If you use the Google ‘Share’ button, for example, this information will be stored in your Google user account and possibly published via the Google platform. If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of Google before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your Google user account. Google provides further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard in the data protection information available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
e) Google Maps
We use Google Maps on our website to display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’. By being certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active, Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the USA. In order to enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established when our website is accessed. If you call up the Google Maps component integrated into our website, Google stores a cookie on your end device via your Internet browser. Your user settings and data are processed in order to display our location and provide directions. We cannot rule out the possibility that Google uses servers in the USA. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the functionality of our website. The connection to Google established in this way enables Google to determine from which website your enquiry has been sent and to which IP address the directions are to be transmitted. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. Details on this can be found above under ‘Cookies’.
In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html. In addition, Google offers further information at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated and also at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
f) Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA on our website to check and prevent interactions on our website through automated access, e.g. by so-called bots. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’. Through certification in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google guarantees that the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied with when processing data in the USA. This service enables Google to determine from which website a request is sent and from which IP address you are using the so-called reCAPTCHA input box. In addition to your IP address, Google may also collect other information that is necessary for the provision and guarantee of this service. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the defence against unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or similar. Google offers further information on the general handling of your user data at https://policies.google.com/privacy
g) YouTube
We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal of YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘YouTube’. YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’. Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google, and thus also its subsidiary YouTube, guarantees that the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied with when processing data in the USA.
We use YouTube in connection with the ‘extended data protection mode’ function in order to be able to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the ‘Enhanced Privacy Mode’ function means that the data described in more detail below is only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video. Without this ‘extended data protection mode’, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA is established as soon as you access one of our web pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.
This connection is necessary in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your Internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least record and process your IP address, the date and time as well as the website you have visited. In addition, a connection is established to Google's ‘DoubleClick’ advertising network.
If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.
For the purpose of functionality and to analyse user behaviour, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your end device via your Internet browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. You can find more information on this above under
‘Cookies’. Google provides further information on the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard in the data protection information available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
h) MailChimp - Newsletter
We offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our free newsletter via our website. To send the newsletter, we use MailChimp, a service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as ‘The Rocket Science Group’.
referred to as ‘The Rocket Science Group’. Through certification in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield (‘EU-US Privacy Shield’)
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active
The Rocket Science Group guarantees that the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied with when processing data in the USA. In addition, The Rocket Science Group offers further data protection information at http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
If you register to receive our newsletter, the data requested during the registration process, such as your e-mail address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration will be stored. As part of the further registration process, your consent to the sending of the newsletter is obtained, the content is described in detail and reference is made to this privacy policy.
The newsletter subsequently sent via The Rocket Science Group also contains a so-called tracking pixel, also known as a ‘web beacon’. With the help of this tracking pixel, we can analyse whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have followed any links contained in the newsletter. In addition to other technical data, such as the data of your IT system and your IP address, the processed data is stored so that we can optimise our newsletter offer and respond to the wishes of our readers. The data is therefore used to increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter offering.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter and analysing it is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a.) GDPR. You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. All you have to do is inform us of your cancellation or click on the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.
7. Rights of data subjects
You have the right to
• to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request 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, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data,
if they were not collected by us
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about the details thereof;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right to
freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal
defence of legal claims;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is
processing is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure of the data and we no longer need the data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal
defence of legal claims or you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with 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 the transfer to another controller;
• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we will no longer be able to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future.
based on this consent may no longer be continued in the future and
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our
place of work or our registered office.
8. Right to object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1
sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of cancellation or objection, simply send an email to leipzig@pbwg.de.
9. Data security
We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit our website. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can recognise whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
10. Topicality and amendment of this privacy policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018. It may become necessary to amend this privacy policy as a result of the further development of our website and services or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on the website at www.4x4fibertek.de.